I'm a warrior and a survivor. (Ruth's story)- Story #5 – McGarry Wellness| Rest. Relax. Refresh.
You are in for a treat today as my very good friend from England has shared her story and created this beautiful YouTube video just for us! She is an artist, a writer, a musician, and all around beautiful person. Her story represents all of us women. We are warriors and we are survivors. Do you believe that? Do you live as if you are? Perhaps you are struggling with an eating disorder. There is hope! Perhaps you are struggling with accepting your body just as it is today. Do not let society get you down. We can fight society's messages that tell us we have to be stick thin to be happy. YOU ARE ENOUGH.
Her story is shared below but I really hope you will also watch her lovely video. Enjoy!!! Thank you so much, Ruth Calder Murphy! And don't forget to check out her Facebook page, Paradoxologies!
(Miss the other stories? Here is Story #1, #2, #3 and #4).
I'm a warrior and a survivor. I've wrestled with and fought against the voices – the ones that come out of a crazy culture that's determined to convince us all that we need more than nourishment, warmth and love to be alive happy. The voices that tell us that, in fact, we need first to feel utterly dissatisfied with ourselves and our lives, then we need to plaster over that dissatisfaction by striving to align ourselves with their ideas of "perfection", thus locking the dissatisfaction, anxiety and – ultimately – despair underneath the layers… I've fought those voices – the ones that are made to sound increasingly like my own; the imposter voices in my head – and, nowadays, I can finally – after many years – look them full in the face and see that I've beaten them. They still shout the same things, but I can see through their words to their hollow, empty heart.
During my adolescence – from the age of 9 – I developed eating disorders. These grew out of a sense of deep-seated unhappiness and a desire, essentially, to disappear. By the time I left secondary (high) school at sixteen, and went on to sixth form college, these had become full-blown anorexia. My weight dropped to five stone (70lbs) and I began to self-harm in order to pinpoint a feeling in the swirling confusion of starvation.
Throughout my twenties, I battled the demons. Writing poetry helped to bring focus and shape into the chaos, and later on, so did painting. I also found enormous freedom and release in running. Running was never a part of my disorder; it was an escape from it. Whilst I was running, I didn't have to think about food (or lack of it) or my size or shape. I didn't have to think about self-harm, because I was fully present in my body, able to focus on all the exertions of it, whilst simultaneously being able to free my mind to be, in a sense, "out of body". Running and the creative arts saved my life and not only that, they helped to make my life something I wanted to keep.
On the threshold of 30, I got married and over the following five years, gave birth to three children. Life got more complicated – and more precious. During this time, Gradually, I began to become aware that the voice I'd heard in my poetry and art and through my "out of body" running was – and is – my true voice. That it's the articulation of my true self and that it's vibrant and real and authentic. That, in fact, it is – and I am – beautiful. I realised that it's a manifestation of the real me, and that all the other voices – the ones that sound like me but aren't really, the ones that come from the crazy culture – are lying. Alongside this was, and is, the deep desire to unmask and emasculate those lies to my children so that they can tune in to their own true voices and know their own minds and strength, however often society tells them that they are not enough.
Now I'm a year into my forties and I'll finish where I began: I'm a warrior and a survivor. As such, whatever our crazy culture tries to sell me (literally or metaphorically) and however much it tries to make its voice sound like my own, I'm not buying. I am who I am, whether running or painting or writing or sleeping. I am who I am and I am enough.
What an inspiring article. Thank you for sharing.


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'Really good' – Rangers outcast makes surprise claim about life at Ibrox
Date: 13th June 2018 at 4:51pm
Written by: support
Rangers striker Joe Dodoo has maintained that he has enjoyed his time at Ibrox despite his lack of games for the Glasgow giants.
The 22-year-old, who made only two appearances for the Gers last season, was a first-team regular under the man who signed him, Mark Warburton.
But since then his game time has been few and far between, and he recently joined Blackpool on a season long loan deal.
Dodoo claims that his time at Ibrox has set him up well for whatever the next challenge is in his career.
"It has been really good. It is a demanding place and somewhere that you need to win" he said, as quoted by the Daily Record.
"All the clubs I have been at, there has been pressure to win".
Dodoo has scored five goals for the Gers, in his two years at the club.
Football Insider verdict
Joe Dodoo did show some flashes of quality in his first season at Ibrox, but ever since then he has been a bit-part player. It hasn't helped when two successive managers, Pedro Caixinha and Graeme Murty, didn't fancy him as a player and sent him out on loan and kept him in the reserves respectively. He must have been told similar by new Gers boss Steven Gerrard, that he wasn't going to feature much this season, and that he is better off moving on for the season. Of course, Dodoo's career at Ibrox might not be over. If he goes down to Blackpool and scores 20 goals, there will be a demand that he is given another chance with the Gers. But the chances of that happening seem slim, and more than likely his time at Ibrox will be drawing to a close sooner rather than later. He was a decent player, but probably just not good enough to make it with the Light Blues.
In other Rangers news, a Gers legend has returned to the club in a coaching role
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I was watching a movie and I realized how the film makers stretch imagination and take liberty with their creative work to show how easy it is to rob a bank or break into a safe etc without realizing all the other unknown variables that can occur during the actual execution of the plan. Sometimes the movie shows how easy the robbers or criminal get away with their crimes with ease and show bumbling cops which is far from reality. But for some minds, it may be easy to get rich quick scheme that most of the times does not materialize in real life. The most things that I object to is how the cops are shown as sitting ducks for the criminal without realizing that art does not imitate real life most of the time. In some movies, cops are killed in numbers that are greatly exaggerated and the evil is shown to be more powerful than it is (I have dealt on this topic earlier). Even if a movie is based on some historical fact, the film makers take some liberty in the name of artistic freedom and entertainment to twist or bend some facts, which may be for more interesting but it does invite criticism from some people, but those people should realize that if the facts are shown to be distorted in some movies so they should see it as a movie because if it is not movie based loosely on some fact than it should be called a documentary. But still reality may be boring but the fiction in movies is what some people assume to be true and the film makers should point that out at the end of these movies.


