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Monday, January 23, 2012
Judge much?
I'll start by fessing up. My name is Betty and I can be INCREDIBLY judgmental. I know this about myself--I'm not necessarily ok with it, nor to I accept it as who I will be forever, but I know that my natural tendency is to assume that my way it right/best. With that in mind, I will also say that I've come a long way. If you can believe it (and some of you can because you've known me for most of my life), I used to be even more judgmental than I am now. For much of my life I wrote it off as being opinionated, but I now realize it's more than that.
With motherhood looming in front of me, I'm working on being a woman that Clark will be proud to have as his mother, and no part of me believes that being judgmental is part of the job description. I'm also realizing that this club of mothers that I'm about to join is not much different than a lot of other clubs or societies that I've been a part of or witnessed. My friend Sarah blogged just last week about mean girls. There's little value in me re-hashing what she said, so go read her post (and follow her blog while you're there) then head back here.
Sarah's observation about mothers being just as horrible to one another as the "Plastics" in the movie Mean Girls isn't a unique one this week. Just yesterday my sister-in-law/best friend Becky posted this article about women judging other women for staying home...or not staying home (because although we women may be bitches, at least we're equal opportunity bitches).
My point is this. While my child is still in utero, I've seen others judged for their choices (What?! You're ok with breastfeeding...in PUBLIC?!), and I'm sorry to say, I've even been the one judging. But what I'm realizing is what you might call another Jane-ism, we're all just doing the best that we can with what we have where we're at. It's possible that the mother sitting in front of me at church feeding her baby formula tried desperately for months to breast feed, but finally, finally was able to move past her own hang-ups and supplement or switch to formula for the health of her baby. Or maybe she never tried to breast feed. The thing is, it's not my business. And while I don't understand it and hope I'm never in that position, judging her doesn't help promote the greater good. It doesn't recognize that this woman has taken on what I already view as the most difficult job in the world. And it definitely doesn't make me the woman I want my children's mother to be.
I don't believe I'll ever stop being opinionated. I have very specific beliefs about most things, and I won't apologize for believing that breastfeeding, cloth diapering, and non-processed foods are what's best for my baby. However, I'm done being judgmental about others who don't believe the same thing because if mothers can't get love from other mothers--women who have literally been there--then where can they get the love and appreciation they deserve?
Finally, the more I read about delivery and postpartum recovery the more love I have for all of you mothers because I'm seriously beginning to freak about this giving birth thing that's going to happen in a few months...but I'll leave that for my next post.
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I really love love love this post because I think there is so much to take away from it. Since becoming a mother I have really tried to give the same advice to myself and to other mothers/soon-to-be mothers: DO WHAT WORKS BEST FOR YOU. Breastfeeding/Formula feeding, diapering, sleeping, work/no work...it is your life and you have to do what you can to make it the best it can be. Also, until another person has your specific child, they will NEVER know what is best for him/her and your family before you do. I keep telling myself that if I can just keep doing what is best for me, Tenley, John and the dogs and not care about the silent judgment from others then I am being the best mom I can be. You are going to be a great mom!ReplyDelete
I love this. It's awesome. I have been the judgmental one, and I have been the judged one. And it SUCKS either way.ReplyDelete
I think the same thing though, I will never stop being opinionated, but it's about (like Chrisanne said) what works for that specific person.
I interviewed you and VP months ago about Signature, Ink. I love reading your blog. I don't have kids yet, but this is so true. It really made me take a look at my "opinionated" personality and rethink how I approach situations and people. Thanks!ReplyDelete
Feel free to follow me: http://newlywed-weddedbliss.blogspot.com/
Amazing how it changes when you've got your own, isn't it? Couldn't believe the things I TOTALLY WAS GOING TO DO NO QUESTIONS ASKED that either didn't work out for me or just weren't important any more once Iris was actually here.ReplyDelete
Best lessons I've learned from motherhood? Humility, flexibility, patience. But I mean that as a good thing. I needed those lessons. :)
You are going to be one exceptional mother, roommate.


