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Creating a Noguchi-style lamp from old bike parts
What you make of it: How to transform the rims of abandoned bicycles into luminous, sculptural lamps.
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NEW YORK — Spring in New York has got me thinking about bicycles. Bright, shiny bikes with bells on them, gently pedaling up and down Hudson River Park in the lazy afternoon sun.
Not the sort of bikes I was preoccupied with this winter, when I began noticing the rusty, abandoned ones littering the streets of nearly every neighborhood in the city.
Inspired by "Found," a show of six artists working with salvaged materials currently on display at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Conn., I watched as these once-beloved machines slowly decomposed, chained to their final resting places, while scavengers picked them clean of any usable parts. And I wondered what could be done with them.
When I mentioned this to my collaborator, Jen Turner, a New York architect and designer, she, too, became fixated on the bent and broken skeletons that seemed to be everywhere. And an idea began to emerge.
The bike rims, she realized, bore an uncanny resemblance to the structure supporting Isamu Noguchi's classic Akari pendant lights, and to that of the well-known George Nelson hanging lamps. How hard could it be to turn them into a similar pendant light?
Call it the Upcycle Bicycle lamp.
We began to scour the streets for spare parts — abandoned bikes with a patina of rust, a missing seat or handlebars, flat tires or mangled rims. The East Village, Soho and Brooklyn emerged as prime hunting grounds. The more transient the population, the more likely that a once-loved member of the family would be tossed to the curb.
Materials collected, we set about devising a simple fixture with an air of 1960s cool. The design was straightforward: We took two de-spoked rims, one slightly larger than the other, and inserted the smaller into the larger, securing them at one junction with a screw, nut and washer.
Once the structure was in place, it was time to install the light. An old lamp socket and cord would work beautifully, though you can find something similar at any lighting store (we got ours at Canal Lighting for $20). With at least 20 feet of cord, the lamp can be adapted to virtually any setup.
We ran the cord through one junction of the structure, leaving the plug on the outside, then we attached the light socket to the end of the cord inside the lamp, using a plastic cable grip to hold the wire and bulb at the right level.
We then wove ribbon through the spoke holes (though you could also use sliced, discarded bike tubes), to provide structural support for the final phase of construction — the application of ripstop nylon, often used as parachute fabric.
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"From Trash to Treasure: A Workshop Exploring Transformation," with Andrew Wagner and Jen Turner, will be held in conjunction with the "Found" show, at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, in Ridgefield, Conn., on March 31. Information: aldrichart.org/events. To see images from "Found," go to http://aldrichart.org/exhibitions/.
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Steelers free agent linebackers Brandon Hicks (44) out of Florida and Myron Rolle (47) out of Florida State, warm up with the rest of the draft choices and free agents during rookie minicamp Saturday.
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PITTSBURGH -- It didn't take long for Troy Polamalu to reach out to the Steelers' latest player of Samoan descent. A few days after the NFL draft, the all-star safety called Alameda Ta'Amu on his cell phone.
"At first, I didn't even know it was him," said Ta'Amu, a defensive tackle out of Washington who was the Steelers' fourth-round pick. "When I answered the phone, I didn't know whose number it was. I was kind of awestruck when I figured out it was Troy Polamalu. It's nice to have another Poly' looking out for you. We are brothers.
"He said that if there's anything I need to hit him up ... just having him out there and him calling me makes me feel better."
Ta'Amu is the heir apparent to veteran Casey Hampton at nose tackle.
David DeCastro and Sean Spence are proud to wear the jersey numbers of two of the greatest Steelers ever.
DeCastro, an All-American guard out of Stanford who was the Steelers' first-round pick in the draft, has chosen the same No. 66 worn by Alan Faneca. A first-round pick in the 1998 draft, Faneca played in seven Pro Bowls during his 10-run run with the Steelers.
"He was always one of those guys I watched and looked up to when I was in high school and college," DeCastro said of Faneca. "So yeah, I like the number (66)."
Shortly after the draft, DeCastro was assigned No. 61. But then right before the start of a three-day rookie mini-camp that ends today, he switched to 66.
Spence, an inside linebacker out of Miami (Fla.) taken in the third round, was assigned No. 51, the number worn by James Farrior the past 10 years.
"They just gave it to me," Spence said. "I don't think any other number was open. I understand James Farrior wore this number. He was a great linebacker. I'm not James Farrior. I'm just trying to come in and compete and help the team any way I can."
A total of 40 players are taking part in the rookie mini-camp. All nine of this year's draft picks are on hand as well as a slew of first-year free agents signed during the off-season, 11 undrafted rookie free agents signed last week and a few players who were on the Steelers' practice squad last year.
