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Tips on gear engagement that saves fuel

To begin with, your car ought to have the following gear positions, 4H, 4L, 2H and N? That’s odd. There should be 2H also, which is the recommended setting for ordinary driving. This is what those letters mean:

4H stands for 4-High, which basically means 4WD is engaged, but the transmission is in High range. This gives normal driving speeds. This setting is for use where one or more tyres are losing traction but speed is not an issue, such as on flat ground with a thin and slippery, muddy layer on top. It will keep the car moving even while suffering wheels pin, and will prevent skidding (up to a point).

In a car with selectable 4WD, it is not recommended for regular use, especially on tarmac, as it is heavy on the fuel and the car is difficult to turn (there is a tendency to go in a straight line). Extended use of 4H also wears down the transmission. Use only when necessary.

4L (4-Low): This means 4WD is on and the transmission is in low range. The least used 4WD setting for most drivers, 4L is intended for extreme conditions, where speed is undesirable and might actually lead to disaster. Such conditions include descending steep slopes, crawling over rocks or over terrain so twisted and gnarled that one or more wheels catch air every now and then.

The extremely slow speeds might cause the engine to stall in normal transmission settings, which is where the low range comes in. It allows high engine speeds with low road speeds.

The low range also multiplies torque and allows the car to crawl up inclines of high aspect ratios, which normal cars cannot tackle. In most cases, the diffs are locked by default when 4L is engaged.

2H (2-High): 4WD is disengaged and the car is on 2WD. This is the setting for normal, day-to-day use on regular road surfaces. It eases up the rolling resistance offered by the transmission weight, thus boosting performance and fuel economy. The car also steers easily since the workload on the steering wheels is reduced.

N: This has to be neutral. It works more or less the same as neutral in the primary gearbox. It disconnects both front and rear driveshafts, allowing the engine to be used for other purposes by means of a power take-off (PTO) shaft.

This is mostly old technology; most new 4x4s don’t come with PTOs, which in turn means some might not have the N position, especially for those using an electronic switch to engage/disengage 4WD rather than the traditional gear lever on the floor of the car.

This now begs the question: How was your car operating on N (neutral)? This is my surmise: your car uses the gear lever on the floor rather than the rotary switch found on new Escudos.

In trying to select N, you might have “partially” engaged 4L, which means that the gears are not meshed properly. This would also explain the whining noise and the flashing dashboard light. The cogs may be slipping in and out of position intermittently.

If your car has 2H, engage that immediately in the following manner: Bring the car to a complete stop. Engage the parking brake. Engage neutral in the primary gearbox (free). If it is an automatic, place the lever in N, and NOT P (Park).

Make sure the front tyres are pointed straight ahead (the steering is dead centre and not turned to any side).

Depress the clutch all the way in, just to be sure, for a manual car. Place the transfer box in 2H firmly and decisively. That is, make sure the tiny lever has clunked solidly into position. From there, drive as you normally do: engage gear, release the parking brake and go

Make your first million by doing these 5 things

When you think about making a million dollars, does it seem like a far-fetched goal? Is it something you want to accomplish but just can’t picture happening? This was the case for my friend Ryan Moran — until his 26th birthday, when he made his first million dollars. Today, at 28 years old, his business generates roughly $500,000 per month.

I was curious what shifts took place that allowed someone so young to go from dreaming of making a million dollars to becoming a multi-millionaire in just a few short years. He told me me, “Making your first million is easy — if you do these five things.”

1. Surround yourself with people who will stretch your mind.

Since Ryan was a little boy, he has dreamed of owning the Cleveland Indians. Now in his 20s, he realized that in order for him to turn his dream into a reality, he would need to come up with roughly $500 million. For most people, the though of having $500 million liquid to buy a professional sports team is way beyond the range of what is possible. It was for Ryan too — until he started surrounding himself with people who already played at that level.

He explained that, “You can imagine what it will take to accomplish that type of a goal and by having people at that level as your advisors, they can tell you exactly what you need to do. It may be just a subtle shift in one part of your business, but suddenly what you thought was potentially impossible becomes realistic.”

It was that concept of demystifying the impossible that inspired him to host a live event that would bring the people who inspired him together with the goal of helping the next generation of entrepreneurs.

