The auto detailing business is a phenomenal growth industry that thrives on repeat business and referrals. To assure you gain repeat business and referrals you need to do the best job possible. Dirt, grime and smells all need to be removed with perfection. A powerful industrial steam cleaner can truly assist in assuring that you produce the best possible detailing experience possible. Steamers have many advantages compared to traditional extractors by allowing the detailer to sanitize more efficiently and reach areas that the traditional method can’t. There are many manufacturers beginning to produce specialized auto steamers for detailers, though one of the most experienced is Thermax.

Thermax has primarily three industrial steam cleaning machines. The Thermax CP3, CP5 and CP12 (also called the DV12) are the three main steamers. Each of these machines has kits available for either contractors to use for homes and offices or an auto detailing kit. The Thermax steamers perform hygienic cleaning by reaching heating temperature over 135 degrees. These high temperatures allow for greater assistance in properly disinfecting, removing odors and in loosening built on grime. The CP5 and DV12 units actually reach temperature over 175 degrees. The pressure in each of these machines is also extremely powerful.

The CP3 has a PSI of 60, while the other two models have pressure of 100 PSI. The high PSI pressure will allow enough power of steam to reach into those tougher area’s like between seats, dashboards, cup holders and all crevices to remove any dirt or spills. The Thermax models allow for the addition of solution for those looking for the added benefit of fresher and brighter feel. Each of the units has a two stage vacuum motor for rapid water recovery and quicker drying times. The CP3 unit has a 3 gallon recovery tank, CP5 5 gallon tank and the DV12 has a 12 gallon recovery tank. Lastly each units attachments have long hosing to allow for less movement of the unit.

Thermax did not hold back when designing each of these units. The quality and design of these commercial steamers are worth the investment as the performance is superior. Thermax feels so confident in the quality that they offer a 3 year warranty on each machine. Auto detailing is a competitive business that requires superior performance for longevity in the crowded market. The Thermax steamers are quality machines that an auto detailer or carpet cleaner can feel confident using while differentiating themselves with the future of cleaning.

Collection of data in any experiment is crucial for accuracy and precision of a science project. More importantly, when data in experiments are properly collected, the information gathered provides the scientist of the science project validity and credibility. These are valuable skills for any scientist to be successful in any field. When science students are collecting data for a science project, they should be aware of these basics steps: precision, accuracy, validity and reliability.

Precision data is repeatability

In many instances, science students working on their school science projects need to repeat their experiments. This is to provide justification to previous experiments. But it also explains that the data gathered is precise. The more precise the collection of data is the more accurate the result. Perhaps, science students need to repeat an experiment to verify an unsuccessful or an incomplete result. Other times, experiments do not perform to standards. In other cases, experiments are incomplete due to lack of materials or time. Hence, the more repeats in an experiment the better the results.

Accurate data is correct information

The accuracy of the data gathered by science students means how close that result is in regards to the true value. In statistic terms, a true value is data that closely approaches the correct record. In this way, the more precise a measurement is in a particular instrument, the more accurate that value is to the experiment. Therefore, many instruments must be calibrated according to standards to provide accurate results. When an instrument is not calibrated, the measurements from that instrument lack validity. Calibration is the act of standardizing an instrument based on its specific graduations. For instance, a weighing balance in a grocery store is calibrated with weights to provide the most accurate weight in pounds. Thus, calibration of an instrument is a vital part of the accuracy and precision of a result.

Valid data is true scientific content

When science students provide true data, it also provides legitimacy to their science projects. As a matter of fact, without validity in science projects, they appear unreliable. For other scientists, when validity is compromised in some experiments or science projects, it sends a negative signal that they were not serious about their project. In science, experiments may not provide the results that they may predict. But a negative data in a science experiment can also mean a good result. It can prove or disapprove the hypothesis. It can provide additional information to other scientific experiments. It can establish the opportunity to further analysis of the data. Therefore, a valid science experiment not only provides valid results but it also provides an honest science student.

