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A 3D printer, $200, and eight Girl Scouts with a much bigger plan

A Dorchester troop decided their cookie profits could do more than fund a pizza party.

I have to be honest, I didn't know the Girl Scouts got any say in the cookie money! I mean, I figured it went to the troop or the organization, but apparently, these kids actually get a vote on where their profits go. And eight third-graders in Dorchester, Massachusetts, really set the bar on how the money should be used.

Instead of the usual campout or pizza party, they put around $200 toward a 3D printer. As Erik Barnes reports, the troop found a design for a toddler mobility trainer through a nonprofit, ran the machine for roughly 200 hours, then snapped the finished wheelchair together in under an hour. The spark came from a field trip, where the girls saw what mobility could do and decided kids their own age deserved the same. Like the grandmothers crocheting shade over a sweltering Spanish street, they'd landed on the idea that a real problem can have a handmade fix.

And they're just warming up. "They want to make another one that is multiple shades of violet," troop leader Corinne Curran said. "And they also said that they want to build a power wheelchair." For a group still mastering cursive, that's a remarkably big plan.

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Yesterday, we shared how shockingly little time it takes to get a really good result from your meditation. If you’re the sort to meditate, that is.

Are GOOD readers on their meditation game? An even 40% of you give it the occasional try, only to have your minds start frantically thinking about the many, many things you think you should be thinking about.

• Daily ritual, candle lit, fully zen (13.7%)

• I try, then my brain opens fourteen tabs (40.0%)

• Seven minutes? I last about seven seconds (24.2%)

• Meditation is just napping with extra steps (22.1%)

GOOD reader Kathy Theodore spoke up from the smallest group (in what I presume to be a very serene, very zen voice) to make the case for meditation. “Everyone should meditate in some form for at least 10-20 minutes a day! Connect with your center - your day will go more smoothly.” I hear you, Kathy. I sincerely believe you. I just can’t get my mind to behave!

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Can your coffee order reveal your work ethic?

A CEO swears she can judge your character by how you order at Starbucks.

I’ve had too much coffee myself so, please forgive me for this… but work can be a grind. According to finance CEO Codie Sanchez, you can tell a latte about someone by watching how they order their morning cup. You can sort the drips from the rest without having to pour over a resume. You can see how they espresso themselves or if high-pressure situations get them steamed.

As Mark Wales reports, Codie is not the only one with strong opinions. Science says we often spend more time on unimportant tasks than big ones, while Reddit wonders if slow coffee choosers are just being careful with their beans. In other words, before you filter out job candidates based on barista banter, maybe check if they’re just savoring the moment. After all, nobody wants to be judged as a has-bean too soon.

I’ll probably get roasted for how I wrote this.*

* - I think that’s 11 coffee puns. Can you find them all?

On June 2, 1953, a 27-year-old Elizabeth II was crowned Queen of the United Kingdom inside Westminster Abbey. For the first time ever, television was allowed inside the Abbey to broadcast a coronation live, and the choice was hugely controversial. Plenty of stuffy officials thought it improper to let people watch a sacred ceremony while sipping tea in the front room.

They went ahead anyway, and it rewrote how the world watched everything. More than 20 million Britons tuned in, over half the adult population, and for the first time, the TV audience outnumbered the radio one. Sets flew off shelves, with roughly 2.5 million televisions snapped up in the run-up as families splurged just to catch the big day.

Since almost nobody owned a set yet, the coronation turned into a nationwide block party, with streets emptying and an average of about 17 people crammed around each tiny black-and-white screen. The footage survives today because it was one of the earliest broadcasts deliberately recorded to keep. Every time a billion people watch the same thing at the same moment, they are following a path this single morning paved. 

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