Eclipse Shutters Suggests Plantation Shutters as Insulation for the Summer and Winter

    NORCROSS, GA, August 05, 2013 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Summer is here, and it is bringing with it scorching hot temperatures. Although your home may be well insulated, it still has one weak spot: the windows. Your windows may be letting in more of the summer heat and winter chills than you realize. Short of bricking over your windows, installing plantation shutters on your windows is the only real way to insulate them so that they stop letting in the heat and cold.

Eclipse Shutters believes that indoor shutters for windows are the most practical and most stylish way to ensure that your windows do not become a climate control issue. For centuries, these beautiful indoor window coverings have been helping families to keep their homes at a pleasant temperature in both summer and winter. They work well when paired with modern heating and air conditioning, keeping outside air from coming in and inside air from going out through the windows.

"Most windows in our homes are made from single-paned glass, and they often do not fit perfectly as our houses settle with age," says Shannon Hodges, Director of Marketing at Eclipse Shutters. "These vulnerabilities let outside temperatures come in and disrupt your air conditioning and heating efforts. We feel that the best way to block outside air is to cover your windows completely with plantation shutters."

Plantation interior shutters are custom fit to the exact dimensions of your windows, so you will never experience a crack that might weaken their insulating powers. Learn more about plantation shutters and Eclipse Shutters at http://www.eclipseshutters.com.

About Eclipse Shutters:

Eclipse Shutters is an Atlanta-based custom shutter provider with a network of licensed fabricators around the country. Their company has grown to become one of the largest manufacturers of tailor-made plantation shutters in North America. Eclipse Shutters was established in 1992 and offers customers fast delivery and a 25-year warranty.

For more information, visit http://www.eclipseshutters.com.

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Miller Homes' Summer of Sport Initiative Off to a Flying Start

    EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, August 08, 2013 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Miller Homes' fantastic Summer of Sport initiative is now well underway, and clubs and teams across the country have been coming forward in their droves for a chance to win GBP500.

On the back of a successful pilot scheme run last summer, the leading UK house builder is urging local clubs and organisations within its eight regional areas to enter the contest by collecting an application form from their local Miller Homes development.

To be in with a chance of winning, entrants have to say in no more than 200 words why their sports club deserves to win the money, how it will benefit the club and what it will be spent on. Closing date for entries is Sunday 1st September, and Sunday 15th September for Scotland.

Chris Endsor, Chief Executive of Miller Homes, said: "When it comes to supporting local communities, we are always keen to get involved - particularly if our support will provide opportunities for education, sport or development. Building great communities is at the heart of our ethos, and we believe that initiatives such as our Summer of Sport campaign go a long way towards nurturing these.

"Our judges will be looking for examples of how the sporting clubs in our communities will make the most out of our donation, for details of how it will directly support the learning and fitness for its members and examples of what new equipment they will be able to buy.

"We strongly encourage anyone with an affiliation to a sports team or club to have a go, and wish all entrants the very best of luck."

Details of the initiative have been distributed at a local level among sports clubs and associations; however community leaders and club managers can still pick up an entry form at any one of Miller Homes' marketing suites across the country.

Miller Homes operates in the following eight regional areas: North West of England, North East of England, Yorkshire, East Midlands, West Midlands, Southern, Scotland East and Scotland West.

To find your nearest Miller Homes development, please visit the Miller Homes website.

About Miller Homes:

- Miller Homes is part of The Miller Group. Since it was established in 1934, Miller Homes has built more than 100,000 homes across the UK, providing a variety of properties to meet the needs of a wide range of purchasers at all stages of the property ladder.
- Miller Homes operates in eight regions across the UK - Scotland East, Scotland West, North West, Yorkshire, North East, East Midlands, West Midlands and Southern.
- Miller Homes offers a variety of incentives, including government-backed schemes and its own schemes, to assist homebuyers in purchasing a new home.
- In 2013 Miller Homes was awarded five star rating in the National Home Builders Federation New Home Customer Satisfaction Survey and the results of independent research highlighted that 97% of its own customers would recommend Miller Homes to their best friend.
- Further information is available by visiting www.millerhomes.co.uk

For more information, please contact:

Marie Dunsmuir - Group Communications Manager
The Miller Group Ltd.
Tel: 0870 336 5084

Lesley Weir - Group Communications Officer
The Miller Group Ltd.
Tel: 0870 336 5010

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3 Summer Beach Reads for Compliance Professionals

The summer is my favorite season of the year. Some folks are winter-holiday people—not me. Those holidays are stressful: Secret Santas to deal with, law school exams to grade, and end-of-year bills to collect. Summer provides a chance to rest, enjoy the warm weather and mosquitos, and read a few new books on vacation. Many professionals like some light beach reading, but compliance professionals are always on the job—they need something more substantive.

