Long gone are the days of homeowners putting in new finishes and appliances in their home and calling it a successful remodel. A new consumer poll from the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) revealed 49 percent of homeowners consider outcome and design as the greatest determinant of project satisfaction. "Today's homeowners are smarter and more strategic when it comes to remodeling their homes," says NARI National President-Elect Michael Hydeck, MCR, CKBR, of Hydeck Design Build, Inc. "They want their design to cater perfectly to their lifestyles ...

Davis & Associates, CPA, a leading provider of accounting, payroll and tax services, is helping our local Cherokee County and City of Woodstock active law enforcement officers with their 2010 tax returns. Any active Cherokee County or City of Woodstock police officer can have their 2010 tax returns prepared by Davis & Associates, CPA for only $55.00. "Davis & Associates, CPA is committed to "serving those who serve and protect us", Mitchell Davis, CEO of Davis & Associates, CPA stated. "This is our way of giving back and to show our appreciation". "We are committed ...

Perspective Magazine, the global information leader for the timeshare and fractional industry, announces that American Airlines will be the Official Airline of the First Annual Global Networking Expo, GNEX 2011. Through the agreement with American Airlines, AVIS Rent a Car will also provide attendees with discounted rates for rental cars during the conference. American Airlines will provide a five percent discount on all conference airfares booked through a designated website, with delegates to use the special promotional code provided when the conference registration ...

Autism Care and Treatment Today (ACT Today!), a national nonprofit organization whose mission is provide awareness and access to effective treatment for children with autism, announces it will host the ACT Today! for Military Families 5k/10k Run and Family Festival, benefiting military children with autism on Saturday, April 2, 2011. The event will be held on Fiesta Island, in San Diego, California from 7am to 2pm. The community-wide event will feature a wheelchair race and runners and walkers of all levels, including those from the armed forces, celebrities, and local ...

"We are pleased to be able to assist patients in learning about common eye problems and conditions, types of eye surgery, as well as their treatment options," commented Doctor & Associates Medical Director Leslie Doctor, M.D. The new Doctor & Associates web site is designed to help educate patients so that they can play a more participative role in their eye care. Both the patient and the eye doctor are able to facilitate the entire patient care experience when patients thoroughly understand their eye conditions, treatment options and eye surgery options. "Today, ...

CBRadioBuyer.co.uk is now stocking the superb TTI TCB-550 Multi-Standard CB Radio, a mobile unit designed to be intuitive enough to be used at entry level while maintaining the excellent quality typical of a TTI radio. The TTI TCB 550 is TTI's entry level rig, and is a very capable mobile radio, packed with features. It is multi-standard which allows it to be used across Europe, and is an ideal starting point for a first time CB user. The TCB-550 transceiver is designed to have a good performance in any conditions that the transceiver operates, using a rugged build ...

Alteryx, LLC, is now demonstrating its powerful, new (.NET-based) web services technology by adding six web wizards to its popular DemographicsNow SaaS offering. These six new web wizards leverage best-practice demographic and spatial solutions easily developed in the Alteryx platform and made accessible using the same technology recently announced and demonstrated for the Windows Azure platform at the November Microsoft Professional Developers Conference. DemographicsNow.com is a SaaS (software as a service) subscription-based online service that gives novice and expert ...

An Ashland University professor suggests that New Year's resolutions should reflect healthy dietary intake philosophies instead of weight loss resolutions that usually focus on "giving up" certain foods. "As the New Year begins, now is the time to reflect on past successes as well as failures and develop some healthy philosophies related to dietary intake," said Dr. David Vanata, associate professor of Foods and Nutrition, and director of the dietetics program at Ashland University. "Developing guiding philosophies related to food will assist those interested in making ...

