This article answers all questions on the what, when, who, why and where of auto maintenance
checklist. A must read for all vehicle owners and especially do it yourselfers.

What Is Auto Maintenance Checklist
Auto maintenance checklist is a regular maintenance checks and simple services that you need
to carry out at the appropriate time on your vehicle to ensure that it operates

smoothly and at
peak performance.

When Is Auto Maintenance Checklist Necessary
You need auto maintenance checklist to carry out preventive maintenance, based
on the prescription of your vehicle’s manufacturer or an expert mechanic.

Your auto maintenance checklist should be divided into three, based on the mileage of your car.
Monthly Checklist: Check you oil level, hoses, belts, tire pressure, air filter, etc.

3 months checklist: Check/change oil and oil filter, brake fluid, transmission fluid, battery
terminals and cables, etc.

6 months checklist: Check/change shock absorbers, brake, wiper blades, exhaust system, lights,
tires, etc.

Your car specific, manufacturer specified owner manual will tell you what to do at the right time.

Who Can Carry Out Auto Maintenance Checklist
Auto maintenance checklist is arranged to help car owners “maintain” their vehicles, to prevent
major break down. Auto maintenance checklist is meant for you, if you are a car owner.

Why Carry Out Auto Maintenance Checklist:

Auto maintenance checklist is necessary because of the numerous benefits to car owners, which
includes, the following;

1. It helps in detection of faults or damages early before they get bigger.
2. It reduces drastically the cost of maintaining your car.
3. It helps you to “know” your car the more, and to gain maximum control over it.

And many more…

Having an auto maintenance checklist is a good guide for new vehicle owners who wants to go into
do it yourself repair jobs, it will show them what to do, and guide them step by step into car
servicing and maintenance, which is one of the starts in do it yourself auto maintenance jobs.

Where To Get Auto Maintenance Checklist

You can get your checklist from

• Your vehicle owners manual
• Auto sites: They provide well illustrated, simplified auto maintenance checklist, and some have
  forums where you can interact with other vehicle owners, and have real discussion with auto experts.

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Now that you have established the type of wedding you want, you need to figure out when and where it will be located. Having an out-side wedding, which should only amount to fifty or less people, can be easily managed and quite entertaining. There are so many possibilities to choose from. For instance, will it be beachfront, Lake Front, or perhaps someone’s back yard?

Next in line should be choosing the immediate wedding party, such as Maid of Honor, Bride’s Maids, Best man, Ushers, Flower girl, Ring Barer, and then the guest list. A good reason for putting this in the beginning of the planning is that a good lot of these people can help you with the rest of the plans and ideas. Everyone can get together to discuss their ideas and suggestions, or you can make out a list in private, asking your friends for their suggestions, and then choosing which ideas you like best.

Most out-door weddings don’t usually follow a color scheme; rather they simply follow a certain style if anything. For instance, instead of floor length gowns, light colored sundresses and hats would make a good theme. Thus in turn falls in the same perspective of the men’s attire. Instead of tuxedo’s, they simply wear a sports jacket ensemble, with or without the vest, or perhaps something in the lines of slacks and a Hawaiian style shirt.

Out-door weddings can also eliminate the need for florists and caterers. For instance, you can go to the local florist shop yourself to pick up a few potted plants and flowers to set where the ceremony is to take place, and maybe even purchase a garden trellis for the wedding couple to stand under while taking their vows.

The food preparations can be chosen and maintained by the wedding party. The food can be chosen as part of the theme of the wedding, for instance Hawaiian style or perhaps picnic and bar-b-queue style, and maybe even an interesting clambake.

Depending on the area chosen, you can even construct some events to take place, where prizes can be won. You can have volleyball or badminton events, rowboat races, sac races, piggyback races, a game of croquet, and even some wacky games that involve music. There are endless possibilities where entertainment can be incorporated in for everyone to have fun and enjoy the event.

