7 Awesome Tips For Bathing Your Dog In Cold Winter Months

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Whilst many of you reading this will not experience some of the coldest weather in the world, you will still have winters, and during those periods dog grooming, whether at a professional service or by yourself, often has to be done in different ways.

In particular, when you are bathing your dog in colder weather there are some precautions and steps you must take to ensure that the well-being of your dog is not compromised.

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What Should I Bring to a Bali Rehab Centre?

What Should I Bring to a Bali Rehab Centre?

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Embarking on a journey to a rehab center in Bali is a monumental step towards recovery and healing. As you prepare for this transformative experience at Seasons Bali, packing appropriately is essential for your comfort and well-being. Knowing what to bring can ease your transition and help you focus entirely on your recovery journey.

Essential Clothing and Personal Items

Bali’s tropical climate calls for light, comfortable clothing. Pack enough to last a week – remember, laundry services are available. Include:

  • Loose-fitting clothes: Ideal for Bali’s warm weather.
  • Exercise attire and shoes: For fitness activities and yoga sessions.
  • Swimwear: We have swimming facilities and often organize water-related activities.
  • Flip-flops and comfortable walking shoes: For everyday use and outdoor excursions.
  • Sunglasses and sunscreen: Essential under the Balinese sun.
  • A hat or cap: For protection against the sun during outdoor activities.

Personal Care Items

While basic toiletries are provided, you may wish to bring personal care items that make you feel at home. Consider:

  • Personal hygiene products: Your preferred shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, etc.
  • Prescription medications: In original packaging, with a doctor’s prescription.
  • Any specific health or beauty products: Especially those not readily available in Bali.

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10 Ways To Personalise A Loved One’s Funeral

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One thing that funeral directors are fully aware of when arranging a funeral for a family’s departed loved one is that the need to make that funeral personalised is likely to be high on the list of requests made of them. Whilst funeral directors will happily accommodate such requests, the key point is that the departed’s family and friends are more critical to any personalisation than the funeral director.

We say that for the simple reason that funeral directors, except in rare circumstances, will not have known the deceased; therefore, they will not know any specifics about them and, thus, what would make the funeral personal to them. Below, are ten ways to personalise a loved one’s funeral.

Follow The Deceased’s Wishes: Many people now pre-plan their funeral or at least give their wishes for what type of funeral they want. As such, ensure that those wishes are followed and that the funeral you have for them is as close as possible to what they would have liked.

Speak To As Many People As Possible Who Knew The Deceased: For anyone who has passed, there will be family members, friends, colleagues, and others in their social circle who have stories to tell about them, hopefully positive ones. Speak to as many people as possible to bring those stories together during the funeral or life celebration.

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5 Environmental Benefits of Landscaping

5 Steps To Mental Wellbeing That Landscaping Can Create

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Most people’s first thought when they hear the words, ‘landscaping’ and ‘mental health’ will be that there is not much congruency between them. That is understandable as the worlds of garden landscapes and the wellbeing of our minds are two very distinctive subjects.

Most people will at least accept that a garden is a place where you can sit and relax, soak up the sunshine or play with your children, all of which are healthy pursuits and commensurate with feeling good. We could simply leave it at that as proof that a garden designed by yourself or landscape architects can have a positive impact on our mental health.

However, it goes much further than that, and if we focus on landscaping and how it can boost our mental health, there has not only been a lot written about this but there have even been studies and academic papers written on the subject too. Some of the research has found evidence that experiencing the outdoors and nature as you would when both creating and using a landscaped garden, can induce the following:

  • Improved Memory
  • Improved Attention
  • Happiness
  • Social Engagement
  • Reduced Stress
  • Improved Sleeping Patterns
  • Improved Task Management

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Air-Conditioner

17 Ways to Ensure Your Air Con So it is More Eco Friendly

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How an air conditioning system is used contributes to whether it is eco-friendly. According to air conditioning consultants at airandwater.com.au, those interested in having a smaller carbon footprint – i.e., using less of the earth’s resources, can quickly adopt a few techniques to ensure their air conditioner runs more efficiently. Not only will they use less power, but it will also cost them less over the unit’s life, so they are saving. Often, what is good for the earth also brings financial benefits to us.

