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A guide to harvesting and selling botanicals as a small business.
Not everyone lives where medicinal roots and herbs can be found in abundance. Almost every relatively green region of the U.S. and Canada, however, boasts at least one native "medicine plant". Which means — as Lyle E. Staab, Jr., of St. James, Missouri knows so well — that almost every homesteader or rural dweller in North America can avail himself/herself of the novel make-money-in-the-outdoors technique described below.
Maybe you didn't know it, but — even in this day and age of chemical this and synthetic that — literally hundreds of drugs, medicinal ointments, and cosmetics are still made from raw, dried roots and herbs. And I'll also bet you probably didn't know that the companies which process these roots and herbs (or "botanicals") into medicines generally obtain their raw materials from freelance foragers . . . people who collect, dry, and sell medicinal plants for profit.
I've been collecting and selling common botanicals — May apple, poke root, and blackberry root, to name a few — for some time now, and (overall) I've found it to be a worthwhile moneymaking activity. With the "tricks of the trade" I'm about to give you here, you should be able to make worthwhile amounts of money this way, too . . . provided, of course, that you don't mind working outdoors or setting your own hours! (You'll be doing both!)
The prices paid for botanicals (of which there are more than 250 different kinds) range from as little as 5 cents per pound for boneset herb to as much as $75 a pound for wild ginseng root. (Note: Ginseng is down right now from its former high of $90 per pound, due to the fact that the U.S. Government — which is conducting an investigation into whether wild ginseng should be declared an "endangered species" — has forbidden all U.S. firms from exporting the root to Chinese markets. If and when this export ban is lifted, Ginseng prices will probably go back up again.)
Some of the more common botanicals — and their approximate market values — are shown below:
Fifty cents a pound may not sound like much (especially when you consider that a botanical must usually be washed and allowed to dry completely before it can be shipped off to market). Fact is, though, a practiced forager can make enough money from the sale of medicinal roots and herbs to pay the rent . . . and then some. I know one man — Harry Kalb, aged 77 — who can back me up on that. Says Harry: "During the Great Depression, I fed my family on the proceeds of root-diggin'. Paid rent, too! Back in '29, May apple was bringin' four cents a pound, and competition was tough, what with lots of folks diggin'. We did all right, though: Sometimes, the five of us-me, my wife, and three kids-dug 200 pounds a day!"
Of course, the chances of your coming across 200 pounds ($100 worth) of May apple root in a single day aren't all that good. You should, however, be able to find worthwhile quantities of several different plants in the course of a week. Exactly how much money you make in this business depends, then, on both the abundance (and type) of botanicals in your area . . . and how hard you're willing to work to find 'em. And, quite frankly, the price of many medicinal plants is as high as it is today simply because most folks are now too lazy to find'em and dig'em.
If you think you'd like to try your hand at collecting and selling botanicals, the first thing you should do is write to several herb buyers (see the list of addresses that accompanies this article). They'll send you their current price sheets, along with information on which part(s) of the various herbs (i.e., the leaves versus the roots) to gather, how to prepare your harvest for sale, and any special herbal needs the companies might have at the moment.
Next, get your hands on one or more of the following books: The Herbalist by J.E. Meyer; Ginseng and Other Medicinal Plants by A.R. Harding, and Douglas B. Elliott's Roots: An Underground Botany and Forager's Guide . . . all of which are available from any good bookstore. These books will tell you — in words and pictures — where the common medicinal herbs can be found, what they look like, when they can be harvested, etc.
Of course, as good as the above books are, they're no substitute for the advice of an experienced forager (or "senger", as the folks who specifically hunt ginseng are called). If you know of a practicing root- or herb-hunter in your area, try to strike up an acquaintance. Maybe — if you're patient, and if the individual is willing to show you his or her favorite hunting grounds (which is not likely) — you'll be taken on as an apprentice. It may not work . . . but it's worth a try.
The only tools you'll need for botanical foraging are a shovel, a corn knife, and a bushel basket or gunny sack in which to stash the harvest. In addition to the above pieces of equipment, I like to tote along a potato fork, a good-sized pocketknife, and (when I'm harvesting thorny plants) some work gloves. You'll find the additional tools that suit you best, I'm sure, after a few foraging sessions.
Quite a few botanical-hunters like to restrict their foraging efforts to just the higher-priced medicinal plants . . . the idea being that it's better to look a little longer and (possibly) wind up with a "catch" that's more than worth the extra time spent searching. Retired factory worker Bill Skaggs of St. James, Missouri — one of my few local "competitors" — falls into this category. He makes $150 to $200 per year hunting ginseng and goldenseal . . . and he refuses to "fool" with any botanicals that bring less than a dollar a pound.
My approach is somewhat different: I go after the more common botanicals — May apple, pokeweed, and blackberry in particular — and then harvest large quantities of them, to make up for their lower market price. I find, in other words, that my time is better spent digging than searching. And the nice thing is, Bill Skaggs and I never get in each other's way.
To specialize or not to specialize . . . that is the question. And only you know the answer.
A number of botanicals (ginseng and goldenseal, for example) have become all but extinct lately due to indiscriminate overharvesting by zealous foragers. To keep this situation from becoming worse, it's important that you adhere to the following commonsense rules when harvesting any root, bark, or herb:
[1] Gather only the part of the plant you're going after. (There's no sense pulling a specimen up by the roots if the berries or the leaves are what you want.) Likewise, don't take all the top growth from any one plant when you can harvest a small amount of foliage from a large number of plants.
[2] Collect bark from one side of the tree trunk only. If you debark a tree all the way 'round its circumference, you might as well strip the whole plant . . . because you've just killed that particular tree anyway.
[3] Dig roots in a manner which will allow the future regrowth of plants in the area. (Take roots, for instance, from several spots near the center of a bed . . . that way, the remaining plants will be able to "fill in" again.)
Once you've brought your medicinal roots and herbs home, rinse them thoroughly in clean water and lay them out to dry in a well-ventilated area. (Be sure to label the drying areas so that later — when you're ready to ship your dried roots, barks, and/or foliage — you won't forget what's what.) This is an important step. Herb buyers will not accept botanical materials that have not been thoroughly clean and allowed to dry completely.
When your plant materials are bone-dry, pack them in separate boxes, label them, and ship the packages off to market via parcel post. Send May apple root to the firm that pays the most money for May apple root, ship bloodroot to the company that pays the most for bloodroot, and so on. (The prices quoted for various botanicals can — and do — vary as much as 50% from one company to the next.)
Before shipping a large quantity of materials, you'd do well to send small samples of your wares to the firm(s) you wish to do business with and ask for a positive identification of the roots, barks, etc. (What you thought was snakeroot may actually be something totally different. . . and — perhaps — totally worthless.) Also, estimate how many pounds of the pure material you can deliver and ask for a firm price quotation based on that amount. You may get a quote that's considerably better (or worse) than the "going rate" printed in the company's price sheet.
