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Attempting to put a price on your work is one of the hardest tasks there is. To do it properly, you have to remove your emotions about your creation and view it solely as a commercial product. You must then assess objectively how it compares with other similar art, consider why they should cost more than some and less than others along with what your clients can afford, and ultimately come up with a pricing structure.

Before you settle on a number, you need to understand all of the costs you will incur so that you ultimately profit from the sale. It's possible that some artists in the market have their own reproduction equipment, or have supplier agreements that allow them to sell work at a price that you not be able to.

Understanding your costs:

This may be obvious, but you need to know the cost to create or reproduce your work. Don't underestimate your time for the time you spend doing this you are taking time away from other important processes. If you are doing the reproduction yourself, it's simply the cost of the materials and your time, which you should base on an humble per hourly rate, in order to create the artwork.

If you decide to subcontract the reproduction of your work; use the cost they are charging you to do this. It's important that you ensure that their quality is up to your standard as it will be a reflection of your work. While you should price around to get the best deal, cost is not always the most important factor as the partnering company should to be responsive to your needs.

Also, don't forget about shipping costs, sales tax, and credit card processing fees. If you do not understand the cost structure around these fees in your transactions, your total margin will be significantly cut.

Recapturing Operational Expenses:

Try to build in some amount to recapture expenses for the initial creation of the artwork, and help cover other operational expenses (i.e. advertising, web site hosting, photography equipment, film). Coming up with this number will be a best guess that will evolve over time as you get a better handle of your expenses.

Profit Margin:

This is what you'll ultimately make on each sale. Each person needs to decide for themselves what their price strategy should be. You may want to consider, for example, setting lower price points thus making more money by moving more of your product. The alternative is to price your work higher and make more per unit. It is somewhat of a fine line, as you do not want to instill in the mind of collectors that your work is not of great value. However you want to keep your prices high enough so that you reinforce the value of your work to the collector base. imp you don't want to stifle your collector base or prevent it from developing or growing.

Aaron Guldberg is the owner of Critical Exposure.com and his company specializes in designing, developing and promoting artist web site for his clients. To learn more about the artist website design and marketing solutions that we offer, or to check out our artist web site readiness guide, please visit our website.

You can have a bachelors degree, masters degree, PhD; you can be a CAC, LPC, NCC, MD, or any of the other letters that define us clinicians, however if you cant create a genuine relationship with a patient/client you will not be an effective clinician. If we as clinicians do not genuinely care about our clients, our clients will not learn to genuinely care about themselves. The addictions field has been a blessing in my life and I have been rather successful due to my ability to form a strong therapeutic bond with each and every patient I have worked with. I truly care for and want to help patients develop a better life and they know it. Im a real person with feelings, flaws, and difficulties in life and they also know this. If I am going to act as if I am superior to my patients I will never be able to form the bond necessary for effective treatment and recovery. I am most importantly a human being with the goal of helping another human being.

So many times I have worked with colleagues who felt and acted as if they were superior or better than the patient population. I have also observed patients reactions to these counselors and I must say that they were not positive or healthy responses. I never understood the reason for this behavior, however I suppose it is the clinicians own stuff that they have not effectively worked on. I often confront this behavior and attempt to change it, although many times I fail. As clinicians, I believe we need to look inside and gain insight into our behaviors with our clients and reexamine our reason for working in this field. We need to ask ourselves why we have the need to feel better than, why we need to be rigid and control our clients, why we need to demand things of our clients, and most importantly do we genuinely care for our clients well being. We must reexamine our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors often in order to be the best helpers we can be. After all there are many other jobs out there if you truly do not have your heart in this profession. Its perfectly fine to move on and in fact more respectful than working in this field without the passion for the patient.

There is so much research out there that tells us that the therapeutic relationship is vital in treatment outcomes and I continue to see counselors treating clients in the absence of a strong therapeutic alliance. You can be an expert in theory, technique, research, and whatever else you choose, however if you cannot develop a strong therapeutic bond the clinical effectiveness of your treatment is at best questionable. The foundation of therapy or counseling is a strong therapeutic working alliance. There is plenty of research out there that confirms this.

My recommendations to address this issue that I have discussed are as follows:

1. Continue to monitor your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors regarding the therapeutic relationship.

2. Continue to work on your own personal growth through 12 step recovery, personal therapy, retreats Etc.

3. Review and continue to practice the basics of counseling therapy, such as rapport, trust, empathy, positive regard, etc.

4. Examine your true reason for being in the addictions field. Do you care? Are you non judgmental in your approach? Are you in it to feel powerful, controlling, superior?