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Quick Answer: What Type Of Music Makes The Most Money?
How do you get rich off of music?
What is the least popular music genre?
How do artists get rich?
How do musicians get paid?
Who's the highest paid singer 2020?
What are the top 20 songs of all time?
What is the number 1 music genre in the world?
Can one song make you rich?
Why pop music is popular?
Who makes the most money in music?
What song is #1 on Billboard 2020?
What was the first song in the world?
Who is the most loved singer?
What age groups listen to music the most?
What is the fastest growing music genre?
What is the most profitable music genre?
What is the most listened to song?
Who is the richest singer in the world?
Who is the richest female singer?
What music genre is popular now?
What was the worst song ever?
How do you actually get rich as a musician?Get yourself a musical benefactor.
Patronage was big in the olden days, it's a shame that it's not around so much anymore.
Write a classical super-hit and live off the royalties.
Be in control.
Get Commissioned.
Put your good name to your work..
JazzJazz is the least popular genre of music in the United States. Once very popular in American cities, including Omaha, jazz began to lose its place on the music industry in the 1960s.
Here are six tips to get the ball rolling so you can start earning money as an artist.Take internships. … Teach the subject. … Reduce your living expenses. … Network with other artists and creatives. … Create an art budget. … Create profiles on creative selling websites.
Let's go over the most common revenue streams artists use to monetize their music:Earn streaming royalties through digital distribution. … Make money playing gigs. … Sell band merchandise online. … Collaborate with brands and other musicians. … Sell beats and samples. … Teach music classes or sell lessons.
Here are the highest-paid musicians and their estimated net worth, according to Forbes as of 2020:Kanye West – $241M. … Elton John – $113M. … Ariana Grande – $103M. … Ed Sheeran – $91M. … Taylor Swift – $90M. … Post Malone – $85.6M. … Rolling Stones – $84M. … Marshmello – $79.9M.
Best pop songs of all time"Thriller" by Michael Jackson. … "Like a Prayer" by Madonna. … "When Doves Cry" by Prince. … "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" by Whitney Houston. … "Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears. … "It's Gonna Be Me" by 'N Sync. … "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" by the Backstreet Boys. … "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele.More items…•
Pop, rock and oldies were the top three favorite genres from across the globe, while hip-hop/rap, dance/electronic and indie/alternative also preceded K-pop in the rankings. Metal, R&B and classical music followed. According to the report, hip-hop is popular particularly among those aged 16-24.
It seems too good to be true, but in reality is absolutely 100% possible. As we are about to demonstrate, writing one hit song can make you extremely rich for life. … Every time Cheers airs and every time the song is used in any other format, Gary, as the songwriter/performer gets paid.
According to the musician, pop music is inherently popular because it creates a sense of familiarity for listeners. Therefore, when they hear the same 'woop' throughout the genre, they're more inclined to ease into a piece of music they've never heard because it sounds familiar.
In 2017, U2 had the most successful music tour in North America, with some 1.5 million tickets sold….Annual income of highest-paid musicians in 2019 (in million U.S. dollars)Income in million U.S. dollarsTaylor Swift185Kanye West150Ed Sheeran110The Eagles1009 more rows•Sep 27, 2019
"The Box" by Roddy Ricch was the longest-running number-one of the year, leading the chart for eleven weeks; despite this, The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" topped the Billboard Year-End Hot 100.
Hurrian Hymn No. 6"Hurrian Hymn No. 6" is considered the world's earliest melody, but the oldest musical composition to have survived in its entirety is a first century A.D. Greek tune known as the "Seikilos Epitaph." The song was found engraved on an ancient marble column used to mark a woman's gravesite in Turkey.
Popularity rankingArtist01RihannaTrack artist02ColdplayTrack artist03DrakeTrack artist04EminemTrack artist91 more rows
The first place and more than 18 percent of votes was awarded to pop music, rock scored 13.1 percent and landed in fourth place….Favorite music genres among consumers in the United States as of July 2018, by age group.Rock Music25-3444%35-4442%45-5448%55-6431%11 more columns•Dec 3, 2020
Heavy metal musicHeavy metal music saw the biggest jump in consumption year to year, followed by J-Pop, R&B/Soul, K-Pop, world music and instrumental.
R&B/hip-hop musicR&B/hip-hop music was the year's biggest genre, accounting for 24.5 percent of all music consumed. According to Nielsen Music, total music consumption in the U.S. in 2017 climbed 12.5 percent to 636.65 million units (up from 566.1 million).
100 most-streamed songsRankSongArtist(s)1″Shape of You"Ed Sheeran2″Rockstar"Post Malone featuring 21 Savage3″Dance Monkey"Tones and I4″One Dance"Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla73 more rows
These are the top 20 richest singers in the worldGloria Estefan (net worth: $500 million) … Dolly Parton (net worth: $500 million) … Elton John (net worth: $500 million) … Mariah Carey (net worth: $520 million) … Madonna (net worth: $590 million) … Bono (net worth: $700 million) … Paul McCartney (net worth: $1.2 billion)More items…•
RihannaReportedly, singer-songwriter Rihanna has topped the list of world's richest female singers beating Taylor Swift, Adele & many others, according to Forbes.
For the very first time in a long time, Rock was surpassed by another genre to be the most popular music genre in recent years. According to surveys, 8 out of 10 artists in the most popular music artists in the year 2019 are Hip-hop/Rap artists. Rap also is a major sub-genre of the Hip-hop.
Jimmy Webb wrote "MacArthur Park", which is popularly held as the worst song ever written. In 1992, Miami Herald journalist Dave Barry conducted a poll among his readers, who selected the Harris original as the worst track ever recorded, both in terms of "Worst Lyrics" and "Worst Overall Song".
Question: Why Are The Arts Important To Society?
What is the role of art in the community?
Question: What Do Art Thieves Do With The Art?
What is the point of stealing art? Art theft, sometimes
Quick Answer: Is Painting Pebbledash A Good Idea?
What is the best paint for Pebbledash? Normal masonry
Question: Is Yahweh The Personal Name Of God?
Does Yahweh mean I am? The word possibly was "
Quick Answer: What Is A Word For Not Free?
What is immunity in simple words? Immunity is the ability
Question: Does Respondus Detect Eye Movement?
Can you cheat with Respondus LockDown Browser?
How Tall Are Russian Ballerinas?
Why do ballerinas have to be skinny? Most ballet dancers
What Are Cool Rapper Names?
Why do rappers say their names? Those calls evolved
What Is Daijoubu In Japan?
What is OK Japanese? OK is also used in Japanese so
Question: Is Yes A Sentence Or Fragment?
What is the definition of sentence in English?
What Is The Main Purpose Of Folktales?
What is the meaning of folk tales? a tale or legend
Quick Answer: How Do You Teach Independent And Dependent Clauses?
How many independent clauses can you have in a sentence?
Question: How Do You Know If Your Senior Dog Is Dying?
What do you feed a dying dog? Human food like chicken