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Liddington Castle
Heritage Category: Scheduled Monument
List Entry Number: 1016312
Date first listed: 10-Mar-1925
Date of most recent amendment: 08-Dec-1997
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The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
District: Swindon (Unitary Authority)
Parish: Liddington
National Grid Reference: SU 20888 79696
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Reasons for Designation
Slight univallate hillforts are defined as enclosures of various shapes,
generally between 1ha and 10ha in size, situated on or close to hilltops and
defined by a single line of earthworks, the scale of which is relatively
small. They date to between the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age (eighth -
fifth centuries BC), the majority being used for 150 to 200 years prior to
their abandonment or reconstruction. Slight univallate hillforts have
generally been interpreted as stock enclosures, redistribution centres, places
of refuge and permanent settlements. The earthworks generally include a
rampart, narrow level berm, external ditch and counterscarp bank, while access
to the interior is usually provided by two entrances comprising either simple
gaps in the earthwork or an inturned rampart. Postholes revealed by excavation
indicate the occasional presence of portal gateways while more elaborate
features like overlapping ramparts and outworks are limited to only a few
examples. Internal features included timber or stone round houses; large
storage pits and hearths; scattered postholes, stakeholes and gullies; and
square or rectangular buildings supported by four to six posts, often
represented by postholes, and interpreted as raised granaries. Slight
univallate hillforts are rare with around 150 examples recorded nationally.
Although on a national scale the number is low, in Devon they comprise one of
the major classes of hillfort. In other areas where the distribution is
relatively dense, for example, Wessex, Sussex, the Cotswolds and the
Chilterns, hillforts belonging to a number of different classes occur within
the same region. Examples are also recorded in eastern England, the Welsh
Marches, central and southern England. In view of the rarity of slight
univallate hillforts and their importance in understanding the transition
between Bronze Age and Iron Age communities, all examples which survive
comparatively well and have potential for the recovery of further
archaeological remains are believed to be of national importance.
Liddington Castle hillfort survives well and is known from part excavation to contain archaeological and environmental evidence relating to its construction, the economy of its inhabitants and the landscape in which they lived. In addition, it is one of a group of hillforts associated with the ancient Ridgeway trackway.
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The monument includes a slight univallate hillfort known as Liddington Castle.
The hillfort, which is one of several located on or near the Ridgeway,
occupies a flat plateau on the northern scarp of the Wiltshire chalklands on
the summit of Liddington Hill from which there are extensive views north and
west across the Thames valley and south across the Marlborough Downs.
The hillfort is oval in plan and consists of a bank, ditch and counterscarp bank following the natural contours of the hill and enclosing an internal area of approximately 3ha. There is one original entrance located on the eastern side.
The inner bank measures approximately 12m across and is up to 3m above the interior ground level. The surrounding ditch is up to 18m wide. The counterscarp bank stands up to 6m high above the ditch and is most prominent on the northern and western facing slopes.
Flint digging between 1896 and 1900 in the north east part of the hillfort revealed numerous early Iron Age finds including a bronze awl and ear-ring, spindle whorls and fragments of pottery.
A small scale excavation in 1976 found that the rampart was constructed in at least four phases, the latest being a re-fortification during the Saxon period.
Also included in the scheduling is a pillow mound located on the south eastern side of the monument adjacent to the counterscarp bank. It is aligned north east to south west and is 21m long, 8m wide and up to 0.5m high. The south eastern side of the mound has been levelled by cultivation and is not included in the scheduling.
The buried reservoir which lies to the north east of the pillow mound on the eastern side of the hillfort is not included in the scheduling. All water troughs and fence posts are excluded from the scheduling but the ground beneath these features is included.
MAP EXTRACT The site of the monument is shown on the attached map extract.
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number: 28964
Legacy System: RSM
This monument is scheduled under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 as amended as it appears to the Secretary of State to be of national importance. This entry is a copy, the original is held by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
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Weekly Report
Miothe: Finally got her Champion of the Frozen Wastes title. I know it's not much and that there are much cooler and harder achievements out there, but this is Mio's very first title and I'm kinda proud of the little druid! She's come a long way from the neglected little thing languishing away on Ysera (US-PvE) three years ago.
Keiaz: Hit 60 and got her shiny epic raptor to run around on (apologies to Mio's epic flying fund!). Also had a brief sojourn into the arcane spec before promptly going back to frost. Solo leveling and frost are best friends, I am quite firmly convinced.
L2P Patch Day: Organizing Bags
Everyone has their own system for organizing all the stuff they accumulate. Some do it by color, some do it by pattern, some do it alphabetically, and some don't organize at all. Personally, I find organization key. I use the same basic pattern across all my characters, which makes it easy to find things. These are the categories I use for organizing all their stuff: questing items, reputation items, profession items, gear, RP clothing, glyphs, consumables, and vendor items. They each occupy specific regions in the bags and banks of all my characters. A little anal-retentive perhaps, but it causes fewer headaches when I'm bouncing from character to character all night long.
As a general rule, the character with a certain profession gets to hold onto those materials. Dolendae, as my jewelcrafter, hangs on to all my gems. Since he is also the miner with epic flying, he usually ends up with most of my ore as well. Miothe is my scribe, so she keeps everything related to inscription. If the character has the bank and bag space to hang on to those mats, I think it's the most convenient system.
I also have certain characters designated to hold onto specific items. For example, all my WotLK enchanting materials are sent to Dolendae. That way if I need an enchant on Miothe, I can easily find the materials and send them off. It means I character-hop a lot when I'm trying to get materials together, but it limits how many characters I have to visit before finding everything.
Dolendae has the most organized bags and bank, so I'll use him as my example. His stuff also looks the prettiest!
Each major category gets its own bag. The stuff that I access frequently, like the eternals and reputation items, are all in the first bank slot. Gems have their own bag, enchanting materials have their own bag, and even the random stuff is grouped together. Almost all Dolendae's retribution gear is in the same bag, so I can swap gear neatly.
Consumables such as scrolls, food, buffing reagents, flasks, bandages, and potions all occupy the second bag across all my characters. My hearthstone is always in the last bag in the top space. Questing items always go in the back of the bag and if they have a use effect, I throw them on my action bar. Vendor items that I get while questing go in the first bag so I only need to open one bag to sell my stuff when I get back to town.
Because I raid on Dol, I keep his healing gear on him and his retribution gear in the bank. All my hybrids carry an alternate gear set on them. Salanthe wears her healing gear and carries her elemental gear. Her enhancement gear is in the bank. Miothe wears her healing gear and carries her balance gear. Her feral gear is in the bank. In most cases, I can simply swap an entire bag in and out of the bank if I want to change gear sets.
Convenience is the rule for how I organize my stuff. I've developed this system over four years of game play. It works very well for me, but also requires a lot of maintenance. When questing, bag organization is definitely entropic and it takes a minute or two every time you visit a town to reorganize everything. The extra time I spend keeping my bags clean makes my life easier though!
What systems do you use, if any? Feel free to link some screenshots of your bank and bags, particularly if you have something showy!
Army of Alts: Time Management
Every once and a while on AAM, I try to write a post about the challenges and benefits of having multiple characters. This could be anything from what it's like having a small corporation worth of professions to how-tos like transferring items and money quickly between accounts. This week, I'm discussing the most important skill of maintaining an Army of Alts: time management.
Having multiple characters can be quite a challenge. Everything in WoW demands time and lots of it. Reputation grinds require instance runs and dailies, professions require farming and crafting time, it takes time and practice to learn your character's abilities and how to play them well, and it takes time to run instances and raids.
If you feel daring, type the command /played in your chat window the next time you log on your main character. It will tell you exactly how much time you've spent playing that particular toon. My main character from Burning Crusade has 140 days played. I don't even want to think of how much time that is! If you look at her profile on the Armory, you can see the payoffs for spending so much time on her, particularly in Burning Crusade terms. Raid achievements, reputations, professions, even weapon skills all reveal that at one time, I invested a lot of effort in perfecting my shaman.
In WotLK, I'm playing several characters regularly. There are good sides and bad sides to having multiple mains. It is very convenient to have multiple professions and sources of income. Versatility is nice; I'm always available for friends, whether they need a tank, healer, or dps. The same things that make an army of characters handy can also make it difficult, though. It's expensive to level professions, to get multiple characters epic flying or dual-spec capabilities. Reputation grinds like Sons of Hodir can be painful when you have several characters. And sometimes, just because you can fulfill every role for your friends doesn't mean that you will be asked to do so.
