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The age of social networking has brought with it aye-sayers and nay-sayers, especially with respect to the effect it has on the youth. Irrespective of social perception and opinion, there is no doubt that students of all developed and most developing countries are actively engaged on social networks. While the name "social networking" points to social interaction, does it have any effect on education and learning? The typical knee-jerk reaction is that it is detrimental to anything productive because it is a time sink, causes distraction and leads to antisocial behaviour that is non-conducive to learning. Here's a look at instances to back social media's potential to facilitate learning:
- Edutopial believes that that using social media can play a constructive part in the classroom by bridging the digital divide that isolates lower-income students.
- Recent research has shown that a large proportion of college students use technology applications only to learn and feel that "the technology they use to study should be as tailored to their needs as social media feeds".
- Social media also changes the focus of learning from the "teacher" to the "group" as the knowledge provider.
- There are specific social media sites aimed at education, such as EdMoto and Saywire.
- Mindomo.com, bubbl.us, and MindMeister.com are often used for brainstorming, enhancing the rate and quality of collaboration for students.
- A study of 8000 facultyrevealed that blogging was the most popular social platform used by 80% of educators, most of whom, have students write blogs related to the course work; this creates a unique type of engagement.
- A national survey of 1,200 principals, teachers and librarians found that most agreed that social networking sites can help educators share information and resources, create professional learning communities and improve school wide communications with students and staff.
- One teacher encouraged students to create Facebook pages for characters from literature.
- Another taught probability through Twitter.
Social networking is no longer just a fad among youngsters – it is part of their ecosystem. Thus, the way to build model digital citizens from youngsters of today is to use the very forum that consumes over 10 billion minutes of worldwide time daily, as a valuable tool to enhance the learning experience.
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Fiscal 2018
Fiscal 2017
As Reported
$17.3 billion
$15.7 billion
Operating income
$1.49 billion
$2.00 billion
$1.58 billion
$1.74 billion
Operating margin
Net income
$1.13 billion
$1.60 billion
$1.02 billion
$1.14 billion
Diluted EPS
This year's and last year's quarterly and full-year consolidated results have been adjusted for:
Fourth Quarter
Full Year
FedEx Supply Chain goodwill and other asset impairments
$ —
TNT Express integration expenses
FedEx Trade Networks legal matters
Mark-to-market (MTM) retirement plan accounting and other pension adjustments
Net U.S. deferred tax liability remeasurement
FedEx Ground legal matters
"I am proud of the financial and operational results FedEx delivered in fiscal 2018 and extend well-deserved congratulations to our more than 425,000 team members worldwide for their continued dedication to the Purple Promise, which simply states, 'I will make every FedEx experience outstanding,'" said Frederick W. Smith, FedEx Corp. chairman and chief executive officer. "It was a year of opportunities and challenges—anticipated and unexpected—and FedEx emerged more competitive than ever. In all my years at FedEx, I have never been so optimistic and so sure of our strategy and our ability to deliver an exciting future."
Fourth quarter operating results benefited from higher base rates, increased volume and the favorable net impact of fuel at each transportation segment. Accelerated wage increases for certain hourly employees partially offset these benefits.
Fourth quarter net results include a $255 million net tax benefit ($0.94 per diluted share) from corporate structuring transactions as part of the ongoing integration of FedEx Express and TNT Express and a $133 million tax benefit ($0.49 per diluted share) from foreign tax credits associated with distributions to the U.S. from the company's offshore operations.
Full-Year Results
FedEx Corp. reported the following consolidated results for the full year (adjusted measures exclude the items listed above for the applicable fiscal year):
$65.5 billion
$60.3 billion
$4.87 billion
$5.73 billion
$5.04 billion
$5.40 billion
$4.57 billion
$4.17 billion
$3.00 billion
$3.27 billion
Full-year net results include tax benefits of $2.1 billion ($7.71 per diluted share) attributable to:
Capital spending for fiscal 2018 was $5.7 billion.
For the year, the company repurchased 4.3 million shares of FedEx common stock for approximately $1 billion.
FedEx is unable to forecast the fiscal 2019 year-end MTM retirement plan accounting adjustments. As a result, the company is unable to provide a fiscal 2019 earnings per share or effective tax rate (ETR) outlook on a GAAP basis.
New pension accounting rules will be in effect starting in fiscal 2019 that will impact operating margin but not net income or earnings per share. For reference, comparable measures for fiscal 2018 that have been recast to reflect application of the new rules are provided below.
For fiscal 2019, FedEx is targeting:
These forecasts assume moderate economic growth. The company's ETR and earnings per share outlook is based on current TCJA interpretative guidance and is subject to change based on future guidance.
"Our fiscal 2019 results will benefit from our continued focus on revenue quality as well as from synergy realization as we make progress in combining TNT Express with FedEx Express," said Alan B. Graf, Jr., FedEx Corp. executive vice president and chief financial officer. "We expect improved earnings, cash flows and returns this fiscal year and remain committed to improving operating income at the FedEx Express segment by $1.2 to $1.5 billion in fiscal 2020 versus fiscal 2017."
Aircraft Fleet Modernization
FedEx has ordered 12 incremental Boeing 777F aircraft and 12 incremental Boeing 767F aircraft as the next phase of the company's ongoing fleet modernization program. The 777Fs will be delivered between fiscal 2021 and 2025. The 767Fs will be delivered between fiscal 2020 and 2022. These aircraft will be used to continue to improve the efficiency and reliability of the FedEx Express aircraft fleet and allow the company to take advantage of the capital expensing benefits of the TCJA.
FedEx Trade Networks Realignment
Effective in the fourth fiscal quarter, the company realigned the specialty services companies FedEx Custom Critical and FedEx Supply Chain under the management of FedEx Trade Networks. Prior period results for the transportation segments have been recast to reflect the new alignment. The FedEx Trade Networks operating segment results are included in "Corporate, other and eliminations."
FedEx Express Segment
For the fourth quarter, the FedEx Express segment reported (adjusted measures exclude TNT Express integration expenses):
Fiscal 2017
$9.60 billion
$8.82 billion
$990 million
$1.10 billion
$888 million
$971 million
Operating income YOY change %
Revenue increased 9% due to higher yields across the global portfolio of package and freight services, as well as higher freight pounds. Operating results improved due to higher revenue, an $85 million gain on the sale of a non-core business of TNT Express and the favorable net impact of fuel and currency exchange. Results were partially offset by increased salaries and employee benefits. As-reported results include $110 million of TNT Express integration expenses.
FedEx Ground Segment
For the fourth quarter, the FedEx Ground segment reported:
$4.80 billion
$4.30 billion
$832 million
$704 million
0.9 pts
Strong revenue growth was driven by average daily package volume growth of 6% and higher base rates. Operating results improved due to the benefits from revenue growth and ongoing cost management, partially offset by higher purchased transportation rates and increased staffing and network expansion costs.
FedEx Freight Segment
For the fourth quarter, the FedEx Freight segment reported:
$1.86 billion
$175 million
$130 million
1.3 pts
Revenue increased due to revenue per shipment growth of 8% and average daily shipment growth of 8%. Operating results improved primarily due to higher revenue per shipment.
Corporate Overview
FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) provides customers and businesses worldwide with a broad portfolio of transportation, e-commerce and business services. With annual revenues of $65 billion, the company offers integrated business solutions through operating companies competing collectively and managed collaboratively, under the respected FedEx brand. Consistently ranked among the world's most admired and trusted employers, FedEx inspires its more than 425,000 team members to remain focused on safety, the highest ethical and professional standards and the needs of their customers and communities. To learn more about how FedEx connects people and possibilities around the world, please visit about.fedex.com.