And remember that — as a rule — dried roots and barks don't depreciate in value. If you don't like the prices being offered for your roots and herbs this year, you can always stash the goods away until next year, when prices may be higher.
Whether you ever harvest and sell medicinal plants yourself or not, "botanical hunting" is something you should at least know about. It's one of those rare make-money-outdoors activities that requires no special knowledge or equipment (beyond what's readily available to the average person) to get started, but that can lead to a steady income — good times or bad, off-season or on — of from a few dollars a month to several hundred. (Botanical foraging is an especially good part-time moneymaking activity for those slack moments when there's little to do around the old homestead.) Botanical hunting: It's challenging, it's fun, and it's lucrative. What more could you ask for?
I want to know the prices on black walnut haul per pound also walnut leaves .and sasffiet leaves per pound dry or green
I want to know the prices on black walnut haul per pound also walnut leaves .and sasffiet leaves per pound dry or green
I'm interested in this list of herb purchasers.. where can I find these "sliders"
Also, what is a "slider"? There isn't anything at the end of your post!
I, also, can't find the addresses or links.
I too cannot see this list woodsman55 says it's in the sliders I don't even know what a sliders is I'm suspecting that the advertisements are blocking it can anybody that can see the list or the link that goes to it posted it in the comments so those of us that are being blocked can find it
Hi everyone. The list you're looking for is in the slides, near the end. May your profits be as wild as the plants are! OKBye!
Same as Mignonne is saying. I would like the list of address also. I don't see a reply to her post. Is there a list and if so how do we get to it?
The article says "(see the list of addresses that accompanies this article)." but where they are is beyond me.
We would like to sale poke berries and would like more information on the topic! What sites would you recomend we sale the poke berries to? Any aditional information would be appreciated as well!
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But that is just one filter of many set up in a resume screen. Anyway, back to the team meeting.
Jack, I said smiling, albeit with a disapproving tone, can I continue?
After his rolling of eyes, I picked back up on the next point.
One thing it shows on a candidates resume is that they have shown initiative to study for and pass the exam. And its not all memorization, there is logic involved. And if they truly took an interest in the material, they may have actually learned something new.
I continued, As you stated, this will require the team to get certified. You need to look at this as an opportunity to enhance you employability. Not just with us, but with other firms who are starting to add this requirement. So whether you think it is worthwhile or not, this is in your best interest as well as our companys.
Jack jumped back in What I see is that the company will overlook more qualified candidates and guess what? The company saves money doing it because they wont have to train them. Well end up working with a bunch of robot developers.
Or worse -- well end up being replaced by them if we dont get certified, right?
Now all of the team members in the room exchanged anxious looks because that thought did not register with them at first. Jack, as usual, was seeing the glass half empty.
So I dove back in with some reassurance, trying not to sound exasperated.
You all need to look at this differently. I know all of you are really good developers and will have no problem passing this exam. The company is committed to certifying all of you at no insignificant cost. We will pay for training classes and give up billable hours so you can be trained and study for each exam.
And once certified, you will get an automatic salary bump on top of your performance based raise at your next annual review.
That sound you heard that put a smile on everyones face was Cha-Ching! I figured that would qualm any doubts.
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In 2000, Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming's Powers #7 featured a familiar guest star, although not one readers were used to seeing in their comics: Writer Warren Ellis joined series protagonist Christian Walker on a ride-along to conduct research for an upcoming book.
But while the series later moved from Image Comics to Marvel's Icon imprint, Bendis will make a return, of sorts, in November's Nailbiter #7 as he pays a visit to Buckaroo, Oregon, to research a book about serial killers.
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RocketBird seems like the result of someone having a funny dream about a jetpack-enhanced chicken, and this is the realization of that dream. The game gives you a third-person view of the bird on its path, or rather a view of the bird's behind and the rocket on its back. He's wearing a crash helmet and flaps his little wings intermittently and it's just too adorable. He's flying along a pastoral countryside, just zooming along as fast as possible. The goal of RocketBird is distance covered without crashing. As you fly, various obstacles appear suddenly in your path, such as fences, pine trees, windmills and cows. You use the accelerometer to navigate, and are actually able to make some pretty steep turns when avoiding sudden trees. You have a meter running down beside you as you fly, and it's essentially a fuel gauge. To gain speed and keep your meter topped up you must steer into any lightning bolts that appear in your path. These give you a sudden hyper -boost, accompanied by a brief and rousing "Halleluiah!†But beware, the sudden boost can make navigating a bit of a challenge. Don't avoid the lightning bolts though, because when the meter runs out your journey will end rather abruptly. When you do crash, you land with a *bonk* and a cartoon cloud of chicken feathers.
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I just wish that the game makers had spent a bit more time on making sure that the different levels are properly different in appearance. With over 20-levels I expected some newness in each but instead found more of the same: watching the same clumps of tree constantly pass by eventually made me feel like I was in a Tom & Jerry cartoon.


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Tetris is just one of those games that never gets old. Initially created in 1988 by Soviet Academy of Sciences researcher Alexey Pajitnov, Dmitry Pavlovsky and Vadim Gerasimov, Nintendo quickly grabbed the rights. Now, that is all fun and dandy if you have electricity and you can play it on your GameBoy, but what happens if its a Zombie Apocalypse out there? Well, the Tetris Link ($35 USD) may be the perfect distraction. The way it works is that you are provided with both pieces and a Tetris dice which you roll at every turn telling you which pieces are to come next. Clever, yeah we know.