Don’t forget to choose one or two of the wedding party or guests to film the events and save as a movie. As an added gift, advice all the guests that desire to take pictures, they must in return provide you with a copy of the snapshots for you to add in your collection to build a wonderful scrapbook as a keepsake.

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Espresso coffee is a highly popuar choice of beverage for the large majority of us. This is partly because it contains caffeine which fires up our brain every morning. Many people also make coffee at home as one of the first things they do when they get up.

Consumers into coffee will concur that a coffee espresso machine is a piece of equipment that will make a top quality cup of espresso. However, quite a few of these people don’t actually own a home espresso machine which is quite surprising really. There are a number of different fundamental types of espresso machine, ranging from fully automatic right through to manual machines.

Semi Automatic Espresso Machine

A semi automatic espresso machine is ideal for use in the home. It produces a single cup of coffee each time and you choose the level of coffee grounds that go into each cup, so you have control over how strong each cup of coffee you are making is.

Fully Automatic Espresso Machine

If you are making a lot of cups of coffee on a daily basis, you might look to buy something faster. Something like a fully automatic espresso machine will do the job perfectly. Simply pour the espresso coffee beans in and then press a button to produce the cup of coffee as and when required.

Traditional Espresso Stovetop Machine

A traditional way to make espresso coffee is to use a stovetop home machine with a pot that has compartments. You put water into the bottom compartment and coffee into the upper compartment. Once the water reaches boiling point, steam rises up into the coffee. You can find out more about espresso coffee at http://www.bestespressocoffeemachines.com

Conclusion

As you can see, there are a large typpe of home espresso machine on the market. All you need to do is choose the one type that best suits your needs. Also it is worth considering how much space you have available in your kitchen prior to purchase. It’s worth taking some time to consider what home espresso machine to buy as it is something you will probably use every day.

Dean Forster is the owner and editor of http://www.bestespressocoffeemachines.com a website resource dedicated to consumer information on espresso machines and accesories. Espresso Coffee Machines

My patience has been tested in the last few days.  I’m generally a pretty even-keel person (at least I think so… my friends and family may beg to differ?).  In any event, dealing with annoying situations isn’t my specialty.  Lately though, I’ve made a conscious decision to rise above my frustrated feelings.  I’ve decided that, even though life may throw a few challenges my way, I have it within myself to deal with these situations in a mature and positive way.

Okay, I haven’t been able to maintain this mature and positive attitude at ALL times (in fact, I’ve found that I’m just a normal human more often than not).  But I have had moments where I’ve been able to pull myself out of the vicious downward spiral by trying the following tactics:

1. Vent to someone I trust.  Yes, I know this sounds like I’m doing anything BUT getting over my frustration.  But hear me out.  I don’t know about you, but I can’t just “let it go” when I’m really upset about something.  I need to get rid of that negative energy somehow.  Otherwise it just builds up and I end up overreacting to something really small later on.  I suppose exercising or screaming into a pillow would accomplish the same thing, but I prefer to verbalize my frustration to someone who will be supportive and just let me talk.  If a person isn’t available, I’ve found that my journal can provide this same type of support.  The key to this step, though, is that the venting period has an ending.  There’s no point in just venting non-stop.  A good rule of thumb is once you start repeating yourself, it’s time to start moving on.

2. Regaining control.  In a lot of cases, I’ve noticed that most of my frustration comes from feeling like I don’t have control of the situation.  Someone’s “wronged” me.  Or I can’t obtain what I need to overcome whatever challenge I’m facing.  But my frustration usually vanishes the second I figure out how to regain even a little control of the situation.  This may be as simple as accepting the situation as it is (i.e., cutting my losses).  Or it may mean collaborating with someone else who can provide what I need.  Either way, focusing on what I CAN control, and letting go of what I CAN’T control usually helps lessen the frustration.

