$35 Raspberry Pi Linux PC pre-orders sell out in less than a day

$35 Raspberry Pi Linux PC pre-orders sell out in less than a day
BGR: THE THREE BIGGEST LETTERS IN TECH | FEBRUARY 29, 2012
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As promised, the $35 Raspberry Pi Linux computer was made available for pre- order on Wednesday. The single-board computer is equipped with a 700MHz p... Read more

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Apple hits $500B in market value

Apple hits $500B in market value
USATODAY.COM | FEBRUARY 29, 2012
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Apple on Wednesday joined the most exclusive club in big business when its market value topped $500 billion — a feat that only Microsoft, Intel, Cisco... Read more

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Is the Economy Better Than We Think?

Is the Economy Better Than We Think?
PULSE NEWS | FEBRUARY 29, 2012
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Whether you love the president, hate the president, or think he's just in over his head, you'll want to see this. It's the Treasury Department's visu... Read more

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Stop Paying Wall Street Extra for Your Mutual Funds

Stop Paying Wall Street Extra for Your Mutual Funds
DAILYFINANCE.COM | FEBRUARY 28, 2012
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Filed under: Investing Pop quiz: If someone wanted to charge you more than $600 for something you could get for less than $10 somewhere else, who wou... Read more

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Paying for College: A High School Student’s Quest to Stay Debt-Free

Paying for College: A High School Student's Quest to Stay Debt-Free
MONEYBUILDER | FEBRUARY 24, 2012
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_** see photos****AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki Click for full photo gallery: Beat College Debt **_ _** **_ _**This is a guest post from Chase Miller, ... Read more

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Is inflation making a comeback?

Is inflation making a comeback?
MONEYBUILDER | FEBRUARY 28, 2012
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Image via Wikipedia The latest inflation report carried mixed messages: a moderate rate of inflation for now, but ominous signs of pressure from oil ... Read more

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IBM's Quantum Computers Could Change The World (Mostly In Very Good Ways)

IBM's Quantum Computers Could Change The World (Mostly In Very Good Ways)
FAST COMPANY | FEBRUARY 28, 2012
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101010: That's the number 42 represented in binary, which is the mathematical way today's binary computers see every single piece of information flowi... Read more

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The Hidden Meaning Behind Phrases in Job Ads [Job Search]

The Hidden Meaning Behind Phrases in Job Ads [Job Search]
LIFEHACKER | FEBRUARY 28, 2012
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Help wanted ads and job postings tend to use the same jargon, e.g., looking for "detail-oriented" "team players" who can work in a "fast-paced work en... Read more

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Is Grad School Worth It? Use This Calculator To Find Out [Personal Finance]

Is Grad School Worth It? Use This Calculator To Find Out [Personal Finance]
LIFEHACKER | FEBRUARY 28, 2012
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The decision to go to grad school or not can be tricky, with tuition really expensive and skyrocketing each year, yet postgraduate degrees earning, on... Read more

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How to Answer "What Is Your Greatest Weakness?" [Job Interviews]

How to Answer "What Is Your Greatest Weakness?" [Job Interviews]
PULSE TECHNOLOGY | FEBRUARY 28, 2012
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_The point at which your interviewer asks you to share your greatest weakness is the portion of a job interview that you dread most, and for good reas... Read more

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K-Cups Not Only Make Bad Coffee, They Make Bad Environments [Coffee]

K-Cups Not Only Make Bad Coffee, They Make Bad Environments [Coffee]
PULSE TECHNOLOGY | FEBRUARY 28, 2012
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I'm drinking coffee made by a K-Cup machine right now and it sucks. A lot. But alas, I'm too lazy to get a much better cup at the cafe around the corn... Read more

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Apple Reportedly To Unveil Next iPad

Apple Reportedly To Unveil Next iPad
PULSE NEWS | FEBRUARY 28, 2012
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Mark your iCal, everybody: The next iPad is almost certainly going to be announced on March 7. According to a tweet by the New ... Read more

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Dow Closes Above 13,000

Dow Closes Above 13,000
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT | FEBRUARY 28, 2012
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 13,000 Tuesday, marking a major post-recession milestone for the stock market index. The last time the ... Read more

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IMPORTANT - RUBRICS FOR THE VE TRADE FAIR COMPETITIONS

Here are the rubrics for the 2012 Virtual Enterprise competitions.  

THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION IS WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 29TH OF NEXT WEEK.  I WILL BE IN SCHOOL TODAY AND TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 23 FROM 9AM - 2PM TO WORK ON IT - I have included a pdf of the sheet so you can show the guards at the front desk when you arrive.  

IN ADDITION, WE WILL BE STAYING AFTER SCHOOL NEXT WEEK TO COMPLETE THESE.  

I believe that we have a very strong chance at winning awards in the website and catalog competitions if we utilize Adobe Fireworks, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign for both competitions.  I want to enter the advanced website competition, which will limit the competition that we will have to face.  

You can download a pdf of the training book here:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/47612751/DOWNLOADS/Adobe%20Creative%20Suite%205%20Design%20Premium%20-%20Classroom%20in%20a%20Book.pdf

You will need to know 

Chapter 1 to be able to manipulate graphics within Photoshop / Illustrator

Chapter 2 to work with InDesign for the Catalog

Chapter 5 / 6 to be able to create the website using Fireworks / Dreamweaver / Flash

Download and install as a trial version Adobe Creative Suite Design Premium at this website:

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=design_premium 

or if your computer is very recent and meets the minimum specifications, you can download and install the Master Collection version:  http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=master_collection 

This will enable you to be able to complete the work you need to at home.  feel free to contact me if you have any technical issues.  

