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Everyone thinks about gardening and taking care of your lawn during the spring and summer and even autumn with all the leaves that gentle dance to the ground.  But have you ever considered that winter is a time that you need to be taking care of your trees?

A strong argument can be made that winter is the most appropriate time to have your trees trimmed.  All of the reasons will bridge on the issue of safety to others and neighborhoods.  This is especially true if you own a business and have people that come out to your location.  Which is the case with most every business out there,  after all, if you need staff at all, you will have people at your location.  If on the other hand, you own a business that has customers that walk in, you definitely need to evaluate the condition of your trees and the grounds where people will walk.

Imagine for example if you owned a home and didn’t get your trees trimmed and that winter storm comes in and your tree and yard weren’t maintained, you may be looking at something like this!

This house structure didn’t handle the fallen tree to well.  Imagine if it were your customers instead of a home.  Or perhaps it was your customer instead of this home.  Imagine how complicated your business just became.

This may only be a car to you, but if it’s your customer’s car and they happened to be in it, or their children where you have a lawsuit coming your way.  Is it worth not having the pros at Four Seasons Landscaping And Tree, come out and do the winter check up before?  This is your company.  This is one of those cases where preventative maintenance is far more important than avoidance.  It’s a case where a pinch of prevention is worth a pound of cure!

If you have a team that knows what they’re doing and can evaluate your property for winter safety hazards, then it has the potential to save you hundreds of thousands of dollars in lawsuits that can come down the pipe. The choice is always yours, after all, it is your company.  Is it really worth the risk of not having your winter evaluation?

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Little Known Hideaways

When you want to have a hideaway that few others think about, Timeshares By Owner has some solutions that you might just want to consider.

This beautiful home is for sale in the world of timeshares.  Perhaps your dream vacation isn’t the Caribbeans, but the Berkshires location is beautiful and located in a vacation village awaiting your adoptions.

If Berkshire isn’t what your heart desires, but Atlantic City New Jersey may be the best solution for your dreams.  Sitting off the coast of the Atlantic, you can visit the city or take a swim in the ocean.  The choice and availability are there for you, it is just a matter of you deciding what it is you want to have and going for it.

If you are one that likes either of those options, but rather something styled from 100 years ago, then this little beauty may be something that makes your heart pitter patter.

Over most any other choice, this home is my favorite.  It brings days gone by into the present.  You don’t have to worry about where everyone else is, or them invading your property.  It’s a place where you are able to get away and get that needed rest that other locations don’t have the ability to give.  Not everyone has their batteries recharged at a busy casino or in the heart of New York city.  Some of us need the stillness that comes with going far away from the cities.

If your choice isn’t mentioned here, go and check out Timeshares By Owner, where there’s a vacation spot that’s sure to meet your needs, even if it’s outside the United States.

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New Things for the Family

The holidays are a time for family and friends to spend time together.  It’s a time when those that we haven’t seen in a long time come and visit and we spending time renewing old friends and building new ones.  Different countries have different traditions as to how they celebrate and what they eat.  With that being said, trying something new may just be an extra added blessing and turn into a brand new tradition in your family.

A family tradition begins with doing something for the first time.  If you’re not sure if you like Ethiopian food, then it’s something that you’re truly missing out.  Most foods are basically the same, the difference is usually found in the spices that are used.  It’s those spices and seasonings that set Ethiopian food apart from most all other foods.

While Ethiopian food isn’t a one-size-fits-all, it is something that you can get enough of a variety with that will allow for everyone to have something that the will more than enjoy.  Ethiopian food brings with it a wide range of vegetarian foods which helps with those that don’t care for meat.  All the while carrying meat that can be made very spicy (or not at all) for those that love the heat or need a diet that is gluten free.

More for the vegetarian
Chicken Lovers!

 Lentils, Lamb and Green Vegetables!

It should go without saying at this point that Ethiopian food is anything but boring.  Ethiopian comes with flavor, color, a refreshing texture and style.  It can be grilled as done by Ethio Express Grill or stir fried.  So instead of choosing the same old turkey and ham for your holiday food and adding all those extra pounds, consider getting Ethiopian food.  So what are you waiting for, try Ethiopian food and you may just fall in love with it!

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Changing – One Meal at a Time

Often times people will say things like, “your lucky” or “you get all the breaks”.  When in reality there’s no such thing as luck or breaks.  Ask any actor and they will tell you of the endless practice sessions and stand in parts that they did before they became famous.  The same is true for your health.  It doesn’t just go bad, or good for that matter, 5 here are millions  of choices that a person makes day in and day out, year in and year out that added up to diabetes or that sudden heart attack.  When in reality these heath crises have been building up for years.  So what do you do about prevention? Consider one meal at a time.

Maybe lunch will be the best place to start.  The challenge with lunch is the desire to eating out, usually at a fast food place .  The solution is to eat at a healthy fast food place like EthioXpressGrill.com.  Like with any fast food place you will need to choose fruits,and vegetables and lean meats.  That’s simple at EthioXpressGrill.com.

Next, consider the drink you will have.  Most drink soda so Consider changing  that to water or tea.  Water will help remove the toxins from your body and tea is flavored water.

Desserts are also a  major challenge and are easily handled with substituting sugar filled desserts with things your body already knows how to handle like fruits.  Most are filling and if prepared properly can help prevent cancers.

Consider too that if changes are hard for you,  modify one thing at a time until it becomes a habit and then add another to it.  It’s truly that simple, you just need to make up your mind and do it!

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Winter Preparations

Everywhere that you look, it appears that summer has given away not to fall, but to winter. There’s no slowing out of summer, going from 100 degrees then 90’s then 80 and so forth. Nope, not this year, in fact, we’ve gone from 100 straight to the 50’s with rain, snow and yes even tornados. It doesn’t seem to matter where you live at, this drastic of a change is present everywhere. What that means to you is that you need to get ready now and not delay in doing those things that will make you safe for the winter.

The first thing that you’re going to need to do is get your flu and pneumonia shots. While they aren’t any fun to get, they will save you a lot of missed time from work and the possibility of not spending time in the hospital. I for one have never come across someone that says, “yeah pick me, I want to go spend time in the hospital!” But there are plenty to select from that will get flu and pneumonia shots so that they don’t have to spend any time in them. One of the reasons people don’t get flu and pneumonia shots is that they don’t want to go to their doctors and have to wait and pay the high cost. There’s where going to an Urgent Care can save you time and money. You can set an appointment, show up get your shot and be gone before you know it.

Another thing to consider is getting supplies for your home and office. Things like, flashlights, batteries and radios that are battery operated to last until help comes, first aid supplies, blankets to keep you warm and anything else that’s needed for safety. Then consider that you’re going to need food and water. We’re not talking about anything fancy, but rather supplies that will last a week or two in the event that help can’t come to you quickly.

Vitamins are a great help at this time of year, especially vitamin C! This particular vitamin helps to ward off colds, sore throats and most any other type of illness that tends to plague the common man during the winter. It’s something that you can stock up on and be prepared because it’s not a matter of if you will need “C”, it’s a matter of when!

These are some basic things to get you going. If you were to start with just these simple things, you’re going to be well on your way to a healthy and productive winter!

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Healthy Small Steps

Often times people will say things like, “your lucky” or “you get all the breaks”. When in reality there’s no such thing as luck or breaks. Ask any actor and they will tell you of the endless practice sessions and stand in parts that they did before they became famous. The same is true for your health. It doesn’t just go bad, or good for that matter, 5 here are millions of choices that a person makes day in and day out, year in and year out that added up to diabetes or that sudden heart attack. When in reality these heath crises have been building up for years. So what do you do about prevention? Consider one meal at a time.

Maybe lunch will be the best place to start. The challenge with lunch is the desire to eating out, usually at a fast food place . The solution is to eat at a healthy fast food place like Ethioxpressgrill.com. Like with any fast food place you will need to choose fruits,and vegetables and lean meats. That’s simple at Ethioxpressgrill.com.

Next, consider the drink you will have. Most drink soda so Consider changing that to water or tea. Water will help remove the toxins from your body and tea is flavored water.

Desserts are also a major challenge and it is easily handled with substituting sugar filled desserts with things your body already knows how to handle like fruits. Most are filling and if prepared properly can help prevent cancers.

Consider too that if changes are hard for you, modify one thing at a time until it becomes a habit and then add another to it. It’s truly that simple, you just need to make up your mind and do it!

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Grief

Grief comes in all size shapes and forms. Some forms of grief are ‘minor’, meaning that if you don’t get the chocolate that you wanted you might be sad, but your world won’t be altered for every. That’s not the point of the discussion here, but rather those events that bring into your life a new normal! A new normal! I first heard this term back in the 1990’s. As I recall it was on a talk show. It was when someone had lost a child. The thing all parents fear. The person having the discussion told the woman that she now had ‘a new normal’.

A new normal is at the heart of grief. It’s when something has so taken place in your life that it can not possibly ever be the same. It’s one of those events that mark your life forever and ever and you have to learn to live with that event. For example, finding out that you have a physical disorder such as cancer rushes into your life a new normal. It means that you are going to have to learn to live with things being different from that point forward. Everything from loss of hair to how you now have to eat has ‘suddenly’ changed. That’s your new normal. It’s what you now have to face every day of your life for the rest of your life!

It means that you’re going to have to grieve all those things that you now have to face. With cancer, it can be the loss of your hair. Every week when you have a treatment you may be concerned if you’re hair is going to fall out more and more. You may also for the first time become concerned if your children are going to have to face cancer in the future. What are you going to eat? Will you be alive to see your children grow up? These are some of the things that you have to address with your new normal. And yes, part of addressing these issues is grief. The grief of the loss of not having to worry about what you’re going to feel like in the morning. And if your diagnosis is terminal, the grief of all the events you’re going to be missing out on!

Another new normal can occur if you have the sudden loss of a loved one. This is especially true if you have lost a child, as discussed in the movie Courageous! The daughter was killed by a drunk driver and the family had to learn how to survive without their youngest child. The loss of a child is a gut wrenching pain that far too many people have had to experience. And of those far too many have tried to walk that loss by themselves. The murder of Adam Walsh, shows us a different type of loss. The young boy Adam was murdered caused the parents to split. Only they know all the particulars, but it was clear that they weren’t able to handle the new normal of a child being murdered. Something that only those that have lost a child in this brutal way can even begin to empathise with!

Sometimes if it’s a new normal that’s too big for you to handle yourself, consider that you can reach out and get help from a professional counselor. This can mean anything from a pastor to a psychiatrist. This type of pain can be so overwhelmingly debilitating that they only way you can make it through it, is by going to a skilled professional. It’s not that you can’t do it yourself, it’s just some time with the bigger things, it’s nice to have someone that can help you through it with the skill of a trained professional.

If you’re facing a new normal, get help if you need it. It’s not a sign of weakness, it’s actually a sign of strength to know when you’ve reached the boundaries of what you know how to do and how to handle things.

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ARMEX Blast Media

ARMEX is one of the industry leading baking soda-based abrasive. ARMEX had a network of authorized distributors worldwide that sell portable and contained soda-blasting equipment systems, accessories, and part as well as the full line of ARMEX Blast Media Formulas.

ARMEX Blast and Cleaning Media are baking soda-based abrasives for the removal and cleaning of hard coatings and contaminants that can be used comfortably and efficiently without disturbing the base material.

ARMEX can be used to remove contaminants and coatings without distortion or damage to a wide range of substrates, including wood, stone, metal, fiber, glass, even carbon. Soda blasting is a very effective method of cleaning and depainting when one or more of the following points is important:

No roughening at the entire surface, therefore conventional abrasives cannot be used. The flexibility of soda blast media will prevent damages to e.g. hydraulic parts or (surrounding) rotary.

Because ARMEX is completely soluble in water, it is ensured that no residue is left behind in e.g. engines or process installations.

ARMEX performance is very exceptional. Because the ARMEX crystal is soft and breakable, it will not damage bearings, seals, or other moving components like hard abrasives will. It quickly exposes surfaces for non-destructive inspection and testing, with no metal removal or cracks closure. Its superior contaminant removal provides for a cleaner surface, which is fundamental to maximizing coating performance. Also, ARMEX formulations are non-flammable and non-sparking and can be used in hazardous duty areas.ARMEX is not just baking soda. It is a
uniquely formulated sodium bicarbonate abrasive produced for blasting. The protective additives in ARMEX avoid clumping and clogging issues and are essential for uninterrupted operation, especially in high humidity environments.

The ARMEX soda blast media comes in different particle sizes to suit each application. It is considered a one-pass media. Unlike other abrasives ARMEX is extremely friable, it fractures
into much smaller particles upon impact. This results in a more intense cleaning action softens the impact on substrates and also changes the particle to a fine dust no more suitable for removing coatings.

Using ARMEX with the proper tools maximizes cleaning performances and minimizes media use, often providing excellent productivity because concern for surface deterioration even at high pressures is minimal and this make ARMEX process to be as cost effective as other abrasive processes.

ARMEX media provides a superior worker and environmental safety profile compared with solvents, caustic chemicals, high-pressure water and sandblasting. The media contains no free silica, and it’s suitable for use in FDA-regulated facilities.

Contrasted to other blast media, little ARMEX is needed to depaint or clean a square meter of surface area. The result is less trash generated. Also, ARMEX media in and of itself is non-toxic and is easier and less expensive to dispose of. I, it can be disposed of in a sanitary landfill and can be washed into a sanitary sewer because it's soluble in nature. In fact, it may also be useful as a buffering agent during the waste treatment process.

It quickly and thoroughly clean or remove paint virtually any surface with little or no masking or pre-washing. It is ideal for difficult and hard-to- reach areas, reducing or eliminating solvent cleaning and hand tooling. ARMEX is ideal for turnaround situations for removing a coating or contaminant, or other alteration of that surface because many cleaning and depainting jobs can be done while the plant and equipment are still in operation.