3. Figuring out my options.  Once I’ve calmed down a little, then I’m able to start thinking about ways to resolve the actual problem.  I’ve found that brainstorming is a helpful method for figuring out what my options are.  Sometimes I’ll enlist the help of a friend (or a Coach!) for this step, but other times just writing down a list of everything I can think of works just as well.  The more options I have for dealing with a negative situation, the less frustrated I feel, so I often just throw out any idea I can think of.  Once I have a complete list, then I’m able to evaluate all of my choices and choose the best one(s).

There are plenty of times in our life when we’re going to feel frustrated.  There’s just no way around it.  But figuring out how to use your frustration to come up with an even better plan can make it all worth it in the long run.

About the author: Sarah M. Schultz, MA, CPC is a certified
Personal Development Coach in Park City, UT. Sarah coaches
quarterlifers (adults in their 20s and 30s) who want to create
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relationships, creating a fulfilling work/life balance, and
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Brazing is divided into two types by temperature. High temperature brazing is that done at 1800F or above, in a furnace. Low temperature brazing is done in a furnace from about 1200F up to 1800F Below 1200F is considered soldering.

High temperature brazing is ticklish because of four things: the base materials that the product is made from, the nearness to the melting point of the base metal during brazing and the probability that the base metal may also require a heat treating process different than the brazing cycle to gain maximum strength, corrosion of the base metal by the brazing alloy during brazing, and a furnace atmosphere that will keep the base metal clean and enhance flow of the brazing alloy into the joints for joining.

The two best furnace atmospheres are hydrogen gas and a vacuum. Uniform heating of the product is gained with hydrogen gas because the gas is flowing over and through the product carrying heat. Depending on the base metal, hydrogen gas may not keep the base metal as clean as a vacuum furnace will. In a vacuum furnace uniform heating can be a problem depending on the heating element locations as in direct exposure to the product, and because the heat travels in a straight line from the elements going in all directions inside the furnace. Use of a retort helps to provide uniform heating because it becomes a radiator container and distributor of the heat.

Base metals may contain titanium and aluminum which form oxides on the surface and prevent brazing alloy flow in to joints.

Joint design, configuration, can also hinder obtaining solidly brazed joints.

Integrating all these factors into a successful operation can be tricky, but be better assured by an experienced person at the outset. You may be doubting my expertise.The following supports that expertise.
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We live in a society that is trying to fight back the notion that disposable is good. Many of our products are designed to be made of materials that are difficult to recycle but easy to dispose of in landfill sites. They are also make to wear out and need to be replaced. Consumerism has run rampant and many of our household objects have become impersonal works of plastic cheaply made and easily disposed of.

Enter the wood turner. Little has changed in the craft for a thousand years or more. Tools are made of better steel and lathes are now powered by electricity, but objects are usually made one by one by hand and eye. Each has a distinctive nature and a uniqueness that comes only from hand work without the artificial sameness of machine manufacture. In the old manner, bowls, spoons, candle holders and other ordinary objects are raised to the status of art as well as craft.

But what of the impact on the environment? What of all the wood that is used, not to mention wasted by the act of turning?

First of all, most wood turners are very conscious of the woods that are used. Exotics are used sparingly, partly because of cost but also in respect for the dwindling rain forests of the world. It is an easy thing these days to ensure that exotic wood is taken from a farmed and renewable resource. Plus, there is the beauty in even the most common of woods to considered. Beautiful wood, as the say, grows on trees.

Most wood turners like to use local wood and preferably “found” wood. That is wood that is usually destined for the land fill or the fire place. It is inexpensive, often beautiful, and plentiful. A wind storm can produce far more wood than a turner will use all year as he or she aids neighbors in storm clean up.

What of those piles of shavings that get generated so quickly? Depending on where one lives, these are destined for the recycling program for the composting center, a horse farm or race course where they are regarded as prime bedding material, garden mulch to slowly replenish the soil, or for the turner’s own compost pile. Nothing is wasted and what would have been landfill is a thing of beauty and an asset for recycle.

