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Learn More About Health & Healthcare

This segment encourages women to use available education and tools online to better manage health and health care costs for themselves and their families

Protecting your Investments to reach Retirement Goals

This segment talks about "Rebuilding Your Nest Egg with Less Risk" as a part of the My Money series. While equity options can be an effective tool for investors, education is key.

Our host Kristy goes on location to meet the outstanding men and women of the South Florida Urban Search and Rescue Team. These courageous individuals have recently returned from responding to the devastating earthquake that stuck Haiti and are now planning to assist in Chile.

Mothers Day Sweeps and Contest

Come on Mom’s-- how would you like to make a splash in a brand new spa, or makeup for all Mother’s Days to come with the ultimate Mother-Daughter Makeover! Double your chances by entering our 2nd Annual Mother-Daughter Makeover Contest which also includes a chance to appear on The Balancing Act Mother's Day Special.

American Idol Finalist Helps Families & Children

Danny Gokey, third place finalist from last season’s American Idol, is teaming up with The Clorox Company and infectious diseases specialist, Dr. Harley Rotbart to launch I Don’t Want to Miss.., a video contest bound to get teens nationwide singing the praises of flu prevention. For each video submitted, a donation will be made to Sophia’s Heart Foundation, created in honor of Danny’s late wife Sophia. The foundation provides scholarships for deserving music students and helps children achieve academic success via musical training. Visit the Clorox Facebook page (www.Facebook.com/Clorox) to learn more.

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Trends In The Work Place: Success Strategies For The Web Commuter

Citrix Online, a division of Citrix Systems, Inc. revolutionizes the way people work with Web-based remote access, support and online meeting technologies. Every month, more than 15,000 new customers start using Citrix Online’s services to work from anywhere with anyone – using our remote-connectivity tools to save time, get more done and connect to others around the world. GoToMyPC is an easy and secure remote-access service that enables you to conveniently access email, files, programs and network resources from home or the road. It’s perfect for: • Teleworking: Work on your office computer from home, or anywhere with just an Internet connection. Working from home just one day a week could reduce your carbon footprint and time and money spent on commuting to your office. • After-Hours Access: You no longer physically need to be at the office to be productive. Leave the office early and finish later from home when it’s convenient for you. • Increased Flexibility: You may have an important project to work on but can’t miss your kid’s soccer game or evening commitment. Now you have the ability to work from anywhere which improves you more work/life balance and flexibility. • Travel Anywhere: Traveling for work or leisure, you can access your work or home computer from anywhere in the world so you’re always connected to your critical information.

How to get out of Personal Debt

Credit cards are easy to whip out, to pay for just about everything. But today – many people with personal hardships like unemployment, medical bills, and bad mortgages find themselves weighted down with a heavy debt load. It can be a frightening and stressful situation, but there are ways to dig out. In our four part series about debt management, Tim Wilkins of Freedomdebt.com walks us through the minefield of debt settlement, consolidation, and even bankruptcy. If you owe too much to credit card companies, you’ll feel relieved to find out there are reasonable and responsible ways to relieve debt, and rebuild your credit.

Expert Advice On Buying/Selling Your Home

Now more than ever consumers are in need of informative answers to the questions they have about the real estate industry. They want to understand what is happening, have their concerns addressed about the current volatility in the market and how it affects them when buying or selling real estate. In this segment, the female President of EXIT Realty Corp. International discusses this issue and the benefits of using a real estate professional from EXIT to navigate the choppy waters, as well as the benefits of the company should women choose realty as a career.

How to get out of Personal Debt

Credit cards are easy to whip out, to pay for just about everything. But today – many people with personal hardships like unemployment, medical bills, and bad mortgages find themselves weighted down with a heavy debt load. It can be a frightening and stressful situation, but there are ways to dig out. In our four part series about debt management, Tim Wilkins of Freedomdebt.com walks us through the minefield of debt settlement, consolidation, and even bankruptcy. If you owe too much to credit card companies, you’ll feel relieved to find out there are reasonable and responsible ways to relieve debt, and rebuild your credit.

