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PublixSurvey welcomes its loyal customers by inviting them to Publix Store Survey. In an easy way, they can share how well Publix Company treated them. As long they experienced with this American Supermarket, Publix Survey opens the large space to receive every opinion and suggestions to create the better Publix. Further, Publix Customer Survey 2018 present Publix Sweepstakes where the survey participants can win $1000 Publix Gift Card. How great it is!
What is PublixSurvey?
The first idea that appears on Publix's own mind is about how to know the customer's satisfaction by the appropriate media. Also, it must go in line with the use of technology and internet at this moment. An online customer survey is the best choices to deal this idea. For instance, Publix Survey is the manifestation of this customer survey platform. Through Publix Survey, the owner can monitor the business progress by measuring the customer satisfaction. Even, the online way becomes the most popular among the customer because of its effectiveness and easiness.
But, Publix Company wants to reach all its customers. Even they are not able to access the survey through the online way; they can send a letter to Publix Marketing or Research team. As so you know, both of online and offline access will have the same opportunity to win $1000 Publix Gift Card. Have you imagined what will you buy its gift card?
About the Benefits of Publix Survey
As mentioned above, PublixSurvey is the customer satisfaction survey platform from Publix Company. When you think that it only gives the benefit of the company, you should change your point of view about Publix Survey benefit. So that you know, this survey presents the special benefits for not only the company but also for the customers. Here, some benefits that you can get, such as:
- The first, you will experience to share any ideas, opinion, and complaints in a good way. It will lead you to be the critical person.
- The second, the survey creates the direct line among the customers and company and leads them to get in touch. The main purpose of this line is about to let the company share any information related to Publix which it may be the beneficial information for the customers.
- The third, the customer will be worth and proud because they can be a part of company development by its feedback.
- The fourth, it is worth when you can share the complaints and the company fix it soon. So, on the following day, no one will face the same problem as you.
- The last, the company let the survey participants win $1000 Publix Gift Card by entering Publix Sweepstakes.
Well, only by joining in the survey, you have a large chance to get the rich benefits that have explained above. You can get them at once.
What are Publix Survey Questions?
The first thing to do in Publix Survey is about to shop at Publix Store at first. After completing the payment transaction, you will get a Publix Receipt. At that time, you should not throw the receipt on the rubbish box because it keeps lot important information about your last shopping. For information, the amount you spent will not persuade your chance of winning Publix Sweepstakes. So, you don't need to be shy even you have a low purchase on your latest shopping. Here, the following questions in the survey, such as:
- Publix product quality
- Price
- The staff attitude
- Service
- Payment and purchase easiness
- Service
- The range of visit
- The likelihood for suggesting the store
- Store cleanliness and security services, and so on.
Just be sure that you visit the survey shortly after shopping at Publix Store. So, you still have a fresh memory about Publix. This situation will help you to give the accurate feedback.
What are the Rules for Publix Customer Survey?
The survey held the same rules similar with McdVoice, KrogerFeedBack, and DollarTreeFeedBack. But quite different, this survey has its special rules whether it has Publix Sweepstakes sections. Although Publix Company chooses the winner in a random way, they should create some considerations to decide the potential winner. As long you meet the qualifications, your chance will be opened largely. Here, the following rules are:
- Rule 1:
The first rule is about the survey takers resident. The survey is eligible for the customers who live in Florida, Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee. For your information, those are the promotion area of the survey.
- Rule 2:
The second thing is about the survey takers status. In this case, they should be at least 18 years old. Then, this survey is not eligible for Publix Employees, Staff, and partner. Even, it is also for the family and siblings of Publix Employees.
- Rule 3:
The third thing is about Publix Survey Invitation Code. It will be better if the survey participants join the survey not more than two days of the last shopping.
- Rule 4:
For the next qualification, the survey takers should enter Publix Survey Code. It will be available for one email account. Then, it limits for one entree per one household. Not only for the online access, the offline access would enter one mail-in envelope per one feedback.
As your surprise, Publix does not limit the survey entree. So that's why you can enter the survey as many as possible whether you conduct the rules above.
About Publix Customer Satisfaction Survey Preparation
The other things that are important in this survey are about the preparation before joining the survey. As well you intend to take part in Publix Sweepstakes and win $1000 Publix Gift Card, you can prepare some things. Whether the things below will help you to pass every single section in Publix Customer Survey. And, here they are:
- The private devices
The first things that will help your work are about the devices. To reach the survey, you can access your set of computers, laptop or tablet. Even, you will be free to join the survey through your Smartphone. Just be sure that your device has its internet browser such as Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, or Safari.
- The internet connectivity
The second thing is about the connection. When you want to access the survey through the online way, you should deal with your internet connection. No matter you use wi-fi connection, but it must be a strong and stable connection.
- Publix Receipt
The third thing is about the receipt. As mentioned in the previous section, Publix Receipt contains any beneficial information such as the store number, survey invitation number, the date and time of the last visit, and the amount spent. Once you got it, just keep it well and make sure that you can see the detail information.
- The language proficiency
Publix Survey is available for two language instruction options. Those are English and Spanish. So, you need to be sure that you are familiar using English or Spanish in your daily life.
- Writing Utensil
The last things that you should prepare is a pen or pencil. Once you set those things near you, you will be easy to pass the last section of the survey. Just so you know, at that time, you must write the Publix Validation Code on the back side of your receipt.
You still have enough time to prepare the things that will help you to conduct the survey. Even, you can invite your friends to take part in the survey and get the same chance as you to win $1000 Publix Gift Card.
About the Offline Access of Publix Survey Step by Step
Just in case, you are not able to join the survey through the online way; you can send the feedback by the offline way. Here the step by step involved, such as:
- At first, you can prepare a piece of paper then you can both of write or type the feedback on 3×5 inch postcard.
- Then, you need to provide the personal information about your complete name, address, email, and the date of birth on your letter.
- At last, you can send your letter to attendance Marketing or Research Publix Corporation Parkway Lakeland Florida 33811 The United States.
How to Access the Online Publix Survey?
The simple way that you can do in the online Publix Survey is about to visit the survey website. In this occasion, you can visit www.Publix.com. Once you reached the survey, you can download the Official Rules so you can learn about the term and condition involved in detail.
The Overview of Publix Customer Survey Step by Step
Well, you may start to take part in the survey. The first action that you can do is about to open your device then launch your browser to the survey website. Then, for the following section, here they are:
- Step one:
In the beginning process, you can run the language instruction section. Here, you can choose between English and Spanish. Then, you only need to click on the button where it will show the instruction based on your preferred language.
- Step two:
Then, you can type the 16-digit number of Publix Survey Code. At the same time, you should type the store number. Even if your survey code is not nearby, you can click on the blue link entitled, "My receipt does not have a survey code."
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After that, Publix Survey also needs the information about the Timestamp of your current shopping. Without any difficulties, you can enter the information based on the example appeared.
- Step four:
For the next section, you will meet with the series of questionnaires. At the first time, you can give your assessment related to your shopping experience with Publix Store. Your score starts from one to five which represents your general satisfaction with Publix Performance.
- Step five:
The survey will give you a chance to share the burden things that you ever got from Publix Store. You don't need to worry because Publix Company will love every single feedback that the customers give. No matter it is bad feedback, you should share it politely. Even, it will be better if you support your feedback on some recommendation. As soon as possible, Publix Management collects the feedback and fix the burden things involved.
- Step six:
This section will show you the Publix Validation Code. At that occasion, you must write it down on your Publix Receipt. Whether you can choose between joining Publix Sweepstakes or not. Even if you do not prefer in Publix Sweepstakes, you can finish your step, but you don't have any chance to win the reward.
- Step seven:
When you are interested in taking part in Publix Sweepstakes, you can enter the Sweepstakes section and click on the link. There, you must fill some required personal information such as name, address, email and phone number. Please keep in mind that you have given the active email and phone number.
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In the last section, you can select the menu "Finish" which it means that you have completed all sections. As fast as possible, this site will send you feedback to Publix Team.
About the Reward in Publix Survey
Since its first operation, Publix Company always offers the best performance in every single action. Please keep in your mind how well this supermarket treated you as its customers. Comparing with its great products quality, Publix also provides the great reward for the winner in its guest satisfaction survey. It tries to appreciate every single feedback from you by its $1000 Publix Gift Card. For your surprise, by that gift you can buy anything you want at Publix Company For information, the company will choose three winners every month.
What are the Rules in Publix Survey Reward?
As well you are the winner in Publix Survey, you will get an opportunity to win Publix Gift Card which has $1000 amount that you can spend. Just be sure that you place the phone and email near you, so whenever Publix Customer Service contact you, you can respond them as soon as possible. There are some things that you must understand before redeeming the reward. Here, the details are:
- Firstly, Publix Customer Service will announce the winner by phone, email, or mail-in. At that time, the winner should respond it and verify within three business days. If they are unreachable, Publix Company will change it to the other potential winners.
- Secondly, the winners in Publix sweepstakes should answer some affidavit and eligibility for the survey. This section will make sure that they are the real winner.
- Thirdly, The survey participants should be responsible for the troubles in Telecommunication process and technical process. It means that Publix Company will not be responsible for it.
- Fourthly, The winner will get the reward within 60 days of the current verification. For your notices, the survey will never ask the payment transaction. When you meet this situation, you must call the customer service and report it as a deception.
The Brief Explanation of Publix Company Profile
Publix Store is one of the biggest markets in the United States. It Operates in more than 1000 franchising stores in around the United States. Even, it becomes the most popular food and groceries store and has been the hardest competitors for the same market chain such as Dollar General, Walmart. K-Mart, and much more. Since 1930, this store served the food and pharmacy services. Because of its high integrity to the customers, this company becomes the most trusted food and pharmacy in the USA.
About Publix Hours
For every Publix Stores, they have a same hour of operation. They are going to start the operation on Sunday to Saturday at 7 PM to 10 PM. But, for the Pharmacy Outlet, they open Publix Pharmacy services on 9 AM to 9 PM on Monday to Friday. Even if it is a holiday, you can visit Publix Pharmacy Outlet at 9 AM to 5 PM on Saturday. On Sunday, it will start on 11 AM to 6 PM.
How to Find the Nearest Publix Location?
Because of the large numbers of the Publix Locations, you may be easy to find the location wherever your position. But, you may get some difficulties when you need the detail address of Publix Location. To ease the Publix Customers, the company creates Publix Near Me menu which will help you with its store locator menu. Here, the steps are:
- Step 1:
At first, you should visit Publix Official Website at www.Publix.com. Then, you can point your mouse at Store Locator menu. It is available on the up left side of the site.
- Step 2:
Then, you can search Publix Location by stating the State or Entering the Zip Code. In this case, the site will show you the map of Publix Locations and even give you the detail address.
- Step 3:
Congratulation! You get your nearest Publix Location. Well, you can go to the store then get the products you want.
How to Shop a Product at Publix Store?
There are some simple ways to sop at Publix Store. Even, you can meet the best way related to your condition. Here, the explanation is:
- In-Store Shopping
By in-store shopping, you can explore Publix Products in its large store. Even, the employees are friendly and are ready to welcome you at the first time you enter the store. When you get some troubles to find out some products, you can call the staff, and they will be ready to help you.
- Online Shopping
Are you a shopping addict? But you are too busy to go to Publix Store. It is the best way to shop for online shopping. To deal this sopping way, you can follow two ways. Those are by ordering through Publix Official Website or Publix Application. After deciding the best item, you can add it to the cart and choose the payment transaction.
About Publix Application
Publix App is the best application for Publix Customers who don't have the much time to visit Publix Store. Through this application, the customers can buy the products in an easy way only by moving around their fingers. The payment and shipping transaction are easy enough where they can choose the between cash or banking payment.
Publix App is available for Android and iPhone devices. The users can take this smart app from Google Play Store or App Store. Once they got one of Google play store or App Store, they can write Publix App and claim "I Agree" to the term and condition involved. Another way to get the application is about to visit Publix.com then choose the menu Publix App. This menu will lead you to the link for downloading the mobile application.
About Publix Customer Service
Even if you get the troubles where you access the survey. Or, you want to know more about Publix Franchising or all about Publix Company, you can contact the customer service. Here, the detail contact bases that you can try, such as:
- Publix Customer Service Phone Number, the customer service will be ready to serve and answer your questions on Monday to Friday at 8 AM to 7 PM Eastern Time. To call them, you can dial at +1 800 242 1227.
- Publix Mail-in Address, another way to reach Publix Customer Service is by sending a letter. To deal this way, you can send your letter to Publix Customer Care PO Box 407 Lakeland, Florida 3380-0407.
- Publix website Address, Publix Company, created a website which provides the detail information about the company. It is reachable at www.Publix.com.
Well, the happiest thing in our life is about to share the goodness with the others. So that's why we are going to be happy when we can help our friends and fix their problems. A customer survey is one of the ways to be the worth people because we can help the others. Do you still hesitate to join Publix Survey? No, it will not waste your time whether you can get the chance to win $1000 Publix Gift Card. See you there!


