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Inside a small, bright orange building in central Phoenix, rebellion is in the air as young Latinos file in and out of a room, dropping backpacks and suitcases on the floor in preparation for an unusual act of civil disobedience.
They want the world to know that they are living in the United States without proper legal status, something most people in the same situation strive to keep secret for fear of deportation. About 30 students, mothers, and day laborers this week set out on a bus headed to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., that starts Sept. 3, to cast a spotlight on what they say are flawed immigration policies.
Along the way, the group plans to stop in states that, like Arizona, have adopted – or tried to adopt – strict laws to discourage illegal immigration. On Sunday they are in Austin, Texas, after stops in Colorado and New Mexico.
"To me, it's about being undocumented without being scared," says Isela Meraz, a 29-year-old bus rider. "I feel I'll be representing a lot of people who are afraid of coming out of the shadows."
The riders plan to be a thorn in the side of the Democratic Party, which they blame along with the Republican Party for the lack of progress on immigration reform. The fact that the Obama administration has deported a record number of illegal immigrants is not lost on them.
Still early in their "no papers, no fear" cross-country journey, the bus riders already have stirred controversy. On Aug. 1, they were the subject of a debate in the opinion pages of The New York Times, with some expressing support for the actions of the protesters and others condemning them.
"Anytime illegal immigrants advertise where they are, it seems to me that makes them high priority for detention," says Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, which favors stricter immigration laws. "ICE [US Immigration and Customs Enforcement] needs to pull the bus over, put them in detention, and then remove them."
ICE officials won't say if intercepting the bus is a possibility, stressing instead that the agency prioritizes the deportation of people responsible for crimes and other serious violations.
"ICE uses discretion on a case-by-case basis, based on the merits of an individual's case and a comprehensive review of specific facts," spokeswoman Amber Cargile said in a recent statement after ICE released four arrestees, all of whom lacked legal status. They were among protesters who took to Phoenix streets during a racial-profiling court case against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
Ms. Meraz was one of the people arrested for blocking traffic. Riding the bus is merely a progression of the civil disobedience she has chosen to engage in to shake up perceptions about people like her, she says.
"I want people to get to know us. We are not that different from everyone else," she says of immigrants without papers. "We are all here together in this society, working and doing the kind of things that people need to do for families to survive."
By hopping on the bus, Meraz, who was 8 years old when her family came here from Mexico, hopes to encourage others here illegally "to come out and be proud, to no longer feel fear and be ashamed."
Like the other riders, she is aware of the risks of making the journey. Among the planned stops are Georgia and Alabama, states where police can check the immigration status of certain detainees. The riders have been schooled in the laws of such places, and if necessary, lawyers are ready to respond.
But Meraz says she is not thinking about the police or immigration agents. She is focused on sharing her story.
"All my life I heard that we shouldn't talk about being undocumented," she says. "Now I can talk about it; I feel proud."
Ireri Unzueta Carrasco, who came to Phoenix from Chicago to ride the bus, is doing it to take a stand for immigrant rights. Because she was a child of 7 when her parents brought her into the US illegally, she could benefit from the US Department of Homeland Security's announcement that it would not deport eligible undocumented youths.
"I feel like I lost my fear a long time ago," says Ms. Unzueta Carrasco, age 25. "And I want to support people who might be taking a bigger risk."

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Septic system is alive
I'm writing in response to the essay by Linda Formichelli [April 14: "Helter shelter: A whole-house checkup checklist"].
Two items concern septic tank maintenance. One recommends putting yeast down the toilet, and the other mentions putting a drain line cleaner down the toilet. Neither of these things should be done as they can actually kill the septic system.
Nothing except human waste (and a moderate amount of toilet paper) along with water should go down any drain leading to a septic system. A septic system is a living organism, and adding cleaners and/or enzymes can kill it, rendering it ineffective.
A septic system is best maintained through routine tank pumping (every 3 to 5 years, depending on size of tank and number of people in the household) and being very careful about what you put down the drain.
The National Small Flows Clearinghouse (which is funded by the EPA) has some very good information, nesc.wvu.edu/nsfc/nsfc_index.htm, concerning septic maintenance.
A past newsletter states, "Most biological additives are harmless, but some chemical additives can potentially harm the soil in the drain field and contaminate the groundwater." It continues, "Don't use septic tank additives."
Do not even use a garbage disposal, as that will cut the time between pumpings by 50 percent.
Kymberlee Goldfeld
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Franzen, Monika, and Nancy Ethiel, comp. Make Way! : 200 Years of American Women in
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Frost-Knappman, Elizabeth, and Sarah Kurian. The ABC-CLIO Companion to Women's
Progress in America. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, 1994.
Frost-Knappman, Elizabeth, and Kathryn Cullen-DuPont. Women's Suffrage in America : an
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Hoffert, Sylvia D. When Hens Crow : the Woman's Rights Movements in Antebellum America.
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1995.
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Sheppard, Alice. Cartooning for Suffrage. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1994.
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Sullivan, George. The Day the Women Got the Vote : a Photo History of the Women's Rights
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Tickner, Lisa. The Spectacle of Women : Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign, 1907-14. Chicago:
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ARDMORE, Pa. (AP) -- Phil Mickelson rolled a birdie attempt 8 feet past the hole at No. 11. Steve Stricker did the same at No. 12. Bogey. Bogey.
Even with all the rain softening up the shortest major championship course in nine years -- with the promise of more storms to come -- Merion was going to be no easy stroll for the world's top golfers. The notoriously sloping greens lived up to their reputation as play began Thursday morning at the U.S. Open.
The skies were cloudy and a breeze rustled the trees when Cliff Kresge, a Floridian ranked No. 551 in the world, hit the first tee shot of the opening round, the first of 156 players on the historic course hosting the Open for the first time in 32 years.
Sooner after, though, the rains came, bringing the first round to a halt. As of 11 a.m., the event was still suspended due to weather.
The marquee group was scheduled to tee off shortly after lunchtime. Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Adam Scott are together as the top three players in the world rankings, although a forecast calling for severe storms in the afternoon could delay or interrupt their round.
Mickelson's early tee time presented a logistical challenge. He arrived at Merion after an overnight flight from San Diego, where he watched his oldest daughter graduate from the eighth grade.
Early on, he played like someone who didn't get much sleep. Starting on the 11th hole -- one of the unorthodox arrangements in the setup at this course -- he opened with a 3-putt for a bogey and put his tee shot in the rough at No. 12. But he saved par at the 12th and birdied the short par-3 13th to pull back to even par.
Sergio Garcia was greeted with mild applause and a few audible boos when he was introduced at the start of his round. Garcia is playing his first tournament in the U.S. since his recent exchanges with Tiger Woods, which hit a low point when Garcia said he would serve fried chicken if Woods came over for dinner during the Open. Garcia has since apologized for the remark, and he was noticeably friendly to the gallery during Wednesday's practice round, stopping several times to sign autographs.
For all the extraordinary effort it took to shoehorn a modern-day championship onto the historic but intimate course, there was nothing anyone could do about the 6 1/2 inches of rain that has soaked the Philadelphia area during the last week. Sunny days Tuesday and Wednesday helped dry out things a bit, but one look at the radar Thursday morning indicated that stormy skies would return in a matter of hours.
The various forecasts led to a USGA news conference Wednesday that covered topics like hail, standing water and the dreaded "potentially damaging winds." At one point during a long and otherwise straight-laced opening statement, USGA vice president Tom O'Toole spoke about the presentation of the championship trophy -- then rolled his eyes skyward and added: "which we hope will be Sunday."