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Massage Therapy Instructors
Studio City | Los Angeles Massage School
- Amanda HookInstructorAmanda was born in England and moved to the USA in 2000. She lived 13 years in New Jersey where she studied and became a Massage Therapist 12 years ago. Amanda has worked in various massage settings including spas, chiropractic offices and gyms and has managed in the field of massage. She has a passion for elevating the profession and finds joy in helping to educate students and other massage professionals on how to re-book clients and gain a following. Her favorite modalities include, myofascial release, trigger point therapy, sports stretching and prenatal. She has volunteered her time in Hospice care and also uses Reiki and energy work in her massages. "I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in and going after your dreams." - MadonnaApril VillarealInstructorAfter graduating from NHI in 2008, April started practicing massage. In 2011 she began volunteering as a teacher's assistant at NHI. She always wanted to be a part of the NHI team, and being a TA enhanced her desire to pass on the knowledge she has gained. Her experience includes working in a chiropractor's office and running a private practice. April is delighted to bring her energy and passion for massage to the student's learning experience. "Look to the skies so you can see how high you can fly, look to the stars to see how bright you can shine, and most importantly look in yourself to see how great you can be."Casey MurphyInstructorCasey Murphy was born and raised in Rochester, NY where he left and returned many times before finding his true calling to become a massage therapist. He completed his massage licensure in New York and studied in Thailand before joining us here in Los Angeles. He prefers to integrate Thai stretches into Swedish massage while being mindful of the meridians and points of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He has been a teacher and mentor in the past and he's very excited to bring his experience and voice to NHI. "Massage is very intuitive, everything you need is already inside you. We're just here to bring it back to the surface."Crystal PrattInstructorAs a SF Bay Area native, Crystal studied Organizational Communications and Marketing at California State University, Hayward. Post college, Crystal's career gravitated towards industries of service; leading her to work in environments such as luxury hotels, a youth serving nonprofit organization and a wellness center specializing in Naturopathic care. Looking to take a different path both personally and professionally; Crystal enrolled as a student with NHI in 2011 and is a proud alumni of both the Core and Advanced Neuromuscular Therapy programs. She has now returned to NHI in the role of Student Life & Career Coordinator, and is excited to give back to the campus that gave her such a fun and life changing experience. Crystal's position allows her to combine her years of office experience with her passion for massage therapy. Crystal is still a practicing massage therapist and finds joy in continuing to educate herself in the various healing modalities.Eric BrowningInstructorEric's massage career began in 2002 after graduating from NHI Emeryville. After 13 years of private practice he received a certificate of advanced neuromuscular therapy at NHI Studio City. He is now honored to be a member of the staff enabling him to pass on the valuable knowledge he has gained to further the careers of future massage therapists. "I love the fact that massage therapy has the ability to change the world for good one body at a time."Genevieve SpilotroStudent Life & Career Coordinator/InstructorGenevieve is a certified Massage Therapist and a graduate of NHI! She has been in practice since 2008 working in spas, and with private practice clientele. Massage is a profession that she was quickly drawn into and loves. Genevieve believes massage is not only about pampering, but also offers therapeutic healing. "The art of massage is a rewarding career. It offers a way to relax the mind, body and soul, which helps create balance from within."Jen TobinCampus Manager/ InstructorJen Tobin originally hails from the greater Boston area where she completed a bachelor's degree in dance and started her career in massage therapy. Massaging since 2002, she moved to the Los Angeles area 12 years ago and has worked in various massage environments including spas, offices, beaches and on television and commercial sets. Her preferred modalities are prenatal and deep tissue, but she has a great appreciation for the variety massage brings in its range of modalities. Her love of the sciences and passion for learning brought her to the classrooms of NHI in 2011 and she continues to enjoy the process of imparting knowledge, while also maintaining a small private practice of outcall clients. "My hope, still, is to leave the world a little bit better than when I got here." –Jim HensonJoey PontanillaInstructorJoey's path as a massage therapist began shortly after being laid off from Yahoo! in 2008. His desire to help people hands-on from a wellness perspective eventually led him to enrolling at NHI. Upon graduating in 2009, he worked at a few Los Angeles-area day spas, volunteered as a massage therapist for several charity events (i.e. Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, Lupus Awareness Walk) and also worked for a mobile massage company. Throughout most of that time, he also volunteered as a teaching assistant at NHI which is where his desire to teach began. In 2011, he was hired to the NHI-Los Angeles staff. Over his 5 total years on staff, he has been a part-time instructor, Student Life & Career Coordinator and full-time instructor/mentor. At the end of 2015, Joey left NHI to pursue a career in voiceovers but, in summer of 2016, he was invited back to work as a part-time instructor while he continues to pursue voice work. Joey finds the human anatomy infinitely fascinating and feels very connected to eastern massage modalities, especially shiatsu. His massage motto is: "An investment in massage therapy is an investment in your health."Kate Fox ColieInstructorKate Fox Colie, CMT, CLMA graduated from Touch Therapy Institute in 2001 as a Certified Massage Therapist (CMT), and has trained extensively in therapeutic and rehabilitative bodywork. She earned her BFA in Dance from CalArts in 2005; received her graduate credential in Somatic Movement Therapy in 2008 as a Certified Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analyst (CLMA); and completed her certification in the Symmetry for Health program in 2015. Kate specializes in the treatment of performing artists in her private practice, NewPath Wellness in Glendale, and also does on-site therapy work at The Colburn School in Los Angeles. She taught anatomy at California Institute of the Arts (2005-2009) and California State Summer School for the Arts (2006-2008), and continues to teach workshops with presentations, most recently at The Colburn Conservatory of Music and the Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance at CalArts, among others. Kate is endlessly passionate about movement and the body, and is elated to be an instructor and mentor here at NHI.Khrystyne NapolitanoInstructorKhrystyne Napolitano has been a full-time Licensed Clinical/Medical Massage Therapist working in private practice for nearly 9 years. She obtained her Associates degree in Massage Therapy from The Universal College of Healing Arts in Omaha, NE & specialized in Medical, Clinical and Oncology Massage Therapy, as well as, Ayurvedic Wellness in Iowa before moving back home to the Los Angeles area in June. In addition to her Therapy practice, Khrystyne also served a 3-year term on the Board of Massage Therapy for the State of Iowa. "To trust the process, you must first be a part of the progress."Paul VinczeInstructorPaul graduated from The Touch Therapy Institute in Encino, CA in 1999 and received his Reiki Master Certification in 2001. Paul's passion for teaching began in when taught rafting, kayaking, and backpacking to youth at risk; it continues today as he instructs students in massage therapy. Throughout the years Paul has worked in spas and private practice. "I love that I am able to educate people about loving, compassionate touch, and know that they will be able to help others with this knowledge and skill."Rebecca MillhouseInstructorRebecca has been a massage therapist since 2003. Since then, she has performed massage in day spas, chiropractic offices and acupuncture clinics. Rebecca has maintained a private clientele and teaches infant and couples massage classes. Rebecca teaches in both the Core and the Advanced Neuromuscular Therapy Programs with the National Holistic Institute. "I feel so blessed to have found my calling and to have an outlet to share it with others. Thank you, NHI!"Tyler SalinasInstructorTyler is a graduate of the Core and ANMT programs at NHI and has been in practice consistently since even before his graduation in 2014. He has worked in private practice, wellness centers, chiropractic offices and high profile day spas. Tyler finds his motivation to massage in helping people to manage their pain and minimize the impact it has on their lives; He is passionate about constantly expanding his understanding of the body and it's structures and hopes to impart to successive generations of massage therapists the value of specific anatomical knowledge and informed touch. "Receive without conceit; Release without struggle."-Marcus Aurelius
NHI's Los Angeles massage instructors serve the entire LA area including Burbank, Glendale, Long Beach, Santa Monica, West Hollywood and Pasadena.


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A 14-year-old autistic boy was suspended and charged with a felony over a picture he drew in school, MyFoxAtlanta reports. The boy's mother said he was in a special needs class when he drew a picture of two stick figures, one of which was holding a gun.
The eighth grader's picture depicted a stick figure with a gun that was labeled "me." The figure was shooting another figure that had his teacher's name above it.
The boy has been suspended and is now facing criminal charges.
"They've pressed felony charges for terroristic threats," said the teen's mother, Karen Finn. "It's that sweeping zero tolerance, and I think it's ridiculous."
Finn said her son, Shane, drew the picture on the page of a school assignment where his teacher would easily see it. She said her son is autistic and has the mental capacity of a third grader, and he doesn't really understand why he's in trouble.
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DJ D. Jones has a passion for creatively mixing and blending Pop, Dance, Hip-Hop, R&B and other eclectic genres that touch, move, encourage and take peoples worries away. His talent and skill set has helped him to develop a reputation for creating unforgettable musical moments at parties, festivals, corporate functions and private events! Music has always spoken to him and he loves sharing what he hears with music lovers and party goers.
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DJ D. Jones definitely knows how to rock a party but it's his musical diversity that makes all of the difference.
More than anything else, D. Jones prides himself with the musical knowledge, taste and technical abilities that allows him to entertain upscale private clients who are simply celebrating life to corporate clients who are looking to make a lasting impression on potential clients and customers. D. Jones understands the importance of being able to create an atmosphere through music that reflects a clients values and vision.
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DJ D. Jones is your professional alternative to the traditional and sometimes musically out of touch "Wedding DJ". In addition to seamlessly mixing a custom-tailored playlists of your favorite genres and specific song selections in a club style fashion, he also serves as the emcee while keeping your timeline on track while maintaining complete professionalism while making sure you and your guests dance the night away without a care.
He also prides himself in offering an unparalleled personalized service for each client. His open door policy encourages clients to contact him at anytime during the planning process leading up to their wedding. The level of service provided is second to none.


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For over 25 years the Rainforest Foundation has been working to protect the rainforests of Amazon and beyond.
From the Harakambut in the Madre De Dios Region to the Achuar near the Ecuadorian border, indigenous communities of the Peruvian Amazon are the true heroes who protect millions of acres of rainforest and fight against illegal loggers, and miners to keep our forests alive. They put their lives on line to ensure not only that they have a home but also that the jaguars, scarlet macaws and tamarin monkeys that live in these forests will continue to thrive.
Respecting Indigenous communities land rights isn't just the right thing to do, it is the most effective way to protect all the lives dependent on these rainforests–including our own!
Peru contains the third largest rainforest area after Brazil and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Sadly, year after year it loses more and more of the forest to logging, palm oil plantations, oil extraction and mining. Yet, rainforests managed by indigenous communities are the most biodiverse and healthy, but they can't do it alone, Indigenous communities need our help to safeguard their homelands and protect our rainforests for future generations.
Land Titling: We work with communities to document and file land claims, and follow up with the government to push for titles and extensions to their titles that more accurately reflect the land they have used and protected for centuries.
Mapping & Monitoring: We train communities in using smartphones and drones to monitor their lands. Today, communities are beginning to map their own lands, and work with government agencies to identify and stop deforestation in real time.
Land Management Planning: We are working with communities to build participatory bottom-up plans to protect their forests, develop economically, and ensure respect for their cultures.
Peru Facts
54% rainforest cover
6th most biodiverse country
Indigenous Communities
Are 45% of the population
51 indigenous peoples
Known Species
2,937 animals
17,144 plants
Our Work
Started working in 2005
Began with the Achuar
Today: Asheninka, Harakmbut, Shipibo-Konibo and more.
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Forests controlled by indigenous communities are protected.
Last year, our planet lost rainforsts twice the size of Manhattan. But indigenous lands have 12 times
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Help Indigenous communities protect their lands & help us protect the future!
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Our Partners: The Shipibo-Konibo of Nuevo Saposoa & Patria Nueva
One of our newest partners in Peru, the Shipibo-Konibo, are fighting back against illegal loggers, miners and cocoa growers who would destroy their rainforest home. Tired of seeing their rainforest being destroyed, the Shipibo-Konibo partnered with the Rainforest Foundation to protect their homeland and to begin building a shield that will protect millions of acres beyond their traditional lands.
Together we created a strategy to ensure that illegal loggers and ranchers didn't keep invading their lands.
- The Shipibo-Konibo put chains across the river to stop boats from going through their lands to bring illegal logs or drugs out of their land.
- Together we built a guardhouse at the edge of their ancestral land (on the only road into their forests) ensuring the community knows who is coming in and out of their community's forests.
- We trained them to map their lands and taught them to fly drone to identify incursions and prove that coca growers, illegal loggers and miners were invading Nuevo Saposoa and Patria Nueva.
- We worked with the government to create eviction plans for those growing coca in the Shipibo-Konibo's rainforest.
Then something magical happened: our Shipibo-Konibo partners generously reached out to some of the coca growers and other illegal squatters that had decimated some of their forest.
They offered to relocate them onto lands the Shipibo-Konibo have traditionally used for agriculture, if the squatters agreed to give up farming coca, grow their food sustainably, and otherwise follow community rules. Some of those asked, agreed and joined the indigenous community. Today, they too have become rainforest defenders—identifying illegal incursions on to community lands and drug traffickers and presenting their evidence the community and government.
Our Fight
When Edwin Chota and three other leaders of Saweto were killed defending the rainforest, their widows and daughters took over their work and continue to risk their lives to protect our rainforests.
Diana Rios puts her life everyday in order to protect her people and the planet. At only 22, she has already spent 4 years being targeted by illegal loggers just for defending the rainforest.
As a child Diana accompanied her father as he advocated for her people and their land rights, seeing first hand the hard work her community was doing to protect their forests. In 2014, her father and three other community leaders were assassinated by illegal loggers when they were trying to formalize ownership of their ancestral lands. Instead of being intimidated, Diana and the widows of the assassinated leaders took charge of their community. During the last four years Diana has become Saweto Alto Tamayo's ambassador, the government for land rights but traveling around the world to speak out for land rights and against illegal logging.
Today, Diana knows that there are people around the world cheering her on as she fights for her community and our environment. Yet, Diana's dedication to our rainforests has put her and others in her community at great personal risk.
We have sacrificed our lives for our land, but we are doing it for everyone. We know that when you kill a tree you are killing living being. Our climate is changing. Why? Because we are killing our trees.


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Sleep Restriction Therapy: When Nothing Else Works
So you've tried all the 'better sleep tips;' seen a doctor, dieted, exercised, excluded caffeine and bad foods etc, and nothing seems to really help you with your sleep disorder? If so, don't lose hope. Researchers are learning new and effective ways to help us regain those few precious hours and even minutes of sleep. One of these most effective treatments is called Sleep Restriction Therapy.
Dr. Spielman at Columbia Presbyterian in New York may have pioneered a new, effective treatment called sleep restriction therapy. Within a month, his insomniacs were sleeping a good seven hours, and they reported that the quality of their sleep was much improved.
Retraining Your Body
Sleep Restriction Therapy, also called sleep deprivation therapy, is based on the idea that your body has learned how to get along without sleep. Whether this was caused by circadian rhythms, trauma or bad habits when you were young, good evidence shows that you can retrain your body to sleep again. The bad news: It's not easy and it takes a few weeks. The good news: You've probably suffered worse, and it only takes a few weeks.
The Downside of Sleeping Pills
One of the hardest things you may have to do before trying sleep restriction therapy is make sure you're off sleeping pills. If you've been on sleeping pills before, you know they don't really help with long term sleep problems, they don't increase sleep duration, and they are highly addictive. "The only effect sleeping pills have," says sleep expert Dr. Kripke at UCSD, "is they make you feel good about not being able to sleep." Sleeping pills will harm any chance of retraining your body to know when to sleep and how to stay asleep.
Step 1: Find your minimum sleep threshold
Almost all of us can get a little bit of sleep each night, even if it is for only a few hours. Use the mood tracker to keep a daily log of your sleep times. The mood tracker is also great for identifying foods, activities or events that disrupt sleep. Once you have determined the average minimum amount of time you are able to sleep, move to step 2.*
Step 2: Go without sleep all day
Using sleep restriction therapy and thereby depriving your body of sleep for a 24-hour period, your body builds up endogenous sleep inducing chemicals that increase your desire and ability to sleep. Staying completely awake also disrupts your 'learned' sleep cycle, and is similar to holding down the restart button on your computer. Sleep fasting reboots your internal sleep computer.
Step 3: Use your minimum sleep time to allow yourself to sleep
Only sleep for that amount of time, even if you could sleep in more. Also, subtract the time you are able to sleep from the time you usually wake up or want to get up, and set this as your subjective bedtime. For example, if you wake up at 6:00am, and your minimum sleep threshold is 3 hours, then stay awake until 3:00 am before going to sleep. Remember to get up at 6:00 even though you may want to sleep in.
Step 4: Use specialized bright light to reinforce your new wake schedule
This is one of the most important steps to sleep restriction therapy. Bright light is the most powerful regulator of the sleep wake cycle. Using light will help reset a normal sleep/wake pattern, and trying sleep deprivation therapy without bright light is not nearly as successful. Using light for approximately ½ hour upon awakening is sufficient to regulate the sleep/wake cycle.
Step 5: Gradually increase minimum sleep threshold
This is one of the most important steps, because if you jump back too quickly into trying to sleep all night, you'll lose any benefit you gained up to this point. The idea here is to only add 15 minutes of sleep per night until you start having trouble sleeping again. For example, on night one, you go to sleep at 3:00 am and get up at 6:00 am. Night two, you go to sleep at 2:45 am and get up again at 6:00 am (Always keep the same waking schedule). Let's say that by night six, you're going to sleep at 1:30, but now you start having trouble sleeping. Go back to where you are able to sleep solid and stay there a few days before trying to add more time.
Step 6: Don't nap!
Napping can disrupt your circadian rhythm and hurt your ability to sleep again when you need to. When you nap during the day, you teach your body to sleep when it shouldn't, and then it can't sleep when you really need to. If you suffer from chronic insomnia, you should never try to nap again, it's that important. If you feel tired during the day, use your light box or get out in the sunshine and exercise until the drowsiness is gone, but don't give in to napping.
Sleep restriction therapy works with most chronic sleep suffers. It may not bring back the elusive 8 hours of sleep but it will most likely add a couple of hours of needed sleep. As one sleep sufferer said, "If I could even get another half hour, that would be paradise." Remember, as with all disorders, you should talk with your doctor or sleep specialist when considering any treatment.
* In Dr. Spielman's studies, most people found that five hours was the average acceptable minimum sleep time.


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Netflix is looking at creating yet another show from the Marvel universe, this time with the Punisher as the star, according to TVLine.
The Punisher will be introduced in season two of Daredevil, which launches March 18. The Punisher, also known as Frank Castle, will be played by Jon Bernthal (The Walking Dead).
This series would be the sixth Marvel show produced by Netflix. Others series include Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and the upcoming Luke Cage, Iron Fist, and The Defenders.
Daredevil and Jessica Jones have both been huge successes for Netflix, with Luke Cage set to premiere later this year and Iron Fist still in the development stage. The Defenders, a series that will see Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist team up, is still in the early development phase. It's hard to tell if fans will continue watching all of these Marvel shows and if they will be different enough to be worth while.
Will you continue watching every Marvel show that Netflix comes out with or is six just too many?


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Wow! It was quite a long painting break but surprisingly I did not miss it when I was in Mekah. Now that Im back home that I feel I need to get hold of the brush.
I have started painting again, even before the new year. Infact I was painting on new years eve!
Currently I am trying to complete some unfinished projects at home, and has also been commissioned to paint at the 2 usual places. If you are interested to buy painted furniture do visit my friends' showrooms at Indahreka Cipta at Section 27 Shah Alam and Junes Furniture at Bandar Baru Selayang. You can also get unpainted furniture and some other small decorative items there.
My art classes commenced about a month ago, every thursdays and fridays. Lakshmi, hope i can manage the old fashioned rose before your next lesson.


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Are Facebook's private messages really private? Not so much, according to a lawsuit that accuses the social network of scanning the content of private messages and sharing information about users' Web activities with advertisers and marketers, Bloomberg reported.
According to the lawsuit — Matthew Campbell vs. Facebook Inc., 13-5996, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (San Jose) — as reported by Bloomberg, Facebook's actions violate California privacy and unfair competition laws, as well as the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, with Michael Sobol, an attorney for the plaintiffs, writing:
(Scanning private messages) is a mechanism for Facebook to surreptitiously gather data in an effort to improve its marketing algorithms and increase its ability to profit from data about Facebook users.
Bloomberg reported that the plaintiffs are seeking a court order to certify the case as a class-action lawsuit on behalf of all Facebook users who have used the social network's private messaging features in the past two years and included Web links, as well as an order that Facebook cease message intercepting, and damages of up to $ 10,000 per user.
Facebook Spokeswoman Jackie Rooney said the allegations are "without merit."
Readers: How do you see this case playing out?
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Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over this Holiday Season/
SARASOTA, Fla. -- Dec. 15, 2014
It's the time of year, with all the holiday parties and festive occasions, many partygoers will be drinking. If you're celebrating with alcohol this holiday season, the Sarasota Police Department has a message for you: Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.
Due to the increase in drunk-driving related fatalities around the holidays each year, law enforcement agencies across the United States are out in force, actively searching for drunk drivers. The facts are grim: In December 2012, there were 830 people killed in crashes involving at least one driver or motorcycle operator with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .08 or higher; 26 of those 830 deaths occurred on Christmas Day.
"The Officers of the Sarasota Police Department are committed to ensuring a safe Holiday Season for the residents and visitors to our City." said Captain Patrick Robinson, Patrol Division Commander, Sarasota Police Department. "Drunk driving isn't a victimless crime and our Officers will be on the lookout for drunk drivers this holiday season. It's illegal in every single state to drink and drive," said Captain Robinson. "The safest thing to do is to only drive sober and if you plan on drinking, let someone else do the driving – a sober friend, taxi or public transportation. Being arrested for driving drunk, or injuring some while driving drunk, is not the way to celebrate the holidays."
Every year, more than 10,322 people are killed by drunk drivers in America. If you're drinking and driving, the Sarasota Police Department will find and arrest you. No warnings, no excuses. You'll face jail time, fines, loss of your driver's license, towing fees and other DUI expenses which total $10,000 on average. If you see a drunk driver on the road, call the police right away – you could save a life.
Drivers can follow these tips to keep the holidays safe and happy:
Even one drink can impair your judgment and increase the risk of getting arrested for driving drunk, or worse, the risk of having a crash.
If you will be drinking, do not plan on driving. Plan ahead: Designate a sober drive before the party begins.
If you have been drinking, do not drive. Call a taxi, use Tow-To-Go (1-800-2-TOW-2-GO). In Florida, Tow to Go is offered December 24, 2014 through 6 a.m. January 1, 2015.


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An elderly man who was found dead in his Uptown studio apartment after a gas explosion Wednesday has been identified as Lazlo Rethy, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Firefighters found Rethy, 72, burned beyond recognition after natural gas, apparently spewing from his stove, exploded in the six-story building.
All four burners on Rethy's stove were in the on position. The Fire Department is still investigating whether the gas jets were turned on inadvertently or if the stove malfunctioned.


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Janine has been connecting her love of people and fashion through makeup since 2001. As the Key Artist for Wilhelmina Denver, Janine works on up to 60 model test shoots per month. She has painted faces backstage at New York Fashion Week for several seasons. Her commercial clients include Eucerin, Qwest, Mountain Hardware, and Ladies Home Journal. For brides, this extensive fashion and commercial photo shoot experience means Janine ensures wedding makeup is cohesive with the style of the wedding and photographs beautifully.
Janine frequently teaches makeup classes to AVEDA salons and private clients. She has appeared as a guest artist for several brands, including Smashbox, Shu Uemura, and AVEDA. She is passionate about education, and loves helping women overcome their nerves about makeup. Her experience with real women translates to her desire to keep brides looking & feeling like themselves on the big day.
Janine has been voted "Top Five Wedding Makeup Artist" in Denver Channel 7's A-List in both 2009 & 2010. She is featured in Style Me Pretty's prestigious Little Black Book. Her advice for brides has appeared on the Knot, the Examiner, Brides.com, and Denver Magazine. Her bridal work has been featured on Wedding Chicks, Every Last Detail's "Style Dictionary", Elizabeth Anne Designs, Couture Colorado, Colorado Wedding Style, Mile High Bride, the Knot Colorado, and Style Me Pretty. You can find out more information or view her portfolio at http://makeupbyjanine.wordpress.com/weddings


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Prime Minister's Office
PM approves Constitution of National Council for Senior Citizens
Prime Minister has approved the constitution of a National Council for Senior Citizens. The Council would advise the Central and State Governments on issues related to welfare of senior citizens and enhancement of their quality of life with special reference to (a) policies, programmes and legislative measures; (b) promotion of physical and financial security, health and independent and productive living, and (c) awareness generation and community mobilization.
The Council would be chaired by the Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment. Other members of the Council include the Minister of State, Social Justice & Empowerment, the oldest Members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, representatives of 5 State Governments (one each from the North, South, East, West & North Eastern Regions) and 1 Union Territory by rotation, 5 representatives each from Senior Citizens' Associations, Pensioners' Association, NGOs working for Senior Citizens and Experts, and five senior citizens who have distinguished themselves in various fields.
The Council would be anchored in the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment.


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A: Information on Petechiae Red patches or small red spots of pin point size under the skin's surface are referred to as petechiae. Leakage of blood from the capillaries into the skin results in petechiae. Petechiae, also referred to as ecchymosis, if blood collection happens in larger areas. blood is collected in flat areas under the skin, is known as purpura. Thrombocytopenia or low platelet count is a typical cause of petechiae. This is attributed to the coagulating function
Does anyone know how to get rid of cold sores?
A: Once you get one it takes 10 to 14 days for it to clear. The medication available helps any pain but you have to let it heal naturally. I saw a chapstick for coldsores (if that''ll help you out) just recently at the drugstore, but I forgot what it was called. ....sorry.... abreva rinse your mouth with salty water. it works for me!! The trick is to start at the beginning stage of the coldsore Valtrex helps. When i had one i first took a Washcloth ad soaked it in hot water that put it on the cold sore....next i put some BLISTEX on it and it went away in 2 days The best
how to get rid of fats in hips and thighs?
A: Layers of fat often get deposited under the skin in masses separated by fibrous tissue. Menopausal women and overweight people are more prone to this condition than others. The fat deposits are called cellulite, and they most commonly affect the hips, thighs, arms and abdomen. Regulating your diet and exercising are the most effective ways of losing fat. Eat generous amounts of fruits and leafy vegetables, as they are a rich source of natural minerals, complex carbohydrates, fibers and water. You should also replace carbonated and alcoholic drinks with fruit juices
how can I get rid of high blood pressure
A: you need to chiiil! have you had your BP checked? if so, and it''s high (140/70) then you should be able to get medication to ease it and control it more. however, you getting stressed is not going to help!yes, the guy that parks outside your house is a twat, have you said to him you need that place because of your disability? if not, he''s unlikely to be psychic...and if he doesn know, then you need to accpet it, there''s little you can do, and by fretting your doing yourself harm... Simply a Rose
how to get rid of the bloating and puffy feet and legs
A: Hello daycap and welcome to HealingWell. That bloating is ascites. Are you taking diuretics? If not that should help with some of the water retention. Also with cutting back on your fluid intake some. Did your doctor refer you to a hepotologist? You really need to see a specialist for this disease. It''s a scary disease for sure, but you need to start taking action now. Please read our educational post in the resource thread at the top of our forum. It has a lot of good information... Take care and welcome again........thoughts and...
how do you get rid of high blood preasure?
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Does anyone know the best way to get rid of a sore throat?
A: reflexology is the best and fastest cure, it is done by massaging the web between the thumb and index finger, one side at a time, try to rub out the sore spot you will discover there in the muscle, after you stimulate the healing process by pushing your thumbnail into the nail bed of the opposite thumb until you produce pain, (this begins the healing process through radical sympathetic reflex activation) Best remedy - Take hot water and add lot of salt. Gargle it (water shd not be too warm/cold, it shd be a little hot, hot enough for u to handle but pls, dont burn ur mouth, be careful). Dont just do the normal gargling, take the water in ur...
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Has anyone found an Alternative way to get rid of Migraine Headaches?
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As a communication disorders (CMDS) major at Truman, you form mentor relationships with faculty; collaborate with peers; and explore your interests through special assignments, hands-on activities, research projects, service learning, and study abroad.
Intellectual Pursuits that Improve Lives
Careers in speech language pathology, audiology, special education, and communication-related fields need creative problem-solvers like you who are sensitive to the needs of others. Learn about communication processes; the characteristics of communication disorders; and the techniques and tools for evaluating speech, language, and hearing disabilities. At Truman, you tailor your experience to fit your interests by pursuing either a Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Science degree and selecting a clinic or non-clinic option (we also offer a Master of Arts in Communication Disorders).