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Q: unable to visualise graph created by d3.js for a networkx graph in jupyter notebook. "graph.json" file is being created but no visuals appear I am new to javascript and I have written following code to display a networkx graph using d3.js. I am running the code in jupyter notebook. I am not getting any output. No errors, no visualisation.
import json
from networkx.readwrite import json_graph
data = json_graph.node_link_data(G[0])
with open('graph.json', 'w') as f:
    json.dump(data, f, indent=4)

` %%html

    `

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    require(["d3"], function(d3){
    var force = d3.layout.force().charge(-120).linkDistance(30).size([width, height]);
    var svg = d3.select("#d3-example").select("svg");
    d3.json("graph.json", function(error, graph) {
    force.nodes(graph.nodes).links(graph.links).start();
    var link = svg.selectAll(".link").data(graph.links).enter().append("line").attr("class", "link");
    var node = svg.selectAll(".node").data(graph.nodes).enter().append("circle")
    .style("fill", function(d) {
        return color(d.club);
    })
    .call(force.drag);
    });
});`

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import requests
from constants import URL,Status
import time
import sys
import re

# main fetching logic
def check_pnr_status(pnr):
	# fetch html soup
	r = requests.get(URL%pnr)
	# fetch pnr info from html
	pnrInfo = r.text[2:-2].split('^')
	# check if reservation is confirmed
	if len(pnrInfo)==11:
		if pnrInfo[-1] == "CNF":
			return Status.CONFIRMED
	else:
		print(pnrInfo[-1])
		return Status.WAITING
	# return invalid pnr
	return Status.INVALID_PNR

# adding progress bar
# timer for 15 minutes for retrying

if __name__=='__main__':
	"""print('Welcome to PNR Status Service...')
	pnr = ''
	try:
		pnr = sys.argv[1]
	except IndexError:
		pnr = raw_input("Enter your pnr number...")
	status = check_pnr_status(pnr)
	while True:
		if status == Status.CONFIRMED:
			print('Ticket Confirmed')
			break
		elif status == Status.WAITING:
			print('Ticket Not Confirmed...Retrying in 10 minutes')
			time.sleep(10*60)
			status = check_pnr_status(pnr)
			break
		else:
			print('Invalid PNR Number')
			break
	print('Thank you for using the service...see you soon!')"""
	# sample regex
	test = '~^8226077749^17412^Mahalaxmi Exp^22-7-2014^SLI^KYN^SL^Chart Not Prepared^~^S6 , 61,GN^CNF^~^S6 , 59,GN^CNF^~^S6 , 58,GN^CNF^~'
	format  = r'(~@[a-zA-Z0-9]{2} , [0-9]{2},[a-zA-Z]{2}@.*@~)'
	test = test.replace('^','@')
	pattern = re.compile(format)
	for m in pattern.finditer(test.rstrip()):
		print m.groups()
		print m.group(1)
	"""if(matchObj):
		if matchObj.group():
			print matchObj.group(1)
	else:
		print("Test:%s"%test)"""

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While American accessible luxury brand Coach has shuttered its online shop on Alibaba's Tmall, its sales on WeChat will continue at a time when high-end labels are slowly warming to the idea of e-commerce on the mobile messaging app.
Earlier this month, Coach announced that it would close down its official Tmall store, reducing its China e-commerce sales channels to a standalone online store and WeChat shop. The brand was originally the first global luxury label to join Tmall with the launch of its pilot "online pop-up flagship" in December 2011, which it later closed in January 2012. It later re-joined the platform in 2015 after a few additional luxury brands had opened shops in the interim to sell fashion, including Burberry, Ports 1961, and Calvin Klein.
The American accessible luxury brand declined to provide any reasons for closing its shop, but many international luxury labels have avoided selling on Tmall out of fear of appearing too mass-market. Coach has been pursuing a more upscale image in recent years in an attempt to revive its lackluster global sales numbers. After installing Stuart Vevers as creative director in 2013, it has made efforts such as launching an apparel line, holding New York Fashion Week presentations, introducing more expensive items, renovating stores, relying less on price reductions, and cutting back on its presence at discount outlets. While the brand has been dragged down by North America sales, China has remained a bright spot, with double-digit mainland China growth for the year ending in July 2016.
While exclusivity is a top concern for the luxury sector, some brands are still drawn to Tmall's massive China e-commerce market share and benefits such as greater exposure, access to customer reviews, a direct line to Alibaba's counterfeit removal program, and the opportunity to overshadow third-party sellers on the platform. Coach was unsuccessful in this last endeavor, however—items through its official shop only took up 12 percent of first-page Tmall search results, according to a recent report by L2. In addition, Alibaba faces criticism from brands that say it's still not doing enough to fight fakes.
While most luxury brands on the site remain in the more accessible cosmetics or sunglasses category, the number of foreign fashion labels that could be purchased on the platform recently increased dramatically when flash sales site Mei.com launched a partnership with Tmall in March, making names including Kate Spade, Dolce & Gabbana, Jimmy Choo, Tod's, and more available on the platform.
But it remains challenging to get brands to take the plunge with Tmall, or with e-commerce at all for that matter—L2 found that only 35 percent of all luxury brands sell online in China through any channel.
Coach's move to focus on WeChat comes at a time when luxury brands not selling on Tmall are warming to WeChat sales. In addition to Coach, brands including Cartier, International Watch Company, Montblanc, and Longchamp have full WeChat shops with WeChat payment available. Meanwhile, Dior and Bulgari recently launched limited-edition flash sales. WeChat could be seen as a way for brands to sell online with a more exclusive feel due to the nature of the platform, allowing them to reach consumers on a more personalized level and give the "VIP" level of service that they hope to provide through their offline stores.