The forecast also renewed calls for officials to break with U.S. Open tradition and allow players to lift, clean and replace balls in the fairway if the conditions get nasty.
"I would be a fan of being able to clean the mud off," said Matt Kuchar, a two-time winner this year on the PGA Tour. "I think it's one of those really rotten breaks in golf. Driving it in a divot is a rotten break, but most of us can figure it out from there. You drive down the middle of the fairway and you have mud on the ball and you have no idea what's going to happen, you have no real control. It seems like a guy might be rewarded more for missing fairways in those situations, being in the rough, not picking up the mud."
Nice try. But such protestations went nowhere fast.
"We wouldn't be adopting that rule this week," O'Toole said. "And if it was so bad, then the obvious response to that, or consequence, would be we probably wouldn't be playing."
Any major disruption would be a shame, given that the U.S. Open has waited 32 years to return to the course where Olin Dutra overcame a serious stomach illness to win in 1934, where Ben Hogan hit the picture-perfect 1-iron approach to No. 18 before winning in a playoff in 1950, where Lee Trevino pulled a rubber snake out of his bag at the first hole of the playoff when he beat Jack Nicklaus for the title in 1971, and where David Graham became the first Australian to win the trophy in 1981.
It would also dampen the drama of Woods' pursuit of his first major in five years, a reasonable proposition given that he's already won four times on the PGA Tour this year. And Scott's hopes of becoming the first to win the Masters and U.S. Open back-to-back since Woods in 2002.
Thought to be too small to host an Open anymore, Merion had been off the radar for so long that many of the top names in the field -- including Woods -- had never played it until recently. Organizers had to be creative with the placement of hospitality tents and parking lots on the club's relatively small footprint, and ticket sales were capped at 25,000 a day instead of the usual 40,000 or so for recent championships.
But it still was expected to provide a quality test, emphasizing precision over power in the first major championship since Shinnecock Hills in 2004 on a course under 7,000 yards.
"I've been reading about how many scoring records are going to be broken," Nick Watney said. "I've been around here once. And I think that's insane. It's funny to me. People look at the yardage and think it's going to be easy. Even if it's soft, the greens are sloped. The rough is thick. OK, we'll have wedges into some of the greens, but that doesn't mean you make birdie on all those holes. There's enough tough holes to counteract that."
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ATLANTA— The Indiana Pacers have changed who they are, going to a different style in hopes of surviving the opening round of the playoffs.
No matter what, they can always count on David West.
With the top-seeded Pacers poised for an early summer, West fearlessly led a 16-4 run to end the game, extending the season with a 95-88 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Thursday night.
"He's our rock," Indiana coach Frank Vogel said. "There's no other way to put it."
Trailing 3-2 after losing at home for the second time in the best-of-seven series, Indiana was in big trouble when the Hawks pushed out to an 84-79 lead with just over 3 minutes remaining, cheered on by a raucous crowd that barely sat down in the second half.
But, for the fourth time in this back-and-forth affair, the road team won.
West seemed to make every big play down the stretch, scoring four straight points and forcing a huge turnover to begin the turnaround. He hit two more baskets in the final minute to wrap things up, finishing with 24 points.
Game 7 is Saturday in Indianapolis.
"When a team is making runs like that, an eight seed trying to knock off a one seed in their building and the place is erupting on every play, we have a guy with the composure to settle everyone down," Vogel said.
Paul George also scored 24 points for the Pacers, making four straight free throws to help fend off a team that was trying to become only the sixth No. 8 seed to win a playoff series.
The Pacers went with a smaller-than-usual lineup much of the game, hoping to match up better with Atlanta spreading the court and shooting a bunch of 3-pointers. Roy Hibbert remained the starting center, but played only about 12 minutes for the second game in a row. Ian Mahinmi played nearly twice as long, giving Indiana more mobility in the lane, while C.J. Watson and Chris Copeland also got extensive minutes.
It worked. Atlanta bogged down offensively and made only 9-of-35 from beyond the arc.
"We tried some different lineups," West said. "Coach rolled the dice."
West came up big all over the court, also leading the Pacers with 11 rebounds and six assists, not to mention a couple of steals.
"I told the guys, 'If worse comes to worse, we've got to play park basketball,'" he said.
Atlanta, playing perhaps its biggest home playoff game since the 1980s, looked as if it was on the verge of a huge celebration when the defense sagged and Jeff Teague knocked down a jumper with 3:16 to go.
But, led by West, the Pacers showed some of the resolve they've lacked in a late-season swoon. After swishing a pair of free throws, he hustled back to swat the ball away from Atlanta's Pero Antic. Making sure Indiana took advantage of the turnover, West calmly made a jumper from the top of the key.
Paul Millsap missed at the other end, and George Hill burst into the lane to drop one in. Just like that, the Pacers were back up 85-84 with 1:58 remaining.
Antic tied it for the final time, 85-all, on a free throw with 1:24 remaining. But that was it for the Hawks.
West hit another jumper to put the Pacers ahead for good. Then, coming off a timeout, Lou Williams drove under the basket and tried to throw an outlet pass to Teague; instead, the ball went right to George. He was immediately fouled, made both free throws, and Teague missed again for the Hawks after a brilliant night to seal it for the Pacers.
Teague scored 29 points, nearly pulling out a victory on a night when Atlanta shot just under 36 percent.
"Nobody's going to lay down and just allow their season to be over with," Williams said. "Especially with the type of basketball team that they are. I think they just did a great job of just fighting at that three-minute mark and made the plays that we didn't."
The bruising series nearly turned ugly near the end of the first half. Scott doled out an elbow to Hill, and the Pacers guard responded with a shove. The refs jumped in quickly and no punches were thrown. After initially calling a foul on Hill, the officials got together and changed it to Scott. The crowd booed lustily, but it appeared to be the correct call.
Replays appeared to show a couple of Indiana players stepping beyond the bench area, but they didn't get involved and Vogel said he didn't expect any discipline from the league for Game 7.
Notes: Millsap and Williams were the only other Atlanta players in double figures, both with 16 points. ... Lance Stephenson scored 21 points for the Pacers. ... Millsap had 18 rebounds.


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Re: Marketing adviceaimtoplease Nov 30, 2010 7:32 PM (in response to salonemploye)I work with small, new and home busiesses and find that many of them do not understand the importance of marketing or are opposed to it because they fear it will cost them money. I would ease them into it by going to my website, which you will find on my profile. Go to 'Promote It' and find the article that I posted called 50 Free or Almost Free Marketing ideas.
Really, offering some sort of discount would be best but if they cannot understand that concept then perhaps free marketing ideas are what they need. Getting the salon's name in front of as many people is best. Make sure if you and the other employees are on social media like FaceBook that you promote it there whenever possible.
If the owners will not do adequate marketing and you feel that is your strength, consider going to a salon where your ideas are appreciated and encouraged.
Marketing adviceInternetannie Dec 10, 2010 4:29 PM (in response to salonemploye)
I agree with what Aimtoplease says that the importance of marketing, in some niches, is lost. Business owners want to succeed, yet- they do not want to place the resources where it makes a difference. Sometimes, this is done, from lack of knowledge and understanding, and sometimes it has to do with persons not being in a state of mind of "abundance" but in a state of mind of constant "lacking."
Abundance means that no matter what you need to do, you will find a way to do it, and know that you will get the results that you are looking for.