Reliable data is trustworthy evidence

If science students approach their science projects with validity, their data becomes more reliable. When experiments are conducted with conviction in performing the best and most accurate data, then they can be confident about their science projects. Reliable results establish the foundation for a legitimate reputation for science students. But it also establishes that the information gathered by science students is reliable, valid, accurate, and precise. In fact, science students who do not omit any steps in their science experiments to obtain results understand that science is a learning process.

If anything has been learned this past holiday season, it’s that the American consumer-that most tried and true, gifts-seeking champion-long in hibernation, has finally resurfaced.

Times have changed, the market if different, but the American shopper is back. And while they may now be armed with a debit card rather than their American Express, and they’re spending again – and they’re spending in stores.

That’s right: the American consumer has not turned its back on old Brick and Mortar. It’s excellent news if you are a retailer, but what now? Have you prepared to turn this new foot traffic into repeat business?

With all the media focus on online shopping in the last ten years, it’s easy to forget that most consumers still prefer a tangible, in-person shopping experience.

As reported by the Chicago Sun Times, 2010’s “Super Saturday” (the last Saturday before Christmas) sales rose 15.1 percent from the previous year, up to $7.58 billion nationwide, and many large chains are using their new social media presence to drive foot traffic back into their stores. This has influenced many stores to devote more resources towards improving their shopper’s in-store experience, and many are doing so by employing the services of mystery shopper companies.

Its perfect timing, in our current up-trending retail climate, now is a perfect time to re-evaluate and improve customer service through feedback. Mystery shopping firms are an effective way of turning higher in-store foot traffic into more loyal customers and increased repeat business. And if you are not up to date on what mystery shopper companies can do nowadays, know that feedback provided through mystery shopping is more advanced and further reaching than it ever has been.

Now when mystery shopping began, it may have only been a single shopper giving a grade, coupled perhaps with a written report. Today, that’s only scratching the surface. With a combination of technology and good old-fashioned groundwork, mystery shopping feedback now addresses a company’s complex system of strengths and needs in its entirety. The shoppers are still around (and their processes have improved over the years, to be sure), but now they’re backed by customer feedback surveys, audits, brand research, consultative meetings and more. When working with certain firms, you can even personalize the services you think will best benefit your brand.

You may be asking, how does this all relate to your specific store?

While it’s true that the American shopper is feeling a renewed sense of confidence and empowerment, the world’s economic woes have not completely healed. We all know that retail is often the first sector to take a hit in such austere times, so the need for retailers to maximize any positive trend is paramount.

Shoppers are spending more, but when they are spending they are spending more carefully. To capitalize on this, your customer experience must be the best. By entering stores in dramatically increased numbers as they have been, customers around the nation are demonstrating that the in-store experience matters to them-that they want to touch, smell and talk about the things they are interested in buying.

The new, highly selective American shopper will gravitate towards the brick and mortar experience that benefits them the most. In a time when the retail market is finally loosening, it only makes sense that one of your first investments should be into improving your own customer service.

These delectable, lightly herbed yeast rolls are the perfect addition to your vegan Christmas dinner. Fluffy, fragrant, and melt-in-your-mouth delicious, these rolls have a wonderful flavor and texture that are bound to make them a favorite.

This recipe makes double ring of rolls that look as good as they taste. The extra prep time is worth the beautiful presentation.

If you’re new to kneaded dough rolls, this recipe is a great place to start. The dough is sturdy and forgiving, and because you’re using a packaged baking mix the ingredient list is a short one. Bisquick biscuit mix is recommended, both because it’s vegan and because it makes delicious products.

Some tips on kneading dough

Handle the dough gently. Your goal is to bring it to a smooth, satiny texture, not to beat it into submission. Use the heels of your hands to gently compress the dough and push it away from you, then fold the dough back over itself and give it a little turn. Repeat this process according to your recipe (for this one, you’ll repeat the kneading motion about 25 times).

You will need:

• one 8 inch cake pan, greased
• one large, clean cloth

Ingredients:

• 1 package active yeast
• 3/4 cup warm water
• 2 1/2 cups packaged biscuit mix (Bisquick is vegan)
• 1/2 tsp. celery seed
• 3/4 tsp. poultry seasoning
• Dash nutmeg

In a large mixing bowl, combine yeast and warm water. Stir in biscuit mix and remaining ingredients, and beat vigorously for 2 minutes. Turn the dough out onto a surface well dusted with biscuit mix, and knead dough until smooth, about 25 times.

