Hilton HHonors has launched another weekend night bonus miles promo this time for Air Canada Aeroplan member stays between September 1 and November 30, 2014.
Aeroplan members can earn 1,000 bonus miles per weekend night (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) at participating Hilton family of hotels in Canada.
Remember that you must have your Hilton HHonors Double Dip option set to Points + Miles and have Air Canada Aeroplan designated as the preferred partner.
You can earn 3,000 bonus Aeroplan miles for a three night weekend stay at any of the participating Hilton hotels in Canada (remember that the hotels above are NOT participating). This is a very nice offer.
Offer valid for eligible stays that include a Friday, Saturday and/or Sunday night between September 1, 2014, through December 31, 2014, ("Promotion Period") at participating hotels and resorts in Canada. To view the list of hotels not participating, click here. To be eligible to earn 1,000 Bonus Aeroplan® Miles per night of your stay, you must (1) be a Hilton HHonors member and have selected Points & Miles as your preferred My Way™ Earning Style option and Aeroplan as your preferred partner in your HHonors™ account preferences. Click here to log into your HHonors account. Within the "Preferences" section of your HHonors profile, set your 'My Way Earning Style to Points & Miles and select Aeroplan as your Preferred Airline Partner (2) register online at hhonors.com/aeroplan before your first stay, (3) book an eligible stay online through any Hilton Worldwide website or Hilton Worldwide central reservations or directly with the hotel; and (4) complete your eligible stay(s) with a Friday, Saturday and/or Sunday night at participating hotels and resorts in Canada between September 1, 2014, through December 31, 2014. Registered HHonors members will only receive the selected bonus for nights completed during the Promotion Period, regardless of a check-in date before the Promotion Period begins or a check-out date after the Promotion Period ends. Please allow up to six weeks after qualification, and after promotion has ended, for miles to be credited to your account. This offer may be combined with other offers and/or promotions. All Aeroplan program rules apply. To review the Aeroplan full Terms and Conditions, please click here.


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Becoming a wife and mother was always a dream of mine, even from a very young age. But I didn't want to just be a mom, I wanted to be a stay-at-home mom.
But after growing up into adulthood, and finally realizing the true cost of a mortgage, electricity, cars, clothing, food, and everything else a family needs to get by, I didn't know if being a stay-at-home mom was going to be possible. Could anyone make it on one income so that the mom could stay at home?
After giving birth, and being a mom for just a few weeks, I knew in my heart that I couldn't give up my baby to complete strangers at a day care for 8 or 9 hours a day.
But I still had doubts about whether or not we could afford me staying at home full-time.
After some number crunching, and honest soul searching, my husband and I decided that we would become a one income family. And while we've had some hardships along the way, it was the best decision we could have ever made.
If you're thinking of becoming a stay-at-home mom, but aren't sure if your family can make it, let me give you a few things to think about so that you can get prepared.
The first thing you need to do if you want to leave work and stay home full-time is to do some number crunching.
That means sitting down with your spouse and writing out all of your expenses, then comparing them to your income.
If you find that your monthly expenses will be fully covered by your spouse's income, then congratulations, you are ready to stay at home.
But if your monthly expenses far exceed your one income, you need to decide: how much are you willing to sacrifice in order to be at home with your kids?
The benefits of mom being at home full-time are well-known: the kids get more time and attention, they are exposed to fewer illnesses, and household routines are less hectic, leading to less stress on the family.
So while having mom at home is great for the well-being of the kids and family, it can be difficult to live on just one income. But it's not impossible!
A little bit of planning and a change in mindset can go a long way to living a great life on a smaller bank account.
First things first: make a budget.
Knowing exactly how much you are going to spend on housing costs, food, entertainment, clothing and any other expenses is critical.
There's nothing worse than splurging on a new outfit or a fun outing and then realizing that you don't have enough cash to buy groceries the following week.
Make sure you have all your important expenses covered and then divvy up any leftovers for entertainment or savings goals.
Writing checks to cover debt payments is no fun, especially when that means your dream of staying at home can't be realized because you need extra income to cover them.
That's why paying off your debt can really go a long way towards lowering your overall budget and making it more feasible to live off of one income.
You may want to consider selling any big ticket items in order to pay off debt more quickly.
And however hard it is to part with your dream car, it helps to consider that being the one to watch your child take their first steps is so much more fulfilling than sitting in an office all day every day in order to pay for that expensive car.
When planning to live on one income, we have to make some choices about the kind of lifestyle we want to lead.
For example, it might not be possible to eat out as often as the family that has two full-time incomes.
Choosing a more frugal lifestyle in order to make it on only my husband's income has been a bit trying at times. We own the smallest house in our neighborhood and don't take a vacation every few months like some of our neighbors. Our cars are also older and I don't wear the most up-to-date clothes.
But being able to be at home with my kids and having a less rushed lifestyle is worth it! I can get all the household errands done during the week so that our weekends are free for family time. We eat out less because I have time to cook, instead of running through the drive-in on my way home from work.
We also don't have to pay for after-school care for the kids, since I'm home when they are done with school (and we can enjoy a snack together when they get home!).
Shopping: How often do you need new clothes? Can you find similar styles of the clothing you are used to wearing at lower-cost stores?
Grocery budget/meal planning/coupons: How can you use meal planning, coupons and shopping sales to decrease the amount of money you need in your grocery budget?
Cars: Do you need two brand-new cars for your family, or can you make-do with used cars? Do you need that big mini-van or can you downgrade to a smaller SUV?
House: Is your house payment too big a percentage of your overall budget?
Vacations:Can you cut back on the number of vacations you take? Is there an alternative you can do as a family to have fun together without spending so much on airfare/hotels/meals, etc.?
Memberships:Do you need to keep your gym/golf club/museum/bulk-shopping store membership?
Cutting back on a few items can really add up to big savings in the long run, making it possible to live well, even on a smaller income.
Comparison is really where we can get tripped up in our pursuit of our dreams of becoming a stay-at-home mom.
When we see all the moms on social media with their perfect clothes, shiny new mini-vans, and expensive vacation photos, we can sometimes feel a little inferior or envious that we don't have the same things.
Comparison has caused me to make some dumb financial decisions in the past. When my kids were very young, a good friend of mine went to Disney World for a week with her family. They had a character meal everyday and posted lots of fun-looking photos that instantly made me feel that we had to do the same thing.
Months later, we used our tax refund to take a trip to Disney, complete with…you guessed it!…character meals everyday. While we did have some fun, most of the trip was miserable because my kids got tired waiting for the characters to visit at the special meals, were grumpy having to wait in long lines for rides, and got to the point where they refused to pose in any more pictures (which made Mom grumpy, because after-all, they were supposed to be having fun!).
That trip taught me a valuable lesson…to enjoy my friends' photos, but not to take them to heart, as if I was failing my kids in some way. It has also helped us learn to be content with the small day trips we do sometimes take, as well as with our smaller home and trusty cars.
Once you've made the choices required to become a stay-at-home mom, you need to get your family budget organized.
You can download my free household budget form to use to make a new budget every month in order to stay on track with your spending.
There are some great tips on using digital budget tools in my keeping track of your household budget post, in case you aren't a fan of paper and pencil.
And if you need some more advice on how to reduce your household spending, check out this post on smart spending habits for the stay-at-home mom. It also gives you some tips on how to treat yourself on a budget!
Living on one income can be challenging in today's world of extravagance and highlight reels on social media, but being a stay-at-home mom can be more rewarding and fulfilling than any vacation or piece of jewelry.
I remember the early days of being a one income family. It was hard at first but then the things we do to save become second nature and it gets easier.
My husband and I talk about what we would do differently if we had "extra money". There are only a few things we would change and those are luxury things. I think when your family is your main focus, giving up material things becomes easier.