Setting goals is one of the best ways to navigate the pitfalls of having multiple characters. It makes prioritizing your time more efficient because you know what needs to be done on your various characters. As you level, decide what role you want them to fulfill (i.e. farming alt, tank, extra healer, dps for guild raids, role-playing character, arena pvp, etc.) and decide what they need to be successful. Maybe certain professions are important or certain reputation factions. Those should be your primary goals. Once you have those goals accomplished, then you focus on secondary goals or even move on to another character. Always set goals!
Goals make prioritizing your time easier, but there's one more important thing to remember. Learn to say no! If you are trying to earn money for epic flying and someone wants you to hop on one of your healers for some heroics, don't be afraid to say no. When I'm asked to do something but I don't feel like it, I have a little formula for declining politely: apologize, decline, explain, and compromise.
For example, if I'm leveling my mage and someone asks me to tank some heroics, here's what I'll say: "Oh, I'm sorry! I'd rather not right now. I'm 3 bars from level 60 and I want to finish tonight. If you still need a tank when I ding, I can switch then."
I like to think that declining in this fashion doesn't turn people off of asking me to do stuff (because I really do like to tank and heal heroics), but still lets me finish whatever goal I set for the night. Or maybe I'm just blessed with forgiving friends!
Weekend Extras: Wandering Elites of Doom
My little mage made it to Outland this week. As I headed out of Thrallmar on my turquoise raptor to collect salvaged wood and metal, I reminded myself to keep my eye out for a roaming elite that has murdered every single one of my characters except the death knight (because I had learned to watch out for him by then!). Tagar Spinebreaker has taken his big, shiny axe to four of my characters and come out ahead. I had no hope for the squishy mage.
Thankfully, a bored friend hopped on his newly minted death knight and helped me through the beginning quests. When Tagar came around the corner suddenly and tried to add another couple characters to his kill list, we got him instead! After our sweet, sweet victory, my friend told me about what happened the first time he came up against Tagar. He knocked my friend over a cliff to kill him.
I have to admit, I don't recall any spectacular deaths like that, but my characters have eaten dirt plenty of times in the years I've been running around Azeroth and Outland. Thinking about some of my most hated foes, I began to wonder how many I had forgotten or blocked out, so I did some searching over at Wowhead and came up with a hit list.
I tried to find all the elites that would be most likely to surprise and kill you while questing, whether Horde or Alliance. I've doubtlessly missed some, but I think I've managed to track down the majority. Take a look at the hit list and share some of your tales of death, destruction, and revenge!
Weekly Report
Here's what All My Mains has been up to this week:
Salanthe: Finally did Malygos! Since Sal doesn't raid with her guild, I thought this would be a long time in coming. I found a pretty decent pug though and got it in a handful of tries. The venerable shaman finally got her necklace and I was left shaking my head at the healing meters. Holy paladins are hax, just going to say.
Miothe: Sat out on the guild Naxx run (long story) so she hasn't done much this week. Ran enough heroics to get enough badges for her T7 chest, which netted her the 2-piece set bonus. This will definitely be nice when 3.1 hits. She's about 1,500 gold away from getting her epic flying. Hopefully next week I can post a picture of her as an epic bird. And before you ask, I am taking the easy way out and not doing the quest. Not yet anyway. Mio was never a priority in BC, so she doesn't have the rep to run heroic Sethekk yet. First rep, then quest.
Dolendae: Tanked the first half of guild Naxx and got a handful of jewelcrafting recipes from Wintergrasp. I swear, if I could figure out a way to just tank everything and never heal again, I'd be happy for … maybe a week. I love paladin tanking though! After witnessing the power of holy pallies on that Malygos pug I did with Sal though, I'm tempted to try it on Dolendae.
Zgu: Dinged 80! I've been working on the Northrend Loremaster achievement with her to make money for Mio's epic flying. I only have Icecrown and Storm Peaks remaining, which is kind of exciting. Also worked on leveling her blacksmithing. Unfortunately, bs is as material intensive as always, even at Northrend-level. I'll have to farm a lot more saronite before she can make her titansteel upgrades.
Keiaz: The little mage has gotten some attention lately, for no other reason than I want a Northrend-level enchanter and tailor. She finally hit Outland, so seven more levels to go! Mage is definitely not my favorite class. Frost bolt, frost bolt, frost nova, frost bolt, frost bolt, drink. Repeat. Yeah, definitely not very entertaining. Maybe I should try arcane, but then I'd miss the little water elemental.
L2P Patch Day: Macros
Let me begin with a story. Once upon a time, there was a paladin tank with a fairly basic user interface. The tank didn't have any macros at all and not all his abilities could have their own keybind. Sometimes, if a squishy person was getting beat up, the tank couldn't save them because he couldn't bubble them fast enough.
One day, the tank had an epiphany. What if he made a macro so that when he used his taunt, Righteous Defense, he could also put a bubble on the person he was taunting off of? What a brilliant idea! The tank wasn't very good at writing macros though. After thinking about it awhile, he wrote a nice little macro that would cast Righteous Defense and cast Hand of Protection on the target his mouse was hovering over. Then he put the new macro where his Righteous Defense button was and went to bed.
Then next day, the tank was asked to run a bunch of heroics for his friends. He gladly agreed and the heroics went very smoothly. Then the tank and his friends entered Halls of Lightning. The run was going very well and the group picked up a few achievements along the way. When they got to the hallway after the second boss where the statues come to life, the tank knew to pull the mobs back just in case they feared everyone. It went perfectly and the group was very happy.
Then came the pull of elementals. The tank knew that he should line of sight the cluster around the corner, so he warned his group to wait until he had them before starting to dps. He confidently threw his Avenger's Shield at the nearest elementals and ran around the corner. He dropped Consecration and waited for his victims to come to him. The warlock in the group was smart (and maybe bored) and decided that he would help the tank by banishing one. He cast banish and some of the elementals decided to get revenge for their disabled comrade! Our confident paladin didn't notice that the warlock had attracted some unwanted attention though.
There was a very smart warrior in the group and he saw the vengeful elementals heading towards the squishy warlock. He did what any good plate-wearer would do – got the attention of the strays and pulled them right over to the tank. The confident paladin saw that the warrior was in trouble! He targeted the brave warrior and hit his Righteous Defense button. Then everyone started dying and the tank panicked! He ran around, frantically hitting the elementals with abilities and trying to get their attention, but none of them would pay attention to him! There was nothing he could do as everyone began dying around him. He barely survived and while he was resurrecting everyone, he realized what happened.
He had cast Hand of Protection on himself! He explained what happened and apologized to the poor warrior. Thankfully everyone in the group thought it was hilarious and they laughed as the tank sheepishly replaced his faulty macro with his regular taunt. The rest of the instance went very smoothly, though the mage didn't get her pants from Loken. The end.
Paladin tanks that bubble themselves are notorious. It's rule number one of paladin tanking: Don't bubble yourself! When I designed my paladin's user interface, I deliberately chose to keep all bubbles off keybindings to prevent disasters such as the one above. Except for Divine Protection of course, which is analogous to a warrior's Shield Wall. In general, that is a good practice for beginning tanks. It prevents accidental bubbles and their resulting wipes. Once a tank is more confident, it's advisable to make use of abilities like the various Hands. Making those tools readily accessible can mean the difference between someone living or dying.
Only recently have I felt confident enough to begin adding macros to my paladin's bars. The Righteous Defense/Hand of Protection macro was a very good idea! The implementation left much to be desired though and taught me my first Learn2Play lesson:
Test your macros before entering an instance!
This is the macro I wrote and then failed to use correctly. Keep in mind, this is a mouseover macro, so if your mouse is not hovering over a party member, you will bubble yourself. Use with caution!
/cast [target=mouseover] Righteous Defense
/cast [target=mouseover] Hand of Protection
A few other useful paladin tanking macros I've found:
Use this Divine Shield macro to remove debuffs from yourself. You may have to reestablish aggro afterwards!
#showtooltip Divine Shield
/cancelaura Divine Shield
/cast Divine Shield
Use this macro when you've accidentally bubbled yourself. If I had this macro when the incident described above happened, a few more friends may have survived.
/cancelaura Divine Shield
/cancelaura Hand of Protection
/cancelaura Divine Intervention
OMG I'm on Fire!
It's Monday morning and almost everyone is back at work. I have a couple short videos to help alleviate the boredom! Here are some little flavor animations I found while questing in Crystalsong Forest the other night. There are a lot of these things in WotLK if you're observant.
If you watch the druids in the ruins, sometimes they will hop from bench to bench:
And if you watch the Unbound Ents long enough, you'll see them set on fire by the Unbound Tricksters and Corrupters. The ents run around in a panic and then cower for a while once the fire debuff fades. Very adorable:
I'm brand new to the video thing and these are the very first videos I've ever recorded in WoW. One of these days I'll figure out how to add sound to them so they're more enjoyable to watch! iMovie is harder to figure out than I anticipated, sadly. I had the perfect songs picked out to go with these too – Superball by Aimee Mann and This Fire by Franz Ferdinand.