Darrell Feltmate is a juried woodturner whose web site, http://aroundthewoods.com, contains detailed information about woodturning for the novice or experienced turner as well as a collection of turnings for your viewing pleasure. You too can learn to turn wood, here is the place to start. Wondering what it looks like? Follow the page links for a free video.
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WHAT’S GOOD ABOUT THIS?

-How can I make this okay?

-What can I learn from this?

-How can I become a better person as a result of this?

-What’s good about this?

These are tough questions to answer when trouble and disappointment strike. But I can assure you that asking yourself these questions will pay in dividends. Face it. We all want to feel good. No one wants to feel bad. So asking what’s good about this puts us in a powerful position because we become the victor and not the victim.

No one wants to experience regret, disappointment and the like, but unfortunately those emotions are a part of life. But. . . there’s good news. You can lessen the uncomfortable feeling these emotions bring by looking for the lesson and/or blessing in all that happens to you.

When there is nothing you can do about your situation, then you are at the mercy of your circumstances. But. . . if you can learn something, you might feel a little better. Let’s be honest. Being a victim is painful. Wouldn’t it be more beneficial to your peace of mind to feel victorious instead of victimized?

For those of you feeling a little ambitious, you can even take it a step further and begin looking for the good in it all. I admit, it will not be easy, but if you do, you will feel immensely empowered. You will develop the confidence of knowing that no matter what happens in your life, you will find something useful in it to make your life better.

Now it’s time to experiment with this theory.

Name two unfortunate events that have occurred over
the last two years:

Name what good, if any, came from those events:

by Jessie Jamie Coleman

Jessie Jamie Coleman is an author, screenwriter, freelance writer and a self-esteem expert. She is the author of two self-discovery journals, “The Incredible, Awesome You” and “Where Will You Be in Two Years.” For more information, visit her website: http://www.autumngirlpress.com and http://www.jessiejamiecoleman.com

After owning your commercial property for several years, it’s time for you to sell the property. There are a few things you should know and consider before listing your property.

What Commission You Should Pay?
It’s often a percentage, typically from 3 to 6% of the list price. The commission is negotiable and dependent on various factors

1. Price: in general the higher the price, e.g. $10M, the lower the percentage.
2. How difficult it is to sell it. For example to sell a vacant building in a declining area, you should pay a higher commission.

As a seller, it is tempted to think your net proceed is more if you pay low commission. However, when you take away the commission, you take away a very strong and perhaps the only incentive from people who make a living selling your property to their investors. They may choose to sell other properties instead. Less competition may result in lower price for your property.

The commission is often split 50/50 among the listing office and the selling office. However, it’s not always the case. Some listing office feels it deserves 2/3 of the total commission because it has 2 people working as a team. The question to ask is “Does this commission split best serve your interest?” As a seller, you want to get the biggest bang for your buck. That means a fair split that will most likely bring the most number of offers to the table. So you should consider asking the listing broker to:

1. Split the commission 50/50 with the selling office.
2. Make the listing available to all brokers inside AND outside of the listing company at the same time. Some companies have the policy of keeping the listings in house for the first 30 days. This allows the office to sell the property to just their own clients and keep the all the commission. Once they cannot sell the property to their own clients, they make the listing available to all other offices. This action is in conflict with your interest and may even be unethical because the property does not have maximum exposure to all the potential buyers.

By doing so, you will be likely to get the most number of offers. As a result you will be likely to get the highest price for your property.

Some brokers specialize on “no commission to the buyer’s broker” listings. Sellers only pay commission to the listing office and buyers must pay commission to their agents. This may sound fair to you as a seller and you would think your net proceed would be higher because you don’t have to pay a commission to the buyer’s broker. However, this author is not ware of any studies showing the seller gets more money with this approach. The reality is different because:

1. You take away the most important incentive from the selling brokers: money. They may decide to sell other properties to their clients instead.
2. Even when sellers pay commission, mentally the buyers still think they are really the ones who pay the commission which is included in the purchase price. This is the reason some buyers prefer to buy “For Sale By Owner’s” or FSBOs.
3. Buyers must come up with more money to buy your property. They cannot get financing for the commission since it’s not included in the purchase price. This may discourage buyers from making offers.
4. Buyer’s broker may present an offer and state that the real price is the purchase price in the contract minus his commission.