A few years ago I penned a blog post about the future of newspapers and suggested that 'prestige' was one of the keys to unlocking a prosperous future for newsprint. So I thought it was pretty interesting to read an article today by Philip Meyer who suggested making the newspaper more 'elitist' would be a wise move.
Philip Meyer is one of the industry's most lauded researchers and wrote an intriguing book called 'The Vanishing Newspaper – Saving Journalism in the Information Age'. Philip Meyer suggests a move away from printing newspapers on a daily basis combined with a stronger focus on visual presentation and what he describes as 'evidence-based' journalism.
One can infer several things from this viewpoint, the first of which is that daily newspapers need to be free. Secondly, by moving to a less frequent publishing schedule, you can focus more on providing content that digs deeper and thus has more value than what is currently being offered in the daily newspaper or blogs for that matter.
"Recently, I took another look at the readership data from the General Social Survey of the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago and tried a different metric. Reasoning that you could still make a pretty good business from an audience reading less than daily, I tracked the percentage of adults who reported reading a newspaper at least once a week. That chart, from 1972 to 2002, shows a much clearer leveling off in the 1980s. Then, at the end of the decade, as though somebody blew a whistle and ordered a column-right march, the line snakes downward again. Now that information is so plentiful, we don't need new information so much as help in processing what's already available.
Just as the development of modern agriculture led to a demand for varieties of processed food, the information age has created a demand for processed information. We need someone to put it into context, give it theoretical framing and suggest ways to act on it. The raw material for this processing is evidence-based journalism, something that bloggers are not good at originating. Not all readers demand such quality, but the educated, opinion-leading, news-junkie core of the audience always will. They will insist on it as a defense against "persuasive communication," the euphemism for advertising, public relations and spin that exploits the confusion of information overload.
I think the future lies somewhere at this intersection, the one where a combination The New York Times/The Economist/Die Zeit meet a colorful free version of USAToday. Of course, a strong online edition is a vital requirement. The newspaper of the future – elite or free – is simply a companion to a robust and newsy online edition.
I would love to get involved in the newspaper business right now. I realize that may sound crazy given the doom and gloom that is hovering over the entire industry like a black cloud. However, I see the current state of the newspaper business as a tremendous opportunity. Through my work in print for clients big and small and thus exposure to the industry, my mind is full of ideas and concepts on how the newspaper can evolve / change both from presentation and design, to new methods of creating additional revenue. It has become a closet fascination for me. Perhaps the biggest stumbling block in the newsprint business is a corporate culture that is not currently embracing innovation fast enough.
Meanwhile, the default attitude of newspaper management is still caution and probity. And if you point a gun to the head of caution and probity and say "innovate or die," don't expect wonderful things to happen. Instead, expect buzzwords. In short: we need more paint thrown at more walls. But there aren't many true innovators out there yet in positions of authority, and those who are are struggling against an archaic institutional architecture that remains despite all the layoffs: everything from the strictures of AP style to the cluelessness of corporate overlords.
I don't particularly like the use of the term 'corporate overlords' as it does not accurately convey the real challenges that every newspaper executive currently faces on a daily basis. From managing shareholder expectations to restructuring debts and corporate structure, using a term like 'corporate overlord' seems like a cop-out. Nonetheless the overall motif of that quote rings true. There is an inherent slow pace of evolution and change in the newspaper industry and that in and of itself may be cannibalizing its future more than anything else. This culture of 'slow' needs to change. The corporate newspaper culture needs an injection of fresh thinking, new ideas and this overall fear of experimentation must be cast aside before this perfect media storm quashes the relevance of the medium for good. What is this perfect media storm that is threatening newspapers?
Let's take a look at some of the key factors that are eating away at the newspaper's future.
a) Consumer attention crisis – Pre-internet newspaper readers may have spent 2 hours reading their daily paper, now that number is probably under 30 minutes. Consumers are pre-conditioned to want everything 'now'. Combine shorter attention spans with a myriad of other options to consume media, and it's no wonder newspapers are facing an attention crisis.
e) Technology game – Media consumption has become very technology driven. How media is both created and transmitted has changed forever and technology is now driving this bus. Newsprint has not evolved, and many newspapers have been incredibly slow to embrace new technology as a whole. In some ways it starts from the inside-out. A change in DNA has to happen for newspapers. I'm not suggesting newspapers need to stock themselves full of technology geeks, but to some degree an internal shift has to happen. If you want to capture the attention of a younger, tech-savvy demographic, you are going to have to start looking and thinking like they do.
Those are the challenges facing the newspaper business today. Will the newspaper survive this new world of hyper-connectedness and hyper-short attention spans? I think they will, but the sooner newspapers start throwing paint at their walls, the better.
One of the biggest benefits to shopping at a bricks and mortar store is actually getting hands-on customer service. With many offline stores struggling to stay profitable, apparently it's the human touch that's headed to the chopping block.
Imagine standing in a retail store desperately looking for help from someone, anyone, and being directed to … a computer screen. "No one here can help you," a clerk might say. "But someone 1,500 miles away probably can." This just might be the future of customer service. Two companies, with products named Live Agent and Live Support, hope that consumers who today wander aimlessly through store aisles looking for help would be happy to use videoconference kiosks instead. Already, shoppers in 34 Canadian Staples Business Depot stores all around the country have the option of getting video help from operators based in Toronto, according to Seattle-based Experticity, which makes the video kiosks for Staples.
Full article: The end of human help in stores?
When Marc Andreessen talks, people listen. Everybody listens. And well they should, given Marc's unbelievable track record pioneering and building on the web. Andreessen was recently leading a panel discussion entitled "Looking Around the Corner to the Future" at a closed-door media conference in New York with an audience brimming with top executives from traditional media companies. Any guess as to what his advice was to them?
"If you have old media, you should sell. If you own newspapers, sell. If you own TV stations, sell. If you own a movie studio, sell,"Mr. Andreessen told the audience, which included many executives from the so-called "old media" world, that non-digital businesses are toast.
"If I covered only the newspaper industry, first of all I would have been fired a long time ago; secondly, I would have had to kill myself," Appert said.
Retired ex-newspaper exec Leonard Tow is donating $8 million dollars to two schools in a dual-effort to train journalism students in digital media and experiment with new business models for the newspaper business. Columbia University will receive $5 million for training, while City University of New York gets $3 million for research and development. While I think this is both generous and positive, I do wonder if $3 million will really have any impact or utility on testing new newspaper business models or technological concepts. Nonetheless, a really nice gift, but might MIT had been a better place for this kind of R&D investment?The newspaper biz does need all the help it can get and Dr. Tow is clearly focused on the notion that authentic, trained news reporting may be eroding.