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When nostalgia hits me it is never subtle or fleeting. It is overwhelming. All-consuming. Emotionally exhausting. It feels as though the memories are clawing at my insides, dying to be released, knowing the effort is for naught. 30 seconds of a song takes me back to my childhood, the first time I remember rewinding a… Continue reading Nostalgia
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Seasons Change
This is, by far, the best time of year where I live. The leaves are brilliant shades of red, orange, and yellow, and although those yellow leaves turn dull in a few short days and the ground becomes a bed for the many shades of fall, these are the moments I live for. The crisp… Continue reading Seasons Change
What even are goals?
It's a funny thing, I set so many goals. Meditate every day Write every day Work out 5 times a week Do yoga Cook more Read a book for fun And then this is what happens: I meditate for 7 minutes and think about all the shit I have to do I leave for work… Continue reading What even are goals?
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text: I'm struggling with finishing Draft 5 of TUBE. I've been writing it for over a year now, and new stories are crowding it out of my mind, but every day I get up and I know I have to finish it. It's an important story—for me and for you—and so it's important I do a good job. But man, how do I love procrastinating on it, and how hard it is to get myself in gear! Once I start, I forget my fears, and it's easy. Starting is the hard part. So I came up with four ways to trick myself into writing it every morning. I know I'm not alone. Lots of times you told me how you have to kick yourself in the ass, hard, to get yourself to work on that manuscript that you rewrote so many times, it makes you want to vomit. Well then, here is how I trick my brain into TUBE. See if you can steal some ideas for yourself, and share yours, and send bags of coffee (to my new PO Box, so it wouldn't feel empty and lonely!).Read More


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Lauren & Chris | Swedish Museum Wedding
Hot Child in the City could've been Lauren & Chris' wedding song. It wasn't, but it so hot, you started sweating just thinking about going outside. Lauren & Chris, however, never lost their cool, and were so excited to share their wedding day with friends and family. In spite of the intense heat and bright sun, we managed to find some shade to keep cool during portraits. We kept telling everyone to think Wintery thoughts to mentally prepare for the 100 + degree heat.


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We headed out towards Brown Mountain last weekend in search for the perfect Christmas tree.
this was our very first time cutting down our own Christmas Tree, and now I know that I truly need to buy snow clothes for everyone :)
where are some of your favorite places to cut down Christmas Trees? Do you have any favorite u-cut farms?
Hopefully we are brave enough to make this an annual tradition!


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Research meets practice
Generating and transferring innovative knowledge is a central precept of the academics, research and design within the Department of the Built Environment at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). One of the department's primary aims is to remain innovative and adaptable in its academics and research, so that it can respond promptly to ever-evolving social issues. In the near future, it will be focusing on such broad, socially relevant topics as sustainability, information, energy and new materials.
To enhance its innovative strength, the department works closely with programs at three other Dutch universities (Delft, Twente and Wageningen), as part of the 4TU network. This collaboration paves the way to knowledge-intensive solutions and activities. At the same time, the department actively pursues partnerships with other large technology research organizations, such as TNO and ECN.
Research meets practice Urban Systems and Real Estate
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Structures Laboratory Eindhoven
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Most men shy away from the idea of prostate check-ups. But, cancer in this region is becoming increasingly common amongst men.
And, it's one that needs to be sorted out early. Otherwise, it can grow out of control.
People don't like these checkups because they're very invasive. They are embarrassing, and most people would rather not go through it. But, without it, you could be leaving yourself to perish. And, nobody wants that.
So, to help you out, this post will be going through the steps you need to take to stay safe.
The process of protecting yourself with something like this lasts forever. Once a man becomes an adult, they're at risk from this sort of condition. Of course, it's usually the elderly that are most affected. But, it can get anyone. You can learn how to perform a self-examination through tools online. These tools can teach you how to make sure that nothing is amiss.
Along with this, you should also have regular visits to the doctor. The examination that they perform will much more accurate than your own. And, they will be able to notice any small changes that should be concerning. To do this, you will have to swallow your pride and force yourself to go. It can be hard. But, in the long run, it's very much worth it. Each time you have this done, you will feel more confident about it.
If you find something out of the ordinary when doing your own checks, you need to seek medical help as soon as you can. But, instead of a regular doctor, you can go to a specialist. Visit Comprehensive Urology to learn more about the benefits a specialist can provide. And, check out some other websites, too. The more that you research, the better you will feel about your treatment. So, it's important to take this step with the right attitude.
A lot of people start to worry at this point. But, that can be very counter-productive. There's no point in worrying about something like this until you have the facts. In a lot of cases, your condition should be treatable straight away.
Choosing a treatment will take some more research. Of course, you doctor will be able to help you make this decision. But, ultimately, you have to decide what's right for you. In some cases, you may be looking at the same treatment, but with different delivery methods.
This can make a great deal of difference to the treatment itself and your recovery time. So, you have to take your life into account, here. If you work very hard, it could be worth taking a riskier option if it will let you recover very quickly.
Hopefully, this will put your mind at rest a little about the illness most men refuse to talk about. The effect of doing nothing can be much worse than the embarrassment you have to endure getting yourself checked. So, it's important to take everything into consideration before you jump into this.