Home Partners, a metro Atlanta-based residential Real Estate services provider, announced today the launching of its "Appliance Repair San Francisco CA" service marketing campaign. Home Partners is located in Woodstock, Georgia, and manages residential real estate services entities including... Landlord2Landlord, a resident screening and rent recovery program; My Resident Portal, a multifamily community forum website; Apartment Call Centers, an office support, resident support, maintenance request and leasing assistant service; HPA Consultants, which analyzes an organization's ...

Task Trimmer has released the first publicly available, full version of its software product 'The Guide'. The Guide is an Intellectual Work Automation system for software companies, it is like a compass that guides software development activities to systematic and sensible directions. The Guide automates intellectual work, and is the next step in increasing software companies efficiency after already having excellent tools for developers, the most modern agile development methods are used, and the personnel is well trained. The Guide automates work that has never before ...

ZOMM, LLC (www.zomm.com), a global technology company and developer of the world's first Wireless Leash for cell phones, announces its selection as a finalist in the Bluetooth Special Interest Group's (SIG) 6th Annual Best of CES 2011 Awards. ZOMM is being recognized as one of the most innovative, Bluetooth-enabled devices of the year, and the category winners and overall winning product will officially be announced on Jan. 7, 2011. All new products and features will be on display at CES 2011 in the North Hall, Booth #1035C in the New Products Marketplace area. Using ...

The New York publisher announced that it will be reprinting and republishing How to Get Rich, one of the first personal finance books released in the US. First published by J.F. Spofford in 1888, How to Get Rich contains writings by Benjamin Franklin Butler, Henry Hardwick Faxon, Charles Alfred Pillsbury, Asa P. Potter, Phineas Taylor Barnum, Oliver Ames, Erastus Wiman, and Russell Sage. The book includes instructions for wealth creation from some of America's most notorious millionaires during the late 1800s, and the rules and concepts described in the book are still relevant ...

Recently voted 'Best Technical Graduate Recruiter' at the National Graduate Recruitment Awards 2010, FDM Group launches a new MSc in Applied Computer Science, which will help students looking for fast-track career progression as IT professionals. Graduates can begin applying now and the Group aim to recruit 1000 in 2011 as the UK's largest IT graduate employer. The FDM Master Class Programme enables FDM to continue recruiting some of the best graduates across the globe. Delivered in partnership with the University of Brighton, FDM is committed to tackling the IT skills ...

For the second year in succession, the first week in January sees the publication of corporate e-learning's 'top ten movers and shakers' - in three lists covering 'the world', 'Europe' and 'the UK'. Of the 31 names on the three lists (19 men and ten women), only two names appear on more than one list: Fabrizio Cardinali, of the Italy-based LCMS producer, eXact learning solutions, and Piers Lea, of the e-learning content specialists, LINE Communications. In terms of nationality, the USA has the largest representation on the 'World' list, closely followed by India; ...

Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, L.L.P. (CB&H) (http://www.cbh.com) has promoted five of its staff to management positions. April Adams has been promoted to senior manager. Troy Shadoin, Derek Glunz, Millie Shelton and Scott Anderson all have been promoted to the position of manager. Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, L.L.P. has been providing high-quality financial and management services to a diverse and successful client base for more than 60 years. CB&H, a certified public accounting and consulting firm, is ranked among the top 30 accounting firms in the country and is one of ...

The Diaconesse hospital is a medium-sized regional hospital located in Zeist in the Netherlands with outpatient clinics in Meppel, Steenwijk and Vollenhove. ONELAN digital signage was chosen as the best solution for communicating with patients and to control the flow of patients coming into the hospital. The hospital wanted to operate more efficiently; prior to the digital signage installation, it was a full time job for one nurse to manage the patient flow. In addition, Diaconesse wanted to make wayfinding around the hospital as straightforward as possible. The digital ...

Israel HiTech Ventures (www.IsraelHTV.com) announced today that it will be offering its first-ever cleantech- and renewable energy-focused tour to Israel. Israel HiTech Ventures is quickly emerging as the preeminent provider of exclusive, limited access tours for investors and other interested parties to Israel's most innovative and forward-thinking hi-tech, bio-tech and cleantech companies. The tour will be centered around the Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy International Conference and Exposition this February (http://renewable-energy-eilat.org/). Partnering with Israel ...