Roll dough about 1/4 inch thick, in a long, approximately 14 x 6 rectangle. Cut the dough in thirds lengthwise, and then crosswise at 2 inch intervals to make 21 squares. Lightly form each square into a ball. Arrange 13 balls around the edge of the pan, spaced evenly. Then make an inner circle of 8 rolls, leaving a 2 inch hole in the center.

Cover rolls with dampened cloth and let rise for about an hour, or until doubled in size. When they get close, preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Once doubled, remove cloth and bake 15-20 minutes, until rolls are golden brown. Best served hot or warm. For an extra fancy touch, brush the rolls lightly with plain soy milk before baking for a glazed effect.

Becoming a bounty hunter shouldn’t be all that hard right? I mean I’ve boiled it down to 9 easy steps…

1. Find a quality bounty hunter school or training.

2. Get licensed, if required.

3. If you are unsure if licensing is required, look it up.

4. Get the essential gear and support systems in place.

5. Market your services.

6. If successful, find and arrest the fugitive, then take him to jail.

7. If successful, invoice and collect for services from client.

8. Repeat steps 6 through 8 as often as necessary.

9. Find more bounty hunter training and improve your skills. Again, repeat as often as necessary.

Actually, I wish it were that easy but it is not- though not impossible as many would have you imagine.

Since I don’t know anything about you or your experience, I am going to assume that you are starting from scratch… no experience with the bail bond industry, skip tracing, taking people into custody, or finding a bounty hunter job.

With that in mind I am going to give you the best advice you will get in our industry:

Commit right now to becoming a lifelong student of the bail recovery tradecraft, which means finding a mentor, taking courses, reading books, research, and networking! This is not just for the short-term… but also for as long as you intend to find fugitives for business or for pleasure. I commit to at least 5 hours a week to learning more about some aspect of this business; improving my marketing skills, staying abreast of the changing climate of our industry, studying new methods of skip tracing, etc; each are extremely valuable topics to pursue.

Competency is developed from the study and practice of these skills. Competency leads to success!

But as I said in my last blog post about bounty hunting, finding the right school is of paramount importance. No other single decision made by someone wanting to learn to become a bounty hunter is so crucial!

And finding the right course can be tough! You have to consider a lot of options and weed through the rip-off courses (and there are more than a few) to find a truly great bail recovery course. Ask about the training director’s validity and/or background… if they get offended or defensive, that would be a good sign to stay away. Pick their brain a little- does what they have to say give you cause for concern or does something feel not quite right? Walk away if something is wrong..

Ultimately a variety of courses and/or books from a few reputable companies would be in your best interest- this is a complicated business and the “pros” all tend to approach the industry a little bit differently and none of us are able to cover everything 100%; it would not hurt to expose yourself to as much as you feel comfortable.

Lastly, I want to leave you with this- having dealt with thousands upon thousands of people asking the most frequent questions about getting started in bail enforcement I find that the one singular cause of frustration and eventual failure is that new people are too busy trying to reinvent the wheel rather than enlisting the help of an investigator who has been in the field a while or availing themselves of their training programs.

Give yourself a fighting chance and start with Step #1 rather than halfway down the list. You’ll be glad you did.

1. Jumping Jacks – This exercise is also known as a “Star Jump”. You can challenge yourself by seeing how high you can jump on each repetition. In addition, at the point when the legs are brought together you can perform a squat. Jumping Jacks are an excellent way to begin your warm up routine.

2. Burpee – These are a 4 count exercise. Starting from a stand, drop down to a squat position. (count 1) Kick your legs out to a plank position (count 2) Return legs to a squat position (count 3) Jump as high as you can. (count 4) For added difficulty, you can perform this exercise with an added push-up each time you are in the initial push–up position.

3. Burpee Pull-ups – Perform a Burpee under a horizontal bar, when you jump grab the bar and do a pull-up. Pull-ups primarily target the latissimus dorsi muscle group.