5. Be a real human being with your patients!

You may or may not agree with the issues I have just discussed, however I am passionate about my career and get extremely frustrated with clinicians and staff that are inconsiderate, act superior, and demoralize patients. I have entered this field because I am a recovering alcoholic and addict that want to help others to enjoy a better way of life. My one and only priority is the patient. I hope that all clinicians reading this will take an in depth look at themselves as well as share this with other clinicians. After all, our purpose is to help other human beings just like ourselves to enter the exciting journey of recovery and leave behind the destruction and despair of addiction. Please be honest with yourself and your clients and best of luck and continued success in transforming and recreating lives that were once hopeless and torn to pieces.

Richard A. Singer Jr. is a practicing psychotherapist living in the Cayman Islands and author of the newly released book titled Your Daily Walk with the Great Minds of the Past and Present. He is formerly of Pennsylvania and has a Master's Degree in Clinical Psychology. His daily inspirations have been included as part of Chicken Soup for the Recovering Soul, from the bestselling Chicken Soup series. His own recovery from addiction impassioned him to help others find courage, determination and peace, and has made what some would call "work" the love and purpose of his life. To learn more about Mr. Singer, visit his Web site, http://www.yourdailywalk.org.

Owning a boat is also similar to owning a car. As in car insurance, boat insurance is highly recommended for every boat owner to ensure maximum protection against certain elements.

You should include boat insurance in your annual expenses. Insurance companies are the major sources for boat insurance which offers general covers or can be custom-made to accommodate a specific type of boat and its underlying conditions. Basically, boat insurance coverage includes accidents, loss, vandalism, and personal liability.

There are a variety of boat insurance packages to select from. They include pleasure boats, skipper and bareboat charter, and commercial marine risks. Motor boats and racing boats fall under another category of specialized boat insurance offered by insurance brokers.

The insurance plans are coined by skilled boat insurance underwriters to suit individual needs. The brokers provide advice on the optimum insurance package for each customer. Quotations subsequently follow, depending again on the agreed boat insurance scheme. It is a relief to find out that said coverage is honored and accepted worldwide.

The extent of boat insurance coverage goes beyond the safety of a particular boat. It includes commercial boats, marine cargo, boat clubs, marinas, boat yards, boat builders, boat agents, boat brokerages, equipment manufacturers, marine engineers, sail makers, marine suppliers, marine consultants, chandlers, naval architects, and marine surveyors.

Discretionary clauses are likewise available, such as employers liability, public liability, business interruption, a professional indemnity, vessels undergoing construction, waterborne activities, boat charter, marina operators, pontoons, buildings, stock, contents, equipment, vessels, tools, machinery, moulds, and lifting equipment.

Fundamental boat insurance offers protection against physical damage, perils, and liability losses. By physical damage, this refers to the sails, hull, furniture, machinery and equipment aboard the boat. Perils would refer to malicious mischief, vandalism, and potential defects from craftsmanship.

Said insurance must offer contingency medical cover to the boat crew and passengers on board in case of untoward incidents. Likewise, property damage should also be stipulated under a third-party cover.

To sum it up, in obtaining a boat, you should prioritize applying for the appropriate boat insurance coverage for your own welfare and peace of mind. It will also be beneficial for you in the long run in case anything happens beyond your control.

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one of the worst things a person can go through, is the pain of having been passing a kidney stone. I know that for me personally, when I had my first kidney stone it was not only a very painful experience but it was frightening as well. This is partly because I did not know what was happening, and the pain was so intense that I really was not in a position to look up any information wanted at that time anyway. Although I was able to pass the stone on my own, without any medical help, I know many people that have ended up in the hospital for as long as a week at a time trying to pass a kidney stone that was too large to pass on its own. Prevention is the best medicine in the case of kidney stones, and you certainly can do many things in order to be able to keep yourself free from having stones in the future, if that doesn't do much good if you are dealing with a kidney stone pain right now. Dissolving a kidney stone quickly is really the only option you are dealing with that type of pain.

One thing that I have read many times over is that it is important to get your urine acidic. This can be done in many different ways, but mainly it is important to make sure that you eat acidic foods and drink liquids that are leaning towards acidic, such as lemons, in order to reach that goal. You could try doing something like mixing one part olive oil to one part lemon juice and drinking an ounce or two of it at a time. Make sure that after you drink this mixture that you drink a glass of water to follow it up. If the pain persists, then it may be necessary to seek some kind of medical attention in order to either help you with pain management, or to be able to help you to pass the stone.