Throughout 2011, to mark our 50th anniversary, Arnolfini will be exploring a year-long theme entitled The Apparatus. This series of 'experimental blockbusters' will focus on the conditions of the art world today, particularly its systems of belief and valuation, its role within society, and its relationship to the wider political economy. The Apparatus is about the 'makings of' artists, of artworks, of institutions, and of a cultural infrastructure.
One of the most curious tendencies in modern and contemporary art has been that of museums created by artists. Museum Show will be a large-scale exhibition of approximately 40 museums—a museum of museums—displaying this comprehensive selection of highly idiosyncratic, semi-fictional institutions. It will be the first exhibition to chart this particular tendency in contemporary art.


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El Campionat Mundial de Ciclisme en Pista de 1946 es va celebrar a Zúric (Suïssa) del 24 d'agost a l'1 de setembre de 1946.

Les competicions es van celebrar a l'Oerlikon Velodrome de Zúric. En total es va competir en 5 disciplines, 3 de professionals i 2 d'amateurs.

Resultats

Masculí

Professional

Amateur

Medaller

Enllaços externs
 Resultats a la web de l'UCI
 World Championship Track Cycling

1946
Competicions ciclistes del 1946
1946
Esport a Zúric

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Commissioned by Cwm Taf University Health Board IRIS provides training and support to the 41 G.P practises throughout Cwm Taf.
Each practise receives specialist clinical training for G. P's and practice staff including an additional training for frontline staff including administrators. The training focuses on providing information on how to identify domestic abuse through clinical enquiry and how to respond in terms of assessing immediate risk, referral, recording and confidentiality.
Training is delivered by the IRIS Educate Advocate (AE) with the support of a local clinician. As Cwm Taf is such a large area two clinical leads have supported and co-delivered the training to their peers. They have both played an instrumental role in the driving the project in Cwm Taf by the delivery of training and providing support to their clinical peers.
Once each practice has received the full training they become a domestic abuse aware practice. This is recognised and promoted to patients by the displaying of posters and information cards identifying them as domestic abuse aware. Practices also receive referral forms and information on care pathways for female survivors, male survivors and perpetrators.
Each domestic abuse aware practice has direct access to an AE. In Cwm Taf there are two AE's, one based at Women's aid –RCT and one at Safer Merthyr Tydfil ( http://www.smt.org.uk/ ) . The role of the AE is to provide advocacy and emotional support to patients whilst identifying risk, implementing safety plans and signposting to other services if necessary and acts as a named contact for patient referrals.
IRIS has been running in Cwm Taf for the past two years and is now well established with 41 practices fully trained and domestic abuse aware.
All GP practices in Cwm Taf were fully trained. 472 GP's and clinical staff and 216 frontline staff were trained to identify and support victims of domestic abuse.
Very enlightening and educating seminar. Has really made me think and far more aware. Statistics were very alarming.
As a direct result of the training and IRIS process the project received 275 referrals into the project (figures September 2017). In 2014/ 15, the year prior to the implementation of IRIS only 5 referrals were received from primary health care services across Cwm Taf.
All patients referred to the service have reported being glad to have been asked about domestic abuse and feel more positive about their future now they are receiving the right support.
94% of female referrals offered support have engaged with IRIS service. 6% in totality have been non-contactable.
Through risk assessment 170 referrals were identified as standard to medium risk and 29 as high risk. 7 referrals were received from individuals identifying as the perpetrator of abuse within their relationships.


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Painting the Corners: The Best of Fastball (Pintando as Esquinas: O Melhor de Fastball) é a primeira e única coletânea, até o momento, da banda americana de rock Fastball, lançado em 27 de Agosto de 2002.

Faixas

Álbuns lançados pela Hollywood Records
Álbuns de grandes êxitos de 2002
Álbuns de Fastball


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      super
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      true
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Inauguration Day icing the right side of his face.
to flicker, if only for a moment.
I won't pretend he didn't have it coming.
across the destiny of their teeth.
I am coal glowing carnelian.
begging the hateful their flame.
young enough to have the flaw knocked out of you.
to become bitter or indulge in hate campaigns.
but intensify the hate in the world.
to cut off the chain of hate.
fingertips wish engulfed in smoke.
if I hold violence synonymous with progress.
of course Richard Spencer had the punch coming.
due indignance just yet. So we amen.
no place to pin its prejudice.
The deathblow can be struck from here.
Rodney Wilder is a biracial nerd who bellows death-metal verse in Throne of Awful Splendor and writes poetry, with previous work appearing in Words Dance, FreezeRay, ALTARWORK, Tales of the Talisman, and his first collection of poetry, 2012's Ars Golgothica. Currently writing his fandom-fueled followup, he likes nachos, analogizing things to Pokémon, and getting lost in Oregonian forests.


Bethesda has revealed some post-launch plans for Fallout 4 which includes a season pass and regular free updates.
The Season Pass which costs $30 USD will start coming early 2016 but actual details of the DLC hasn't been planned yet. The game will also receive regular free updates. It won't be just tweaks and fixes but more small add-ons to the game.
They've also detailed the Mods & Creation Kit which will be available early next year for PC. The kit will be the same one the team uses in the studio and emphasized Fallout 4 will be open and fully moddable like previous games. The mods will be available for Xbox One and PS4 as well.
Fallout 4 is available on Xbox One, PS4 and PC – November 10th 2015.
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Finland is preparing for the break-up of the eurozone, the country's foreign minister warned today.
Erkki Tuomioja, Finland's foreign minister: "We have to face openly the possibility of a euro-break up".
"We have to face openly the possibility of a euro-break up," said Erkki Tuomioja, the country's veteran foreign minister and a member of the Social Democratic Party, one of six that make up the country's coalition government.
"It is not something that anybody — even the True Finns [eurosceptic party] — are advocating in Finland, let alone the government. But we have to be prepared," he told The Daily Telegraph.
"But let me add that the break-up of the euro does not mean the end of the European Union. It could make the EU function better," he said, describing the dash for monetary union in the 1990s as a vaulting political leap in defiance of economic gravity. Finland has emerged as the toughest member of the eurozone's creditor bloc as it tries to hold together a motley coalition. It has insisted on collateral from both Greece and Spain in exchange for rescue loans.
The coalition government is on thin ice as voters peel away to eurosceptic parties. The True Finns shattered the political order in last year's election with 19pc support. "Taxpayers here are extremely angry," said Timo Soini, the True Finn leader.
"There are no rules on how to leave the euro but it is only a matter of time. Either the south or the north will break away because this currency straitjacket is causing misery for millions and destroying Europe's future.