4. Handstand Push-up – In a handstand lower as far as you can go and push back to handstand. This should be done against a wall either with your back to the wall or facing the wall.

5. V-ups – Lie flat on the floor with your arms over your head. Simultaneously raise your arms and shoulders while lifting straight legs to finish in a V position. Repeat This is an excellent exercise to develop core muscle strength. The rectus abdominis and obliques (the name for those core muscles) will contract dramatically only when actual waist flex occurs. This means you must isolate the movement in your abdomen rather than attempting to swing your arms and shoulders for momentum to do the exercise. No cheating!

6. Squat Jumps – Keeping your back as vertical as possible, bend down deep touching the floor with your fingers then spring jump into a stretched position. During the squat phase your heels should remain on the floor. This exercise works the glutes, hamstrings, thighs and calves.

7. Running Stairs – This is one of the best ways to develop strength and power in your legs. Stairs are beneficial as it engages more leg muscle than running and improves ones vertical jump ability. So climb those stairs like Rocky and be your own champion.

Conditioning your strength and aerobic stamina is extremely important in the sport of gymnastics. It helps prevent injury and allows the gymnast to perform longer and more demanding routines. Most serious gymnasts do conditioning exercises daily and make their routines unique by setting them to their favorite music.

Strong Eyes (Iengong) is a fundamental Kung Fu ‘Gong or ‘Kung’, alongside Muyugong (Withstanding Blows) Qigong (Breath Control) and the others. Eye-Training Arts or ‘Ienshu’ is part of this.

Eye-Arts in Kung Fu help, for example, the coordination and accuracy of blows and blocks with hands, feet and weapons. Ienshu before combat may reveal opponents’ preparedness, stamina, fitness, mobility, flexibility, ability and alertness levels and even forthcoming techniques. Ienshu can also be incorporated into techniques via feints and stratagems–‘Looking High and Kicking Low’, for example.

Top Priority Training

The Eyes correspond to the Dragon in ‘Wuxing’/5 Animals Kung Fu. Here the Dragon, too, has the highest rank and position plus links to’Spirit’, like the eyes. The foremost, most used and most vital organs of perception, and the one allowing us to plan ahead and predict, the eyes are thus the most valuable for Martial Artists to train.

Vital human features, ‘the windows of the soul,’ according to a popular maxim, for a martial artist not to train the eyes is folly! Why? Because you might encounter someone who does-if so then watch out! How fortunate to possess the invisible advantages which eye-training provides! This article sets out drills and practice routines to help you acquire these.

1. Know Your Environment

Keeping your head still,. look diagonally upwards to your right. From this point, move your gaze slowly left-wards counting all the features on the ceiling, continue down the wall on your left, count all the features on the floor beneath your feet and then do the same to the wall on your right.

Repeat this drill four times in all, ending your last repetition, as far left as possible (i.e. diagonally upwards on the left) in the opposite position to your point of departure. Repeat the drill from this new starting, point in the opposite direction.

Moving and stopping the eyes plus the discipline of counting helps improve the accuracy of peripheral vision in particular and the ability to note small changes in local circumstances, which you might otherwise miss. Counting tiles on house-roofs is a related exercise-an earlier (and more difficult) version was to constantly count and re-count your chickens (as they obviously move around a lot!

2. Eyes Closed!

Close your eyes and rotate them 30x clockwise and then repeat the exercise in the opposite direction. Tiring at first, sometimes, this exercise gets easier with practice. As the lids provide slight resistance this exercises the muscles involved in rotation and also cleans the eyes’ surface.

3. Corners of the Eyes

Make two fists with thumb knuckles protruding at the top (Detour Hook-Fist in Wu Shu) strike the two temples, near the eye sockets with these knuckles 72 times. With both palms massage from the eyes upwards to the ‘Bahui’ point on the crown eight times, simultaneously.

The repeated strikes ‘tenderise’ the location (over time) making it more amenable to subsequent massage and stimulate the underlying optic nerve. The palm movements (over time) smooth away wrinkles from the eye sockets allowing better peripheral vision still from this vital viewpoint. They also begin to turn up the bottom outside corners of your eyes, slightly increasing the amount of light they collect, markedly decreasing the amount of dust/grit they accumulate, similarly.