As a result, you are less likely to get the maximum numbers of offers and consequently not the highest price for your property.

Does it matter which broker should you hire?
While any licensed real estate agents can list your commercial property, you don’t get any benefits when you hire a residential specialist to do the job. Commercial and residential properties are 2 totally different products which require different marketing plans and selling process.

1. The brochure: commercial properties normally have a brochure instead of a flyer as often used in residential properties. The brochure is given to potential buyers who may be out of the area, out of state or even out of the country. This brochure contains pricing, property pictures, site plan, satellite map, rent roll, income, expenses, demographic, and traffic volume information. Investors often look for information that they really care about such as Net Operating Income (NOI), cap rate, and lease term (gross or NNN). They often make offer based on the information in the brochure alone without even seeing the property personally (they inspect the property during due diligence period). Some of the information in the brochure may be confidential, e.g. rent roll, in which you may want the buyer to sign a confidentiality agreement first.
   

2. Pricing: Most commercial properties are one of a kind and very unique in appearance, quality, location, lot size, number parking spaces, tenants list, etc. Many have no comparables like residential properties. So setting the right price is more complex and not as straight forward. Should it be priced based on net income, market value or construction cost? The property would not sell if priced too high. You lose potential profits when priced too low. So you want a commercial specialist to do this.
   

3. Documentation: sellers are required per contract to provide various documents, e.g. survey and environment assessment report, not typical needed in a residential transaction but required by commercial lenders. Not providing all the required documents to the buyer in a timely manner may jeopardize the transaction.
   

4. The offer process: In commercial real estate, the selling broker often presents a one-page Letter of Intent or LOI instead of a contract. This LOI states the key points: price, earnest money, due diligence period, financing terms, and closing date. Once the LOI is accepted, both parties will work on the contract. A commercial listing broker will not ask the buyer for a prequalification or pre-approval letter which is typical in residential transaction but not in commercial transaction. This is because the loan approval process for commercial property is so different such that lenders don’t issue a pre-approval letter.
   

5. Escrow: it normally takes 21-30 days for due diligence or buyer to investigate the property and 60 days to close escrow when financing is involved. A commercial real estate broker won’t demand 30 days escrow like in a residential transaction because he knows it takes a long time for a commercial lender to approve the loan.
   

6. Financing: in commercial real estate a higher percentage of transactions do not close because the buyer cannot get the loan. In a transaction that involves SFRs, if the buyer has 30% down payment then it’s almost certain that the loan will be approved. However 50% down payment is not even sufficient for many properties in California with cap rate of 5% or lower. Please refer to the article “What Investors Should Know about Commercial Loan” written by the same author. So a listing broker with experience about commercial financing will be able to advise the seller not to accept an offer with a remote chance of getting the loan approved

David V. Tran is the CEO eFunding Inc., a commercial real estate brokerage, commercial loan broker, property management, self-directed IRA investment, TIC and syndication company in San Jose, CA. His website is http://www.efundingcom.com. He may be contacted at (408) 288-5500. eFunding does business in all 50 states. He is selected as Pensco Trust’s (a major self-directed IRA custodian) Preferred Professional. David is well-known for his 3 FREE real estate investment seminars:

1. How to invest in commercial real estate for retirement income NOW.
2. How to maximize cash flow with 1031 tax-deferred exchange.
3. TIC/Syndication: strategy for small investors and self-directed IRA investors to acquire high-valued properties.

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THE INCREDIBLE, AWESOME YOU

Who decides how lovable we are or how valuable we are?

One answer would be our friends and family. Another answer would be ourselves. Unfortunately, some of us allow others to define us, and we tend to value other people’s opinions of us over our own.

