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Administrative Operations
Employees & Security
Employee Files: On your main Back Office screen, go to "Set-Up" then "Employee Setup" then "Employee Files". You will then see a screen that will show a list of employees on the left side and on the right will be an area to fill in employee information. This portion of the screen has 4 tabs: "General", "Payroll", "Driver", and "Notes". The information is filled in along with a security level and an access code. You are also able to assign them an MSR card that the employee can use to swipe and access the system. To assign an MSR card, place your cursor in the MSR card box, take a new MSR card and swipe it. An encoded serial number within the card that you cannot read (All that will show are asterisks) will show in the MSR Card box.
To create a new employee, click on "New" at the bottom of the employee screen and fill in the employee information, including security level and access code.
Labor Scheduling: In the "Payroll" tab there are a variety of features that you can use on an individual employee. There is one in particular that reads "Schedule Not Enforced". The default of the system is to enforce the schedule, which means that you have to schedule within the system so that employees can only clock in at the time they are scheduled. A couple of reasons to check the box to not enforce the schedule would be if you are entering in a salaried employee or if you do not schedule within the system and are only interested in logging your sales.
When you have an employee up on the "Employee" screen click on the "General" tab and down in the lower right corner of the employee information box, click on "Work Schedules". A schedule box will pop up on the screen. To make that employee's schedule, click "Add" next to the day you are scheduling and enter in "Clock In Time" and "Clock Out Time" and click "Done". The hours are populated on the schedule screen at the bottom, including regular hours, overtime hours, and double time hours. You are also able to use "Copy Schedule Same As" feature on the lower left corner of the schedule screen to create the same schedule for a different week.
Job Titles: There are a couple different ways to edit job titles or add new job titles. One is in the employee file screen when you are entering a new employee, next to the "Job Title" field is an "Edit" button. Click on the "Edit" button and job titles can be edited in this area or create a new one.
Another area to edit or create a job title is go back to your main Back Office screen and select "Set-Up", "Job Titles", and you will get the same screen as above.
System Access & Security Settings: To assign a specific function to a security level, go to your Back Office main screen, click on "Security Settings". You will see a list of "Security Names" and as you click on each one, at the top of the screen, there will be a field "Minimum security Level" that holds the different security levels. As you click on the security names, you can change the minimum security level at the top for that particular job function. When this has been completed, click on "Done". Note, it is recommended that only Level 5 security level should have access to the Back Office as there is very sensitive information in that section of the software, i.e. payroll information.
Payroll: You are able to use the payroll portion of the software by itself or it can be merged with Quick Books and you can manage your accounting that way. The software does have an accounting integrator and you can actually map the data and migrate it to over to Quick Books and use your accounting that way.
You will set up the wages within all of your employee files. On the main Back Office screen, click on "Set-Up", "Employee Files" and click on the "Payroll" tab. When you set up your Job Codes you can have a default pay wage for each. You are able to change that default wage within an individual employee's file.
To pay employees, go to the Back Office main screen and in the upper left corner click on "Pay Employees". A screen will come up that will have a list of all employees. There is also a field to enter the "Pay Period End Date". Click on each individual employee and then click the button with the single arrow. That will move the employees over to the right side of the screen to the "Employees Selected For Payroll" box. To move all employees shown on the list, tap on the double arrow button. You can also move back individual employees or all of them. Once the employees are moved to the right side of the screen, you are able to click on each one individually and if you have to modify a pay amount, click on the individual employee and then at the bottom of that screen, click on "Additional". A box will come up where you can modify the pay amount and then click "Enter". You can preview the payroll or actually pay by clicking on those buttons. If you click "Pay", you will be prompted to confirm that you wish to pay the employees and then a payroll report will show on your screen that you are able to "Export" to Excel and modify it.
Menu Programming
Categories & Groups: Go to the Back Office, click on "Set-Up", "Menu Set-Up", and "Menu Categories". Your menu categories include "Food", "Liquor", "Soft Drinks", "Beer And Wine", etc. You will want to set up your categories and then place each group into a category and then items into the groups. This is helpful for reporting purposes; you can do a report based on your menu sales, etc. To create menu groups, go to "Set-Up" then "Menu Set-Up" and then scroll down to "Menu Groups". You will actually have 2 pages of available buttons for groups. However, you want to help keep your cashiers and servers use the fewest amount of clicks as possible so most of the time you would want to stay away from having 2 whole pages.
The pre-set buttons will appear on the touch screen exactly like they are on the set-up screen, so you have the ability to move the button headings around simply by right clicking on the button heading and moving it to another button. When you click on one of the buttons, a "Menu Group Editor" screen will come up where you are able to modify things such as "Not Available For Dine-In Orders", "Not Available For Bar Tab Orders", etc. by clicking on the box to enable that selection. You are also able to select a picture for that particular button. To create a new group, click on an empty button and the edit screen will come up for you to fill in the default edits.
Scheduling Groups: With this software, you are able to schedule days and times for such things as a lunch menu that has different pricing attached to it. To set up a particular group schedule, you will highlight the group, i.e. lunch, and then select the days and times on the schedule the lunch menu will be available.
Menu Items: Go to "Set-Up", "Menu Set-Up" and then scroll to "Menu Items". Your groups, i.e. Sides, Soup and Salads, Kids Menu, Burgers, etc. will appear on the left side of the screen and as you click on each group, the items in that particular group will appear in the middle of the screen. The item buttons under a particular group are also able to be moved around by right clicking and dragging with the mouse. To edit a menu item, click on the item and an information screen about that item will come up. You are able to edit the particular fields in this screen such as Menu Item Full Name, Menu Category, etc. In the middle of the screen there will be tabs for 2 pages. Page 1 includes the Default Item Price, Dine-In Item Price (if portion sizes are different, prices may differ), etc. There is also a field to select a printer to send the order to. If you have different areas in your kitchen where certain menu items are prepared, you are able to set up a printer and select what printer that particular menu item will print to. You are also able to select that particular item and on the Page 1 portion, if the menu item is no longer available, uncheck the box that says, "Menu Item Is Available"; a checked box means it is available. There are parameters on Page 1 that you will need to read and select if they apply to your business.
Page 2 includes a "Menu Item Description" which can print out on a receipt. On this portion of the screen you are able to enter a delivery charge and item delivery compensation. You can also enter the maximum price and if there is a discount for that particular item. You can also set a lot maximum quantity for buckets you may offer such as wings, bagels, etc.