"It was great to get to work and get out here with these guys," said Michael Adams, the former Ohio State tackle taken in the second round of the draft.
Coach Mike Tomlin agreed.
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Source: Troy Polamalu Will Attend Steelers First OTA Session Next Week
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 by Dave Bryan
The Pittsburgh Steelers will have their first OTA session next week and every year one of the questions heading into each OTA session is whether or not safety Troy Polamalu will be in attendance as these sessions are not mandatory participation. In the past Polamalu has chosen at times to stay at home in California and train, but a source informed me today that he plans to be in Pittsburgh next week.
Polamalu is coming off another Pro Bowl season that saw him start all 16 games for the first time since the 2008 season. In 2009 and 2010 he missed a total of 13 games due to a knee and ankle injuries. Polamalu recorded 91 total tackles in 2011 to go along with 1 sack and 1 fumble recovery. He also was credited with 14 passes defensed and 7 stuffs in addition.
Polamalu signed a contract extension last September that should allow him to finish his career with the Steelers as he is now under contract through the 2014 season.
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Surrounded by 200 of these gorgeous elephants with their toddlers in tow and expelled old males following at a safe distance while we sat in our van from its dirt road vantage point gave us a wonderful camera opportunity We were fortunate enough to see a pair of lions "honeymooning" in the underbrush. Then 3 females lions one minute after their water buffalo kill being chased away by 20-30 hyenas with a number of jackels following close behind. It was truly a vacation of memories of these truly wonderful beasts.See All Member Reviews see more information, plus our editorial review ›


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Feb 21, 2014 Climate change is reversing the fortunes of a once derided industry.
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Feb 17, 2014 One in two sandwiches sold in France is a hamburger. Presumably with French fries.
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Intellicheck Mobilisa Announces 2011 Third Quarter Financial Results
Intellicheck Mobilisa (NYSE Amex: IDN), a global leader in access control and wireless systems, has released its financial results for the fiscal third quarter (Q3) ended September 30, 2011.
Revenues for the third quarter were $3,595,303, a 1% increase compared to Q3 2010. Adjusted EBITDA was $610,153 for Q3 2011 compared to $(73,727) for Q3 2010. Net income for the three months ended September 30, 2011 was $305,965 or $0.01 per diluted share compared to a net loss of $(509,449) or $(0.02) per diluted share for the three months ended September 30, 2010.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, revenues increased 4% to $9,616,300 compared to revenues of $9,244,984 reported in the same period of the prior year. Adjusted EBITDA for the first nine months of 2011 was $591,329 compared to $(685,139) in the first nine months of 2010. Net loss decreased to $(276,952) or $(0.01) per diluted share for the nine months ended September 30, 2011, compared to a net loss of $(1,931,379) or $(0.07) for the nine months ended September 30, 2010.
"This quarter demonstrates our continued momentum and growth in our Identity Systems group," commented Steve Williams, CEO of Intellicheck Mobilisa. "It is also important to note that despite the government's three-month delay in awarding our contract for the wireless buoy program, the Company was still able to deliver strong revenue numbers for the quarter. Our overall revenues increased 1% in Q3, while our Identity Systems sales increased 25%."Q3 2011 and Recent Highlights:
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For years, Dr DeHaven, President of the American Veterinary Medical Association has been an advocate to end soring. The PAST Act needs to be approved to end this cruel and unnecessary practice. ~ HfH From: DVM News Magazine By: Julie Scheidegger American Veterinary Medical Association executive vice president testifies at congressional hearing for house bill. Full Article
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2014 has been another eventful year for collaboration and technology. There have been a few trends in particular that have been top of mind for many. We are going to take a look at a few of these trends and how they have helped shape and promote collaboration. IoT The concept of everyday objects being connected by a network and having the ability to send and receive data has exploded this year. This is in part due to the continued desire to increase connectedness of people and things as well as the reduced cost of manufacturing wireless, power-efficient chips that are able …Read more
It seems as though every week there are new announcements around telehealth. There has been an explosion of new companies, technologies and regulations being reported and released, and with this growth comes many questions around how to implement and promote the adoption of telemedicine strategies. When a healthcare organization decides to deploy a telemedicine program, it is imperative to the success of the roll out to ensure adoption by the healthcare providers who will be using it. Simply defining the benefits of telemedicine is not enough to get most clinicians on board. With many providers over-booked and often behind schedule, the …Read more