What is your dream that is so big that the thought of accomplishing it seems impossible — and maybe even scares you? Do you think you would be more likely to accomplish it if you had a group of advisors who were already playing at that level? If so, take action on forming relationships with them, and let them guide you the rest of the way.

2. Re-frame the impossible.

As you surround yourself with the right people, you will need to work on upgrading your mindset. Part of this will require you to recognize your limiting beliefs and re-frame those thoughts. Ryan shared, “When you feel like something is impossible, recognize that it’s just the story that you are telling yourself that makes you perceive it to be impossible and not the action itself.” Then it is just a matter of rewriting your story.

To rewrite your own story, ask yourself, “What are the things in my life that scare me and stop me from taking action? Is it the action that really scares me, or is it a false perception that is holding me back? How can I take action and move through it in spite of that fear?”

3. Deliver unexpected value.

Your ability to increase your income hinges on your ability to deliver unexpected value. Most people think the only way they can add more value is by working harder or exchanging money. This is thinking too small. You deliver unexpected value through the connections you can make, the time you can allocate and the problems you can alleviate.

Big opportunities open up when you building relationships with the right people, invest your time in your highest leverage activities and are a person who solves problems. Break out of the old mindset of thinking that you have to work harder or find a higher-paying job, and start developing the habit of incorporating these three things in your everyday life.

4. Choose your customers wisely.

The easiest way to fast-track your path to a million is to charge more for your products and services. However, when you tell someone to raise their prices, they often push back and say that the market doesn’t allow for that type of increase. This is where you have to choose your customer wisely.

The price a customer is willing to pay is directly tied to the amount of value they receive. If your services deliver a 10 percent sales increase to company that does $1 million in revenue, then you brought $100,000 in value. If you deliver the same 10 percent increase to a $100 million company, your value is exponentially higher. Would the first company pay you $250,000 for your services? No way. Would the second? It is quite possible.

Sometimes what stands in your way from exponential growth is not you or your product. It’s the customer you are targeting. Ryan learned this lesson the hard way. For a few years he had been teaching his business model to people who wanted to start their own companies and was charging $1,000 for this information. A few years later, one of his students was teaching the exact same content but targeting a different group of people charging $100,000!

Ryan realized that he approaching his target market trying to get as many of they to say “yes” as possible, instead of positioning himself as a solution to the elite segment of his market and aligning his pricing accordingly.

The result? He found a select group that was willing to pay 50-times more than his original rates. You will find your path to a million dollars a lot easier if you choose your customers wisely.

5. Invest for the long term.

So many people go for the fast and easy win. While this may work for some, you will find that results come a lot faster when you invest for the long term. I’m not just talking about stocks and real estate. I’m talking about how you spend your time, the people you hire, the relationships you build, the products you develop and the structure of your company. These are all investments.

As Ryan tried to grow his business, he realized many of his struggles were because he was making decisions based on short-term results. Then he made a conscious decision to focus on what would be best for the long-term focus. As a result, he was able to attract better clients who he could actually serve and add real value to, which allowed him to raise his prices. This was when he broke the million-dollar mark.

How much money are you leaving on the table because you are not planning out far enough and laying the foundation for long term success? Incorporate these five steps, and you may find that making your first million is easier than you originally thought.

How to make millions from tomato farming

Kirinyaga County is an agriculturally endowed land with breathtaking rice fields on the Mwea plains and dense, lush tea and coffee plantations on the upper sides, which neighbour Mt Kenya forest.

The picturesque is complemented by patches of blossoming horticultural crops in many parts of the county where farmers who have invested adequate resources in tomato, vegetables and French beans are reaping fortunes. One such farmer is Githaka Nyingi, a young man minting serious money in his locality from tomato farming, just three years since he ventured into it.

When he talks about income verses cost from tomato farming, you can easily get carried away as he explains how you can make over a million shilling in profit from an acre of tomato in four month’s time. He has a rider though: “Lucrative tomato farming entails precise planning and timing in addition to months of hard labour for one to have quality fruits at time of high demand.” If you have travelled along Kerugoya-Kutus road in recent days, a short distance from Karia shopping centre you must have noticed tens of tomatoes packed in boxes ready for the market.