Here are 17 tips to ensure your air conditioner use is eco-friendly.

  • Make sure you close windows and doors when the air con is on.
  • Seal all those gaps around the doors and windows and anywhere else you can find them.
  • If possible, set the thermostat for between 24-26C in the summer, as a temperature below that will increase the cost of running it by 10%. This may not be possible in heatwave conditions.
  • When the outside temperature drops, turn the a/c off and open all the doors and windows. Use a fan to help circulate cool air, as fans take less power.
  • Open windows to the prevailing breeze and open another window opposite it to help the airflow through. This can often be enough without the a/c.

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Five Ways Sexual Harassment Can Impact Long Term Mental Health

Five Ways Sexual Harassment Can Impact Long Term Mental Health

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Despite ever-tightening laws and increasing compliance monitoring, sexual harassment remains a huge problem in workplaces across Australia and the world. On top of the obvious distress and emotional issues it can cause, it’s possible for someone to suffer from long-term mental health problems due to harassment.

Because of this, it’s important to have your employer or employment lawyers get on top of any issues as soon as possible. In this article, we’ve explored five common illnesses that can rear their ugly heads as a result of ongoing workplace sexual harassment. But before we get into it, remember that harassment isn’t something that’s confined to women – men can be sexually abused as well.

Depression

First on our list is depression, one of the most common mental illnesses in the world. Unfortunately, it’s also one of the most damaging, with severe depression effectively disabling a person.

Sexual harassment can lead to depression, but the effects aren’t always obvious immediately. In fact, recent studies suggest that it can manifest as long as five to ten years after the initial issue took place.

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5 Environmental Benefits of Landscaping

5 Environmental Benefits of Landscaping

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Landscaping is something that many people do for themselves, their family, and their friends. By landscaping your property, you make it more aesthetically pleasing, desirable for prospective purchasers, and enjoyable for entertaining and relaxing.

These are all excellent reasons to give your yard a new lease on life, but you may not have realised that the environment also benefits. If you don’t believe that’s true, consider the following information.

Wildlife Are Catered For
You often hear about one of the major causes of a particular animal’s population decline being habitat loss. You might picture people felling forests and destroying scrubland, but it can happen a little closer to home.

Even something as simple as ripping out a shrub gives some creatures one less place to seek food, shelter, and refuge. Therefore, you may be doing many wildlife populations a favour by planting trees, shrubs, and plants in general.

If you talk to your local landscape design experts, they can shed some light on the most beneficial plants to include in your landscape design. Before long, you may be seeing insects and other critters that you have never seen on your property before.

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Bad Back

What Is Causing Your Bad Back?

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A bad back can be caused by sitting down for long periods at a desk, tension, stress and also rushing around all the time. You maybe an architect or web designer where you are required to sit at a desk for long periods of time. Scheduling down time is important and you can do this more easily when you have alternative comfortable furniture to sit in. Creating an attractive alfresco space with comfortable outdoor furniture is a good way to enjoy some relaxation, but you must make sure you use it. All the quiet havens in the world won’t help you relax if you don’t spend time there.

If you have a bad backache it can really make your life miserable, especially if you don’t know what’s causing it. A bad back can prevent you from participating in sports, going shopping, walking for your health, and even sleeping well. It can stop you from being able to sit comfortably for any length of time, thus interfering with important relaxation.

While there are many causes of bad backs, the most likely are sleeping on a mattress that is old and does not support you in the right place or sitting on a lounge or computer chair that does not give your back the proper support. It is really essential to find out what is causing the problem and address it, to ensure your health is as good as possible.

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Environmental Management

Business Benefits of Environmental Management

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Many businesses such as a digital marketing agency and SEO companies and others decide to follow sustainability guidelines because they have done their research and found that not only will it help the earth’s resources to last longer, it also impacts their bottom line in a positive way. Perhaps even more importantly, when done for the right reasons it gives the company a good reputation.