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Date of Submission
Spring 2011
Academic Program
Human Rights
Thomas Keenan
Abstract/Artist's Statement
This paper explores the importance of witnessing, the necessity of testimony, and the predicaments and problems inherent to both of these acts, using memoirs and poetry written during the Dirty Wars of the Southern Cone and the detention of "enemy combatants" since 9/11 in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
Distribution Options
Access restricted to On-Campus only
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Bessel, Sarah E., "Breaking Down Testimony: Remembering, Reliving, and Representing" (2011). Senior Projects Spring 2011. 46.


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Meet the Dubai mall hotel: A marriage made in retail heaven
"I never think that people die. They just go to department stores," quipped Andy Warhol.
Had he stayed around a little longer, he might have added, "… in Dubai."
The emirate is not only one of the world's great shopping locations, it's also at the pointy end of a powerful consumer trend: the rise of the "shopping hotel."
The growth of combined shopping malls and deluxe hotels either inside or adjoining them will be one of the Middle East's top consumer developments in 2014 and beyond, predicts the market intelligence firm Euromonitor.
Many cashed-up travelers come to Dubai primarily to shop. Stay at the mall and they save time and taxi rides. And they don't have to lug all those glossy shopping bags back to their hotel.
The arrangement is just as sweet for hoteliers and retailers.
Both seek the same high-end traveling clientele -- why not share them?
Mall-hotel combos already exist in Dubai from the utilitarian to the seriously luxurious.
However, even more lavish couplings are on the drawing board -- including the world's tallest hotel-shopping extravaganza.
The Address, Dubai Mall
The Address jealously guards its position adjoining Dubai Mall, the world's largest, where it opened in 2009.
Since then, no other hotel has been granted development permission so close to this retail sanctum.
The superlatives continue within the 1,200-shop, 50 football field-sized space, including the world's largest gold souk.
Wandering about the multi-story complex, you run into sheiks with prayer beads in one hand and cell phone and chunky gold Rolex in the other.
More: The UAE's most outrageously luxurious hotel suites
Their wives have enough shopping bags lining their arms to fill the backstage clothing rack at a Paris haute couture show.
For the owners of The Address and Dubai Mall, it's the perfect symbiosis -- even if the guests get lost for a while, they'll only end up doing more shopping.
The Address, Dubai Mall, Downtown Dubai, PO box 31166; +971 4 438 8888; doubles from $462
Sheraton Dubai Mall of the Emirates
When the Pullman at the Mall of the Emirates closed earlier this year, the hotel simply changed its skin and became a Sheraton.
The 481-room hotel flags its sleep-and-shop options on its website right next to the sweeping city views and hi-tech suites.
The mall offers more than 560 fashion, electronics and other luxury retail brands, as well as diversions including Ski Dubai (yes, an indoor ski resort in this desert city) and Vox Cinemas.
There are few human needs that can't be satisfied in either hotel or mall and there's little reason to leave either -- many guests probably don't.
Along with 46-inch LCD high-definition TVs, the hotel touts its proprietary Sweet Sleeper beds.
With a pressure point-easing design, they're supposedly good for curing jet lag -- so you're ready to hit the tills at your best.
If you really like the bed, you can buy one (starting from $995) and have it shipped home.
Of course you can -- this is Dubai.
Sheraton Dubai Mall of the Emirates, 1 Mall of the Emirates, Sheikh Zayed Road, al Barsha; +971 4 377 2000; doubles from $230
Pullman Dubai Deira City Center
The Pullman Dubai Deira City Center is conveniently located about 15 minutes from the airport and about two minutes, via an underground passage, from the City Center mall.
Truly fly-in, fly-out shopping, it sketches the shape of much to come in Dubai.
Read: 9 of Dubai's most original eateries
The suites are rather sober affairs with views of spaghetti junctions and golf courses.
The mall, once Dubai's largest, now has a rather shopworn feel, but its 370 stores -- including a Carrefour superstore and Gap and H&M outlets -- are enough to satisfy most of the 20 million shoppers each year who don't have a portion of the world's oil reserves to fuel their spending.
Pullman Dubai Deira City Center, Deira, Dubai; +971 4 294 1222, doubles from $217
BurJuman Arjaan by Rotana
Adjoining the BurJuman Arjaan by Rotana hotel, the Burjuman Mall aims for a boutique feel.
The hotel is the place to stay if you find Dubai Mall too overwhelming but still want branches of Saks Fifth Avenue, Chanel, Cartier, Louis Vuitton and Valentino a stroll away.
With separate living area, kitchenette, laundry and balcony, the brightly decorated suites provide for many of a traveler's needs.
The small but well-chosen selection of outlets in the mall's food court include Japanese, Indian and Italian options.
If you want to work off the excess afterwards, robotic-looking machines in the hotel gym look as if they'll do the exercise for you.
Another part of the complex, the Burjurman metro station lets mall junkies whizz off to yet more Dubai shopping experiences.
BurJuman Arjaan by Rotana, Sheikh Zayed Rd, Trade Center, Dubaija, Dubai; +971 4 352 4444; suites from $190
More malls, more hotels
Scheduled for completion at the end of 2014, Dream Dubai in the Marina District will be the second tallest building in the emirate and the tallest hotel in the world.
Adjoining the Marina Mall, the 432-meter, 101-floor waterside tower will be a mix of hotel rooms and service apartments, plus a pool, gym and squash courts -- and a nightclub where the penthouse would go if you could actually see anything from up there.
What, no mall?
Until now the Palm Jumeirah, Dubai's palm-shaped artificial archipelago beloved of top-flight sports and film stars, has been mall-bereft.
But not for long.
The Nakheel Mall and Hotel Complex is planned for completion by the end of 2016.
Occupying the central trunk of the palm tree, the development will include a 50-story, 5-star, so far unnamed hotel.
Finally, in true Ben Hur fashion, Dubai is trying for a new mall record.
Set in sprawling Downtown Dubai grounds, the Mall of the World will attempt to steal the leviathan-mall title from the Dubai Mall.
"The current [mall] facilities available in Dubai need to be scaled up in line with the future ambitions for the city," Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, emir of Dubai, said rather improbably of the plan.
To cope with the projected 80 million shoppers visiting each year, 100 hotels are planned for the development.
This article was amended on December 3, 2013 to correct the minimum price of the BurJuman Arjaan's suites.


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The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University will appeal to the internationally minded, with an original Cross Continent MBA and Global EMBA providing 'immersion' experiences at Duke's campuses in North Carolina, Dubai, New Delhi, St. Petersburg and Shanghai. The curriculum is specifically tailored to explore global markets, regulations, and business institutions in some of the world's most important economic regions.
Duke also offers a more traditional full-time US MBA (22 months) and Executive MBA (19 months) alongside specialist masters in health management, business foundations, finance and clinical informatics.
Duke University, founded in Durham (North Carolina) in 1924, is known to many Americans as 'Harvard of the South' with an elite educational reputation and particular standing in medical sciences. Here you'll find the Duke 'daytime' MBAs who study core business modules for punchy 6-week terms followed by a summer internship and then a 2nd year focused entirely on their chosen electives.
To facilitate the best possible learning and growth, the Duke MBA encourages a community "from a myriad of functional, industry and academic backgrounds, nationalities, ethnicities, religious beliefs and sexual orientations" and says that "when you step into a Duke MBA classroom, you will be awed by the experiences and perspectives that your classmates possess."
A strong emphasis is placed on working collaboratively with Fuqua classmates and forging helpful connections across the school and with the 16,000 alumni internationally. This network, along with Fuqua's hands-on Career Management Center, will help students to find job opportunities in their chosen industry and region during and after their MBA.
Read an in-depth interview with John Gallagher, Director of Duke's Global EMBA. Alumni of the programme include Jonathan Browning, CEO of the Volkswagen Group of America, Joe Euteneuer, CFO of Sprint Nextel, and Ahmad Sharaf, chairman of the Dubai Mercantile Exchange.


