Flying the flag at half-staff means flying it halfway up the flagpole. You should fly the flag at half-staff on Memorial Day and whenever the president or your state governor declares a period of mourning. Do the same when you go to lower the flag from half-staff at the end of the day. If there are any other flags around, they should be raised after the American flag and lowered before it so the American flag is flown the longest. Always be prepared to grab the flag with your hands when it reaches the bottom of the pole.
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One-sentence summary -- Fly the flag at half-staff on special occasions. Raise the flag to the peak of the staff first before flying it at half-staff. Raise the American flag first and lower it last. Never let the flag touch the ground when it's being lowered.

After everyone at the table has arranged their 2 hands, the dealer will deal their 7 cards and form their 5-card and 2-card hands. Compare your 2-card hand to the dealer's hand to see if yours is better. If you have a pair and they have a pair, the higher pair wins. You only need to beat the dealer's hand to win that round, so after you've compared your 2-card hand to theirs, check their 5-card hand to see how it stacks up next to yours. Remember the 10 basic 5-card hands and check to see if your hand outranks the dealer's hand. If your hand ties the dealer's hand, then the dealer wins that hand. If both of your hands defeat the dealer's hands, then you will receive double the amount that you bet. If you lose both of your hands against the dealer's hands, then the dealer will collect your bet and add it to the bank. Gambling can be extremely addictive. Limit your betting to a healthy amount. If you win 1 of your hands and the dealer wins the other, then the round ends in a push, or a tie. That means that nobody wins and the play moves on to the next round. For example, if your 5-card hand beats the dealer's 5-card hand, but your 2-card hand is defeated by the dealer's 2-card hand, then the round ends in a push.
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One-sentence summary -- Compare your 2-card hand to the dealer's 2-card hand. Match your 5-card hand against the dealer's 5-card hand. Win the round by defeating both of the dealer's hands. Score a push to move on to the next round.

You might submit a business proposal in response to receiving an RFP. Large businesses and government agencies send out RFPs when they need goods or services. For example, a business that is being sued may send RFPs to different law firms, asking them to submit a business proposal. Alternately, the government could send out an RFP when they need to buy supplies of a product. The RFP should contain certain information which you must fully understand before drafting your business proposal. Make sure that you can meet the client's requirements as spelled out in the RFP. For example, if you can't come in under the budget or meet the client's timeline, then you shouldn't submit a proposal. You don't need to submit a business proposal in response to an RFP. Instead, you can reach out to a business you think could use your services. You want your business proposal to respond to the client's actual needs. This means fully understanding the client and clearing up any confusion in the RFP. You should always step into the client's shoes and try to see the problem from their perspective. To help in this process, you should call and get answers to the following: Whether prior attempts were made to address the problem. Why did they fail? What criteria the client will use when evaluating a business proposal. Whether the organization has any concerns. The organization's operating policies. You want to make sure your proposal is consistent with these policies. You want your business proposal to be readable. This means that the font should be in a size and style that the reader is comfortable with. Generally, you can use Times New Roman 12 point. You can also look for sample proposals used in your industry. Type "business proposal sample" and then "your industry" into your favorite search engine. There are also business proposal templates online. Using one can make your business proposal look professional. You should have a title page as the cover to your business proposal. The title page should include the following information: your name your company's name the name of the person you are submitting the proposal to the date you submitted the proposal A business proposal identifies a problem and proposes a solution. Accordingly, you should begin by identifying the client's problem in simple and clear language. Explain why the current situation is a problem for the client. For example, you could write, "Mathis Gyms is in need of Accounting and Payroll Services as the business continues to grow and hires more employees. Currently, all accounting is done by management, which must devote increasing amounts of time to accounting. By outsourcing this task, management can focus on other business priorities, such as marketing and entering new markets." You might need to explain context so that the reader understands the proposal. For example, you may need to identify the following for the reader: If any previous solutions have been attempted and failed. Whether someone asked you to write the business proposal. How you became involved in the project or aware of the problem. Although your business proposal should be written in simple and clear language, there may be terms that you need to define for the reader. Remember that you might submit your business proposal to a purchasing department that understands industry jargon. However, the person who makes the ultimate decision might not be as familiar with industry terms. You can draft the business proposal first and then go through to identify any terms that might be unclear to the reader. Also define terms if you are using them in a unique way. For example, the term "fiscal year" can be defined in many ways, depending on the business. If you have a long business proposal, then you might want to offer an overview of what follows the introduction. You could summarize the parts that follow. For example, you could write, "This business proposal has four parts. After this introduction, we offer the proposed solution, timetable, and an explanation of benefits in Part II. In Part III, we provide an itemized budget and a set of standard contract terms. Finally, in Part IV, we summarize our experience and confirm that our proposed solution is the correct course of conduct."
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Read the Request for Proposal carefully. Ask questions. Format your document. Add a title page. Introduce the problem or business need. Provide context if necessary. Define any key terms. Offer a roadmap for the proposal.