The most common problem all new parents face once they bring their little bundle of joy home is: How do you get a baby to sleep? Yes! Unfortunately, the little bundles of joy and endless cuteness can turn your once peaceful nights into terrifying nightmares.

Although new parents may feel that this cycle of turmoil will have no end, there always is light at the end of the tunnel. Not many expectant mothers anticipate the ritual of sleepless nights before they have delivered their babies.

The whole ordeal of giving birth whether naturally or through a C-section, can be pretty traumatic on its own. So once the exhausted mother comes home from the hospital with her newborn, the last thing she wants is to soothe a crying baby constantly. All she wants is to rest.

White Noise

Imagine a life where all you do is sleep, wake up for a bit, move your arms a little and kick around and later on sleep some more. There are no worries in the air, the environment is safe and secure, and all you do is repeat the same things.

Once you are removed from that peaceful environment ( your mummy’s tummy) of course, you will cry at how drastically your life has changed. With bright lights, lots of noise, numerous new faces, and the whole idea of drink, sleep, poop repeat can prove to be overwhelming.

To calm babies down and sleep more through the night, all parents should invest in white noise. This noise imitates the sounds the baby hears when it is inside it’s mommy’s womb. This can help in relaxing the baby by imitating the sound of its ‘safe place’ and allowing it to sleep soundly.

A Relaxing Bath May Do The Trick

How do you get a baby to sleep when it is super tired from playing all day? To relax the muscles, all babies need a warm, soothing bath at the end of the day. It helps in relaxing their muscles and calming them.

Make sure that you massage your baby once a day. Babies who are crawling or starting to move around a bit need to be massaged to help them sleep better. If you couple massages followed by a warm bubble bath, your baby will surely go to sleep faster.

Your Baby’s Tummy Must Be Full

If your baby has outgrown the newborn stage and is starting to nibble on some purees or solids, the chances are that he/she will have a sound sleep at night. How do you get a baby to sleep who’s tummy isn’t full?

If the baby doesn’t eat or drink enough before going to bed, he/she will continuously wake up asking for more food. Make sure that your little one goes to sleep on a full stomach. So if any of your friends ever ask you how do you get a baby to sleep, share these useful points with them.

Sure, a flat belly looks better in a bikini, but that’s not the only reason you should focus on chiseling your core area. Keeping your middle little will also boost your health by reducing your risk of cancer, heart disease, and diabetes.

5 No-Exercise Tips:

Of course exercise is important because it helps tone abdominal muscles, but there is a growing body of research that says that exercise alone is not enough. In fact, about 80% of your ability to reduce your waist circumference lies in your dietary choices. Here are five good non-exercise recommendations that will help you achieve your beach body shape.

• Ease up on the alcohol. Alcohol drinkers, especially beer drinkers, have higher hip-to-waist ratios than do wine-only drinkers or people who abstain.
• Add coconut oil. Brazilian researchers found that obese women who included unrefined, virgin coconut oil in their diets lost more weight around their waist than study counterparts who did not.
• Eat berries. The University of Michigan studied blueberries, in particular, and found that they not only reduce belly fat, but also lowered cholesterol and improved blood sugar.
• Reduce stress. Excess stress spikes cortisol – a hormone that contributes to the storage of belly fat.
• Get adequate sleep. A good night’s sleep is a good way to promote weight loss in general, but belly fat is especially impacted by sleep or the lack thereof. For the best results, make sure you get at least 7 hours of sleep each night.

5 Exercise Tips:

Along with diet, exercise is an important component to losing belly fat and developing beach body abs. This is not spot reducing. Instead, abdominal exercises work in conjunction with other types of exercise to tone and build the muscles in your mid-section.