To create an item, go to the "Menu Items" page and click on a group on the left. All of the items in that particular group will be to the right of the groups list. Select a blank button and a setup screen will come up. On this screen you will fill in information about the item you are entering to the group, such as the Menu Item Full Name, Menu Category, etc. If you click on the drop-down button in the "Item Has Same Attribute As" field, you will be able to select other items in this particular group that your new item is similar to. That will populate fields such as the Menu Category field as well as on Page 1 the Default Item Price. You are able to edit the information that populates in each field such as the price for the new item if it is different than what populates with the "Same Attribute" item. Fill in all fields needed as well as "Page 1" and "Page 2". When you have created the item for a particular group, click "Save" and then "Done". That item will now be on the menu when you click on that particular group.
Top Level & Sub Level: For items such as soups, if you offer a cup or a bowl, if the soup is categorized as a "Top Level" item, you click on the button and a "Confirm Action" box will appear. If you select "Yes" you will be able to edit the Top Level Item. If you click "No", you are able to go in and edit the sublevel item and in this box, the sublevel items, i.e. "Cup" and "Bowl". When you click on one of the items, "Cup" or "Bowl", you are able to edit that item such as change the price.
Forced Modifiers: Forced modification requires the user (cashier, server, etc.) to choose certain items before they can move on to another item or another screen. To adjust the forced modifiers for a particular item, click on the item and then click on the "Forced Modifiers" button. There are 7 different levels that you can edit, "Level 1" for instance if you have selected a steak, would be the temperature of the steak. The second level would be a side item that you are able to select from a drop-down box. Level 3 could also be a second side item. Forced modification is a great way to really get orders appropriately sent to the kitchen.
On your main menu screen, the "Modifiers" button will not appear until you actually have something populated on the invoice. When you click on the "Modifiers" button, on the right side of the screen, you will see buttons that you click on such as "No..", "Light..", "Extra..", etc., which will give you specific items to choose from depending on the function you choose. For example, if you select "No..", items will appear on the screen for you to select to leave out or off of the particular item on the order.
Editing Menu Modifiers: On your main Back Office screen, click on "Set-Up", "Menu Set-Up", and then scroll down to "Menu Modifiers". Every single modifier in the entire system is shown on this screen. The modifiers are input here as well. If you have different sizes of items such as a steak, you will need to input each one individually. For example if you have a small steak, medium steak and large steak, you would enter something like "Beef (L)", "Beef (M)", and "Beef (S)". You are also able to add an additional cost for any of these items on the right side of the screen. If you have an additional cost for the large steak, you can enter the amount in the appropriate field. These items will need to be appropriately named when they are created so the correct one is chosen at the time the order is entered.
Building Modifiers: There are 2 specific portions of modification that will actually give you a more convenient approach to creating modifiers. The first is the modifier builder. On your main Back Office screen, you will go to "Set-Up", "Menu Set-Up", and then "Modifier Builder Set-Up". To create a new modifier template, click on "New", fill in a name in the field provided, then click "Save". An example would be "Sides". Eight empty buttons will appear on the left side of the screen that you will use to create your "Sides". Once you have clicked "Save", a box will appear and on that screen you will give the modifier a name, such as "Mozzarella Sticks". You will also be able to add an additional cost for that item in the space provided, "Additional Cost". You can also select check boxes for "No Mozzarella Sticks", "Add Mozzarella Sticks", "Extra Mozzarella Sticks", etc. as well as any cost associated with any of these. When you click "Done" you are taken back to the screen with the 8 buttons and the "Side" that you created will be on one of the empty buttons on the right. On this screen, you are able to edit the "Modifier Builder Type Name", "Default Action", enter "Minimum Selections" and also "Maximum Selections". These modifier builder templates can be assigned to specific items by going into the menu, selecting the item, and in the lower left corner of the screen there will be a drop-down box "Use Modifier Builder Template" where you can select your template to be able to select those items to go with the item you are adding it to.
Pizza Builder Setup: To set this up, from your main Back Office screen, go to "Set-Up", "Menu Set-Up", and then "Pizza Builder Set-Up". A screen will come up that has 4 tabs at the top to select: "Sizes", "Crusts", "Toppings", and "Pizzas". These are where you can set your available pizza sizes, crust types, available toppings, and specialty pizzas. On the "Toppings" screen you are able to edit a topping and add an additional price for a specific topping for a specific size pizza. The items will be entered each for however many sizes you have. For example, "Pepperoni (M)" for a medium pizza portion of pepperoni, "Pepperoni (L)" for a large pizza portion. You are able to set individual additional pricing for each of these as well.
Inventory Groups: There are quite a few settings in the software that are extremely applicable to give yourself an accurate reading or accurate reporting of everything that is available in stock within your restaurant.
To set up your inventory, you will go to the main screen of your Back Office, click on "Set-Up", "Inventory Set-Up", and then "Inventory Groups". You will be taken to a screen that will show multiple group names such as "Bakery", "Bar", "Kitchen", etc.
Inventory Locations & Vendor Setup: Inventory locations are important especially if you have multiple places that you are going to store food, i.e. cold places, dry places, etc. These will be entered on the "Inventory Locations" screen under "Inventory Set-Up", such as "Freezer", "Cooler", "Back Room", and "Dry Store".
Inventory Vendor setup is located under "Inventory Setup" then "Inventory Vendors". Basically all you do in this screen is input the vendor name that you can simply apply to a specific item in your inventory.
Inventory Items: Every item in your inventory will show on this screen. As you click on each item on the left side of the screen, the right side of the screen populates with that particular item's information such as "Pack Size" (How many come in a case/pack), "Pack Bar Code" (If you sell cases or packs of particular items), "Each Item Bar Code" (For selling individual items), "Inventory Location", "Inventory Vendor", etc. If you sell an item in cases or packs and you also sell them individually, you will need to make sure they are bar-coded correction to be able to track those. You are also able to set your "Pack Size Re-Order Point" where you will set your re-order level on a particular item, and then a "Pack Size Replenish Level" field where you will enter the number to be re-ordered when you need to.
Physical Inventory Count: Your "Shopping List" will populate automatically when items get to the reorder point that you have designated in the inventory. To get to the "Shopping List", on your main Back Office screen, click on "Activities", "Inventory Activities", then "Create PO from Shopping List". The Inventory Shopping List will come up on the screen and this list will include the "Vendor Name", "Inventory Item Name", "Quantity On Hand", "Average Quantity Cost", "Re-Order Level", and "Pack Size". These items are populated on the shopping list when they reach the pre-set "Re-Order Level". When you are ready to create a PO for these orders, click on the "Create PO" button on the bottom left of the screen. This will order all of the items by vendor in a manner that you have predetermined with the vendor, i.e. e-mail, physical mail, etc.