On the other hand, a lacking mentality feels in a place of "not enough" and no matter how many resources there are (monetarily or otherwise)- the feeling that there is something missing will always be present. Therefore, these persons need to hang on to what ever they have- for fear of loosing it.
This type of mentality leads to non-growth. Whether is on a business or personal level.
So, if the owners belong to the first group- business owners that need more information about what marketing can do for them- then, you can help to educate them. First, you can do some basic market research and look into the websites of the top 3-5 competitors in your city. See what they are doing.
Do they have coupons? Do they have testimonials? Do they have specials? Do they hold special events that foster community participation? What is their Unique Selling Proposition (meaning what is DIFFERENT in them that makes them unique in the market)?
Together, with some freebie ideas from Aimtoplease- you should have some ammunition, to help your employers grow and expand, by sharing your knowledge.
Now, if the employers, are on the other hand, coming from a place of lacking- then, you have a real challenge in your hands.
In which case...like all of us...you have the choice to stay and ride along with their philosophy, or leave and find a place more suited to fulfill your needs.
Good Luck!
Marketing advicefccgold12 Dec 11, 2010 1:50 AM (in response to salonemploye)
Why not try to convince the owner to take advantage of Google free advertising. It might be they are afraid of cost of advertising.
Marketing adviceBizCoachDonna Dec 12, 2010 12:01 PM (in response to fccgold12)
There is lots of great info here! When I first start an offline business - I let everyone know I am there - I walk around the area with flyers, go to local community meetings and if appropriate for my biz advertise. Now advertising may not be right for everyone - my husband is a paint contractor and gets a lot of business and then referrals from his ads. My friend is a housekeeper a gets about one new client a month. When I was a Loan Officer - this type of advertising didn't work - (ps - none of my clients offer just any discount - but some offer senior discounts and appropriate to holiday discounts or sales)
But, I would put some 'foot work' into it - walk around and introduce yourself - get their info and see if you can put them on an email list for constant contact and build relationships.(See if you can capture the emails and/or physical addresses of your present clients and what about referral bonuses?)
You'll do it if you are persistent and get your system going in this area - You are on your way,
Biz Coach Donna
Marketing adviceBizCoachDonna Dec 23, 2010 9:36 AM (in response to salonemploye)
Hi, again, Salon Employee,
I noticed that your post states 'not answered' - and I didn't notice that you've responded to any of the posts to help you.
So, Have you taken some of the suggestions here?
Or do you need other type of ideas?
The posts that everyone wrote here, seem really great with info - But, I am curious as to how your story is progressing?
Happy Holidays!
Biz Coach Donna
Marketing adviceBizCoachDonna Jan 6, 2011 9:50 AM (in response to BizCoachDonna)
Another thought -
Demonstrating your value takes a lot of communication - Communicating to your prospects and clients means giving them information and news about your offerings and related activities, so that they can find out what your business does and the value it has to offer.
Marketing advicesalonemploye Apr 30, 2011 5:46 PM (in response to BizCoachDonna)
Thank you for your help. It is not for my lack of ideas that is holding me back, it is the owners not allowing the marketing and advertising that I want to do. I am willing to do my own marketing, but they dont believe in specials of any kind. I agree that there are some extremes out there when you drive by some shop windows that have signs for specials posted all over the place. But I have presented some ideas such as rewarding loyal clients, and providing new client packages with product samples, and insentives to recomend friends. As I posted below, I really like where I work for the atmosphere and people. So I need to make a choice. I have given myself a 6 month window, hoping that I can convince them about some of my ideas. I will keep you posted.
Marketing advice390Main Apr 29, 2011 3:25 PM (in response to salonemploye)
I fear for a business that does no advertising or marketing. Management Guru Peter Drucker famously said, "There is only one valid definition of business purpose: to create a customer....Marketing is the distinguishing, the unique function of business."
He also said, "There will always be a need for some selling. But the aim of marketing is to make selling superfluous."
Unfortunately, many small business owners see marketing as a cost, rather than an investment. They're too short-sighted. They clearly don't think about the long-term value of a client. What's the value of a client that sticks with you for 2 or 5 or 10 years? Doesn't that justify a one-time special offer?
There has to be a plan. Owners have to measure results. They have to test their offers. They have to target the right audience. They have to reward loyalty.
Here are a few recommendations, based upon your situation:
- Think about and calculate the long-term value of a client.
- Treat your existing clients like royalty and keep them coming back. Create a database and email them regularly with offers and reminders. Reward them for their loyalty.
- Encourage and reward your loyal clients for bringing in referrals. They'll want to share their great experiences with their friends.
- Raise your prices, and make sure quality of care increases, too.
Good luck.
Marketing advicesalonemploye Apr 29, 2011 7:16 PM (in response to 390Main)
Thank you to everyone who replied to my post. I have not seen these replies as the notifications have been in my spam folder. I just happened to look for something and saw this today. I appreciate all of your information and advice. Much of the problem lies in the fact that the owners have done no advertisisng at all, have not built a website, and are not computerized in the salon. I built my own website, and one of the owners found it and asked me to take it down as they did not like the fact that I had prices listed on one of the pages. They want people to have to call for prices. My problem is that I really love the atomosphere in the salon (no drama, and everyone really likes each other). So I need to make my choice. As aimtoplease suggested that I go somewhere where my ideas are appreciated and encouraged and take a chance that there could be a place that I am not as comfortable with. Or do I stay and hope things change where I am. I have given myself a 6 month time line to make that decision. I will keep you posted.
Marketing adviceIwrite May 12, 2011 10:19 AM (in response to salonemploye)
Salonemploye, maybe you don't have to leave. You are asking them to fly when they are content to walk. There's a lot of space in-between the two positions. Part of the reason that they may not want to advertise like you are suggesting is because they don't want to lose the things you like about the salon - the atmosphere. Step back for a second and think about how you can help them preserve the salon personality and increase business. Look at how you can fold your ideas into a less aggressive approach.
What about a loyalty program? Reward current customers for coming in and encourage them to share the news with friends. Maybe create events for clients like a "ladies night" where a group can come in together. Look into inviting a wine store to do a tasting - keep it closer to their personality.
You are not going to sell the owners on marketing by telling them that they are wrong. It is their business, find out what their real issue is and see if you can find a compromise that everyone can live with.
This isn't about being right or wrong as much as it is about doing what best fits this salon. The owners are trying to protect their salon's personality (brand). They are smarter than many other business owners.
Marketing advicejackysouer Apr 30, 2011 7:58 AM (in response to salonemploye)
you can show them the things that are happening online. I might groupon didnt become an overnight sensation because businesses were loosing money, did it?
Re: Marketing advicewordperfect May 13, 2011 10:36 PM (in response to salonemploye)
As someone said, there is some good advice here, but it seems it is general advice.
By that I mean I think the main point might have been missed.
I quote from one of your posts"
it is the owners not allowing the marketing and advertising that I want to do.
I was also going to talk about BRAND and positioning, but IWRITE has beaten me to it!
So, I also tend to side with the owners, price cutting, specials are NOT always the way to go and they are right, if you begin this way customers come to expect it and you end up at the bottom end of the food chain scrambling for tidbits.
However, I am not saying marketing is useless, au contrair, it is my business too, but as they say; "horses for courses."
Another point, and I don't want to step on toes here, but, well, hairdressers, sorry stylists are a special breed, artistic and maybe temperamental, so maybe the owners resent you coming in and telling them how to "look after their baby."
