SARATOGA SPRINGS At Putnam Market, cheese is revered in fact, it even has its own climate-controlled room.

The gourmet market on Broadway recently completed construction of a special cheese room, a glass-enclosed tasting space designed to maintain an optimal temperature and humidity for the stores wide variety of cheese.

The key thing for me is that it was designed for our customers, said Cathy Hamilton, co-owner of the store.

The display of cheese wheels and slices behind thermal-glass walls looks almost like an exhibition, but Hamilton welcomes shoppers through the glass door to interact with the merchandise.

Its not a cheese museum. Its a cheese-tasting space, she said, cutting a thin slice of Parrano a Gouda with a mild Parmesan-like flavor for sampling.

With a temperature between 50 and 55 degrees, the cheese room might be the coolest spot in the Spa City.

It opened just in time for summer. You can come in here and stand in a refrigerated room and actually taste stuff, Hamilton said.

Experienced staff members brave the chill to provide customers with samples of choices like Brie de Meaux sometimes call the king of cheeses or Manchego a firm cheese with a buttery texture made from sheeps milk.

From Midnight Moon to PsycheDILLic, the inventory is meant to be enticing.

Its a process for people. They can actually get involved, and the staff makes it more enjoyable, Hamilton said.

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19-06-2012 10:05 Cathy from Needham, Massachusetts, is very pleased with her family's remodeled kitchen and family room addition. Award-winning Tibma Design designed and built a new kitchen and added a spacious family room to their Cape Cod style house that gives an open and airy feeling that she and her family love.

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18-06-2012 12:03 603-767-8834 Contact Stephanie Hamel today! Complete design from space planning to paint and wallcovering to furniture selection. Hamel House Design does everything from window treatments to home staging. We pride ourselves on our attention to detail and listening to clients' needs. Comfortable, Personal, Beautiful. Contact me today and find out how I can help you.

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Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) June 19, 2012

Phoenix home remodeling company, Republic West Remodeling, announced it is half-way through a complex home remodeling project. The entire project is scheduled to last eight weeks with a budget exceeding $120,000.

Purchasing the home three months ago, the homeowner immediately began planning a complete upgrade. The new design needed to reflect the homeowners unique and artistic tastes. In addition, the home is being designed around ease of accessibility. New features include an outdoor patio and many addition upgrades to match homeowner tastes.

What makes this remodel unique is the willingness and effort to adjust the project at each phase, in many cases revising the design and changing what the customer would like on a step by step basis, said Jim Weisman, owner of Republic West Remodeling, a leading Phoenix home remodeling company. The ability to meet these demands and still control time and cost is extremely difficult to do, but necessary to make sure we deliver what our customer wants.

Ongoing communication with the homeowner has allowed us to stay within budget and schedule, continued Weisman. Although its been a challenge to plan ahead, our construction team remains on target as adjustments are made.

Because the design direction is not fully established, Republic West Remodeling must adjust the project scope on a regular basis. The home currently contains a large number of expensive furnishings. The company must protect and move these furnishings to accomplish project tasks. In addition, Republic West Remodeling coordinates with the homeowners fixture, furnishing, painting and media center vendors to ensure the project is delivered within schedule.

For more information on Republic West Remodeling, visit http://www.republicwestremodeling.com.

About Republic West Remodeling Republic West Remodeling is a leading specialist of home improvement in Phoenix, offers the highest quality home remodeling services including kitchens, bathrooms, room additions and outdoor living spaces. Jim Weisman founded the company in 2011 after co-founding Republic West in 1995. The belief from the beginning was that ethical standards, honest communication, quality work performed by company employees and a low key education and design driven sales approach was what the customer yearned for.

Republic West Remodeling is an operationally driven company that utilizes various disciplines, processes and procedures to help insure that it can deliver what is promised and is careful to only promise what it can control.

Learn more about Republic West Remodelings home remodeling services in Arizona and the Phoenix Metro area by visiting the companys website.