Enough has been talked about how India is a country of diaspora. It's emerging to be a global hub for advanced research across industries, home to some of the leading companies in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, connected solutions and medical services. We have increasingly seen an influx of medical tourist not only coming to India for comparatively lower costs of treatment but also feeling assured of benefiting from best in class treatment.
Yet we continue to be a country which fails to provide adequate medical treatment to a vast majority of its population.
We underestimate the paucity of medical services and adequate medical treatments when we say 70% of India's rural population has limited medical access. Multi-specialty hospitals and specialist doctors are restricted to Metros and Tier 1 towns, with a handful of GPs/ retired doctors spread through rest of the cities.
Private hospitals with limited capacities often have to turn away patients due to shortage of beds, or simply have long waiting even for critical interventions.
Yet there is hope. There is hope if we embrace new delivery models in medical care and embrace technology to lower cost of medical care and rapidly expand medical reach.
eICU: A platform to enable remote monitoring and care of critical patients miles away has been in existence for years; and is being used in US/ Australia and many more countries- in fact we have some over sees hospitals tapping into the skills of our intensivists based in India. A strong PPP model – which leverages this technology to reach out to thousands of government healthcare centers across the country can help quickly upgrade those centers- as first level critical care centers; providing needed life saving treatment.
Connected Devices and Monitoring Systems: These devices record patient vitals and relay them to a physician who can be based anywhere in the country- enabling e consulting. Patients don't need to then travel or que up in larger cities, and more than 70% of the population then gets access to doctors across specialties in larger cities.
Portable devices: Globally patients are benefiting due to speed and lower costs brought in by portable devices- on spot laboratory tests, ultrasounds , X rays , and much more- costs and availability of these devices continues to be high or restricted with high duties and regulations.
Healthcare@home or simply medical treatment away from hospitals under set protocols and care plans would ease the load on doctors, hospitals and significantly reduces costs.
The above advancements reduce infrastructure and capital costs, and limit the need for physical proximity of a physician- at least for a vast majority of frequent ailments.
Innovation , change and evolution with time are just among the many things Philips has been consistent with over the decades . Starting its journey with a light bulb, and then having lead markets with its audio visual products while it internally reengineered it self to emerge as a health systems provider , Philips is now foraying into health services with its recent launch of Philips Healthcare@home; an internally funded start up that its attracting industry wide attention, not because of any funding arsenal but because of technology ,processes and medical innovation it brings with it or might quickly build to deliver cutting edge medical solutions for patients at home.
Like anything to do with Philips, it's start up baby Philips Healthcare@home is all about quality and service superiority albeit at a cost ; though this time the onus of quality and service is not only with the front line medical team but is being shouldered equally by its seasoned IT, data analytics and operations teams . The venture is being supported by a team of seasoned healthcare -IT professionals working out of its Innovation campus in Bangalore; and a young team of data analysts working closely with IT, medical and operations team to ensure laser like focus on medical solutions and services being provided at homes.
While most players have entered the market with basic healthcare services at home, Philips Healthcare@home braved the way by entering the market with ICU@home, a critical care hospital like set up done at patient's home and has helped several patients recover and stabilize since then. It wasn't just access to high end devices and installation capabilities that made this possible . Success and increased incidence of patient recovery is being backed by years of research and development and quick customization of Philips's patient monitoring systems which enable remote access and real time interventions by paramedics and doctors . Devices are running on a strong internally developed and customized platform that talk to each other on a real time basis. Through embedded clinical decision support this platform processes clinical data into actionable information for increased diagnostic confidence; and its data analytics interfaces support operations teams in seamless scheduling and delivery of devices, paramedics and patient care.
Healthcare at Home - Why should hospitals partner with Philips?
Home healthcare is a very new industry in India. Surprisingly so, considering the severe shortage of hospital beds that the Indian population faces. Our healthcare delivery system is broken. The number of hospital beds per thousand population is far away from the WHO guideline. The government hospitals have been ineffective in providing quality healthcare. The conditions in government hospitals, the long waiting periods, the average quality of care, etc. make the affording patients seek services elsewhere. A lot of the population's healthcare needs are catered to by a fast-growing private healthcare industry. This opportunity has garnered interest among a lot of corporate groups which have ventured into the healthcare business and set up state of the art hospitals across India.
There is a general feeling among people that the hospital business should be more focused on the patient and his care with the intention of providing care sustainably and making normal profits enabling the hospital to run successfully. But as with any business, the desire to break even faster is always there. The recent negative news around hospitals overcharging patients brought a lot of hospitals under the scanner. Under such circumstances, it would seem counter-intuitive that a hospital partner with a home healthcare provider to shift the patient from hospital to home.
Even though it may not be obvious at first, partnering for home healthcare has a lot of benefits for a hospital.
With an ever-increasing need for quality healthcare, there is always a pressure on the number of beds in hospitals, with a lot of patients waiting for a bed to be vacated at the hospital. In such cases, patients who are in a condition to be shifted home with adequate home healthcare provided in through a specialized home healthcare company can be discharged and a more critical patient be given that bed.
This becomes even more important in case of an ICU bed. After the initial few days in the ICU, patients requiring longer-term ICU care can be shifted to an iCU@Home, while a more critical patient is provided the same hospital ICU bed.
There are a lot of medical procedures which can be easily and effectively completed at home. Going to the hospital for such procedures not only inconveniences the patient but also crowds the hospital straining its resources and shifting focus from the critical patients.
Hospital-acquired infections is another serious problem that treating physicians want to avoid for their patients. Hence, the sooner they can shift a patient out of the hospital, the better it is from a infections threat perspective.
These examples show areas where a home healthcare company and a hospital can work together to complement their services towards the benefit of each with the patient at the centre. This is the future, clearly obvious in the more advanced healthcare markets, and taking shape as the home healthcare industry grows larger in India. Philips Healthcare@home has a large role to play in this in 2018.
Disclaimer : The views and opinion expressed in these articles are solely personal views. These views should not be treated as a substitute for informed medical advice by a Medical practitioner. We strongly recommend to consult a Medical practitioner for all/ any medical assistance at all times.