If you do a physical inventory, to keep track of your inventory items, you go to your main Back Office screen and click on "Physical Inventory Count". This will take you to a screen that will list all of your inventory items. The columns will include "Inventory Item Name", "Original Quantity", "Pack Size Description", "New Quantity", "Quantity Used", and "Adjustment Reason".
Purchase Orders
Creating Purchase Orders (POs): There are a couple ways to do purchase orders. The first way is with the "Shopping List" described above. The second way is to go to your main Back Office screen, click on "Activities", "Inventory Activities" and then "New Purchase Order". A blank purchase order will come up on the screen. You will then fill in the fields, "Account Number", "Vendor Name" (Drop-down box), "Inventory Item Name" (Drop-down box), "Quantity Ordered", and "Price Per Quantity". Then click "Add" and you are then able to order another item from the same vendor on the same purchase order. When your purchase for one particular vendor is completed, your "Estimated Total" for your order will be at the bottom of the screen. Click on "Done" and your purchase order is ready to be submitted. You are also able to remove items and add items ("Update" button) to your purchase order.
Receiving Inventory: To receive items into the inventory which will update the stock levels within the system. On your main Back Office screen, click on "Activities", "Inventory Activities", and "Receive Inventory Items". This screen will have an "Earliest PO Date" that can be edited as well as the "Received Date". From the drop-down box at the top, select the purchase order you are receiving and that entire purchase order will populate onto the screen. If all items on the purchase order have been received, click "Finish" and a "Confirm Action" box will appear on the screen, "Mark these inventory items as received and update them now?" Click "Yes" and your items have been received and added to your inventory.
Recipe Builder
Menu Recipe Editor: With this portion of the software, you will be able to create all the ingredients for one menu item that you can extract from inventory so you can have an appropriate inventory level. To do this, on your main Back Office screen, go to "Set-Up", "Inventory Set-Up", and scroll down to "Menu Recipe Editor". From the drop-down box at the top left side of the screen, choose your item. You will then "attach" ingredients to this item. For example, if you select "Sandwiches" you will then select the particular sandwich (Chicken sandwich) to attach ingredients to. Then in the "Inventory Item Name" field start typing the name of one of the ingredients such as "Chicken" and then all of your "Chicken" inventory items. Select the item and in the next field "Units Used" you will enter the number of those ingredients you will use to make that particular sandwich. You do this for each item on that sandwich, including lettuce, bread, etc. Once this ingredient list has been populated, at the bottom of that screen you will see a calculated "Recipe Cost", "Minimum Retail", and "Current Retail" which is calculated from the items and pricing of your inventory. Once this is set up and you sell one of these sandwiches, the ingredient amounts you entered on this screen for this sandwich will be depleted from your inventory.
Customers & Discounting
Customers & Discounting – Customer Records: Maintaining customer records within this digital interface is a huge benefit. On your main Back Office screen, go to "Activities", "Customer Activities" and then "Maintain Customer Records". A screen will come up with customer phone numbers on the left side and when clicking any of these numbers, the customer information will appear to the right. The customers are all maintained in the system by the phone number. You are able to also enter information in "Delivery Remarks" such as directions for delivery, etc. Remember to time stamp remarks entered. If you have a program such as a Customer Loyalty program, you are able to assign an MSR card or give them an account code to correspond with their account and when they come in and order, you swipe their card and it will register the order in their account. You can also choose the customer's anniversary month which will appear in the "Notes" section on the screen.
In-House Accounts: Sometimes customers will pay for items or food at a later date. With this software you are able to "run a tab" or you can maintain an in-house charge account which is a longer term portion of payment. On your main Back Office screen, go to "Activities", "Customer Activities", and scroll to "Maintain In-House Charge Accounts". This area is where you enter the customers that have in-house accounts including the demographic information, i.e. mailing address, driver license number, credit limit, credit account expires date, etc. In this area of the software you can also create customer address labels for mailings as well as create an in-house charge statement.
Frequent Diner Program: To create the parameters for the Frequent Diner Program, on your main Back Office screen, click on "Store Settings" and click on the "Staff/CRM" tab at the top of the screen. Click on the "Auto Create Frequent Diner Reward" box. Fill in the parameters: "Minimum Check" (Minimum to spend to qualify for the program), "Minimum Checks Count" (How many times the customer needs to come in), "Minimum Checks Total" (Minimum Checks x Minimum Checks Count), and then the "Reward Credit Amount", then click "Save". To give the customer credit for orders for the Frequent Diner Program, when the customer orders and you settle the invoice, press the "Frequent Diner Track" button on "Change" screen; do this every time the customer orders. When the customer has fulfilled the parameters of qualifying for the Frequent Diner Program, when you tap the "Frequent Diner Track" button, a "Frequent Diner Credit Reward" box will come onto the screen stating that the "customer has qualified for an automatic reward coupon. A customer credit voucher will be printed for this customer." Click OK and a voucher along with the receipt. This will have no cash value; it will be a frequent diner credit for a specific amount off of their next order.
Customer Credits: To Comp. a meal, or give a customer "Credit", access the Home screen, click on "Credit" and then enter the customer's phone number. A "Customer Credit" screen will then come up to fill in. Click on the drop-down box "Credit Type" and choose one of the pre-set types such as Credit for Return or Complimentary Gift. Fill in an amount, Reason, and limitations of the credit, and any expiration date. Click "Done" and a receipt will print that the customer can keep and when it is redeemed, you can utilize the order number or receipt number and process the credit that way.
To apply a customer credit on their next order, enter the order and then on the bottom of the screen, click "Credit". You will come to a screen where you must select a method to identify the credit, i.e. "Phone Number", "Account Code", "MSR Card", "Customer Name", or "Delivery Address". A screen with any credits that particular customer has will come up and if there are multiple credits, select the one the customer is using. The credit amount will show on the invoice.


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In the News
Viewpoints: Family Leave Program has Proved its Value, but it Could do More
The Sacramento Bee, January 25, 2011
By Netsy Firestein
In these difficult times for California's working families, we have good news.
New research shows that California's pioneering Paid Family Leave program is a success. The first of its kind in the nation, Paid Family Leave has provided more than a million Californians partial pay when they took leave from their jobs to bond with a new child or care for a seriously ill family member.
Before this common-sense law took effect in 2004, business lobbyists called it a "job killer" and claimed employers would be impossibly burdened by having to replace absent workers or pay overtime. Despite the hand-wringing, this did not happen.