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The music was by Alan Reid and Rob Van Sante.
Alan, a multi instrumentalist and song writer, joined Battlefield Band soon after its founding. He helped develop their unique sound by including keyboard and bagpipes. He performed with them from 1969 to 2010. (In this photo he plays the accordion.)
Rob van Sante, a guitarist of skill and subtletly, has toured Europe, North Africa and the Middle East playing with top British artists.


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Oluwatobi Oluwaleye's calm mien belies her energy and entrepreneurial skills. This caught our attention immediately as Oluwatobi, founder of TEA'S Nature shea butter-based beauty products, took Outrepreneurs through the story of her business which is barely two years old, but has gained international repute.
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TEA'S Nature is a nature-based company specializing in producing Shea Butter range of products. For now, we have Shea Butter beauty products in different fragrances, but we hope to expand to producing other products like black soap, hair and body butter which base will be shea butter.
How did it all start?
I was working with a real estate company, living in Ogun State [Nigeria] and working in Ikoyi [Lagos State, Nigeria]. I commuted that long distance every working day for two years and it was very stressful. I worked there, before going for the NYSC [compulsory one year post-graduation national youth service]. After my service, I asked my boss for a break before resuming as a full-time staff there. He agreed. I went back after my NYSC, was told there was a restructuring and I would have to give them some time. I went back home and began to think about what different thing I could do.
So, would you say you lost the job?
I didn't lose the job per se. By the time he called me back saying they were ready for me, I had already started working somewhere else, because there were three other companies whic called me up for employment. So I went and started working in one of them.
Back to how it all started, I started my shea butter business while working. Along the line, I knew a 9-5 wasn't what I was cut out for, so I left my job and faced the business fully. I chose shea butter as a business, because I got in contact with shea butter in my childhood. My light-skinned sister had a skin irritation. My parents took her to dermatologists and hospitals, but nothing was working. One day, my grandma came from Oshogbo during the holidays. We were all excited with anticipation for what she had brought for us from the village. She opened her bag and brought out this smelly substance in a black nylon. We all ran away. It wasn't attractive. But my sister had no choice but to apply it. She had to be forced to do so. Within three days, the skin irritation was gone. All I remembered was that it was ori [shea butter] that my grandma used to cure my sister. When I had that break, I thought about this childhood experience. Also, the fact that going all natural is the trend these days made it a good time to start. So, I began to think around the product and the fact that we were attracted to the product because it worked. The packaging and smell were what made it unattractive. So, we decided to improve upon those undesirable things and this gave birth to our product.
When did you start this?
In the later part of 2015.
How has patronage been?
At first, it was mainly family and friends that patronized my product. I think they bought the product out of pity. The product was crude and the packaging was very simple, but they bought it anyway and I saved the money.
When I started out, I got my first set of jars from an uncle, my dad helped print the labels and my first machine was bought by my aunt. People were just giving me free stuff. So, from a customer base of only family and friends that I assume bought out of pity and in a bid to support my venture, I moved to having unknown customers; people with whom I had no direct contact. We are now in a few countries. It is really amazing to see how far we have come, though it is not yet where we want it to be.
What other countries are you in?
Currently we are in the United Kingdom, United States and South Africa. We are also in Canada.
Who are your major stockists?
Because this is the age of technology, we use social media. We have our handles on all social media platforms where people can place order and it gets delivered to wherever they are. We also have brand representatives in major states, within and outside the country, from whom people can get the products. This reduces delivery costs.
Tell us about your sales revenue
Our first batch was 116 products, because that was the quantity of jars my uncle sent. It took us about 3 months to sell them all, but today, we sell a little above 116 in one day. Revenue has been great. This cones with its own challenges, though, because we keep re-investing in the business. The packaging especially has improved so much and this has been possible, because we are making more revenue.
What are the challenges of your business?
The weather, because our environment is relatively warm, shea butter doesn't do well. So, because our brand is soft and fluffy, the product goes back to its original state when it melts. So, we have to take extra caution to get the products to the consumers in a great state and that's a major challenge.
Government regulations too are a challenge, though we have gone past that by associating ourselves with organizations. We are members of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, I am an alumnus of Pan-Atlantic University (Lagos Business School) and the Technology Incubation Center. Associations like these have given us leverage.
What other markets are you currently looking at for expansion?
Our five year goal is to have one faithful customer in every 10 families in Nigeria and one faithful customer in 30 African families. We know Nigerians and Africans in general are everywhere in the world. If we can achieve our five year goal, we are good. We do not want more than this for now.
What is your motivation?
My major motivation is God. I have also come to realize that no one owes me anything. People make the mistake of depending on family contacts and have an entitlement mentality. This is not right. So, I am motivated by reminding myself that no one owes me anything. If the business does well or not is mainly my concern. Each and every day, I strive to be better at what I do, because no one owes me anything. Also, I get motivated when people who see what I do send me private messages or call to say they like what I am doing. Though, sometimes, I feel like going back to the 9-5 grind, but when I see the number of people who look up to me, I realize giving up is not worth it.
What would you point out as your major asset in this business?
My contacts and the customers. One thing I have realized is that every person that has ever bought TEA'S shea butter, always comes back for more. These are my major assets, because without them my brand cannot survive.
Do you have a team?
Yes. I have 2 full time staff and then there are people who come in on contract basis, anytime there is a need for more hands, because it is not wise to put so many people on salary for now.
Have you ever sought for external funds?
I have. I mentioned earlier that I am an alumna of Pan-Atlantic University. That was made possible by a grant from the World Bank. They decided to sponsor women whose businesses were between zero to two years and I applied. They partly sponsored my education to the tune of 1million naira. This was one grant for which I was really grateful. Asides that, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry also provided some sponsorship, more for educational purposes.
As a founder, what lessons have you learnt?
I have learnt that because you run a business, it doesn't mean you will always have money. A lot of people see you making sales and just assume that you must have a lot of money. Your business and you are two different entities. I used to think when I started my brand, I would always have money in my pockets, but the reality dawned on me when I went to Lagos Business School and was taught that's not the way it works. Another thing I have learnt is that your friends are important. These are the people who will spread your message for free, when you are not there. Also, when it seems everything is not working for your good and you are at your wits end, always speak to people who are remotely in the same business with you. They will encourage you and teach you how to come out of tough situations, because they have encountered and overcome such difficulties, in the past. If you are down, it doesn't mean you are out. These are the lessons I have learnt so far.
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Chiamaka Akuba is a graduate of Mass Communication of the University of Lagos, Nigeria. She is passionate about emerging markets and entrepreneurship and is actively working with the industry. She loves her conversations challenging and can't help laughing when you call her 'Honourable Writer of the Federal Republic'. Chiamaka is a Staff Writer at Outrepreneurs.


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I have started to get my fall orders trickling in and thought I would update my update. I DID raise prices...however, I also lowered some prices too! I added a SALE!!! Collection, Which, I know...was not the point...but really some of them have been sitting around for a while and they really want homes to go to. Because zoodies are not happy sitting on hangers...they want to be worn and loved and played in. It's depressing seeing them all hanging there!
So check out THE SHOP and see what all is going on!
Oh, and The Warehouse Mouse Zoodie (pictured above) is not in the shop...but I had to post this pic of my little Bodie O...because how cute is he? Those lips! ack...he is just the cutest...okay...sorry about that.


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When you need a machine shop to perform some precision work on a part or project you are working on, giving the work to the first shop you come across might not be the best idea. How do you know that they have the experience or expertise to do the work you need? There are some things you can ask before you give them the work and you should not be afraid to be selective about the shop you use. Not all shops are going to be the right fit for your project.
Ask Your Friends For Suggestions
If you have friends that have used a machine shop for work similar to what you are looking to have completed, ask them who they used and if they were happy with the work. People who are close to you are not going to be afraid to tell you if the shop they used was great or if they had a bad experience with them. If your friend had a bad experience they will most likely be quick to tell you about it.
Consider The Type Of Work They Do
If there are several machine shops nearby but one calls themselves an automotive machine shop, it might indicate that they work exclusively on engines and other automotive projects. If you need a precision shop to machine custom parts for your project, they might not be a good fit. They may be a great shop for resurfacing heads or boring engine blocks but if they do not have the right equipment or experience in the type of machining you need, consider looking elsewhere for a shop to work with.
Visiting Local Machine Shops
Don't just call the machine shops you are considering. Take the time to stop in and visit the shop. Sitting down with the owner or the foreman of the shop is a good way to get a feel for the shop and the kind of work they do. It is also a good way to discuss your project and get a feel for the confidence level of the shop and their ability to complete the work the way you need it done. If you are even a little concerned about their ability to complete the work to your satisfaction, it is okay to tell them you will be in touch and move on to the next shop.
The Right Fit
When you find the right machine shop to work with, you will know it. The shop that offers the kind of work you need and you feel comfortable working with, that is the one you want to give the work to. It might not be the biggest machine shop in the area but if it feels right, you might just have to trust your gut feeling and give them a try.
To learn more about machine shops, contact a company such as Aero Mechanism Precision.