Jason Aldean is one of the most popular singers who has a country genre. He is active in touring for promoting his albums. However all his fans also always anticipate for his upcoming events. The singer who also gets off best in playing guitar had been successful on his My Kinda Party tour in 2011.
Most of his fans want to have the tickets for his concerts even before going on sale. If you one of the fans of him and want to know the exact dates of his upcoming concert and get the ticket early, you need to read more this review in Main Event Specials.
Jason Aldean got a birth on February 28 in 1977. He got Jason Aldine Williams as his birth name. He chose Jason Aldean as his stage name because there were already many people with the name Jason Williams.
Even the popular basketball player has that name. Hence, he just changed the spelling of his middle name from Aldine become Aldean. It makes him can stand out with the name. It can be simple things, but this name which bring Jason become this very popular to this day.
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Jason Aldean was born in Macon, Georgia, but he is the origin of Nashville, Tennessee. He is known as to a singer since 2005 to present. He is on Broken Bow label that has recorded for his songs. And then, this label has made him release six albums and also twenty-two singles.
Jason's talent makes him get some achievements. His album which released on 2010 named My Kinda Party has certified triple platinum by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America). This is only one of his best do for his songs.
Jason's other album also got certified double-platinum which named Night Train. His several songs also got single-platinum those are 2005 self-titled debut, album Relentless in 2007, album Wide Open in 2009, album Old Boots in 2014, and New Dirt. Those make his popularity in music world bigger. He got lots of love from his fans.
Jason Aldean started his carrier in music in 1998. At that time, he played with his original songs at a showcase stage which was held by Atlanta night club named the Buckboard. After that, he moved to Nashville to pursue his carrier at age 21.
Jason Aldean has done several tours for promoting his album. Since there are many of his fans who are curious of all his successful tours, here we present the tour concerts he has done.
In the year 2011, Jason Aldean had My Kinda Party tour. He did this tour concerts in many cities which has a great stadium. His tour in this year was started on April 7.
The cities which he visited on his concerts were Albuquerque, Corpus Chisti, Maryland, Hartford, Orange Beach, etc. and also the venue of his concerts were like Comcast Center in Mansfield, Marcus Amphitheatre in Milwaukee, Fenway Park, Live Nation Amphitheatre, Xfinity Center, Rupp Arena, Spac, Manchester NH, etc.
After having the successful concert in My Kinda Party tour, Jason came back to have a world tour in 2013. In this year, he had Night Train tour. There were also many cities he visited to do his shows. The cities included Tulsa at Box Center, Boston concert venue at Fenway Park, Columbia at Mizzou Arena, etc.
Jason Aldean had done a great concert on his touring to satisfy his fans. Those are pretty good since most of his fans waited for his next tour concerts. Everyone already gets ready to look forward the tickets and the city also the venue of Jason's concerts.
Since Jason Aldean has success in his world tour the year before, finally he announced his tour for the year of 2015. His next tour for the Burn It Down tour in 2015 will be started in May 2014. There will be several supporting acts on his next tour like Florida Georgia Line and Tyler Farr.
In the Burn It Down tour in 2015, Jason will perform his songs with a good mix from his six albums. With the most appearance from his current album, of course, those are Old Boots, New Dirt, and Covers for the shows.
Furthermore, on October 2014, there was an announcement that Jason will have merge with Kenny Chesney for The Big Revival tour for ten stadiums in summer 2015.
The dates for combined Big Revival Tour and Burn It Down start from May 2, May 16, June 20, June 27, July 18, July 25, August 1, August 8, August 15 and August 28.
The cities for those combination tours are in Dallas, Kansas City, Denver, Boston, Seattle, Minneapolis, San Francisco, Green Bay, Pasadena, and E. Rutherford.
Jason Aldean tour the Burn It Down has announced the cities and the venues which will get the shows along with the dates.
The cities are in Chicago, Denver, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Virginia Beach, Charlotte NC, Pittsburgh, Phoenix, Tampa, West Palm Beach, Atlanta, Darien, Philadelphia, Raleigh NC, Knoxville TN, San Diego, Detroit, Houston, Columbus Ohio, Hershey Park, and many more.
Still there are many cities that will get visited for the Burn It Down tour in 2015. Jason Aldean has extended off his Burn It Down which gets sold-out into 2015. He decided to kick off the 23 cities in Greensville, so he announced for the rolling stone country.
The cities are Charleston SC, North Charleston, Eugene Oregon, Tupelo MS, Charleston WV, Hershey Pennsylvania, Greensboro, Michigan, Fort Wayne, Toledo Ohio, Grand Rapids mi, etc.
There are several great venues that will get held off Jason's concerts those are Rose Bowl, Red Rocks, Shoreline Amphitheatre, PNC Park, Baltimore Arena, Progressive Field, etc.
Jason has talked about his sold-out for his 41.000 screaming fans. It has been on the concert of the inaugural of Firestone legends day that is the eve of the 98thIndy 500. The schedule of Burn It Down tour of Jason Aldean will start from May 1 in 2014 and will be an end on August 29 in 2015.
This world tour is held since long time ago. So that, if you are want to get the following agenda of Jason, we offer tickets for sale. And then you also can get the presale code for the cheapest concert tickets, you just need to order the tickets on Main Event Specials. Do not take too long so you can meet and great Jason Aldean in his special concerts.