Youthful farmers On both sides of the road, acres of tomato plants stand out as youthful farmers, disappointed by poor returns from maize, have ventured to the fruit’s planting. Nyingi is among them and he has perfected the art of farming tomato profitably. Prices of tomatoes keep on fluctuating due to market forces of demand and supply and this is what has discouraged some farmers from venturing into tomato farming.

To farmers who rely only on rain to farm tomato, their crop matures at a time when supply is so high that prices fall to a low of below Sh1,000 per box occasioning losses to farmers since the crop’s management is costly. After observing tomato market behaviour, Nyingi rented a piece of land near a water pond to avoid reliance on rain-fed agriculture so that he times his tomato to mature when demand is high.

“Farmers in Mwea and Laikipia are favoured by even topography, less diseases and pests, and plenty of irrigation water hence their production costs are lower. They farm in large scale and when their crops mature they flood the market. During rainy seasons, they are unable to take their crops to the market due to poor roads condition and that is when my crop is at climax,” he says.

Nyingi initially worked in the tourism sector with East Africa Canvas but after the 2007/08 post-election violence, he quit. During the breaks he would plant a quarter or an eighth acre of tomatoes in his small piece of land but did not put much attention to it hence the earnings were not significant.

Best practise In 2013, he was inspired by the money farmers in Mwea were making from tomatoes and he rented an acre piece of land and set aside money to adequately manage the crop, employing the best agricultural practices. This entailed choosing hybrid seeds which are costlier than the conventional ones used by most farmers in the area and planting them in small polythene bags, which is labourious compared to planting on a seed bed. Nyingi says hybrids offer better disease resistance, higher yield and possess other improved traits.

According to him, the advantage of growing tomato on polythene bags instead of seedbed is that the later get ‘shocked’ during transplanting hence the first flower dries up. “I spent Sh150,000 tending the crop and found demand high such that I sold each box at between Sh4,500 and Sh6,000. I made sales worth Sh1.4 million from 220 boxes. I was motivated because I had never made such money in my life. I decided to concentrate on tomato farming,” he says. Currently, Nyingi has mature tomato crops in his one and quarter acre farm.

When his tomato hit the market early this month, a box was going for Sh6,000 but as more tomatoes from other farms ripen and enter the market, price has fallen to Sh4,000 and is expected to plummet further. He spent Sh250,000 tending the crop and if all goes well he expects to make sales of Sh1.6 million and Sh1.3 million profit in four and half months.

Tending tomatoes to yield such money requires great effort right from preparing nursery to harvesting. Nyingi advises farmers to mix soil and manure in equal ratio then plant two seeds per polythene bag and then apply water.

Though one seed per bag is enough, the extra one is meant to replace those that fail to germinate or get spoiled during transplanting. An acre of tomato requires seven tonnes of manure which he buys at Sh21,000 from farmers in Mwea, Kitengela or Laikipia. In the nursery, one must water them in the morning and in the evening daily for the first week and afterwards in the morning only until they are about 25 days old.

“I transplant them between the 23rd and 25th day before the roots have firmly attached themselves to the bags. The land is ready at that time. This is by ploughing to loosen the hard pan, applying manure and burying it lightly with soil. I dig trenches 3ft apart while the spacing from one plant to the other is one and half feet,” he explains. The secret He applies a teaspoon of DAP fertiliser per tomato at planting, then waters twice per day by pumping water from the nearby Karia ponds until it rains.

After three weeks, he applies a tablespoon of DAP and 17:17:0 fertiliser in equal ratio per plant and another three weeks later he adds 17:17:0. Spraying using relevant sprays at the right time is also essential for flowers and fruits to keep diseases, worms and blight at bay. He says tomatoes also require support using stakes when they are one month old. The major challenge he faces is a viral disease locally known as kathuri which is characterised by plant withering such that it gives forth tiny fruits.

There is also the yellowing disease identified by yellow leaves, which hampers fruits from growing big.