Additional information and operating data are contained in the company's annual report, Form 10-K, Form 10-Qs, Form 8-Ks, Statistical Books and fourth quarter fiscal 2018 Earnings Presentation. These materials, as well as a webcast of the earnings release conference call to be held at 5:00 p.m. EDT on June 19, are available on the company's website at investors.fedex.com. A replay of the conference call webcast will be posted on our website following the call.
The Investor Relations page of our website, investors.fedex.com, contains a significant amount of information about FedEx, including our Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings and financial and other information for investors. The information that we post on our Investor Relations website could be deemed to be material information. We encourage investors, the media and others interested in the company to visit this website from time to time, as information is updated and new information is posted.
Certain statements in this press release may be considered forward-looking statements, such as statements relating to management's views with respect to future events and financial performance. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from historical experience or from future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, economic conditions in the global markets in which we operate, a significant data breach or other disruption to our technology infrastructure, our ability to successfully integrate the businesses and operations of FedEx Express and TNT Express in the expected time frame or at the expected cost, changes in fuel prices or currency exchange rates, our ability to match capacity to shifting volume levels, new U.S. domestic or international government regulation, future guidance and interpretations relating to the TCJA and our ability to realize the benefits of certain provisions of the TCJA, our ability to effectively operate, integrate and leverage acquired businesses, our ability to achieve our FedEx Express segment profit improvement goal, legal challenges or changes related to owner-operators engaged by FedEx Ground and the drivers providing services on their behalf, disruptions or modifications in service by, or changes in the business or financial soundness of, the U.S. Postal Service, the impact from any terrorist activities or international conflicts and other factors which can be found in FedEx Corp.'s and its subsidiaries' press releases and FedEx Corp.'s filings with the SEC. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made. We do not undertake or assume any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Fourth Quarter and Full-Year Fiscal 2018 and Fiscal 2017 Results
The company reports its financial results in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP" or "reported"). We have supplemented the reporting of our financial information determined in accordance with GAAP with certain non-GAAP (or "adjusted") financial measures, including our adjusted fourth quarter and adjusted full-year fiscal 2018 and 2017 consolidated operating income and margin, net income and diluted earnings per share, and adjusted fourth quarter fiscal 2018 and 2017 FedEx Express segment operating income and margin. These financial measures have been adjusted to exclude the impact of the following items (as applicable):
The goodwill and other asset impairment charges at FedEx Supply Chain, litigation- and legal-related matters and MTM retirement plan accounting and other pension adjustments are excluded from our fourth quarter and full-year fiscal 2018 and 2017 consolidated non-GAAP financial measures, as applicable, because they are unrelated to our core operating performance and to assist investors with assessing trends in our underlying businesses.
We have incurred and expect to incur significant expenses over the next few years in connection with our integration of TNT Express. We have adjusted our fourth quarter and full-year fiscal 2018 and 2017 consolidated financial measures and the FedEx Express segment fourth quarter fiscal 2018 and 2017 financial measures to exclude TNT Express integration expenses because we generally would not incur such expenses as part of our continuing operations. The integration expenses are predominantly incremental costs directly associated with the integration of TNT Express, including professional and legal fees, salaries and wages, advertising expenses and travel. Internal salaries and wages are included only to the extent the individuals are assigned full-time to integration activities. The integration expenses also include any restructuring charges at TNT Express.
The provisional benefit from the remeasurement of our net U.S. deferred tax liability as of the date of the enactment of the TCJA is excluded from our full-year fiscal 2018 consolidated non-GAAP financial measures because it results from the non-recurring impact of a significant change in the U.S. federal statutory tax rate due to the enactment of the TCJA on our overall deferred tax position, which accumulated over many reporting periods prior to enactment. The adjustment to our full-year fiscal 2018 consolidated financial measures related to the TCJA includes only this transitional impact.
We have not included the benefit from our incremental pension contribution made in February 2018 and deductible against our prior year taxes at 35% in the adjustment because the contribution was made in connection with our ongoing pension management strategy. Additionally, we have not included the benefit attributable to the phase-in of the reduced tax rate applied to our fiscal 2018 earnings in the adjustment because the impact of the reduced tax rate on current year earnings will be ongoing. Finally, we have not included the provisional benefit related to the one-time transition tax on previously deferred foreign earnings in the adjustment because the amount of this provisional benefit at the end of fiscal 2018 was not material to our overall tax position. The provisional benefits related to the remeasurement of our net U.S. deferred tax liability and the one-time transition tax on previously deferred foreign earnings are estimates subject to adjustment during a 12-month measurement period ending December 22, 2018.
We believe these adjusted financial measures facilitate analysis and comparisons of our ongoing business operations because they exclude items that may not be indicative of, or are unrelated to, the company's and our business segments' core operating performance, and may assist investors with comparisons to prior periods and assessing trends in our underlying businesses. These adjustments are consistent with how management views our businesses. Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures in making financial, operating and planning decisions and evaluating the company's and each business segment's ongoing performance.
Our non-GAAP measures are intended to supplement and should be read together with, and are not an alternative or substitute for, and should not be considered superior to, our reported financial results. Accordingly, users of our financial statements should not place undue reliance on these non-GAAP financial measures. Because non-GAAP financial measures are not standardized, it may not be possible to compare these financial measures with other companies' non-GAAP financial measures having the same or similar names. As required by SEC rules, the tables below present a reconciliation of our presented non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures.
Recast Fiscal 2018 Operating Margin and Fiscal 2019 Operating Margin, Earnings Per Share and ETR Forecasts
Our recast fiscal 2018 operating margin (to reflect application of the new pension accounting rules that will be in effect starting in fiscal 2019) that excludes fiscal 2018 TNT Express integration expenses and FedEx Supply Chain goodwill and other asset impairment charges is a non-GAAP financial measure because of these exclusions. Our fiscal 2019 operating margin forecast is a non-GAAP financial measure because it excludes estimated fiscal 2019 TNT Express integration expenses. Our fiscal 2019 earnings per share (EPS) forecast is a non-GAAP financial measure because it excludes the fiscal 2019 year-end MTM retirement plan accounting adjustments and estimated fiscal 2019 TNT Express integration expenses. Our fiscal 2019 ETR forecast is a non-GAAP financial measure because it excludes the fiscal 2019 year-end MTM retirement plan accounting adjustments.
We have provided these non-GAAP financial measures for the same reasons that were outlined above for historical non-GAAP measures. These items are excluded from our recast fiscal 2018 operating margin and our fiscal 2019 operating margin, EPS and ETR forecasts, as applicable, for the same reasons described above for historical non-GAAP measures.
We are unable to predict the amount of the year-end MTM retirement plan accounting adjustments, as they are significantly impacted by changes in interest rates and the financial markets, so such adjustments are not included in our fiscal 2019 EPS and ETR forecasts. For this reason, a full reconciliation of our fiscal 2019 EPS and ETR forecasts to the most directly comparable GAAP measures is impracticable. It is reasonably possible, however, that our fiscal 2019 year-end MTM retirement plan accounting adjustments could have a material impact on our fiscal 2019 consolidated financial results and ETR.
As discussed above, the provisional benefit from the remeasurement of our net U.S. deferred tax liability included in our fiscal 2018 earnings is an estimate subject to adjustment during a 12-month measurement period ending in fiscal 2019. Any adjustment to this provisional benefit will be excluded from our fiscal 2019 non-GAAP earning measures, which is consistent with our presentation of the effects of the initial provisional benefit in our fiscal 2018 non-GAAP earnings measures.