In fact, the first comprehensive research on the PFL program – "Leaves That Pay: Employer and Worker Experiences With Paid Family Leave in California" – finds that employers are overwhelmingly supportive of paid family leave. Researchers from UCLA and the Center for Economic and Policy Research report that nine in 10 employers say the program has had either positive or neutral effects on their business. It has lowered turnover and boosted morale. Small employers are even more satisfied with the program than big businesses.
More important, the program has greatly benefited California workers and families.
A woman who took paid time off to care for her terminally ill mother recently said, "The huge relief all of this provided while dealing with the extremely stressful situation of caring for and saying goodbye to my mother cannot be fully explained in words. I am very grateful that I live in one of the few states that offer this benefit."
Paid Family Leave has allowed many seriously ill people to be home under the care of a family member. It has allowed men more time with their newborns, and it has provided income to families on leave – especially important to low-income workers who often have no other benefits to count on.
Paid Family Leave works as an insurance program, covered by employee contributions to the state disability fund and administered by the state's Employment Development Department, and it doesn't cost employers a dime. It covers every private sector employee and some public employees. It provides partial pay for up to six weeks of leave at 55 percent of salary, up to $987 a week – a huge improvement over the federal Family Medical Leave Act, which provides only for unpaid leave and excludes small business.
Still, in hundreds of interviews with employees around the state, the researchers found a problem: More than half of those surveyed who recently had a new baby or seriously ill family member did not even know California paid leave existed.
The workers left out are almost always those who need the program the most. While 61 percent of college graduates were aware of the law, for example, only 21 percent of those with less than a high school education were. Among those with household incomes over $80,000 a year, 66 percent knew about it, compared with just 36 percent earning less than $30,000. More than half, 54 percent, of those whose employers offer paid sick days and vacation knew they could take leave, but only 35 percent of workers without those benefits were aware of the opportunity.
Additionally, some who were aware of the law did not apply for leaves because they feared employer retaliation, reduced opportunities for advancement, or even being fired. Some simply could not afford to use the program and forgo roughly half their pay.
At a time when Gov. Jerry Brown is planning deep cuts to programs vital to California families, such as In-Home Supportive Services and child care, it is important to remember that the benefits of these programs, including PFL, extend not just to workers but to employers and entire communities.
The new governor and Legislature have an opportunity to improve California's program and make it an example for the rest of the nation. Some simple measures would go a long way, including increasing outreach about the law to all Californians, especially low-income and racial/ethnic minorities; expanding PFL eligibility to workers caring for seriously ill siblings, grandparents, grandchildren and in-laws (the current law only covers spouses, children and parents); increasing benefits from the current maximum of six weeks to 12 weeks; and extending job security to all workers taking Paid Family Leave – as the current law does not guarantee job protection.
California is way ahead of other states and now it can leverage a good policy to further help its families, workers and employers. It will cost next to nothing. How often does that happen?

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Like motorcycles? And drones? You'll love the Ural Air, a sidecar that comes with a drone launcher!
With the push of a button, a hatch opens to reveal a DJI Spark drone (no, not a Mavic Air as the name might have you believe) resting snugly inside a specially built compartment designed by 3D-printing specialist Stratasys. The diminutive quadcopter is able to launch straight out of the compartment and, when the mission is over, land on the flat surface of the closed hatch.
Act fast … only 40 units of the $18,000 Ural Air have been produced. The company adds, "The inspiration behind this limited edition was to open Ural riders to new experiences, and see their adventures from a different perspective. It also reflects our fascination with blending Ural's classic design with cutting-edge technologies."
From Ural's marketing: "What's over the ridge? What's just beyond your campsite? What obstacles lie ahead after a big storm? When the trail ends or nightfall is looming, the rider or passenger becomes a pilot, sending out their eye in the sky to determine the best route or quickest escape." Just make sure you don't crash it like a fool, or you'll really be stuck.


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Ohhh yeah! I finally brought "Date Week" back and doing it big with DBSK! Now look I KNOW they aren't together anymore but it makes sense just to group them as one for this instead of having two different date weeks sooo just deal with it k? Besides, all you DBSK fans out there wish they were back together anyway. Now that we have that out of the way if you were given a chance to date each member at the same time, what day of the week would each one get and what would you do with them or to them…I wont judge you ^_^
Monday: Changmin
Ehh what can I say? Changmin really doesn't do it for me. There is def a certain topic I wont mention here that Ide like to chat with him about (haha inside info btwn him and I) but that's about it. Maybe we can find a hobby together, like umm painting those weird little white clay statue things. I have a feeling he would enjoy that.
Tuesday: Junsu
Junsu is sooo not my style let me just totally put it out there right now. His facial features aren't as defined as I like but of course that's me being picky and shallow as usual. However I love his smile and his laugh plus his personality is totally sweet. Soo Ide like to spend my time with him at an arcade getting crazy competitive, eating cotton candy; the blue one cuz although the pink is pretty the blue is ultra yummy!
Wednesday: Micky Yoochun
I consider Micky "Average Asian" and BOAB has argued with me way toooo many times over this.Look hes totally cute BUT average looking; I mean can't you just see him workin in your office or strollin down the street texting passing you by?!? He just doesn't scream Idol to me no matter how many weird hair cuts they give him! So for our date let's go grocery shopping…No for serious I think grocery shopping with a guy is fun and it would be interesting to see what he picks out and makes me put back.
Thursday: Yunho
Ugh Yunho is just too cute. He makes my list of "arm candy" I really don't want to do anything with him but walk around. I know he's athletic and into working out but I'm not about to run out on a field or anything like that. However we can totally hit the gym together and while I walk on the treadmill boppin to music from other KPOP groups I'll just stare at him while he glistens of sweat…sounds like good times right!?
Friday and Forever After: KIM JAEJOONG!
I don't even have to explain because you all know I seriously love this guy. I mean him and I are so alike, we're both really cute people, have some what manic personalities etc. I feel like we would have couples clothing and share makeup. We could buy a new kitten who would be bilingual and its name could be "KrisEro" (Kris + Hero duhhh!). It would be totally awesome! Sooo Friday night can be spent planning couples activities while he teaches me to cook something he really likes!
K-Kisses! KrisE (Personal KPOP Radio:DBSK 'Mirotic')
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In 2009 the community took part in the Imagine8 visioning process which narrowed over 1,800 ideas down to the Great 8 projects including: the Klopfenstein Amphitheater for the Performing Arts, splash pads at Thomas and Gill Parks, and the Lindale Trail to name a few. The final two Imagine8 projects, a new Marion YMCA and Library, are in final planning stages and quickly approaching ground breakings.