Welcome to our bi-weekly recap of the week's best articles surrounding collaboration. Cisco Debuts 'Project Squared' Collaboration App The company hopes ease of use and broad integration with the elements of collaboration will drive consumer/BYOD-style adoption by users. The app's name comes from Rowan Trollope's edict to his team that the product they were developing had to be not just a little better than existing collaboration apps, but an order of magnitude better. The other crucial imperative was not to create another island of collaboration, but to integrate with the existing tools a user has, to make the whole thing work better. Polycom's …Read more
In today's world of technology, it is hard to find anyone who doesn't use some sort of gadget or tool in their life. Working in technology, I love any new gadget or service that helps make my life easier or more productive. Because I use so many, narrowing it down was not an easy task. My choices are based on tools that I use most often, that I believe are reliable, and that help to increase my productivity and efficiency. So without further ado, here are my top 6 picks! iPhone: My iPhone helps keep my connected at any time and from anywhere. …Read more
Telemedicine solutions are helping to shape the healthcare system by offering innovative ways to provide care, manage care and provide better outcomes for patients. More and more healthcare providers are implementing telemedicine technologies as an extension of clinical care, a way to connect providers with each other and as a means to improve communication between clinicians and patients. The patient continuum of care concept is focused on a tracked and comprehensive array of health services across all levels of care. The use of telemedicine across the continuum can help to provide high quality, comprehensive care, coordinated over time and across services …Read more
Welcome to our bi-weekly recap of the week's best articles surrounding collaboration. Giving IT a Say in the Collaboration Cloud Shadow IT isn't the exception for most companies, but the norm. As technology spend, especially on collaboration, increasingly occurs outside of IT, IT organizations must change their operating model to become trusted advisors, helping to guide lines of business to the right solution. IFTF: From Telepresence to Copresence In the same way that face-to-face interactions are defined by physical proximity, copresent interactions are defined by attentional proximity. This has been true since the time of the telephone, but what's different today is that a …Read more
CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) released a ruling last Friday announcing finalized payment rates for providers and services within the Medicare program. Within this lofty document included rules expanding the range of telemedicine services that can be reimbursed under Medicare. Amongst these provisions, CMS created new codes for remote chronic care management and remote patient monitoring of chronic conditions. They also added seven more procedure codes for telemedicine encounters, including annual wellness visits, psychotherapy services and prolonged visit reporting codes. In the announcement by the American Telemedicine Association, CEO Jonathan Linkous praised the ruling and said "It has been …Read more
Welcome to our bi-weekly recap of the week's best articles surrounding collaboration. How Video Conferencing Improves Businesses One of the biggest challenges businesses face today is when workforces, suppliers, and customers are often dispersed over great distances. One must balance the advantages of personal interaction and collaboration while keeping costs under control. The use of online videos is rapidly being adopted for both B2B and customer service use Unleash the Power of Captured Video at Work With a dispersed workforce in an increasingly competitive landscape, valuable data needs to be shared faster and knowledge sharing can no longer be contained to four walls. Experts …Read more
American Telemedicine Association's policy duo Jonathan Linkous, CEO and Gary Capistrant, Senior Director of Public Policy, return with updates and new information regarding telemedicine for the month of October. What's New with ATA The ATA is continuously developing a set of comprehensive standards and guidelines for telemedicine. Most recently the ATA produced practice guidelines for intensive care units that were approved by the Society of Critical Care and Medicine, and the American Association of Critical Care Nurses. Additionally the ATA Clinical Guidelines for Telepathology were approved by the Digital Pathology Association. The ATA is currently working on guidelines for the following; telestroke, pediatrics and mental …Read more
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Graphic Processing Unit (GPU), with many light-weight data-parallel cores, can provide substantial parallel computing power to accelerate several general purpose applications. Both the AMD and NVIDIA corps provide their specific high performance GPUs and software platforms. As the floating-point computing capacity increases continually, the problem of ``memory-wall'' becomes more serious, especially for array-intensive applications. In this paper, we optimize and implement two SPEC2k benchmarks mgrid and swim on multithreaded GPU using CUDA and Brook+. In order to reduce the pressure on off-chip memory, we make use of data locality in multi-level memory hierarchies and hide long memory access latency via double-buffers. To balance inter-thread parallelism and intra-thread locality, we further tune thread granularity for each kernel and empirically study the best equilibrium point for this problem. Flow control instruction can significantly impact the effective instruction throughput. Oriented to this problem, we introduce a diverge elimination technology to convert condition expression into computing operation. Through all the optimizations, we gain the speedup of 10Ã-34Ã to the CPU implementation on the GPUs of AMD and NVIDIA respectively. Finally, we summarize and compares the GPUs from AMD and NVIDIA in hardware and software.