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Xiaomi Mi max Launching on 30th June in india .
Xiaomi mi max the big 6.44 inch phablet that was launched in may in china is tipped to launch on 30th june in india . This smartphone is the biggest smartphone from Xiaomi upto now .
Unveiled with the companies latest os" miui 8 " , The phone also runs on miui 8 based on android 6.0 marshmallow . Xiaomi's vice president hugo barra announced that mi max will be launched in india on 30th june . Just after one month of the redmi note 3 launch company is launching the Xiaomi max in india .
The mi max comes with a 6.44 inch full Hd display with a resolution of 1080X1920 having 341 pixels per inch . To protect the smartphone from cracks and scratches there is a corning gorilla glass 4 protection .
The Mi max was launched in china in three different variants :-
- 3Gb ram 32gb Storage with a 1.8ghz hexa core snapdragon 650 processor .
- 3Gb ram and 64Gb storage with 1.8ghz octa core snapdragon 652 Processor .
- 4Gb ram with 124Gb of onboard storage and a Snapdragon 652 octa core processor .
The variants which will be launched in india are still unknown , however if take mi 5 as an example then xiaomi may launch only one variant of the Mi max in india .
For capturing images there is a 16 mega pixel camera unit at the rear end which performs good in both day light and in door . To take selfies there is a 5 megapixel front unit with features like autofocus , Phase detection .
The handset supports 4G lte connectivity as well , Powered by a 4850 mah massive battery the smartphone gives a battery backup of 8 hours .
The pricing of the smartphone is yet not revealed but the expected price on the basis of variants launched in china are :-
- 15,000 for 3Gb + 32Gb variant .
- 17,000 for 3Gb + 64Gb variant .
- 20,500 for 4Gb + 128Gb variant .
The Xiaomi mi max is a good smartphone for those who want a powerful processor with a big screen and a decent battery backup .
Xiaomi mi Max Was launched in India On 30th June with two variants . The 3 Gb + 32Gb and 4 Gb + 128 Gb .
So the ones who are eagerly waiting to get hands on the Mi max the smartphone will be launched in india on 30th june and will be available via sale on the companies official website .
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"Ankahee"(The Untold) is a powerful film, directed by Amol Palekar, that deals with the middle class fatalism and superstitions, Palekar himself and Deepti Naval in the lead. Nandu (Palekar) an agonistic, believes that the powers of his father, an astrologer whose predictions happen more often than not to come true, are psychologically destructive. However, he cannot help lending them some credence when his father predicts that Sushma, a woman with strong and rational beliefs, whom Nandu loves and proposes to marry, will die in childbirth. Nandu vacillates, torn between his love for the girl and his father's predictions. By marrying her, would be actually killing her ? At that point, Indu, daughter of a childhood friend of Nandu's father, comes to stay with them while she undergoes treatment for acute anxiety attacks. Indu too bears the scars of her extremely brutal treatment at the hands of wich-doctors in her village. A psychiatrist pronounces her curable, especially since she feels secure with her hosts. But, Nandu hatches a plan whereby he will marry Indu ; once Indu has passed away, as predicted by his father, he can marry Sushma, to whom, as the second wife, the same turn of events cannot apply. Sushma, horrified, refuses to go along with this plan and breaks off her relationship with Nandu. He, undeterred, marries Indu. When she conceives, he reveals to her, in a moment of candour, his father's prediction. In the last phase of pregnancy. Indu, now completely cured and at peace with herself, calls on Sushma to bid farewell to her and thank her for the happiness she has experienced during the last year, for she had been attracted to Nandu from the very outset.
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Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia accompanied by the leaders of 15 local ICT companies left Accra on Monday night for a five-day working visit to the high-tech city of Silicon Valley in California.
During the visit, the Vice President will hold discussions with Silicon Valley's thought and technology leaders to explore the possibilities of developing strategic insight, decisions and partnerships.
The meeting is aimed at helping to enhance the digitisation of the Ghanaian economy to move Ghana Beyond Aid.
Dr Bawumia during his visit to the ICT companies
The ICT leaders accompanying the Vice President include representatives from GHIPSS, Hubtel, SoftTribe, DreamOval, IBM, and EDEL Technology Consulting.
The rest are from GE, Trotro Tractor, EDEL Technology Consulting, Rancard Solutions, Nsano, Expresspay, Bluespace, Callens solution, Bsystems, IT Consortium.
Last week, the Vice President recently visited a number of Ghanaian ICT firms to understand their challenges in order to aid policy formulation.
Dr Bawumia during his visit to the ICT companies
Related: Ghana's future will be anchored on ICT - Bawumia
The visit to Silicon Valley by the Vice President and the leadership of the ICT firms is to engage the world leaders in ICT in order to exchange ideas and fashion Ghanaian solutions to Ghanaian challenges.
Dr Mahamudu Bawumia is scheduled to meet with Corporate Executives of cutting-edge digital technology organisations including Microsoft, Facebook, Tesla, and Alphabet, and visit a number of facilities including the G.E. Digital Centre and the IBM Watson Centre.
The Vice President will also meet with the Ghanaian community and brief them on happenings back home.
The Vice President returns to Accra on Saturday.


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With support from the Indiana 21st Century Research and Technology Fund, the IU School of Medicine Center for Medical Genomics was established in 2000 to provide Indiana researchers with state-of-the-art technology and infrastructure in the rapidly expanding areas of genotyping and gene expression. Under the direction of the founding director, Howard J. Edenberg, PhD, and with additional support from the Indiana Genomics Initiative (INGEN), the center has grown to provide services to biomedical researchers in three specialty areas:
- High throughput sequencing
- Microarray
- SNP genotyping
In 2016, Yunlong Liu, PhD, associate professor of Medical and Molecular Genetics, was appointed as the center director. With investment from IU School of Medicine and as part of the IU School of Medicine Precision Medicine Initiative, the Center for Medical Genomics has been able to expand its sequencing capacity by deploying two Illumina sequencers, HiSeq 4000 and HiSeq 500.