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Honduras Overview – World Bank http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/honduras/overview
Honduras is a low middle-income country that faces major challenges, with more than 63 percent of the population living in poverty in 2014, according to official statistics. In rural areas, approximately six out of 10 households live in extreme poverty, or on less than US$2.50 per day.
EIU country profile: Honduras http://country.eiu.com/Honduras
After achieving notable advances last year, the government will continue to prioritise fiscal consolidation. However, it will seek to balance deficit reduction with efforts to reduce poverty and inequality
Business climate – Invest In Honduras http://www.investinhonduras.hn/?page_id=485&lang=en
For over 30 years, successive democratic Governments in Honduras, acknowledging that international capital is the economy's engine, have created an environment that fosters business development, promoting and protecting productive private investment.
Business Environment Snapshot for Honduras http://rru.worldbank.org/BESnapshots/Honduras/default.aspx
Highlights of the business climate in Honduras
Starting a Business in Honduras http://www.doingbusiness.org/data/exploreeconomies/honduras/starting-a-business
This site provides a detailed summary of the bureaucratic and legal hurdles faced by entrepreneurs wishing to incorporate and register a new firm in Honduras.
Honduras Corporate Tax Rate | 1997-2016 http://www.tradingeconomics.com/honduras/corporate-tax-rate
The Corporate Tax Rate in Honduras stands at 30 percent. Corporate Tax Rate in Honduras averaged 30.03 percent from 1997 until 2015, reaching an all time high of 40.25 percent in 1998 and a record low of 25 percent in 1999. Corporate Tax Rate in Honduras is reported by the Dirección Ejecutiva de Ingresos.
Honduras Corporate – Taxes http://taxsummaries.pwc.com/uk/taxsummaries/wwts.nsf/ID/JDCN-89HSJF
Honduran resident companies are taxed on their worldwide income. Non-resident companies are subject to CIT only on income derived from Honduran sources.
Honduras Personal Income Tax Rate | 2004-2016 http://www.tradingeconomics.com/honduras/personal-income-tax-rate
The Personal Income Tax Rate in Honduras stands at 25 percent.
Honduras – Taxes on personal income http://taxsummaries.pwc.com/uk/taxsummaries/wwts.nsf/ID/Honduras-Individual-Taxes-on-personal-income
This site provides a table of tax rates for individuals
Honduras Sales Tax Rate | VAT | 2006-2016 http://www.tradingeconomics.com/honduras/sales-tax-rate
The Sales Tax Rate in Honduras stands at 15 percent. Sales Tax Rate in Honduras averaged 12.60 percent from 2006 until 2015, reaching an all time high of 15 percent in 2014 and a record low of 12 percent in 2007. Sales Tax Rate in Honduras is reported by the Dirección Ejecutiva de Ingresos.
Paying Taxes in Honduras http://www.doingbusiness.org/data/exploreeconomies/honduras/paying-taxes
A list of the taxes payable in Honduras including VAT
Honduras Visa https://honduras.visahq.com/
Comprehensive Information on Honduras Visa Requirements
Honduras Visa and Passport Requirements http://www.worldtravelguide.net/honduras/passport-visa
A listing of countries that do not require a visa from their citizens to enter Honduras. Citizens from other countries must check with their embassy.
Honduras Transportation https://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Caribbean_and_Central_America/Honduras/Transportation-Honduras-TG-C-1.html
71 tips on getting to and getting around Honduras from real travelers and locals.
Transportation in Honduras – How to Get Around Honduras http://www.destination360.com/central-america/honduras/transportation
The best mode of transportation in Honduras varies depending on what area of the country you are visiting. On much of the mainland, buses are the cheapest and most convenient form of transportation.
Honduras – Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband http://www.budde.com.au/Research/Honduras-Telecoms-Mobile-Broadband-and-Digital-Media-Statistics-and-Analyses.html
Among the poorest countries in Central America, Honduras has long been plagued by an unstable political framework which has rendered telecom reform difficult. –
Telecommunications in Honduras https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_in_Honduras
A summary of the various forms of telecom in Honduras
Labor Market Regulation in Honduras http://www.doingbusiness.org/data/exploreeconomies/honduras/labor-market-regulation
This site provides a detailed summary of some of the labor regulations that would apply to local entrepreneurs wishing to hire workers, organize working schedules, improve job quality for workers, or make workers redundant for economic reasons in Honduras.
Honduras Minimum Wages, Labour Law http://www.wageindicator.org/main/salary/minimum-wage/honduras/minimum-wage-faqs
FAQs on the minimum wage in Honduras
A description of redundancy rules and costs
Honduras travel advice – GOVUK https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/honduras
Latest travel advice from the UK government for Honduras including safety and security, entry requirements, travelwarnings and health
Education System in Honduras http://www.classbase.com/Countries/Honduras/Education-System
A summary of all levels of education in Honduras
Education in Honduras – The Borgen Project http://borgenproject.org/education-in-honduras/
One country that has had their education crippled by poverty, crime and lack of government is Honduras.
Public Holidays Honduras for the year 2016 and 2017 http://www.holiday-times.com/public-holidays-honduras/
List of Public and National Holidays for Honduras
Honduras Public Holidays 2016 and 2017 http://publicholidays.la/honduras/
Honduras' complete list of public holidays for 2016 and 2017.
CIA World Factbook Honduras https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ho.html
See "People and Sciety" on this site
Honduras Population – Demographics http://www.indexmundi.com/honduras/population.html
Facts and statistics about the Population of Honduras.
Cost of Living in Honduras http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/country_result.jsp?country=Honduras
Average prices of more than 40 products and services in Honduras. Prices of restaurants, food, transportation, utilities and housing are included.
Cost of Living in Honduras. 2016 prices https://www.expatistan.com/cost-of-living/country/honduras
Cost of living comparisons in more than 1,600 cities all over the world.
Honduras – Culture, Customs & Etiquette http://guide.culturecrossing.net/basics_business_student.php?id=92
Guide to travel, doing business, and studying in Honduras- culture, greetings, gestures,etiquette, taboos, negotiations, gift-giving, and more.
Cultural Information – Honduras https://www.international.gc.ca/cil-cai/country_insights-apercus_pays/ci-ic_hn.aspx?lang=eng
Answers to your intercultural questions from a Canadian and a local point of view.
Honduras – Climate http://countrystudies.us/honduras/37.htm
Although all of Honduras lies within the tropics, the climatic types of each of the three physiographic regions differ.
Weather and Climate: Honduras https://weather-and-climate.com/average-monthly-Rainfall-Temperature-Sunshine-in-Honduras
The climate varies from tropical in the lowlands to temperate in the mountains. The central and southern regions are relatively hotter and less humid than the northern coast.
Honduras – State https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/country/honduras.html
See "Safety and Security" on this site
Honduras Customs Regulations https://honduras.visahq.com/customs/
Honduras Customs regulations and procedures for importing and exporting goods at border.
WTO | Honduras – Member information https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/countries_e/honduras_e.htm
key information on Honduras' participation in the WTO. Honduras has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 10 April 1994.
SICE: Countries: Honduras : Trade Policy Documents http://sice.oas.org/ctyindex/HND/HNDagreements_e.asp
This site provides a listing of tradem agreements for Honduras
Honduras Corporate Housing and Extended Stay Hotels http://honduras.biz-stay.com/
Find short-term furnished apartments and extended stay hotels with Biz-stay.com's comprehensive directory.
Honduras Hotels – Honduras.com http://www.honduras.com/honduras-hotels/
A listing of hotels in various parts of the country
Honduras Travel Warning https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/alertswarnings/honduras-travel-warning.html
Travel warning for Honduras from the US State Department
Honduras – Lonely Planet https://www.lonelyplanet.com/honduras
Honduras, so often hurried through or avoided entirely due to its dangerous image, is actually a vibrant and fascinating place with an enormous amount to offer intrepid travelers.