So what's NEXT for Marion? At its Annual Meeting in early October, the Marion Chamber of Commerce launched the community's next visioning process, ImagiNEXT.
ImagiNEXT will engage the greater Marion area in an open, all-inclusive conversation to develop great ideas that reinforce the fact that Marion, Iowa is the best place to raise a family and grow a business. For the next several months, community members will also form groups and brainstorm ideas they think could further enhance the community.
The public is encouraged to get involved and conduct their own brainstorming sessions. A gathering may be formal or informal including clubs, churches, neighborhood or coffee groups. More information about conducting a brainstorming session and a printable toolkit can be found at MarionImagiNEXT.org. All ideas can be submitted through the website.
Selection Committee Applications Available
The ImagiNEXT Steering Committee is now looking for interested individuals who would like to serve on the Selection Committee. This volunteer group will consist of 18-21 people who care about Marion and want to be a part of the process of narrowing the lists of ideas down to the final 3-5 Ideas. Applications are available at MarionImagiNEXT.org/SelectionCommittee and are due Nov. 4, 2017.
Thank you to Marion Chamber of Commerce, Farmers State Bank, KCRG TV9, and Blue Sky Productions for sponsoring ImagiNEXT, with support from Iowa BIG and the City of Marion.


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Another white daughter falls for musalmans.
"The hijab is my way, the way that Allah has chosen for me," Manuela Franco Barbato, now Aysha, wrote on her Facebook account, Il Giornale daily reported on May 26.
The young woman decided to become muslim while studying in the university.
Now approaching graduation, she moved to India with her husband and two children.
Aysha's decision to convert to Islam shocked her father who said he is having hard times since his daughter's change of faith.
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CNG Explosion in North Mankato, Minnesota
Posted by: Amber Livingston | Posted on: Monday, November 26, 2018
The undesirable dangers of natural gas explosions have affected Allstate Peterbilt's truck service shop in North Mankato Minnesota Wednesday, November 14th. The explosion struck at the shop where employees service compressed natural gas (CNG) trucks every day. But, on Wednesday morning, a CNG truck leaked natural gas into Allstate Peterbilt's shop. The natural gas ignited and caused an unforeseen explosion prompting an immediate evacuation and leaving two injured.
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"The words are fine. Now, we need action," said County Councilmember Howard Denis (R-1) about the recently released report about Pepco's response to Hurricane Isabel.
After a set of storms in late August, and Hurricane Isabel, many of Pepco's customers were left without power for an extended time. Some Potomac residents were without power — which for those on well water means without running water — for up to a week.
Residents and government officials were upset at the amount of time it took Pepco to get the power flowing again, and at the way they were treated when dealing with the company on the phone.
As a result, Maryland's Public Service Commission initiated an investigation into Pepco's response. Pepco also commissioned an outside auditor to report on their response.
The report, prepared by James Lee Witt Associates, cites communication — internally, with customers, and with government — as one of Pepco's major shortfalls.
"During a significant power outage, communicating the details of restoration efforts with customers — particularly as it relates to their homes, businesses and neighborhoods — becomes the utmost importance. People and government expect, sometimes demand this information and should be provided with it," states the report.
The report calls for Pepco to better train their employees and to do a better job of communicating to customers the realities of the outage.
"I know that their contact with customers was extremely awful," said Potomac resident Juan del Castillo. del Castillo was one of many county residents who cited the company for providing incorrect information about when power would be restored after Isabel hit the region in mid-September, and for failing to do enough to prevent repeated outages.
"I thought the report was accurate in highlighting the lack of communication," Denis said.
However, del Castillo says that communicating would not make people as happy as actually getting the power back on.
"If they tell you the truth, and the truth is something you don't want to hear, that wouldn't have brightened your day," he said.
Pepco says it will begin to make changes. "We felt that all of the recommendations had merit," said Pepco spokesperson Debbi Jarvis. "This is kind of a blueprint for change."
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Pepco has identified the people they would like to serve on these committees, but they have yet to meet, said Jarvis.
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"I recoil in horror from the words, 'reach out to,'" del Castillo said. He is not optimistic that the report will effect any change.
Since the report holds no force of law, Pepco can choose to do all or none of what the Witt report suggests. "Let's hope this doesn't just end up on the shelf," Denis said.
Jarvis says Pepco has started to implement some changes, but that it may take as long as five years to implement all of Witt's suggestions.
The Maryland Public Service Commission is also studying Pepco's response to Isabel. The Commission can force Pepco to do things differently, but the report is not due out for several more months.


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Below is a summary of the activity reported for May 2018. The reported stories reflect at least 15 new Ponzi schemes worldwide; 5 convictions and guilty pleas; over 26 years of newly imposed sentences for people involved in Ponzi schemes; and an average age of approximately 55 for the alleged Ponzi schemers. Please feel free to post comments about these or other Ponzi schemes that I may have missed. And please remember that I am just relaying what's in the news, not writing or verifying it.
Arthur Lamar Adams, 58, was charged in connection with his role in a Ponzi scheme in Mississippi. Adams pleaded guilty and admitted his company was a Ponzi scheme. The scheme was run through Madison Timber Properties LLC, Madison Timber Fund LLC, and Madison Timber LLC. More than $100 million was invested by more than 250 investors from at least 14 states. The criminal charges were filed after the SEC filed its lawsuit. Adams allegedly falsely represented that Madison Timber Properties was in the business of buying timber rights from landowners and then selling those rights to lumber mills at a higher price. Only a few such timber rights or contracts existed. The investors were guaranteed returns of 12% to 13%. The SEC then filed an action to appoint a receiver over the assets of Adams.
Kenneth Brewington, 53, of California was convicted on charges relating to a $3 million Ponzi scheme run through Compass Financial Solutions. Brewington and his co-conspirators, William E. Dawn, 80, and Brian G. Elrod, 61, previously pleaded guilty to their roles in the scheme.
John (Jack) William Cranney, 76, was convicted in connection with a $6 million Ponzi scheme that defrauded 15 investors. Cranney defrauded his friends and business associates by representing that he was investing their money in a fund or retirement plan. Instead, he spent the money on personal bills and put money into his failing nutrition products distributorship.
Seth Adam Depiano, 37, was sentenced to 12 years and seven months in prison and ordered to pay more than $19.6 million in restitution following his guilty plea regarding a Ponzi scheme he ran through The Rental Group, US Funding and Home Services LLC, and Draymond Homes. Depiano had promised investors returns from the purchase and resale, or rental of real properties. He falsely represented high occupancy rates to lure in investors.