“Some diseases are incurable while others require expensive chemicals. Spraying is labour intensive and expensive. As my tomato grow I spend Sh10,000 on spraying. I must also be there to ensure there is correct mixing of chemicals,” he says. He usually plants seedlings on February 1 so that the crop can be ready at May and the next crop on August 8 to time the crop for December.

Nyingi also farms French beans but he says they are not as profitable as tomatoes. To safeguard his future when he might lack the energy to farm tomatoes, he has planted 150 bushes of batian coffee which is also blossoming and promising to bring good returns.


Shinda a 3 Bedroom House Safaricom Lipa na Mpesa

Shinda a 3 Bedroom House

You are probably going to pay rent for the last time this year. Sounds like a huge claim right?

It is now possible thanks to Lipa Na M-PESA. Yes, Lipa Na M-PESA is rewarding 3 customers with a 3 bedroom house each starting this December! Next time you are paying for your fuel, salon, lunch bill, house rent or any other goods or services, make sure you use Lipa Na M-PESA.

There are other cash and airtime prizes that you can win. Each valid Lipa Na M-PESA transaction earns you points which you will be notified about through an SMS.
Prize Matrix
Winnings Winning Frequency Winners Frequency Total Number of Winners Winnings
Houses Grand 3 1                                          3        42,000,000
Cash Ksh 100,000 Weekly 12 6                                        72          7,200,000
Cash Ksh 50,000 Weekly 12 6                                        72          3,600,000
Cash Ksh 10,000 Weekly 60 6                                      360          3,600,000
Cash Ksh 1,000 Daily 100 42                                   4,200          4,200,000
Airtime Ksh 500 Daily 250 42                                 10,500          5,250,000
Airtime Ksh 250 Daily 500 42                                 21,000          5,250,000
Airtime Ksh 100 Daily 1000 42                                 42,000          4,200,000
Now that you know, it is time to maximize your chances of living in a 3 bedroom house. Use Lipa Na M-PESA today.

 FAQs

1. Who is eligible to participate in the promotion?
All Safaricom M-PESA customers are eligible to participating in the SAFARICOM LIPA NA M-PESA 
 
2. How do I participate in the promotion?
All M-PESA customers can participate in the promotion by performing any of the following transactions worth KES. 50 and above during the promotion period: Lipa Na M-PESA (both paybill and Buy Goods and Services)
 
3.What is the duration of the promotion?
The promotion will run from 15th December 2015 0000hrs till 25th January 2015 2359hrs.
 
4.What do I win?
During the promotion period, winners will receive airtime awards, cash awards via M-PESA. At the end of every two weeks, one customer will win a fully furnished house worth KES. 14 Million. *Prizes above are net of withholding tax

5.How many promo entries do I get?
Each of the qualifying transactions will be awarded entries based on the transaction value as in the table below: Consumer Matrix CONSUMERS Value (Ksh) Qualifying Transactions & Entries Lipa Na M-PESA (*Paybill & Buy Goods) (*Excludes Paybill to Banks *) Less than Ksh 50 0 entries 50 - 1000 10 Entries 1001 - 3500 20 Entries 3,501 – 5,000 30 Entries 5,001-10,000 40 Entries 10,001- 20,000 50 Entries 20,001 – 30,000 60 Entries 30,001- 40,000 70 Entries 40,000 and above 80 Entries   Qualifying transactions Lipa Na M-PESA (Paybill & Buy Goods)

6. Can I enter into the promotion by sending money?
No. Only Lipa Na M-PESA (both Paybill and Buy Goods and Services) transactions qualify.

7. Which transactions don’t qualify to get entries?
The following transactions do not qualify to earn you promo entries: Deposit money Send Money Withdraw Money (From Agent and From ATM) Registration onto M-PESA PIN change onto M-PESA Balance enquiry on M-PESA and M-Shwari All non-chargeable transactions M-PESA to Bank Bank to M-PESA M-Shwari transactions KCB M-PESA transactions

8. How do I check my entries?
Dial *244# then select “Check Points Balance”.

9. What can I do to increase my chances of winning?
The more you perform the qualifying transactions, the higher your chance of winning.

10.Can I use a SIM from another network to enter the promo?
No. the promotion is open to Safaricom subscribers only. You will need to perform a qualifying transaction using Safaricom’s M-PESA to participate in the promo.