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Derby County resume their Sky Bet Championship campaign against Leeds United at Pride Park Stadium on Wednesday evening (7.45pm).
The Rams will be hoping to bounce back from last week's 2-0 defeat to Sheffield Wednesday - a result that ended their 12-match unbeaten league run.
Manager Gary Rowett made six changes to his side at Hillsborough , following the 1-1 home draw with Norwich City .
Andre Wisdom, Craig Forsyth, Joe Ledley, Bradley Johnson, Andreas Weimann and David Nugent came in for Chris Baird, Marcus Olsson, George Thorne, Tom Lawrence, Ikechi Anya and Cameron Jerome.
What will Rowett do against Leeds? Well, you can pick your starting line-up by using our special widget below.
Derby go into the game lying fourth in the Championship table.
Cardiff City overtook them at the weekend , courtesy of a 1-0 victory over Middlesbrough.
They are now three points ahead of the Rams and two clear of third-placed Aston Villa, who saw their seven-match winning streak ended by a 2-0 defeat at Fulham on Saturday.
Fulham sit fifth, three points behind Derby, who still have to play the Cottagers and all three teams above them.


This dress is stunning!There have been some alterations made to the dress. Originally, there was a jeweled belt that came with the dress-I had this removed. Also, I am 5'3" so I had to have the dress shortened. Standing without shoes on, the dress skims the ground in the front and the back of the dress has not been touched as to create a "shorter in the front, longer in the back effect." Everything is in tact and perfect. Dress has been professionally cleaned and preserved. I had one bustle added to the back and it held the back of the dress up very nicely for dancing! The dress is a combination of lace and satin fabric. The lace is white and the satin is oyster colored. I'd best describe the oyster color as champagne. I purchased this dress in June of 2015 and wore it in September 2015. Very comfortable! Lots of flexibility with this dress, its not constricting by any means. Subtle cups are built into the dress. I'm happy to answer any additional questions or upload more photos upon request. I hope someone can enjoy this dress and feel as beautiful as I did!!!