Jeffrey Lynn Gentry, 40, was sentenced to 3 years in prison in Tennessee and ordered to pay back more than $10.4 million in restitution in connection with a $43 million Ponzi scheme run through Gentry Brothers Tractor Supply that caused losses of more than $10 million. Gentry convinced investors to pull money from their retirement and savings accounts, promising them returns of 6% to 10% from investments in farming equipment that would supposedly be used to fulfill state government contracts. The scheme defrauded more than 50 people. Gentry previously pleaded guilty to the scheme.
Barry and Fern Kornfeld, and their company FEK Enterprises dba First Financial Tax Group, were the subject of an administrative complaint by Florida regulators, who accused them of selling unregistered securities to investors in the Woodbridge Group of Cos. Ponzi scheme. The Kornfelds are accused of selling at least 529 unregistered notes in 5 Woodbridge related funds for approximately $40 million. Other defendants named in the case are Andrew Grigsby Costa and Costa Financial Insurance, James Gilchrist, Albert Klager and Atlantic Insurance & Financial Services Inc., Lynette Robbins, and Knowles Systems.
Kevin Kyes, 69, was found guilty in connection with a Ponzi scheme that defrauded Japanese investors. Codefendant John Holdaway, 73, pleaded guilty last year. The investors were defrauded out of $6.8 million through a business called Money Management Strategies. Investors were told that the high-speed trading programs had historic returns of more than 100% annually.
Yasuna J. Murakami, 45, was sentenced to 6 years in prison and ordered to pay about $10.5 million in restitution in connection with a scheme he ran through MC2 Capital Management LLC and MC2 Canada Capital Management LLC. Murakami established the investment advisory firms and managed three hedge funds: the MC2 Capital Partners Fund, MC2 Capital Value Fund, and MC2 Capital Canadian Opportunities Fund. The SEC had filed charges against Murakami and his former business partner, Avi Chiat, last year and the Massachusetts Securities Division also filed civil fraud charges.
James Nickels, 67, of Wisconsin, was charged in connection with a scheme he ran through a business called "Fiscal Concierge." The scheme brought in over $5 million from investors and caused losses of over $3 million.
Steven Pagartanis, 58, pleaded not guilty to charges that he ran a $7.5 million Ponzi scheme. The SEC, which also filed a complaint against Pagartanis, has alleged that the losses were $8 million. Pagartanis ran the scheme through Omega Planning Associates and defrauded elderly investors. The SEC alleged that Pagartanis defrauded at least nine retail investors that were his long-standing brokerage customers.
Paul W. Smith, 63, was sentenced to 5 years in prison in Pennsylvania in connection with a $2 million Ponzi scheme. Smith had been accused criminal and by the SEC in a civil suit for running a scheme for 25 years. The scheme defrauded about 30 investors in an investment advisory scheme Smith ran through The Haverford Group.
Shawn Patrick Watkins, 48, pleaded guilty in connection with a $3.4 million real estate investment scheme. The scheme defrauded about 50 investors through real estate investment seminars conducted in California under the name The Equity Growth Group Inc. Victims were told that their money would be used to acquire or repair properties or that their money would be used as "bridge loans" to allow the company to acquire properties when money from another investor had not been received. Investors were told that there were hundreds of properties generating rental income and that the company was acquiring new properties to continue its growth. In reality, the company was not acquiring new properties and investor funds were used to pay mortgages on three homes purchased and occupied by Watkins and his family. Co-conspirator Angel Bronsgeest, 55, had earlier pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud in connection with the scheme.
Aimee Pitman, 26, and a 32-year old man were charged with running a Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors out of $800,000. The scheme persuaded investors to buy a share of an automatic teller machine, but the ATMs either didn't exist or were owned by someone else.
Authorities shut down foreign exchange trader Aquapanel Limited after concluding that it was running a Ponzi scheme. The company is owned by Motswana Shima Moeng Phorie, 28.
Joshua James Tenhove was charged with fraud relating to an alleged $10 million Ponzi scheme. The scheme was run through Silvertip Energy that sold or rented light towers with the same serial number to multiple investors and sold or rented units that were never manufactured.
Arnold Breitkreutz, 70, and Susan Way, 67, were charged in connection with an alleged Ponzi scheme that lured in more than $27 million from investors. The scheme was run through Base Finance and involved mortgage lending.
Two suspects were detained in connection with an alleged Ponzi scheme that took in over 300 million yuan (US$47 million) from over 8,000 people. The scheme was run through an investment management firm called Jielang and promised investors an 8% to 12% return on financial products. Around 80% to 90% of the victims were retirees.
Six people were arrested for allegedly defrauding 3,000 Chinese investors by selling a cryptocurrency they claim was backed by a kind of tea. They had formed a firm named PEB which issued a blockchain-powered token called Pu'er Coin. The scheme promised investors that with each token they held a portion of the Pu'er Tibetan tea supposedly owned by the firm, which was worth billions of dollars. However, there was only very limited tea in stock.
Authorities arrested four more suspects in connection with the OneCoin scheme. OneCoin, known as "Weika Coin" in China, was a billion-yuan Ponzi scheme, and 98 people have been prosecuted so far. Authorities report that $267.5 million has been recovered so far from the cryptocurrency scheme. Companies associated with OneCoin and its founder, Ruja Ignatova, are being investigated in other countries as well.
P&R Group, once one of the world's largest container lessors, has been accused of operating a Ponzi scheme. P&R, no longer operating, sold new and used containers to investors, rented them back and offered to repurchase them after 5 years for 65% of the original value. P&R claimed it had sold around 1,600,000 containers to around 54,000 investors. The firm is now accused of selling nearly one million more shipping containers than it owned.
Kamal Singh and Vijay Kumar were charged in connection a scheme run through their bitcoin company, bits2btc, which allegedly defrauded over 2,500 people out of more than $14.9 million. They have ties to Amit Bhardwaj who has been charged with running a bitcoin Ponzi scheme.
Rahesh Jain and Sanchit, agents of Amit Bhardwaj, were arrested in connection with their efforts to solicit investors. They operated two Hong Kong-based companies to lure investors and promised returns of 10% each month.
Akash Goud and others were arrested in connection with a scheme that promised investors high end cars at a 30% discount. Goud used references from the few people to whom he delivered cars to lure in other customers. About 60 cars were delivered, but there were about 200 additional orders.
