Many who look into roach exterminators fear that the extermination process will have negative healthy consequences for them. This is a fair point, since it is indeed true that exterminators do use many different types of chemicals to kill the roaches in your house. Be comforted, though, that most exterminators won’t start out by simply gassing your whole house. To begin the process, most roach exterminators will simply start with […]
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Determining garden pests today is a difficult thing without help from a gardener or a local garden expert at a gardening store. There are many creatures that are beneficial rather than harmful to a garden so it is imperative that you know what to look out for as pests so that you will enjoy a bountiful harvest each season. One thing that is beneficial is to write out a list […]
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The Partnership for Prevention was formed to encourage Fortune 1000 companies to consider making workforce health a CEO issue and adopt strategies to promote avoidance and wellness. After several years of double-digit rate increases for medical insurance, organizations are realizing that one of the best ways to slow the cost increases is to have staff take more responsibility for both costs and health options. A majority of organizations surveyed feel […]
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So, you’re sick of trying to figure out new and creative ways to exterminate roaches, and wish you could have someone else worry about all the work and disgustingness involved? What if you had a machine perfectly adapted for hunting down and killing cockroaches? What if this machine was also cute, cuddly, and relaxing to have around the house? Yes, it turns out that cats make great cockroach exterminators. With […]
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It’s clear to virtually every American (especially those of us in business) that health care costs are skyrocketing out of control. No one doubts that either the market will solve the problem OR the government will impose one on us. Managed care has failed from either a cost containment or quality of care perspective. Companies have reached the point where the cost of providing health insurance is almost as burdensome […]
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People who like to garden will at some point face a pest problem. There are several different ways to control pests. Spraying the plants with insecticides is one solution. The problem with this method is that it is far from being an organic solution. There are safer organic solutions available today. The following part of the article will discuss those methods. Not only is organic pest control a healthier alternative, […]
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There are several common garden pests that can be readily identified through various means. These pests are aphids, earwigs, slugs and snails, and caterpillars. There are other common creatures that cause issues in a garden but these are often the most prevalent. Identifying which of the common pests are assaulting a garden is simple. Each has a different method of operation. Aphids are considered by many gardeners to be the […]
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Those of you who have tried to exterminate roaches before know that they are not easy insects to kill. You can spray them, step on them, crush them, yet they still seem to somehow live on. As it turns out, roaches are one of the most well adapted and hardy species on this planet. For one thing, they can survive without food and water for great lengths of time. There […]
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High rates of staff member turnover and the costs of sick days are increasingly taking bites into corporate profits. The high cost of recruitment programs only adds to the challenges that these problems in sum cost the typical business. Many organizations are finding the solution to these challenges by increasing job satisfaction, team building, and the implementation of wellness programs that yield a reduction in these costs. It has become […]
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It’s inevitable: when you see a roach, you start to assume the worst about the state of your house. Have you been such a slob that these filthy creatures have suddenly started to invade your house? Have you utterly failed beyond redemption as a housekeeper? The answer to these questions is no. You’re house simply provides roaches with one thing they love: cool, damp places. You can have the cleanest […]
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Gardening is a great way to feed your family nutritious foods while saving money. Many also choose to garden because they worry about the types of pesticides that are being used on produce purchased at the supermarket. And while many stores have organic produce available it is often very expensive. Natural Garden Pest Control Unfortunately, going the natural route may leave you with a garden full of hungry bugs and […]
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Some of the top health promotion programs currently in use today include: HRAs HRA is a top wellness program currently in use globally. Organizations that implement it determine the safety and health concerns of workers by the assessment of appropriateness of the facilities and equipment against the needs of the workers. It can, for example, guide the business into deciding how the air quality within an office room affects the […]
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Killing roaches ain’t easy. Cleverly designed to survive the toughest conditions, your average cockroach can go months without food or water, survive with its head gone, eat toxic chemicals, and thrive in radioactive environments. Somehow, it seems, this isn’t going to be easy at all. Roach Extermination is not for the faint of heart. However, there is some small glimmer of hope. You see, roaches do have several vulnerabilities that […]
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This article is all about answering one simple question: can you really ever control roaches? Many people who live in roach infested areas would probably say that you can’t. For these people, there is a familiar cycle where roaches are seen, a roach war begins, roaches die, and then roaches come back again a few months later. In this seemingly futile battle, it would appear that winning is impossible. Let’s […]
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Research spanning more than a decade has consistently shown wellness programs to be financially effective and that every dollar invested on a wellness program can return $2.30 and $10.10 by decreasing absenteeism, sick day usage and by decreasing insurance costs. Moreover it’s noted that there are marked improvements in employee performance and productivity in organizations that start a health promotion program. Healthy corporations enjoy increased employee morale and an improved […]
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Slugs, which are a close relative of snails, are a common pest in the garden. All slugs are hermaphroditic, possessing both female and male reproductive organs, which enable a small population of slugs to seem to explode overnight. Therefore, it is imperative to nip the problem in the bud to prevent garden problems later on. The easiest step to take when slugs are present is to eliminate their preferred habitat. […]
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Gardening is a productive hobby. There are dozens of reasons to take up gardening! It provides some food for your table, gets you outdoors and active as well as a routine of something to do daily for those who don’t work outside the home. While we love our gardens we don’t love gardening pests! These are creatures that rob you of plants, time, money and produce. There are many chemicals […]
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25% Jump in Corporation Interest in Employee Wellness Employee wellness for their employees, corporations are discovering, is good for the health of their organizations as well. Wellness programs help to cut the costs associated with poor employee health, which include absenteeism, loss of productivity and poor work quality. A recent Hewitt Associates survey of over 500 U.S. organizations indicated a meaningful paradigm shift in how organizations view health benefits for […]
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Emotional health is a state of wellness that comes from understanding and acknowledging our emotions and finding appropriate ways to express them. As personnel, we often bring emotional problems from our childhood or current family life into the workplace because we have not dealt with them effectively outside of work. This can seriously damage worksite relationships and lead to poor performance and negative feelings all around. Many tools and techniques […]
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Other departments within an organization will likely focus on related areas of employee safety and injury prevention. Health Promotion activities are a natural partner to many other human resource (HR) (HR), employee motivation, and safety programs. Body mechanics, ergonomics, and safe working practices are three areas which might be coordinated together. Soft Tissue Sprains and Strains – This injury category continues to remain the number one financial loss for workers’ […]
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