OK, you don't mean to stick your nose in where it isn't wanted, I also suspect that maybe you are young and keen so may be your enthusiasm and drive for success has overrun your diplomacy.
So maybe, take a deep breath, back off a few steps and approach the owners from a slightly different perspective, listen to their ideas and wants and see how you can work in WITH them.
Uhhhm, others might be too polite to mention it, but their might be a "suitability" issue here.
Perhaps, just perhaps you really do not fit into the environment they want to create.
Ok, I am in China and stylists here tend to fall into two broad categories, the sombre, button down, [relatively] quiet uniformed staff, opulent surroundings, and the louder, rap or punk music, jeans and tee shirt relaxed dress code, showman ship style with eccentric hair styles young men and woman outside the doors "PRESSING" young women into taking a discount trial.
Personally, I prefer the former, my wife the latter, so.... horses for courses.
Lastly, and I repeat, I am not against marketing, but do remember that to sell one item per day at $100 is, in the long run, more economical then 6 or 7 at $20.
So first step might be to look at and inside yourself, be honest, look at the issues you might have hidden from us and decide if it is REALLY the place for you, then decide how to work with the owners to archive a common aim. Remember, in the end, it is THEIR business!
Re: Marketing advicesalonemploye May 14, 2011 7:45 AM (in response to wordperfect)
WOW! I think you missed the point.This is a business that hasn't done anything to build it's brand. You quote me as saying it is the owners not alllowing me to do the marketing and advertising that I want to do. And I am not young, I have collectively almost 30 years in the beauty industry. Yes, I am artistic, but I am not tempermental, maybe in my early 20's I was more so, but it was also a different business then. There was no internet so we depended on local newspaper paper advertising and mailings, in other words, marketing.I also have worked in Real Estate where the business is all about marketing and building your own personal brand. And I also said that I am not looking to do specials. I am looking to reward loyal clients, incentives to recomend friends, and a website that clients and potential clients can go to to see what is going on in the shop and be able to do email blasts. I am glad I am not in China, because here in the USA, we have more than two categories of salons. I know this is THEIR business, and I am not trying to tell them how to run it, I am trying to build my clientel after having been out of the business for a while.
Marketing advicewordperfect May 14, 2011 9:56 AM (in response to salonemploye)
Hi, good to get your reply and clarification.
But you do seem sensitive for a 50 year old.
You know, you asked for ideas how to convince the owners, so yes, what some of us are saying is maybe not what you want to hear, but at the end of the day, I have better things to do than antagonise people. I am just trying to look at things from the other side, which I know from experience, is not always easy when one is up to ones you know whats in a swamp of alligators.
I guess this thread goes to underscore the problems that can arise when a bio is not completed, we have not too much idea about you and have to fill in the blanks as we go, in this case, obviously, incorrectly.
Sorry about that.
I don't think anyone here is disagreeing that marketing, what ever form is important to business, I certainly have not said so.
What some of us are trying to say though is that maybe the way "YOU SEE IT" is not quite the way the owners see it.
You have said you are not trying to tell them how to run their business, but to some of us it seems that way, so maybe, just maybe the owners perceive it that way also?
IWRITE put it best when he said:
You are asking them to fly when they are content to walk.
He and I have both said take a step back, rethink where you are coming from and where the owners are and want to be and try to find a way to compromise. Take a less aggressive approach, as a marketing expert you know well that not all customers react favourably to the "in yer face" approach. Part of marketing, maybe the bulk is about wooing and seducing for long term gain, not bells and whistles.
So try your marketing skills on the owners first, it is them you need to sell to first.
The other option is as you have said; leave.
Again, we know nothing about you but with your decades of business experience why not start your own salon and give rise to your marketing ideas there?
And please I said: 'two broad categories," which obviously leaves a fair bit of room between them.
I used the extremes to try to illustrate that customers have differ tastes and requirements, but after 30 years I don't need to tell you that.
So lets not let the China rhetoric colour our emotions.
Personally, I would never use the Internet to look for dentists, hair dressers, massage etc, I prefer to seek opinions from others and go from there.
Nor would I be influenced by discounts or coupons, but, I do belong to a VIP club where after a certain spend limit I can take advantage of a colour or perm or the like, which is something similar to that which you have mentioned.
But, it is a falry safe bet for them as I don't think perms or colorings are my style now.
Like you, in my 20 ies yes!
Ok, so it looks as though broadly [that word again!] we are saying the same thing, but coming at it from different directions.
Ultimatley you will make the decsion that best suits you, but if we have given you something to chew over [and hopefully not choke!] then it is worthwhile.
Hi-Ho Silver! Away!
Your move I believe
Marketing adviceBizCoachDonna May 14, 2011 12:34 PM (in response to wordperfect)
Whew - a lot of talking back and forth. But has any action been taken?
If you are happy there - and the only real problem then is that the owners aren't marketing? Does this mean you are not making the money you want and that's why you want to do marketing?
And, why can't you do flyers and let the businesses in your area know about who you are and where you are working? It does sound like the owners want to know what you are doing, so go over this first. I have worked as a sales person, but had to get approval for what I did first.
Or start a blog - okay no prices here, let the owners know - and invite your own clients there to talk about what they want - then move with knowing what your target market wants and share that with the owners or with your own business.
And, someone said to get to know what it is your owners really want - what are their problems and what is your solution - once you become a marketer to them, you might start understanding what they are willing to do. Maybe it is nothing. But, maybe they will let you do something on your own, so that problem is solved -
Have you written this down for yourself - like a mindmap - the salon in the middle and the issues - people - pluses surrounding the salon.
It is a puzzle for you - have fun and keep yourself clear on your path.
Marketing advice390Main May 19, 2011 5:09 PM (in response to salonemploye)
Because you are trying to build your own clientele, I suggest that you focus on the factors that you control.
Provide an incredible experience, ask for referrals, collect names for your own database, and send email reminders and newsletters and thank-you notes.
Develop your own website (www.you.com) that explains your approach and asks for appointments. Print your own business cards if you have to.
Do whatever you can to promote yourself without challenging the interests of the owners.
Marketing advicetranscribe May 18, 2011 1:30 AM (in response to salonemploye)
Good work and work of mouth really works. But for that you have to be patient. To attract more local customers, place nice hoardings and banners. Also distribute few coupons with some amount of discount among your current customers. It will definitely bring more customers.
Marketing advicesalonemploye Jun 9, 2011 8:19 PM (in response to transcribe)
While I appreciate all of the advice, part of the problem is that they believe there should be no discounts or coupons to new or current customers. I am not big on signs in the windows and do believe to an extent that if you have a new "special" every week, it only attracts the bargain hunters. But I also believe that rewarding loyalty, and seasonal discounts on specific days will generate new business. I think if you offer some special, and 5 new clients come in because of the discount, and 2 become loyal clients, you are ahead of the game, because you still have made 2 great clients that will recomend you to others, and you have still made money off of the 3 who came for the discount. They think all discounts are tacky and feel that word of mouth and good work is the only way to build a following. I have tried to do what I feel it takes to promote myself, but without their support and permission to do certain marketing, I am stuck, and realize that I need to make a decision in a few months. Will keep you posted.
