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Vinyl flooring is gaining popularity amongst buyers since it makes the surface extremely durable and lasts longer. These floors are easy to install and require low maintenance. But, is vinyl flooring the right option for your home? Check the list below that discusses the characteristics of this kind of flooring.
Vinyl flooring comes in two types- sheet flooring and tile flooring. Sheet flooring is the one that lay down in sheets and are 6 or 12 feet wide. Besides, they are easy to install and completely water-resistant. Tile flooring, on the other hand, can be found in 9 or 12 square inches. These floors have the look of ceramic tiles but are surprisingly cost-effective.
Types of Finishes for Vinyl Floor
There are three types of finishes are:
- Vinyl no-wax finish – This kind of finish is suitable for areas that receive less traffic. They are extremely light and have less exposure to moisture and dirt.
- Urethane finish – Urethane finish is extremely strong and durable that can withstand moderate foot traffic. They are easy to clean and highly resistant to scuffing.
- Enhanced urethane finish – This is the toughest finish available that can endure heavy foot traffic. They are highly resistant to stain marks and scratches. This type of finish will last long with proper care and maintenance.
Considerations before Picking Vinyl Floor
Vinyl is amongst the inexpensive flooring options you may choose. When comparing the price to stone, wood or ceramic flooring, vinyl provides considerable cost savings. Read on to know about some considerations before choosing vinyl floor for your home.
- Ease of installation: Vinyl floor installation is quite easy when compared to installing other floor types. You do not need glue or staples to install floating vinyl sheet. Rather, peel and stick vinyl can be adhered to a subfloor. Besides, you can also install vinyl floor over hardwood, plywood or concrete. It can also be installed over the present vinyl flooring, however, it is not suggested if you have more than two pre-existing layers.
- Durability of the floor: Vinyl flooring is very strong and durable. If they are installed and maintained properly, they may last for a long time. As such, this type of floor is a good choice for the rooms that receive huge traffic. In addition, most vinyl floor consists of a wear layer on the surface that can resist stains and scratches. Some vinyl products provide warranty for almost 15 years on its wear layer. With any type of floor, the quality you purchase will affect if it will last for many years.
- Get rid of stain marks: Printed vinyl sheets and tiles consist of a wear layer that resists spills and stains. Solid and composite tiles, on the other hand, do not have this kind of protection on the surface. Due to this reason, they are more susceptible to spills and stains. They need polishing and stripping occasionally to retain their new look for several years. Vinyl floors are a great choice since they can be used in the kitchen, bathroom, family room, basement and laundry room.
- Easy to clean and maintain: Vinyl floors are easy to clean and maintain. This is why they have become very popular amongst homeowners. Once the sweeping is done to remove dirt and dust from the floor, use a damp mop and floor cleaner over the surface. This ensures that vinyl floors will look the very best for many years. Vinyl floors usually come with a "no wax" finish that maintains the shiny look after mopping like the day when you had purchased it.Vinyl floors are highly functional in high traffic rooms since they are durable, low-priced and require low maintenance. Homeowners who yearn to give a stunning look to the rooms usually install this type of flooring. Thus, with innumerable designs available, vinyl flooring impart sensuousness to your abode.
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Burberry. The most British of brands. Harrods. The most luxurious of British department stores. I am often asked to shoot in-store promotions, marketing materials and merchandising photography for my clients. Often it's a 7am shoot, before the stores open, and the security follow me around and allow the shortest window of time. Always lots of… Read more »
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The appellants, Richard H. Nickles and Margaret K. Nickles, appeal from the conviction and judgment of Aggravated Arson, a felony in the Second Degree, and Insurance Fraud, a felony in the Second Degree, in the Third Judicial District Court in and for Salt Lake County, State of Utah, the Honorable Peter F. Leary presiding.
Original Brief Submitted to the Utah Supreme Court; digitized by the Howard W. Hunter Law Library, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah; machine-generated OCR, may contain errors.
David Wilkinson; Attorney General; Attorney for Respondent.
Linda E. Carter; Salt Lake Legal Defender Association; Attorney for Appellants.
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Have you ever bungee jumped? If you haven't, would you want to? No I haven't ever bungee jumped and I don't think I ever would. I don't really see the attraction.
For your computer Mac or Windows based computer? Desktop, laptop, Pad or other? My other half is a Linux computing guru so I'm not allowed to use Mac or Windows. We use an open-source distribution called Debian and I'm used to it now. The only thing i find annoying is that wherever I work usually uses Windows and if I prepare any PowerPoint presentations at home on Linux they almost always need to be fixed before being used at work on Windows. I have a beautiful pink laptop that suits me.
If you were instantly able to play one musical instrument perfectly that you never have played before, what would it be? I think that I have tried quite a few different musical instruments in school. One instrument that I've definitely never tried, and possibly not even seen in real life, is the harp. I think it would be cool to be able to play the harp.
Describe yourself in at least four uplifting words. Generous, empathetic, kind, compassionate. All true. I did a survey recently about character strengths and found it really interesting – anyone can take the survey for free here.