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While many universities have discontinued undergraduate clinic opportunities, Truman's Speech and Hearing Clinic gives you hands-on experience testing and treating children and adults for various speech, hearing, and communicative disorders.
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Around 85-90 percent of Truman's CMDS majors continue their studies at the graduate level, and even though the competition is steep, our graduates enjoy a high admission rate to their first choice of graduate programs in speech-language pathology and audiology.
Some CMDS students use their foundation in CMDS to pursue other fields at the graduate level. Recent examples include elementary education, occupational therapy, rehabilitation advocacy, deaf education, chiropractic school, medical school, law school, and religious studies.
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Client: Compassion Canada
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It's a problem that seems overwhelming—too big for anyone to really make a difference. But a difference is possible. Compassion believes it takes more than education, healthcare & social programs to make a difference in the life of a child and help nations escape from poverty.
It's only by the gospel of Jesus Christ that poverty can end, & lives be forever changed. That's why Compassion works with the local church in the developing world to bring practical care to children living in poverty. Not only do they have access to education and get regular health check-ups — they hear the gospel, the most exciting and life-changing news anyone can ever hear!
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5 Links to Read Before Making Holiday Breakfast
Each week, we'll be sharing a comprehensive list of links to help you master something new in the kitchen. Culinary greatness, here you come.
Today: 'Tis the season to whip up something special for breakfast.
Most days, breakfast is something you hastily throw together in a state of morning confusion. A quick piece of toast, a bowl of cereal -- anything to get you full and out the door in record time. But the holiday season requires more of you. You're expected to step up your breakfast game; often, that means pancakes, baked oatmeal, and cinnamon rolls. Whether you're hosting out-of-town guests or just want to pamper yourself, these links will make you a holiday breakfast pro.
- Get a handle on the different types of oats. Then, make perfect oatmeal. (Fancy mix-ins are a must.) (The Kitchn.)
- Impress your guests by whipping up French toast without a recipe. (Food52.)
- Five ways to make better pancakes. (Esquire.)
- Delicious homemade donuts are within your reach with these tips. (Serious Eats.)
- The key to insane waffle greatness? Cornstarch. (Food52.)
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"How to perform a Professional Spray Tan?"
Dealing with a Client
Performing a professional spray tan is not as hard as some people may think. It is understandable that you are about to paint someone's flesh that this can make you nervous, but you must have confidence in your work to make the person having the tan comfortable. It will be more important that your customers are comfortable with you during a tan than the actual tan it.
Talking with your customers during a spray tan is very important. With Tanning beds, your customer don't have the time to really sit around with you so it is harder to build a personal relationship with them like. Spray tanning can help you in getting to know your customers better. Hair and nail salons will tell you that building a relationship with your customers is important for repeated business. Think for a moment on the environment a hair and nail salon have. Look at the way a customer and a beautician talks together openly with one another for the small amount of time that customer is in their chair. Performing a spray tan for a customer is the same way. Talk about the weather, or a vacation, or family. Let them get to know you a little also and they will feel more comfortable the next time around. Before either of you know it the session will be finished.
Before starting a tan, ask your client if they have any questions. Below is a list of things you should ask them so you can perform well. At the bottom of this article we discusses these question with you more and the reasons why we ask them.
· Do you have dry skin or in certain areas like your knees and elbows?
· Do you have any rashes or sores that you think a cosmetic base product will irritate?
· When was the last time you exfoliated your skin?
· Have you applied perfume or anti-perspirint today?
· Do you have any concerns that you would like to mention?
Before you begin explain to your client that they need to just stand still with their legs and arms held away from their body. If you need them to move you will direct them on how to turn.
Keep in mind that your client will be standing in front of you baring themselves and that can be embarrassing. We as people, see flaws in our bodies that no one else may see but to us they are still there. Do not comment on a customer's body even if it is a good comment. This makes them feel like you are judging them and the way they look. Keep it professional by concentrating a your performance and making them feel more comfortable.
Time to begin the Spray Tan
By now you should have already familiarize yourself with the equipment and know how to adjust it according. In the article" How to set up your spray tan equipment?" we went over adjusting and the patterns you will use when doing a tan. On larger spray guns you will go from side to side all the way across in a more oval pattern. With a smaller handheld, you will be going in a more circular pattern and at a slower passé than with the larger. Turbine systems are already adjusted to the right setting but airbrush will need to be adjusted according to your preference.
Using the Spray Gun in Turbine and Airbrushes
Swipe the spray gun starting at the top all the way to each side of the body and down in a slow smooth flow. Hold the spray gun about ten to fifteen inches from the client. When you reach the feet go back up in the same way. Ask your client to then turn around and the spray the back. Start from the top again going all the way across and down and back up again. Have your client then turn to the right side and make sure they are looking straight ahead and that their hand is facing down Spray from the face to shoulders on down the arm in an oval pattern. Ask them to then turn themselves at an angle slightly facing you and have them to turn their hand up. At this angle you will be able to reach their underarm areas and be able to spray down the entire length to the feet. Then have the client to turn to the left side and follow the same steps. When you have finished with that have them face forward again. Your spray gun will have a built in air sprayer in it. If you let off on the spray handle a little bit you can see the flow change to just air. Spray your customer with just air once all over them. This will help them dry a little fast before they replace their clothing. And you're done. Just clean your equipment and spray area is left to do.
The Spray guns give a very good tan with the least amount of time. These types of guns are great for customers on a regular bases and is a big time saver for your clients. More clients are requesting this type of equipment due to the speed and the performance.
Using a Hand Held Airbrush
Weather you have a single action or a dual action, you can maximize a tans performance with one of these. Most people believe know days that since the spray guns work so well, why do I need one of these. These little spray guns do make a difference in a persons tan. Sometimes with bigger guns you might miss an area without really noticing. Any slight area like this can be fixed with a bigger gun but performance wise a smaller unit will work best in fixing any problem area. They are also better to use on the faces, hands, and feet. Even around the knee and elbows the smaller gun can give a better tan that will last longer in these problem areas.
Using a hand held with a large airbrush gun. After you have sprayed your client with the larger spray gun, you can then go back and smooth up areas with the smaller spray gun. When using the bigger one do not spray much on the face, hands, feet, elbows, and knees. These areas are done best with the smaller gun and you will see a more professional looking tan. Do not over apply solution in these areas because they will be the first to darken and will get the darkest. With the smaller gun, start spraying with a fine mist around the feet first. Then move to the knees, hands and then elbows. Remember to spray in a circular pattern in all these areas. Any little problem or spot you see that you had missed with the larger gun, spray and fix them with the small one as you go over each of these areas. When you come to the face ask your client to close their eyes and hold their breathe for a moment. Spray quickly the face starting on the outside edges and work your way in to the nose. Make sure you stop long enough for your client to catch a breath, and then you may do it again if you're not finished. Work around their neck area and blend the tan naturally with the other. When you have finished ask them not to move their head for a minute to let the solution dry smoothly around their neck area. Slowly have them turn around facing away from you and check the back area for any problems. Fix them and then let your client dry for a few minutes.