CorpCounsel.com has you covered. Here are three books to load on your iPad or Kindle (or even in print!) that will help you relax productively on your vacation:

This is a well-written book that uses behavioral psychology to understand how logic can help offset the biases that exist in our intuition. For Kahneman, intuition is thinking fast and emotional—like our response to an image. Logic requires effort and thinking slow—like a math problem. The goal of Kahneman's book (recommended to me by forecasting pioneer Dr. Phil Tetlock) is to identify and understand errors in our judgment and choices with the hope that greater understanding will result in better decisions.

Kathneman won the Nobel prize in economics in 2002. His book is a must-read for compliance professionals to help them understand how we all make decisions. Understanding the biases in decision-making helps compliance professional develop a more robust compliance program designed to prevent and detect compliance failures and mitigate risks.

Simpler focuses on government regulation and cost-benefit analysis. Sunstein is a Harvard Law School professor who was head of the White House’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs from 2009-2012. In his book, Sunstein advocates for a system of regulatory Moneyball in which regulators focus on probable empirical outcomes of regulations, as opposed to soft inputs such as perceived reactions of various constituencies.

Sunstein compares this system of regulation to Billy Beane, the Oakland Athletics manager who, in Michael Lewis’s Moneyball, famously used statistics in big-league baseball as opposed to relying solely on scouting reports. Not only is Sunstein's book easy to read, but for compliance professionals trying to navigate the minefield of government regulations and enforcement, Sunstein's book provides a refreshing path towards efficient and more user-friendly regulation.

The author recounts his difficult journey to becoming a writer after he left college football at Louisiana State University and the strong sense of community and pride he felt as an LSU player. Bradley is a noted sports writer and former lineman for LSU. The traits that Bradley shows us in the LSU football team—pride, hard work and sacrifice, commitment, and putting the team before the individual—are applicable to any organization. Compliance begins with a strong culture, and what better way to find out about creating a culture of leadership than to look inside of Tiger Stadium (Death Valley)? To love Bradley’s book, you don’t have to like football—just honest writing.

Ryan McConnell is a partner at Morgan Lewis and former federal prosecutor. He teaches both corporate compliance and criminal procedure at the University of Houston Law Center. He is counting down the days until the college football kickoff. Send your summer reading suggestions to him at rdmcconnell@uh.edu.

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BlackBerry Q10 Coming to U.S. This Summer

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Strong summer sales lift hopes for autumn

LEADING Gold Coast agents and property experts are predicting bumper sales in the traditionally quieter autumn selling season as momentum continues to build following a strong summer.

Autumn is often referred to in the industry as a shoulder period, a period that falls between the peak and low seasons, but agents are reporting increased buyer activity in the lead-up.

Ray White Broadbeach principal Larry Malan said many sellers who had been on the sidelines would decide to list over autumn.

"I think autumn is going to be a very strong season," he said.

"It seems to be that a lot of people were waiting to see what happened with the January auctions and because there had been such demand they have decided it is a good time to sell."

Mr Malan said his agency was seeing strong inquiries for the 22 properties it had going to auction over the Easter period.

He said most activity would be in the mid-range of properties priced between $400,000 and $800,000.

Ray White Broadbeach sold more than $23 million worth of property in the month of February.

Harcourt GC Central business owner Grant Stephens said inquiries for the Easter period were already strong, particularly from interstate buyers and workers in Queensland mines.

"Easter is going to be very, very good," Mr Stephens said. "Inquiries have already been excellent."

Mr Stephens said properties listed for less than $800,000 were "flying out the door" and positive indicators for the market had included multiple offers on the same property and a drop in the number of contracts falling over.

He said one property the agency was marketing on the Isle of Capri had four offers in five weeks.

"We can definitely see activity start to build again," he said.

"Normally we drift into autumn and it's a quieter period."

Professionals John Henderson Real Estate principal Andrew Henderson said he expected the momentum from summer to continue into autumn.

Mr Henderson, whose office had its best sales for five years during summer, said economic factors were more important than seasonal ones.

"There has not been the seasonal swings there have been in the past," he said. "It's more the economic factors that make a difference like low interest rates and people having stability in their employment.

"Sales have been a lot stronger and I don't think there's anything that will stop that other than a lack of stock."

Mr Henderson estimated 70 per cent of the buyers were owner-occupiers and this shift meant holiday investors (who look in summer and buy in the autumn) were not playing as active a role in the market as they had in the past.

He said sellers were also more influenced by the state of the market and not seasonal factors.

"The sellers we've been talking to have seen a few things moving and they think now is a good time to put their home on the market."

Colleen Coyne, of Colleen Coyne Property Research, said strong sales at the January auctions had provided a boost to confidence in the market which was ongoing.

"We had a strong take-up at the Ray White Surfers Paradise auctions in January and confidence is still there in the market and people are actively considering purchasing," Ms Coyne said. "I do not expect prices to fall much."

With interest rates expected to remain low, she said investors would be more confident.

"Timing is good for investment," she said. "Volumes have to pick up before we see price improvement."

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