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Description: If you’ve ever wanted to have a fully-stocked freezer, enter SeaPak’s Freezer Full of SeaPak Sweepstakes. The winner will receive a chest freezer from GE plus 13 cases of free seafood, a prize worth about $1,500. Sweepstakes Links: Click Here to Enter this SweepstakesClick Here for the Official Sweepstakes RulesClick Here for the Sweepstakes’ Home Page Note: If the sweepstakes entry link doesn’t work for you, try entering through the home page and looking for a link to the sweepstakes....

Best Survival: 7 Days to Die Most zombie games make plenty of effort to establish the dilapidated world you would otherwise inhabit as the result of a full scale, disastrous apocalypse. But few games take that concept quite to the extreme of 7 Days to Die. In this bleak interactive tale, you are hurled into the procedurally generated Navezgane, Arizona. There, you have one goal in mind: Survive … for as long as humanly possible....

Here are some comparisons of video distribution and multiple video upload services and software applications. Some of these services are free, some are pricey, some are transparent and worth trying and some are clocked in marketing efforts whereby someone is making money off of your purchase. Take a look at which you should try, and which to avoid. Here are some comparisons of video distribution and multiple video upload services and software applications....

01 of 21 Themed Event Display Themed Point of Purchase Display at Smith’s Variety in Homewood, Alabama Themed Point of Purchase Display at Smith’s Variety in Homewood, Alabama. Kat Sudduth Creative Retail Merchandising The following merchandising photos have been submitted by retailers, merchandisers and visual display artists wanting to show off their talents. Submit your visual display photos. Learn how this themed event display drove sales to Smith’s Variety. 02 of 21...

The cloud refers to a centralized location on the internet that stores data, making it accessible anytime, anywhere, from any connected device. Businesses—both large and small—have embraced the cloud because it has a number of benefits. Financial institutions and banks also use cloud services as the reach and serve an evermore global customer base. The cloud-based business allows workers and customers to interact on a regular basis, even if they are on opposite sides of the globe....

You see their names listed in the credits of virtually every movie. But what do the people behind these titles actually do? Here’s a glossary of key movie industry jobs: Art Director A person who is in charge of and oversees the artists and craftspeople who build the movie sets. Assistant Director The Assistant Director is responsible for tracking the progress of the film versus the production schedule. Also responsible for preparing call sheets....

There isn’t a single answer to the question “What should employees do if managers ignore their complaints?” because the response depends on what you mean by ignoring and what you mean by a complaint. You can use four types of common employee complaints to respond to these questions. Ignoring vs. Unable to Comply If you go to your boss and you say, “The process we use to track inventory is outdated and unusable,” and your boss mumbles something and doesn’t do anything to fix the inventory process, that’s ignoring you....

Congratulations! You’ve got a job interview at a law firm. Exciting! On to the really important question – what are you going to wear?!? Interviewing for a BigLaw Job If you’re interviewing for a BigLaw job in a large law firm, the answer is pretty simple. You wear a suit and a relatively conservative one at that. For law students doing OCI interviews, it’s handy to have a “suit wardrobe” that you can mix and match for multiple days of interviews....

If you have graduated college, you have likely taken either the ACT or the SAT (or both) while in high school. The Air Force Officer Qualifying Test is similar and can be considered as your “entrance exam” into the Air Force Officer professions. Learning how to take the test and apply the knowledge tested is going to be helpful in qualifying within the Air Force Officer ranks as well as receiving scholarships for college....

Test prep and scoring jobs are other avenues for education professionals to put their experience and education to work (from home). This list names some of the companies with test prep and scoring jobs. These test prep jobs range from tutoring companies that provide platforms for test prep tutors to connect with students to operations that are entirely devoted to test preparation and employ tutors for both on-site and online teaching jobs....

Orson Welles’ 1941 film Citizen Kane, which Welles directed, produced, and co-wrote with Herman J. Mankiewicz, premiered at the RKO Palace Theatre in New York on May 1, 1941. The film deals with the rise and fall of a newspaper magnate, Charles Foster Kane (portrayed by Welles), and is loosely based on the life of William Randolph Hearst (who refused to advertise the film in his newspapers). It was voted the greatest film ever made by the American Film Institute in 1998 and 2007....

What comes to mind when you think of the largest construction projects in the world? If you guessed airports, canals, and subways, you’d be on the right track. And, of course, there are industrial complexes and utility projects. But some of the current projects that make the list might surprise you, such as the International Space Station and an entertainment park that makes Disney World look like Mickey Mouse. 01 of 10...

Environmental concerns and the popularity of eco-friendly practices like green meetings continue to increase. As these issues become more central, it’s important for meeting and event planners to continually expand their own knowledge of sustainability, particularly as it relates to the venues, vendors, and work of other event services professionals. One such topic is that of eco-friendly or “green” hotel initiatives. Many hotels, from the budget-friendly to the luxurious, are taking steps to make their practices more sustainable....

The 1966 U.S. Open is where Billy Casper staged one of the greatest come-from-behind wins ever; and where Arnold Palmer suffered one of the biggest collapses. Palmer led Casper by three strokes at the start of the final round. When Palmer and Casper made the turn after nine holes of Round 4, the tournament appeared to be over, and Palmer appeared to be running away with it: Palmer had stretched his lead over Casper to seven strokes....

Funny situations occur when you have complicated relationships. Look around you, and you’ll see that chaotic relationships sometimes lead to amusing situations. Movies are made about relationships gone bad or just beginning. When you go to a party, you can observe couples and tell which couple had a fight before coming to the party and which one will have a fight after the party. When relationships go sour, it helps to look at the funny side....

An art dealer connects collectors, museums, and artists, brokering art sales or buying and selling art themselves. Many art dealers own galleries to exhibit and sell art. Learn more about how to become an art dealer. What Is an Art Dealer? An art dealer brokers art sales and/or buys and sells art. They typically specialize in a period or genre of art like contemporary or impressionist art and can play an important role in enhancing the profiles of up-and-coming artists....

Dota 2 is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game developed and published by Valve. It’s a sequel to the Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos mod Defense of the Ancients. In Dota 2, players are divided into two teams of five heroes and tasked with destroying their opponent’s base. The game includes dozens of heroes to choose from, each with unique powers and abilities. It also has a wide array of weapons, items, and potions that can assist players during gameplay....

Sending a congratulations letter or note to someone about their accomplishments lets them know that all their hard work has made an impact, and a positive impression on the people they work with. A well-written letter will really make this person’s day so read on for tips on how to craft a great one. You can also review two examples of congratulations letters written specifically for accomplishments at work. Why Write a Congratulations Letter?...

An employee reprimand is an official written method for documenting that you have warned an employee about a specific lack of performance or about an inappropriate action. The employee reprimand is provided following the failure of informal and formal supervisory coaching to help the employee improve the required performance. Usually, the first step in a progressive disciplinary action reprimand is a verbal reprimand. If the employee fails to improve in the areas pointed out to them, the next step is a (more serious) written verbal reprimand....

One of the most effective market research strategies generally referred to as competitive intelligence (CI), is based on the gathering, analysis, and application of business information about a company’s rivals. Arik R. Johnson, Managing Director of Aurora WDC, provides this definition of competitive intelligence: CI is the purposeful and coordinated monitoring of your competitor(s), wherever and whoever they may be, within a specific marketplace. Because CI is carried out in a continuous cycle, several basic steps must reliably occur....