The table included below titled "Fiscal 2019 Earnings Per Share Outlook" outlines the impacts of the items that are excluded from our fiscal 2019 EPS forecast, other than the year-end MTM retirement plan accounting adjustments. Additionally, the tables below titled "Fiscal 2018 Recast Operating Margin for Pension Accounting Change" and "Fiscal 2019 Operating Margin Forecast" present reconciliations of our presented non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures.
Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2018
FedEx Corporation
Dollars in millions, except EPS
GAAP measure
FedEx Supply Chain goodwill and other asset impairments4
TNT Express integration expenses5
MTM retirement plan accounting and other pension adjustments6
Non-GAAP measure
Dollars in millions
Full-Year Fiscal 2018
MTM retirement plan accounting adjustments6
Full-Year Fiscal 2017
Fiscal 2018 Recast Operating Margin for Pension Accounting Change
Operating Margin
Pension accounting change
Recast GAAP measure
FedEx Supply Chain goodwill and other asset impairments
Recast non-GAAP measure7
Fiscal 2019 Operating Margin Forecast
Fiscal 2019 Earnings Per Share Outlook
Dollars in millions, except EPS
Earnings per diluted share before year-end MTM retirement plan accounting adjustments (non-GAAP)8
$15.65 to $16.25
Income tax effect1
Net of tax effect
Earnings per diluted share with adjustments8
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Tetra Tech announced that its newly-acquired construction subsidiary, The Delaney Group, has been awarded $30M in contracts to build out the infrastructure of three northern New York projects for Noble Environmental Power:
Noble Altona (per NYISO, 99 MW in Clinton County), Chateaugay (106.5 MW in Franklin and Clinton counties per NYISO) and Bellmont (per Noble's IPO papers, this is a 21 MW wind park to be located adjacent to the Chateaugay windpark). Tetra Tech indicates these wind parks will have a total of 154 turbines with 231 MW of generation capacity.
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Trying to upgrade from 1Password 6 to 7 and installation stops because it wants me to close 1Password Mini. Don't have it open and don't even know what this is. How do I complete installation of the new version? Don't remember how I set up syncing and cannot find where it states this. Help with this also???
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But what is 1password mini? and do I need it?
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1Password Mini is the 1Password app than runs in your menu bar at the top right of your Mac screen:
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Deer Harvest Slightly Higher than Last Year in Northwest Montana as Season comes to an End
At the six northwest Montana check stations, whitetail deer and mule deer harvest finished slightly ahead last year's totals as the season wrapped up on Sunday.
At the six northwest Montana check stations through the end of the season on Sunday, November 25, a total of 17,635 hunters checked 941 white-tailed deer ( 830 of these were bucks), 131 mule deer, and 78 elk for a 6.5 percent rate of hunters with game. This is slightly higher than the 6.1 percent of hunters with game last year.
Hunters checked 10 percent more whitetail bucks, 27 percent more mule deer, and 36 percent fewer elk as compared to last year. The number of hunters in northwest Montana was down 5 percent. The reduction in elk checked through the stations could be partly due to the lack of a youth antlerless opportunity this hunting season.
According to FWP Wildlife Manager Jim Williams, deer populations are still down overall, but there are signs that whitetail numbers are beginning to increase. Williams notes that a high number of yearling whitetail bucks were checked this season, which reflects good fawn survival last winter. For example, 48 percent of the whitetail bucks checked at Olney and 35 percent checked at Highway 2 were yearlings. Trophy bucks (5 years and older) were also well represented, making up 12 percent of the bucks at Highway 2 and the Swan.
Williams adds that annual buck harvest is a reliable indicator of population trend. "Based on the total number of whitetail bucks at our check stations, deer populations are up slightly as compared to last year in northwest Montana," says Williams. "The number of yearling whitetail bucks in the harvest is what we expected to see based on our spring fawn survival counts, and it's good news for hunters in the coming years."
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The parameters of Kick That Habit, originally released in 1989, are set from the get-go: This is a film deconstructing and reconstructing both musical and visual art. Switzerland's own Peter Liechti has built a career combining the visuals of everyday life with the images and sounds of art's various forms. And, as judged by the eyes with which Liechti shoots, the mundane is the higher form. What would seem artless to those of us trapped in the daily grind is the fodder for his avant dissection.
Liechti's mash-up Kick That Habit employs the Swiss duo Voice Crack (whose 1986 album lends its name to Liechti's film) as both muse and subject. As Norbert Moslang and Andy Guhl uncover the unknown noise scene from '80s Switzerland, Liechti combines performance footage with performance art. Shots of snowy mountains, gondolas, broken televisions, mini-golf, and an electronically enhanced meal are interspersed with Moslang and Guhl's musical art. The first act shows the group manipulating amps, turntables, and tape recorders into a menagerie of squeals and squawks, with Liechti's camera as innocent bystander. The second act follows Voice Crack and company as they travel through a mountain pass, eventually settling for the solitude of a lodge. As the pack of eaters and drinkers produce a casual din of stirring spoons, crackling cracker packages, and bored mastication, Liechti slips in more performance footage — this time of Voice Crack manipulating a large, steel string. Using a combination of sticks, files, and violin bows, Voice Crack coaxes a stack of sounds from the wire. The final act flushes out the meal concept, with the group and their friends enjoying a not-so-quiet evening with a table full of drinks, eats, amps, and wire, with one last Voice Crack performance crammed in for posterity.
Kick That Habit isn't a casual watch — in fact, it requires immense concentration. Liechti is challenging viewers to absorb and process a lot of info. Common art techniques are at play, most obviously the cross-pollination of abrasive noise and everyday serenity. What is troubling about Kick That Habit is how arty it's trying to be. Everyone could do with a challenge, but Liechti's creation is hard work with little reward. Kick That Habit is not a metaphysical film with a metaphysical soundtrack but the work of various art forms being crammed into one heap of avantness. We are taught that amidst chaos there is organization, that even the most inane element serves some purpose. The purpose of Kick That Habit is buried, if it exists. What it amounts to is nothing more than a long-form music video for Voice Crack. As long as we take it that way, then Kick That Habit is a worthwhile watch. We begin to reassess the music and the methodology. There's solace to be found in the obtrusive sounds Moslang and Guhl create, given the otherwise uninspiring musical landscape of 1989.
As a piece of noise history, Kick That Habit preserves the memory of the genre's European arm in the waning years of the Me Decade; as a piece of art, Kick That Habit is nothing but pomposity disguised in blue-collar trappings. There can be no dispute that the beauty and substance many seek in art is found in our daily lives, but Liechti fails to capture it with his overwrought Art of Noise video. Ignore the 'art' and focus on the 'music.' That's where you'll find the heart of Kick That Habit.


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It took them long enough, but Nintendo finally released gameplay footage of Metroid: Other M. I like that the trailer doesn't feel as if you're reliant solely on the suit and not Samus's inherent capabilities. Aside from that, it looks like classic Metroid with some nice spicing on top, which is what we were promised.
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Being a gay man, I can't really say for sure, but I can point to a comment that I learned a lot from. It was from a post on Stuff Queer People Need to Know about Lady Gaga coming out as bi.
Other bi girl dilemmas I have personally encountered in my bisexual life:
1) Getting fired for coming out bi at work.
2) Hearing about bi girlfriends needing to run from their boyfriends or husbands, who were so intimidated by their girlfriends'bi-ness, they threatened to break their teeth.
3) Being called a "traitor" or "full of diseases" right to my face by lesbian women.
4) Having sleezy straight boys hit on me for three-ways–because that's why I exist, to make sure they get their three-way.