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CBS's executive chairman doesn't think Jay Leno's new prime-time NBC show stands much of a chance.Speaking with Larry King during a session at the Milken Institute Global Conference Wednesday, Sumner Redstone was confident in his network's ability to trump Leno, according to The Hollywood Reporter."CSI will beat the hell out of him," Redstone said, referring to CBS' top-rated show. (Interestingly enough, the flagship CSI airs at 9 pm/ET, an hour before Leno's new program would begin. CSI's Miami and New York spin-offs, however, do air at 10 pm.)Redstone wasn't shy about touting his other properties as well. He predicts Paramount Pictures will have boffo box office this summer with Star Trek and G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra.And for those competitors hoping the 86-year-old executive is on his way out, Redstone promises he isn't."The people who fear dying are people who are going to die," he said. "I'm not going to die. I'm going to live forever."Follow TV Guide on Twitter for breaking news and scoop.
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Funding fix courts new controversy
By DYLAN LYSEN and By DOUG CARDER, Herald Staff Writers | 4/7/2014
School districts across the state will receive the funding the Kansas Supreme Court ruled they deserve, but the Legislature's method to increase the funding came with a few controversial elements.
After a long week of late-night discussions, the funding fix now only needs Gov. Sam Brownback's signature to become law.
School districts across the state will receive the funding the Kansas Supreme Court ruled they deserve, but the Legislature's method to increase the funding came with a few controversial elements.
After a long week of late-night discussions, the funding fix now only needs Gov. Sam Brownback's signature to become law.
House Bill 2506 — aimed at satisfying a court-mandated change to the state's education funding mix, which previously left a gap for poor school districts — narrowly passed the Kansas House and the Senate this weekend. Though the regular legislative session was supposed to end Friday, lawmakers worked another two days to finish arguably the most important measure of the session.
In addition to allocating $129 million more to Kansas school districts, the bill eliminates teacher's due process rights, includes cuts to property taxes for families who use private or home school education and allows tax breaks for corporations that donate funds for education scholarships, among other components.
The state Senate voted to pass the compromise bill 22-16, followed by a 63-57 vote in the House. Among the measure's supporters were state Sen. Caryn Tyson, R-Parker, and state Rep. Kevin Jones, R-Wellsville, who voted to approve the bill. State Rep. Blaine Finch, R-Ottawa, voted against it.
Brownback lauded the legislation after the bill passed the House.
"The school finance bill passed by the Kansas legislature today fully complies with, and indeed exceeds, the requirements of the recent Kansas Supreme Court ruling for funding schools and providing equity," the governor said. "House Bill 2506 increases funding to Kansas schools by $73 million and includes $78 million of property tax relief. The bill ensures that taxpayer dollars are spent efficiently, putting money in the classrooms to help teachers teach and students learn."
The Kansas National Education Agency strongly opposed the bill, criticizing lawmakers who allowed it to reach Brownback's desk.
"Those very groups who speak of government transparency and a support for Kansas children chose the wee hours of the night on a weekend to slip policy amendments into this bill," the education agency said in a news release. "Under the cover of darkness, they thought Kansas teachers would simply 'go quietly into that good night.' They didn't. Over 500 teachers from throughout the state took up the cause and were joined by hundreds of other supporters in the statehouse."
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State Sen. Tyson voted for the bill because all 17 school districts in Kansas Senate District 12 would receive some sort of property tax relief, she said, with the exception of the Osawatomie school district, which she consulted before the vote, she said. As for teachers' due process rights, the first-term state senator said she has several family members who are teachers in Kansas who were not upset about losing the rights.
"All of us at our jobs have rights as employees and teachers have those same rights," Tyson said. "It cuts both ways. I've got family members and friends that are teachers. All of them that I talked to before the bill didn't have a problem with that being in the bill."
But the unusual process of crafting the bill over the weekend didn't sit well with Tyson, she said. The legislation passed was composed of several bills added together, she said. Those components should have been split up and voted on separately, she said.
"We should be voting on each bill on its own, and I think a majority of people would like to see that," Tyson said. "This time of the year, as a legislator, you have to decide does the good in the bill outweigh the poor legislation in it, and they know that and use it as a tactic."
Along with Tyson's criticism of how the bill was crafted, State Rep. Finch said late-night work on the legislation was detrimental to the overall process.
"I think people have had enough of us passing legislation in the middle of the night and then finding out what it does," Finch said. "If I can't be assured a proposed policy has been properly vetted through the legislative process and is in the best interest of the people I represent, I will vote no every time."