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Fly-fishing is an ancient angling method especially effective in catching trout and salmon. This distinct method of angling uses artificial flies to lure or excite fish. Fly-fishing helps anglers catch the fish easier than the traditional way.

There are two basic forms of fly-fishing, dry flies and wet flies.

Dry flies need coating with floatant in order for it to sit in the surface of the water. Dry flies are mostly effective in upstream and moving water. Dry flies help anglers spot where fish resides like pools and pocket in streams. Thus, it is easier to detect them and catch the fish.

The use of wet flies is beneath the surface of the water. Wet flies are nymphs, lures and true wet flies. It works as effective as dry flies except that in cases where weeds are many and almost touching the surface, wet flies blends with the weeds and thus may not be as effective as the dry flies.

Fly-fishing was developed in the 19th century, dry fly technique is very effective especially for slower and clearer rivers.

This is because weeds in rich rivers tend to grow closer to the surface, thus traditional wet fly fishing is almost ineffective. Dry fly fishing is thus useful by keeping the fly and the line floating on the surface. This makes fish excited and aggressive; the angler can then spot the location of the fish and in turn catches fish easier.

Later developments of fly-fishing made this concept as basis, thus in the latter part of the 19th century, anglers develop love for fly-fishing. This gave birth to fly-fishing, the sport among its aficionados.

Various parts of the United States host fly-fishing sports such as in the waters of Catskill Mountains of New York and the provinces of Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, British Columbia, Alberta and California.

Anglers in North America also develop various literatures pertaining to fly-fishing. The sport of fly-fishing and all these literatures gave North America the reputation of being the birthplace of dry fly-fishing, specifically the City of Calgary, Alberta. It is arguably one of the worlds best trout rivers, thus it remains to be the epicenter for the Western Fly Fishing in North America.

Various other states in America keeps the growing number of fly-fishers such as Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Arkansas. The growing number of anglers that are drawn to the sport of fly-fishing keeps the popularity at its peak.

Dry or wet fly-fishing, whichever is more effective in the rivers where you fish will help keep the sport exciting. It may not be long that other countries will learn to love the sport and make it a globally loved sport.

How does fly-fishing work?

Fly fishing uses longer and lighter rods; sizes vary from 2m (6 ft) for fresh water and up to 4m (14 ft) for salt water fly-fishing. Weight for fresh water rods are between two to five ounces.

Popular types of casts in fly-fishing follow its variety in situation specifics. Anglers uses common cast when the angler whisks the fly rod forward and back using his forearm and upper arm, the wrist is used to soften the motion.

The rod movement varies from 10 oclock position to 2 oclock position without touching the ground. Anglers do this to load the rod tip with energy and to travel the fly line creating distance and control; they call this motion false casting.

False casting needs to be done to excite the fish or make it aggressive enough so that when the fly touches the surface, it will be sure that the area where the fly touches is where most of the fish are located and thus will be easier to spot and catch them.

Whether you are a fly-fishing aficionado for outdoor excitement or having fun with your family, using the proper equipment will help you develop love for the sport. Keep it exciting and enjoy fishing at its finest in most popular fly-fishing locations in the country. There are many locations, thus you will not have a problem in spotting nice locations for you and your family for this wonderful outdoor adventure.

Shannon Brown is a native of Colorado and an avid fly fisherman. He has created a new website just for fly fisherman. Stop by and visit him at: All About Fly Fishing

The conventional wisdom has typically been that single word domain names are the most valuable domain names to own. Most people take this as a basic truth. As a result, in the domain aftermarket, single word domain names are more valuable.

However, web searches have changed and by a majority, most people search with multiple words. Everything being equal, a search for prefab steel building is more likely to bring up http://steelbuildingprefab.com than a more generic single word site.

I suggest that 3, maybe even 4 word combinations are more valuable. For instance, http://bathingsuitsale.com should be more valuable for someone who actually sells bathing suits. The combination http://onlineacademicdegrees.com or http://graduateclassesonline.com are so specific to the subject matter that it should be uniquely valuable for someone in that business. In the same vein, one can see how any one of the following can be considered uniquely valuable. The theme should be clarity and specificity. In effect, the domain name that you select should be consistent with the keywords for you will be using so that your SEO efforts extend to the domain name.

In fact, I would argue even 4 word combinations might offer more value. Consider the following http://acidrefluxandheartburn.com, http://newandusedautosales.com - are all very specific to potential content for the underlying site. Someone who searches with the multiple search terms or related will most likely get these examples in the result than otherwise. It is clear that appraisers have to rethink how they valuate domains in light of how search has evolved.

R. Allebo is a long time domainer who shares his thoughts about the changing trends in the business.