• Bird dog. Kneel on all fours and raise your left arm while extending your right leg. Hold for a few seconds. Repeat with your right arm and left leg.
• Boat pose. Sit on the floor and recline slightly. Life your thighs until they form a 45-degree angle to the floor. If you a beginner, you can hold the back of the thighs to make the exercise easier. If you are a bit more advanced, hold your arms out straight.
• Leg drop. Lie flat on the floor and raise both legs toward the ceiling. With hands by your side, lower your legs until they are about 6 inches from the floor. Raise your legs to the starting position and repeat.
• Hip lift. Lie flat on the floor and raise both legs to the ceiling. Place hands under your hips. Tighten your core and lift your hips straight off the floor.
• Torso twist. Sit on the floor cross-legged. Slowly rotate your torso to the right. Return to center. Then rotate left. Repeat.

There are many reasons to shrink your middle and go for that beach body look. For one thing, muffin tops and beer bellies are out.

But beyond aesthetics, there are a lot of other reasons to work on your belly fat. The larger your waist-to-hip ratio is, the higher your risk of having heart disease, diabetes, and certain types of cancer. So follow these 10 tips to reduce your risk and get fit starting now.

Whether you say it out loud or not, we all have that inner critic that brings you down and it’s like a tape on repeat in your head. Over and over it goes – I have flabby arms, I am so fat, I am ugly and unattractive, she is so skinny, I am a failure. Yet you do everything you can to lose weight and you never do, you try all the fad diets, all the juice diets and you never see any deeply satisfying results. All you see and feel is more pain in your failure. You consistently hit repeat on your Mind Tape.

Well, I would like to share the solution to this and as a result lose weight easily and effortlessly.

Your inner critic is actually your ego. And if you’re a lady, then I like to call it your shego! Your ego pipes up anytime you want to make a change – weight loss, getting rid of your tummy fat, making a change in your career – and tells you that you CANNOT do it. It sounds something like this – “you can’t do that, it hasn’t worked before why would it work now, my body doesn’t shift fat as easily as hers, I’m too busy, I’ll start next week.”

This is all self-sabotage, because your ego is part of you! You want to achieve something so badly yet you cannot follow through? Why? Your ego is stopping you from making a change and growing to keep you safe. It sounds crazy but the moment you REFUSE to believe your ego, that’s the moment you make quantum leaps in your life, in your career, in weight loss, tummy fat, flabby arms, absolutely everything.

So now that you know what I am talking about with your inner critic, how do you deal with it in order to lose weight, get a flatter tummy and so on.

Easy

3 Simple Steps.

1) You must get crystal clear on exactly what you want. How much weight do you want to lose, what do you look like, what do you feel like, what clothes do you now wear? Don’t limit yourself on this. Make Goal Cards and post them in your house, on your computer, and focus on them! Ask yourself this question – where do I want to be in 6 months time that would genuinely make me happy with my progress? You know that you don’t want to be where you are now in 6 months – you want to lose weight, tone your arms and feel more confident and abundantly happy. Everyone does, but not everyone pursues it.

2) Believe that you CAN do it! Regardless of what anyone says to you – you can do or be anything you want in this world, the only person who stops you is yourself! Avoid people who do not support your dreams, avoid the naysayers who say you won’t make it. Surround yourself with friends and family who support you and will keep you accountable to your weight loss goals, not the ones who’ll let you off the hook and bring you cake and chocolates!

3) Take action – if you want to lose weight and you have a trainer who tells you what to eat, you must listen to them! Why self sabotage yourself and eat junk food or binge drink when it is NOT taking you closer to your goal? Your body and your life is an issue of personal responsibility! We are consistently telling our clients that we are responsible for showing them how to lose weight, but ultimately it is an issue of personal responsible. You can take a horse to water but you cannot force it to drink. You must take hold of that and understand that this is your life and you choose how you want to live it! If you don’t know what to do, then get help; find someone to be accountable to. Just do something in the right direction towards your goal.

I know it sounds way too simple to work but it’s so deceptively simple that we dismiss it at the drop of a hat. We were born to live an abundant life, filled with greatness and pure joy! It is your choice how you live your life, but I personally choose to live a life of magnificence and passion.

Make a decision today to change and watch the weight fall off as you daily take a step closer towards your goal! One of my favourite quotes – you either of the life of your dreams/body or you have a lifetime of excuses as to why it didn’t happen. I believe in you, I walk this journey with you and I love you.