5) Being told I don't exist or that I'm "politically irrelevant" by the gay community.
6) Being harassed when I show up with a bi t-shirt or bi button by gays and lesbians at a queer pride rally or parade, even though I've gone there to support all LGBTQ.
7) Being told that I "have a sickness" by straight people who see my bi t-shirt or bi button on the way to the gay parade/rally/event.
8) Being told that I am just a "part-timer" by lesbian, gay, or queer-identified people, even though I am bisexual 24/7, no matter who I am dating.
9) Being told by right-wing religious people that I am an even bigger threat to society because I "choose" my sexuality.
10) Having people like Tila Tequila, Rikki and Vikki Ikki, Megan Fox, and Lady Gaga represent bisexuality to the public, with no counter-representation from regular bisexuals who just try to make it in this world.


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When the silver jets from east to west go streamin' through the sky,
We'll be shoutin' hooray up Canada way when the great parade goes by.
As much as old Stompin' Tom tried to keep controversy out of his otherwise completely politically neutral holiday anthem, he just couldn't avoid a reference to jets and a parade which, if it was any kind of Canada Day parade at all, would have some military or police presence on the ground. How many more Canada Days will go by before the Twitter mobs declare themselves to be triggered and personally wounded by "Canada Day Up Canada Way" in all its steel-guitared hokeyness?
The Left, of course, doesn't see what the problem is. Everyone's entitled to basic human decency, they say, and that's all "Political Correctness" really is. But that's the problem: Entitlements.
Canada, like every other country, is struggling with a surfeit of people who are outraged because they feel they are entitled to something and they didn't get it handed to them. Because Canada is a wealthy and stable country, these people are used to having everything handed to them and find anything else unutterably painful. Therefore every facet of society must be cleansed and purified of things that may cause offense to anyone, be it poppies on Remembrance Day or flyovers at the Toronto Exhibition.
The rage and fear that drives the Twitter mobs is as real as the rage and fear that drove witchhunts back in the day. These triggers are reminders of responsibility, and responsibility is as alien to these online Twitter mobs as the Devil was to the witchhunters.
In the most extreme case, we have Greece, which is spending this July 1 teetering on the edge of total bankruptcy. Raised in a culture where the public sector reigns supreme, work is anathema, and only suckers pay what they owe, the Greeks respond to the suggestion that they are in any way responsible for their plight with insensate rage. "We don't owe, we don't pay!" cry the Greek protestors, in a rejection of their responsibilities so total and complete that it is almost admirable. For how could it have ended any other way?
If the Greeks exit the euro, the entitlement junkies might have the decency to put down their hashtags and take some responsibility, but it is far more likely that they will go right on blaming global capitalism. Right here in Ontario, the timer on the debt bomb ticks down as the provincial Liberals get as much mileage as they can out of "Ontario's being screwed" meme. Here, as in Greece, it's always someone else's fault, and someone's always got something coming to them.
We have much to be grateful for and thankful for in this beautiful country of ours. We've accomplished a lot. But for some, having more doesn't satisfy. They choose to focus on ways to gum up the system with endless complaints and demands. What they call progress is actually paralysis, as the list of entitlements keeps growing and our ability to meet them can't increase as quickly. Maybe this is intentional, maybe it isn't, but in the end it won't matter.
So on this Canada Day, take a moment to reflect on all the little ways that we're being pulled slowly towards the brink by suicidal progressives, and when you see and hear some cornball Canadiana, don't take it for granted, because the time will come soon when you'll have to go to the wall to defend it. Keep singing "Canada Day Up Canada Way", not "We Don't Owe, We Won't Pay."
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March 9, 2017
Ensuring a Smooth Transition – Interim Executive Director Named
Toby Sachs will be joining the Arts & Business Council of Chicago as Interim Executive Director on March 20th, 2017. He will provide important continuity in oversight of operations as A&BC completes a search for a permanent Executive Director (ED) successor following Andrew Micheli's decision to step down at the end of the fiscal year.
Toby is an experienced executive leader and brings with him a wealth of corporate and non-profit experience. He is no stranger to the A&BC, serving as a pro-bono consultant with A&BC's Business Volunteers for the Arts program for a decade, leading 11 successful client projects. In all, he has served as a pro-bono consultant to more than 30 non-profits in and around Chicago including assisting current A&BC leadership with brand and strategic visioning.
Toby's passion, pragmatism, and wealth of knowledge will ensure a successful transition through permanent ED placement. His career in major advertising agencies in London and Chicago spans 30 years, building brands and shaping strategy for the likes of Kellogg's, Kraft, Procter & Gamble, Pfizer and Boeing. He led teams that won over $1 billion of new business billings in each of three different agencies and served as CEO to both LeoHealth, a division of Leo Burnett, and mcgarrybowen London.
Toby will be attending A&BC's March Board meeting and Annual Benefit Luncheon & Reception on March 21, 11:30am – 1:30pm.
Please join the A&BC community in its dedication to the convergence of Arts, Business and Community – The "ABC's" of building strong, active neighborhoods throughout Chicago, and in welcoming Toby Sachs to A&BC.
Interested candidates in the permanent Executive Director role should direct inquiries to A&BC Board President, Joel Farran, at firstname.lastname@example.com


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Our goal at Ryder Fleet Products is to help everyone on the road operate safely and remain in compliance with regulations. That's why we created the Ride Safe blog; to easily discuss fleet maintenance tips and solutions, whether you maintain your own fleet, run vehicles, or manage warehouses.
There has been an increased emphasis on retro-reflective sheeting with the CSA, and today we will walk you through how to properly use and apply it. Particularly there is an increased focus on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulation 571.108 Standard No. 108. Regulation 571.108 covers lamps, reflective devices and associated equipment.
Why Use Retro-Reflective Sheeting?
The purpose of retro-reflective sheeting (conspicuity tape or plastic reflective material) is to increase the visibility of vehicles and to ultimately reduce traffic accidents, injuries and deaths. Conspicuity tape is effective in all scenarios with reduced visibility, both in daylight and in darkness.
Rear of the Tractor (Mud-Flap Area)
Retro-reflective sheeting must be applied to the rear of each trailor:
- Two strips of sheeting (whether the conspicuity tape or plastic reflective material) in alternating colors (red/white), each not less than 600mm (23.6 in) in length. Located as close as practicable to
- Edges of the rear fenders OR
- Mudflaps or mudflap support brackets
- Strips on the mudflaps should not be mounted lower than 300mm (11.8 in) below the upper edge of the mudflap
- If the tractor is not equipped with mudflaps, the strips may be mounted:
- On brackets behind the rear axle
- Ahead of the rear axle (above the top of tires)
- To the back of the cab as close to the outer edges as practicable (not more than 60 inches above the road)
Rear of the Tractor Cab
- Two pairs of white strips of sheeting, each pair consisting of strips 300mm (11.8 in) in length
- Applied horizontally and vertically as practicable to the right and left upper contours of the cab
- Close to the top of the cab and as far apart as practicable
- No more than 25% of the area may be obscured by the vehicle equipment
- If the rear window is very large as to occupy the space, you may attach the strips to the window itself
Tractor Retro-Reflective Sheeting Do's and Don'ts
Non-compliance with Regulation 571.108 could result in a CSA DOT violation, a fine and impact your Vehicle Maintenance rating. The violation would go under your DOT number and you would be responsible for paying the fine if you are operating the vehicle. The violations for no reflective sheeting on mud flaps / back of the cab include:
- Violation 393.11TL
- "Truck Tractor manufactured on or after 7/1/1997 with no retro-reflective sheeting or reflect reflectors on mud flaps"
- Violation severity weight = 3
- Violation in the DSMS? Yes
- Violation 393.11TT
- "Truck Tractor with no retro-reflective sheeting/reflex reflectors manufactured on or after 7/1/1997"
- Violation severity weight = 3
- Violation in the DSMS? Yes


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Next Saturday, July 23, the TVCU Crew will be recording episodes 34 and 35 of the Television Crossover Universe podcast from Castle Wolfenstein on the Grand Guignol Network.