Flavor: Sweet, creamy aroma. Balanced, mild sweet/dry character. Delicate floral aftertaste.
Garden: This tea garden is a prototype of sustainable tea farming, and is an anomaly in its region This farmer only harvests 3 times a year as opposed to the common practice of 5 or 6 times a year. This allows the plants to grow more naturally and maintain optimal nourishment. Almost all tea in this region is machine harvested, but this farmer hand picks these leaves. He is dedicated to the highest quality possible by producing small amounts of carefully crafted tea. The weather conditions during the spring growing were ideal this year— especially at this elevation.
Harvest: Hand-picked in small batches. Spring 2018. Songbolin, Taiwan.
This year's spring harvest of Four Seasons Spring leaves were picked just at the right time of reaching full size but still young and supple. They were skillfully oxidized to produce a wonderfully floral aroma balanced by a substantial fruity flavor that lingers long after drinking.
The range of character in this batch is striking. The initial creamy aroma is followed by mild garden fresh tones and finishes in a delicate bouquet that lingers and subtly transforms. Another unique batch from this very special source.
Around 1981, a Mu Zha tea farmer in Taipei County discovered a naturally occurring hybrid oolong in his tea garden that proved to be particularly suitable to the climate on Taiwan. Since then, it has gained popularity for its reliable produce and unique flavor and character. Now it is cultivated extensively as a signature oolong tea that is unique to the island of Taiwan. The name "Si Ji Chun" was chosen for the plant's prolific year-round leaf growth, allowing for at least four harvests annually that produce a fresh, fragrant character of tea that is unique among oolongs.
This batch of tea leaves come from the most active tea maker and merchant we know. This man enters virtually every Oolong Tea competition in Taiwan, including the largest and most prestigious Oolong Tea competition in the world. He consistently achieves high ratings in all of these competitions.
In the last several years, he has formed a cooperative with his neighboring farmer friends who share the same high standards of cultivation and processing. This is in order to collectively produce a significant enough volume to be able to compete with larger scale productions of tea in this region, while maintaining the quality control standards of small, privately-run farms. Wholesale dealers of tea typically buy tea from large scale producers in quantities of thousands of pounds per harvest.


A small collection of artefacts from the project — from the material donated to the Society and passed on for permanent curation to the Department of Ancient Egypt & Sudan — is now on display in the Sudan, Egypt and Nubia gallery at the British Museum.
A substantial collection of material is housed in the Sudan National Museum in Khartoum, with smaller collections in the Merowe Land Museum and in the Jebel Barkal Museum, Kareima.
The Society's mission to the Fourth Cataract was one of the first to heed the call first made by the Chairman of the National Corporation for Antiquities & Museums in 1993 to work in the region threatened by the construction of what was then known as the Hamdab Dam (Hakem 1993, 12).
Intending to go into the field in the winter of 1998, strained diplomatic relations between the UK and Sudan in that year made this impossible. At the first opportunity, however, in October 1999 the SARS team began its work in a concession 40km in length along the left bank of the Nile and on all the adjacent islands between Amri and Kirbekan, that is between the fortresses of Suweigi at Dar el-Arab upstream to Jebel Musa.
After several seasons in the field, often with multiple teams funded by the Society — with generous grants from the Institute for Bioarchaeology and the British Museum in particular, and with smaller contributions from the Packard Humanities Institute (PHI), the Institute of Archaeology UCL, the British Academy, the British Institute in Eastern Africa, the Egypt Exploration Society, Emory Museum in Atlanta and patrons of the Society — work came to a close in November 2007.
The dam was completed in 2008, and by the end of that year the reservoir was substantially full.
A detailed report on the first season's work was published in Welsby, D. A., 2003, Survey above the Fourth Nile Cataract. Interim reports are currently available on the website of the International Society for Nubian Studies at www.nubiansociety.org. For summaries of the SARS component of the project see Welsby 2006, 2008a, 2008b, 2010.
We are now faced with the task of publishing the vast amount of research undertaken. The PHI has graciously funded the post-excavation work connected with the excavations it financed on the island of Mis. Funds for the rest of the project are actively being sought, which will result in the eventual publication by the Society of all the results in a multi-volumed, multi-authored series of monographs.
The post-excavation and publication project is expected to take many years and it will be some time before the final reports are ready. In the meantime, the Society has decided to make available, as soon as they are completed, downloadable draft reports (see below). Much relevant research that is required to complete these reports is not included but at least some basic data can be consulted.
It is expected that the final report on the Merowe Dam Archaeological Salvage Project will include the sections listed below, each of which may be either a monograph or one or more monographs. Also listed are the specialists currently involved in the research.
The following draft reports are in pdf format. It must be stressed that they are not the final word and will undoubtedly be augmented or modified before the printed report is produced. Where appropriate, monument types are related to the MDASP type series which can be found at www.nubiansociety.org.
Hakem, A.M.A. 1993. 'Merowe (Hamadab) High Dam and its Impact', Kush 16, 1-25.
Welsby, D.A. 2006. 'Rescue archaeology at the Fourth Nile Cataract', Egyptian Archaeology 29, 9-12.
Welsby, D.A. 2008a. 'Dams on the Nile: from Aswan to the Fourth Cataract', Sudan Studies 37, April, 5-18.
Welsby, D.A. 2008b. 'The Merowe Dam Archaeological Salvage Project. Summary of the results 1996-2006', in W. Godlewski and A. Łajtar (eds). Between the Cataracts. Proceedings of the 11th Conference for Nubian Studies Warsaw University, 27 August – 2 September 2006. Part one. Main Papers, Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean Supplement Series vol 2, pt 1 Warsaw, 33-47.
Welsby, D.A. 2010 'Merowe Dam Archaeological Salvage Project. The Sudan Archaeological Research Society's Amri to Kirbekan Survey', Gdańsk Archaeological Museum and Heritage Protection Fund African Reports 7, 177-187.