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Simple Innovations for Kitchen & Bath

Designing Spaces discovered a revolutionary way to install tile on countertops and backsplashes. It’s called-- Simple Mat. Simple Mat was designed and is made by Custom Building Products, a leader and expert in tile installation products. Simple Mat provides an instant bond for the tile, and lasting strength for a beautiful and durable installation.

www.skiltools.com

There is such a feeling of accomplishment that comes with making something for the house, or doing a simple repair. It’s no longer a man’s world. Guys, move over, here comes the ladies with power tools. Now, many woman find that intimidating, but the truth is—don’t be intimidated by power tools.

Spring into Clean; Making Light of Cleaning

With ideas for spring cleaning on many minds this time of the year, it may be time to upgrade that old standby…your vacuum cleaner. There’s good reason you use your vacuum cleaner all year round, and it plays a major part in the day to day maintenance of a clean and healthy home. Well, Designing Spaces has set up some cleaning challenges right here in this home to demonstrate that the new generation of vacuum cleaners are not only up to the task, but make cleaning quicker and easier.

Creating a Luxurious Night's Sleep Makeover

Nothing’s changed….year after year….it reached the point where, your bedroom has become a bore. Wait a minute! Before you jump to conclusions, let’s make it clear that we are referring to a major part of the bedroom’s furnishings…the sheets, spreads, covers and pillow cases on your bed! As one of the most important rooms in your home, accessorizing your bedroom is an extension of your personal style, and time spent there is important to your health and well-being.

Navigating Through the Home Loan Maze

Designing Spaces knows it can be stressful at times when you start the process of buying a new home. To help relieve that stress as well as cover other home loan topics—the experts from Bank of America Home Loans® join the show.

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Flameless Accent Candles for Today's Lifestyle

The light of candles…there is something magical about it; the soft warm glow, the almost friendly flickering…perhaps it is something primal in humans to experiencing a feeling of warmth and comfort from the distinctive light provided by candles. When it comes to our homes, and their décor, candles make a statement, and set a tone or mood unlike any other accessory. Of course, we are aware that there is a downside to candles, mainly because of the open flame, which could present a danger. But what if you were told that all the candles you have just seen…are flameless.

Innovations in Compact Specialty Appliances

With all the time spent having fun, enjoying cold drinks and snacks, you would think the rec-room fridge would be enough to keep the traffic out of the kitchen. Designing Spaces has an answer for the way families live today. There is a need in the home for food storage and preparation away from the kitchen even when space is limited.

Designing Your Financial Future Series: Tools to Help You Manage Your Credit

If there’s one thing this economy has taught us, it’s the importance of sound financial planning. Now that the markets have calmed down, people are taking a more thoughtful approach to their finances. Today on Designing Spaces we are going to take a closer look at how we can better manage our finances. Bill and Nancy met in college, after several years of dating they got married and moved into their first home. The couple is now expecting their first child, and knows that despite the problems with the economy, they need to start planning for the future.

Girls Powered Up: Tools, Tips and Projects

There is such a feeling of accomplishment that comes with making something for the house, or doing a simple repair. It’s no longer a man’s world. Guys, move over, here comes the ladies with power tools. Now, many women find that intimidating, but the truth is…don’t be intimidated by power tools.

Christi Harris Precision Brow Planing System

Debuted in November of 2009 to rave reviews. DR marketing group Is responsible for all areas of campaign management for the Christi Harris team, From production through to fulfillment, media buying and reporting. Roll out of this project will commence in early February 2010.

Backyard Botanical Eden Garden by Backyard Leisure

DR marketing group successfully launched a multi-channel marketing campaign for Backyard Leisure, LLC and its patented Backyard Botanical™ Eden  Gardening System. The campaign launched with multiple television appearances, including segments on the educational television shows Designing Spaces and Kitchen Spaces, produced by O2 Media’s subsidiary Quorum Productions as well as the popular show The Balancing Act, which is produced by its subsidiary BrandStar Entertainment . A long-form infomercial and two short form spots are currently scheduled to re-test in time for the growing season in February of 2010

Wahl Clipper Corp

Wahl Clipper Corp has joined forces with Dr marketing group to launch a campaign for their Healthy Infusions line of personal care products. A new, more flexible ProStyler is being introduced which not only conditions as it straightens in half the time of the competition, but is versatile enough to create sassy waves and flips. Consumers will also have the ability to purchase Wahl’s Healthy Infusion System, which contains everything you need for that salon perfect style. Watch out for its debut in February 2010.