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Check your mail each quarter for your Buena Park Today and the latest in City news, events, activities and programs!
Here you'll also find all the classes, sports, seniors and cultural offerings from your Community Services Department for the quarter.
Be sure to save these dates for upcoming extra special events:
- The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Buena Park Youth Theater performances weekends Nov. 17 -27;
- The 46th Annual Candy Caneland & Craft Faire Dec. 3;
- 4th Annual Christmas Tree Lighting and Toy Drive Dec. 6;
- Tournament of Roses Parade Excursion Jan. 2;
- State of the City Address and Luncheon Feb. 1.
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Sense and Sensitivity
Isn't makeup a wonderful thing? It enhances your natural features or provides you with a kaleidoscope of colour and texture to create new looks and beautiful masterpieces! That is of course, when you're not worried about triggering an unwanted response in your sensitive skin.
The great news is, the ELES Cosmetic range contains skin-safe formulas with no potential irritants catering to your skin's needs. All formulas are infused with vitamins and micronized minerals to protect and correct skin without irritation making the range the perfect choice for irritable skin, post cosmetic surgery or to nurture healthy skin.
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Eyes can be the most sensitive area on the face when it comes to applying makeup. Stick with products that are void of artificial fragrances (which all ELES products are!) but for those amongst us who have the most sensitive of peepers there is the ELES Sensitive Mascara.
The hypoallergenic and sensitivity-tested formula dries quickly to minimise any potential irritation to the eyes. This water based formula gently lifts off the lashes at the end of the day when you cleanse your face.
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Another wonderful hypoallergenic formula safe for contact lenses andpost-surgery. Vitamins A, E and C actually work to condition and protect eyelids. The most marvellous part is these shadows are triple milled for excellent colour pay off and NO fallout to irritate eyes.
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One product with a myriad of benefits! A multi-functioning wonder to hydrate, prime, moisturise, protect from the sun while being a burst of antioxidants for skin. This hard working cream is loaded with "goodies" for the skin ranging from Vitamin E and antioxidants to protect against free radical damage, to squalene from olives that imparts super hydration to increase smoothness and softness. Wonder ingredient Goji Berry extract helps to improve skin's elasticity while softening the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. This one has it all!
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This silky blush is talc free and loaded with antioxidants and vitamins to protect and care for skin. A great choice for sensitive skins and blush enthusiasts alike with a hypoallergenic formula that will not streak or cake on application.
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A lip smackingly excellent choice for those with sensitive lips or if you want an easy, gloss finish without the sticky finish. Vitamins A and E help condition and protect lips while skin nourishing ingredient Aloe Barbedensis Leaf extract helps to soothe lips. A lip balm and gloss in one!
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Health care spending
National Healthcare Spending In the United States
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November 24, 2014
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U.S's Healthcare spending has continued to increase over the last one decade with more than $2.5 trillions being spent each year (Young, 2013). On average, the U.S spends twice as more on healthcare per capita and 50% more as a share of GDP. This is the highest costs spent on healthcare among all industrialized nations globally. Despite the huge spending, healthcare analysts argue that the U.S citizens do not experience the benefits of longer life. In addition, U.S still experiences high infant mortality, lack of universal access and does not offer quality care similar to most industrialized nations. In 2013, the U.S spent $ 2.9 trillion on healthcare and the amount is expected to be increased by 3.8% in 2014 (Young, 2013). It is anticipated that, quick economic recovery, aging population and Obama's health care Act will add more American citizens to the health insurance rolls. This amount will approximately be 18% of U.S's economy (Young, 2013). This paper seeks to examine U.S's national healthcare spending. The research will look into a number of factors including the level of current healthcare expenditures to determine whether the spending is enough or not and areas where more budgeting/cut is needed. Furthermore, the paper will look into how the U.S healthcare needs are financed. Lastly, the research will forecast the U.S healthcare system by looking into future economic needs of the system, why they should be addressed and how they should be financed. Current national health care expenditures levels.
With the implementation of Affordable Healthcare Act (Obama Healthcare), U.S budget on healthcare is expected to increase. The government plan to spend approximately $ 3 trillion in healthcare by 2014, an amount that equals almost 18% of U.S's economy. Given the huge cost of healthcare in U.S, it will be important to examine the current level of expenditures. This can be achieved by analyzing the pattern of the U.S healthcare distribution in order to know who gets what percentage and how much out of the total allocated nation healthcare budget. One decade ago (2004), U.S spent $ 1.9 trillion (16% GDP) on healthcare. This translated to per capita healthcare of about $ 6,260. One decade later (2014), these figures have increased. Current levels of U.S spending on healthcare are relatively distributed unevenly across individuals, population segments, sectors/payers and specific diseases. For instance, only 5% of the U.S total population accounts for 49% of total healthcare spending. In fact, 44% of U.S healthcare budgets is spent on 15 most serious/expensive conditions while multiple chronic illnesses cost seven times more than patient with one chronic condition. These patterns of spending changes over time and they affect the different payers including private insurers, employers, Medicaid and Medicare (Stanton, 2006). Half of the American citizens spend nothing or little on healthcare but 5% of the population spends half of the total healthcare budget allocation. Therefore, the amount to be spent by 5% of the population aloneis approximated to be $1.4 trillion. In addition, sizeable levels of U.S healthcare costs are spent on the elderly (65 years and above). One decade ago (2004), the healthcare expenses spent by the elderly averaged $ 11, 089 per year while it averaged $ 3,352 for the working people (ages 19-64 years). In 2014 (one decade later), the average amount of healthcare expenses spent on the elderly have increased in U.S due to increased aging population and increased chronic illnesses by the elderly. Examples of chronic diseases that contribute to higher healthcare costs in U.S include diabetes, asthma, hypertension, heart diseases and mood disorders. Spending to cure these diseases has surged from $ 62.3 billion in 1996 to $1.5 trillion in 2012 (Stanton, 2006)....
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Flames put to test at season-opening Mid-Atlantic Warmup
February 3, 2019 | Glen Allen, Va.
Liberty University's men's Ultimate team opened its spring semester competition Saturday and Sunday at the Mid-Atlantic Warmup tournament in Glen Allen, Va., facing several Division I and III teams ranked in the combined top 100 by USA Ultimate.
"It was an interesting mix of teams that went to the (USA Ultimate Collegiate) National Championships last year, like William & Mary and George Washington, and a lot of other teams ranked in the top 100, including VCU, Drexel, and Richmond, a Division III team," Flames Head Coach Brendan Phillips said.
The 15th-seeded Flames opened the tournament by going 1-2 in pool play, losing to Williams, 13-12, and JMU, 13-5, before defeating Davidson, 13-9.
Liberty then lost a crossover match against top-seeded William & Mary, 13-7, before falling to Mary Washington, the reigning Division III national champion, 15-9, in the first round of the consolation playoffs.
The Flames fell to Lehigh in the first round of the 13th-place bracket, 15-8, before bowing out in the first round of the 15th-place bracket with a 13-8 loss to 17th-seeded George Washington to settle for 17th place.
Vermont, ranked 58th and seeded third, was the overall team champion, upsetting the 16th-ranked Tribe, 15-14 in the final.
Complete results are available online.
Before the start of the semester, Liberty picked up three players, including senior cutter Austin Heston and sophomore handler Ben Reutener, who both returned to the team after sitting out the fall season. The Flames also added junior transfer Sam Swinson.
Liberty will next compete in two tournaments in Virginia Beach — the Feb. 23-24 Oak Creek Challenge and March 30-31 Atlantic Coast Open — before hosting the April 13-14 Virginia Conference Championships at the Liberty Mountain Intramural Complex.


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I recently set up a new tank for my turtle. She was downsized for a little while but is now back in a 125 gallon aquarium. I am in the process of finishing the build now. I still need to build her basking area up top. For this one, I added gravel circulation to maybe help keep the gravel healthier. I will see how it works. It was easily made with cpvc. I am using an FX6 now and am thinking of adding another canister.
My question is what kind of fish can I add that would help keep her tank cleaner? I don't want to go spend money on something that she will just end up trying to eat. Anyone have any suggestions? I could would also take any advise on keeping everything healthy for her, anything I can add during the build process.


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What is a Digital Body? Digital Agency may still be heard for us, especially in Indonesia itself. If we first know the name of the Advertising Agency, the Agency that helps companies to market their products/brands through print, banner, or television. However, along with the rapid development of IT, there is now a Digital Agency Gold Coast.
So what is a Digital Agency? Not much different from the Advertising Agency, Digital Agency is also an agency that helps companies market their products/brands, but the difference is eye media. Digital Agency uses digital media such as websites, applications, social media, search engines, and so on.
Currently, the Digital Agency is more advanced with an ordinary Ad Agency, besides the relatively lower budget, the Digital Agency also has a greater impact with the Advertising Agency. By using digital media, companies are able to market and promote their products to target markets that are more targeted without certain parts.
With digital media, communication is 2. The direction of communication between companies and users becomes more open than offline media which is only 1-way. If the company is able to communicate its brand properly, it will increase the company's brand quickly. Therefore, digital professionals from the Digital Agency are very much needed to issue products in the digital world.
For those of you who are starting a business, why do you make a big outlet? Now it's not the time anymore if you are working on anything but having a large business space.
Many have a culinary business but the war is just no more than the size of a small room. Then how do you market the food products?
Really easy. Now people only need to use social media like Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.
Another way is to take an online motorcycle taxi like Grab or delivery online. You must have seen it if there was a small food outlet, but it was the one who drove the online motorcycle taxi drivers. The queue can be really long, you know.
Currently, anything can be used online including property. Look at the growth of myrobotmonkey property site. More and more properties are marketing their properties on the property marketplace.
Digital marketing or digital marketing is indeed a must for marketers. Lah the target market every day using the internet, how come it's strange if you don't look at it.
Where are you looking for tickets? Order food, find cinema tickets, book hotels, find smartphones, buy laptops, where do you go from? Through the internet and social media right?
"Digital technology is indisputable and its role in everyday life. More than half of the time every day we are connected with digital technology, "
The utilization is even more widespread. There is no choice for all who still want to have more choices in doing a lot of things in life besides using digital technology, "said Untung who also serves as Chairperson of the IDEA 2018-2020 period.
Well, for those of you who are marketing or developing your business, take advantage of digital marketing via social media. Your target market is glaring at social media from the bed until it goes out to sleep again.