Marketing adviceBlueMonday Jun 10, 2011 11:12 AM (in response to salonemploye)
We use regionalemail.com. What they do is simple and effective. Basically we tell them where we want to send our message i.e. a zip code or two. They compile lists/leads, create an email, send it then report the results. We DO NOT offer coupons or discounts. We simply let people in the neighborhood know who we are, what we do and where we are. We have found that the absolute best way to build a business is by starting to market locally and expand outward. Regionalemail is the only ad company we use and we can't say enough good things about their service. Good luck!
Re: Marketing advicesalonemploye Jun 14, 2011 7:11 PM (in response to BlueMonday)
I am having trouble finding the website you have listed. Can you please check it and let me know. Thanks
Re: Marketing adviceproresource Jun 14, 2011 2:04 PM (in response to salonemploye)
Why don't you see if they will let you create a Facebook page for the business? You can post beauty tips and review some of the products you sell. Then join some local business groups and ask people to "like" the page and recommend it to their friends.
You could also profile the stylists and other employees so people feel like they get to know all of you.
You don't have to give discounts to get customers - while discounts can help, I actually agree with the owners that offering discounts can set the wrong tone.
But you can have a high-end image and still reach out to people and get referrals. You should be doing that.
Re: Marketing advicesalonemploye Jun 14, 2011 7:05 PM (in response to proresource)
Thank you Proresource-I think that is probably one of the best responses so far. I did do a facebook page, but never thought of profiling the stylist on it. I am going to discuss this with the owners, and considering that they approved the facebook page to begin with I think they will like the idea of the profiles. I just wish they were a little more proactive so it wasn't left to the employees to do these kind of thing by themselves.
Re: Marketing adviceproresource Jun 15, 2011 11:51 AM (in response to salonemploye)
Well, I would look at it like this... You thinking of things like this that hadn't occurred to them will make you even more valuable.
The reality is that they can't think of everything. And it's a rare business owner who understands their business, can manage people effectively and also has an instinct for marketing and can keep up with the latest trends and tools.
Re: Marketing advicesalonemploye Jun 15, 2011 2:42 PM (in response to proresource)
I understand what you are saying 100%, but unfortunately sometimes I feel like I am imposing when I make suggestions or ask permission to market myself. I can do some marketing on my own for my self, but anything that has their name on it needs to be put past them first. I don't mind doing the marketing, in fact I enjoy it. But the fact that they are not doing anything, and what I do doesn't just benefit me, it benefits everyone else in the shop, as well as the owners. I have offered to set up the website-which is non existant-but they keep saying that they are doing it-but 2 years later it still isn't done. Like I said before, if I didn't like it there, I would just go somewhere else. But I have worked in other salons with drama and backstabbing, and unfortunately, I have found that is more the norm in a lot of salons. I am not into all of that. I really want to find a way to make it work there and optomize my career there.
Re: Marketing adviceproresource Jun 16, 2011 11:31 AM (in response to salonemploye)
Certainly it would be nice if they did everything they could be doing to promote the business, but since they aren't, it is great that you are stepping up.
If you like the salon, then it's worth doing a little extra to make it more successful. Perhaps you can negotiate some kind of benefit to compensate you for the work you are doing. It couldn't hurt to ask.
But if they say no, you are still getting some of the benefit, and more importantly you are learning a useful skill (that can be employed wherever you end up) and giving them added incentive to keep you around and keep you happy.
Possibly one other way to look at it is that you might be interested in buying the salon from them at some point. If you do that, the more involved you are in operations ahead of time, the better.
Re: Marketing adviceBossLadyWhite Jun 20, 2011 11:20 AM (in response to salonemploye)
Hello! Seriously,what is stopping you from attempting to open your own shop? It sounds like you definitely have the business HEAD and while money can be an issue for some when becoming Owner/operators, where there is a will there is most certainly a way! I am personally a new business owner with my husband but have been doing what I do for a few years now....just finally took the leap of faith to make our dream a reality.He works outside the home to make the steady money and I do the leg work during the day and he actually does more work on this business in his free time and when he gets home from the other job...it isn't easy but it's what we love and soon enough-his 2-11pm and 7a-4p and whatever other hours he has will be a blessing to someone else because we will have our own! Just looking to encourage you-Best wishes!
Re: Marketing advicelight Jun 19, 2011 11:14 PM (in response to salonemploye)
you are very kind to care for your boss/store owner, unfortunately some people don't understand their goodness even though u care so much for them. maybe you should open up your own business, so you can use all of your expertise. if you are interested doing a marketing business, feel free to contact me i can get you more information about it. take care and keep in touch!!
Re: Marketing adviceJackieGold Jun 21, 2011 5:14 PM (in response to salonemploye)
Have you thought about promoting your services on online directories? Like, telling clients who already come to the business to write a nice review if they've had a good experience with you? Sites like Yelp and other local directories have become a popular method of people finding your business and they aren't really "marketing" in the traditional sense.
Hope that helps.
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These days you're likely to receive messages from troll user mama21mama. (Edit: I see he was shameless to post a message in the wiki already) Check the list of his spam threads:
Do not let him deceive you, currently we're having a strong problem with him at the Spanish forum. You'll recognize him because he posts spam and flame messages repeating "comunidad hispana" (Hispan community) in atribution to himself personally and treats everyone who doesn't support him as trolls. He claims to control the Spanish section of MurgaLinux. He also promotes his own external sites and forces new users towards them, he is a Spanish version of puppyite.
Another subject he complains a lot about is derivatives and remasters. Read from here:
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What would you guys feel if for example one day Runtt wakes up and says "from now on I'm the authority for everything Puppy-related, everyone has the obligation to use my Macpup which is now the only official community project and not Pemasu's or 01micko's crap which are personal projects without own forums and sites, and their content is no longer allowed to be on the Puppy wiki which also now belongs to me the only one who can set wiki policies, and everyone that posts anything not related to me and my work is opposing me and therefore is a troll." I'm not devaluating his work, but if there are more Puppy resources in Spanish language and
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It is summer holidays here and I planned to expand the Spanish wiki, then he appeared with this. Now I prefer to keep translating Puppy and make a few manuals until darkcity, raffy and the others decide a solution. Neither me nor the others at the Spanish MurgaLinux want to be in an endless, sad war with him. Now no one wants to post in the Spanish forum anymore, even though mama21mama can't really control MurgaLinux. At this rate we can only hope he finds something else to do.
Finally, if you guys do believe I'm the troll, I'm sorry for trolling with Spanish localization and Openbox pets. Have in mind that I'm not the only one in "his highness' troll list": all Spanish users are included, and if you guys don't agree with him, you'll be declared trolls, too.
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I disabled mama21mama's account and removed his signature so our forum doesn't point to anything of his. Also I removed some of what appeared to me to be the worst of his posts. I might have left some that are clearly objectionable to someone who speaks Spanish.
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I disabled mama21mama's account and removed his signature so our forum doesn't point to anything of his. Also I removed some of what appeared to me to be the worst of his posts. I might have left some that are clearly objectionable to someone who speaks Spanish.
All hands on deck for another attack on our forum by a disgruntled former member who went rogue.
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Took a look at the posts and I can only apologize for not acting earlier ...
Even though it was Flash who acted anyway
I did tend an olive branch out to mama21mama ...
Trying to explain that lack of respect towards others is unacceptable.
However, both myself and the forum were victims of a spam attack this morning.
Despite attempts to conceal the source the spammer made a couple of silly mistakes which make easy for me ascertain the source.
mama21mama is now banned permanently ...
We have no time for people like that.
