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Mayoral Dermatology launches MayoralDerm.com, a new website featuring an interactive "Before and After" Cosmetic Dermatology patient gallery and blog dedicated to skin conditions. Miami, FL (PRWEB) June 13, 2013 Mayoral Dermatology announces the launch of MayoralDerm.com, a website showcasing one of South Florida's most prestigious cosmetic dermatologists, Dr. Flor A. Mayoral, and her staff of anti-aging cosmetology specialists. The Dr. Flor A. Mayoral has been providing...
The Stuart personal injury attorney says most slip, trips and falls at businesses and homes could be prevented by taking reasonable steps to ensure others’ safety. Stuart, FL (PRWEB) June 13, 2013 Stuart personal injury attorney Philip DeBerard, III, says the focus on preventing slips, trips and falls during National Safety Month aligns well with his firm’s mission to help slip-and-fall accident victims in cases where their injuries ultimately could have been prevented. “Many slip...
David Dunham Insurance shares pool safety tips for homeowners in light of the upcoming summer season. Palm Beach Gardens, Florida (PRWEB) June 13, 2013 David Dunham Insurance, a Florida insurance agency specialized in homeowners’ insurance solutions, is here to share pool safety tips with homeowners across the nation. No one should face a liability lawsuit during the best time of year—or anytime, for that matter. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website, the...
Patient Prompt® will demonstrate its innovative patient communication solution specifically designed to assist in A/R and Co-Pay Recovery at the upcoming HFMA 2013 Conference, in Orlando, Fl. The program will benefit enterprise and group practice healthcare organizations seeking a more effective and patient friendly way of reducing outstanding patient account receivables. Toronto, Ontario (PRWEB) June 13, 2013 Patient Prompt® will demonstrate how its advanced patient...
The NIKE Baseball Camps venture to the sunshine state to give campers additional opportunities to refine their skills in a premier environment where the pros have played and trained. San Rafael, CA (PRWEB) June 13, 2013 The NIKE Baseball Camps venture to the sunshine state to give campers additional opportunities to refine their skills in a premier environment where the pros have played and trained. There will be two weeks in June at Tiger Town in Lakeland, FL and one week in July at the...
WILL BUILD ITS ACTIVITIES AND SIZE AND PROMOTE THE REGION AS A MAJOR EMERGING TECH CENTER BOCA RATON, Fla., June 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The South Florida Technology Alliance (SFTA) (www.southfloridatech.org) announced today that it is "stepping up" to the opportunities and challenges created by the growth of the region's technology sector by launching a dramatically expanded agenda and a multi-year promotional campaign for what it says is "South Florida's great untold story." The...
New poster in English, Spanish and Creole available online JUNO BEACH, Fla., June 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- During National Safety Month, Florida Power & Light Company is making available a new power line safety poster to help businesses, laborers and the public stay safe while landscaping and doing other work outside homes and businesses. The poster is available to download in English, Spanish and Creole at the company's website page devoted to power line safety,...
SEFFNER, Fla., June 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Lazydays announces the appointment of David Witty to its executive management team. As Vice President of Services, Witty will lead all areas of the company's services business and oversee its Customer for Life initiative, which is focused on delivering on the company's promise to provide an industry-leading purchase and delivery experience to each and every customer. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130416/CL95972LOGO )...
Office debut shares spotlight with new company website redesign FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., June 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The walls are decorated with sparkling glass tile. The floors are covered with "tickled" pink and chocolate brown carpet. Chandeliers illuminate the hallways and offices, and the multi-line phone system display is on. After more than six months of design and construction, the new offices of Duree & Company, Inc. are officially open for business. After 13 years of...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., June 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Nova Southeastern University's Center for Consumer Health Informatics Research (CCHIR) has been designated by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a WHO Collaborating Center in Consumer Health Informatics. This represents the first such Collaborating Center designation by the WHO specific to consumer health informatics in the world. The CCHIR (pronounced see-ker, as in seeking knowledge and answers) is part of the Nova...
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The Florida black bear (Ursus americanus floridanus) is a subspecies of the American black bear. It once held a range that included Florida and southern areas of Georgia and Alabama. Today it occurs in these areas and in southern Mississippi, but its range is now fragmented. This species prefers a habitat within forested areas like sand-pine scrub, wetlands, oak scrub, and upland hardwood forests. This is the only species of bear to prefer a subtropical habitat. The Florida black bear...
Dry Tortugas National Park is located in the Gulf of Mexico in the United States. The park consists of a small chain of coral islands, comprising 64,701 acres, but only 104 acres of land. The islands are about seventy miles from Key West, Florida and comprise the far western portion of the Florida Keys. The first European explorer to visit the area was Juan Ponce de León, who named the islands the Tortugas after catching 160 sea turtles near them. The term “dry” is used to denote the...
Everglades National Park is located in the state of Florida in the United States. The park holds 1,508,538 acres of land and holds twenty percent of the original Everglades. This park is the third largest national park in the lower forty-eight states. The area was once inhabited by Native American tribes, like the Calusa and Tequesta peoples, and the Seminole people, a mixture of Creek people, escaped African slaves, and other Native Americans, known as the Seminole Nation. Most of this tribe...
Biscayne National Park is located in the southern area of Florida in the United States. The park holds 172,971 acres, of which ninety-five percent consists of water. Native Americans first inhabited the area when water levels were low in the Biscayne Bay. Evidence has been found in the area supporting the inhabitance of other Native Americans, like the Tequesta people, from at least 2,500 years ago. European settlement did not occur in the area until the 19th century, when farmers settled on...
David Walker was a United States Navy officer and a NASA astronaut. He was born David Mathieson Walker on May 20, 1944 in Columbus, Georgia and graduated from Eustis High School in Eustis, Florida in 1962. He then went on to attend the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland and received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1966. Upon graduation, he went through flight training in Florida, Mississippi, and Texas and was subsequently named a Naval Aviator in December 1967. His first...