In researching self-worth and self-esteem in women, I learned a very important fact. I learned that a woman’s spouse or boyfriend contributes to over 80% of what she thinks about herself. Her self-esteem is defined by how he relates to her and treats her. That places a woman’s significant other in an ultra powerful position.

I am inclined to believe that women are born with an innate need for a man’s love. Why else would I have remained in unsatisfying relationships time after time? I am also led to believe that just because a woman is born with such an innate need doesn’t mean she can’t change things around.

Who says someone else has to define our worth?

Why can’t we define our own self-worth? The answer is: We can! The key is for women to realize that they can, indeed, define their own self-worth without the approval of a man or anyone else.

Any woman, at any time, has the power today to decide for herself that she is beautiful, lovable and worthy of everything life has to offer and not because she says so or because I say so, but because it is so.

For those women interested in building their self-esteem and self-worth, I offer one major suggestion to get you started:

Avoid or limit contact with people who make you feel bad about who you are or who just make you feel bad (on a scale from 1 to 10 with 10 being the highest, my self-esteem shot up from 5 to 12, off the chart, just by divorcing my husband).

Your assignment for this week is to make a list of everything you have accomplished in your life, everything you are good at and the one thing about you that makes you special. It can be your smile, your excellent cooking, or your great hair.

And finally, learn to sing yourself praises. Because I promise you, if you show the world how much you love and adore yourself (without coming off as conceited), they will follow suit. And, you can write that one down.

My accomplishments:

What I’m good at:

One thing that makes me special:

by Jessie Jamie Coleman

Jessie Jamie Coleman is an author, screenwriter, freelance writer and a self-esteem expert. She is the author of two self-discovery journals, “The Incredible, Awesome You” and “Where Will You Be in Two Years.” For more information, visit her website: http://www.autumngirlpress.com and http://www.jessiejamiecoleman.com

When it comes to greenhouses for the homeowner, there is just an endless supply of choices available to you. There are more choices of greenhouses for the homeowner than there is for the commercial an industrial greenhouse owner. A great thing about having so many styles is that it helps to keep the cost factor down to where home greenhouses can be quite inexpensive.

Let The Fun Begin

When you’re ready to start having some fun you can get in the car and go shopping for your new home greenhouse. Before you go there are things you should consider such as the area of the space around your home. Get a tape measure, a pencil and paper and write down the length by width by height so you have something to work with when you do find that greenhouse. Something else that is very important to know is that as much sun as possible should be available. So, watch out for trees and other tall structure that may block the sun at some point in the day.

Greenhouses For The Homeowner and Getting Started

The ideal way to get started and save a ton of walking is to have a seat at your computer and do a search for greenhouses for the homeowner enclosed like this; “greenhouses for the homeowner”. This works on Google to narrow down your search so you won’t have millions of pages with information you don’t really want. You’ll find a huge variety of greenhouse type websites on the net so this is a good place to get ideas for what you may want. Actually you could make your greenhouse purchase over the internet too… talk about convenient.

Another fool proof way to shop for the greenhouse is to take a drawing with the measurements to your local nursery or building supply store. The staffs at these stores are normally very helpful and knowledgeable. There is a wealth of information available to make the job easier, you just need to ask.

Is This a Hobby For You?

Having a greenhouse for a homeowner is probably one of the most satisfying hobbies you could have. Just think of the results from your planting; being able to feed your family with truly healthy fresh vegetables and who knows, maybe even set up a fruit and vegetable stand. It’s always gratifying to know that something you nurtured with your own hands people will actually buy from you. That’s something to be proud of.

Greenhouse gardening can absolutely be considered as being one of the most fun and enjoyable hobbies out there, and so if you are looking for a hobby that you can not only have fun with but create beautiful results with as well, then you are definitely going to want to consider getting a greenhouse and starting your own garden inside of it. You are sure to love it.

Greenhouses for the home are so important for everyone’s health. Show your family that you care by visiting Types of Geenhouses.com Learn more and see what is available when it comes to greenhouses for the home. Types of Geenhouses.com will help you along the way.