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There's no better time than the playoffs to rock a hockey jersey.
But if you're not into the Maple Leafs' blue and white or any other hockey team, you can still get into the spirit of things, thanks to Toronto's own Geeky Jerseys.
"Whether your team is in or your team didn't make the cut, there are other things to celebrate like pop culture icons: games, television, movies," said founder Sean De Mattos.
"A lot of people will wear jerseys to represent a team they like. Some people just wear jerseys fashionably," he said. "It's generally something someone will invest a decent amount of money in and they'll wear it with pride."
With these colours, you'll definitely stand out, and you might just get a few compliments.
A team of designers at the company comes up with all sorts of ideas from the orange and white L. Skywalker Rogue Squadron jersey to the blue and black Doctor Who Tardis shirt.
If you're a fan of old school Nintendo, you can throw on a Mario Bros jersey while mashing the buttons. Shirts cost $89 to $99 plus shipping and are available for limited periods of time at www.geekyjerseys.com .
"We try to have fun with it," De Mattos said. "Maybe you're a fan of Breaking Bad, and you think, 'Hey, if Los Pollos Hermanos had a team, who would be their rival?' and maybe it'd be the Heisenberg Empires."
The Game of Thrones jerseys (Winterfell, Direwolves and the Lannister Lions) became popular after the producers and directors of the show got in touch and wore them on set while shooting the last season.
Sometimes people will contact them with an idea. If it's good, they'll post a design on Facebook or Twitter and if it gets enough traction, they'll produce it.
"People come up with some pretty cool concepts and it's great to see them all laid out on a jersey," said De Mattos.
With all aspects of production, from design to sewing done in house, Geeky Jerseys can control all the little details of each piece.
They produce Youth and Adult lines and even make goalie cut jerseys.
"We get photos all the time of customers who buy a jersey from us and then wear them to all sorts of events: conventions, hockey games," De Mattos said. "They're in this huge crowd of very similar jerseys and they really stand out."
While there's no guarantee that playoff fever will last too much longer, Geeky Jerseys is looking into baseball shirts next, which will be popular (hopefully) all summer long.
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Back in December of 2014 I hit my breaking point.
Struggling, stressed and nervous would be an understatement.
I had a BIG vision for my life and my gym, but something just hadn't clicked yet.
I recently bought out my business partner and was finally ready to be out with the old and in with the new, as they say.
Anyone who's bought out their partner or ended a partnership knows
that it's not as easy as that to make the gym "yours".
Not only did my membership drop to the lowest it had been since opening, but my business account was pretty much next to nothing after the transition.
So in that moment, I realized I had to do everything different than what I was doing.
The first order of change was that I had to actually be at my gym.
Where I am right now, this sounds absolutely absurd, but back then I NEVER stayed at the gym when I wasn't teaching classes.
Thinking back on it, I'm not sure how that actually worked….oh wait…it didn't.
The next set of changes had to do with completely re-vamping the gym, the brand, and re-establishing the positive vibes that were no longer present.
None of this was going to be easy, but I knew if I wanted to keep my doors open it was the only option.
So I woke up every day with the mindset that I needed to hustle…
I joined the Tribe, got to work and made shit happen.
Financial sacrifices were made, date nights were now spent at the gym re-organizing, the daily grind and actions I took moved me forward.
In a matter of 3 months I almost doubled both the members and the revenue.
I had a level of discipline and focus that I hadn't had ever. But I still wasn't anywhere close to where I wanted to be.
Being part of the Tribe, I came across WBBC.
After my initial call with Maggie, I wasn't exactly sure how I was going to front 10k to sign up, but this was the 'thing' I needed to get me closer to where I needed to be.
The 'thing' truly ended up being the 'thing'. One thing they teach us in WBBC is to RAS.
Write down what you are/where you are/what you have become and FOCUS on that daily.
Well.. my RAS for months was John Burch. Yes, Burch….I was partners with him.
He had no idea who the hell I was or that he was my RAS but I focused on that daily.
Fast forward….it's September 2015 and guess what??
I am partners with Burch.
But my RAS and how it happened really isn't the point of all of this.
It's about discipline and what it really takes to be successful.
December – July was child's play compared to what I do now.
And what I do now has taken me from making 10k a month to finishing out last month at 32k.
In part 2 of this blog post, I will lay out exactly what real discipline is and how you can use it to help grow your business just like I did.
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Ann Menebroker (1936 – 2016) started writing poetry in her early teens and was widely published since the 1950's. She was thrust into the "meat poet" category and in her words with a smile, 'never figured out what that means'. A lover of all the arts, Ann had a passion for life and lived hers fully. A shy person, she was bold and honest in her poetry. She has been published in textbooks for college, as well as anthologies; along with a long list of chapbooks of her own. Her last publication came out just days before she passed away, entitled "The Long Ride Home;" editor, Lynne Savitt, Gravida Press.
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By Emily Nestor
Murder, or a freak accident? Cover-up, or just rumors?
On November 19th, 2011, after a night out with "friends", Jaleayah Davis was struck by her own car and found laying in the passing lane of I-77. Her car? Found 3/10 of a mile north of her body. Her clothes? Found laying over the guardrail. Her friends? The granddaughter of a former sheriff, and the son of a former police officer. The rumors? Running wild.
Together Kim (Jaleayah's mother) and I discuss specific details of the case... which was ultimately ruled an accident by the Wood County Sheriff's Department.
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Sam Carr
Sam Carr (July 7, 1906–1989) was an organizer for the Communist Party of Canada and, its successor, the Labor-Progressive Party in the 1930s and 1940s. He was born Schmil Kogan in Tomashpil, Ukraine in 1906 and immigrated to Canada in 1924, living in Winnipeg and Regina before settling in Montreal in 1925.[1] Carr became an organizer for the Young Communist League with Fred Rose.[1]
In 1931, Carr was arrested with other Communist Party leaders and detained in Kingston Penitentiary for 30 months for being an officer in the party, which had been initially declared illegal in 1931. Following his release from prison he was an organizer of the 1935 On to Ottawa Trek.[2]
He was the editor of the Communist Party's newspaper, The Clarion, before fleeing to the United States with other party leaders in 1940 when the party was again declared illegal; when the Soviet Union became an ally later in the war as a result of the German invasion of the USSR, those party leaders such as Carr and Tim Buck who had gone underground turned themselves into the authorities in 1942 and were released after ten days on the promise that they would refrain from communist activities. As a result, the Labor-Progressive Party was formed in 1943 as a legal front for the party - Carr became its national organizer.[1][2]
In 1946, after a cypher clerk in the Soviet embassy in Ottawa, Igor Gouzenko, defected to Canada, a warrant was issued for Carr's arrest and he again fled to the United States. A Royal Commission on Espionage was called to investigate his activities. In 1949 he was found guilty of conspiracy to obtain a false passport, and was imprisoned for seven years.[1] Carr was one of the principal recruiters of spies for the USSR in Canada.[1]
Upon his release from prison Carr was no longer a member of the party but became active in the left wing progressive organization, the United Jewish Peoples' Order (UJPO), until his death in 1989, he wrote for the UJPO magazine under the pen name George Lewis.
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"Pond of human excrement" found at Donegal takeaway
An Indian takeaway in Creeslough was ordered to close by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) after a "pond of human excrement" was discovered near a food preparation area. The FSAI report listed several other hygiene breaches.
Saffron takeaway and restaurant was ordered to temporarily close after inspectors identified "a grave and immediate danger to public health".
The report details: "Human excrement was overflowing and ponding in an area beside the shed in which the potato peeler was located due to an overflowing manhole. As staff had to stand outside while using this food equipment, they would be standing in the excrement, thereby carrying it into the food premises on their shoes."
It also noted many other hygiene issues including flies in oil used to baste pizza dough.
It stated: "Food contact equipment, such as utensils, cutlery and crockery were not being adequately washed or disinfected as evidenced by food debris and dirt found on all equipment. There were no proper food grade cleaning agents and disinfectants/sterilisers available on the premises for cleaning and disinfecting of food contact utensils and equipment. There was a build-up of dirt and mould on the seals of the fridges and freezers and the interior of the fridges and freezers were dirty. Food storage containers in the fridge were covered with black mould."
The report also states that it appeared staff at the take away were not properly trained.
"There was evidence that staff were not adequately supervised and instructed and/or trained in food hygiene matters commensurate with their work activity due to the lack of cleanliness, lack of procedures and records to ensure food safety, lack of proper food preparation and storage practices, lack of maintenance of the drainage system and the risk of contamination of foodstuffs," it stated.
The order for immediate closure was made on October 19th and lifted on October 27th.
The report detailed the owner of Saffron as Mr Vikrant Golen.


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Posted: Jan 09, 2019
TIGERVILLE, S.C. - Manuela Fungate scored 14 points and grabbed nine rebounds, leading the way to a Belmont Abbey 77-73 win at North Greenville University this evening. The victory puts The Abbey at 10-5 this season, and 7-1 in conference play. North Greenville moves to 4-11 overall, and 3-5 in Conference Carolinas play.
How it Happened
- Keyanna Spivey scored two baskets early, while Allie Downing scored six points in 43 seconds late in the quarter, giving Belmont Abbey a 22-19 lead when the quarter ended
- The Abbey defense stepped up in the second, giving up just one NGU field goal in the first 4:39 of the period
- Six more points by Downing in a 42-second span late in the quarter gave The Abbey a 10-point lead, and BAC held a 42-37 lead at halftime
- In the third, The Abbey again opened up with a defensive stand, allowing just three points in the first four minutes of the period
- Four quick points by Fungate built a 54-44 Abbey lead at the 4:41 mark. Irelynn Davisson closed out the quarter with a basket, and BAC held a 64-53 lead heading into the final period
- Fungate finished with 14 points and a game-high nine rebounds
- Downing scored 20 points and grabbed six rebounds. Spivey added 14 points and seven boards. Hannah Roney earned three steals and handed out a game-high five assists
Up Next
Belmont Abbey will visit Southern Wesleyan University on Saturday, January 12 for a 2 p.m. contest.


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Preview: Millwall vs. Bradford
BEN Thompson is suspended for Saturday's visit of Bradford to The Den to deepen Millwall's midfield problems.
Shaun Williams has missed the last two games with a back injury he suffered at Blackpool and Neil Harris will leave it until late to decide if he is ready for a return against Phil Parkinson's side.
The clash with Bradford is the last game to fall within George Saville's 28-day emergency loan deal, but Millwall are set to announce they have reached agreement with parent club Wolves over an extension.
The Lions are looking for a fifth win in a row at home and if other results go their way this weekend it could put them fourth in the table – their highest position this season.
It is the first meeting of the sides since their fractious FA Cup third round tie last January, which the Bantams won 4-0 after Mark Beevers had been sent off.
A brawl that broke out when Alan Dunne shoved James Hanson over the advertising hoardings also resulted in both clubs, as well as Parkinson and his assistant Steve Parkin, being charged by the FA.
Millwall's pursuit of Hanson during the summer and the striker's decision to stay at Bradford could see some derision directed at him from the home fans.
Hanson, though, is undeterred by that prospect.
"I'm fully expecting that it won't be the happiest welcome," the 27-year-old striker told The Telegraph and Argus. "We've had a bit of a laugh about it around the training ground.
"But there are quite a few West Ham boys here as well so that might take the edge off me. There could be about four or five of us getting abuse.
"But it's all good fun and part of football. We're just trying to keep our run going."
He said he won't, however, indulge in any exuberant celebrations if he follows up last week's goal against Wigan with another on Saturday.
Hanson joked: "I don't want the team's bus to get bricked on the way home.
"It's a game that I looked out for. When the fixtures first came out, I probably didn't know at that stage which club I'd be at.
"There may be a little pressure on me because of everything but that's pressure that I can thrive on.
"It would be nice to score there but it is better that the team perform well and get the much-needed three points to push us up the league again."
Bradford extended the loan deals of Preston's Kyel Reid and West Ham's Reece Burke this week, but former Liverpool goalkeeper Brad Jones left the club on Tuesday after making just three appearances since signing in August.
Billy Clarke, Bradford's top scorer last season with 14 goals, signed a new deal this week that will take him up to 2018. Clarke and midfielder Josh Morris could both return this weekend.
Bradford had just 10 points after 10 games, but 10 in their last four has lifted them to 14th in the league table.
Form guide (Last five league):
Millwall: LWDWW
Bradford: LWLWD
Sky Bet match odds:
Millwall 5/4 Draw 12/5 Bradford 21/10
Probable Millwall team:
4-4-2: Archer; Edwards, Craig, Beevers, J Martin; O'Brien, Powell, Saville, Ferguson; Morison, Gregory.


