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Golf: Truly the sport of a lifetime and very gentle on your body.
Florida, well known as vacation Mecca, is blessed by Mother Nature with a large coastal line, luxurious interior lands, year-round subtropical temperatures and annual sunshine.

Golfers visiting St. Augustine, in St. Johns County and Ponte Vedra Beach can tee off at the scenic and challenging golf courses of Florida. Playing golf in Florida offers exciting challenges to all golfers.

Playing golf in the beautiful landscape of Florida is a nice way to keep your body in shape and your mind at peace. Golf is a game of discipline, balance, and touch. A walk along the golf course burns off your calories, fill your lungs with fresh air and ameliorate your cardiovascular system to live life king size.

Carrying clubs provide strength to your hands and back, predominantly the upper part of body. And of course hitting the ball recuperates your hand to eye coordination.

Golf can be played with as many friends as you like. You can visit between each hole while you are waiting others to finish their holes and in mean time you can even discuss your matters with friends. Or if you get pleasure playing by yourself, you can enjoy open air, at your own pace.

Golf in Florida is well known because of its world-renowned golf courses including: The Players Championship, TPC Stadium Course at Sawgrass, the Radisson Ponce de Leon Golf, The Slammer and The Squire championship course and Donald Ross-designed course. Some public and semi private golf courses are also there, where you can go and enjoy golf.

Some well known golf courses of Florida:

Ponte Vedra Beach
Ponte Vedra Beach is located along Atlantic Ocean. It is one of the internationally recognized golf courses.
With 99 holes to access and an official hotel “Marriott at Sawgrass Resort”, TPC is the highly esteemed golf courses of USA. Designed by Pete Dye Sawgrass, this stadium course ranks seventh among “United States Best Resort Courses” according to Golf Digest. The seventeenth hole of Sawgrass Stadium also known as “Island Hole” is recognized worldwide.

If you are at Marriott Sawgrass Resort you can also visit these two nearby private golf courses.

Ponce de Leon Golf Course:

This historical golf course was opened in 1916 and various golf legends had played here for pretty long time. Ponce de Leon is featured with practice bunker, putting green, pro shop and 9 hole pitch. This is a par-72 18-hole golf course.

The Royal St. Augustine Golf and Country Club:
This golf course is one of the newest courses in Florida with par 71 and 18-holes. A restaurant, pro shop and driving range are other facilities available in Royal St. Augustine Golf and Country Club.

Enjoy golf in Florida.

Keith George always writes about valuable news & reviews.
A related resource is Golf In Florida
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A recent article (dated 7/11/2006) in the Atlanta Journal & Constitution noted that BellSouth plans to cease its status as “carrier-of-last-resort”. The company complains about how horrible it is to be the last choice for customers, and has began to warn builders that, if they choose to start with another company, they had better let their home buyers know that BellSouth won’t be available should the consumer want to make the switch.

Let me make sure I understand this: BellSouth is letting people who won’t care who provides the service in three years know that they are going to refuse to serve someone who actually wants them. Or, even clearer, BellSouth is telling consumers to shove it, we don’t have to help you.

I am interested in this for several reasons. First, my husband has worked in the telecommunications business for years before forming his own low voltage wiring company, Redd Infinity. So, although we are no longer in that field, we still maintain interest. Even better, however, I am a defunct BellSouth customer who, after sitting on hold with them for three hours, called Comcast on my cell phone and switched my Internet to the cable company, rather than dealing with BellSouth’s shoddy customer service (this came after several problems over the course of a year).

Most interesting of all, however, is my perspective as a small business owner. I concede that there are some customers we just don’t want. Chief among those are the price surfers - those who are most concerned with price (research notes that less than 10% of customers list this as most important - the rest search for quality and service). Basically, you can never make someone who cares only about the bottom line happy, and if you have tried several times - and I highly encourage you try to win them over with your superior service and products - then you may as well give up. As soon as someone underbids or undercuts you, they will be gone.

But BellSouth isn’t waiting to be undercut. Instead, they are taking potential customers who have no role in the decision-making process and saying, “Sorry, folks, we won’t be offering you service.” I have to tell you, if I move into a new neighborhood and the folks one block over have service, but BellSouth tells me they will not now or ever offer service because the builder didn’t use them - not only will I smile and say, “Great, thanks for keeping my wallet out of your grubby paws,” I will go on to tell everyone I know that BellSouth is exacting its revenge on the consumer. I will be persuasive. And so much the worse if I have been a long-time customer in good standing.