Here are some of the reasons for going green in your business –

  • You can receive certain government grants and assistance.
  • Your company will spend less on things such as water, power and raw materials.
  • You and your company will receive positive recognition through various, numerous environmental awards.
  • It is possible to find new markets for services or goods that are ‘green’.
  • Because you’ve reduced wastage and the use of hazardous chemicals your workplace will be safer and costs will be lower.
  • Employees will be happy to work for you because they know of the increased workplace safety.
  • A positive impression in the minds of both employees and customers will be created when they know what your stand is on environmental issues.

There are many incentives and tools to help in the quest to become more environmentally caring. However, implementing some practices is just a matter of common sense in a lot of cases. For instance, cutting back on the use of paper by saving documents in digital form and only printing them out when you need them to be on paper will save storage, waste costs and time, since it is usually easier and quicker to find digital files.

Other easy ways to save on costs and to be environmentally friendly are: –

  • Adding potted plants or having a small garden to the office to improve air quality
  • Using LED lighting or compact fluorescent lights

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7 Tasks You Should Complete Prior To Your Carpets Being Professionally Cleaned

7 Essential Steps to Prepare for Your Professional Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning Service

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Having made the decision to bring in a professional carpet and upholstery cleaner to restore the freshness and extend the life of the fabrics in your home, you’re already on the right track.

Professional cleaning services don’t just make your carpets and upholstery visually appealing but also substantially increase their longevity.

While the lion’s share of benefits comes directly from the expertise and diligent work of the cleaning service, there’s a vital role for you to play as well.

This includes post-cleaning care and maintenance, but importantly, several preparatory steps should be taken before the professional cleaners arrive.

The preparations are not as simple as a couple of quick tasks.

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5 Simple Steps To Steam Cleaning Your Carpets Properly

5 Simple Steps To Steam Cleaning Your Carpets Properly

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Whilst some people take their carpets for granted and do little to care for them, thankfully most others look after their carpets properly, including hiring professional commercial cleaners to occasionally give their carpets the top-quality clean that they require.

Caring for and cleaning your carpets not only helps to make your home look great, but it prolongs the carpets’ lives meaning you spend less on having to replace them.

The specific ways in which you can care for your carpets and clean them varies greatly.

It could be that you remove stains immediately, it could be the professional carpet cleaning that you invest in, or simply the regular vacuuming that you do without fail, two or three times every week. Another way of cleaning carpets is steam cleaning them to give them a truly deep clean.

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7 Ways You Improve Your Health When Working In Your Landscaped Garden

7 Ways You Improve Your Health When Working In Your Landscaped Garden

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Landscapers aren’t the only ones who love working in gardens, some people love working in a garden of their own, whether it be a small backyard or a large garden created from a landscaping design. In truth, the size does not matter, as gardens of all sizes give pleasure to those who use them and work in them. As well as enjoyment, there is another highly important benefit that gardens provide and that is they can help to maintain and improve your health and wellbeing.

You may wonder how this can be the case as the last time you visited their doctor, the prescription was for some pills, not ‘go mow the lawn’. However, if you were to ask that same doctor whether they recommend gardening to help boost your health, we are sure they would give a resounding “Yes” in reply. If you are still unclear as to how your garden can help boost your health, below are seven ways in which your landscaped garden provides you with health benefits.

#1 – It Can Help Lower Your Blood Pressure: By spending just 30 minutes each day working in your landscaped garden, that period of physical activity is enough to help prevent and control high blood pressure. High blood pressure is a major contributor to heart attacks and strokes so anything you can do, including gardening, to prevent it, should be pursued.

#2 – You Are Burning Calories: Another health benefit of regularly working in your garden is that you are burning calories as you do so. For example, weeding for 30 mins burns 180 calories and digging for 30 minutes means you will burn over 200 calories. Given that you can control your weight by reducing calories, the more you burn through gardening the more chance you have of maintaining a healthy weight.

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Eligibility And Evidence Requirements For A Partner Visa

Eligibility And Evidence Requirements For A Partner Visa

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For anyone who has a partner or spouse living in Australia and wishes to join them here, it will be necessary to obtain a partner visa. It should be noted that there is not just one type of partner visa there are several if you include the subclasses of partner visas. The visa which applies to any individual depends upon the specific circumstances of the applicant, and the basis upon which they wish to live and/or work in Australia.