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- We are the first practice in the country to provide our living donors with free, lifelong local medical monitoring for any health issues that may arise related to their organ donation.
- We are creating communities of living donors throughout Connecticut to ensure they will always have someone to turn to for support.
- The Yale Medicine and Yale New Haven Transplantation Center is a world leader and pioneer in transplant and a referral center for the most complex cases.
Most kidneys and livers used in transplantation come from deceased donors, but this approach doesn't provide enough organs for all the people who need them. All told, 118,000 people in the United States are on a waiting list for an organ, and many of them will wait years for a life-saving organ transplant. That's why it's essential to increase the number of liver and kidney donations from people who are alive.
You can save a life and gain a wonderful sense of satisfaction by becoming a living organ donor.
"Our philosophy is that people should be as healthy after donating a kidney as before," says Sanjay Kulkarni, MD, medical director of Yale Medicine and Yale New Haven Hospital Center for Living Organ Donors, and associate professor of transplant surgery and nephrology at Yale School of Medicine. The center builds support communities for donors and is a pioneer in providing free, lifelong local medical monitoring for any issues that may arise related to their organ donation.


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The State of Illinois is beginning to recognize the severity of its bed bug problem. It issued a press release Tuesday which noted that
"The Illinois Department of Public Health is seeing an increase in the number of calls from the public and from local health departments about bed bug infestations," said Dr. Damon T. Arnold, state public health director. "To help reduce this problem, I encourage everyone to learn the signs of bed bug infestations, how the bugs spread, what you can do to prevent getting them and what to do if you find bed bugs."
And the Illinois State Department of Public Health website now contains information on bed bug prevention and control.
As is often the case, I am not 100% thrilled with everything here (for example, only reddish-brown 1/4″ adults and not translucent 1/32" nymphs are mentioned in the section on what bed bugs look like).
However, I am glad to see Illinois Public Health providing bed bug information on their website and specifically making this invitation to the public on it:
For more information, contact the Illinois Department of Public Health, Division of Environmental Health, 525 W. Jefferson St., Springfield, IL 62761, 217-782-5830, TTY (hearing-impaired use only) 800-547-0466.
I am glad Illinois recognizes the health significance of this pest. As anyone who has had bed bugs will tell you: though not yet known to transmit disease, bed bugs most certainly are a health problem.
And I am glad they want to hear from people who need more information about bed bugs. I hope some of you will take them up on that! And I hope Illinois will take further steps to combat bed bugs and educate people about them.
The Chicago Tribune ran two stories on bed bugs yesterday. "Bed Bugs and Beyond Disgusting" covered the spread of bed bugs in the City, and notes that bed bugs are prompting some changes in Chicago. Much more help is needed.
Two tidbits:
"Five years ago, it wasn't an issue," said Arturo DelAngel, who works the complaint hot line at the Metropolitan Tenants Organization. "Now it's bedbugs all the time, every day."
Prompted by an outcry from angry, itchy citizens, city officials next month will train 45 building inspectors to spot the critters. A coalition that includes the Metropolitan Tenants Organization, the Safer Pest Control Project and Ald. Joe Moore's (49th) office is lobbying for a coordinated response that would educate school nurses, establish citywide tracking and launch an aggressive public-awareness campaign.
While training inspectors to recognize bed bugs is not nearly enough of an action plan, it is a start, and we applaud the City of Chicago taking steps to fight bed bugs.
The second, related story in the Trib advised readers on what to do if they have bed bugs. The answer?
What to if you have an infestation:
- Call your landlord
- Call 311, make sure you get a "reference number" so you can track the disposition
- Call your alderman's office
- Talk to your neighbors
- Hire a qualified exterminator
And among the "additional resources" suggested (The Metropolitan Tenants Organization also prominent), the article pointed readers to:
Chicago vs. Bedbugs, a community organizing group
We congratulate our friend Jessica Kevan, Founder of Chicago vs. Bed Bugs, on the good press!


text: February 14, 2015 Stephen Campbell February 14, 2015 Stephen Campbell THANK YOU! This particular milestone has been years in the making. We've accomplished a lot in our relatively short tenure as band, but, we'd have to say, seeing our supporters rally around a unified goal such as this has to be at the top of our list for special moments. As cliche as might be to say, we truly could not have done this without YOU. And, for that we are truly grateful. From your generous support, passion, and enthusiasm - you all brought your "A game" to this campaign and it certainly paid off. We truly appreciate every contribution, tweet, email, phone call, text message, status update, etc. that was sent regarding TUV and this campaign. We're ready to take on 2015 and the success of this Kickstarter certainly was a great way to kick off the New Year. We've put in a lot of hard work, time, and ourselves into this music. Ecstatic is an understatement for the way we feel about this new album. We spent the past year writing and doing pre-production for this release - a journey that took us back to Orlando this past Fall and now will see us return to Orlando a week from today to continue this journey. Our team is at the top of their game. Rest assured that your contributions will be put to use effectively. We truly can't thank you enough for your time and contributions. There's a lot of great things in the works for when we return home and we look forward to conquering 2015 with you! Together we created this album. + The Upset Victory *Special tribute to all of our wonderful donors coming!


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Happy New Year! If you have a kitty, your pet probably won't take much notice of the holiday. However, this is a great time to take a look at Fluffy's care regimen, and make sure your furry buddy is happy and healthy. Why not work your … Read More
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Partnering with Big Bang ERP
#ICYMI, we announced a partnership with Big Bang ERP last month. Big Bang ERP is a boutique consulting firm based in Montreal Quebec City, that helps businesses optimize and streamline their operations by implementing Salesforce.com and custom cloud-based software applications. With this partnership, Big Bang ERP will be first official service provider in Canada specializing in the FinancialForce ERP Solution. Yes, this is good stuff.
Maxime Gaudreau, CEO of Big Bang ERP is pretty excited about it too and has this to say, "Teaming up with FinancialForce.com as a value-added reseller and implementation partner is a significant milestone for our company. We are very excited to work with their great team."
Gabriel Tupula, COO of Big Bang ERP is equally enthused and adds, "It will enable us to better help our clients adopt the most cutting-edge technologies available on the market to manage their business."
Big Bang ERP will provide FinancialForce.com customers implementation, customization, support and continuous improvement services. As the partnership unfolds, Big Bang ERP will also collaborate on product development initiatives to address specific Canadian market needs such as translation and tax management.
The future of this alliance looks very bright!