Finch voted for the original version of the House bill, which passed Friday with 91 votes and the endorsement from the governor, he said, before the Senate added amendments to the bill that affected more than the financial future of school districts. He said the corporate educational tax credit scholarship provision of the bill was unnecessary because corporations already have the ability to obtain a tax credit through 501(c)(3)s when they contribute to scholarships.
"The bill [adopted Sunday] took more money out of classrooms than the House bill, and put more money into corporations for scholarship tax credits," Finch said. "It will spend $10 million in tax money to subsidize what corporations can already do and get a tax credit for."
In addressing concerns about the removal of due process for teachers, state Rep. Jones said using the term "due process" instead of "tenure" was incorrect. Due process will happen in Kansas regardless, he said, but the related component of the bill will remove tenure from Kansas schools and stop protecting bad teachers.
"For any readers it's obviously slanted against my vote, because it's not about due process. It's about tenure," Jones said. "The whole point is that, and having been on a school board and having been around other people who have been teachers and administrators, the actual tenure portion of it can really be destructive to students."
With his experience serving on the Wellsville school board, Jones said, he understood how difficult it is for school districts to fire bad teachers if they have received tenure, he said. He said the process could take up to two years, which hurts student learning.
"Due process, when it comes to tenure, the longevity portion is dangerous," Jones said. "The idea is to bring good teachers to the top, and to not protect bad teachers."
View from schools
While many teachers across the state think the Legislature has taken a toll on their profession, administrators are happy to receive more funding for their school districts. Jeanne Stroh, Ottawa school superintendent, said it looked last week like the school district was going to lose money in its transportation aid funding to help offset the cost it would take to replenish capital outlay.
"Overall, people are pleased with the equalization," Stroh said. "It does look like, particularly with our capital outlay, we have made some good gains."
The legislation passed this weekend amounted to a messy bill, she said, noting Monday afternoon she had not yet spoken to teachers who might have been upset by the due process rights removal. When the Legislature reconvenes later this month, she said, some controversial portions of the bill could be changed.
"There might be some cleaning up of those things," Stroh said.
Megan Morris, president of the Ottawa Education Association and first-grade teacher at Lincoln Elementary School, said the due process decision by the Legislature was a "devastating blow" to the integrity of public education. Such rights exist to allow protection for teachers so they may do their jobs fairly and without fear, she said.
"Teachers should be able to make educated decisions on what is best for their students without worrying about pleasing outside parties while doing it," Morris said. "That can no longer happen. As a teacher, I am now forced to worry about what others will think every time I assess a student, discipline a student, and fight for the rights of a student."
Bob Fluke, Franklin County Republican Central Committee Chairman and a math teacher at Ottawa Middle School, said he doesn't understand why a bill with so much importance to the state was rushed through the weekend before the regular session ended. He also questioned why due process rights even were included in a bill addressing education funding.
"Why did they, first of all, speed it through on a weekend when not a lot of people knew it?" Fluke said. "Couldn't they have come back and really looked at it?"
Due process rights have been a part of Kansas education since 1957, and it didn't just become a bad thing in the past week, Fluke said. He understands legislators make the argument that removing the due process rights will allow for administrations to easily dismiss bad teachers, he said, but the issue could have been addressed without removing the rights completely.
"I don't want any bad teachers in the profession, obviously I don't think anyone does. But at the same time, I don't want any teachers wrongfully attacked," Fluke said. "I think administrators need to make sure they have their ducks in a row, and they should be able to release a teacher simply because they aren't good. It takes a little bit of time, but they need to make sure their teachers on their staff give the best education to their students. If it takes time, so be it."
Darrell McCune, music education director for West Franklin school district, spent his weekend in less than relaxing terms by convening with the teachers from across the state who traveled to Topeka. McCune said he reached Topeka Friday and participated in a conference for Kansas National Education Agency, which turned into an impromptu rally. He said he opposed the Legislature's methods of adding components to the bill late at night that did not come out of committee hearings.
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Hi all-- I am really interested in the medical aesthetics thing--botox, stuff like that. Anybody know where I can get trained? I live in Colorado, by the way. THANKS :p... Read More
- 2Jun 9, '08 by healthyhereQuote from spark540healthyhere
i'm a BSN nursing student in about to graduate. i plan on moving to cali soon after passing the nclex. i would love to get into esthetics! would you please pass on your insider tips? the esthetics nurses don't make much here in vegas. do you think it is worth it to try getting experience in this field before applying to the medspas/plastics/derm when i move to cali? i'm just confused as to where i should start since it's going to be at least 6 months before i actually move. any info would be greatly appreciated.