The properties of Oscar Group of companies were attached and bank accounts frozen in connection with an alleged Ponzi scheme run by Prabhas Chandra Rout. Rout was arrested in 2016.
Omprakash Bansantlal Goenka was arrested in connection with an alleged Ponzi scheme run through Citrus Check-Inns Ltd. and Royal Twinkle Star Club.
Sunita Samal, director of Inter Ocean Videsh Limited, was arrested on charges that he defrauded investors in various schemes.
Chhotrai Majhi, 40, was arrested on charges that he ran a Ponzi scheme through a money deposit collection company known as Shree Bhumi Construction Limited. The scheme was run under the guise of a construction company and then moved into real estate, mining and hotels.
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Jimmie Kevin McNicholl, 56, director of Arena Capital Limited, which traded as BlackfortFX, pleaded guilty to charges that he ran a fraudulent scheme as a foreign exchange brokerage. About 900 people invested about $8.3 million into the scheme. Lance Jack Ryan aka Lance Jared Thompson, 44, was also charged but has maintained a plea of not guilty.
Margarita Huang aka Irma Pascual was arrested on charges that she ran a Ponzi scheme that defrauded between 29 and 46 victims. The victims were promised returns of 15% per month, but many of them received bounced checks issued by Huang and her husband, Gary Chen Huang. The Huangs claimed to be co-partners in the lending facility they supposedly operated with a large employee cooperative under Comfoods Inc.
South Africa
Derek Bredekamp, 52, has been arrested in connection with the alleged Ponzi scheme run through Platinum Forex Trading Group. It is alleged that Bredenkamp colluded with Colin Davids, the director of Platinum, to defraud investors. Approximately 2,000 investors were defrauded.
Authorities are investigating Bitcaw Trading Company aka BTC Global for alleged investment fraud. More than 28,000 investors are believed to have lost over R1-billion. Investors were promised 2% interest per day, 14% per week, and 50% per month. The founder of BTC Global, known as Steven Twain, has disappeared.
QSG Consult International is under investigation and accused of defrauding 800 people out of R380 million.
South Korea
Two South Korean individuals whose names remain anonymous were arrested for running a $30 million cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme through a company known as Upbit. The scheme brought in money from 3,787 investors who were promised a daily profit of $4,000 and were told they could double their profit if they recruited more investors.
Police detained 28 suspects in connection with an alleged Ponzi scheme run through Detay Maxinet, a company specializing in search engine optimization. More than $16.3 million was collected from more than 18,000 members.


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The Government of Dominica through the Ministry of Commerce, Enterprise And Small Business Development continues to invest in the advancement of the small business sector by grant funding to entrepreneurs. This week, the most recent beneficiaries are from the Mahaut constituency.
On Thursday, the Hon. Member of Parliament for the Mahaut constituency, Rayburn Blackmoore presented a cheque of $250,000 to Chairperson of the Campbell/Despor Village Council to assist thirty-seven entrepreneurs of Campbell.
"Promise me that the monies will be used for the intended purposes because if you fail to do so you will be not only failing yourself but you will be failing your entire community and the country by extension," Hon Blackmoore implored the recipients. "A country can only do well when its people and its communities are doing well."
Grant funding is open to a wide range of small businesses. One recipient, a nail technician, expressed her thanks for the opportunity to start her own business.
"In 2015, I was privileged to conduct an eight-week nail course with 10 young ladies from Campbell who learned how to do manicure, pedicure, acrylic application and how to care for your hands and feet professionally… I would like to thank Hon. Rayburn Blackmoore and the Government of Dominica for giving us the residents of Campbell the opportunity to operate small businesses."
Another recipient, Auxentius Maximea, talked about how he would use the funds to grow his farming business. Maximea also echoed the admonishments of the Hon. MP to the recipients to be wise with the financial aid.
"I want to sound an alarm to us, village of Campbell. I want to join Mr. Blackmoore in exhorting us that when you receive such a gift do not allow it to just dwindle away from your hand. It quickly goes away if you play with it too much."
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"Natural Dialogues: Art, Science, & Material Culture," to be held 2/21/09 at the Yale Center for British Art in New Haven.Nic D'Alessiohttps://firstname.lastname@example.com


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LAS VEGAS, Jan.10, 2018 — From 9 to 12 January 2018, the 51st CES (International Consumer Electronics Show) was launched in Nevada. The show attracted more than 3,900 leading tech companies and nearly 300 top media.
At the same time, the 2017-2018 Global Top Brands awards ceremony, presented by IDG, was held on schedule in the Wynn, Las Vegas.
Coolpad, has been awarded major prizes at CES every year, returned with four major prizes this year with its excellent and fantastic products in markets all over the world. Coolpad was awarded the 2017-2018 Global Smart Phone Brands Top 20 Award and the 2017-2018 Global Smart Connected Devices Brands Top 20 Award and its 2017 flagship, COOL M7 was awarded the Best Fashion ID Design Award. Also its Dynobot dual-camera watch for children was awarded the Best Kid's Smart Watch Innovation Award of Technology.
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Coolpad is very attached to tech innovation and it has obtained more than 10,000 patents in 24 years since its foundation. Dynobot dual-camera video-talking watch for children, which was awarded the Best Kid's Smart Watch Innovation Award of Technology, was the powerful example of this.
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Laughter is a very important thing in a person's life. It can do incredible things for the body, soul, and spirit of a person. We know in the Bible that Isaac's (Son of Sarah and Abraham's) name means "he laughs" or a derivative of laughter. Abraham was the founding father of faith in the Bible. Before Isaac was born Sarah said, "Sarah said, "God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me."
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21 Now the Lord was gracious to Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah what he had promised. 2 Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him. 3 Abraham gave the name Isaac[a] to the son Sarah bore him. 4 When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God commanded him. 5 Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
6 Sarah said, "God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me." 7 And she added, "Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age."
The Lord promised Sarah, "Laughter" and that is what she got when Isaac was born, laughter. This is a woman who had been barren until she was 99 and she had no hope of getting a child, but God promised her a son named "Isaac", which means laughter.
Now after Isaac was a certain age, the Lord told Abraham to go and sacrifice son, Isaac, the very one he held dear, the very thing he held precious to him, and the joy of his heart, and he told to sacrifice him at the altar, so he was in essence telling him to go and sacrifice, "Laughter" on the altar. This was a very risky thing to do for Abraham. He was going to have to sacrifice "Laughter". But just in the moment in time God told Abraham to stop.
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22 Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, "Abraham!"
"Here I am," he replied.