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Naturally Occurring Virucidal Agents
March 2015
Plant extracts and juices that have antimicrobial properties could be useful alternatives to harsh chemicals for disinfecting food-contact surfaces. Natural antimicrobials have been recently shown to have antiviral properties, including activity against hepatitis A virus and human norovirus surrogates.
The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of several natural antimicrobials, alone and in combination with surfactants, against hepatitis A virus (HAV) and murine norovirus (MNV-1), a surrogate for human norovirus.
Grape seed extract, white vinegar, pycogenol, pomegranate juice, cranberry juice, and sodium bicarbonate were evaluated for their efficacy in killing MNV-1 and HAV. A combination of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and potential antimicrobials with a pH below 4 was tested; basic compounds combined with benzalkonium chloride were tested. Following a 1-minute contact time at 23ºC±2ºC, antimicrobials were neutralized using 10% fetal bovine serum in phosphate buffered saline and an acid/base neutralizer. Virucidal activity was quantified using plaque assays (n=3).
MNV-1 (average inoculum titer was 6.17 log PFU/ml) was reduced by 2.33 and 2.65 log PFU/ml when treated with 0.01% or 0.1% grape seed extract, respectively, and by 1.59 log PFU/ml in 0.1% pycogenol. Undiluted cranberry juice, pomegranate juice, and white vinegar without SDS were ineffective (< 1 log PFU/ml reduction). Combined with 0.1% SDS, reductions of 1.48 and 1.38 log PFU/ml were observed for cranberry juice and white vinegar, respectively. Infectious MNV-1 was reduced by < 0.5 log PFU/ml by treatment with 0.1% SDS.
Reductions of HAV (average inoculum titer was 5.98 log PFU/ml) in 0.01% grape seed extract, 0.1% grape seed extract and 1% pycogenol were 0.75, 2.00 and 1.33 log PFU/ml, respectively. Sodium bicarbonate (5%) without benzalkonium chloride did not inactivate HAV; however, combined with benzalkonium chloride, a 1.22-log PFU/ml reduction was observed. Treatment in benzalkonium chloride treatment reduced infectious HAV by < 0.5 log PFU/ml.
Results suggest that lethal properties of some natural antimicrobials against foodborne MNV-1 and HAV can be enhanced by pairing with surfactants. Combinations of these antimicrobials and SDS show promise for use as food-contact surface disinfectants, thereby preventing transmission of foodborne viruses.


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The past five weeks have gone by in a blur and it seems all too soon Midwest Writers Workshop 2017 has come to an end. As one of the 8 Ball State University students who had the great fortune to intern with and help organize this amazing conference I'd like to take a little time to reflect on the highlights of my experience. As interns we worked for 5 weeks up to the beginning of MWW reviewing books of visiting authors, conducting interviews, organizing pitch schedules for the agents, and of course, blogging about all of it and engaging on social media. With so much content to work with both leading up to the workshop and during it I hardly know where to even start. Perhaps, it would be best to begin with how my workshop experience began.
Best Part of Interning with MWW
One of the best parts of attending MWW as an intern was the opportunity to work closely with the visiting agents and authors and getting to know them on a more personal level than you might typically see if you were just pitching with them or attending a panel. So as an intern with a car I quickly jumped on the opportunity to drive visiting authors and agents to and from the airport before and after the conference. The hour and a half trip from the Indianapolis airport to Muncie where the conference is help was a perfect stretch of uninterrupted time where no one had to worry yet about pitching sessions or preparing for a presentation and could just relax and engage in casual conversation.
Between three trips I got to discuss how to find accurate information to write realistic weaponry and explosives with author John Gilstrap, peruse my mixed tape collection with agents Jessica Sinsheimer & Roseanna Wells, and get lost on I-465 with Brenda Drake, YA author founder of Pitch Wars and film producer/debut novelist Nina Sadowsky (an occasion later commemorated by an impromptu trip to the photo booth).
Things started out a bit rocky between navigation issues and me actually getting pretty sick the morning of the first day, but between a quick trip to the doctor and a lot of understanding (and humorous outlook) from my airport passengers everything turned out pretty well in the end. I really hope I get to help in the future with the Midwest Writers Workshop (and next time I promise not to get lost on the interstate >.<).
Pitching, Queries, Manuscripts and More
Helping to organize the pitch, query letter critiques, and manuscript evaluation schedule for agent Eric Smith was my other main responsibility as a MWW17 intern. Most of this was managing what times Eric had open and making sure I got him to his panels on time between sessions. It was a lot of fun seeing so many people go through pitches or receive feedback on their query letters or manuscripts. I got to hear all kinds of interesting stories from people working on everything from autobiographies, to YA Lit, sci-fi/fantasy genre, and so much more.
I think the most important experience I have to take away from this is just how excited and engaged Eric always was, giving constructive feedback to each person and helping to direct them towards other agents who may be able to help them on their path when he found something he loved, but didn't quite fit his usual work. No matter whether it was someone he would work with personally or not, he always gave constructive advice from which they could take the next needed step forward, whether that was focusing on a point of revision or querying a suggested agent or even the instances where he asked to see their manuscript himself, each person seemed to walk away with a renewed enthusiasm for continuing their work.
I also got some experience in maintaining an ever changing schedule, as people throughout the weekend came asking if Eric had any room left for more pitches, connecting people with other interns who worked with different agents, and helping the convention attendees double check their own schedules as changes where made both in the couple weeks leading up to as well as the days of the conference. Most of these were simple things to do, but just the fact that there was someone there, either us interns or some of the more regular faculty who run the conference made a world of difference to many attendees who sought out our help.
Even later at the conference I saw spoke to several of these individuals who expressed just how grateful they were that the Midwest Writers Workshop existed and thanked several of the interns time and time again for helping to make the convention experience enjoyable for everyone. As someone who is interested in pursuing a career either as an agent or in organizing conventions I couldn't think of a better way to help the community grow and support one another.
The Personal Experience
While the opportunity to work directly with agents and authors is a bit unique to the interns helping with the conference there were still other opportunities for the average con attendee to make these connections.
Buttonhole the Experts took place on two different days and allowed the writers attending the conference to pick tables where they could chat in small groups with the various authors, editors, and agents regarding their expertise in their given field. The event was organized so that you could chat with the people at your table for 10 minutes before switching to another for a total of 3 times (6 between the two days it was held), and while 10 minutes may not seem like very long, I was surprised at how much we were able to discuss in such a short time. I credit this to the fact that the groups were kept relatively small, no more than 8-10 people per table at a time, and sometimes even less, making the experience much more personable and direct and allowing more time for direct one-on-one conversation.
With 33 topics and only 6 time slots to choose from I had to think carefully about what topics would benefit me most at my current place in my writing career, and with so many interesting topics and people to choose from it wasn't an easy decision to make. I'm sure many other con attendees felt the same, so for those of you who didn't get to attend the same tables I did I've included the most helpful advice or even just highlights I got from my own time at these tables below.
First Round
My first day I attended Brenda Drake's table to discuss Pitch Wars (which I plan on submitting my manuscript to here in a couple weeks) to learn more about the process as well as the inspiration and backstory behind creating the contest and how it evolved since it was first implemented. The competition helps to connect aspiring writers with agents, editors, published authors and other professionals in order to fine tune you manuscript in the hopes of finding representation and/or publishing deals. It helps to connect these professionals with the kinds of stories they are looking for and offers a sort of mentorship by which these writers can improve their craft. The next session opens August 2nd and the submission window will continue through the 6th. Applications can be sent to up to four mentors, with the option to apply to 2 extra with a donation.
I also attended Lauren Smulski's "SciFi/Fantasy Worldbuilding" table as this is the main genre I write in to talk about worldbuilding that blends both sci-fi and fantasy elements (and example of which would be Start Wars, where advanced futuristic technology is used by most, but which also has the Jedi who have what seem like magical or psychic like abilities). We talked about how the more advanced readership you have, the more important it is to have a clearly defined system for how magic or tech work or even just the history, mythos, and culture of the world. For younger audiences some of these things may not need to be explored as in depth and sometimes leaving a bit of mystery can be a good thing, but the older your audience gets the more important it becomes for the structure to clear and well understood in order for the world to feel complete and make sense to readers.
And of course after hearing so much about Nina Sadowsky's experiences in film production (both from my previous interview with her as well as out rather eventful trip from the airport) I absolutely had to find a spot at her table for the topic "You Oughta Be in Pictures: Is your book right for the silver screen?" We discussed so many different aspects of adapting books to film, from the traditional movies to the growing popularity of TV adaptations and how Netflix Original series are changing the market opportunities.
I learned a lot of interesting information regarding casting for film, pitching your story, and what kind of productions work best for different stories. She had us contemplate the question "How would my story be best told?" For plots that develop slowly over a long time, a TV adaption may work better than a traditional movie. Past that you also have to consider the content. TV companies will often try to show content that appeals to the broadest demographic. Basic cable is commercially driven meaning they may take on slightly riskier content and have more flexibility as far as time constraints are concerned, and for those of us who write more graphic content (typically sex or violence) stations like HBO, Showtime, and Starz are the way to go.
Second Round
With the second day I decided to focus on more career focused topics. I sat down at the "Everything You Need to Know About Finding and Using Critique Partners" table by Annie Sullivan whose advice helped me work up the nerve to ask a few of the other attendees if they'd like to work as critique partners.
The next two tables I went to where Jessica Sinsheimer's "Chat with an Agent" and Eric Smith's "Day in the Life of an Agent" to get advice on submitting queries and an insider look on what it might be like to pursue agenting as a career.
From Jessica the most helpful advice I received were the following. Organize your agent choices into three categories 1) Top Choice, 2) Middle Choice, and 3) Maybe/Low Choice. Send our your queries in rounds, assigning 5 agents to each category (and don't tell them which tier you categorized them in of course). This allows you a good sample size from which you can evaluate if something needs to change either in your query or manuscript before sending out submissions to more agents.
Don't query all you top choices in the first round, as you don't want to blow your chances with all of them with a bad query letter. As for how to write a good query letter, one of the best techniques you can take advantage of is having "query voice." Many query letters come across as flat, so reading a query letter where the agent can clearly hear the author's voice is a rare thing and is sure to get the agent's attention.
With Eric I learned about the process of working as an agent. A typical day starts with looking at the recently received queries and when something catches your eye a quick trip to the internet to investigate the writer further, looking for indicators in social media and throughout the web as to whether the writer is someone you would like to work with. Eric also talked about his early experiences as a new agent attending conferences in order to make connections with other professionals in the field, keeping up to date on industry news, and a horror story of the worst query letter he ever received.
Attending Workshops
As always one of the most enjoyable part of a convention is the opportunity to attend the various workshops and panels that run throughout the weekend.
Content Editing
In Jess Lourey's "Editing Your Novel: Quick and Dirty Tips to Superboost Your Writing" I got tips revising each scene to ensure it benefits the story with the ARISE method. Scenes that don't satisfy one of these needs are cut, while ones that only provide 1 one them are beefed up to include another category. Any scene with at least 3 is great, while scenes with only information fall flat.
When structuring the plot of your story you want to make sure that each scene is pushing the story forward, continuing to build suspense as the plot progresses. The stakes need to keep rising as one scene feeds into another. One thing to look for in order to evaluate the story progress is this:
If the transitions between you story start with "and then" you're fucked.
Stories that lead with "and then" are boring, and don't really go anywhere. Try to write scenes where the transition is "because" or "and therefore/but this happened." These transitions focus more on causation between each beat and help to drive the story forward as well as build suspense.
Line Editing
Jess also suggested techniques for line editing (once your manuscript is complete and you've finished content editing) such as the benefits of reading out loud yourself versus having other people read it out loud. Reading it yourself will help you catch clunky writing, shifting tone, and grammar errors, while having someone else read it will give you a better indicator if your writing is accomplishing what you want. If the reader stumbles over a spot, then the tone of the moment may not be clear and probably isn't achieving the desired effect. For any kind of editing make sure you get the perspective of multiple readers.
Live Tweeting from the Panels
Perhaps the most useful technical skills I learned at the Midwest Writers Workshop was finally figuring out the methods behind live tweeting at events. I've seen other writers make use of this technique to build platform and social media presence while providing interesting and useful highlights of live events (especially panels) but honestly didn't feel like I had any clue how do to it myself.
In class our teacher had encouraged us to give this a shot when guest speakers came to present their knowledge, but I always felt lost trying to figure out how and it just kind of never happened, but as it always seems to turn out with me, something I thought was scary or intimidating or just plain confusing actually turned out rather easy. I quickly started to pick up this skill at the All Agent Panel Q&A with Eric Smith, Jessica Sinsheimer, Monica Odom, Brooks Sherman, Jennifer Laughran, and Roseanne Wells, on Friday morning, and began to refine the skill after sneaking into the tail end of the Diversity is Not a Trend Panel Saturday with Monica Odom, Becky Albertalli, Angie Thomas, Brooks Sherman, Ashley Ford, and Terri Bischoff.
Both of these panels provided a host of inspiring, hilarious, and wildly useful information, much of which was easy to convert into tweet and certainly worth sharing. It was a bit of a struggle at first, trying to find a way to summarize what the panelists had said while still keeping their voice and the importance of what they said. Sometimes I could direct quote, with a specific line that perfectly summed up what they had just said, and other times I would have to summarize a part of it to fit the character limit.
One technique I learned from other live Tweeters I saw was to quote my own tweets by ending the previous with /# so readers could follow the whole quote in order when it seemed imported to provide the whole quote exactly as the panelist spoke it.
While live Tweeting certainly has benefits for building an author's platform the thing I love most about it is the opportunity to record the memories in a way that will both help me remember these amazing experiences as well as share the ideas and voices of the panelists for those who couldn't be there. It's exciting to think that years down the road I can look back on those Tweets and remember the time I spent at Midwest Writers Workshop 2017 and all of the amazing, wonderful, and inspiring people I met there.
For more information on the Midwest Writers Workshop you can visit their website or follow them on Facebook or Twitter.
Also for Tweets, photos, advice and more take a peak at some of the fun that occurred over the weekend check out these memories recorded by various participants and compiled by MidwestWriters Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3.
The experiences I had this summer helping with the Midwest Writers Workshop are some of the best moments of my college career. As a senior looking to graduate next spring sadly I may not be around for the next MWW but I sincerely hope I have the opportunity to attend this wonderful conference again and with any hope I will see you all next year for #MWW18!


