The concept of extending living space into the outdoors is a popular option in many Florida luxury custom homes. With or without a pool, most Florida custom homes are designed with some feature intended to take advantage of the subtropical climate of Florida. While the benefits are obvious - balmy breezes, colorful and richly scented flora, water- and weatherproofed furnishings built for relaxation - there are a couple of drawbacks to letting the outdoors in and they have given rise to an industry - screening. Bugs and debris are a fact of life for the Florida homeowner. ...

Brand fans are invited to enter the contest by December 20, 2012 via an online entry form. Then follow Therafit on Pinterest and create up to five boards from the starting point of the "Pin to Win Deborah" board. Entrants must choose their favorite Therafits to use as their board inspiration, use specific hash tags and titles deemed for the contest, and be sure that their pins total a worth of up to $400 (not including the pair of $95 Therafit shoes). The board with the most repins wins a free pair of Therafits, as well as up to $400 to purchase the items on their ...

REsource, formerly known as Realty Market Update, announces the expansion of product lines and availability of services to include Pennsylvania and New Jersey. REsource, a subscription-based real estate market information and analysis service, provides charts, statistics and customizable newsletters to real estate brokers and agents. Real estate agencies rely on REsource to provide crucial information to potential buyers and sellers, including pricing, historical sales, market time, inventory and much more data by town, county, state, and sub-market. All reports and ...

VingCard Elsafe, the global leader in hospitality security and part of the ASSA ABLOY Group, proudly announces that Prague's most glamorous hotel has selected RFID security technology among its launch amenities. One Room Hotel—located 66 meters above the ground in Prague's tallest building, Tower Park Prague—opened in October as one of the world's most exclusive hotel destinations and the most sought-after guestroom in the Czech Republic. As its name suggests, One Room Hotel is a single suite of 6-star quality that commands a breathtaking view of Prague's historic Zizkov ...

Sonia Lee makes no bones about the growing need for recovery. "Everyone is recovering from something," she shares with audiences explaining her musical calling to writing and performing recovery music. We all need help sometimes. Lee's music encourages, inspires, and shines the light of darkness. Butterfly is a 13-song collection of original songs that gently invite the listener to make subtle movement toward positive change. Holding up the metaphoric mirror, this musical collection reminds us that mistake, change, and bootstrap pick-me-ups are inevitable. ...

Mail order holiday money company, Travel FX, has earned an impressive 34th spot in the Sunday Times Fast Track 100 unveiled this weekend. The North London broker has shown a compound annual growth rate of 91.86% over the last three financial years - all the more impressive as they set up in 2008 at the start of Britain's longest post-war recession. Travel FX Co-Founder, Graham Tennant, speaks of the achievement, "It's quite something to appear in the top half of such a prestigious league table but it reflects the hard work and effort put in by all our staff and ...

CHOKEGrip today announced the launch of their first product, "CHOKEGrip Baseball," at the annual Baseball Winter Meetings. CHOKEGrip Baseball is the first fully adjustable, lightweight and durable choke-up device that provides athletes an unmatched level of precision, grip, control and confidence in their swing. "Choking up is a method of batting proven to facilitate faster swing and stride times without compromising the velocity or control of the bat," said Brad Hogan, CHOKEGrip co-founder. "This practice increases the hitter's chance of making ...

Campbell Law School (http://law.campbell.edu) has announced that Ashley H. Story has joined the Campbell Law School Board of Visitors. The board assists the dean, faculty, and leadership in developing and evaluating strategic planning efforts and launching new initiatives. The group also serves as a sounding board to review ideas, while helping to develop and foster important relationships throughout the legal and business community, nonprofit organizations, higher education, and government agencies in an effort to enhance all aspects of the law school. Story, a 1982 ...