2 Then God said, "Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you."
3 Early the next morning Abraham got up and loaded his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about. 4 On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. 5 He said to his servants, "Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you."
6 Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together, 7 Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, "Father?"
"Yes, my son?" Abraham replied.
"The fire and wood are here," Isaac said, "but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?"
8 Abraham answered, "God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son." And the two of them went on together.
9 When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. 10 Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. 11 But the angel of the Lord called out to him from heaven, "Abraham! Abraham!"
"Here I am," he replied.
12 "Do not lay a hand on the boy," he said. "Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son."
13 Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram[a] caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son. 14 So Abraham called that place The Lord Will Provide. And to this day it is said, "On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided."
15 The angel of the Lord called to Abraham from heaven a second time 16 and said, "I swear by myself, declares the Lord, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, 17 I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies, 18 and through your offspring[b] all nations on earth will be blessed,[c] because you have obeyed me."
19 Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they set off together for Beersheba. And Abraham stayed in Beersheba.
Isaac, was the joy of his heart, and it wouldn't be easy to lose him, and yes, he did have faith that Isaac would be raised from the dead, and that's where he was able to make the sacrifice.
How would you feel if you had to put your laughter on the altar? Many of you probably already have, but God is not going to leave you there. He has better things in store for you.
Isaiah 54 has this promise for all of the believers:
"O you afflicted one,
Tossed with tempest, and not comforted,
Behold, I will lay your stones with colorful gems,
And lay your foundations with sapphires.
12 I will make your pinnacles of rubies,
Your gates of crystal,
And all your walls of precious stones."
The amazing thing that was it was announced that when Sarah would conceive a son, she laughed in unbelief. She actually didn't think it was possible.
Genesis 18 –
3 And the Lord said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, saying, 'Shall I surely bear a child, since I am old?' 14 Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son."
15 But Sarah denied it, saying, "I did not laugh," for she was afraid.
And He said, "No, but you did laugh!"
It is better to laugh in unbelief then to cry in unbelief, but all in all it leads to the glory of God, and I still say it is better to laugh. There is a mention of people who cried in unbelief, too.
Luke 24 –
3 Now behold, two of them were traveling that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was seven miles[d] from Jerusalem. 14 And they talked together of all these things which had happened. 15 So it was, while they conversed and reasoned, that Jesus Himself drew near and went with them. 16 But their eyes were restrained, so that they did not know Him.
17 And He said to them, "What kind of conversation is this that you have with one another as you walk and are sad?"[e]
18 Then the one whose name was Cleopas answered and said to Him, "Are You the only stranger in Jerusalem, and have You not known the things which happened there in these days?"
19 And He said to them, "What things?"
So they said to Him, "The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a Prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, 20 and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered Him to be condemned to death, and crucified Him. 21 But we were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, today is the third day since these things happened. 22 Yes, and certain women of our company, who arrived at the tomb early, astonished us. 23 When they did not find His body, they came saying that they had also seen a vision of angels who said He was alive. 24 And certain of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said; but Him they did not see."
25 Then He said to them, "O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His glory?" 27 And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.
28 Then they drew near to the village where they were going, and He indicated that He would have gone farther. 29 But they constrained Him, saying, "Abide with us, for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent." And He went in to stay with them.
30 Now it came to pass, as He sat at the table with them, that He took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. 31 Then their eyes were opened and they knew Him; and He vanished from their sight.
32 And they said to one another, "Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us?" 33 So they rose up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven and those who were with them gathered together, 34 saying, "The Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!" 35 And they told about the things that had happened on the road, and how He was known to them in the breaking of bread.
Cleopas and his friends were rebuked for being sad, but Sarah was not rebuked, the Lord just made apparent what she was actually saying and her intentions.
Imagine if someone deposited into your bank account, $1 billion dollars, and you got a note from your bank that said that you had that kind of money in your bank account. Would you believe it? You would probably be in amazement as Sarah was and this was something considered impossible in those days.
Sometimes even with healings, because we have all these doctors and medicines, it is hard for us to actually believe in miracles these days. It's hard for us to believe in healings, even though we have these promises. Sometimes we settle for the status quo because that's all we can see, but we know that faith is not by sight.
For Sarah it was impossible to conceive the son in the natural, but supernaturally, she gave birth to the heir of a great nation and through his seed, the Messiah, Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, Prince of Peace, the and only living Son of God, was born.
I don't know what kind of trials you are going through, or tribulation you are going through, but just remember you have a promise of laughter, and even that you have to make a decision to take hold and seize the laughter.
You have to choices, you can either laugh or cry, and we have a better choice in laughter.
33 These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will[d] have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."- John 16:33


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Agger still of use to Liverpool boss Rodgers
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers is adamant that defender Daniel Agger remains in his first-team thoughts.
Agger struggled for consistent game time at Liverpool last season, making just 16 Premier League starts, and has been heavily linked with a move away from Merseyside.
Mamadou Sakho ended the season as Rodgers' favoured partner alongside Martin Skrtel as Liverpool went within two points of winning a first league title in the Premier League era.
Agger has since claimed he will not be happy playing second fiddle again this term, while Rodgers' pursuit of Southampton's Dejan Lovren has only fuelled speculation that the Dane's future lies elsewhere.
But speaking after Liverpool suffered a 2-1 pre-season loss to Agger's former club Brondby on Wednesday, Rodgers labelled the 29-year-old one of his top performers.
"Agger is one of the best players we have. He has been unlucky because he has been plagued by injuries last season," the 41-year-old manager told reporters.
"He is a good player, he is experienced and we can use that in the upcoming season."
In Rodgers' first season in charge at Anfield, Agger started 35 Premier League matches.
The Denmark international played the first half of Liverpool's opening friendly of the pre-season at Brondby Stadion and Rodgers was enthused by his performance.
"Daniel has signed a contract with us [which expires in June 2016] and he showed in the first half, what an excellent player he is," Rodgers said.
A second-half stoppage-time goal from Ferhan Hasani saw Brondby overcome Liverpool, although Rodgers was missing a large chunk of first-teamers.
Daniel Sturridge, Raheem Sterling, Steven Gerrard, Simon Mignolet and Jordan Henderson were just some of the players not on the team-sheet for Liverpool, having participated in the FIFA World Cup.
Brondby's coach Thomas Frank was thrilled with his team's performance as they prepare for the new Superliga season but provided some hope for any Liverpool fans concerned by the defeat.
"Regarding going up in tempo, it was an excellent test for us," Frank said.
"Even though Liverpool were missing many of their big stars, everyone could see how fast they can play and it was therefore a really good test."
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