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- Small strongyles (adults and fourth-stage larvae), Pinworms (adults and fourth-stage larvae)
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- Hairworms (adults)
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I can't even pinpoint what it is about going to the airport when you feel like this, but it helps.
We got drinks and sat leaning back in our chairs with our feet up against the windows, talking about where we would go if we could go. I didn't even have to think about it, because I always always always pick New York.
It's like a place that doesn't exist in real life. I've seen all these movies and watched all these TV shows and heard all these songs about it; I know of its million fictitious residents (Kevin McAllister! Kramer! Phoebe! Spiderman!); I need to go there and confirm in my head that it's a real place and sit in Central Park and walk around Manhattan and take a taxi...somewhere. And then it'll be like I'm a part of the stories too.
Anyway. 2013 seems to be a year of dreams coming true, because I'm heading there on Monday. My little sister is performing off Broadway and the troupe is bringing me along to do hair and make-up and prop-finding and all that. I'm exhilarated out of my mind.
I know a lot of you have been to NYC: what are the things I need to do while I'm there? I'm very open to suggestions. Very very.
{brilliant skyline sketch from here}


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In my first article on this fascinating subject (November 6, 2007 - The Advocate, Greenwich Times I shared with readers the documented benefits of this popular modality - Reflexology. Originally trained as a scientist, for the past ten years I have been practicing and teaching my beloved profession - Reflexology.
I was always interested how it actually works. There are several theories and over 50 books written on the subject of Reflexology. In this article I would like to talk about some of these theories.
First of all, let us define the word reflex. A reflex is involuntary response to stimulus, more accurately it is the reflex action of an organ, gland or muscle reached by energy current initiated by a stimulus. Reflexes are specific, predictable and purposeful.
Russian Dr. Vladimir Bekhterev first introduced the word Reflexology to the medical community in 1907. This ancient art can be traced back to Egypt, China and India. There is a lot of detailed information that can be found on the subject in "Reflexology: Art, Science & History" written by a colleague and friend, Christine Issel, world-renowned Reflexology advocate. Dr. William FitzGerald, a Connecticut physician, a head of the Nose and Throat Department of St. Francis Hospital In Hartford, CT, 1909, did significant input into modern application of Reflexology. He mapped out various areas on hands, feet and over joints, which upon pressure would provide the pain relief at distant points. In 1917 he wrote in his book "This science I have named zone therapy"
"Reflexology is a wholistic energy based discipline within complimentary medicine, which works through energies of the nervous, chemical, electrical and magnetic systems of the body by application of pressure to reflexes found on the feet, hands and ears" – description was offered by Christine Issel at the International Council of Reflexologists' conference in Australia last year.
Medical studies dating back to the18th century conclusively proved a neurological relationship between internal organs though neurological pathways on the skin to the brain. In 1932 Sir Charles Sherrington and Edgar Adrian won the Nobel Prize for their work on the physiology of the nervous system. Adrian also discovered that electrical intensity of the nerve impulse depends on the size of the nerve. Our feet are particularly abundant with nerve endings. Studies have shown that chemicals in the form of hormones and endorphins are released to the blood when pressure is applied to specific points on the body. Traditional Chinese Medicine originated 5,000 years ago is based on belief that our body is complex energy system that uses energy channels, called meridians to move Body Fluids, Blood, and Qi. The feet and hands have starting and ending points of these meridians.
The final concept I would like to introduce is the bio-holographic theory, a new branch of biology that studies the correlation in biological properties between the parts and the whole, for example every cell contains the DNA blueprint of the entire body. Similarly we can apply that feet, hands and ears are microcosms of the whole body.
Discussing the mechanism of action in any touch therapy dictates the recognition of the effect on all aspects of human beings – body, mind, soul and spirit. The healing process in this regard is still a mystery, no matter how much we have already learned and proved through scientific experiments and findings.
Reflexology is a wholistic healing technology, valuable part of emerging dynamic Energy Medicine field.
I invite you to experience it yourself.


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Luckily they all ship to the UK!