The Chef's Academy (http://www.thechefsacademy.com), the Culinary Division of Harrison College, a 110-year-old, nationally accredited institution that offers 40 degree programs in five schools of study, has announced that it will host "Brunch With Santa" from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 15 at 644 E. Washington St. The open house event will showcase The Chef's Academy's facilities, as well as provide attendees with a delicious brunch, raffle drawings and more. Santa Claus will be on hand to spread holiday cheer and take pictures with attendees. A ...

i2. Integrated Intelligence, Inc. (http://i2trustedadvisors.com), a Raleigh-based consulting firm that advises and equips CEOs and senior leaders with the leadership, passion and tools to optimize the integration of human capital and business intelligence, has announced that co-creator Willy Stewart will speak at the 2012 Design Your Own Continuing Education lecture series, to be held from Thursday, Dec. 13 to Friday, Dec. 14. The lecture series, which is tailored to meet the needs of design and construction industry professionals, will take place at the McKimmon Conference ...

The ICEHOTEL is one of the world's most famous hotels to be made entirely from snow and ice. It lays claim to being the first of its kind, accommodating guests since 1992, and it is currently the largest in the world, attracting thousands of visitors every year. One of the things that Lapland is most renowned for is the Northern Lights, which ripple across the skies every winter between October and April. These phenomena are the inspiration behind the Northern Lights suite at the ICEHOTEL, which is new for the 2012/2013 period. Christened 'Diamond Genesis,' art suite ...

Royal Oaks Homes, LLC (http://www.royaloakshomes.com), an award-winning residential new homebuilder, has announced that as a supporter of Operation: Coming Home, a nonprofit organization providing custom-built homes to disabled combat veterans, it will join partners Triangle Veterans Association, Home Builders Association of Raleigh-Wake County (HBA), and Lexington Plantation, among others, in presenting U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Richie Chavis and his family with a new home Monday, Dec. 10. The home, located in Cameron, N.C., in Royal Oaks Homes' Lexington Plantation, is the ...

Gazetteer Specialists Aligned Assets are pleased to announce the next date for their ever-popular 'Law of Street Naming and Numbering' training course. The only course of its kind in the UK, it will be held at Conway Hall in London on Tuesday 29th January 2013 and will be instructed by James Richardson, a trained solicitor with over twenty years of local authority experience. Street naming and numbering is an essential component of local government, playing a crucial role in everything from the collection of council tax through to waste and recycling. The laws governing ...

William Peace University (http://www.peace.edu), a private four-year university located in downtown Raleigh, has announced that Bobby Marshall has been named as admissions counselor for the university's School of Professional Studies, which provides accelerated evening, weekend and online courses designed for nontraditional students. In his role, Marshall will be responsible for contacting prospective students for the School of Professional Studies programs, meeting with them individually to discuss their education plans and guiding them through the admissions process. ...

As an outcome of the acquisition, City & Guilds will also become part owners of Totara Learning Solutions, the open source learning technologies company that has developed Totara LMS, the custom version of Moodle for businesses. City & Guilds ambition is to create the world's leading workplace learning company, and the Totara partnership is a key component of that strategy. Chris Jones, Director General of City & Guilds commented "This is a really exciting development for the City & Guilds Group. At City & Guilds we believe a skilled workforce ...

vsJack, the only player vs player online blackjack game, has successfully launched using the Firebase platform from Cubeia Ltd, a software development company based in Stockholm, Sweden. vsJack is a variation on blackjack's basic rules where the players take turns being the dealer and play in real time against others. Cubeia Firebase enables vsJack's unique offering and Christian Andersson, CEO of Vooxn AB, the development company behind vsJack comments on the launch, "The decision to use Cubeia Firebase for our multiplayer gambling platform vsJack was a no-brainer. ...