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LOCATION: ADMI, Lewisburg, PA
DEPARTMENT: Research and Pediatrics
WORK SCHEDULE: Days
WORK TYPE: Full Time
Join a growing multidisciplinary clinical and research team at Geisinger's Autism & Developmental Medicine Institute (ADMI) in beautiful Lewisburg, PA and other sites in central Pennsylvania. In collaboration with nearby Bucknell University, ADMI's vision is to expand and integrate clinical services, research, education, and family support for children and adults with autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders.
• Provide clinical care as part of a dynamic, multidisciplinary developmental medicine, psychology, neuroscience, and genomics team.
• Work within a busy, stimulating clinical and research environment serving individuals with diverse neurodevelopmental challenges.
• Develop clinical expertise and research interests through specialty clinics for fragile X, Smith-Magenis, 22q11.2 deletion, and other genetic syndromes.
• Enjoy protected time to pursue research projects and clinical trials related to developmental brain disorders.
• Teach residents, medical students, and trainees in allied disciplines through established affiliations between Geisinger and regional academic institutions.
• Are respected and supported colleagues within Geisinger's nationally-recognized developmental medicine institute.
The specific statements shown in each section of this description are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements and criteria considered necessary to successfully perform the job.
Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities. KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves. EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence. LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow. INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
One of the nation's most innovative health services organizations, Geisinger serves more than 1.5 million patients in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The system includes 13 hospital campuses, a nearly 600,000-member health plan, two research centers and the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. Geisinger is known for its focus on caring and innovative programs including the ProvenCare® best-practice approach to maximize quality, safety and value; ProvenHealth Navigator® advanced medical home; Springboard Health® population health program to improve the health of an entire community; ProvenExperience™ to provide refunds to patients unhappy with their care experience; and Geisinger's MyCode® Community Health Initiative, the largest healthcare system-based precision health project in the world. With more than 215,000 volunteer participants enrolled, MyCode is conducting extensive research and returning medically actionable results to participants. A physician-led organization, with approximately 32,000 employees and more than 1,800 employed physicians, Geisinger leverages an estimated $12.7 billion positive annual impact on the Pennsylvania and New Jersey economies. Repeatedly recognized nationally for integration, quality and service, Geisinger has a long-standing commitment to patient care, medical education, research and community service. For more information, visit geisinger.org or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.
We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners.* Perhaps just as important, from senior management on down, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality.
** Does not qualify for J-1 waiver. We are an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer Women and Minorities are Encouraged to Apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability or their protected veteran status.
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Josh Ritter and the Royal City Band
Calvin Theater in Northampton, MA
Thursday, May 9th, 2013 at 8pm
Hilltown Families and Iron Horse Entertainment Group have partnered up to offer a chance to win free tickets to see adult venues in the Pioneer Valley for a PARENTS' NIGHT OUT! You pay for the sitter, we'll pay for the tickets!
For May we are pleased to offer a chance to win a pair of tickets to see Josh Ritter and the Royal City Band plus The Felice Brothers at the Calvin Theater in Northampton, MA at 8pm on Thursday, May 9th, 2013.
Win tickets and take your spouse, partner or good friend for a night out. Deadline to enter to win is Monday, 05/06/13 by 11:59pm (EST). More details below.
The Beast In Its Tracks, the sixth album from renowned singer-songwriter Josh Ritter, was released past March. The new album follows Ritter's 2010 release, So Runs The World Away, of which Bob Boilen from NPR Music declared, "I've come to expect good records from him…but this one took my breath away," while the Boston Globe praised, "quite sensational…marks the finest music he has made." In 2011, Ritter made is debut as a published author with his New York Times Best-selling novel, Bright's Passage. Of the work, Stephen King writes in The New York Times Book Review, "Shines with a compressed lyricism that recalls Ray Bradbury in his prime . . . This is the work of a gifted novelist." – www.joshritter.com
What separates The Felices mud-stomping folk from that of their peers is their no-winking honesty the sense that these songs and the places and people they're singing about aren't literary devices but actual people doing their damnedest to rage against the growing darkness. – www.thefelicebrothers.com
Your chance to win a pair of tickets to see Josh Ritter and the Royal City Band plus The Felice Brothers at the Calvin Theater in Northampton, MA at 8pm on Thursday, May 9th, 2013, is as easy as 1-2-3 (4)! To win simply:
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- LIVE (TOWN/STATE) must include your town to be eligible.
- ACCURATE EMAIL (we never share your email address).
- We'll randomly draw a winner and will share the results below.
IT'S THAT SIMPLE! — Deadline is Monday, 05/06/13 by 11:59pm (EST)
If you don't win you should still go. Tickets are available at the Northampton Box office, online at IHEG.com, or by calling 413-586-8686.


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All signs point to the fact that the abilities to innovate and create are skills that today's students need for future success. Teachers who make their classrooms "idea factories" for their students, rather than focusing solely on textbook-based instruction, have the right idea. By coming up with their own ideas and executing them in the classroom, students get grounded in the kind of thinking and experimentation that is the foundation for innovation.
A new book, Bringing Innovation to School: Empowering Students to Thrive in a Changing World, makes useful suggestions for turning classrooms into spaces where innovation can thrive. Among them, the book advises teachers to welcome authentic questions, build empathy, and amplify worthy ideas.
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The best things in life are often hard to describe. But because it is mankind's natural instinct to understand the world, there is an attempt to box things into categories. Even the most complex feelings and emotions are neatly organized with made-up labels that over simplify the most beautiful complexities of existence. Music is no different. Genre titles such as "Pop", "Folk" and "Alternative" are meant to give a listener an idea of what to expect and how to group music together. But, for the musical collective, Gungor it is not that simple.
It's not so much an attempt to directly defy the rules of modern music making as much as it's simply the honest musical response of the Denver based group that sees the world as a beautifully complicated place. Multiple Grammy ® nominations, magazine covers and even a few "Album of the Year" declarations for 2010's Beautiful Things, proves that listeners are longing for excellent and authentic music, whether it fits the norm or not.
For their third major release, Gungor has composed a concept album that celebrates the beauty of life even in the midst of darkness and pain. Starting with a startling musical imagining of the creation of the universe and traversing subjects like the "fall of man" and the imperfection of our religious systems, this album leads the listener through a roller coaster of emotion that eventually leads us back to wonder and thankfulness to this beautiful gift of life.
This is a group that believes listeners are intelligent enough to appreciate lyrical metaphor and allegory along with intricate time signatures and somewhat uncommonly paired instruments in pop or rock music. Ghosts Upon the Earth paints a hauntingly beautiful soundscape that emotionally conveys both the intricacy and wonder of the universe that we live in as well as the tension and dissonance that we all experience. From sweeping string lines and soaring, falsetto vocal melodies to distorted flute riffs and five part dissonant harmonies, this album explores quite a wide emotional and musical gamut.
And according to Michael Gungor, the namesake, producer, and leader of the collective, it's all very purposeful and full of subtle meaning. From fast violin arpeggios that represent vibrating "strings" in a primordial universe, to the sacred sound of the first heartbeats that Michael and his wife Lisa ever heard of their baby girl reminding us of the fragility and preciousness of life, nothing is haphazard about this album.
Also featured more prominently on this record than the last one is Michael's wife, Lisa, a gifted musician and songwriter in her own right. Most of the songs on the album are written by Michael and Lisa together, and there are several songs that feature her as the primary vocalist. Her voice is used as an instrument in itself, in an album that includes credits for things like a six-person string section, horns, glockenspiels, banjos, and a boys choir.