It is critically important that anyone applying for a partner visa has all the correct facts including knowing which type of partner visa they need. Applying for the wrong visa may not only delay an application but in the worst-case scenario, could see it be rejected. For these reasons every applicant should seek the help and advice of immigration experts before they begin their partner visa application.

Partner Visa Types

Here are summaries of partner visas including their subclasses, we recommend contacting an expert such as www.successmigration.com.au for more information.

Partner Visa Subclass 309 and Subclass 100

The 309 subclass is a provisional visa allowing an applicant to live in Australia temporarily until their permanent partner visa is granted. The 100 subclass is the permanent partner visa which follows the 309 subclass. These subclasses can only be applied for if the candidate is currently located outside Australia. Process times for 309 subclass is between 13 and 18 months, whereas for the 100 subclass the time is between 19 and 39 months.

Partner Visa Subclass 820 and Subclass 801

Th 820 subclass is a temporary partner visa that needs to be applied for before obtaining permanent visa subclass 801. Contrary to the previous partner visa subclasses, the 820 and 801 subclasses can only be applied for if the applicant is currently located in Australia. Both subclasses must be applied for at the same time. Expected process times are between 21 and 25 months.

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What Type Of Teeth Can A Dental Implant Replace

What Type Of Teeth Can A Dental Implant Replace

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Whenever you read about dental implants you will likely come across lots of people who are delighted about the procedure and want to praise their practitioner. You will also find information on a multitude of benefits that dental impacts can bestow upon the person who has them fitted. This information is all perfectly valid and will hopefully give you confidence that dental implants are the right solution for replacing your tooth.

What you will also notice that the words tooth, and teeth are used in plentiful numbers, but very rarely do any of the articles and blog posts that relate to dental implant ever go into more detail about what those mean specifically. Ok, we all know what a tooth is, but in relation to dental implants they can be a replacement for more than one type of tooth.

This brings us nicely to the point when we flag up the fact that within our mouths there are four types of teeth that might be candidates for replacement should be ever lose them or they need be extracted. We hasten to add that we are pretty sure that a large proportion of the people reading this could not tell us what each those four types of teeth are called, what they are primarily used for, and here is another question…Do you know how many teeth you should have?

Well, assuming you are an adult, and a human being, the answer to that last question is 32. Now, before you proceed to divide 32 by 4 and assume that means we have 8 each of the different types, it does not work like that. Instead, here are the facts relating to our tooth types and their uses, and if you plan to go look in the mirror, where you can expect to find them. Incidentally, all of them are candidates for being replaced by dental implants.

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Why Most Couples Who Divorce Do Not Go To Court

Why Most Couples Who Divorce Do Not Go To Court

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One of the biggest surprises that clients get when they first meet with their divorce lawyers is the news that it is unlikely to go to court. In fact, for every 10 clients a divorce lawyer represents, it will be unusual if any more than 1 of them end up having their divorce settlement determined by a judge sitting in a family court.

There are many reasons for this but perhaps the main one is the principle in Australian family law that the grounds for divorce can only be an irretrievable breakdown of the marriage. This means that in effect neither spouse has the finger of blame pointing to them as being the cause of the divorce.

Now, in reality, that might not be the case, and it could be that one of the spouses has been unfaithful, or they drink excessively, or worse, have become violent towards their partner. However, as regrettable as all of those behaviours are, none of them will be cited as the reason for the divorce, and thus no blame is apportioned.

This is different from jurisdictions in other countries where divorce is often seen as a battle which must be won in order to prove that the other spouse is the ‘bad’ one. This means that there is usually little chance of the couple sitting down and being able to negotiate a settlement. Instead, they invariably end up in the arena of the court where the blame game is played out.

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5 Ways To Make Moving House In The Heat of Summer Bearable

5 Ways To Make Moving House In The Heat of Summer Bearable

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Whilst you may be able to pick which house you are moving to, your removalists, and even the wallpaper that you are going to hang in your new living room, one thing you cannot choose is the weather on the day of your move.

You might also be constrained in terms of the date you can move, or the time of year you move, and this may mean moving at the height of the summer.