If you want to apply somewhere in Vegas right after getting licensed, I have a place for you to try. The place also happens to have locations in Cali, so if you worked there (and like it) you could always put in for a transfer when you decide to move to Cali.
Message me and i'll give you details....
- 0Jul 15, '08 by klh39vHI there,
I am a RN/Aesthetician.
I am struggling to find out how to change from Pacu rn to medical aesthetics.
I saw the thread where I should get some training on injectables- that was helpful.
How do I find a consultant that can help direct me??
Thanks much
Ps I live outside of Boston MassLast edit by klh39v on Jul 15, '08 : Reason: adding
- 0Jul 15, '08 by klh39vHey Tanya RN,
Where is the school in Austin TX??
Can you give me any contact information.
I have been a nurse for 20 years and also have my aesthetic license but have done nothing w/it.
I really want to do medical aesthetics and work under a plastic
Any help would be great !!
Ps I love outside of Boston
- 1Jul 16, '08 by KMWfollowing is my reply to another post. i am passing it along to you all in the hope it will save you time and money with your research.
hello kim,
got your pm re: laser training. i did have some luck and got the training. it was very costly yet private & very helpful. i would not recommend doing what i did. there are other options to get this training on-the-job for free. although you will have to be persistent a "med-spa" or plastic surgeon will eventually hire you as an rn and train you. you will get paid far less then usual for an rn. but if you can manage to take a part time job with one of them while working your rn position this is the best way to go about it.
i actually put my ambitions of starting a "med spa" on hold due to 3 things:
#1 - the liability involved
#2 - back then (that was an old post) laser hair removal was not yet considered to be "within the realm of nursing care" and it was under investigation by the ma. board of nursing.
#3 - after learning more about the treatment i had some moral/ethical issues with it. because it is in fact not "permanent" hair removal, as most people believe.
so, as far as the med spa field goes i would advise against pursuing it. there is just too much liability and overhead involved in starting your own shop. unless you have a very healthy amount of cash to invest in it, a couple of years to waste making very little profit and the patience to deal with consistently unsatisfied customers. remember: extremely vain people (your clients) are seeking something they will most likely never attain. when they do not – its your fault not their unrealistic goals. it will not matter how much education you gave them…they will want a refund or they will sue you, possibly both! and since you're an rn they may feel it is within reason to report you to the board of nursing. you're on your own out there and insurance will not keep you from losing your license.
if a new career or just a change is what you are seeking try something completely different then nursing. i promise you it will be a breath of fresh air and worth every second. i have been fairly successful so far with my small business. i started it many years ago while in college just to earn some extra cash. there is lots of fun and creativity involved, virtually no liability or overhead and for the most part clients are extremely thankful for your services.
hope some of this has been helpful. feel free to contact me if you have other questions or if you have an interest in doing this sort of thing yourself.
karenLast edit by sirI on Jul 16, '08
- 0Jul 17, '08 by aprilrhealthyhere,
I just wanted to say thank you to you because your responses to posts gave given a lot of great information. I know that you said that after getting hired they will train you for free. I was just wondering if I shouldget some training, maybe not on everything in aesthetics, before applying to jobs. I just question whether it will look better to them if I do have some training. The training is expensive and would love to get it for free!! Thanks again.
- 0Jul 22, '08 by aet111Quote from healthyhereHealthyhere - I'm a RN and just registered on this site. I am considering moving to SF Bay Area and am interested in laser nursing training/opportunities. I would be so appreciative if you would pm me to chat about laser nursing in Derm and Plastic Surgeon MD offices and medispas.As im reading each post on this thread I want to respond & give helpful advice that will benefit you professional and financially in your quest to get into the aesthetic side of medicine!
Instead I will simply begin by stating a couple things (and later be happy to keep answering the other questions).
* Paying for aesthetic training on lasers & actual cosmetology type procedures is the wrong focus for an RN! Once employeed, training will be provided on lasers & equipment by the manufacturer or your employer. The only type of training that would even benefit you before getting your first aesthetic med position, is possibly injectables. Which if you are an experienced RN & have a knack for the needle.. this will be a breeze. Contacting the manufurer of these injectables to seek treatment is a great source. Allergan (maker of botox) is based in SoCal but has offices throughout the U.S.
*Before deciding to BE YOUR OWN BOSS with a medspa set up, first gain experience by working at one - hands on training/experience is the best way. If unsure of the BUSINESS aspect, hiring a consultant to assist you in developing your new business is not a bad idea!