The title, Ghosts Upon the Earth was somewhat inspired by the allegory by C.S. Lewis titled The Great Divorce, in which the "ghosts" of a grey town encounter a heaven that is astonishingly, even painfully, real. "Sometimes it seems like the most real thing is what we can see and experience with our senses around us- this life, the tangible," explains Michael Gungor. "Ideas like love, like God, these things sometimes feel more disconnected and ethereal, like that's the ghostly realm. But what if that's wrong, and God and love is actually what is most real, and we are more like ghosts walking upon the earth, hoping to become more real?"
Gungor's work on this new album follows a season of touring that was far removed from a typical concert or worship service. Composed into three movements, these "Beautiful Things Events" explored the intersecting of ideas like art and spirituality, faith and doubt, hope and social action, in ways that really resonated with concert goers, both in religious and mainstream settings. "I purposefully didn't talk much or try to get people to do anything along with us," Michael recalls. "But somehow in that lack of pressure, we started having these deeply spiritual moments in the room together, and by the end of the night, people might be crying or dancing or maybe just sitting there in silence, but there was something real happening among us."
To Michael, this new album is a step farther down that path. "I feel like we're a bit more comfortable with who we are at this point, and it's been nice that there seems to be this little niche that we've found where people are excited to explore these things with us. Music doesn't have to fit the mold to move people's hearts, and at the end of the day, that's really what we're trying to do. We're trying to make honest music that opens people's hearts."


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Italian Extravaganza Class in Orlando FL
Raw Food Revival Tour *
Friday, February 17, 2012 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (EST)
Event Details
Kathryn van Zwieten is Proud to Present: Jackie Graff R.N and Gideon Graff,
Raw Food Chefs and Educators
Kathryn van Zwieten
Executive Director
Inspiring Family Legacies of
Health and Wellness.
Jackie Graff, RN. and Gideon Graff
Raw Vegan Chefs, and Educators
Italian Extravaganza Class
Two Hours Presentation With a Buffet Italian Meal
Friday February 17, 7:00– 9:00 pm
University Unitarian Universalist Society, Inc.,
11648 McCulloch Rd, Orlando, Fl 32817
$55 per person, space is limited, so please register.
On the Menu:
Mango Banana & Kiwi Pie
Nuts & Dates Pie Crust
Marinara Sauce Over Zucchini Noodles
Italian Stuffed Zucchini
Italian Marinated Greens
Italian Marinated Salad
Jackie Graff R.N B.S.N has been teaching raw vegan food preparation and food science for more than a decade. An RN with 40 years' experience in various areas of patient care and education, Ms. Graff is considered one of the country's top raw vegan chef and nutrition consultant.
Jackie continues to teach raw food lifestyle classes throughout the country, is an instructor for Hallelujah Acres® Culinary Academy, and has been frequently quoted in print and broadcast news outlets, including the Atlanta-Journal Constitution, Atlanta Woman magazine, Atlanta Jewish Life magazine, Fox 5 Good Day Atlanta, CNN Headline News, and North Georgia Today. Jackie is the author of 22 theme raw vegan recipe books, and has produced two instructional raw vegan DVDs. Jackie also contributed articles to several national and local magazines.
As an RN, Ms. Graff has held key hospital management positions and was a clinical instructor to nurses. She also served as an associate professor at Life University, teaching raw food instruction to returning alumni. She has an understanding of nutrition, anatomy and physiology of the human body and possesses a firsthand knowledge of the negative consequences of the Standard American Diet (SAD) on a person's long-term health. She earned her B.S. degree in Nursing from the University of South Carolina.
Gideon Graff – along with Jackie has taught raw food preparation for almost a decade. His roles include raw food chef, health coach, and director of Sprout Raw Food, the Graff's consulting and raw food catering and distribution business. He serves as an instructor for Hallelujah Acres® Culinary Academy. Gideon has 40 years experience in food and hospitality management. An accomplished public speaker, he is experienced in both conference planning and fund raising. Previously, Gideon and Jackie co-founded and operated the Sprout Café and Shinui Living Food Learning Center, a first-of-its kind center devoted to teaching and promoting the raw vegan lifestyle, in Roswell, Georgia. Together they lost weight, and eliminated many physical problems, resulting in them no longer requiring any medications. The Graffs teach a three week certification course, in their place in Roswell Georgia, four times a year, and tour different regions of the country in their motorhome several times a year. They enjoy their five children, and four grandaughters.
"The raw vegan lifestyle, made is possible for us to enjoy our senior years beyond our wildest dreams, making it indeed a golden time. We like the opportunity to pass this knowledge to you. Please join us for this incredible life changing event."
Jackie & Gideon Graff
What Raw Food Leaders say about Jackie & Gideon's classes:
Matt Monarch
"Jackie and Gideon Graff are widely known for making some of the best tasting Raw Food Recipes out there. They are well-known pioneers in the Live Foods Movement. What I love about their work is that the info they share is not all just about 'food prep'. They are also dedicated to teaching and promoting the living foods lifestyle for mind, body and spiritual awareness. I highly recommend welcoming Jackie and Gideon to your area to share their programs. They are two of the most generous people I have ever met, giving their all into the classes, with passion, insight and joy. You can be assured that their program is first-class and will be loved by your entire group - ENJOY!"
Cherie Soria
Living Light
Making healthy living delicious
Jackie and Gideon Graff are pioneers in the raw vegan community with high standards of integrity. Jackie is a teacher and nurse, as well as a creative chef, whose simple-to-make recipes are based on comfort as well as nutrition. As a couple, they bring an element of fun and real worldliness to all their presentations.
Happy Oasis, Founder
Raw Spirit Festival
"Gideon and Jackie Graff are two of America's leading professional raw food teachers. I am profoundly grateful for the Gideon's coordination and management of the Raw Demo Chefs Program in 2007 and 2008 at the Raw Spirit Festival in Sedona where Jackie assisted greatly and led a vibrant vegan prep class each year. Raw Spirit Festival endorses the Graff's teaching programs and looks forward to working with Gideon and Jackie for many years to come!"
Paul Nison,
Author, Speaker and Raw Food Chef.
"The Graff's courses truly are outstanding, and they make the best tasting raw food! The comprehensive superb instruction and the delicious foods, make these courses worth any cost. "
Dr. Douglas N. Graham,
Author of the 80/10/10 Diet
"Gideon and Jackie Graff come through with flying colors, again. Their zest for what they do is only exceeded by how well they do it."
Author of Hooked on Raw
"Jackie and Gideon Graff, a charming couple who are extraordinary raw/live food chefs, make preparing raw food dishes easy and fun. Whether it's throwing a few things into the blender or preparing a gourmet feast, Jackie and Gideon will make you a 4-star chef in your own kitchen. "
Dr. George and Rhonda Malkmus,
Founders of Hallelujah Acres
"Although Rhonda has been teaching culinary food preparation classes for years and has authored several recipe books, she has learned so many new and different techniques from Jackie and Gideon Graff. Jackie and Gideon's expertise in the realm of raw food preparation is renowned. They have previously owned and operated a very successful raw foods restaurant and are Culinary Chefs who have the desire to share their wealth of knowledge with others. They teach classes not only in the Atlanta area, but have also been teaching classes on a regular bases at Hallelujah Acres since 2004 Now, you too, can have the privilege of "learning at their feet" so to speak; by simply taking their classes in your home town.. "
We have more endorsements from other raw food leaders, but we think this will give you the idea.