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SCDC Want Your Views On Adult Learning Provision
Are you looking to improve your education with Adult Leaning Classes? Can you find what your looking for in your area? Suffolk Coastal and Waveney District Councils are undertaking a project to find out how adult learning can be improved in east Suffolk. Led by their Economic Development Intern, Christopher Elmer who was recruited through Suffolk's Rising High Internship programme, the work will be used to … Continue reading SCDC Want Your Views On Adult Learning Provision


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A distinctively delicious Tokaji blend from Tarcal, Tokaj. This traditional dry Tokaji wine has a bouquet of green nuts, almonds, tea leaves, and hints of yeast with abundant botrytis. It is beautifully complex, with powerful acidity and a rich flavor that remains long on the palate.
From Departures Magazine: "Szamorodni means 'as it comes off the vine,' and as a result, this dark, amber-colored wine may be a bit of a shock—but only in the best way. It has the rich, oxidized taste of an Olorosso sherry. Some of the grapes are subjected to a desirable fungus called botrytis, which is usually the source of world-class sweet wines. But this one, which is held back from release so that it develops in the bottle, is dry, complex and delightful. Serve with a rich stew."


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04/04/17 –Happy News!!!
A wonderful family has been approved to adopt this fantastic senior! They only wanted a senior! We need more homes like them.
In fact I got a late night and predawn text from them worrying that a FB re-post of Champ might mean we were still looking for a home for him. I assured them that they were his forever home. I also told them that Champ was no slouch… last night Champ insisted on a good hour of playing when his foster mom came home from work… LOL
04/01/17 – Champ was surrendered to AABR as a result of a divorce. Champ is a handsome and friendly guy who met us at the door with his nub going and an energetic kidney bean greeting of a much younger than reported 12 year old boxer.
Champ has lived with and helped raise 2 human children ages 5 & 7. He is a large boy weighing in at about 90lbs (he needs to lose a few pounds).
This distinguished gentlemen does not show his age one bit!! He moves very well, knows sit, paw, heel and would do just about anything for a treat. He is currently in a temp foster home with several large dogs, both male and female and gets along very well with all. He also is doing well with the resident cats. He is due to move on to another foster home soon and we will bring you more info on this great guy.


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Like all professions, there are a number of misconceptions about real estate agents, some of which are unflattering. In fact, some people have a negative perception of real estate agents due to these beliefs. Here are four of the most common misconceptions about real estate agents and why believing in them can hurt your ability to buy or sell a home:
Real estate agents are obsolete since all listings are online
You can do a lot of research on homes that are for sale by looking online because most listings are online. However, finding houses that are for sale isn't all a real estate agent does. An agent has a much better grasp of the local real estate market than you'll ever have, even if you can get a decent idea of what it is by comparing all the listings in an area. An agent can use their resources to help you find properties that fit exactly what you're looking for and that are within your budget, and notify you immediately as soon as properties such as these are listed. Not only will they help guide you through the entire process of buying a home, including negotiating prices and terms, but they will hold your hand through the closing process.
–>> 12 Questions to Ask When Interviewing A Real Estate Agent
Real estate agents are dishonest
This is a common misconception shared among numerous professions, from used car salespersons to injury lawyers. There may be a few bad apples out there, but this doesn't mean every agent is willing to lie to close a sale. Agents are legally bound to represent their clients to the best of their abilities. If they are caught doing otherwise, they could be forced to pay hefty fines and even lose their license to sell real estate. Exactly how can you tell an honest agent from a dishonest one? Easy — just do a little research on their reputation. You shouldn't have much trouble finding reviews from former clients online, and most agents will be willing to provide you with references.
It's easier to work with a listing agent — Working with the agent to buy the house that they have listed may seem like an easy route to take. After all, wouldn't this help ensure that the buying process goes as smoothly as possible? While it is possible to work with the listing agent, you need to keep in mind that they have the seller's best interests in mind, not yours. It's a better idea to have your own representation separate from the seller's so you know that your agent has your best interests in mind.
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You can save money if you work with a low-commission agent
Since when has the cheaper option been the better option? The amount of commission an agent charges is often related to their quality — you get what you pay for, after all. If you do decide to use a low-commission agent, then make sure you know exactly what kind of services they are going to provide you upfront. Will the agent hold multiple open houses? Will the agent help you to negotiate with buyers? Or will your agent simply throw your listing up online and hope that someone bites? A poor agent can result in your home never getting off the market. Paying a higher commission for a quality agent is often well worth the investment.
Real estate agents are incredibly important to both the home-buying and home-selling process. Without them, you're going to have a much more difficult time finding a home or selling your property. These are four misconceptions about real estate agents that you should be sure to ignore.
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There are various elements that people look out for when they consider renting in a car and if you have been deciding whether or not you should rent a car now then there are a number of websites that can help you decide whether or not this is the right time to invest. If you are looking for a website that is convenient, reliable and easy to use then you need to check out car limo rental website today.
One of the major benefits of this website is that apart from helping you from check the various car models that you could pick out based on features it also allows you to compare them based on a price. This helps you to check out the best possible models based on what you are looking for and it will show you the models that will meet your requirements as well as fit into your budget.
Back in the day it was difficult for a person to go online and compare cars however those days there weren't too many cars to compare anyways. Different models and brands are available in the market and if you choose to ignore certain car models you might end up regretting your decision later which is why it is always a good idea to check out everything before you invest. With a good handy website you could always make sure that you compare every car and all the aspects should be taken into consideration before you actually invest and this enables you to rent a car that will last you a really long time. This website is good because it helps you to decide whether or not you should rent a car now or wait for a model that is yet to be released and is better in terms of the features as well as the budget.


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Bambouk (sometimes Bambuk or Bambuhu) is a traditional name for the territory in eastern Senegal and western Mali, encompassing the Bambouk Mountains on its eastern edge, the valley of the Faleme River and the hilly country to the east of the river valley. It was a formally described district in French Sudan, but in 1895, the border between Sudan and Senegal was moved to the Faleme River, placing the western portion of the district within Senegal. The term is still used to designate the region, but there is no formal administrative area with that name.
According to Levtzion there were, "...three principal goldfields, besides others of lesser importance: Bambuk, between the Senegal and the Faleme rivers; Bure on the Upper Niger; and the Akan goldfields near the forest of the present republics of Ghana and the Ivory Coast." He further states it may have been the "island of gold or Wangara...where alluvial gold was collected." "Wasteful methods reduced the productivity of the goldfields...in the eleventh or twelfth century, the Sudanese traders ventured southwards and opened up the new goldfields of Bure on the Upper Niger, in the region of Siguiri."[1]
The Diakhanke established Diakha-ba and became Muslim clerics for the Malinke chiefs after Bambuk was conquered by the Mali Empire in the thirteenth century. According to Levtzion, "From their centre in Bambuk, the Diakhanke spread to Bondu, Kedougou, and Futa Djallon and established new communities such as Niokhol and Dantilia - in order to secure a monopoly over the trade with the Europeans."[1]
The area was renowned as a major centre for gold mining from the 12th until the 19th century, and some gold mining still takes place on the Malian side of the border. It served as the home of the Khasso kingdom in the 18th and 19th centuries before becoming a part of French Sudan.
Bambouk is primarily home to the Malinké people, and a distinctive dialect of the Maninkakan language is spoken there.
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|Updates on YCCS, CBTC and Tanai
September 2018
Dear brothers and sisters,
Greetings to you from Myanmar in the name of Jesus. We thank you so much for your hospitality during our visit to you in the last summer. Rachel and I safely arrived back home and serving God with all our hearts. Elizabeth has begun her Fall semester at Trinity Christian College in Chicago. For the time being, Rachel is taking rest and helping her mom at home. Acha did very well supervising the ministry during my absence in the last summer. Thank you so much for your prayers and supports throughout these years
Short Updates
Yangon Christian College and Seminary (YCCS)
The enrollment at this Fall has reached 50 students and the semester will be ended in September. There will be a school break in October and the Spring semester will begin in November. The 2018-19 academic year will be ended in February, 2019. The eleventh graduation will be held on February 23rd and 10 students are graduating. Warren Knoles, Rob Pal, Brent and Donna Tippin, members of MACM board are coming and speaking at the graduation. The Bible seminar will be held on February 20th-21st. We are also inviting YCCS alumni to a special meeting to be held on February 19th. The alumni will be sharing their ministry experiences with the YCCS students as they did the last year. We are inviting more alumni than the last year.
YCCS' 2018 talent show was held on August 31st. The competition included solo singing, scripture recitation, drama, dance and comedy. A team that represents Mark won the 2018 talent show championship
Participation in Upcoming Christmas Conventions
The YCCS gospel music group is participating in three Christmas conventions in December. (1) The first Christmas convention is to be held on December 8th and 9th in Karen state. (2)The second one is to be held on 15th-16th of December. (3) The third one, to be held on December 22nd-23rd. The second and the third ones will be held in Rakaing state, southwest of Myanmar. We will provide sound system and performing concerts at all the conventions. It is one day driving to Karen state but to Rakaing state will be one day and one night driving. We are traveling to Rakaing state upon a special invitation by Sein Tun who graduated from YCCS in Master of Divinity 8 years ago. Sein Tun is currently serving at Rakaing Bible seminary as the principal of the school. He is also involved in the Rakaing evangelistic committee. Rakaing state will be a new mission field that we are observing what MACM can be part of the mission work there for reaching Rakaing Buddhists. We need your help and prayers for traveling expenses to the Christmas conventions. We are driving our bus. Please see bellows for more information.
China Border and Tanai Bible Training Center
The 2018 training program at the China border training center was successfully completed. 68 Students attended the training program. The graduation and closing ceremony was held on August 25th and only eleven students graduated in this year. Also 13 young people accepted Jesus and baptized in His name. The training program in Tanai Bible school was started on September 5th with 34 students. Isaiah and Di Di took only a few days at their home in Myitkyina and now they are in Tanai teaching there another three months till November. Lazarus is traveling to Tanai for the relief work there. YCCS soccer team lost at the tournament for the 2018 championship of Kachin Cup in Yangon but won the second prize. 11 teams joined the game for the Cup.
The Needs and Prayer Concerns for the need ($2,520.00)
|Total Cost
|Christmas convention in Karen state traveling 30 persons
|20 hours driving for both ways
|Christmas convention to Rakaing state traveling 30 persons
|40 hours driving for both ways
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|YCCS students enrolled at the Fall semester. Seven teachers teaching classes.
|2018 YCCS soccer team that beat 10 teams and reached the final tournament for the championship.
|Shine Aung received award for the best player of the year. He is our team's font line player.
|Ngwa Jar, our team's front player was also awarded a trophy for shooting the maximum number of goals in all the matches.
|Lazarus and Catholic father presenting a trophy for the team that won the 2018 Kachin Cup championship.
|The teachers at CBTC together with the graduated students at the graduation ceremony.
|This lady. Hwa Hwa received Bachelor of Ministry degree for completing extra courses.
|These are the students who received certificate for completing three months terms, for three years program.
|Isaiah presenting award to those student who are excellent in their studies.
|The thirteen young people who accepted Jesus as their Savior and baptized in His name in August.
|The audience attended the closing and graduation ceremony held at CBTC on August 25th.
|At the end of the closing ceremony, the shook hands with each other saying "good bye, see you next year."
|Moses teaching how to play guitar to YCCS students. Every YCCS student learns guitar playing very well.
|Moses teaching individually as well making sure every students playing correctly and systematically.
|One of YCCS teachers presenting award to the leader of Mark's team for making higher scores in the YCCS 2018 talent show.
|Our recording studio keeps busy recording gospel albums in different languages.


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Our final NHL trip of the season took us up I-95 to the City of Brotherly Shove for a rare mid-week CRC game. The Flyers hosted the Caps with all due hospitality, allowing five goals in a row through two periods before staging an unsuccessful comeback. The Caps Road Crew were undefeated in the Eastern Conference when the final buzzer sounded!
Photos From the Trip
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Trip Itinerary
The Caps Road Crew will be traveling to Philadelphia, PA for a weeknight match at the Wells Fargo Center against one of our longtime rivals, the Flyers. With a 7:30 PM start for this game, it gives us plenty of time to get there after work.
The CRC has made arrangements for good lower bowl seats in Section 118 for a steal at only $100 each. Lesser seats were $150 last season! No extra fees over the cost of the ticket will be charged and individual transportation will be up to those attending.
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With the arrest of Jeffrey Epstein, one of the tangential narratives that has stemmed from his existence is transhumanism. If you are unfamiliar with transhumanism, the simplest explanation I can think of is it is the merging of man and machine in order to create a superior being. The concept is surprisingly popular among the elite who are also doomsday prepping. They are waiting for the broken system we are in due to decades of corruption to finally fail and preparing for the fall out where they would inevitably be the targets. If they can merge with machine and create a superior being, they gain an advantage.
While this view of the future is incredibly bleak, it does represent an outcome that is possible. This is ironic because it is their own doing that is making their outcome more probable. Talk about not seeing the forest. Anyway, they are accelerating their doomsday clock by continuing to, for a lack of a better word, suck. What will happen if they are successful with merging their minds with AI? This is what had me thinking all weekend, not Jeffrey Epstein committing suicide.
As a short aside, we really need to stop making everything into a conspiracy theory. It is a complete distraction from the overall goal of exposing corruption and increasing awareness. Should he have been taken off suicide watch? Obviously not, but all these crazy theories just started popping up that were mainly baseless. People were saying there were cameras in the cell that were turned off (there were no cell cameras). Then the hallway cameras were off (they weren't) and things like the guards killed him (they didn't). Even the fugitive cop that was his cellmate was not in the cell with Epstein as Epstein was alone. There are always more people out there willing to tell the story. A conspiracy doesn't work when there are low level people involved in the crime. It is NYC, even if the cameras were to be turned off, there are cameras everywhere. The person would have been tracked outside of the building. We have to start thinking about things in a more rational manner again because things are really getting out of control and the governmental departments really need to rethink how information is disseminated from their end with the rise of trolling through the internet in order to amplify a lie.
Back to transhumanism, from a modern perspective we are already somewhat machine integrated. While we have the more concrete examples when it comes to disabled people with bionic attachments, all humans are somewhat integrated due to the over reliance of cell phones. Perhaps it is because of my age, but I use the phone for many uses during the day and it is awesome having the world's library right at my fingertips. Whatever weird thing I think of, I can easily look it up instead of it bugging me all day. It is also great for listening to music, trolling on twitter, and things the phone is supposed to be used for like calling and texting. With this predisposed bias, I asked myself a fundamental question, do I support transhumanism?
The weekend consuming thought. It was a tough one because I do feel like it is a road we are heading down and pretty much an eventual. There are so many more capabilities and physical disabilities will be a thing of the past. Humans will be faster, smarter, and stronger. They could also be adapted to live in different conditions and I think it would increase the overall quality of life to limits unbound. Chips for the brain can make people learn a foreign language in a minute, everyone can be an expert at everything, and who knows, maybe even telepathic communication.
Unfortunately, we do not live in a world where everything is rainbows and butterflies. Self interest will ultimately rule and people will try to abuse the modifications for their own goals. Organized crime would likely have black market modifications and people will use the enhancements to cheat, steal, and spy. Basically today, but everything is cooler. That is why I don't really care about the above stuff, it is just the cost of living with other humans.
What bothers me is more of the way it will dilute what it means to be human. While I believe that the organic nature of ourselves is a flaw, I believe the human consciousness to be the greatest miracle of all. If it wasn't for my consciousness, I wouldn't be writing it. If we start downloading into the brain, it takes away the ability to think. What will eventually wind up happening is the mass public will start to homogenize. Computers need an input in order to have an output. That is their flaw. If the brain is trained to be a computer, it will lose the ability to think. What will then happen is basically the dream of communism, an army of drones. Few tweaks to the download here and there and you have programmable humans to do whatever you want. No good.
So do I believe in transhumanism? Partially. I support it in the terms of biological enhancements in order to prolong life and fix disabilities. When it comes to messing with the mind, that is a destructive force that will accelerate the downfall of humanity more than anything else thus providing the escape hatch. The ironic part is the elite would have never exited the hatch, they just made everyone else leave.


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This article was generously provided by Denis Dionne, Director of Sales, Financial Horizons Group, Quebec Region.
Segmentation is a key factor for your business success. It leads to a satisfied client base and, better yet, it increases the value of your business! A segmented client base allows you to focus your actions on profitable targets and to form a better understanding of your clients.
Segmenting also enables you to sell the right products to the right clients, to better understand what your clients really want and to have more time for quality meetings with them. Now, I bet you are excited to segment your client base, right? And your first question is probably: "But where do I start?" With a plan divided into distinct stages!
- Make a business plan.
- What are your goals?
- What markets would you like to develop?
- What markets are you most familiar with?
- Do I have enough up-to-date knowledge in this area?
- Should I take courses or training to further develop my skills?
- Do I need to conduct market research to better get to know my clients? We can paraphrase the adage about the forest and the trees by rephrasing it as: "If you're standing right next to a tree, you need to back up to see the forest"; that is why it's important to consider this question.
- Who is my competition?
- Whom am I targeting?
- Do I need to upgrade my office computer equipment?
- Am I well positioned on social media?
- Is my goal to plan my retirement? If so, do I need to think about succession planning?
- Do I need to find immediate strategies to increase the value of my current client base before considering acquiring additional clients?
There are many different ways to segment. You've probably heard of the following methods:
Gold, Silver and Bronze or A, B and C. Use whichever terms your prefer. What really matters are the criteria used to ensure the most accurate segmentation possible:
- Income
- Portfolio
- Age
- Products
- Occupation
- Level of Education
- Geography
- Corporate
- Family
- Lifestyle
Overview of Segmentation Benefits
- Identify your most profitable clients
- Identify your least profitable clients
- Concentrate your efforts on the right clients
- Gain client loyalty
- Provide a V.I.P. service
- Eliminate the competition
- Discuss the needs for new products
- Create a sales opportunity with part of your business
- Create a target client base acquisition opportunity
- Consider the matter of succession and plan for it
- Plan for your retirement
- Grow the value of your business
Lastly, segmentation is essential if you want to have a new vision of your clients and be able to offer them products adapted to their personal circumstances. It will also allow you more time to meet with them. Your business will be optimized, your efficiency will improve and you will discover a newfound joy in the pursuit of your profession. In short, segmenting your client base will open up new horizons!


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L&Q shortlisted for Property Marketing Awards 2015
We're absolutely delighted that work we produced for L&Q has been shortlisted in two categories at the highly prestigious PMA's 2015.
- Best Marketing Campaign: Residential Regeneration – City Mills, London E8
- Best Digital Marketing Campaign – 'Priced In'
These awards celebrate the very best of the best in the property marketing industry, recognising innovation and creativity as well as business needs and the effectiveness of marketing campaigns and teams.
The winners will be announced at the award ceremony on 25th June 2015. Fingers crossed!


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Automated 'coach' could help with social interactions
New software developed at MIT can be used to help people practice their interpersonal skills until they feel more comfortable with situations such as a job interview or a first date. The software, called MACH (short for My Automated Conversation coacH), uses a computer-generated onscreen face, along with facial, speech, and behavior analysis and synthesis software, to simulate face-to-face conversations. It then provides users with feedback on their interactions.


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Mizzou Women Finish 14th at 2012 NCAA Championships
AUBURN, AL -- The University of Missouri women's swimming and diving team finished 14th at the 2012 NCAA Championships. Mizzou finished with 98 points for their first top 15 finish in the programs history. In route to their best finish ever, the Tigers set seven new team records and had Six NCAA All Americans.
Shara Stafford and Dominique Bouchard again led the way In The final night of competition. Dominique finished up third in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:51.68. Dominique, had her typical strong back half during the race, and just missed matching her 2011 second place finish by a fingernail.
Stafford was up next in the 100 freestyle. Shara moved up one spot in finals with a solid swim in her last individual event of her storied career. Stafford ended up a thee time NCAA All American and was a big part of Mizzou's surge from last years 23rd place finish.
Stafford, Cassie Cunningham, Emily Doucette, and Bouchard were the final competitors of the night in the 400 freestyle relay. Stafford roared to an early lead in the consolation final with a 48.17. Cunningham (49.3), Doucette (49.0), and Bouchard (49.7) finished strong setting the final team record of the meet going 3:16.36 and finishing 12th in the event.
Mizzou's 2012 NCAA First Team All Americans included Dominique Bouchard, Shara Stafford, Lisa Nathanson, Cassie Cunningham, and Emily Doucette. Amanda Masters participation in the 400 Medley Relay earned her Second Team All American status for 2012.


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Ron Batori from Bangkok Beer and Beverage was one of the sponsors of the recent deVine Wine Club dinner at the Royal Cliff. Promising a night of gastronomic food with Wolf Blass wines, the members and friends were not disappointed.
To describe the wines themselves, Wolf Blass had on hand Stuart Rusted, one of Wolf Blass' winemakers who has been selected as one of 50 international winemakers to take part in the Ningxia Wine Challenge running in China from September 2015 to September 2017, and this has provided a unique insight into China's emergence as a wine producing nation. Also on the international front, Stuart has recently returned from California, where he spent the 2016 harvest making wine in the Napa Valley and Paso Robles. Spending a season in the vineyards and wineries of California has given Stuart a deep understanding and appreciation of wines from this part of the USA.
Stuart also let the members and guests know a little of the difficulties that can occur with winemaking, starting with harvesting the grapes, which can have only a one week window. "If you get it wrong, you have a year before you can try it again," said Stuart.
Stuart also mentioned the founder, Wolf Blass himself, and his predilection with the color yellow, and hence the fact that we were to be tasting five Yellow Labels, matched up to the courses that evening.
As always, the food was under the control of Executive Chef Walter Thenisch, who continues to amaze everyone with his mastery of the kitchens. It would be so easy for Walter to re-run some menus from some time ago, but he does not. Dishes are always new.
We began with a seared yellow fin tuna loin, confit fennel and meyer lemon on aragula cream sauce. This was taken with the Chardonnay Yellow Label Wolf Blass 2015. This wine was very well appreciated by the members, many of whom were obviously Chardonnay fans. (I was even informed by a British tourist that many children in England have been called "Chardonnay".)
The next course featured braised wild boar ragout in a red wine sauce on a Kashmiri saffron and celery root mousseline.
For this course BB&B put forward the 2015 Pinot Noir Wolf Blass Yellow Label, a more strongly bodied wine to match the wild boar, which it did perfectly.
After a sorbet of carrot and fresh ginger, we were served the main course, a roasted 65 day dry aged Charolaise beef rib eye, sautéed baby broccolis, beef marrow and morel sauce. Not many had tried a beef marrow before, so it was an interesting adjuvant to the steak.
The wine to go with the red meat was a red, a Shiraz, a Yellow Label Wolf Blass 2014. I found this a very pleasant and quaffable wine.
Interestingly, all the wines were on sale, with the price pegged at B. 980.
After the mains, it was a cheese board with a Tasmanian blue and Old Croc cheddar matched to the Cabernet Sauvignon Yellow Label Wolf Blass 2014.
Being rather partial to the Tasmanian blue, I savored this course.
The dessert was an amazing meringue hedgehog eaten with a Pink Moscato Red Label Wolf Blass NV. A wonderfully sweet dessert, but the Moscato was for me, unable to tie the sugar down.
Remembering, of course, that all wine appreciation is very personal, so feel free to challenge me at any time.
Interestingly, Australian winery Wolf Blass was named 'Red Winemaker of the Year' at the global wine competition, the International Wine Challenge. This was the third time Wolf Blass has carried off the award (2008 and 2013 previously).
Wolf Blass came out on top ahead of 15,000 entries from more than 50 countries, demonstrating the strength and consistency of Wolf Blass winemaking across wine styles.


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Congressional Democratic leaders are aiming to bring massive "health care reform" bills to the floor of the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives during the last week in July -- bills that National Right to Life says "would result in the greatest expansion of abortion since Roe v. Wade."
On July 15, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee approved a massive bill sponsored by Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) on a 13-10 party line vote. A similar bill, H.R. 3200, backed by the House Democratic leadership, was approved by two House committees, with a third committee set to vote on it on or about July 21. The White House supports the Kennedy bill and H.R. 3200.
"The Kennedy bill and the House Democratic leadership bill would result in the greatest expansion of abortion since Roe v. Wade," said NRLC Legislative Director Douglas Johnson. "These bills, which President Obama is pushing hard, would result in federally mandated coverage of abortion by nearly all health plans, federally mandated recruitment by abortionists by local health networks, and nullification of many state abortion laws. They would also result in federal funding of abortion on a massive scale. The pro-life movement needs to go to Condition Red on these bills, because they pose a mortal threat to the unborn and they are on a fast track to enactment."
Before approving the Kennedy bill, the Senate HELP Committee rejected a series of NRLC-backed amendments offered by pro-life Republican members of the committee. Specifically, the committee's Democrats (with the exception of Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa.) voted down an amendment by Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wy.) to prevent health plans from being required to pay for and provide access to abortions, an amendment by Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) to prevent federal funding of abortions, and an amendment by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Ok.) to prevent nullification of many state laws regulating abortion. The pro-abortion majority even rejected a second Coburn amendment to protect the right of health-care providers to refuse to participate directly in providing abortions.
Similar pro-life amendments were voted down in the House Ways and Means Committee and the House Education and Labor Committee, as only a few Democrats joined the committees' minority Republican members in support of the unsuccessful amendments.
On July 20 or 21, the House Energy & Commerce Committee is expected to consider similar NRLC-backed pro-life amendments, proposed by Congressman Joe Pitts (R-Pa.) and Congressman Bart Stupak (D-Mi.). The members of this committee are listed here.
The imposition of sweeping pro-abortion mandates as part of "health care reform" is currently the top priority of many pro-abortion organizations, such as the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA). These organizations are pushing for the abortion mandates both in public statements and in less visible lobbying efforts. In April, the president of PPFA said that her organization intends to use the health care legislation as a "platform" to guarantee access to abortion to "all women." Likewise, the National Abortion Federation, an association of abortion providers, said, "NAF supports health care reform as a way to increase access to comprehensive reproductive health care, including abortion care, for all women."
A third version of health-care restructuring legislation is still being written, behind closed doors, by members of the Senate Finance Committee. On July 1, both PPFA and NARAL sent out national legislative alerts expressing alarm that some Republican Finance Committee members were pressing for bill language to exclude abortion from the scope of the mandates and subsidies in the Finance Committee proposal. Also on July 1, the Reverend Carlton W. Veazey, president of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCRC), sent out an alert to that organization's e-mail list headed, "Urgent! Access to Abortion Services Threatened." The alert said, "Let there be no mistake, basic healthcare includes abortion services. . . . Reproductive healthcare, including abortion services, is an essential component of women's health, and we must act now to make sure women get a fair shake in the final healthcare reform bill." (RCRC is made up of a number of religious bodies, including the Episcopal Church, United Methodist Church, Presbyterian Church USA, and United Church of Christ.)
On July 17, 2007, during Barack Obama's campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, he appeared before the annual conference of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund. Speaking of his plans for "health care reform," Obama said, "in my mind, reproductive care is essential care, basic care, so it is at the center, the heart of the plan that I propose." [emphasis added] Under his plan, Obama explained, people could choose to keep their existing private health care plans, but "insurers are going to have to abide by the same rules in terms of providing comprehensive care, including reproductive care ... that's going to be absolutely vital."
For additional documentation and background information about how "health care reform" bills could have a drastic impact on abortion policies, click here.
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U.S. Embassy Issues Apology Over Accidental Invites To 'Cat Pajama' Party
"Sorry to disappoint ..."
Some things are just too good to be true. Sadly, this is one of them.
Last week, a curious email was sent out by the U.S. Department of State that deviated from the typical subject matter one might expect from the tight-buttoned government institution. The correspondence, labeled "Meeting", contained a photo of an adorable cat wearing a Cookie Monster onesie while holding a plate of cookies.
Recipients of the email were apparently being invited to something called a "cat pajama-jam."
Um, invitation accepted, obviously — but then the truth came out.
Though it's unclear how widespread the email was, it seems regions Down Under may have been the epicenter.
Officials at the U.S. Embassy in Canberra, Australia, later issued an apology — calling the invitation a "training error made by one of our new staff testing out our email newsletter platform."
They knew they messed up.
"Sorry to disappoint those of you who were hoping to attend this 'cat pajama-jam' party, but such an event falls well outside our area of expertise," Gavin Sundwall, U.S. Mission to Australia public affairs counselor, said in statement.
Needless to say, people were disappointed:
Interestingly, among those who had their hearts set on the "cat pajama-jam" being real, only to wind up having their dreams shattered, was the kitty at the center of it all.
Joey the cat's owner, who tweets under the username my_furry_babies, shared this image of the pajama-clad feline along with his own statement on the matter:
Joeys upset that the cat pajama-jam won't be happening HAHAHAHA 😂 @joshgnosis pic.twitter.com/BymLugbrYZ— my_furry_babies (@My_furry_babies) October 15, 2018
As far as diplomatic flubs go, it could have been worse. But it's still hard to shake the nagging suspicion that a "cat pajama-jam" will indeed take place, and we've just had our accidental invitation revoked.
If that's the case, somebody's got some real explaining to do.


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For more than 19 years of its work, Acvilin-Grup showed oneself as trustworthy partner, open tot new ideas and courageous commercial decisions. Each company, with whom Acvilin-Grup collaborates in its own way, is unique, and to each we try to find the right approach and decision.
For a long time Acvilin-Grup collaborates with different companies abroad. In our partners' list are included such markets' grandees of mass-consumption products, as:
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A restaurant is a business establishment that prepares and serves food and drinks to its customers. Every restaurant is comprised of a number of employees. This paper explores all the major employees that work in a restaurant and their job descriptions. Some establishments may have all the employees discussed below or even less. This is because it will be noted that some tasks overlap for different employees. However, this is an advantage as it points out to the teamwork nature of restaurant employees.
Restaurant Manager
The manager is the overall head of the restaurant and is directly answerable to the proprietor of the restaurant. The purpose of a manager is to ensure all customers are satisfied with the restaurant services, employees are co-operative and happy and to satisfy the owner by making a good profit. Prior leadership experience is mandatory for a manager to be effective. A manager's responsibilities include: training and management of the staff, liaising with suppliers, tracking inventory, planning for advertisements, marketing activities and finally, maintaining high standards at all times.
Executive Chef
The Head Chef is directly responsible for the overall management of the Kitchen activities and other chefs. An executive chef can perform both production and managerial duties or only managerial duties depending on the restaurant's size. Experience in local and international cuisine is fundamental for this position. The duties comprise: planning menus, standardization of the recipes, ensuring overall food security, in charge of all the kitchen staff (hiring, training, planning and conducting), maintaining hygiene and in charge of food purchases
Sous Chef
A Sous Deputizes the Executive chef. As much as he or she is answerable to the Executive chef, the Sous chef also exercises some authority to other kitchen staff. This position requires someone who's creative and experienced with almost all the cooking styles done in the kitchen such as Italian, French and fusion cooking. The responsibilities include: overseeing the kitchen staff, helping with menu planning, managing supplies and inventory. Ensuring staff follow the hygiene and cost standards specific to certain foods. A Sous chef should enforce adherence of sanitation rules by the kitchen staff and ensure that the kitchen meets the required safety standards.
The terms Chef and cook are sometimes used interchangeably but in actual fact, there is a difference between the two. A cook is someone who prepares food but might not have obtained any professional training in cookery. A chef on the other hand is someone who has obtained a degree or any other professional training in food preparation. In this case however, we will use the Cook to mean both. Experience in handling the food being cooked and in different cooking styles is paramount for this position. Other skills required for this job include: knowledge of modern equipments and methods used for preparing large quantities of food and ability to cook large quantities of foods without compromising the quality. Major tasks for this position include the following: cooking all manner of food as per the guidelines of standardized recipes, seasoning of foods by taste and recipe, keeping records of food used and the quantity on hand, working out the cost of food and recording the same on a daily basis and participating in cleaning of the cooking equipment and the kitchen in general.
Kitchen Staff
These are the subordinates to the cooks and are mostly involved in the lesser kitchen chores. They include apprentice cooks who often help with the cooking. These positions require people who are aggressive and eager to learn cooking skills with a view of rising to full cook jobs. Their daily tasks include the following: measuring and weighing ingredients, general cleaning and washing dishes and cooking equipments, cutting and grinding meats, cleaning and slicing vegetables and fruits, making salads and finally deciding on the size of the servings handed out to the servers.
Waiters are people who welcome and serve the customers in a restaurant. They should be knowledgeable in food production, customer and personal service. Waiters' tasks include: Taking customers' orders, serving food and beverages, preparing of checks that itemize meal costs, preparing the tables for meals, presenting the menu to patrons and recommending whenever necessary, informing the customers of specials, checking to ensure customers are enjoying their meals and removing dishes and glasses and taking them into the kitchen for cleaning.
A bartender prepares alcoholic drinks and fills drink orders as per the patrons instructions and hands them over to the waiter so he or she can serve them. Bartenders must be fully conversant with laws governing alcoholic drinks' sale. They should also be knowledgeable on drink mixing ratios and quick in execution of these tasks. The following are some of their major tasks: confirming that the patrons meet the minimum drinking age, taking orders, serving and collecting money in the absence of waiters, cleaning up the counter area after patrons departure, arranging the barware and bottles, ordering and maintaining an inventory of liquor and other bar supplies.
Barbacks are apprentices of the bartenders and it's an entry level to the profession. They act as assistants to the bartenders. Among their other duties include: bussing tables, dish and glass washing, preparing food items needed in drink preparation, disposing of trash, constant observation of sanitation and health standards, polishing and cleaning bar counters, stools and equipment, stocking fridges with alcoholic beverages, assisting in stocking and replenishing tasks, replenishing of ice, maintaining information files and paperwork.
A cashier in a restaurant is someone who operates the cash register for the purposes of computation and recording of the sales. A cashier must have competency in computerized register systems, retail sales experience, be able to handle cash well and professional at all times. Tasks include: balancing the register at every shift end, tipping of the wait staff, and assisting the wait staff with their tasks when not quite busy with cashier duties, collecting the food checks from patron or waiters, processing the payments and issuing the correct balance.
Arduser, L. & Brown, D. R. (2005). The Encyclopedia of Restaurant Training. Ocala:
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This article describes some techniques for testing your AudienceStream configuration before releasing it to your production environment.
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AudienceStream attributes, audiences, and connectors are "live" as soon as they are saved and published. Upon the successful publish, all items will be enriched when the conditions for the enrichment are met with incoming data.
This leads to the common question, "Is there a QA environment to work in so I can test my configuration before going live?" The answer is no, there is no test environment. Instead, there is the ability to place every configuration in a "test mode" that allows you to evaluate it before publishing to production.
To place the configuration of an attribute or an audience into "test mode", use special conditions that allow you to control when they are triggered.
These following test configurations normally consist of the following 2 items:
This rule is the base for most testing of AudienceStream Attributes & Audiences. It allows the person working on configurations to apply a query string parameter to a session so that they can be identified as a test visitor.
The configuration for the rule is as follows:
IF: data source "Query String" "contains" the text "tealiumtest=true"
In this example, the following url would meet the conditions of the rule:
The "Test Session" badge is used for qualifying an entire session's worth of data for testing. This comes in handy when you are testing configurations that need to be qualified until a visitor's session ends. The badge can also be used to qualify a visitor for an Audience so that Connectors can be tested without production data.
This configuration utilizes the aforementioned rule and the configuration of the badge requires 2 enrichments:
Assign Badge: When "Any Event" and rule "Query String tealiumtest=true"
When a user adds this query string to their session, the condition will be met and the badge will be assigned.
Remove Badge: When "New Visit"
This removal enrichment allows the user to keep the "Test Visitor" session through the end of the session. We remove it on the next "new visit" because the Test Visitor should requalify their session as a test session every time. It is not recommended to move forward without this removal logic because you can inadvertently have multiple sessions worth of test data collected which is normally not desired.
A simple example of how these two items apply to future configurations will be illustrated with the following example:
You need to create an attribute for a new variable that is supplying a subscriber's "First Name" after they log-in.
Data such as a person's First Name should be stored as a string, so the example configuration of this attribute will be using the "string" Attribute type:
Set String to: variable "first_name"
WHEN: "Any Event"
AND "first_name is Assigned"
AND "badge Test Visitor is Assigned"
The conditions in this configuration will only allow the string to be set when the variable "first_name" is assigned and the Test Visitor badge has been added to a user's session.
Now you must test your configuration to ensure it satisfies what you are trying to achieve. First, you have to ensure the configurations you have made are saved and published. Then the user will need to utilize AudienceStream's Trace Tool to validate the configuration.
To test, the user should take the following steps:
When you are ready for this configuration to go live, go back to the First Name string and remove the condition for "badge Test Visitor is Assigned". Then save and publish your update. Once publish is completed, your First Name string attribute will populate for every visitor moving forward.
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I have a very specific interest with this post. Though even once my question is answered I still think this 2015 Porsche 911 GT3 is worth some attention. My interest: what color is this? I don't know if I've ever seen it. The ad description says it's Meteor Gray Metallic. The ad also says it has 24,866 miles. The mileage obviously is wrong; the odometer reads 11,137 miles as indicated in other parts of the ad. The color too presumably is wrong, unless Meteor Gray Metallic now looks completely different than it did originally. I'm assuming that isn't the case and that this is the ad text for a different car. The dealer's site provides the same text so it isn't simply a problem with the eBay listing.
So, does anyone know what color this is? Is it paint to sample? The asking price is quite high for a 2015 GT3 so it could be paint to sample. It's an interesting color. I'd like to know more. (My first guess is that it's Chalk. I haven't seen many 911s that color, but those I have seen have shown a little more gray than this one. Perhaps that's the lighting, or perhaps it's a different color entirely.)
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Whatever this color might be, it might be too pretty for a GT3. I can't tell if it has a pink hue to it or a brown hue to it (or perhaps both), though the use of red accents in the interior suggests it's something toward that side of the spectrum. It reminds me ever so slightly of this Apricot Beige 930. This GT3 clearly is a lighter hue, but perhaps it is along the same lines.
Everything else here looks pretty standard so as I said with an asking price just shy of $156K they're asking a lot for this GT3. That Apricot Beige 930 still is for sale nearly two years later. Is this GT3 destined for a similar fate?
NB: I assume at some point the ad text will be corrected and we'll have our answer. When that happens I'll update this post.
Edit: The dealer's ad text hasn't changed, but it appears we have our answer. The color is Pearl Gray, which would be paint to sample on this GT3 and originally appeared on the 356 in the mid-50s. Thanks to those who answered! It's definitely a very interesting color on the GT3.


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Performance will reportedly be the main advantages of phablet Lenovo K7 Note Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 chipset support that carries a 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 octa-core processor consisting of 2GHz quad-core speed and 1.2GHz quad-core coupled with RAM memory of 4GB and supported graphics processor from Adreno 506. Other sources mention this phone will be powered by Snapdragon 652.
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So here I am feeling pretty smug, I had had a successful day of knowing what I was feeling when I ate. Worked out efficiently. Eating to nourish my body only when I was hungry. Drinking water to hydrate! Doing all the things that a healthy thin person does. When I got home though BAM the winds shifted and I got hit with a double whammy of stresss. Dinner had been prepared which I really didn't need but felt obligated to eat to make my daughter feel appreciated. She also made cute little pumpkin cookies again didn't need em but ate em.
Then my other daughter began to work on me with something that was on her mind and although I tried to help her and lift her spirits. She became more distraught about it
So I went on a walk, nice Autumn evening good walk, got home prepared to watch a movie and relax. Family began a stair climbing marathon up and down the stairs for what seemed like the entire movie, and sounding like a heard of wild horses,
CHIPS AND SALSA..CRACKERS AND HUMMUS. I know it sounds like a healthy snack but it was the way in which I did it, I really couldn't taste it and couldn't really feel what or why I was eating, except I felt like an addict, that somehow it soothed my irritation level into not feeling anything at all, just self anger. So THAT's IT! I was so angry at my family but because I love them so much I would rather just be angry at myself and eat until I did not feel the anger anymore. WOW… that was a revelation to me that I didn't even know was going to emerge. So this thing does work. So now here is the question….HOW DO I EFFECTIVELY DEAL WITH THE ANGER TOWARDS MY FAMILY IN A LOVING WAY SO THAT I DON'T EAT COMPULSIVELY?
Stay tuned for the answers to this and many more why we eat questions.
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Advanced Heart Failure Therapies for Adults With Congenital Heart DiseaseJACC State-of-the-Art Review
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Author + information
- Received June 12, 2019
- Revision received August 20, 2019
- Accepted September 3, 2019
- Published online October 28, 2019.
Author Information
- Michael M. Givertz, MDa,∗ (mgivertz{at}bwh.harvard.edu), @GivertzMichael@ersied727,
- Ersilia M. DeFilippis, MDb,
- Michael J. Landzberg, MDc,
- Sean P. Pinney, MDd,
- Ronald K. Woods, MDe and
- Anne Marie Valente, MDc
- aCardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- bDivision of Cardiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York
- cDepartment of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
- dDivision of Cardiology, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York
- eDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- ↵∗Address for correspondence:
Dr. Michael M. Givertz, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
Central Illustration
• Many patients with adult CHD will experience a progressive decline in cardiopulmonary function leading to advanced HF.
• These high-risk patients present unique anatomic and physiological challenges that may not be amenable to repair.
• For highly selected patients, mechanical circulatory support and heart transplantation offer excellent short- and long-term outcomes.
• Prospective registries are needed to determine optimal timing of referral, risk factors for adverse outcomes, and strategies for preservation of end-organ function.
In the contemporary era, nearly 85% of children with congenital heart disease will reach adulthood. Despite optimal medical and surgical treatment, many will experience a progressive decline in cardiopulmonary function leading to advanced heart failure. These patients present unique anatomic and physiological challenges to the care team, and unlike adults with acquired heart disease who progress to severe heart failure, advanced treatment options such as mechanical circulatory support and cardiac transplant may be limited. Severe ventricular dysfunction and/or pulmonary hypertension may not be amenable to corrective repair. Heart transplantation with or without mechanical circulatory support may be the only option for highly selected patients. The aim of this review is to describe advanced heart failure therapies for adults with congenital heart disease, including the general approach to evaluation and management, pre- and post-operative care, anticipated short- and long-term outcomes, and future directions for clinical care and research.
Dr. Givertz has received institutional research support from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and Abbott. Dr. Landzberg has served as Clinical Trials Principal Investigator for Actelion/Johnson & Johnson; and has served as Registry Principal Investigator for Canada Heart Research Institute. Dr. Pinney has received consulting fees from Abbott, CareDx, and Medtronic. Dr. Woods is cofounder of OperVu, Inc. All other authors have reported that they have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose. Jamil A. Aboulhosn, MD, served as Guest Associate Editor for this paper.
Listen to this manuscript's audio summary by Editor-in-Chief Dr. Valentin Fuster on JACC.org.
- Received June 12, 2019.
- Revision received August 20, 2019.
- Accepted September 3, 2019.
- 2019 American College of Cardiology Foundation
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BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:00 P.M.) – The former Israeli agent and officer of the Israel-backed South Lebanese Army (SLA), Amer Elias Fakhoury, allegedly admitted his forces' defeat at the hands of the Islamic and leftist resistance during the years following the 1989 Taif Agrement, Al-Diyar reported.
The former military commander of the notorious Khiyam Prison allegedly told the Lebanese authorities that he worked directly with Israel and acquired Israeli nationality after the SLA's defeat in 2000.
During the interrogation by the Lebanese authorities, Fakhoury revealed the role of the Lebanese national resistance in fighting Israel during the 1980s and the military operations that targeted the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and the South Lebanon Army at the time.
According to Fakhoury, the assassination attempt of SLA commander Antoine Lahad, which was carried out by Souha Bechara of the Lebanese Communist Party, had a significant role in accelerating the withdrawal of the Israeli military from Lebanon.
"I was very shocked and realized that Israel would withdraw from Lebanon after the communist resistance operation," Al-Diyar quoted Fakhoury.
"Antoine Lahad was no longer able to speak as before the assassination attempt," Fakhoury reported.
Fakhoury allegedly pointed out that the assassination attempt caused great shock in the Israeli circles, which tried to tame the situation through new resolutions and tried to find a strong military officer to take over the command of the SLA by wooing some Lebanese officers, but they ultimately failed.
The SLA officer said the assassination attempt on Lahad revealed that the Lebanese Communist Party was deeply embedded in the SLA, leaving many in the group to mistrust their own members.
"Because of the strikes of the Lebanese and Islamic resistance, the South Lebanese army started to collapse," he continued.
"With the escalation of strikes and assassinations against officers, the Israeli army sought to move away from the forefront and only fortified its military positions, unlike the South Lebanese Army, which was at the forefront and receiving strikes. The resistance had developed a lot, especially as it was conducting military operations and they would disappear quickly without success in catching them," Fakhoury added.
The Lebanese military courts are currently investigating Fakhoury and discussing his nearly 20-year-long case, which began shortly after the collapse of the SLA.
He was sentenced to 20 years in prison after the SLA's defeat; however, he had fled to Israel at that time and eventually settled in the United States.
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