Using only a hand held Airbrush. Airbrush spray tanning basically began with this type of small airbrush and with time they have only gotten better. Performance wise these airbrushes give the all around best airbrush tan. With the larger spray guns now days that offer tans in less than five minutes, these do pertain to a customer interest and customer service. If you do weddings, or other special events it is highly recommended that you do have a smaller airbrush. Because of the performance of these smaller airbrushes these type of client will not mind giving you the extra time to perform a spray tan for them. Spray tans with a small airbrush will take fifteen to twenty minutes once you get use to them.
To give a spray tan with a smaller airbrush is different than with the larger ones. First your going to hold the gun about six to eight inches away from the skin. You're going to spray in a circular pattern about the size of a bowling ball. Once you are comfortable with the airbrush and have adjusted it accordingly you can began the tan. The first part of the body you want to focus on is the front upper body. Start around the upper chest spraying in a circular pattern across. Keep moving down the body going from side to side. Once you start spray make sure you keep the flow coming through the airbrush at a constant pace. Let off and then starting again can cause a spurt of solution to come out. Once you have finished the chest and stomach area, move down to the left leg. Travel in the same pattern, but try to angle it slightly around the sides of the legs. Don't worry about getting the inside of the legs just yet. Once you have sprayed down the leg, spray back up it moving along a little faster. You are just going over it again to cover any small area you might have missed. Do the same to the right leg going down and back up. Next you will want to get the inside of the legs. Ask your client to turn their foot outward for both of the legs and spray then up and then down.
The next part of the body you going to spray is the left side. Have you client turn slightly to the left and start spraying around under the arms and work your way all the way down their body and back up. Have them turn slightly to the right and do the same to the right side of the body, starting under the arm area. Once you have the side of the body finish, look again at the chest a stomach area. This chest area will not want to tan as well as other parts of the body so you will want o check this area again. Spraying too much the first time can cause problems but going over this area again after it dries some will not. Spray this area again lightly working from the lower stomach area all the way up and around the neck and shoulder areas.
Now it is time to move to the back. You will start around the backs of the shoulders and neck area moving in the circular motion all the way across the back area. As you go, look to the sides of the body and you can see the area where you have already sprayed. When spraying connects the area you are working on the area at the sides that have already been sprayed. When you come to the lower back, keep spraying downward over the buttocks area. Make sure you are connecting the tan at the sides of the body. Then work your way down the legs the same as you did in the front. To make sure you have an even tan on the inside of the legs, ask your client to step outward with each leg. Spray the area quickly starting at the bottom working your way back up again on each leg.
The arms will be next. Have your client turn to their side and make sure the palm of their hand is pointing downward. Spray from the top of the shoulders down to the hand and then back up again. Repeat this step with the other arm. Then you will want your client to face forward again. Ask them to lift their arms straight out with their palms up. This will help you see the area left under the sides of the arm you hasn't reach yet. Spray them quickly starting at the upper underarm area and moving down again. Ask them to keep their arms like that for just a moment so they can dry on the inside in order to cause streaking. Look around the body and make sure the tan is connected at the sides and front in a smooth looking tan. If everything looks good, then all is left is the face area.
To spray the face you are going to want to start on the outside and work your way in. Spray along the ears and the sides of the face, working around to the forehead area and the neck area. When you come to the area around the eyes lips and nose, Ask them to close their eyes and hold their breathe for ten seconds. Spray quickly the inner area of the face. If you need more time, stop for a moment and let them take another breath. Repeat if needed and then you're finished.
Question from the top
Do you have dry skin or in certain areas like your knees and elbows? Having moisturized skin is very important to spray tanning. Dry skin will lose a tan faster and also can cause your tan to look rusty in areas around the knees, elbows, feet, and palms. For these areas it is recommended that you spray less solution on them. This area will get darker as time paces and so your customer will not see a difference in there tan. Please remind your customers to use a tan extender to preserve the life of their tan. If not a tan extender then a good moisturizer each day will be able to help them keep it fresh looking.
Do you have any rashes or sores that you think a cosmetic base product will irritate? Cosmetic can irate skin rashes a sores in any kind of makeup base. Your client needs to be aware of this and the possibility of making their skin problem worse. All though it is most likely the solution will not bother them they do need to know before hand.
When was the last time you exfoliated your skin? Exfoliation of the skin takes away dead skin cells. It is recommended that a client exfoliate before having a spray tan because it can give a better tan and the tan will be able to wear longer on the skin. This is not a requirement but only a suggestion to your clients for the future.
Have you applied perfume or anti-perspirint today? Some body sprays, perfumes, and deodorants can cause the solution to change color to a green. This is why it is important for your customers to come to you after they have bath and not applied any kind of products to their skin, with the exception of moisturizer.
Do you have any concerns that you would like to mention? Clients sometimes have concerns about scares, birthmarks and tattoos. Let them know that spray tanning will not hurt them are make them noticeable. If anything spray tanning can reduce the appearance of scars.
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Former Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says GOP hopeful Mitt Romney was right to suggest that Israelis were superior to Palestinians because of their culture.
Palestinian officials on Monday had accused Romney of racism after he seemed to tell wealthy donors — including billionaire Sheldon Adelson — that Israelis were more economically successful because of their culture and intervention by God.
On Tuesday, however, the presumptive Republican nominee tried to walk back those remarks, telling Fox News that he "did not speak about the Palestinian culture."
And then later that day, Romney said he stood by his initial remarks.
"During my recent trip to Israel, I had suggested that the choices a society makes about its culture play a role in creating prosperity, and that the significant disparity between Israeli and Palestinian living standards was powerfully influenced by it," the former Massachusetts governor wrote in the National Review. "But what exactly accounts for prosperity if not culture?"
During an interview that was aired on Wednesday, CNN host Soledad O'Brien asked Gingrich if Romney had been correct about the differences between Israeli and Palestinian culture.
"I don't think he made a mistake in Israel," Gingrich explained. "I think the comments about culture were right, and I wish the elites of this country had the courage to look at the United Nations refugee camps [in the West Bank] and realize what an anti-human disaster those refugee camps are, how much they have been breeders of terrorism, how fundamentally wrong their design is and how much we have done a disservice to the people of Palestine and Palestinians by allowing them to be subjected to that kind of government run, totally inappropriate structure."
"So, there, I hope that Gov. Romney will stick to his guns," the former House Speaker added. "Let's have the argument."
According to the CIA, Israelis had a 2011 per capital income of $31,400, while Palestinians had a per capita income of just $2,900.
Activists have long said that Israel's restrictions on trade and strict border blockade are responsible for crippling the Palestinian economy.
"Mass unemployment, extreme poverty and food price rises caused by shortages have left four in five Gazans dependent on humanitarian aid," Amnesty International estimated in 2010. "As a form of collective punishment, Israel's continuing blockade of Gaza is a flagrant violation of international law."
Watch this video from the CNN's Starting Point, broadcast Aug. 1, 2012.