In Episode 34, Robert, Ivan, Chris and James will be talking with friend of the show MICAH HARRIS, about the rerelease of the Eldritch New Adventures of Becky Sharp, his new novel, Murder in the Miracle Room, and his fascination with a Disney Channel original series. You can find Micah's previous appearances on our show over in the sidebar to the right, TVCU Podcast episode 6, from January 19 and TVCU Podcast episode 13, from March 8.
In Episode 35, Robert, Ivan, Chris and James will be talking with actress/producer Felissa Rose, iconic lead from the classic Sleepaway Camp, and producer of the upcoming film, Death House.
New episodes of the show are released every Tuesday. You can check out the latest episode at the link provided in the upper right hand corner of this page.
And please join us on Facebook to discuss the episodes. Feel free to join us before the show to post any questions you have for our guests, and then feel free to join us after the shows to provide feedback.


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145.012 Quick Guide and Market Review
The 145.012 comes in two executions, the -67 and the -68 which is very rare. This is the last of the Calibre 321's and the last 321 Speedmaster to see its value and interest rise. In the last six months the prices have risen considerably.
The first thing you need to check, (as usual!) is that you actually like the watch. Don't waste time on an ugly watch, or one you think you ought to like.
Find a watch that attracts you, has a charm, a patina, or lack of it if that is what you prefer. People often get lost in technicalities, buy a watch that while having all the correct parts, has no charm, soul or attraction.
You need to read the pages on this reference to be confident but here is the short overview:
- Check the serial, and case back reference are correct and matching. In this case the range is 2406xxx to 27xxxxx.
- Check the case for (over) polish and condition. I have seen some recently with corrosion. While these are rare watches, it would have to be cheaper and more attractive in other areas to accept corrosion.
- Check the dial for correctness and condition, and attraction. Have confidence in yourself. If you do not like the dial, it is unlikely to be a valuable watch. The Dial is an Applied Metal Logo, long indices 321 dial. They are all stepped. They all carry the professional moniker.
- Check the hands for correctness and condition. Hands are white, should be aged, (no bright superluminova replacements) and it is this reference that first gets the square end chrono. So either drop end or square end is acceptable.
- The bezel should be a DO90 and if it is not present, or in very poor condition, remember replacements are $800 to $2000.
- Assume the movement needs a $600 service unless you see documents.
Things to be aware of:
- The hippocampus on the rear on the premoon is acid etched, and was designed to be easily removed for re engraving by the customer. Careless servicing (polishing) might reduce the etching.
- These watches were sometimes serviced by replacing the hands, bezel, and even dial with modern ones. See this page. This destroys the vintage attraction, and therefore value.
- Brown dials can be very much more valuable than the Price Chart. See the Brown Dial page. This is a whole different area of collecting.
- As a rule, everything will need an service.
Lets look at some on the market:
This is being offered for a little under $5300. It has a faded, but correct bezel, correct dial and serial in the correct range. Howver the hands are superluminova and the chrono is wrong. The dial plots look white, but all the photos are overprocessed and washed out. I suspect the dial body is ok, but the plots are perhaps scraped, or missing lume. Deep in the listing is a photo of the hands all reset to zero, a good sign.
This one has original looking hands, a correct bezel and the dial once again has white, no lume plots. It is asking $7000, and is from the same Ebay seller as the first watch. The case shows signs of polish, especially the back.
Lets move away from Uruguayan sellers:
Here is one from Beverly Hills.
Its been on the market for some time, and now the market is closing in on his price. I like Jackomond, but I find the quality is not quite what the world wants today.
Once again we have the correct but faded bezel, and in other photos I can see the hands look ok, and the dial does indeed have lume. The whole watch is a bit tired. (I have actually seen this one in the metal.) But to be honest its nicer than the others so far. Serial is in correct range.
At $5900 with a 1039 bracelet this is looking even better value:
This has superluminova hands. Otherwise the bezel and dial look nice, as does the case. What I like about this watch is the seller, who seems to have a little knowledge and also claims it to be serviced, no mean feat in the USA due to parts restrictions. The dial is correct but lacking lume, so although the body seems nice the plots are white.
This next one is dodgy as hell.
Seller claims it original and untouched, offering a box and papers.
Going by just this photo I think I see a 105.003 dial, relumed, with a set of relumed hands. Its only on reading the sellers description and seeing this photo that I momentarily think I could be wrong. BUT. I dont know of any original 145.012 with a non pro dial. The story, coming from a longtime storage, and all the papers and bags, and the claim its all original.
In summary prices are all over the place, but there are no really nice ones available. All need something.


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The AGA DC Chapter Awards Committee invites you to submit your nominations recognizing DC Chapter members for their contributions to the DC Chapter AGA.
View and download the AGA DC Chapter Citizen Centric Reports.
The AGA DC Chapter will host the following AGA National audio training sessions throughout this program year.
Each year, the AGA recognizes financial management professional and chapters whose visionary leadership, outstanding accomplishments, and exceptional service have significantly advanced our profession, strengthened our Association, and improved our community.
The AGA DC Chapter hosts a series of monthly luncheons featuring a prominent speaker to address current events, issues and initiatives that impact the Federal community. Attendees earn 1 hour of CPE credit.
Each year, the AGA recognizes financial management professionals who have contributed to outstanding leadership in the government financial management profession. Congratulations to this year's recipients.
In recognition of the great work that the AGA and the DC Chapter's CGFM Program has done to promote local financial management professionalism and competence, the honorable Muriel Bowser, Mayor of the District of Columbia, proclaimed March, 2018 as CGFM Month.
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The AGA DC Chapter is looking for dedicated professionals to help support our chapter and give back to others by sharing their experiences.


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I got this speaker for a Fender SCX2 and it such a great fit for the amp. I have loved Weber speakers since my first Signature 8". Once I discovered the articulation of Weber all other speakers sound like mush and being able to get a Weber speaker with a hemp cone is a treat. I've heard this speaker with the paper cone and really prefer the hemp. The musicality of the longer hemp fibers find a perfect match with the speaker-craft at Weber.


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I don't remember how I got started in reenacting, but I used to go to quite a few events. I would do a mixture of camping events and day events. I wanted to share a few pictures and stories from these events with y'all..
2014 Battle of Pleasant Hill…
My first camping event was the Battle of Pleasant Hill 2014. When my dear friend Sarah and I first arrived the guys were still being very busy and putting up tents and getting all the firewood they thought we would need for the weekend.
This is what our camp looked like when we arrived!
Our tent!
A group of friends attempting to start a fire.
Back to the tents…
Again with the tents…
Even more tents and campfires!
Shortly after we unpacked our home for the weekend Sarah changed into one of her dresses. I decided to opt out and still wear 21st century clothes since the event didn't start until the next day.
Here she is being very helpful and sewing buttons on one of the guy's coats. I can't tell you how many times I've sat and have taken pictures while she sews buttons. That's now a tradition- the men come to her to sew on their buttons that just keep falling off, and I sit and take pictures. I think it's a pretty good tradition if I do say so myself. (;
This event is what started our tradition of always bringing tea and having mini tea parties. It's a nice thing to do in the afternoon while waiting for the battle to start. The battle at Pleasant Hill is always really neat and fairly long- which is nice!