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No Sant
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Sultry-voiced Diop merges the acoustic African sounds of artists like Lokua Kanza (who appears on No Sant) and Henri Dikongue with the Western pop leanings of Youssou N'Dour. As such he is a world troubadour who just happens to be African, and fittingly he has assembled an eclectic global coterie of artists on this diverse collection of well-crafted and extremely musical songs. Consequently you will hear elements as diverse as Japanese opera vocals and Bretonese cornemuse (bagpipes) in the jazzy
Everything Is Never Quite Enough
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Everything Is Never Quite Enough is more than a simple retrospective of one of world music's most influential artists. It is an historical overview, a glimpse into the world of an artist who has little time for musical boundaries. While cultivating one of the most unique global fusions in music today, Wasis over the course of the 19 tracks on Everything… combines elements of Arabic, Calypso, R & B, Reggae, Latin and pop all while retaining its traditional Senegalese and West African base. Lyri
African Classics: Orchestra Baobab
By Sheer Sound
Originally formed in Dakar, Senegal in 1970, when orchestras mixing traditional Senegalese music with hot rhythms from Cuba and the Caribbean and the Latin sounds blowing over from New York and Puerto Rico, Orchestra Baobab are the greatest dance band in Africa.
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Out of print in the U.S.! Originally released in 1989, The Lion is considered the Senegalese singers breakthrough album. There are albums by World artists that are geared for a commercial market, but The Lion is something else entirely. It is an album that the commercial market wholeheartedly embraced without N'Dour having to alter has sound or cater to a new audience. The Lion is N'Dour, pure and simple. Well, he does have some high-powered guests appearing on the album including Peter Gabriel,
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Son of kora virtuoso Djelimory Diabate and cousin to Toumani Diabate, 25-year-old Mamadou Diabate steps into his own here on Tunga (''Adventure''). It's a strong debut with interpretations of 13th-century African music shaped by contemporary hands. Diabate, who resettled in New York, invites not only African expatriate friends but also noted jazz bassist Ira Coleman to accompany him. Their collaboration is a pleasantly gentle but still intriguing mix of Malian music. On ''Dounuya,'' Chicago-styl
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He was introduced to most of the world from the placement of 'Everything (Is Never Quite Enough)' on the motion picture soundtrack of 'The Thomas Crown Affair'. His Africanized version of Talking Heads' ''Once In A Lifetime'' (titled here ''Defaal Lu Wor'') brings a fresh alternate perspective of the pop classic that even David Byrne is surely proud of. His voice sounds like Eddy Grant if he were from Africa. This is the Senegalese guitarist's second album originally released in 1998. Quite simp
Kora Revolution
If you are one of those folks who wish that the traditional sounds of Senegalese music were more dominant in the work of Baaba Maal, here's your opportunity to enjoy those elements more fully. Kaouding Cissoko has been the Daande Lenol band's kora player for a long time and more recently provided an essential ingredient in the recordings of Afro Celt Sound System. Here he stands out front on an album of bright, poppy tunes, many with the subtle Latin groove so essential to the Senegalese pop sou
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Goods and Services Tax (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2000
Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
Enacting Formula
1 Citation and commencement
2 Amendment of regulation 37
Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement on 06 Jan 2000
No. S 7
Goods and Services Tax Act
In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 20(4) and 86(1) of the Goods and Services Tax Act, the Minister for Finance hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Goods and Services Tax (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into operation on 7th January 2000.
Amendment of regulation 37
2. Regulation 37 of the Goods and Services Tax (General) Regulations (Rg 1) is amended —
(a) by deleting the word "Paragraph" in the 1st line of paragraph (4) and substituting the words "Subject to paragraph (5), paragraph"; and
(b) by inserting, immediately after paragraph (4), the following paragraph:
"(5) Where any land is supplied to a taxable person with any building thereon which is used or to be used for making exempt supplies, the taxable person shall, for the purposes of paragraph (2), repay to the Comptroller input tax in respect of only the building in accordance with such method as the Comptroller may determine.".
(a) by deleting sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:
"(b) a supply to him of land, being —
(i) vacant land; or
(ii) land on which there is any building and such building is to be demolished,
where it appears to the Comptroller that any subsequent supply of that land and any new building erected or to be erected thereon by the taxable person will be an exempt supply because of the intended rezoning of the land,"; and
"(1A) Where any land is supplied to a taxable person with any building thereon which is used or to be used for making exempt supplies, the Comptroller may allow the input tax in respect of only the supply of land excluding the building to be attributable to taxable supplies in accordance with such method as the Comptroller may determine.".
[G.N. Nos. S 108/94; S224/94; S 174/95; S 491/95; S 400/98;S 361/99; S 371/99; S 461/99]
Made this 5th day of January 2000.
LIM SIONG GUAN
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Finance,
[MF(R) R60.1.0013 Vol. 14; AG/LEG/SL/117A/97/4 Vol. 1]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 86(2) of the Goods and Services Tax Act).


