If you are hearing noises in your attic such as running, crying and or growling you could have a raccoon or raccoons with babies in your attic or soffet area. If you do have raccoons in your home you will know it, they will drive you nuts! It is baby season for raccoons. There are…
A Steel grillage is a foundation technique that is often used to support towers, gantries, signs, overhead line electrification (OLE) masts and similar structures. Depending on the size and weight of the structure being supported, a traditional foundation of this type (sometimes called a floating foundation) is a large box-like structure, not unlike the mesh…
Developing and asking good questions serve to: * Allow for service or agency differentiation * Lower resistance or objections * Build a platform for a sales and marketing strategy specific to that referral source The Basics of Good Questioning Skills Open-ended questions that are well crafted and and thought out in advance can really ignite…
You have been asked to give a eulogy speech; it is written and now it is time to take care of all the other details…like what to wear to a funeral. For those of us that are clothes horses we take a great deal of time and thought to what we are going to wear…
What Is Commodity Trading? Commodity futures markets allow commercial producers and commercial consumers to offset the risk of adverse future price movements in the commodities that they are selling or buying. In order to work a futures contract must be standardised. They must have a standard size and grade, expire on a certain date and…
Making yogurt with the Salton Yogurt Maker is fun, easy and worry-free. A few things you’ll need are milk, powdered milk for thickening, a thermometer and a yogurt starter. Be sure your yogurt maker is clean before starting. It will provide a stable temperature for incubating the yogurt. In this article you will find the…
It is a common myth that people think that they cannot have their air ducts cleaned if they live in a mobile home. This is half true. Most companies that offer air duct cleaning, use what is called “negative air” machines. This is equipment that sucks out debris while the duct is being agitated heavily.…
Let’s look at some of the high end mini garden tillers. The most well known brands are Troy bilt and Mantis. With these brands you get the best in mini garden tillers like the Mantis 4 cycle tiller with an engine from Honda. The most used miniature or small garden tillers fall under tillers and…
Sectional sofas are an ideal option for any modern living room furniture. Sectionals are very popular for what to many are obvious reasons, although there are also some that are not so obvious. Here are some benefits of sectionals and sectional sofas: 1. Versatility When you use sectionals as the basis of your living room…
In order to better understand why swordfish concentrate their feeding habits in certain depths on any given night or why the bite is better during different times of the month requires you to better understand how the effects of moonlight influence swordfish. Before you can understand how moonlight affects swordfish, you must understand the moon…
Most people who actually benefit from Yoga are those who practice, and continue to practice. Often times beginners try Yoga once and never again. They do not see how doing stretches or putting their body in uncomfortable poses helps their life. Here are 5 reasons why us Yoga lovers love the practice: 1. Yoga Relaxes:…
We make use of woolen fabrics in our day to day life, right from below the toes to above the head – carpets to caps. Following characteristics makes wool more useful and comfortable too: – Wool is one of the most breathable fibers on earth. – Wool gives comfortable warmth to your body. – Wool…
Periwinkle: This simple little plant is the source of most common chemo drugs used in the treatment of cancer. The properties which linked Periwinkle to the treatment of cancer were discovered inadvertently by a major pharmaceutical manufacturer while looking for a drug to control blood sugar in diabetics. Common folk lore attributed such a property…
It is time to clean your grout. Saying that one phrase often makes people sick or worse, depressed. Is it really worth paying someone else to handle this sometimes daunting task? Let’s see what the benefits and drawbacks are to this relatively new home service. First of all, many people are unfamiliar with this home…
In a world of increasingly heart conscious consumers the consumption of olive oil doubled between 1990 and 2000 and according to authorities will likely have doubled again by 2020. Ninety-five percent of olive oil comes from the countries bordering the Mediterranean with Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Greece being the leading produces. Because of the expected…