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Director James Glickenhaus stages a very Bondian ski chase in this espionage actioner. Eagle eyed viewers will notice that snippets of the footage were included in the director's action classic SHAKEDOWN during the scene were Sam Elliot is sleeping in a grindhouse theater.
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text: Randy Barlow (born March 29, 1943 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American country music artist. Between 1976 and 1983, he released four albums, including three for Republic Records. In the same time span, he charted more than fifteen singles on the Billboard country singles charts, including a string of four songs in a row which all reached No. 10.


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RE: Thanks for the mail, Donors Choose!
"Fun" mail is a luxury anymore. Almost every day, my mailbox brims with recyclable junk, bills, and "grown-up" stuff to deal with. On some rare, peaceful days, the mailbox is … Continue reading
Cover Songs Are to Tone…
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In Ireland, a report released 12 September 2017—Review of Ireland's Corporation Tax Code—includes recommendations for future changes to Ireland's corporation tax regime, but no recommendations for changes to the 12.5% rate of corporation tax.
The report's findings are broadly positive on the future sustainability of Ireland's 12.5% rate regime.
The report's recommendations for changes to Ireland's regime largely reflect commitments that Ireland has made as part of multilateral measures to enact further protections against base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS). These commitments are aligned with those undertaken by other European Union (EU) Member States and with recommendations set out by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Changes made as part of multilateral adoption would form a core part of Ireland's international tax policy, and appear to align Ireland's tax regime with evolving international standards for corporate income tax regimes while preserving Ireland's relative competitive position as an attractive location for business.
Other report recommendations for change include broadening the scope of Ireland's transfer pricing regime as well as changes to the tax regime for intangible assets.
The government announced that implementation of the report's recommendations will be subject to a public consultation to be launched on Budget Day, 10 October 2017.
Read a September 2017 report prepared by the KPMG member firm in Ireland
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Volume 25, Issue 5, Pages 207-216
Infrared microspectroscopic imaging as a probing tool to fast distinguish chemical compositions in calcified deposits of prostatic calculi and calcific tendonitis
1Department of Biotechnology, Yuanpei University, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, China
2Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, and School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, China
3Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Lotung Pohai Hospital, Lotung, Ilan, Taiwan, China
Copyright © 2011 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The specificity and homogeneity of the real compositional components within the calcified deposits of prostatic calculi and calcific tendonitis were investigated using Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) microspectroscopy with or without automatic imaging system. The second-derivative analysis was also applied to differentiate the overlapping components of individual spectra for the calcified samples. The FT-IR microscopic imaging results of present study indicate that the complicated components such as protein, type B or type A carbonated apatite, brushite and calcium oxalate monohydrate were contained in the calcified tissue of prostatic tissue, but the protein, type A and type B carbonated apatites were mainly included in the calcific tendonitis. However, the traditional manually single-point FT-IR spectral result only reveals a little component contained in the calcified tissues, leading to an inaccurate diagnose of the complicated components in the calcified mixture.


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SM Hypermarket has launched the latest and greatest edition of its Super Chef series by turning it into a reality show – think Iron Chef meets American Idol meets Survivor.
Super Chefs is open to anyone who can cook, be they housewives, carinderia owners, culinary school students or professional chefs. The competition is divided into three stages: 1) audition; 2) elimination; and the 3) grand finals.
The Super Chefs grand finals will be aired on the Asian Food Channel and hosted by Chef Tristan Encarnacion.
To get qualified for the audition round, interested participants just need to present a P1,000 single or accumulated purchase from any SM Hypermarket inclusive of the sponsors' product together with your cooked dish on the submission day. Throughout the competition, their creations will be judged by celebrities like Winnie Cordero and the country's top chefs like Reggie Aspiras, to ensure that only the best survive.
The grand winner of the SM Hypermarket Super Chefs will get to take home a kitchen showcase worth P100,000 and go on a 4-day all-expense-paid trip to Singapore for a culinary training. Runner-ups will also win a P50,000, P25,000, P15,000 or P10,000 SM gift certificates.
The contest runs from May to July 2010. For details, visit any SM Hypermarket branch, log on to www.smhypermarket.com, or like Super Chefs on Facebook.
SM Hypermarket Super Chefs 2010 is sponsored by Unilever Foodsolutions, Nestle, San Remo, Purefoods, Selecta, Kraft Miracle Whip, Cheez Whiz, Eden Cheese, Mccormick, Lee Kum Kee, Kikkoman soy sauce, Clara Ole and San Miguel Beer.
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text: This is a new video from WatchMojo.com that lists the top 10 best Spider-Man video games. Spider-Man: Homecoming is set to destroy the box office this weekend, so it's fitting that his video game appearances get a revisit as well. The good old web head is one of Marvel's most popular characters, so it should be no surprise that he has quite a large number of gaming appearances. While they might not all be great or even good at all, there are some worthy of checking out.


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New Step by Step Map For Customs Duty
(one) the Secretary in the Treasury has created a willpower that the quantity or price of enterprise cleared by means of this sort of airport, seaport, or other facility is insufficient to justify The supply of customs expert services at these airport, seaport, or other facility, and
The exception "besides as or else specifically furnished for" evidently refers to amendments built to provisions previous subd. (1) of section 1308 of this title and also to area 1557(b) of this title, for which separate efficient dates were being provided as explained in notes under Individuals sections.
The person who admits the goods described in paragraph (one) into the zone shall, at time of this kind of admission, certify to the Customs Assistance the goods is admitted in to the zone pursuant to this subsection for use inside the zone as production machines or as sections for these types of tools and which the goods will likely be entered and believed duties deposited when use of the items in output begins.
During the Kingdom of England, customs duties were ordinarily Component of the customary earnings of your king, and so didn't will need parliamentary consent to become levied, contrary to excise duty, land tax, or other varieties of taxes. This is certainly no longer the case.
"(ii) no travellers board or disembark from these train, and no cargo is loaded or unloaded from these kinds of teach, though these types of coach is inside any region aside from the state by which these educate originates and terminates; or".
Although these revised regulations may well facilitate certain vacation and trade with Cuba, all other legal guidelines and laws relevant to Intercontinental travel and the importation/exportation of products keep on being in complete result.
Whilst the vast majority of products and solutions mentioned will not be the sort of products that vacationers would obtain in sufficient portions to exceed their exemption, diamonds through the Ukraine are subject matter on the one hundred pc duty and may conveniently exceed the exemption amount of money.
Also, ERP program presents an selection for customs warehouse, released to avoid wasting duty and VAT payments. Also, the duty deferment and suspension is usually taken into account.
This incident transpired following the scenario of Bengaluru customs charging ten% BCD on 4G smartphones, as levied on 4G gear imports. The BCD was charged on top of CVD click here (Countervailing duty) of twelve.5%. The ICA wrote the letter to DoT in order to avoid any these kinds of incidents Down the road.
This is nevertheless deemed flouting the rules due to the fact, just about every passenger is allowed to carry a maximum of 2 telephones and carrying anymore would indicate which they would need to pay 34% in the bill as excise duty.
The exception "other than read more as in any other case exclusively offered for" seemingly refers back to the amendments created towards the provisions preceding subd.
Domestic Chrome steel Market seems to be to raise Customs Duty In a go to discourage and plug the inflow of much less expensive imports coming in via China, the domestic metal industry has requested the government to raise import duty on imports coming in from your neighbouring state.
Customs duty is calculated to the resolve with the assessable benefit in case of All those items for which the duty is levied advertisement valorem. This is frequently the transaction value Except a customs officer decides assessable value in accordance Using the Harmonized System.
They need to trade with each other, as opposed to erecting obstacles that power them to divert some means towards actions they don't execute effectively. Tariffs, In accordance with this principle, are a drag on economic advancement, even if they can be read more deployed to benefit sure narrow sectors less than specific conditions.


