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Picture the scene. Anthony pops down to the guardhouse, partly because he wants a break with the lads, but also because he has a problem. Cleopatra says she wants to bathe in ass’s milk. So Anthony tells the guys in the guardhouse, that he needs
some help. “The wife wants to bathe in ass’s milk now.” He says.

Gerald, the Head Guard, says, “She wants to what?” “Bathe in ass’s milk”, says Anthony, “You know what these women are like - she’s read it on some tablets of stone somewhere - it’s supposed to be good for her complexion”.

“So how are you going to sort that out then,” says Gerald, “Are you going to get someone to pour it over her or something?” Anthony thinks about it and says, “No, that won’t do, she wants to soak in it. She needs a ‘bath’.”

“What’s a ‘bath’ then..”, says the Gerald. “It’s a big thing you get into that’s full of the ass’s milk - and then you lie down in it,” says Anthony.

“What do you want to do that for then..?” asks one of the new guards, a young lad really.

“So you can get clean all over and relax in it - let the ass’s milk do it’s job.” Says Anthony, trying to sound as if it makes sense. “Oh, right then..” Says the Head Guard.

“Nah, I don’t know where you’ll get one of them.”

Anthony goes on his way, this time stopping at the stonemason’s yard, thinking all of a sudden, those big stones we shape, all we need to do is to hollow on out and that will do.

So he starts a conversation with the Head Stonemason, Steve.
“Can you do me a ‘bath’”, he says. “What’s one of them, then?”, the rather busy stonemason says. “It’s a big thing you get into and lie in, full of hot liquid. It’s relaxing.” Anthony says, sounding less and less convincing each time. “You can do it, with this stuff you’re cutting up each day, it’ll be a breeze”. “Nah, mate,” says Steve, “This stuff is sandstone, it won’t hold the liquid”.

Disappointed, but losing a bit of interest, Anthony moves along in his quest.

But it starts the stonemason thinking - he has a bit of spare granite out the back of the shed, so over the next few days, he does a bit if chiselling and sees what he can do.

A week the following Friday, he gives old Anthony a shout and shows him his work. “Brilliant”, says Anthony - let’s get it installed, she’ll be having her nails done all afternoon. “Let’s get those asses milked too”, he shouts to his PA.

Later that afternoon, Cleopatra has a big surprise and excitedly clambers into the new granite bath, filled with warm asses milk and she is in seventh heaven.

Bet you’re wondering what the moral of the story is eh?

Well, in our everyday job, we are faced with dozens of little challenges. New problems to puzzle out. And they cause us irritation and frustration. Yet, like the stone mason, Steve, we have people around us who, left to their own devices and interested enough in the challenge, will sort things out - in their own way and in their own time.

It’s as true today as it was when Anthony and Cleopatra were around.

There is a postscript to this. Two days later the stonemason is called up to the new ‘bath’ room. Cleopatra was pleased to see him and thanked him for his excellent work but asked, discreetly, if he could bring his polishing stone up with him
later.

“The bath is great, but I have a little problem. There’s something right in the bottom corner that is a little rough - in fact, she said, it’s a bit of a pain in the ass.”

Knowingly, the stonemason left the bathroom for his tools. “I know, I know” he said, “We get them all the time.” And he smiled a little smile as he prepared to meet a challenge of a more delicate nature.

Copyright 2005 Martin Haworth is a Business and Management Coach. He works worldwide, mainly by phone, with small business owners, managers and corporate leaders. He
has hundreds of hints, tips and ideas at his website,
http://www.coaching-businesses-to-success.com.
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Red wine spills can be a disaster whether they occur in your home or onboard your $43 million executive jet as members of our corporate flight attendant web community are quick to point out. Taking care of a spill is another thing, but we have discovered two “tried and true” solutions to the problem. Please read on to find out what we discovered:

1. If you have just spilled red wine, immediately pour white wine over a red wine stain. The white wine [white grape juice is fine too] dilutes the pigmentation from the red grape.

2. You can also put salt on the stained area, wait a few minutes and rinse with running water. If you have an old stain, try soaking the stain with a lemon-water or vinegar-water solution, then wash it with your other laundry items. Of course, we’re talking about treating clothing not carpeting or furniture fabric.

The more expensive the item affected, the more likely you will seek professional cleaning care to resolve the problem even if you do emergency management. Not everyone feels comfortable with treating red wine spills, but doing nothing can cause the stain to set making it virtually impossible to get rid of later.

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In order to get the best from your sedu hair straightener, I have compiled a list of the best sedu ceramic hair straightener tips. Whether it’s achieving perfect celebrity sedu hairstyles such as the Jennifer Lopez sedu hair, the Jennifer Aniston sedu look, or even the Hilary Duff sedu hair style, these sedu ceramic hair straightener tips will have you looking like a celebrity in no time.