11.How will I receive my prize?
Airtime prizes will be topped up directly into the customers’ account and M-PESA prizes will be paid directly into a customer’s M-PESA account.

12. When will the draws be done?
Draws will be done on weekdays, Monday to Friday. This excludes public holidays. Weekend promotion entries will be put in the Monday’s draw.

13. How do I escalate issues?
For Customer Care assistance, contact us on: Prepaid Customer Care *100# Postpaid Customer Care *200# M-PESA Customer Care *234# Twitter: @safaricomltd Facebook: www.facebook.com/safaricomltd

14. Do I have to register to participate in the promo?
No. by participating in the qualifying transactions during the promo period, you automatically enter into the promotion.

15. How will winners be contacted?
Daily winners will be notified via SMS. Winners of the house shall be notified via a call from 0729 333 333.



5 ways to manage emails and control spam in Outlook


Spam lives on, despite all our efforts to snuff it out—but Outlook has some features to help slow it down. Here are some things anyone can do, plus some tips for working within a corporate Outlook system. 

1. Use Block Sender frequently

Use Outlook's Block Sender feature to add intrusive spam to your Block Sender List, and then move it to the Junk Email folder. This works fine if you receive fewer than a dozen emails a day.
Select the spam email, right-click, choose Junk from the drop menu, and click Block Sender. Or, Select Home > Junk > Block Sender. Outlook marks it and relocates it immediately.
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Use Block Sender frequently to automatically add the senders to Junk Email folder.

2. Set up a Blocked Sender list

If you get a lot of spam from a single ISP or country, or from a phishing group impersonating a legitimate organization, such as Yahoo6.com, epaypal.com, or an email from Wellsfargo with an EarthLink address (hbird80@earthlink.net), you can add these bad actors to your Block Sender list by company, group, country, ISP, or other criteria. Select Home > Junk > Junk Email Options and click the Blocked Senders tab. Click the Add button and enter a country code, a group domain, or a even a fake company (epaypal.com).
As the examples listed in this dialog box show, you don't need wildcards to block all email from a group or company. Just enter the group name preceded by the @ sign, or the name alone. Click OK > Apply > OK. Task complete.
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Use the Block Sender list to block groups, countries, and fake companies.

3. Create Rules for sorting, moving and more

Outlook has a feature called "Create Rule" that offers custom email management based on conditions that you define in its virtual rulebook. Like macros, these rules automate repetitive tasks that you perform daily, such as telling Outlook which emails to display in specific windows, move emails to other folders, and/or create alerts with custom sounds.
Select the email you want moved to another folder. Select Home > Rules > Create Rule. In the dialog box, Outlook asks: When I get email with the selected conditions (From, Subject, Sent To) do the following: Display in New Item Alert Window, Play Selected Sound, or Move Item to Folder. Outlook assumes you want to check all three of the top boxes, but feel free to uncheck those that do not apply. In the bottom pane, check the boxes that perform the actions you require, then click OK.
In the following example (see graphic below): In Sample 1, this rule says flag all emails From: Comcast, with the Subject: Your bill is ready, Sent To: xxx@chacha.com; and then do the following> Play Sound: Windows RingIn.wav, and then Move to Folder: Bills Due. For Play Sound, click Browse, navigate to the Windows/Media folder, then choose a sound from the list. For Move to Folder, click the Select Folder button, and choose one from your hard drive's folder list.
In Sample 2, all spam emails with Subject: Jace and Sent To: xxx@chacha.com are flagged and sent to the Junk Email folder. The subject line here has too many words for a good match, so this field box was unchecked.
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Use Create Rule for custom email management based on conditions that you define.