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5 Fitness Pros Over 50 Reveal The One Daily Ritual They Never SkipBy Brook Benten Jimenez of Prevention |
5 Fitness Pros Over 50 Reveal The One Daily Ritual They Never Ski
"I'll have what she's having." Isn't that what we all think when we see fabulous fitness pros who are still totally crushing it in their 40s, 50s, and beyond? We wanted to know their secrets, so we asked.
There's no doubt that each of these women exercise regularly. But what may surprise you is that, when asked what their most important daily habit is, each revealed a basic wellness practice rather than a strict fitness routine. Maybe the secret to staying in good health over 50 is nurturing yourself from the inside out!
You've done their workout videos, watched them on TV, and maybe even listened to their TED Talks. Now, see what rituals these five inspiring women over 50 always make sure to incorporate into their days.


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Knowledge Centre
The ways and means of Islamic finance have been investigated within various disciplines, including philosophy and ethics. However, a more profound investigation may show that commercial and financial contracts between people permitted by Islamic law mirror the 'commercial' contract Allah makes with humanity. Indeed, according to Qur'an 2:282, human souls are loaned from Allah for a fixed period of time and He buys them back from the believers in return for heaven
A thorough semantic and epistemological investigation is therefore required to show, inter alia, what usury (ribà) really means and why only the Lord (rabb) is allowed to deal with it. Similarly, why the words for debt (dayn), religion (dīn), and Judgment Day (yawm al-dīn), all come from the same root. Indeed, the understanding of the deeper and spiritual meanings of the rules is necessary for a proper understanding of the commercial and financial contracts between people
ASSAIF has established a Knowledge Centre with the view of delving into these issues and, besides, creating an ontology of Islamic finance. In its endeavour, it is partnering with universities, research and capacity-building centers, news agencies and professional bodies


