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Description: Expedia Cruises’ Win a Dream Vacation 2023 Sweepstakes is giving you the chance to win a free cruise. Enter and you could spend seven free nights exploring the Caribbean from aboard a ship. 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....

Although collecting scrap metal to sell for recycling isn’t necessarily quite as profitable as it used to be, there are still plenty of scrap metal collectors on the hunt for scrap metal. Craigslist can be a good place to look for such items, castoffs that can be picked up and turned into recycling centers for cash. Homeowners often use Craigslist as a convenient way to rid themselves of everything from brass beds and broken air conditioning units to old televisions and kitchen appliances to sinks and other miscellaneous metal items....

Pallets are becoming increasingly popular for arts and crafts as well as other projects. Here are some spots to start your search. Small Local Shops or Facilities It is usually hard to secure pallets from large pallet generators like supermarkets, big-box retailers, or manufacturing plants. Large businesses usually have pallet programs in place to reuse pallets internally, return them, or recycle them, and many will not let unannounced outsiders on site....

When and where are future golf majors being played? Below is the coming schedule of major championships in golf for future years. All the men’s majors are listed, along with those women’s majors, senior and amateur majors for which future dates and locations are available. Pro Golf: Next Men’s Majors The four major championships in men’s golf are The Masters, the U.S. Open, the British Open and the PGA Championship. Here are their future dates and locations:...

Description: HGTV is adding a new home giveaway to their roster of amazing sweepstakes, which also include the Urban Oasis and Smart Home giveaways. This one focuses on a much more affordable home – a tiny house! Enter and you could win your very own tiny home, custom-designed by the HGTV team. Plus, the winner will also receive $100,000 in cash, bringing the total prize value up to $450,000! If a tiny home isn’t part of your dreams, you can also opt to receive a $250,000 cash prize in lieu of the house portion of the prize, should you be lucky enough to be the winner....

Go to most any business office, from the very small to those with a global reach, and you will find at least one thing in common: Computers. They are in every office, in most homes, hidden in pockets in the form of smartphones and carried in the form of tablets. And over 95% of these computers are connected to a network. That network may be the internet, or it could be connected to a LAN, WAN, MAN, or a MAN....

The award letter is an opportunity to both thank a valued employee for his or her contribution and to reinforce the behaviors and actions for which the award is presented. The award letter doubles the impact of the recognition. When the manager verbally presents the award and then reinforces why the employee is receiving it in a letter, the award is powerful. Depending on the employee, public recognition is just as powerful....

Are you looking for basic information about human resource management as a function or department within a company? Do you want to better understand the contributions of your HR staff and department? Considering a career in HR? You’ve arrived at the right place. This resource will explain HR jargon and practices, detail HR acronyms and abbreviations, and take an in-depth look at what people who work in human resource management do and how their department is organized....

Budgetary slack occurs in a company when one or more persons with budgetary responsibility create a budget that over-estimates expenses and/or underestimates projected income or revenues. Why Budgetary Slack Occurs Some instances of budgetary slack are intentional, others are not, and many more fall somewhere in between. Some examples make the differences clear: Intentional Budgetary Slack Intentional budgetary slack may occur because a manager feels under the gun to “make his numbers,” often in response to earlier quarters where income fell below projections and, importantly, did not meet the expectations of the owners or stockholders....

A Gantt chart is a bar chart used to illustrate a project schedule, that includes some milestones and it is not as detailed as a full critical path method (CPM). It normally includes start and end dates of activities and a summary of activities of a project but not as complex and without the ability to include resources or materials. The activities are pulled from what is usually called the work breakdown structure (WBS) of a specific construction project....

There’s no word yet whether LongHorn Steakhouse will be repeating their free meal deal in 2021. Check back for updates. LongHorn Steakhouse have been giving out free food to veterans for years, and 2020 is no exception. All veterans can visit a LongHorn Steakhouse this November 11 to get a free appetizer or dessert in honor of Veterans Day. There’s also a full table 10% discount they’re giving away, which means even your family and friends can take advantage of Veterans Day....

Description: Race fans, here’s your chance to win a trip to a race in Miami, Florida or Austin, Texas. Just enter Mobil 1’s 2022 Grand Prix Experience Sweepstakes and you could win a trip including airfare, hotel, access to an exclusive Grand Prix Experience, and a meal and travel allowance. Sweepstakes Links: Click Here to Enter this SweepstakesClick Here for the Official Sweepstakes RulesClick Here for the Sweepstakes’ Home Page...

The Navy has strict height and weight standards that all service members are required to meet. Navy personnel are tested for physical fitness twice a year, and even though the requirements get slightly easier the older you are, they’re still too strict for you to slack off and stop eating right and exercising. Navy Weight Standards The weight standards for the Navy are used to determine what further screening is needed for applicants....

Artists are often required to provide the dimensions of an original painting, and that’s easy – just measure it! Yet, when the piece has been framed, do you include the frame in the size as well? In general, you will stick with the painting itself. There are many circumstances, however, in which you will also want to include the finished size with the frame. Framed or Unframed The convention is that the size given for a piece of art is that of the actual painting (unless specified otherwise)....

Providing medical care for children and teenagers requires a special kind of physician. It is not enough merely to evaluate, diagnose, and treat health issues; pediatricians must be able to pick up on unusual trends in the child’s physical development. Pediatricians typically serve patients under 21 years of age and are often vital to identifying and diagnosing early signs of health issues. Pediatrician Duties & Responsibilities As a pediatrician, you would be responsible both for observing and treating growing children, as well as advising their parents and guardians on a course of action....

An album “goes platinum” once it has hit a certain number of sales. The exact number of album sales required to go platinum varies from country to country, depending on the population. In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certifies single and album sales. The association tracks singles and albums sold in retail stores and those sold by mail order and other methods. Although other organizations track album sales, RIAA is the first entity to have done so and continues to be the only entity equipped to track 100 percent of an artist’s album sales....

Welcome to Stage 6 in the series of articles that discuss managing change. You’ve reached the final stage of making and managing change within your organization: Integration. During this stage, you are able to fully incorporate the changes you’ve worked on in the five initial stages that built employee commitment to change. Stage 6: Integration of the Changes During the integration stage, the organization makes the changes it has worked on become part of the way the organization does business....

When you first hear someone in the military give you the time, you may have to pause a few seconds and do the quick math in order to determine the time of day. Unless you grew up in a military household, you are likely not familiar with how the military tells time. Civilians typically break up the day into a.m. and p.m., which are two 12-hour blocks of the day denoting morning and afternoon or evening....

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DFTBA is one of those acronyms that has too many letters to just flat out guess what it means and have any chance of being somewhat accurate. Besides that, the catchphrase itself isn’t spoken as often as some of the other popular ones out there (like TFW, YOLO, etc.), making it doubly confusing to try and interpret it. DFTBA means: Don’t Forget To Be Awesome. The meaning of DFTBA is super straightforward....