Soldiers having a meeting before the battle.
Starting to head out to the battlefield.
Spectators beginning to follow the soldiers to the battle.
All units starting to come together.
Waiting for the battle to begin.
Part of our group went to the woods.
The drummer boy.
Fighting the Yankees!
Battle surgeons tending to the wounded.
Deciding what to do about this one.
The remaining survivors walking the field to see if they can find any wounded soldiers.
Ladies visiting while dinner cooks.
Helping do the dishes before we get ready for the ball.
This look on my face…I have no explanation for. I think someone said something that caused me to give this look…or it could be the fact that I touched wet food. Who knows? Anyway on to the ball! There were *a lot* of people at the ball and it became *quite* crowded. Sarah and I only stayed for a few dances, but we still had a lot of fun!
Making new friends!
Wearing our blue ball gowns!
We woke up on Sunday to it POURING rain outside. Everyone quickly got dressed and tried to break camp when the storm let up. Here are the guys all huddled together under one of the remaining tent fly's. After we broke camp we all went into town to eat at Denny's. We were still in our 19th century garb and we were wet and muddy, but we still had a fantastic time!
2016 Battle of Pleasant Hill…
In 2016 when I went I made a put together lunch that was quite delicious if I do say so myself. I made a chicken and rice dish in my dutch oven. The ladies who enjoyed it with me agreed that it was the fire, the cast iron, and (of course) the fresh rosemary that made the dish perfect.
After lunch we 'chilled out' aka. we went and relaxed/took naps in our tent. While two of us took a nap one of the ladies was busy making our dinner. She made a very yummy beef and vegetable stew.
Later on the group went to the ball, then came back and had campfire visits. Campfire visits is when we go visit the campfire of good friends and sit and talk for hours to catch up. They're a lot of fun and a great way to spend the rest of the evening before bed.
Here are some other pictures I took of the event:
I already posted about this event so I didn't put too many photos on this one post…the links to the other posts are as follows:
Battle of Pleasant Hill Part 1
Battle of Pleasant Hill Part 2


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The term "hero"
The dictionary describes a hero as:
A person, who is admired for their courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities
For me, a hero is someone who you look up to, not necessarily for their obvious outstanding achievements, as to the person next door, they might not be visible. Someone you look up to as throughout their life, they have given everything they could to you, whenever you needed it. It might not have been enough at some points in time, however thats all they could give for those times, but equally there were a hell of a lot of times where they gave so so much more and maybe we, the recipients, didn't realise, or weren't appreciative at the time.
I'm lucky as I believe I have a few heroes in my life and I'd like to hope they know who they are but one hero I'm writing this about is my Dad.
Poppa F sadly passed away four years ago today. He had terminal cancer, mesothelioma, an asbestos cancer affecting the lining of the lungs. Its a cancer which stays silent in you until later in life before raising its ugly head and giving someone a shorter lifespan than themselves and anyone close to them ever imagined. It is caused by exposure to asbestos and typically stays silent until around 20-60 years later. Poppa F is believed to have contracted it whilst working away a lot when I were younger, something he did unselfishly so my mum was able to stay at home to look after us.
Dad was my best friend, even during my university years, where I moved away, we would talk on a daily basis, whether that be a brief chat about how poor our football team, Leicester City, were doing, about his favourite hobby, course fishing, and the pools we planned to visit together next or just general things. I could talk to him about anything and he would always listen and try to help in what ever way possible. There for me through think and thin, when I'd done wrong, when I'd messed up, anything.
I remember back to when he was diagnosed, people would say to me "stay strong" and if I'm honest, after the initial shock and devastation that at some buying augmentin point, (average next 12 months) I would be losing my best friend, thats exactly what I did do. I shut down my emotions as it was the easiest thing to do. That way I could show Dad exactly how grown up I'd become, how I would be a great protector and dad myself to H who, at the time Mrs F and I had found out we were expecting. I had made the decision I would continue our friendship on exactly the same course, trying to keep everything normal, enjoyable until that day came in the future.
That day did come, that awful day where I sat there, at his bedside when he took his last breath, a deep breath before slipping away, just two months before H was born. His first grandchild. My first child. I'll never forget that day.
Four years on and it still hurts so bad, I still miss my best friend, particularly as our team still aren't doing much better, and I haven't been fishing since I don't know when for fear it just won't be the same. Thankfully I'm so lucky to have Mrs F as my soul mate, although she still doesn't know the offside rule, understand the perils of trying to have a morning pee with morning glory or understand what its like to catch a bigger fish on the day.
In all seriousness though, looking back I wished I hadn't shut down my emotions and been "strong", whilst I know my Dad would have been proud of me (he saw the best in most people) I also wished I had continued our honest relationship until the end. Being scared, frightened, crying and talking things through was what our relationship was always based upon. Maybe its me being hard on myself on his anniversary but I would tell anyone in the same situation that "not being strong" is okay too, enjoy the good times and be there for each other in the bad times. I know my Dad was frightened (he was rubbish at hiding things) but he tried to do so for me… Thats what being a hero is about.
I hope I can be a hero to both H and D as they grow up and you can be sure I will continue to share all my memories of Dad to them as they get older. I also hope I can be as good a Dad to them as my Dad was to me.
I miss you Dad, my best friend, my "hero".


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Hear what they have to say about Food Blogger Connect!
Silvana De Soissons
Food Blogger Connect is like the United Nations of food blogging – bringing together a multitude of nationalities, cultures and traditions all with a common language: great food and drink and the stories around it. I was able to meet a great array of food bloggers, from all walks of life, ages and talents. It is very inclusive, friendly and democratic.
Dianne Jacob
FBC is a high-level conference with established food bloggers from several countries, yet there is also lots of content for beginners. The conference is very international. I got to meet people I've only corresponded with online, not to mention the huge thrill of coming to London to present to them. FBC12 is different in that there is a lot of technical focus, the venue was funkier, the food and drink was much better and the goodie-bag was a higher quality than what I've seen at most events. Clearly, a great deal of care went into finding high quality vendors with an excellent variety of food and drink vendors. I enjoyed myself thoroughly!
I attended FBC12 to see my friends, make new connections and learn stuff! I really liked the location, loved the sponsors and absolutely adored the street food. I liked the workshops and loved all the food; it was amazing, the street food was really EPIC EPIC EPIC 🙂 Loved the wine every evening! Loved the beer! Gosh, using the word " love" a lot 🙂 Other than the weather, FBC12 tops last year!!!
Jacqueline Roll
The atmosphere was excellent last year and was electric this year! It only goes from strength to strength! FBC creates a great outlet for exchanging ideas, inspiring and of course, connecting.
Monique Borst
FBC12 had an informal, international + friendly crowd with a varied programme. It was great to meet people interested in food, and particularly in setting up a food business.
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Not sure where I should post this, so please feel free to move if this is in the wrong Forum. Here's the situation, I have a need to convert a password to words. Say for example the password is ;#AmMX2 I need the display to show this:
Pound Sign
Uppercase A
Lowercase m
Uppercase M
Uppercase X
Number 2
And so on. The passwords are randomly generated, and could contain any uppercase/lowercase/numbers/symbols.
I have no idea where to start. I have Googled and tried out several websites, but nothing shows what I need to display. Maybe I need something with a Script? An Access database with an Input Query? Excel Formula? I am not a VBA person, so simple is best.