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April 7th, 2014
We didn't have any weddings this week, but I'm almost home, so I thought I'd stick with the marriage theme.
First of all, thanks for reminding me that it was going to be my birthday this week! Because if not, I just might have forgotten. I was actually forgetting until I logged on to my email account and saw 130 new messages today. Thanks everyone! I'm sure it'll be a great day. And special thanks to Granny and Jay for the package--yes it made it!
Well, I don't have a whole ton of time left--lots to do on the computer today, if you can believe it. Anyways, we had a pretty good week. I kind of forgot how stressful and hard training a new missionary is. Not that Elder C is difficult, it would be hard with anyone. He's a good kid and doesn't complain about anything, but in two weeks in the MTC they can't teach them a whole lot. I'm really tired! Hopefully he learns what he needs to from me.
Remember how last Thursday we found 7 new investigators? Well, one of them who I didn't tell you about was R. We were walking down the street and she was sitting outside her house and we felt strongly that we should talk to her. She told us that she really didn't know anything about God and was a little frustrated because she's gone to the Catholic church but doesn't feel like she learns anything because she doesn't know how to read. We said a little prayer with her right there in the street, invited her to church, and put an appointment to go back on Sunday. On Sunday she was waiting for us and introduced us to her husband, J. They're both in their 60s and they've been married for only 6 years. They were both widowed and miraculously met and got married. Quite the story that I don't have time to tell. J doesn't know how to read either, so that's a major obstacle, but we've been teaching them almost every day since Tuesday and their faith has grown a lot already. R told us that she really has a spiritual hunger and would just get so frustrated sometimes because she couldn't find anything to satisfy it. She says that this whole week, since we said the prayer with her in the street, she's felt better. They came to the Saturday morning session of conference and to both sessions on Sunday. Also, we introduced them to our branch president who told them that he had seen some manuals to help someone learn to read in the church. The next day we stopped by to meet a member to come with us to a lesson and he was there in his office. He had found the manuals--one for the teacher and for the person who wants to learn to read. The member who was going to come with us just happens to be a kindergarten teacher (the primary president), so he gave her the teacher's manual and gave her the assignment to teach R and J how to read, and she accepted. So starting tomorrow she's going to start giving them reading classes. Love this branch. Hopefully they can learn how to read quickly so that they can read the Book of Mormon, because until they read it it'll be hard for them to really have a strong testimony.
Wednesday was a day I'll never forget. Almost all morning we had lessons fall through, and in the afternoon it looked like it would follow the same pattern after two more fell through. It was about 5:00 and we had visited all our plan a's and plan b's up to that point, so I said a prayer to ask Heavenly Father where we should go. The thought came to me that Elder C already knew where we should go, so I asked him and he said that we should go with the C family. Remember them? It's the pure-bred Lamanite family we met a few weeks ago that hardly speaks Spanish. We hadn't seen them for a while at this point, like almost a week. Usually they don't get home from work until about 8:00, so I was thinking, "Ok, they're probably not home but there's probably someone on the way that we're supposed to talk to." But on the way there there was literally nobody in the street, and when we got there, sure enough, there was the whole family. Brother C was sitting outside with a can of beer and when we got there he told us that he had given up on himself--he had been addicted to alcohol for too long and wasn't going to be able to quit. But he asked us to keep visiting his kids so that they wouldn't follow his example. We asked him if we could say a prayer and talk a little more and he said yes. He wasn't drunk yet, so I wanted to give it one last try. We gathered the whole family and after the prayer I knew we had to teach him about the Atonement, but recognizing that they really don't know anything about Christ, we started from the beginning. Elder C has this book of Gospel art, so we pulled it out and went page by page, starting with Christ's birth, explaining to them all the events of His life. We talked about His baptism, His miracles, His teachings, His suffering in Gethsemane, His death on the cross, and His Resurrection. They were filled with wonder and amazement. With each new picture they seemed more and more captivated, and more and more convinced of the truth of all we were telling them. After talking about the Resurrection, we asked Brother C "If this man had power to do all these things, do you think he can help you stop drinking?" He said yes. We invited them to be baptized. They all said yes. We invited them to keep praying and to come to church on sunday and they said they would. The last picture in the art book was of the second coming. We explained to them that Christ one day will come back, that He still lives and loves each one of them. I hadn't felt the Spirit that strong for a long time. They didn't end up coming to church on sunday, and they're not sure how much time they're still going to be here in C, but it was still such an amazing experience to be able to teach these people who knew absolutely nothing about Christ who He is. He is the Savior, and He has power to save each one of us. To top it off, that night C and V came with us to visit an investigator, J, and they're super awesome and shared super powerful testimonies in the lesson. And he did come to church.
Well, that's how things are going right now. I'm out of time and really don't have much else to report. Thanks for your love and prayers. Have a fantastic week!
Elder Pew
April 17th, 2014
So spring break just started this week here, so we decided to go on vacation as well. Ok not really but we're not going to be in our area for like half of the week. Tomorrow we have district class in M and tomorrow night we have to be in G at 9:00 because Elder C has to figure something out with his visa Wednesday morning, and then Wednesday afternoon we have a follow up meeting with President Wagner for all the new missionaries and their trainers, so won't be getting back here until like Thursday. I'm a little bit worried since that's a lot of time without being able to see our investigators and converts, so remember them all in your prayers! And if anyone's going to the temple, it would be just great if you could put their names on the prayer roll there as well. Especially V and R Paniagua. Thanks.
We had a pretty awesome week. R and J have been going to the church every other day so that the Primary president can teach them how to read. This branch really just has the greatest members. They're more and more convinced now that this is the true church and R is excited to be baptized. Also, it turns out that R's son in law, who died three years ago in an accident at work, just happens to be Brother D's brother, and when he heard she had been listening to us and that she has a baptismal date he got super excited and came back to church this week! He told us that when he got baptized, she was one of the first people to criticize him and tell him not to. The Lord really does prepare people to receive the gospel. Look at her now. Our branch president's wife told us that she stood up in relief society this sunday and basically bore her testimony to everyone about how she was stressed out and frustrated one day and went outside her house when all of a sudden we came by and talked to her and from that moment on she has been happy and peaceful and knows that the church is true. Yes!
J is still doing great. We've been teaching him the commandments this week and so far so good. The only ones left are the law of chastity and the word of wisdom, and I really doubt he has a problem with either of them. He's halfway through 2 Nephi and came to church all by himself this week and stayed for 3 hours. Unfortunately, his family remains completely uninterested. Hopefully someday soon they'll listen. We're really hoping we can get them to come to his baptism in a few weeks and maybe from there on things will change.
Wendesday we had interviews with President Wagner. He told me that Elder R begged and begged and begged to be my companion again for my last transfer, and that he remembers his time with me as the "golden days." We both found that to be really funny. But it was good because he also told me that he's come a long way. Also I asked him for advice for how to finish off the last two months of my mission and he said not to think about it, talk about it, write about it, or do anything different. Don't let the members know, don't mention it in your letters, just business as usual. So in the letters you write me just pretend like I'm going to be staying here for another 3 years (and if it were up to me, I just might:).
On Thursday we were walking to a lesson when a lady stopped us on the street and told us she wanted us to go visit her. Her name is M and she and her husband S had listened to the missionaries a few years ago and were about to get baptized but S didn't pass his interview and they kind of lost interest after that. But apparently they've had "problems" in their marriage lately and want help. We went Friday and taught them the Restoration. They accepted a baptismal date for May 17th, but they didn't come to church and we couldn't find them afterwards so we'll see what happens.
On Friday we were walking down the street and a young couple was walking towards us and we felt like we should talk to them. We did and they gave us their address. We went by Saturday and they're super awesome. Their names are G and M , they met in Mexico City and lived their for a while. While they were there, they started going to some church and got baptized, but when they got here, they started listening to the Jehovah's witnesses who told them their baptism wasn't valid (thank you!) so now they're kind of confused about what they should do. Actually, not anymore, because we taught them the Restoration and they understood and accepted everything, including a baptismal date (May 24th). They're not legally married, but they know that they need to be and have already been gathering together the papers they need. They came to church yesterday even though G has a nasty cut in his leg and can barely walk and stayed the whole three hours, and we're super excited to go visit them in a few hours.
Before the lesson with them on Saturday, we felt like we should talk to a lady sitting in a chair in front of her house. She was totally not interested, but she told us the names of three of her neighbors so we went to contact them. One of them was G and his wife C. When we contacted them, I felt strongly that I should talk about families. He accepted another appointment and we went sunday afternoon. Apparently, they've just recently started to have problems with their marriage and really need help. Also, they have 2 little daughters and had another one that died as a baby 2 years ago, so when we taught about eternal families the spirit was really strong. They also accepted a baptismal date for May 24th. So basically, the Spirit has been guiding us to the people who are ready to receive the gospel, and they are many. Truly, the field is white already to harvest.
E spoke in sacrament meeting yesterday. She's so great. C, her, and L also are visiting teachers now and they're going to call L as the first counselor in the relief society presidency. Our converts are going to help so much in this branch!
Basically, I'm loving my life. Preach my Gospel says that there is no other work that is more important, or more rewarding, than missionary work, and I know that's true! It would be foolishness for someone to have the opportunity to serve a mission and turn it down. You're only hurting yourself. God's work will go forth, the only thing that's left to decide is if we will have the joy of participating in it or not. Count me in.
Have a great week everyone! I love you all!
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Mariner of the Seas
7 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)
Sail Date: January 27, 2013
Ship: Mariner of the Seas
Cabin Type: Inside
Cabin Number: 8349
Traveled As: Singles/Friends
Reviewed: 5 years ago
Review SummaryWe have shipped with Mariner before and have always been extremely satisfied with our over-all experience. Departing from Galveston is so convenient which makes the trip even more enjoyable. It would be nice if there could be some different ports added to the current program. We have taken both cruises, Jamica and Honduras, but uncertain as to if we would want to see either of the ports again.
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The promenade deck is a wonderful place to hang out and eat wonderful food from the cafe. We love the street atmosphere it is like strolling a Eurporean city.


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Located on the campus of the UH Geneva medical campus, Amicon served as construction manager for this two story medical office building. This building provides for a single destination for patients looking for primary care in Ashtabula County. Accessibilty was a key design requirement thus warranted the installation of two elevtors and a connecting link for direct access from the hospital to the medical office building.


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This was stated by the leader of the OPPOSITION BLOC Yuriy Boyko alive on the TV channel "112 Ukraine", commenting the attack of radical nationalists on civilians, veterans during the laying of flowers at the monument to General Vatutin on Friday, April 13.
"I saw a group of radical-minded fellows in balaclava, who surrounded the monument to Vatutin and filled it with paint. In addition to this act of vandalism, they insulted the elderly. Of course, I had to intervene. However, the radicals used tear gas, as a result of which people were injured. It turned out that these radicals were there in the morning and were preparing to commit provocations, intending to disrupt the event. I believe that they work under the authorities, because it is impossible to imagine that without their knowledge in the center of the European capital for a long time there were some people in the balaclava, which is prohibited by law, and used force against the elderly, women, civilians, who just came to lay flowers at the monument. What is characteristic, the police intervened only when the battle has already begun," Yuriy Boyko stressed.
He said that the OPPOSITION BLOC was already preparing a deputy request to the leadership of the National Police to investigate this shameful incident. "There is video of this accident, it clearly shows how people were beaten, including women. We will insist that all persons involved in this case are found and brought to justice," the opposition leader said.