Many activities are suited to the summer such as cricket, tennis, and swimming, but house moving, for most people, is not fun when temperatures are high.

For this reason, we thought we would help out with our top 5 tips for making moving house during the hot summer months, more bearable for all.

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What Happens If You Want To Change Your Child’s Name After Divorce?

What Happens If You Want To Change Your Child’s Name After Divorce?

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If you are divorced and have any children there may come a point that might wish to change the name of those children, and if so, given the legal complexities, you should certainly consult your family lawyers.

The reason for that is that even though you may have sole responsibility for the child, there are a number of legal requirements that must be met before you will be allowed to change the name of your child.

Let us start with how the basic process works in Western Australia, and in the first instance, you would only make an application here if that is where the child’s birth was registered. If their birth was registered in a different state, your application needs to be made there.

If they were registered in WA, your application needs to be sent to the Western Australian Registry of Birth Deaths and Marriages. It is here where the registrar will make the ultimate decision with regard to your application.

It should be noted that there are several different application forms which are each applicable to the specific reason why you wish to change your child’s name, and what details you wish to change. This which refers to whether it is their first name, or their family name that is changing.

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Never Mind The Kids - Who Gets Custody Of Our Pets After Divorce

Never Mind The Kids – Who Gets Custody Of Our Pets After Divorce?

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For anyone going through a divorce, it can be the case that everything is agreed amicably including finances, property settlement, and arrangements for the children and that the work of each divorce lawyers is merely to facilitate the agreement by drawing up the divorce papers and submitting them to the family Court to be approved.

No doubt many a family lawyer is reading this and saying, ‘If only’, because there are many divorces that take a different path where each spouse refuses to accept the other’s proposal for a divorce settlement and ultimately the matter needs to be resolved by going to the Family Court.

Often the most contentious issues revolve around the arrangement for children and in some cases, it will be the property settlement that the two parties are haggling over. There is one matter, however, that few people think of being a contentious issue until they themselves have had to face it, and that the question of what happens to any pets that the divorcing couple own.

Whilst the Family Law Act of 1975 has paragraph upon paragraph about how the law wants the best interests of children being served with regards to any arrangements made for them, but rightly or wrongly, the legislators of the time did not think to apply the same criteria to pets.

We say that with our tongue in our cheek as the idea that children are pets are on an equal footing when it comes to how the law would want to protect their welfare is not a serious one. At least that might the view within the legal universe, but just ask any pet owner how much they love and adore their pet, and it will become clear that they certainly want their pet’s welfare to be looked after.

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Why Relocating With Your Children After Divorce Might Not Be Possible

Why Relocating With Your Children After Divorce Might Not Be Possible

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One of the issues that all family lawyers will have had to deal with at some time, and probably on more than one occasion, is where a client wishes to relocate with their children following a divorce.

Many parents are under the misconception that simply because when the divorce was finalised in court the order was that the children live with them that they have the right to take the children to live anywhere they choose.

That is simply not the case.

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How To Organise Your Very Own Team Building Olympic Games

How To Organise Your Very Own Team Building Olympic Games

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There is no sporting event that is more recognisable around the world than the Olympic Games, with its iconic 5-ringed emblem. And so, what better team building games than your very own version of the Olympics, whether it be for work colleague bonding, friends birthdays or even bucks parties.

If you think about organising the event in the purpose of team building within your organisation, the Olympics has all the elements you would want for any team you are managing such as commitment, working for the greater good, and most of all teamwork, be that in team sports or athletes working with their coaches.  Whilst we are sure you not expecting any of your team to run 100 metres in less than 10 seconds or set any records for jumping or rowing, there are plenty of benefits to be had.

The first thing to establish is what type of team building Olympic Games you are going to organise. This will very much depend on the type of team you are managing, their physicality, and even their ages. Obviously, if they are a sporting team, or you have team members who are young and fit, then you can have an Olympics which requires high energy and physical effort.

However, if your team is maybe not as agile, you could still have physical games, but which are a bit less taxing on the body. Ultimately, you could have a ‘mental’ Olympics where the games are not physical, but instead require mental skills such as puzzle solving and logical thinking. Continue reading “How To Organise Your Very Own Team Building Olympic Games” →