I thank you all for any help.
message edited by beachyhbt
Hey beachy,
i have had a quick go at this with VBA, im not at the office today so dont have the resources to play much, but here is a quick and dirty way to achieve this, however this thus far does not cater for symbols, this can be added in, i'll be at the office tomorrow.
My example below, uses the password "2HELLOu" and yields the following resultNumber 2 Uppercase H Uppercase E Uppercase L Uppercase L Uppercase O Lowercase u
Here is the code, this can be placed in the IDE of Excel and run by placing the cursor on 'Sub ConvertChar' and hitting the f8 key to step in, or the f5 key to run.
The output is displayed in the debug (immediate) window.... if this is now visible go to 'View' and select 'immediate window' or press and hold ctrl and press G.Sub ConvertChar() Dim iString As String iString = "2HELLOu" For i = 1 To Len(iString) b = Mid(iString, i, 1) If IsNumeric(b) Then Debug.Print "Number " & b End If If IsLetter(b) Then If b = LCase(Mid(iString, i, 1)) Then Debug.Print "Lowercase " & b Else Debug.Print "Uppercase " & b End If End If Next i End Sub Function IsLetter(strValue) As Boolean Dim intPos As Integer For intPos = 1 To Len(strValue) Select Case Asc(Mid(strValue, intPos, 1)) Case 65 To 90, 97 To 122 IsLetter = True Case Else IsLetter = False Exit For End Select Next End Function
You can use Excel with a ANSI Table and the MID() function, the CODE() Function and a VLOOKUP().
With your Password in cell A1 in cell B1 enter the formula:
In cell B2 enter the formula: =CODE(MID($A$1,2,1)) = 35
In cell B3 enter the formula: =CODE(MID($A$1,3,1)) = 65
In cell B4 enter the formula: =CODE(MID($A$1,4,1)) = 109
In cell B5 enter the formula: =CODE(MID($A$1,5,1)) = 77
etc. etc.
This will return the ANSI code number of the Letters/Symbols of the string in cell A1.
You then use the Code Number to do a VLOOKUP() to an ANSI Table
and return the proper name of that code.
With your ANSI Table in Columns E and F like:E F 1) Code Number Character Name 2) 33 Exclamation point 3) 34 Quote marks 4) 35 Octothorp / Hashtag 5) 36 Dollar Sign
A ANSI Table from numbers 33 thru 126 should be all you need
We then wrap a VLOOKUP() around the CODE() function like:
And you should get what your looking for.
message edited by mmcconaghy
I appreciate the answers, but this is all way over my head. :)
It's only over your head for now. While the VBA solution may be a lot tougher to learn, Mike's formula based solution is rather elegant and shouldn't be that hard to understand - once it is broken down into its parts. One of the great benefits of asking tough questions is that you get a chance to learn some of the more advanced Excel techniques. However, they only look advanced. In reality, they are nothing more than the combination of some simple Excel functions.
I'm sure that Mike would be willing to explain it to you if you asked nicely. ;-)
I will point out that the instructions that Mike offered might be misleading.
When he says:With your Password in cell A1 in cell B1 enter the formula: =CODE(MID($A$1,1,1)) = 59
He means:With your Password in cell A1 in cell B1 enter the formula: =CODE(MID($A$1,1,1)) which will return 59
Now that you know that, his VLOOKUP method might make more sense. If not, just ask.
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Thanks. I"m trying to work through this in my head. I created a password in Cell A1 and put the formula in B1, but I'm getting a FALSE result.
Reread my latest post. The actual formula to use is:
which should return the ASCII code for the first character of the string in A1.
You may have used this:
If so, you are asking Excel to tell you if one side of that "equation" is equal to the other.
In other words, if you were to use =A1=B1 in a cell, you are asking Excel if the value in A1 is equal to the value in B1. The result will either be TRUE (yes, they are equal) or FALSE (no, they are not)
Therefore, if you used =CODE(MID($A$1,1,1)) = 59 you are asking Excel this question:
Is the ASCII code value (CODE) for the first character in A1 (MID($A$1,1,1)) equal to 59. Unless that first character is a semi-column , the formula will return FALSE since only a semi-colon has an ASCII code of 59.
Just use =CODE(MID($A$1,1,1)) and you should see an integer value as the result. You can then use that value to "lookup" the actual symbol associated with that code by using a VLOOKUP table.
Does that help?
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DerbyDad is correct, I probably should not have framed my answer the way I did.
So try this:
Your Password must be entered into cell A1
In cell B1 enter this modified formula:
It is rather long, so Copy & Paste from here.
Drag down 20 rows, a 20 character password is probably as long as you'll ever find.
By way of an explanation, the reason the Password must go in cell A1,
is that I use the MID() function in concert with the ROW() function
to return each character position in the password.
Row 1 returns the First Character
Row 2 returns the Second Character
etc. etc.
The CODE() function returns the ANSI value of a single character.
The VLOOKUP() then uses the ANSI number, returned by the CODE()
function, to get the Character Name
Here is a Table of character codes with there Names,
It is 95 rows long, copy the list from here and paste into
columns E & F beginning at row 1E F 1) Code Number Character Name 2) 33 Exclamation Point 3) 34 Double Quotes 4) 35 Octothorp / Hashtag 5) 36 Dollar Sign 6) 37 Percent Sign 7) 38 Ampersand 8) 39 Single Quote 9) 40 Opening Parenthesis 10) 41 Closing Parenthesis 11) 42 Star / Asterisk 12) 43 Plus Sign 13) 44 Comma 14) 45 Minus Sign / Dash 15) 46 Period 16) 47 Slash 17) 48 Number 0 18) 49 Number 1 19) 50 Number 2 20) 51 Number 3 21) 52 Number 4 22) 53 Number 5 23) 54 Number 6 24) 55 Number 7 25) 56 Number 8 26) 57 Number 9 27) 58 Colon 28) 59 SemiColon 29) 60 Left Arrow 30) 61 Equal Sign 31) 62 Right Arrow 32) 63 Question Mark 33) 64 AT Symbol 34) 65 Upper Case A 35) 66 Upper Case B 36) 67 Upper Case C 37) 68 Upper Case D 38) 69 Upper Case E 39) 70 Upper Case F 40) 71 Upper Case G 41) 72 Upper Case H 42) 73 Upper Case I 43) 74 Upper Case J 44) 75 Upper Case K 45) 76 Upper Case L 46) 77 Upper Case M 47) 78 Upper Case N 48) 79 Upper Case O 49) 80 Upper Case P 50) 81 Upper Case Q 51) 82 Upper Case R 52) 83 Upper Case S 53) 84 Upper Case T 54) 85 Upper Case U 55) 86 Upper Case V 56) 87 Upper Case W 57) 88 Upper Case X 58) 89 Upper Case Y 59) 90 Upper Case Z 60) 91 Opening Bracket 61) 92 Backslash 62) 93 Closing Bracket 63) 94 Caret - Circumflex 64) 95 Underscore 65) 96 Grave Accent 66) 97 Lower Case a 67) 98 Lower Case b 68) 99 Lower Case c 69) 100 Lower Case d 70) 101 Lower Case e 71) 102 Lower Case F 72) 103 Lower Case g 73) 104 Lower Case h 74) 105 Lower Case i 75) 106 Lower Case j 76) 107 Lower Case k 77) 108 Lower Case l 78) 109 Lower Case m 79) 110 Lower Case n 80) 111 Lower Case o 81) 112 Lower Case p 82) 113 Lower Case q 83) 114 Lower Case r 84) 115 Lower Case s 85) 116 Lower Case t 86) 117 Lower Case u 87) 118 Lower Case v 88) 119 Lower Case w 89) 120 Lower Case x 90) 121 Lower Case y 91) 122 Lower Case z 92) 123 Opening Brace 93) 124 Vertical Bar 94) 125 Closing Brace 95) 126 Equivalency Sign - Tilde
Any questions please ask.
message edited by mmcconaghy
Okay. I'm trying it. :) Thank you...