*Each State has different regulations when it comes to aesthetics and what is "medical" and who can do what. You, as an RN, want to stick with the MEDICAL (more $$) portion of this industry as opposed to becoming aestheticians or learning how to do $50 facials and applying makeup!!! YOUR MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS ALREADY - LETS NOT HAVE YOU DOWNGRADE WHEN YOU HAVE THE LICENSE ALREADY TO DO THE MORE PROFITABLE PROCEDURES!!
* An RN inexperienced in aesthetic medical procedures that can SELL me on her self during an interview, will be the one that Im confident will be able to promote and sell the clinics treatments, not just do them! Youre an RN, so a hiring manager know's youre capable of treating their patients safely after training... BUT CAN YOU SELL WHAT YOUR ADMINISTERING? Its a key skill that alot of you are overlooking and what will be the difference in your future success in Aesthetic medicine. So if youre confident to go into an interview with no formal aesthetic training, no actual aesthetic experience, yet you KNOW you are perfect to do these procedures and you want everyone to have them done!!!! Then youre more qualified than the person who went to a class to learn about facials and a good company or clinic will hire you - AS IS!! AS AN EXPERIENCED RN - NOT AESTHETICIAN!
I could go on and on ... lol
I've interviewed plenty of nurses for these positions some of you seek and I've consultanted and trained many who have branched out on their own. I truely wish you all well...
and the best advice i can give in general is for you to be COST affective with your sesires for "training on procedures" . Alot get it for free so you spending your money on it and not having much left over for your marketing needs - THAT IS A BIG MISTAKE when opening your own.
For those who simply seek employment - GO APPLY WITH CONFIDENCE
Those starting their own company - hire a consultant, even if just for a day as opposed to fully (to keep cost down) and get the info you need to start RIGHT! Its a competitive business, you dont want to fail before you've even begun.
In the meantime, you can find info on your state's government, commerce or health department webpage on legalities.
Another no cost source is the manufacturers you are buying your equipment from!! They're very helpful before & during the potential sales process ;-) And if they really like you they'll get you in touch with the right info and people. Note: ive done pro-bono consulting after reps begged me to help their customers whom they felt were not going to succeed due to lack of knowledge.
So use them, especially if you're gonna buy things from them.
If you really dont know where to tart, just let me know where youre looking to work, what your questions are and i'll do my best to point you in the right, least costly direction.
Have a grea day.
** My current career (that i'll be putting on pause to seek a nursing degree this fall) is as a national Medical Aesthetic Management Consultant, specializing in medical business development, training, marketing, support and consultative sales training.
THANKS in advance!
- 0Aug 18, '08 by margoprnHealthyhere, thank you for all of your information on the medical aesthetics field. It can be discouraging when I hear about the liability issues, and the difficulty in finding a medical director, and chance of lawa suits.
I live in Philadelphia and just applied to a large medispa and hoping to be employed at least part time...so that I may learn on the job training. I'd love to take those certification courses, however, very costly right now. Thanks again!
- 0Sep 23, '08 by MarshaTuscanyQuote from margoclncHi. I don't know what medical directors and medspas get. I had been offered $30.00/hr.Can anyone tell me what the medical director(doctor's) percentage is, the nurses percentage, and the medspa's - for botox injections?
Any information would be appreciated! Thanks.
When I was certified in botox and dermal fillers it was a course with many medical docs in it. The instructor said to charge 13 to 15 dollars per unit. A Botox vial can be used for many different clients, you just need to use it in 30 days after you use it. I've seen profits(not me personally) of about $3,000 dollars per vial or higher. If the one vial of botox costs $500 to 600 dollars that is a pretty good profit.
Then there are the dermal fillers that aren't multi used. 1 cc of a product can be from $450 to $600 per cc. Normal practice is to double that and some places triple it for a patient. Patient's have to pay per 1 cc at a time. Then there are doctor's offices that charge an additional amount for the visit. So a patient can be paying $1200 to $!800 per vial plus an office visit. Plus follow up visits.
I don't know exactly how med spas charge. But I had to laugh when I was offered $30.00 per hour, when I can be making them at least $500/half hour and at times $3000 in 45 minutes.
I am sure every place has its own pay structure. The only thing that stays the same would be botox or filler from the pharmaceutical company.
It would be interesting to hear what other pay structures people have worked with. I also wonder how it differs in different parts of the country.
I don't know if that helped or confused the question.