Italian, American and Canadian collaborators, B.R.I.O., New Intelligentsia Online Cinemas and CNON.tv are co-producing an online broadcast of select films from the second Intimate Lens Ethnographic Film Festival Caserta 2012. The live festival, co-sponsored by B.R.I.O. and Bagaria will be held in Caserta, Italy, December 6-9, 2012. The online broadcast of eleven international films from the festival will show December 6-12, 2012 on CNON.tv. Tickets go on sale November 26, 2012; an $8.00 subscription buys access to all of the movies in the show for ten days. Early this ...

Verax Systems Corp., a provider of end-to-end integrated OSS/BSS and IT Management Solutions, announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Magpie Software. As part of the agreement Magpie Software is licensed to provide Verax Systems OSS/BSS and IT Management Suite products and components to its growing telecommunications and enterprise customer segments. Solutions delivered by Verax Systems provide a comprehensive set of integrated applications covering the entire lifecycle of IT & Telco services providing Magpie Software customers with the tools ...

All-Pro Science, Inc. (APS) donated all-natural nutritional supplement products on behalf of M.D. Jennings, valued at $1,000 to Calhoun City High School's football program as part of an APS' TEAMAPS athlete promotion. All Pro Science has donated to Orange County high schools in the past, such as Buena Park and Santa Margarita in order to promote healthy supplements to student-athletes. APS donated multiple boxes of its Collegiate Compliant RECOVERY supplement powder and APS shaker cups for each player. The TEAMAPS donation program was designed to educate student-athletes ...

STX Golf, world-renowned as an industry pioneer in putter innovation with its patented Soft Face Insert Technology, announced today that the company has developed a "Holiday" Facebook Promotion which will begin on Friday, November 30, 2012. According to STX Director of Golf Steve Henneman, "We are extremely excited about this campaign. Those who participate in this social media contest and win -- will be among the first to receive a new 2013 Pitch Black Putter by STX." Five Pitch Black Putters will be given out for the STX "Holiday" Facebook ...

Underground Leads, a subsidiary of Underground Elephant, which provides insurance agents with high-quality, actionable leads, has announced its partnership with Contactability.com. Contactability, a subsidiary of Cyber Technology, connects businesses with prospects through its web-based automation tool. Together, Underground Leads and Contactability are committed to helping insurance agents; on a national level connect with more qualified leads to increase the amount of insurance policies written on a daily basis. Underground Leads and Contactability will be supporting ...

Ventana Research has released its latest benchmark research on operational intelligence, a category of technology that provides event and real-time based information and metrics for business and IT. The research was conducted to investigate how organizations use real-time operational and event data to make better, faster decisions and respond more effectively to innovate and gain competitive advantage. With proper use and application, operational intelligence can result in reduced risk, streamlined operations and support actions to be taken and decisions to be made ...

The e-commerce website Swimtown Pools now carries the new and improved s350 pool lift from Global Lift Corporation. Upgrades include certification for a 375 pound maximum capacity and a key lockout safety system that now comes standard on the model. Swimtown Pools, a source for swimming pool and spa supplies and accessories, also carries the entire line of Global Lift Corp. lifts. Global Lift Corp. is an ISO certified company and their products are manufactured in the United States. "Considering the amount of positive feedback we receive on Global Lift products, ...

Massage Masters School (MMS) introduces its Massage Mastery Certification program, a 100-hour course, which upon successful completion will enable students to become fully certified, recognised and legally accredited massage therapists.   Massage Masters School is among the top, most well-recognised and respected holistic massage therapy schools in Australia with additional locations throughout New Zealand, England, Scotland, Wales and South Africa.  Since their inception in 1997, Massage Masters School has trained thousands of highly satisfied and successful massage ...

Commercial mortgages are a useful and beneficial provision for business growth and development. These mortgages are available for investors, sole proprietorship business modules or partnerships and different types of companies as well. As independent brokers of commercial mortgages, the mortgage facilities provided by KISFinance are highly competitive and designed to meet your needs. The mortgages have flexible repayments and the terms run from a period of 3 years to 30 years, which is a great timeline. The mortgage amounts are also quite well laid out and range from ...