I'm obviously doing something wrong. Column E Contains the numbers with a right paren. 1) F contains the ANSI numbers, and F Contains the Character names. I copied the formula to all cells in B1 - B25, and I get nothing in Cell B1.
Was I not supposed to have the 1) etc in Column E?
Sorry to be so difficult.
message edited by beachyhbt
In my post of the Table, the numbers at the far left with the Closing Parenthesis
character are the Row numbers on the Excel Sheet, do not use them in the table
Column E Cell 1 should have the header: Code Number
Column E cell 2 should begin your Code Numbers at 33
Column E cell 3 should be Code Number 34
Column F Cell 1 should have the header: Character Name
Column F cell 2 should begin your Character Names with: Exclamation Point
Column F Cell 2 should be Character Name: Double Quotes
Here is the Table without Row numbers and the Spaces between words have
been replaced with an Underscore.Code Number Character_Name 33 Exclamation_Point 34 Double_Quotes 35 Octothorp_/_Hashtag 36 Dollar_Sign 37 Percent_Sign 38 Ampersand 39 Single_Quote 40 Opening_Parenthesis 41 Closing_Parenthesis 42 Star_/_Asterisk 43 Plus_Sign 44 Comma 45 Minus_Sign_/_Dash 46 Period 47 Slash 48 Number_0 49 Number_1 50 Number_2 51 Number_3 52 Number_4 53 Number_5 54 Number_6 55 Number_7 56 Number_8 57 Number_9 58 Colon 59 SemiColon 60 Left_Arrow 61 Equal_Sign 62 Right_Arrow 63 Question_Mark 64 AT_Symbol 65 Upper_Case_A 66 Upper_Case_B 67 Upper_Case_C 68 Upper_Case_D 69 Upper_Case_E 70 Upper_Case_F 71 Upper_Case_G 72 Upper_Case_H 73 Upper_Case_I 74 Upper_Case_J 75 Upper_Case_K 76 Upper_Case_L 77 Upper_Case_M 78 Upper_Case_N 79 Upper_Case_O 80 Upper_Case_P 81 Upper_Case_Q 82 Upper_Case_R 83 Upper_Case_S 84 Upper_Case_T 85 Upper_Case_U 86 Upper_Case_V 87 Upper_Case_W 88 Upper_Case_X 89 Upper_Case_Y 90 Upper_Case_Z 91 Opening_Bracket 92 Backslash 93 Closing_Bracket 94 Caret_-_Circumflex 95 Underscore 96 Grave_Accent 97 Lower_Case_a 98 Lower_Case_b 99 Lower_Case_c 100 Lower_Case_d 101 Lower_Case_e 102 Lower_Case_F 103 Lower_Case_g 104 Lower_Case_h 105 Lower_Case_i 106 Lower_Case_j 107 Lower_Case_k 108 Lower_Case_l 109 Lower_Case_m 110 Lower_Case_n 111 Lower_Case_o 112 Lower_Case_p 113 Lower_Case_q 114 Lower_Case_r 115 Lower_Case_s 116 Lower_Case_t 117 Lower_Case_u 118 Lower_Case_v 119 Lower_Case_w 120 Lower_Case_x 121 Lower_Case_y 122 Lower_Case_z 123 Opening_Brace 124 Vertical_Bar 125 Closing_Brace 126 Equivalency_Sign_-_Tilde
I think I'm a hopeless case. I corrected the columns so that E contains the Code Number and F the Character Name, but I still get no result in B1.
What is the password in cell A1?
Copy the formula you are using and Paste it here on the forum.
Do you get any error messages or just a blank cell?
I'm using the formula
=IF(ISERROR(VLOOKUP(CODE(MID($A$1,ROW(),1)),$E$1:$E$95,2,FALSE)),"",VLOOKUP(CODE(MID($A$1,ROW(),1)),$E$1:$E$95,2,FALSE)) and getting a blank cell.
The password I used to test is password12#
You have an error in the Formula,
in the LOOKUP() section you have: $E$1:$E$95
it should be $E$1:$F$95
Column E Row 1 : Column F Row 95
message edited by mmcconaghy
There are TWO LOOKUP() sections make sure you change it in both sections......
Just for completeness I have added in code for symbols. so for a password such as!2HELLOu£
the code will returnExcalation mark Number 2 Uppercase H Uppercase E Uppercase L Uppercase L Uppercase O Lowercase u Pound sign
Not all the symbols have been defined but they can be added within the 'SymbolName' function..Dim SymbolNames(10) As String Dim b Sub ConvertChar() Dim iString As String iString = "!2HELLOu£" For i = 1 To Len(iString) b = Mid(iString, i, 1) If IsNumeric(b) Then Debug.Print "Number " & b End If If IsLetter(b) Then If b = LCase(Mid(iString, i, 1)) Then Debug.Print "Lowercase " & b Else Debug.Print "Uppercase " & b End If End If If Not IsLetter(b) And Not IsNumeric(b) Then Debug.Print SymbolName(Mid(iString, i, 1)) End If Next i End Sub Function IsLetter(strValue) As Boolean Dim intPos As Integer For intPos = 1 To Len(strValue) Select Case Asc(Mid(strValue, intPos, 1)) Case 65 To 90, 97 To 122 IsLetter = True Case Else IsLetter = False Exit For End Select Next End Function Function SymbolName(iSymbol As String) As String Select Case iSymbol Case "!": SymbolName = "Excalation mark" Case "£": SymbolName = "Pound sign" Case "$": SymbolName = "Dolla sign" Case "%": SymbolName = "Percentage" End Select End Function
This can easily be made into a front end in Excel or Access, where you enter a password in either an input box or a text field and have it return the result into another box or notepad for you to copy.... In Access a table can be created for each letter and symbol and then a query can be constructed which can pull all the data together... many options are available..
message edited by AlwaysWillingToLearn
Mike, I changed the formula, but I'm still getting a blank cell in all the Cells in Column B.
AlwaysWilling, I see your VBA code, but I'm not sure what to do with it. LOL
Told you I was a novice. :)
Hi beachy,
if you want to have a go here is the easiest way
Open Excel
Press and hold ALT the tap F11
When the window opens double click sheet 1
Paste the code in
Scroll to the top and place the cursor overSub ConvertChar()
then Press f5
the output should display in the immediate window below.....
if only there was a way to attach files on here :(
good luck in finding a solution :)
Could you maybe email it to me? I could PM you my email address.
No Problem, pm me your email address
Sent you two files, the second one has a few additional symbols and outputs to Notepad and sheet2.....
Thank you guys so very much. This is exactly what I need.
Mike, I tried to reply to your email, but for some reason, the email wouldn't send.
You guys are the best.!!!
Don't know why a reply would not work, but glad you got the file OK.
Just checked my email and I did receive your reply.
message edited by mmcconaghy
How do I mark this as Solved?
To mark the thread as solved you will need to select one of the answers as the 'Best Answer' this will then automatically mark it as solved. Not sure how long you need to wait for the 'Best Answer' option to appear next to all the responses, but its a big green option that says something along to lines of 'Mark as best answer'
Glad you got a solution
I can't select two best answers, so I'm not going to select just one. Thanks again. You all have no idea how much I appreciate your patience with me on this problem.


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