The Sagemont School, a college prep private school located in Broward County, Florida, has always been actively involved in community service projects. Their most recent project was raising money for a soccer field at Children's Harbor. Children's Harbor is a non-profit agency that provides residential services for foster children in a family-style setting. They also provide community based services for the prevention and intervention of child abuse and neglect. When the Pembroke Pines agency was unable to complete its new soccer field due to lack of funds, Sagemont students ...

Crestron today announced that its Sonnex 24X8 Multiroom Audio System is now shipping. Sonnex transmits 48 channels of uncompressed 24-bit HD audio long distances across a single shielded CAT5-type cable to up to 74 zones. Featuring a breakthrough all-in-one high-efficiency hardware design and exclusive single-wire digital bus technology, Sonnex substantially reduces the hardware and cabling requirements of traditional systems while delivering maximum power and sound quality. "The benefits of Sonnex to our custom installers are huge - never having to deal with speaker ...

Buying a car is a stressful and costly experience. I Find Any Car is an easy to use website aimed at making the car buying process stress free and at the same time save the client as much as 25%. ifindanycar (www.ifindanycar.com) is dedicated to making life easy for the car owner. A few simple questions and a customer will have the best price possible for any car available in the UK, from Audi to Volvo they are all selectable on the I Find Any Car Web site. Discounted Car Finders I Find Any Car will save all of its clients thousands of pounds on a host of vehicles. ...

Mike and Joan McVaugh, co-owners of Laboratory Testing Inc. and siblings, were named the 2010 "Champion Family Business Learning Community Builders" by the Delaware Valley Family Business Center. The award was presented to the co-owners of the materials testing, nondestructive testing and calibration laboratory at the Business Center's November meeting. As the 2nd recipients of this annual award, the McVaughs were recognized for having encouraged other family businesses to join them in preparing their next generation of family members for success. The McVaugh Family and ...

LG has released a monster and it has been christened as ( http://www.dialtosave.co.uk/mobile/lg/optimus+2x/ ) LG Optimus 2X. A high speed processor which is one of the first kinds is being used in this smart phone and it has a host of amazing features. Heart of LG Optimus 2x mobile phone beats with the help of dual core Tegra 2 processor which runs at a speed of 1 GHz, it has twice the power and twice the speed than most other smart phones. It is highly faster and smarter than most other smart phones which enables to perform multi task while on the move or at home or ...

Al Jude launched its "Sonbola" initiative in cooperation with The German Jordanian University, to motivate the youth to present their ideas and encourage them to participate in the ideation process. The goal of the initiative is to encourage the university's youth on scientific thinking and to generate as much constructive thinking as possible, which is achievable in our society by thinking of achieving more with less. Mr. Khaled Sadeddin, Meydan Managing Director, said, "We seek through this initiative to penetrate the young men and women through their universities ...

For people lucky enough to get to spend time in Paris, a new "Paris Food Markets" iPhone app will soon be available at the App Store. Most people associate Paris with great restaurants, museums, hotels, cafes and parks, but they may not realize that the city also houses a great number of wonderful food markets, as well. For first time visitors to the "City of Gastronomie," or even seasoned travelers who have been to Paris many times, a visit to the food markets is an essential part of their exposure to the famous French "Art of Living." Some of the markets are close ...

The ink is formulated to permit use as a first-down white for subsequent over-printing by letterpress and litho as well as screen inks or varnishes. "White inks for screen printing normally include silicone compounds to enhance ink flow out and surface evenness," says Technical Manager, Chris Price. "However, silicon additives often make it difficult to over-print with other processes such as letterpress, litho, flexography or varnishes. Our new white formulation means that customers will be able to successfully over print on a wider range of processes and materials." Optimised ...