What Students Say About Our Classes.
We have hundreds of testimonials from satisfied students, and in our teaching career, we receive excellent evaluations with many saying that they got much more than they expected and was an excellent value compared to other courses available. We will share a few of these with you.
"Can't tell you how much your class has given me the confidence and insight needed to do well with the raw food lifestyle. I did not use to do much of anything in the kitchen - now my wife can't believe the transformation. I'm in there preparing the recipes and experimenting. She has now joined in and is actually doing most of the work. The cooking class is crucial to staying with the
program. "
Devon McIntosh
17609 Clinton Dr.
Accokeek, MD 20607
I would encourage everyone to make it to the Graff's classes. They are excellent teachers and the most wonderful and sincere people - not to mention excellent chefs!! AND if you are looking for a fun filled class - I highly recommend checking them out. I promise you won't regret it. They have shaped and changed my life so greatly and I will be forever grateful because, honestly my raw food prep before taking their class was known to make people cry it was so bad. Now people beg for it thanks to my excellent teachers.
Rhonda Locklair
Barefoot Artist
We would love to talk with you about hosting one of our classes in your hometown. If you are interested, please email us at email@example.com
We will contact you to schedule your event. We look forward to seeing you.
Peace and love,
Jackie & Gideon Graff
When & Where
University Unitarian Universalist Society, Inc
11648 McCulloch Rd
Friday, February 17, 2012 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (EST)
Add to my calendar
Raw Food Revival Tour *
Jackie & Gideon Graff*
1085 Lake Charles Dr
Roswell, GA 30075
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Documentation + Marketing for Pedagogical Practices
At this August 29th workshop, artist, educator, and organizer Sara Black will teach strategies for cultivating a dynamic portfolio capable of articulating the interplay between your creative practice, your pedagogical perspective, and your students' experiences—and the blurry connections that often appear among all three.
LATITUDE 2017 Residency Open Call for Applications
LATITUDE welcomes approximately 8 artists in residence to the digital lab per year. Lab staff act as artists' consultants, technical advisors, and assistants, helping bring specific projects and bodies of work to completion. Residents receive no-cost access to and use of the lab for a continuous period of up to 1 month (minimum 2 weeks). Applications for this incredible opportunity close August 31!
4 Black Women on Making the Art World More Inclusive ( NY Mag)
Taylor Renee Aldridge, Jessica Bell Brown, Kimberly Drew & Jessica Lynne discuss the Black Art Incubator residency they just completed at Recess with NY Mag. The Black Art Incubator "is a social sculpture designed to create an intervention in the 'art world' through a series of public events that bring together artists, curators, community members, critics, and scholars."
Art Copyright, Explained (Artsy)
With the recent news that over 40 artists and designers have accused Zara of plagiarism, artists' legal rights to their work is a big topic of conversation. Isaac Kaplan covers the basics of art copyrights, including what is and isn't covered and how to make sure you don't unwittingly infringe upon another artist's work.
Teaching Artists Summit keynote talk by Sabina Ott
Last April, Chicago Artists 4 Black Women on Making the Art World More Inclusive& Hyde Park Art Center were honored to present Sabina Ott's keynote talk at the first annual day-long convening bringing together teaching artists from across the city for professional development and community-building around critical issues in teaching artistry today. Sabina was kind of enough to share her keynote talk at the Summit, in which she discussed the evolution of her teaching practice throughout the course of her career as well as the principles that guide her both in the classroom and in her studio practice.
Five Dealers Tell Us How to Start an Art Gallery (artnet)
Henri Neuendorf demystifies some of the many paths that lead dealers to open their own art gallery.
If you're not already tuning into the Chicago's Postloudness podcast network, check it out now! Critical conversations produced by people of color, women, and queer-identified hosts from the art world and beyond.
Self Employment in the Arts Call for Presenters
The 17th annual SEA conference is now accepting proposals from practicing artists, educators, and arts business professionals. Opportunities include panelists, workshop leaders, round table discussion leaders, idea pitch judges, and mentors. This is a great opportunity to give back to those eager to get their own creative careers started or to the next level.
Boldly Tackling The Unknown With Gbenga Akinnagbe (Design Sponge)
The actor-turned-furniture designer discusses starting his company, ENITAN, and the best business advice that helped him forge a new path for himself.
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Walmart's double whammy pressures stockFebruary 15, 2013: 12:31 PM ET
A double whammy for Walmart Friday.
First Reuters reported that Walmart's U.K. arm, Absa, said it found horsemeat in the beef bolognese (and three other sauces) it sells.
As if that wasn't enough, a research note warning of a sales slowdown was enough to spook investors.
Shares of Walmart fell 2% in early trading. But the stock tumbled nearly 4% later in the day after Bloomberg reported there were emails from Walmart execs saying February sales were a "total disaster."
"As with any organization, we often see internal communications that are not entirely accurate, that lack the proper context and represent individual opinions," said a Walmart spokesperson, declining to comment further.
The behemoth has had its share of struggles, many of which center around labor issues. Union anyone?
But love it or hate it, Walmart is still wildly successful. The No.1 retailer in the world continues to post year-over-year profit and sales growth. Walmart reports fourth-quarter earnings before the market opens next Thursday.
Still, any little hint of a slowdown or scandal is enough to spark a lot of chatter among StockTwits traders.
Signs of the times: Markets give 10x more credence to leaked $WMT emails than official G-7, G-20 communiques. $$
Sad but true.
the problem is that it was internal and a surprise...they would have phrased this much different, had more time to stabilize sales, etc $WMT
if u don't pay attention to a behemoth like $WMT as a competitor then ur setting urself up 4surprise mr $WFM ceo
Very good point. Just the sheer size of Walmart makes it one to watch. It may not quite be "as Walmart goes, so goes retail" but it's a pretty good indicator of whether or not people are shopping.
Horse meat in the "Beef Bolognese"?? Come on now #WalMart $WMT, time to re-think that recipe and hire a real Italian cook!
Haha. Leave it to traderstewie to make me lol. I can't say I've ever bought beef bolognese, or any sauce for that matter, from Walmart... although this was in Absa so maybe the Brits do it differently.
Cleveland Research out negative on $WMT Poor recent sales trends. Says Walmart may lower prices, which would hurt gross margin
Thanks firstadopter. Way to bring it back to the basics. Walmart may have gotten a bit too bloated for investors. The stock has barely budged over the past three months.
Meteors, billionaire wars, and horse DNA - Premarket Stock Talk - http://stks.co/jLv4 $HLF $WMT $ES_F $AAPL $$
I'm with you Spus. It doesn't get much better than that.


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Videos | September 6, 2012
Curiosity Working Its Arm
This engineering drawing shows the location of the arm on NASA's Curiosity rover, in addition to the arm's turret, which holds two instruments and three tools.
Transcript:This simulation shows planned movements of the arm on NASA's Curiosity rover for round one of its robotic arm checkouts, expected to run on Sol 33 (Sept. 8, 2012). This so-called "teach point" checkout activity consists of repeating arm moves and taking images with the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) to match those acquired on Earth prior to launch. This ensures that the calibration and placement accuracy of the arm is within expected levels on Mars, which has different environmental conditions, such as weaker gravity.
This engineering tool, called the Rover Sequencing and Visualization Program (RSVP) helps engineers plan the rover's motions and drives. The visualization component of the RSVP tool is called Hyperdrive.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech