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

Posted on February 22, 2022February 26, 2022 by beyondbparis

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

Posted on September 23, 2021September 28, 2021 by beyondbparis

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

Posted on June 16, 2021August 17, 2022 by beyondbparis

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

Posted on May 4, 2021May 5, 2021 by beyondbparis

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

Posted on April 19, 2021April 19, 2021 by beyondbparis

Whilst you may be able to pick which house you are moving to, your Melbourne 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.

#1 Wear The Right Clothing

This is sound advice for a lot of activities, but it is especially true for when you are moving house in the summer heat. Loose-fitting clothing made from materials which are breathable can help keep any sweating to a minimum. For this reason sports clothing is a great choice. Wearing brightly coloured clothes also helps.

Clothes to avoid are those which are tight-fitting, have dark colours, and are made from materials such as polyester which simply traps the heat around your body.

#2 Drink Lots Of Fluids

One of the biggest problems you and anyone who is with you can have when moving house on a hot, sunny day is a lack of hydration. In the worst cases, it can lead to heat exhaustion which is hardly the best start to life in your new home.

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

Posted on January 7, 2021May 8, 2021 by beyondbparis

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?

Posted on December 23, 2020June 30, 2021 by beyondbparis

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

Posted on November 8, 2020June 30, 2021 by beyondbparis

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.

The first hurdle they face is that in Australia, family law does not normally grant what would be described as custody of any children when a marriage ends. Instead, the principle of equal parental responsibility applies. This means that any of the major decisions relating to the children needs to be discussed between both parents.

More importantly, no decision should be implemented until both parents have agreed to it. This applies to areas of the child’s life such as their health, their education, and where they live.

Expanding on the point about where they live, it does not necessarily mean that a father, for example, will strongly object to the mother moving from one property to another, if it is still in the same area.

However, if the mother plans to move with the children to a different city many miles away, or even to a different territory, that’s where family law draws a line.

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How To Organise Your Very Own Team Building Olympic Games

Posted on October 21, 2020March 18, 2022 by beyondbparis

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” →

What Makes an Expensive Wine?

Posted on June 7, 2020March 12, 2021 by beyondbparis

If you’ve decided to have friends over for food and wine so you can try a new recipe, you may find yourself browsing the aisles of your local bottle store. You see dozens of wine varieties, and all with varying price tags. Some can be low as $20 – or even lower, and some can cost hundreds of dollars. Where does this price variety come from?

Production Costs

The costs associated with producing wine can be one of the primary factors in pricing an individual bottle of wine. As each manufacturer’s expenses are different, you can expect the unit rate to be different.

The most obvious costs are, of course, the bottles, barrels, and grapes at the very initial manufacturing stages. The manufacturer then factors in the labour costs to make that wine and utilities associated with its production.

If you have a craving for vintage wine, the production process can often be quite complex and labour-intensive. The labour element of this wine type can definitely impact the consumer price tag.

Then there’s marketing, sales, and administration costs. If a manufacturer has invested heavily in promotion, those costs are ultimately passed on to the consumer. Most manufacturers don’t sell directly to the consumer, so the markup from distributors, wholesalers, and retailers also enter the equation.

Mother Nature also often throws her two cents into the equation. Supply and demand after a challenging growing season can impact the cost of wine.

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