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18-06-2012 09:24 The layout and appearance of your home can truly shape your day-to-day lifestyle. If it's time to give your property an update, turn to the professionals at Fabrizios Remodeling & Renovation LLC. As an established home remodeling firm in Fayetteville, our goal is to transform your home so that it meets your functional and aesthetic needs. When you hire Fabrizios Remodeling & Renovation LLC for your upcoming home remodeling project, you'll get access to our team of talented professionals. Our contractors take pride in their craft and enjoy using their experience to our customers' benefit. No matter the size or scope of your project, we'll take the time to discuss your home remodeling priorities, present you with options, and establish a budget and timeline for renovations so that there are no surprises along the way, Whether you're looking to update a single room in your home or desire more extensive renovations, our home remodeling contractors have the tools and skills necessary to complete your project on time and to your total satisfaction. To set up an on-site consultation, call us today! 12538123 Home, House, Remodeling, Remodel, Repair, Renovation, Rogers, Crawford, Washington, Arkansas, KFSM

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Approaching Chris Ridgway's house a few blocks from the ocean in Half Moon Bay, visitors naturally slow down to soak in all the fantastical details.

The curvy roof dips and then rises in a parabola over the front door. A nine-sided living room topped by a cupola opens into the back garden. The yard is a riot of color, as poppies, nasturtiums, geraniums, roses and more summer bloomers compete for attention. Even the custom-made gutters, which undulate with the roof, have a swirly, wavelike pattern on them.

"The house is meant to be organic, in a sense," says Ridgway, an architect who designed and built this house over a three-year period. "I'm often inspired by nature."

That's why, in the nearly round living room that is the focal point of his home, all the windows and the two sets of double-doors open fully to the south-facing yard, and there are potted geraniums and a bougainvillea in the room, mirroring the ones just outside. An apple tree and a plum tree in the garden are espaliered above the windows and will show off their fruit in summer.

"I didn't have a great view, but I wanted to create my own, a view into the garden and into the sky," Ridgway says.

That sensibility about the presence of nature is one that draws many residents to Half Moon Bay and keeps them there contented. The town recently was named in Coastal Living magazine's "America's Happiest Seaside Towns" list, which took into account beach towns' weather,

But Half Moon Bay, a San Mateo County town of about 13,000 people that's known for its flower-growing industry and pumpkin festival, is not exactly one of those sun-baked-beaches-and-balmy-nights kind of seaside towns. Like much of the Northern California coastline, it frequently features fog and chill, even -- and sometimes especially -- in summer.

Nonetheless, many longtime residents say they love life in Half Moon Bay.

Jeri Dansky, a Half Moon Bay resident for more than 20 years and editor of the local magazine CoastViews, says locals love the weather, being close to the ocean and the small-town feel of downtown Half Moon Bay.

"We're close to Silicon Valley and San Francisco, but still a world apart," she says. "There are lots of people involved in high tech, but many who aren't -- lots of artists, for example."

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Children at the nonprofit Kids In Distress have an expertly designed activity center, courtesy of the Lifetime TV show "Designing Spaces: Spaces of Home A Labor of Love."

At the unveiling on Friday, a stampede of excited kids poured through a single front door. It was the first time they were allowed to see the changes.

About 60 children ran from room to room, yelling in astonishment at the computer room, lounge, reading room and other enhancements.

One of the children's favorite space was the art room, a brightly lit room with a desk, supplies and clotheslines where they can hang their pieces of artwork.

"I feel I can come in here and create," said Destiny, 10.

Eleven-year-old Ian shared Destiny's excitement.

"This room used to be full of art supplies, but now it's beautiful," Ian said, "We don't like, we love."

Kids In Distress declined to provide children's last name to protect their privacy.

The show, produced by Pompano-based O2 Media, Inc., travels through the country remodeling houses. Once a year the show chooses local organizations and designs much needed spaces. Along with sponsors, the show donates time, expertise, furniture and materials.

Last year, "Designing Spaces" remodeled a wing at Joe DiMaggio's Children's Hospital in Hollywood, adding an area for families, a music room and a kids' area, said Lysa Liemer, vice president of programming and creator of the show.