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'But You Look So Good!' - Challenges of Inv…
When the MS Fog Lifts, Seize the Day
A sliver of brightness in my usual fog bank was enough to send me out in search of elderflowers.
By Trevis Gleason
The season for elderflowers is brief. Grab them while you can, for tomorrow they may be gone.
Hung Quach/Stocksy
As a ship's navigator in a former professional life, I know fog, that dense cloak of hanging water droplets suspended all around a vessel, impeding safe progress. I know how fog changes the routine and the feeling of time and space. I know how it changes even one's perception of one's place in the world.
As the fogs of multiple sclerosis (MS) lift from an episode which has overtaken me in the past few weeks, I can feel the relief I once felt at fog on the water thinning to mist.
There is more hope than oppression. More light than dark. The ability see beyond my own forecastle is a welcome relief.
The thing about these occasional banks of MS fog is that they don't stop the rest of the world from its appointed rounds. Life goes on, and if I don't try to reach out and grab at life within those wisps of low cloud, I'd miss some parts of life that happen only in passing.
Elderflowers, for example.
Blink, and You Miss Them
The season when the elder (or elderberry) plant blooms is fairly short in my corner of this island. If it's too wet, the flowers lose their nectar and pollen to the rain. Too dry and flowers may only stay set for a day or two. The season is short, and then it's gone for another year.
Why, you might ask, would one give a tinker's cuss about the elderflowers? Well, as a former chef who likes to forage wild treats, elderflower cordial (made by steeping the flower heads in a thin sugar syrup, which allows for wild yeast to make it effervescent and very mildly alcoholic) is one of those seasonal harbingers that speaks volumes of summer.
There are other early summer goodies in my local hedgerows which I've missed for lack of energy or ability this spring and summer. To let them all pass by would have allowed MS to blot out a wide swath of a season's enjoyment.
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Grab, and a Fleeting Joy Is Yours
The small bundle of blossoms I was able to gather on a day last week were far fewer than I have in the past. They were not from my favorite place to go with the dogs and a sandwich to make an afternoon of the forage. They were the lowest hanging in more than the literal sense. And it was far from easy to get even enough to make a liter of cordial.
But when a metaphoric breeze brought a ray of brightness into my layers of fog, I set out to take back a sliver of normality in a fortnight of MS.
A few ounces of this season's cordial will sweeten sparkling water (and perhaps a glass or two of prosecco) for the next week or so until it is gone.
That I grabbed onto a fleeting moment that our shared disease would have kept from me — that, as we all know, is so much sweeter still.
Wishing you and your family the best of health.
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Breakfast wraps are a surefire way to get your greens and start looking amazingly lean. The Lean Collard Green Machine Breakfast wrap is the perfect combination of egg, cheese and avocado to fill you up with all the right healthy fats and protein to take on the day—even the most dreadful Mondays! This warm breakfast is a feel-good start to the morning and an absolute launching pad for your beach body diet.
Prepare vegetables by cutting avocado, tomato and onion into slices and save them for later.
Find a sturdy collard green leaf, free of any holes or tears, then wash and dry it well. Place the leaf on a cutting board, cut off the white portion of the stalk that has no leafy greens attached to it and then carefully shave the thick middle stem down until it's flat (about the same thickness as the rest of the leaf). Make sure not to cut or tear the leaf portion with your knife. Note: Do not skip this step. Otherwise, the wrap will not roll properly and collard may snap when rolling.
Place leaf on a microwave-safe plate and put it in the microwave for about 10-20 seconds or until the leaf is bright green, soft and pliable. Note: you can also blanch the collards in boiling water, but the microwave achieves the same effect in much less time.
Whisk together egg and almond milk. Spray frying pan with one to two sprays of nonstick cooking spray and scramble the egg mixture. Sprinkle it with shredded cheddar cheese or cheese of choice when the egg is just about finished. Note: cheese is optional as you may save a quarter of a serving of Lean Protein for use at another meal or snack.
Assemble collard green wrap by placing eggs at the center of the leaf and piling on tomato, onion and salsa. Finish it with avocado slices. Note: it is important to save the avocado for last, as it will help the wrap stick together and fold properly.
Wrap your collard green like a burrito, flipping the sides up, tucking them in and rolling as you fold in any stray corners that pop out along the way.


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Research ArticleGout
Factors Influencing the Effectiveness of Allopurinol in Achieving and Sustaining Target Serum Urate in a US Veterans Affairs Gout Cohort
Jasvinder A. Singh, Shuo Yang and Kenneth G. Saag
The Journal of Rheumatology March 2020, 47 (3) 449-460; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.190522
Jasvinder A. Singh
From the Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Department of Medicine at the School of Medicine, and Department of Epidemiology at the School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
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vol. 47 no. 3 449-460
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Accepted for publication August 2, 2019
Published online March 1, 2020.
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Ana Penyas
Ana Penyas [© Biel Aliño]
Spanish illustrator Ana Penyas was born in Valencia in 1987. She has a degree in industrial design and fine arts from the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. She has shown her work at solo exhibitions in places such as Lisbon and Valencia, but also at group exhibitions. She worked as an illustrator for »Pikara Magazine« and numerous print and online media outlets. Her series »Viaje al interior« [tr: Journey to the Interior] received an honorable mention at the Iberoamérica Ilustra award ceremony in 2015. A year later she won the VII. Catálogo Iberoamericano Ilustra for »Buscando un sitio« [tr: Looking For a Place]. She received the Premio Internacional de Novela Gráfica Fnac-Salamandra Graphic in 2016, which gave her the opportunity to publish her first graphic novel.
»Estamos todas bien« [2017; tr: We Are All Fine] is a tribute to post-war women from a feminist perspective. She was inspired after talking to her own grandmothers: »The women of this generation, whom we do not take care of the way they took care of us, have always been secondary roles in the lives of others: the wife of, the mother of or the grandmother of. Like Maruja and Herminia. Their anecdotes, their ideas and their world are here in this book, a small tribute that wants to make them protagonists.« In terms of design, warm tones dominate, particularly a rosy red, which the author associates with her own grandmother. Gradually, the power of this color gives way to other colors such as ocher, gray, and maroon, all of which convey warmth, everyday life, and maturity as well as wisdom and patience. For her graphic novel, which primarily visualizes personal and generational memories, Penyas became the first woman to win Spain's most prestigious comic award, the Premio Nacional del Cómic, in 2018. In 2017, she illustrated Alberto Haller's »En Transición«, which tells of Spain's transition to democracy after Franco. The work addresses the social fractures, obliviousness, and dissonances by highlighting the conflicts of ordinary people in the neighborhood, which arise when memory and silence clash.
She also illustrated the children's book »Mexique. El nombre del barco« [2017] for children aged five and older, in which María José Ferrada tells the true story of 456 unaccompanied children who were sent to Mexico via ocean liner during the Spanish Civil War. Her most recent graphic novel, »Todo bajo el sol« [2021; tr: Everything Under the Sun], explores the process of transforming the Levant coast into a place of mass tourism in the early 1960s through the story of a family that suffers from its devastating consequences. The book received the IV. Premio ACDCómic for best national work. Nowadays she is working on an exhibition »En una casa. Genealogía del trabajo del hogar y los cuidados« [tr. In a house. Genealogy of housework and care] in the Institute of Modern Art of Valencia IVAM with the social researcher Alba Herrero. The exhibition, a genealogy about the domestic workers in the area of Valencia, will take place in november 2023.
Penyas lives in Sevilla.
Estamos todas bien
Salamandra Graphic
Madrid, 2017
En Transición
[Text: Alberto Haller]
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Mexique. El nombre del barco
[Text: María José Ferrada]
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To find the accurate number, please avoid in adding Nicknames, Married names, Changed Name, Shortened (Initials) names and prefixes/suffixes like Mr. Mrs. Miss etc….! Exception to that is if you were Adopted soon after birth. Then you can use the name given by your adoptive parents.
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There are nine destiny Numbers and each have a different destiny. There are also numbers known as master numbers. These master numbers are 11 and 22. Some believe there is a third Master Number 33.
Master numbers are exalted as numbers of supremacy.
Numerology Chart for Calculating Destiny Number.
Destiny Numbers comes to 4. Where each number has its own characteristics that can help in discovering Ones goal in Life and what to do in Life Span.