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Brands set to sponsor nursery teaching tools
Brands are being given the opportunity to sponsor teaching materials in nursery schools through an initiative between the National Day Nurseries Association and new marketing agency Zero5.
The marketing pack developed by Zero5 will target mothers from pregnancy through to their children joining nursery. The National Day Nurseries Association and fellow charity The National Childbirth Trust will be working exclusively with Zero5.
Brands that have already signed up include Procter & Gamble's Ariel Non-Bio, Crookes Healthcare's Nurofen for Children, Legoland, maternity wear company Blooming Marvellous and the Homeowners Friendly Association, which will market its Child Trust Fund through Zero5.
This week Family Investments said it will market its Child Trust Fund through the rival parents marketing vehicle Bounty.
Like Bounty, Zero5 will offer packs containing product samples and books of vouchers to be redeemed against purchases. But unlike Bounty, it will enable brands to stay in contact with parents as their children grow older. There is, however, controversy surrounding marketing to children by allowing brand sponsorship of teaching materials.
According to the National Day Nurseries Association, about 750,000 children attend 11,000 nurseries in the UK. The National Childcare Trust is in contact with 300,000 parents and expectant parents through its antenatal and childcare classes.


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Intel: Stock and Capital Structure
Capital Structure
As shown in the financial income statement (Exhibit3), Intel Corp. (INTC) has a capital structure consisting most of equity. Intel has very little debt in its capital structure and the cost of debt would have only a marginal effect on the overall cost of capital. The current capital structure of Intel is not optimal yet since optimal capital structure is making minimum weighted-average cost of capital.
Portion of Equity and Debt:
Long term debt = 363 = 363/4781 = 7.59%
Common Equity =4418 = 4418/4781 = 92.4 %
Cost of Capital:
Cost of debt =interest expense/long term debt = 29%
Cost of Equity =
Since Intel has very large cash balances ($2.4billion), Intel can decrease WACC by using cash disbursement through the following alternative.
1.) Market repurchase program
2.) Issue put warrant
When firm repurchases stock, it will reduce amount of shareholder. Therefore it will reduce common equity proportion in B/S.
Due to the fact that cost of equity is higher than cost of debt ( you may need to show the calculation ) , Therefore, if the proportion of equity is reduced, it will definitely reduce in WACC.
Issuing the put warrant will have the same result as re purchasing stock, but there will be the risk that company can not buy stock back if Intel price is higher then the exercise price by next two years. Because one who holding put warrant will not find any benefit for exercising warrant ( Not sure na for this comment, but you can show the stock price trend for Intel to say something like Hey.)
but you can show the stock price trend for Intel to say something like Hey.. SEE ... for trend in next two years...
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The seawall winds it's way around the entire perimeter of Stanley Park so you are always by the water.
In the water are otters and the statue, "Girl in a swimsuit."
And as you turn the west corner you come across the noon cannon all fenced up to protect it, from the otters, I guess. Each day at noon the cannon does fire.
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Above is a section of the 22 kilometer long Stanley Park Seawall. Construction of it began in 1917 and was declared officially completed in 1980 but since then it has been extended outside of the park. Much of the work done on it in its first 35 years of construction was overseen by master stone mason James Cunningham.
In the above photo I brought out the blue coloring of the rock to show you that Cunningham went to great lengths to use rock from the same source. The below image uses the rocks coloring to match it to the blue night sky and as contrast to the red of the lunar eclipse. Both the moon and the planet, Venus, if I remember correctly, are from a different photograph of mine.
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MACEDONIA, OH (WOIO) - SWAT teams are on the scene of a home eviction on Shephard Road in Macedonia.
Summit County Sheriff's Deputies were attempting to serve the eviction notice just before 10 a.m. Wednesday when the homeowner said he had a gun and barricaded himself inside.
Deputies called for mutual aid and several SWAT teams responded.
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Good morning/evening beautiful angels,
Here is my latest painting mix media on paper, just apt for the spring season. A lot of love has gone into this one. Water colours, ink, paper, bits of stencil a little this and a little that but more importantly a loooot of loooove.
Hope you like it. Very soon its going to go up on Etsy for sale as I am collecting money to purchase a new laptop cuz my old one is dead. So drop by and check out all my goodies, share and send me some happy love even if you don't purchase. Message me if you would like to purchase it.
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"An error occured while setting up the RPC port 9332 for listening: open: An address incompatible with the requested protocol was used"
I am running Windows XP 32 bit, and apparently this error has been encountered by others. After perusing forums for a bit, I found a solution the problem.
To correct this problem, you must install IPv6 on your network connection.
Here is how you do it, straight from Microsoft's website:
|Open Network Connections
|Right-click any local area connection, and then click Properties.
|Click Install.
|In the Select Network Component Type dialog box, click Protocol, and then click Add.
|In the Select Network Protocol dialog box, click Microsoft TCP/IP version 6, and then click OK.
|Click Close to save changes to your network connection.
|To open Network Connections, click Start, click Control Panel, click Network and Internet Connections, and then click Network Connections.
And that was all there was to it!


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I wonder if there is a line.
You know that line where you have the opportunity to share something, and you over-share? Or under-share? And then you wonder if anyone thinks you're absolutely crazy because you just shared?
How do you share your writing work?
When someone asks you, 'What are you working on?', do you shrug your shoulders, look down at the ground and mumble, 'Oh, just another middle-grade fiction...takes place in New York... so how's your dad doing?'
Or do you tell them, 'Well, I'm working on another novel, and it's not quite like the last two, it's completely different, but it's still the same genre, and this time the character is just a little bit older, and he lives in New York with his dad, but his dad died, see, and he has to figure out how to take out the bad guys by himself, and it all takes place during the early 2000, because then it wouldn't really work...' and they turn away.
When you're invited to teach a little lesson on how to write a mystery, and you decide to share a few pages of your book with the class, do you read really quickly? Do you skip over sentences and words because you think you might bore them? Do you shrug your shoulders and say, 'sorry' a lot because you think that they can write better than you? Do you interrupt yourself constantly and explain why you wrote that sentence, what you were feeling, what you ate during that page-writing session and how it reminded you that you had to pay your taxes etc?
How does one find that line, to carefully walk upon, and not fall off?
Some writers are boring with their constant Facebook statuses and their twitter accounts, bragging about their writing, putting about 50 words with hashtags in front of them, trying to tease the reader but are just annoying.
Some writers are mean with their elusive Facebook statuses and their twitter accounts, not saying a single word, or just saying a single word, trying to tease the reader but are annoying because they make you wait and wonder impatiently what they are talking about.
Some writers are perfectly witty with their laughable Facebook statuses and their twitter accounts, showing gif's of puppies running into glass doors and babies falling asleep, trying to tease the reader, but just make the reader fall in love with them.
How do we know if we have fallen off that line?
I have no idea.
I guess it all boils down to the question of, are we being humble? Are we being kind? Are we being encouraging of other writers? Are we keeping our mouths shut about writers we don't care for? Are we able to honestly have joy, not envy in our hearts when a writer has success, and we don't? Are we able to close our eyes at night and realize that we are doing our best, our honest-to-goodness best?
Are you?
Jenn Kelly is a farmer who is supposed to be writing. This is a photo of her vegetable garden because she is so busy she can't think straight, let alone post these thoughts first thing in the morning when she was supposed to. Regardless of all of that, she thinks you're very lovely and you should be writing more and she believes in you. But much more importantly, GOD believes in you.


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John McCain
Whitehouse talks war, Trump's competency, and the state of national politics
By Steve Ahlquist on October 11, 2017
"In my lifetime, even back to Nixon, I have never seen a White House so riven with conflicts and leaks," said the Senator.
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Jack Reed's Town Hall that wasn't
By Steve Ahlquist on February 23, 2017
Featuring illustrations from Selene Means. As I approached, I saw that the east end of Kennedy Plaza had been transformed into a police car parking lot, with maybe two dozen officers from at least three different law enforcement agencies.
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