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Children at the nonprofit Kids In Distress have an expertly designed activity center, courtesy of the Lifetime TV show "Designing Spaces: Spaces of Home A Labor of Love."

At the unveiling on Friday, a stampede of excited kids poured through a single front door. It was the first time they were allowed to see the changes.

About 60 children ran from room to room, yelling in astonishment at the computer room, lounge, reading room and other enhancements.

One of the children's favorite space was the art room, a brightly lit room with a desk, supplies and clotheslines where they can hang their pieces of artwork.

"I feel I can come in here and create," said Destiny, 10.

Eleven-year-old Ian shared Destiny's excitement.

"This room used to be full of art supplies, but now it's beautiful," Ian said, "We don't like, we love."

Kids In Distress declined to provide children's last name to protect their privacy.

The show, produced by Pompano-based O2 Media, Inc., travels through the country remodeling houses. Once a year the show chooses local organizations and designs much needed spaces. Along with sponsors, the show donates time, expertise, furniture and materials.

Last year, "Designing Spaces" remodeled a wing at Joe DiMaggio's Children's Hospital in Hollywood, adding an area for families, a music room and a kids' area, said Lysa Liemer, vice president of programming and creator of the show.

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The desire for constant connection among the Millennial workforce is exactly the characteristic most valuable for businesses that operate globally. Having a workforce that delights in instantaneous communication, that is always on and always reaching out to new social contacts, can furnish a tremendous competitive advantage to businesses today.

While the Millennial generation hoards the headlines that declare the latest trends in technology and their applications to the workplace, it's worth remembering that it was the Baby Boomers who put the "e" in email, e-learning and e-commerce . The foundations of the Digital Era that forever changed the way we work, shop, learn and play were built by innovators born from the mid-1940s through the 1950s.

The past half century has been a period of building great businesses founded on technology- driven processes that run by the clock and the calendar. In the new millennium, however, technology has been redefined -- as has the employee. It's no coincidence that employees entering the workforce today wear no wristwatch and carry no calendar in their wallet.

As the great entrepreneurs of the Boomer generation flock to retirement resorts, the great innovators of Gen Y move into their positions, a joyously different breed of human being in a corporate landscape where Millennials seem strange to management and managers seem hopelessly antiquated to their new employees.

Many organizations traditionally have tracked progress and success in terms of hours billed, rates charged, quantities delivered or facilities expanded. Millennials, on the other hand, can't grasp the concept of a "clock watcher." For the most part, they do not distinguish between work hours and personal hours -- it's all one life for Millennials.

That's because they carry the digital devices they use at home into their work. Their preference is to work whenever and wherever they are most productive, and technology has allowed them to succeed in that pursuit, with handheld devices that place an office full of capabilities in their pocket. The BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) phenomenon is creating security headaches for IT staff, but it's helping 21st century companies experience their own boom.

Millennials shun museum pieces like land lines, conference room calendars, time sheets and "The 6:00 News." Rather, they thrive on instant messaging, Skype and Kinect, social networks and texts. More than any previous generation, they are totally comfortable with talking to strangers and colleagues half a world away -- they probably already are friends on Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) or followers on Twitter.

Social networks, furthermore, provide a communications path for a generation who could care less about privacy issues and readily declare and share every aspect of their lives, from breakfast to business proposals.

"Communicating" is not a function or activity for Millennials -- it's an environment. It's just always present, always available, and always necessary. These workers may never have heard a dial tone. They grew up with a mobile phone on their belt and at their ear.

These are the students who drove English teachers nuts with insertions like "IMHO" and "LOL" throughout their compositions. They are the first generation in a century not to plead with parents to take them to the Department of Motor Vehicles on their 16th birthday -- and to buy them a car, as well. These young adults live the majority of their lives in the virtual world, and they don't need to drive to stores, to movie theaters or even to schools. It's all "e- vailable" to them on that device in their pocket.

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