I want you all to brainstorm and collect the graphical elements, and create the content for both the website and the catalog, and I will help you with the technical aspects of Adobe Creative Suite.  NOTE THE REQUIRED ELEMENTS FOR BOTH

You can direct downloads of these rubrics at the following website - see under RUBRICS:

http://veinternational.org/resources/reference-files/

Leveraged ETF List: Complete List from Stock-Encyclopedia.com

I hope u have been enjoying ur break.  

The Dow, Nasdaq and S&P  have hit 9 month highs.  And are bouncing against significant resistance (13000 in the Dow).  The fact that oil is high, and will diminish consumer spending and the Greek Euro problem still has longer to resolve point to the likelihood of a weaker market from here on out til the end of the stock market game.  

Most students will be playing the stock market game from the long side & have no idea what ETF's (exchange traded funds) are or what Leverage (magnifies the effect of profits & losses) does.

We will be in essence zagging while everyone else, say 95% of the stock market game participants zigs.  We are shorting tops and hope to cover lower & we will use etf's to provide an easy way to provide diversification of djia, s&p 500, & nasdaq stocks.  In addition, we will magnify these gains by using the leveraged versions of the short able etf funds

These are the available leveraged ETF's that we can play: 

http://etf.stock-encyclopedia.com/category/leveraged-etfs.html

Pay attention to :

		ProShares UltraShort S&P 500 Fund (SDS)   Top 100

		ProShares UltraShort QQQ Fund (QID)   Top 100

		ProShares UltraShort Dow 30 Fund (DXD)   Top 100

 

Or for those with greater risk tolerance:

		ProShares UltraPro Short NASDAQ 100 ETF (SQQQ)
		ProShares UltraPro Short S&P 500 Index Fund (SPXU)

		ProShares UltraPro Short Dow 30 ETF (SDOW)

The Dow has risen dramatically from 11232 to almost 13000 in 3 months.  If stocks bounce off of 13k and go back down towards 11k. That will be roughly 14 - 15% and that leverage will magnify this 2x or 3x 

Paul Filipinas

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Coffee Costs: 5 Ways to Save Money on K-Cups

Coffee Costs: 5 Ways to Save Money on K-Cups
DAILYFINANCE.COM | FEBRUARY 18, 2012
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Filed under: Starbucks, Target Corp, Amazon.com, Saving Money, Food & Drink The convenience of single-cup coffeemakers is undeniable -- the sheer sim... Read more

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8 Qualities of Remarkable Employees

8 Qualities of Remarkable Employees
INC. | FEBRUARY 21, 2012
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Forget good to great. Here's what makes a great employee remarkable. Great employees are reliable, dependable, proactive, diligent, great leaders an... Read more

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Will This Be Apple's Logo In 30 Years?

Will This Be Apple's Logo In 30 Years?
PULSE BUSINESS | FEBRUARY 19, 2012
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"Nothing wrong with a good logo," someone probably once said. It'd be hard to prove that hypothetical person wrong, especially when five-year-olds app... Read more

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Seize Your Opportunities Like Jeremy Lin

Great article 

Seize Your Opportunities Like Jeremy Lin
PULSE TECHNOLOGY | FEBRUARY 18, 2012
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**Editor's Note:** _Contributor Ashkan Karbasfrooshan is the founder and CEO of WatchMojo, he hosts a weekly show on business and has published books ... Read more

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IMPORTANT ITEMS FROM COORDINATOR MEETING

There are several items of note that need to be taken care of

1.) INTERNSHIP RESUMES DUE TOMORROW, Friday Feb 17 

If u are interested in an internship for the spring or summer, I must submit ur resume & forms TOMORROW. I will sit down with everyone tomorrow so I can look over ur resumes. 

2.) INTERNSHIP INTERVIEWS ARE NEXT WEEK TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY Feb 21-23

You must call the central office (Martin Coleman) of Virtual Enterprise on TUESDAY MORNING to schedule an interview for WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY

122 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10023
Ph: 212-769-2710
Fax: 212-799-7528

3.) SUBMISSIONS FOR THE WEBSITE & CATALOG COMPETITION ARE DUE WEDNESDAY Feb 29th.

I WILL MEET NEXT WEEK WITH CARPE & CAFE  GROUPS TO DESIGN BOTH THE WEBSITE & CATALOG

4.) DUKE, IKEY, SASHA - I spk w mr Jastremski about having 3 students attend the w2 tax preparation workshop on TUESDAY FEB 28. and for now I can only register 2.  He said to call on Monday Feb 27 to see if there is space for a 3rd person.  REMIND ME TO CALL ON MONDAY FEB 27 WHEN YOU GET BACK.  

5.) I AM LOOKING FOR 2 or 3 VOLUNTEERS FOR THE 2012 GLOBAL BUSINESS CHALLENGE ON Wednesday March 28.  You need good grades. And to have been involved with VE.  I will let you know if u r selected.  

MORE TO COME LATER 

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Photoshop CS6 Can Magically Move Around Any Object In Your Photos [Video]

This will make playing with our photos easy.

Photoshop CS6 Can Magically Move Around Any Object In Your Photos [Video]
PULSE TECHNOLOGY | FEBRUARY 15, 2012
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Books every self-taught computer scientist should read (126 points)

Books every self-taught computer scientist should read (126 points)
PULSE TECHNOLOGY | FEBRUARY 15, 2012
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There are three books that I believe that every self-taught computer scientist should read. These are books that I often recommend to smart junior developers that learned their knowledge by doing instead of schooling. Read more

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Meet the New Masters of Cash Flow

Meet the New Masters of Cash Flow
PULSE BUSINESS | FEBRUARY 13, 2012
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Cash flow can be a real pain point for start-ups. These new solutions by young companies are helping start-ups scale quickly without cash infusions f... Read more

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