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Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021: 5 Big Players To Watch Out For in SMAT
Domestic cricket has returned to India with Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021. The tournament is set to begin on 10 January and the final is scheduled to play on 31st of the same month at Motera Stadium, Ahmedabad. A total of 38 teams will compete for the big prize. BCCI has finalized 17 venues to organize the biggest domestic T20 tournament. Young cricketers will look at Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021 as an opportunity to shine and claim a spot in the upcoming IPL auction. Last year, Devdutt Paddikal was the highest scorer in the domestic tournament and his stats earned him RCB's cap.
Other than youngsters, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021 will be an opportunity for senior cricketers who are keen to make a comeback in cricket, IPL, or the national team. Yuvraj Singh had shown interest to play the T20 tournament for Punjab. However, BCCI didn't grant him a No Objection Certificate as the cricket has recently made his participation in some foreign leagues. But here is the list of 5 cricketers who will the players to watch out for in this Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy.
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021 Star Attractions
1. Suresh Raina
The Uttar Pradesh batsman will be a star attraction in the tournament. 34-year old had announced his retirement last year alongside MS Dhoni. However, the southpaw has decided to continue his IPL career. The cricketer missed IPL 2020 season due to family issues. Even there were rumors that Raina had a conflict with CSK management post which the cricketer decided to returned to India. Although, later, Suresh clarified that he was concerned about his family after the attack on his relatives in Punjab.
Now, the cricketer has confirmed his availability in the IPL 2021 season. So Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021 will a good preparation for the left-handed batsman to return in form ahead of the league. Raina hasn't played any cricketer since the IPL 2019 season. So he definitely needs a platform to test his ability ahead of the IPl 2021 and a long T20 tournament like SMAT is perfect for that. In the trophy, Suresh Raina will play under the captaincy of 20-year old Priyam Garg.
2. S Sreesanth
This January Sreesanth is going to play his heart out. And why not? The speedster is going to play cricket after more than 7 years. In September 2020, the cricketer's ban for alleged match-fixing ended. Kerala has included the 38-year old fast bowler in the 15-man squad for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021.
Sreesanth's aim is to make a comeback in the Indian team. He feels that if he succeeds to play well in IPL, he might get the ticket to play in internationals again. Even Sreesanth told that he is in touch with some IPL franchises and all he needs to perform well in SMAT 2021 first.
3. Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Bhuvneshwar Kumar is struggling with poor fitness for a long time. The medium-pacer was ruled out from IPL 2020 due to injury. Also he was not fit enough to return to the team India for the Australia tour. As he has gone missing, the competition in the pace department has increased. T Natrajan is now a contender for a spot in ICC T20 World Cup 2021. However, the good thing is Bhuvneshwar Kumar is that Uttar Pradesh has included him in the squad for upcoming domestic T20 tournament.
The swing bowler will make a comeback for Uttar Pradesh alongside Suresh Raina. There is no doubt Bhuvneshwar will be a top contender to play T20 World Cup. But he needs to improve his fitness. So Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy is going to be crucial for the 30-year old. Also, it will be good preparation for the upcoming season of Indian Premier League.
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4. Suryakumar Yadav
Currently, Suryakumar Yadav is the most underrated batsman in Indian cricket. Batsman with more than 2000 runs in IPL has yet to make his debut for India. Yadav is one of the most consistent batsmen but has yet to caught selectors' eye. Now Suryakumar Yadav will lead the Mumbai side in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021. He will be in the selectors' list when they will select the limited-overs squad for the series against England in February. If Yadav performs well in SMAT, he will strengthen his chances of getting selected.
5. Ishan Kishan
Somewhere between Rishabh Pant and Sanju Samson, selectors' ignoring a gem like Ishan Kishan. The prominent youngster has yet to get an India call-up after two consecutive successful IPL seasons. However, he is a contender for India's next wicket-keeper batsman. Some good knocks at Syed Mushtaq T20 matches could earn him an India cap for the series against England. 22-year old will lead the Jharkhand team in the upcoming domestic T20 competition.
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Q: Ruby gem - How do I test my own ruby gem via IRB? Okay so I am completely new to using IRB so I have no idea what I am doing wrong.
Here is my gem that I built
# frozen_string_literal: true

require_relative "badwordgem/version"
require 'yaml' #this will need to use the badlist.yml file
module Badwordgem
  class Error < StandardError; end

  class Base
    class << self # assign class to itself so self does not need to be used for every method

      def badlist
        @badlist ||= YAML.load_file(File.expand_path("badlist.yml", __dir__)) # This will load in the bad words from our YML file and it will assign it to the badlist variable
      end

      def sanitize(input = "sassy") # method to take in user input to check for profanity
        word = input.downcase # It will change the user input and set it to lowercase to match our bad list of words
        badlist.each do |key, value| # For every word in the badlist assign it a key(a bad word), and a value(then replace the bad work with * symbol)
          word.gsub!(/\b#{key}\b/, value) # For each word the user has inputed replace the old word(key) with the new word(value)
        end
        word # return the word whether it contains profanity or not
      end

    end
  end

end

Essentially it tests to see if a word is bad or not based on my list of badwords.
I have installed and built it but I have no idea how to test it in IRB.
I've tried running badwordgem.sanitize(hello) etc. but that clearly is wrong as it gives me this error undefined local variable or method badwordgem' for main:Object'
What command in IRB do I type to test it??

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