I understand that BellSouth is here to make a profit. We all are. But by pointing randomly at people and saying, “Sorry, we will never serve you, due to decisions you didn’t even make (other than choosing to buy a house in the ‘wrong’ neighborhood,” well, they make me wonder what their plans for the future are. If I were a builder, I’d start building to spite them.

In the meantime, all that worry I had about monopolies with the merger of BellSouth & AT&T, well, I guess they are unfound. Never mind that these small companies will have to take the leavings of whatever business they can scrounge up. Now is the time for small telecommunication companies to run to the builders with the article or letter in one hand and a plan in the other. “Let’s kick BellSouth where it hurts,” I’d say. As a telecommunications business owner, I’d be glad to know that BellSouth can’t swoop in and steal away all of my customers like they’ve done thus far. And as a builder, I’d flaunt the fact that BellSouth refuses to do business with my neighborhoods. Maybe put up a huge sign: “BellSouth doesn’t want us, and we don’t want them!”

Seriously, this provides an edge for the small phone companies. Those who move now, especially in Georgia and Florida, where the law will be taking effect, stand a chance of surviving the forthcoming monopoly wannabe. My cheers go out to the little guy - I think you can make it!

Nola Redd authors a small business blog for her Atlanta based wiring company, Redd Infinity. She is also an author on http://www.Writing.Com/ which is a site for Writers.

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Looking for a little Las Vegas in the middle of the Caribbean? Want to try your hand at lady luck, but also looking for a little more entertainment? All of this and more can be found in the world-class casinos of beautiful Aruba. The glitz, the glamour and the great dining choices can all be yours on this desert island oasis. Plus, some casinos in Aruba are open 24 hours a day and dress is usually resort-style casual.

Blackjack, Poker and More!

Aruba not only has all the best games a top casino would offer, but they also have invented games that have gone on to be worldwide sensations, like Caribbean Stud Poker. It was first created here in 1988, and is one of the few casino games that offers players a progressive jackpot. Of course, if you like the old standards, they have blackjack, poker, craps, roulette, and baccarat.

Table minimums typically start at $5, however some start at $10, depending on the casino. If slot machine action or sports betting is more your speed, they have plenty of that as well. US currency is used for all gaming in Aruba casinos, which makes it very easy for US tourists.
Dance the Night Away in Aruba!

Looking to dance until the morning dawn after your big win at the tables? Aruba is the place to be! There are plenty of exciting nightspots with great bands and DJ’s. All of the major resort casinos also offer unique entertainment such as beach barbecues, theme parties and other special events. Hotels and nightclubs may feature water ballet, limbo and fire dances, international entertainers, fashion shows, local dance groups, and steel bands.

Stage shows more your style? Aruba has great stage entertainment options, at two or three of the major resort casinos. One thing to remember is to make a reservation. Things book up fast!

If you want to see the most popular show, be sure to check out Let’s Go Latin!’ at the Renaissance’s Crystal Theatre. Featuring 26 performers from Cuba’s top dance studios and more than 180 costumes, you’ll be impressed with the incredible choreography and quality of the performances.

Aruba: A Culinary Mecca

Who would have known that Aruba had such incredible dining? After you enjoy some pre-dinner casino action, be sure to try some of the great restaurants that make up the Aruba culinary scene. As clearly one of the best dining experiences in the Caribbean, this cultural melting pot is influenced by flavors, tastes, and cooking traditions from all over the globe. Whether you’re looking for regional Caribbean fare, traditional European fare, or Asian, you’ll be treated to a feast by Aruba’s award-winning chefs.

So, if you are thinking that Aruba is a minor player in the casino scene, you’ll be pleasantly surprised to see that it really is so much more. Every night you stay in this island paradise can be a busy - or relaxing as you want to make it; as entertaining or quiet as you desire. There’s really something for everyone. But be sure to play a few hands or pull a few slots at the casinos. There’s a world of fun waiting for you in Aruba!

This article was written by Jon Wuebben. Jon writes select pieces about travel in Aruba for the Aruba Marriott Resort and

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