The second-generation acrylic adhesive (SGA) HARDLOC. It's equipped with excellent bonding strength and reliability, and is widely used in various fields of industry, including loudspeaker, transformer, motor, electrical appliance component, elevator, vehicle, metal plate, building material, etc.
The transparent conductive film is developed by the technologies such as polymer synthesis, polymer stretching and dry-wet coating. There are different kinds of conductive films available for TOYOBO ITO film: Clear, Anti-glare, Anti-Newton Rings, amorphous, crystal, etc.
HUMISEAL circuit board insulation moisture-proof coating products are produced by Chase Specialty Coatings. The production lines include acrylics, urethanes, silicones, epoxies, water based and UV curable series, providing the most diverse production lines for customers.
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A brushstroke cake can actually make a dramatic statement and the best part of this cake is that you can customize it according to a specific event.
Attempting them is no herculean task. It only requires a flavoured syrup. Melt the syrup in one heatproof bowl. Once melted, pour the same on the parchment paper and use a brush to pull it into a desired shape. Harden it in refrigerator before using it over a cake.
This rich chocolate cream brushstroke cake is the perfect delight for any party. The aesthetic design of this cake will make you put a second thought before giving it a first bite. Each bite of this super delicious cake will transcend you into the food heaven. If you have an artistic mindset, this pure chocolate cake will definitely leave in a state of amazed.
We often go to the art gallery to see some amazing piece of arts and crafts but truly how many of us really expect to see some top notched abstract art in a cake? Yes, this cake can be easily defined as the piece of art. The base of this cake is made of pure chocolate while the colorful brushes are made of ice fondants and the entire cake looks really vibrant with an artistic approach.
This orange flavored brushstroke cake is a perfect pleasure for the eye. Each bit on this scrumptious cake can easily make you reach to the heights of foodgasm. The orange syrup on this cake makes in tastier.
No doubt, this cake is a pure magic for cake lovers! The subtle flavor of strawberry coming with the melting cream can satisfy each of your taste buds. This cake comes with the unique brushstroke design that can catch the attention of anyone.
Just a look at this cake can enlighten the mood of anyone. This amazing colorful cake comes with a great mixture of flavors. This cake may look complicated but you can easily make it in your home as it is actually easy to make.


The iGaming industry is incredibly fast-paced, deeply innovative and ultimately unpredictable. The unpredictability is both what makes many people run away from the field and others run excitingly towards it.
Those who wish to work in iGaming must be prepared to delve into a working culture that is international and ever-changing. But what do you absolutely need to know before applying for a job in iGaming?
iGaming is a term that includes all forms of online gambling. It extends into poker rooms, sports betting and cryptocurrencies, just to name a few of the subcategories. The industry comprises a huge range of businesses, from software to design, marketing to writing, management to finance.
iGaming is a truly international sector, and consequently multilingual. If you speak two languages you can certainly work in iGaming, but it won't give you an advantage. Often iGaming professionals speak three or four languages. That makes for an exciting and diverse multicultural environment.
The industry is filled with individuals eager to fast-track their careers. In iGaming talent, potential and sacrifice are recognized over years of experience. The industry is youthful, innovative and proactive. Those qualities are rewarded because they are crucial to game development.
iGaming is a rich industry, expected to be valued at $60 billion by 2020. With sports betting and crypto coins, it can even surpass the mark. Being a sector that involves that much money, investment and growth opportunities are frequent.
An online-based business area typically offers a lot of flexibility, and iGaming is no exception. It is common that employees work remotely and set their own working schedule. When workers know they can easily adjust their job to their personal and family lives, they are much more likely to be motivated and trusted.
Even if a background in game development is valued, you don't need one to land a job in iGaming. Recruiters will value your skills and they are experts at knowing how they can be transferrable to your new working context.
If you understand marketing, programming, design, SEO, HR, among so many other things, you are already an attractive prospect to employers. You can apply your skills in a wide range of different iGaming departments.
Also, the industry is known to have great training courses and multilevel communication so you can quickly become an iGaming specialist.
The community of iGaming professionals is vast and strong. Since most employees work remotely, they like to meet at the weekend or evening events and parties.
Even online, the community is solid and it shows across the different social media groups and chats available for iGaming professionals. The youthful nature of the sector facilitates an informal and friendly environment.
If you decide to work on-site at the offices of your company, you will see that they are made to impress. The design, modernity and ergonomics are commonly top-notch and even resemble Silicon Valley facilities.
There are game rooms, resting spaces, equipped kitchens, buffets, impressive artwork, stylish decor and natural lighting. The office spaces are perfect for both working and partying.
These are all incredible points in favor of working in iGaming. But remember, you must be adaptable and creative, and most importantly, a hard worker and a problem solver.


so I recreated all of our trip photos in watercolor?
If you would like to see all 82 of our trip "photos", please visit my web album here.
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Erm, yeah. I really lost the camera. Oops.
You are FANTASTIC. Low-Commitment is a favorite. Thank you for the fun and delight.
Thanks Nanci. Jim and Kathy–we loved them.
I kept backtracking to fill in photos I remembered later, so I bet you'd be the same way. It helped that I kept a trip journal.
I love Frankie and wish it was easier to get here.
Amazing how great things can come from bad accidents. I love your drawings. They seem more intimate than a mere photo.
You're right–these turned out to be more special, and maybe even more like we remember our experiences than the photos.
Wow, I just listened to that and it was such a sweet story. Unfortunately, I don't see that happening for us. It was a complicated situation that didn't involve out-and-out theft but involved a non-return of the camera. But, on the bright side, I wouldn't have painted the photos if I thought we might get them back.
I'll bet I pay more attention to EVERYTHING! Thanks for inspiring me.
I really, really enjoyed this page so much!
What is that critter in the tree???
Thanks for your fantastic comment. Yes, do paint your cruise photos. It'll be great.
That's a sloth, and I actually condensed about 50 sloth photos down to 5.


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Albury-Wodonga ethnic council to provide a focus
The Border's ethnic communities will soon have a new voice.
Wodonga Council will receive $137,278 from the state government over two years to establish an Albury-Wodonga Ethnic Community Council, in conjunction with Albury Council and federal government departments.
It's hoped to be launched on Harmony Day in March next year, followed by a public meeting in April.
Council founding member Teju Chouhan, a Bhutanese refugee settled in Wodonga, said the council would help ethic communities to access the different levels of government.
"This is going to give a voice to the various ethic community groups in Albury-Wodonga," he said.
Wodonga Council settlement co-ordinator Rachel Habgood said there was great excitement at the announcement.
"The ethnic community council will advocate for change, not only at a policy level, but also at a practical level working with community organisations and charities," she said.
Mr Chouhan and Ms Habgood said in regional areas ethnic communities faced issues with representation, employment, education, health and access to services.
Skilled migrants, promised work in Australian, often found themselves jobless, while refugees found their qualifications unrecognised — which is what happened to Mr Chouhan.
"It's appalling the polices across the board for skilled migrants," Ms Habgood said.
The new council would be able to address these issues.
Mr Chouhan, who serves on the board of the Federal Ethnic Community Council, said the council would lead to increased social cohesion and harmony.
Member of Benambra Bill Tilley said the funding would enable Wodonga Council to guide the ethnic community council to become an effective advocacy body within the region.