- 0Nov 25, '08 by mcr3186I am graduating from RN school soon and have a friend who is opening a salon. She asked if I wanted to help with facials and things, but I am having a hard time figuring out what is within the RN's scope of practice in this setting. It's not a medi-spa, but a salon and day spa. I live in TX and am wondering if anyone is familiar with this. I have contacted the Board of Nsg and they were not really any help. I would really appreciate if someone has done this or knows anything about it.


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To bring out the spectacular talents and abilities of numerous middle school students, the Reflections contest is held once every school year at Moody Middle School, giving students the opportunity to express their thoughts to other individuals.
"The Magic of a Moment" is the theme for the 2012-2013 Reflection contest, as dance choreography, film production, literature, musical composition, photography and visual arts create the foundation of the contest. This contest allows students to express their thoughts on how "The Magic of a Moment" affects them through many ways, for the compositions that come from an individual that spends time and truly shows interest deserve to receive the honor of winning in their specified category.
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In previous years, many students have gone beyond the limits of Moody and have definitely proven that the sky is not their limit. A couple of students have participated at the state level with their compositions. These specific students not only bring great honors to themselves, but it reflects well upon Moody, as this school will continue striving for success in the Reflections contest.
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I hope you had a happy Star Wars Day. This multi-billion dollar franchise that has defined generations never really gets the attention it deserves, but thankfully, "May the 4th" sounds like "May the Force", and the rest is history. Before 2012, this "holiday" could only look back at the main films, but now it can look forward as the Star Wars sequels are underway. Although the main cast was announced last Friday, Star Wars: Episode VII director J.J Abrams and co-writer Lawrence Kasdan did have a brief message for the fans. Kasdan mentions that they're still working on the script (don't freak out; these are probably the kind of tweaks that happen for most major productions), and Abrams adds, "as casting announcements continue…" so it looks like we weren't done with the casting news on this movie after all. Excuse me while I cut off my head with a lightsaber.
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A few exercises ago, we soft proofed the various sharpening phases when applied to a high frequency landscape image. This time we are going to soft proof the various sharpening phases as they apply to a low frequency portrait image. Now before, the difference between the various sharpening phases was rather subtle, this time it is not. At the end of the pervious exercise, you may recall I had flattened the images and downsampled it so that we could do a soft proof of the sharpening effect. Obviously, I would want to go ahead and press Control+Alt+Z and Control+Alt+Z, a couple of times in row.
that's Command+Option+Z and Command+Option+Z a couple of times on the Mac in order to reinstate the full resolution layered version of this sharpened for output image. Alright, now lets take a look at another image right here. This one is called Comparison portrait.PSD and it contains 117 pixels per inch versions of each of the most essential phases here in the development of a sharpened image. Right Now we are looking at the layer called no sharpening at all.
I didnt apply any sharpening; this is the original image from photographer Eva Serrabasa. I believe the image had been sharpened for source, to the tune of 25%, just to compensate for the de-mosaicing process, but in so far as I could tell, that was all of the sharpening that had been applied. If we were to just go ahead and print that image after downsampling it at 300 pixels per inch, if would end up looking more or less like this, which is to say fairly soft. Its a beautiful image, but it lacks luster. Lets say, it's a little bit lackluster - that is.
Alright, this is what the image would like if we applied everything but the output sharpening. So that is to say, we went ahead and sharpened for detail and we sharpened for effect. So it makes a little bit of difference. This is what the image looks like before and this is what it looked like after. I mean actually it is a fairly significant amount of difference, especially, if I zoom this in to 200%, you should be able to make out in a video. This is the image without any sharpening, this is with the effect and detail sharpening. This is the image, if I had just output sharpened it.
If I hadn't made any detail or effect adjustments whatsoever, I had just output sharpened the image. It would look like this, which is to say, lets sharp. So when we are working with the high frequency image that was a more sharp effect than the sharpening for source and sharpening effect combined together. This time it is a less sharp effect and bear in mind, I want to make this perfectly clear, this is the extent to which most people sharpen images. They just apply one pass of sharpening, this is old school. You will apply one pass of sharpening for output and nothing more and you end up getting something that really does not look all that great, in the case of this image.
This right there though, this top one is the multi-pass sharpening effect, everything combined together. And look how much better that looks. A much, much more aggressive and more becoming effect in my opinion. Lets go ahead and zoom out and take in all of the layers to the 100% zoom level. So we will go back down to the bottom, I am Alt+clicking on the eyeball, so we can see this is no sharpening at all. This is the result of the effect and detail sharpening. This is the result of the output sharpening without either the detail or effect sharpening, and this is the result of all three passes of sharpening combined potentially along with a little bit of sharpening for source as well.
So you can see how much of a difference multi-pass sharpening can make to your images.
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