Before Use:

Tip 1: Always shampoo, condition, and blow dry your hair before using the sedu hair straightener as grease and excess oils will cook and burn if not removed before use.

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Tip 3: To achieve the best results from your sedu hair straightener it is worth knowing that there are a variety of widths available for the ceramic plates of the sedu hair iron and choosing the best width for your hair will give you the best results. The best width to aim for is a maximum width of 1.5″.

Using Your Sedu Hair Straightener:

Tip 1: Remember it only takes 25 seconds for the sedu hair iron to heat up.

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Tip 4: Do not touch your hair immediately after passing your sedu hair iron over it as your hair will be extremely hot.

Perfect Styles:

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Many QuickBooks users are unaware that QuickBooks allows you to reconcile many types of accounts, including credit card accounts. It’s important to reconcile the credit card account each month, as soon as you receive the statement. Here’s why:

• Finding Errors. Credit card companies don’t often make errors, but if they do, you only have a certain amount of time to alert the company if there are any.
• Verifying Entries. Reconciling the credit card statement is one way to ensure your entries are being recorded properly in QuickBooks.
• Takes Less Time. The longer you wait, the more transactions you will have to examine, making the reconciliation process take longer than necessary.

Before beginning, look over the credit card statement and make sure all items that appear on it also appear in QuickBooks. Often, there will be one or more items on the statement that are not in QuickBooks. Enter those before beginning the reconciliation process. Then:

1. Open QuickBooks. From the top menu, select Banking, then select Reconcile. The Begin Reconciliation window opens.

2. From the Account drop-down box, select the credit card account you wish to reconcile.

3. Enter the Statement Date as shown on the credit card statement.

4. Verify that the Beginning Balance in QuickBooks is the same as the beginning balance on the credit card statement. If these amounts are not the same, you may have changed or deleted a previously reconciled transaction. See #b below.

5. Enter the Ending Balance as shown on the credit card statement.

6. Enter any Finance Charges as shown on the statement. From the Account drop-down box, select a Finance Charges account.

7. Click Continue. The Reconcile window opens.

8. Place a checkmark next to each entry that appears on the both the credit card statement and in the Reconcile window. Notice that there are two columns-one for Charges and Cash Advances, another for Payments and Credits. Under normal circumstances both of these columns will have checkmarks in them when you are finished. The Payments and Credits column will almost always have fewer entries than the Charges and Cash Advances column.

9. While doing this, verify that the amounts recorded in QuickBooks match the credit card statement exactly. If an amount in QuickBooks is incorrect, double click the entry to open and change it.

10. If all entries were made correctly, when you are finished checking off everything, the Difference (located in the bottom right corner) will be zero. If it is zero, click Reconcile Now.

11. QuickBooks will ask if you want to write a check to make a payment now, or enter a bill to make a payment later. Either way, you may elect to pay whatever amount you wish–the entire balance, a portion of the balance, or the minimum payment. If you don’t want to do any of those at this time, click Cancel.

12. IMPORTANT: print a Detailed report and staple it to the back of the credit card statement. If you are running QuickBooks Pro, the printed Detailed report will be your only record should you ever need to go back and see a previous reconciliation.

If the Difference is not zero, errors were made. Verify the following:

• Checkmarks may be placed next to items that do not appear on the credit card statement statement, or some items may not have been checked that should have been.

• Carefully verify that all amounts in QuickBooks match the credit card statement amounts exactly, and that all entries on the statement are also in QuickBooks.
• It’s possible, although unlikely, that the credit card company made a mistake by recording an item incorrectly. If this is the case, in order to continue you will need to enter the transaction into QuickBooks as it appears on the statement. Don’t forget to contact the credit card company to resolve the issue. The next statement should show the correction - be sure to enter it into QuickBooks at that time.
• Always try to make the Difference amount zero before clicking Reconcile Now. If you absolutely cannot make the difference amount zero, see #c below.

Situations Requiring Outside Help:

a. Pro versions of QuickBooks allow access only the last month’s reconciliation. Premier versions allow access to all previous reconciliations. If you need a previous reconciliation report and are running QuickBooks Pro, ask your accountant if he/she is running Premier. If so, have your accountant upload your file to his/her computer, then generate the necessary reports.

b. Never delete or change a transaction after it has been reconciled. If you do, it alters the subsequent reconciliation, making it much more difficult. If the beginning balance in QuickBooks was not the same as on the statement, or if the Difference is not zero because a previously reconciled transaction was deleted, contact your bookkeeper or accountant to help resolve the issue.

c. If the difference amount is not zero when you click Reconcile Now, in order to finish the reconciliation QuickBooks must make an adjusting entry in both the credit card account, and the account called Opening Bal Equity (OBE). This will need to be cleared out of OBE, because OBE should always have a zero balance. Contact your bookkeeper or accountant if you ever have a balance in OBE.

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