Write an article based on this "Find a bra you can use for practice. Check out the mechanism that keeps a bra fastened. Practice unhooking the bra with one hand."
article: Volunteer to do the laundry. Make sure no one is around, and then take a look at your mom's or sister's bra. It might seem weird at first, but it can take a while to learn to unhook a bra with both hands, and this is an easy way to get some practice. You can buy a bra cheap at a thrift store--just pretend you are shopping for your girlfriend or for a costume party. You can order something online that is like a fabric bracelet that clasps around your wrist using the exact eyelet and hooks you would find on a bra. You can use this to practice unhooking the bracelet with your free hand. If you're a girl then it's a little easier and you can practice with your own bra. Most bras have two wide straps (or bands) that connect across the back. A series of hooks are stitched to the end of the left strap (assuming the person wearing the bra is facing you), and eyelets sewn on the right strap. (If the person has their back to you, then the hooks will be on the right and the eyelets on the left.) There may be one hook and one eyelet, or somewhere between 2 and 5 rows and columns of hooks and eyelets. Some front-fastening bras have one large hook that slides down into a loop of fabric, rather than side to side or forward and back, like with the hook and eyelet. You can fasten the bra around a pillow or rolled up sleeping bag--something roughly the size of a human torso. This will pull the bra strap taut so you can practice when there is tension in the strap. You may want to start by just hooking and unhooking the bra when it is loose and there is no tension in the strap so you can get the feel for how the eyelets hook and unhook. Practice using first one hand, then the other, to see which one feels better. It may not necessarily be your dominant hand.

Write an article based on this "Place the saddle on the horse without a pad underneath. Use a piece of chalk to make sure the saddle is level. Check the clearance between the pommel and the withers. Feel for even contact along the sides of the saddle. Look for clearance from end-to-end under the saddle."
article: Stand on the horse's left-hand side and make sure it knows you're there. Gently lay the saddle on the horse's back so that its front is just at the horse's withers (shoulder blades). Nestle the saddle back slightly until the top of the saddle appears level. While checking the fit of a new saddle, don't use any type of pad beneath the saddle. But always use a pad before actually mounting a horse. You don't need to use the girth and buckle the saddle in place to check the fit. Lay the chalk on top of the saddle at its midpoint. If the chalk rolls toward the back of the saddle, nestle the saddle a bit further back. If it rolls off one of the sides or towards the front, lift the saddle off and lay it in place a bit further forward and more evenly side-to-side. Don't slide the saddle forward or side-to-side, or you'll go against the grain of the horse's hair and cause discomfort. Slide the first 3 fingers of you hand (oriented vertically) between the bottom of the pommel at the front of the saddle and the horse's withers. If the gap is larger than 3 fingers, the saddle is too narrow. If the gap is less than 3 fingers but more than 2, the saddle is probably all right. If it's 2 fingers or less, though, it's too wide. Slide your fingers beneath the edge of the saddle on both sides. Feel for even contact between saddle and horse at all pointsotherwise, the saddle will rub and cause chafing and discomfort. Run your fingers from front to back, so you're going with the grain of the horse's hair. Stand to the front and side of one of the horse's front shoulders and look beneath the saddle from front to back. Check for daylight coming from the rear of the saddle, which means the saddle makes no contact with the horse's spine. The gap should appear to be roughly 3 finger widths high throughout. If it's higher, the saddle is too narrow; if it's much lower, the saddle is too wide for the horse. Depending on your respective heights, you may need to stand on a mounting block to get a clear view beneath the saddle.

Write an article based on this "Set up your own business. Identify a need. Research potential buyers. Get in touch. Research potential suppliers. Ask for quotes. Add your cut to the cost. Pass the information onto the buyers."
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When you go to work as an independent middleman, you'll be establishing your own business. Start-up costs are fairly low for this type of work and you can get started quickly, but you still need to treat your work as a business both professionally and legally. On a basic level, dedicate the basic space and supplies needed to do business. You should have a separate business phone line, a fax machine, and a business e-mail address. If possible, dedicate a separate computer and corner of the house for business purposes alone. On a more advanced level, familiarize yourself with the legal side of establishing a business. Set yourself up as a business entity. Research any restrictions involved on how the product/service you want to provide can be traded. Make sure that you know how to file your taxes and do so accurately when the time comes. Observe the marketplace and look for a niche you can slip into. The biggest need will be in an area where the supply and demand structure is sluggish or does not otherwise satisfy the consumers and suppliers. Services or specialty products are usually easier industries to break into as a new middleman. Generic products that are readily available are often purchased direct from manufacturers, and convincing a retailer to change can be nearly impossible if the system it currently uses works well. Determine who the consumers of your chosen product or service are. Depending on the nature of your intended business, these consumers might include both local and non-local buyers. When you're dealing with a product, this usually means researching retailers who would be interested in selling that product. Research local retailers by looking in the phone book or searching online. Research non-local retailers by looking through online databases of retailers. Focus your search on small and medium businesses instead of major brands. When you're dealing with a service, you may need to rely on more traditional advertising to find individual consumers and business entities in need of that service. Start with the parties you first observed the need throughoftentimes, this will be someone you know personally or a local business. Work through that source to find other potential buyers who face similar issues. After making a list of potential buyers, give them a phone call. Find out what they need and what you can do to encourage them to buy through you. You can send an e-mail to touch base with your potential buyers, but contacting consumers by phone can often leave a more professional impression, especially when you're dealing with businesses instead of individuals. When you contact retailers, try to speak directly with the purchasing manager. Ask that individual if he or she would be interested in seeing a wholesale price list. If the answer is "yes," promise to get that list to the retailer within a few business days. Find as many potential suppliers for your chosen product or service as possible. Do your research on each one and narrow down the possibilities to the top ten. When dealing with products, you need to search for manufacturers. Unless your focus is strictly on a local product, this may mean searching for international manufacturers. When dealing with services, the suppliers will usually be local. Contact your potential suppliers and ask them to provide price quotes on a certain quantity of product or quality of service. After gathering these quotes, compare them and determine which suppliers offer the best value. Take into consideration the entire value of the quote. The supplier with the lowest quote may not be the best one if the product it supplies is dramatically inferior to the product another supplier offers. The same can be said for suppliers of services. You will earn money being a middleman by earning a certain commission from each sale you make. While the exact amount can vary, commissions of 10 to 15 percent are common for many industries. Note that suppliers who already work with other middlemen may have a set commission fee they allow middlemen to charge. Determine if this is an issue before you try setting your own commission. Make contact with your list of potential buyers again. Deliver the final cost of the product or service with you cut included in it. Factor other fees you'll need to worry about, like taxes and shipping costs, when providing the final cost to your potential consumers.