4. Rules Wizard (advanced options)

You can create rules that block spam—or set up a number of other handy tasks—based on specific criteria that you set. 
For this example: UserKC receives a lot of spam emails with attachments in her Inbox that are not addressed to her email address. In this case, the email was sent to somebody named mikeal.victor98@gmail.com, but she received it instead. This is a common phishing scam that's escalated over time, so she decided to create a rule to automate a process that kills these spam attacks.
Select Home > Rules > Create Rule. In the Create Rule dialog box, click the Advanced Options button.
In the Rules Wizard dialog box, Outlook asks: Which condition(s) do you want to check? Step1: Select Condition(s). Scroll through the list and choose the conditions that apply to your unique situation. In this example, UserKC selected where my name is not in the To box and which has an attachment. Outlook enters the conditions in the Step2 box. Click Next.
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Create rules that block spam, in addition to a number of other handy tasks, based on specific criteria that you set.
In the second Rules Wizard dialog, Outlook asks: What do you want to do with the message? Step1: Select Action(s). UserKC checked move it to the specified folder.
Notice the underlined text here and in the Step 2 box: That means, "click this link to complete this action." Click once, choose the "specified" folder (Junk Email), then click OK. Outlook adds this action to your rule, then re-displays the additional rule in a new Step2 box. Click Next.
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Underlined text means click this link to complete this action.
In the third Rules Wizard dialog, Outlook asks: Are there any exceptions? Step 1: Select Exceptions. UserKC decided to add a safety exception: If the sender name/email address matches a record in my current address book, then do nothing. Check the exception box, click the underlined "specified" Address Book, select the applicable contact list, then click Add.
Notice the new Step 2 box contains all the rules you just created. If acceptable, click Finish. The Finish Rules Setup Wizard dialog opens and requests that you specify a name for this rule (or collection of rules, actually). Enter a descriptive name, check the "Turn On this Rule" box, and click OK. Now, all those misdirected phishing and spam emails will go directly to your junk file folder.
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Enter exceptions and name the rule.

5. Check spam folders often

Spam, phishing and blocking filters, and the rules that govern them, come in multiple levels. In addition to the filters and rules you create on your own computer, your email software, antivirus program, Internet provider, network administrator, individual supervisor, and possibly others all have various systems for protecting users from harmful and/or unsolicited communications. The often aggressive techniques these systems use to filter out the garbage means some legitimate emails may not get through.
Check your spam folders often at every level, especially if you're expecting a communication that never shows up. It's generally easy to access your spam folders at the ISP level, because most providers offer an email program with the service, which includes a spam folder. Individual company policies may not be as flexible or convenient. Talk to your network administrator if you're missing emails to determine whether the contents of the spam folders are accessible and available to review. If not, ask your friends, colleagues, and associates to monitor their communications and call you if you don't respond in a timely manner. Or, if your company policies allow it, consider providing a second, backup email address to catch those drifters that wander into corporate traps.

How to prepare for an appraisal

The Dreaded Appraisals! These are the measure of the achievement of your tasks and how efficient you were in the process. Most career employees look forward to this stage of their ‘business year’ since it is an opportunity to showcase what you have been able to accomplish as well as the implication of a green flag toward a promotion or a raise in remuneration (Of course, where opportunity allows).

Truth be told, sometimes, when you are behind on your tasks, or your results betray you, most employees do not look forward to an appraisal, focusing on the possible resultthat the employer/appraisermay not be as quiet as you would desirewhen displaying their abilities of how good they are at keeping record of your “fails” across the appraisal period.

Snapping back to reality, and on a more serious note, appraisals frequently mean a review of your past performance (achievements) within a specified period and providing you feedback for your improvements. So, if there’s been little or no performance, the same shall be reflected as little or no appraisal in your salary and position.

Appraisals vary from company tocompany. The most frequent appraisal is 12 months in my experience but some organizations have one in every three to six months, particularly if your employment is performance based. There are some with reviews that are monthly which build into the annual appraisal.

Some appraisal cycles are defined bythe completion of tasks, for example a project-based workload’sachievement can be reviewed at the completion of the project. This sometimes defies defined timelines, meaning that the project could be completed before the expected completion-time or even after the expected completed time or along with the usual organization review cycle of six months or a year.

A fundamental thing that some of us might discount is that appraisals are as much about your future performance as they are about your past performance.

During your appraisal, your past performance is evaluated and the roadmap for the coming months is prepared. Take note and be keen on how your roadmap for the coming months is being decided, for this often defines your future and all the leaps you might make in your professional life.

Of course this is just my experience as a team manager, Your experiences or questions can be of valuable help to me and other process managers to improve the appraisal process.