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Kristi Upson-Saia
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Areas of specialization: religions of the Mediterranean world in late antiquity; dress and performance; history of medicine
Prof. Upson-Saia offers introductory level courses, such as the History of Early Christianity, as well as specialized topics courses on the Roman world, including: Magic, Miracle, and Medicine in Antiquity; "Good" Sex: History of Christian Sexual Ethics; Death, Dying, and the Afterlife in the Ancient Mediterranean World, Banned Books: Introduction to Apocryphal Literature; and Humans and the Environment in Antiquity. With Prof. Morrissey (Philosophy) and Prof. Lehr (Economics), she team-teaches the Health & Humanity CSP course. She also leads the Turkey: Then & Now program, which pairs a semester long course with a short-term field study in Turkey (ancient Asia Minor).
Her early research focused on religious dress and performativity in late antiquity. On this topic, she published two books: Early Christian Dress: Gender, Virtue and Authority (Routledge, 2011) and Dressing Judeans and Christians in Antiquity (Routledge, 2014). More recently, her research focus has turned to medicine and healing in late antiquity. With Dr. Heidi Marx (Univ. of Manitoba), Prof. Upson-Saia founded the international working group ReMeDHe (pronounced "remedy," an acronym for Religion, Medicine, Disability, and Health in late antiquity), a group with 200+ members that enables scholars to share knowledge, support one another's research, and collaborate on scholarly projects. Prof. Upson-Saia's own research in this area focuses on late ancient representations of bodily deformities, wounds, and scars.
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RHS News
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New RHS Lacrosse Team; Back With the Boys
RHS introduces a new after-school sport
Brianna Peck and Allie Monaghan
In the 2020 spring season, Rocklin High School will add lacrosse to their list of after-school spring sports. And even though official season doesn't start until this spring, the lacrosse team has already started pre-season training.
"Since practices just started, I know there is plenty of time for improvement. . . we just really need to work on being more aggressive and our stick skills," said Sophomore Issac Yap.
For a short description, lacrosse is a combination of basketball, soccer and hockey, in which the players use a lacrosse stick to pass, catch and shoot a ball into a goal.
The team, this year, will have Mr. JT Montara as head coach of both Varsity and JV and Terry Scalzo as assistant coach.
"So far, there are about 20 or so players on Varsity and around six for JV, but these numbers aren't set for season" said Issac.
Rocklin High School won't be the only new school in the district adding lacrosse. Whitney High School plans to add a new team as well.
But, RHS's lacrosse team has big hopes for the upcoming season and hopes to improve after losing their first pre-season game 4-9.
"I'm excited to just be back with the boys," said Sophomore Parker Lenning.
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On Thursday, January 9th, 2020, Rachel Jackson, the president of the Black Student Union (BSU) at Rocklin High, along with other members of BSU staged a walkout to raise awareness...
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Destinations Chile
Chile is committed to sustainable tourism as a key differentiation factor
In order to be competitive in the tourism industry market, sustainability will become a basic condition both in the relaunch of existing ventures and in the creation of new businesses
(Source: SERNATUR)
"We want to foster the growth of economically viable tourism, but also environmentally responsible and socially fairer" is the strategic vision declared by the national director(s) of Sernatur, Beatriz Román, in the face of the challenges facing tourism for the year 2023, where it becomes relevant to accelerate the transformation processes to consolidate a tourism developed under sustainable and inclusive criteria.
And it is that Chile is rapidly advancing to be one of the leaders, not only in the continent but worldwide, in terms of tools to promote the provision of sustainable tourism services. This was verified by the director of Sernatur in her participation as an exponent at the Global Sustainable Tourism Conference (GSTC) 2022, which took place from December 12 to 15 in the city of Seville, Spain. There, more than 350 leaders from 60 countries and experts in this field exchanged experiences and agreed on the actions that are key to triggering disruptive changes in the sector.
Regarding the instruments to direct the tourist offer on the path of sustainability, Sernatur, together with the associative work with various public and private organizations, such as the Transforma Turismo de Corfo, has made a wide range available for tourist services and destinations. .
As he explains, "we constantly deliver free courses on tourism sustainability in e-learning modality, in which more than two thousand entrepreneurs have already participated. We have also created seven orientation and guide manuals to apply sustainability in the different tourism subsectors, an interactive guide to improve eco-efficiency in tourist accommodation and we will soon launch a circular economy tool that will allow evaluating the type of sustainable practices that the provider is implementing and its level of application".
Looking at the general panorama presented to us by the GSTC summit, it is possible to point out that Chile is in a very good scenario and is leading the process of sustainable certification in tourism thanks to the S Seal and the Certificate of Sustainable Commitment. "After two years of restrictions on tourism due to the pandemic, we also have a tremendous opportunity to reactivate activity, differentiating ourselves through sustainability and enhancing our comparative advantages in these matters. Today, more than ever, we must accelerate this transformation process to position Chile and its destinations as leaders in the development of tourism under sustainable and inclusive criteria," says the tourism authority.
A new tourist, a new demand to meet
Román reveals that, according to Booking figures, 83% want to live at least once a stay in an eco-lodge, while 81% declare sustainability a priority in their future trips. And there is a consensus that the new profile of the traveler seeks more sustainable experiences, both services and destinations, above all that make the identity of the place visible.
In this scenario, therefore, sustainable distinctions become relevant. In Chile, the way tourists have to identify the offer of sustainable tourism services is through the Sustainable Commitment Certificate distinction, which is adhered to by those providers who are beginning their journey towards sustainability and declare their good practices. Currently, there are 374 throughout the country.


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Deborah Crawford is the President of Gettechnical Inc., a Virginia based training company. She specializes in the deposit side of the financial institution and is an instructor on IRAs, BSA, Deposit Regulations and opening account procedures. She was formerly with Hibernia National Bank (now Capital One) and has bachelor's and master's degrees from Louisiana State University. She has 30+ years of combined teaching and banking experience.


This Roman Plastic Helmet is a great accessory for your roman outfit. The Roman Plastic Helmet is made from a pliable gray plastic, has gold plastic crown and face guards, and the plume is gold trimmed with red hair. From our costume and theater line.


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So... I spend my days working on a computer and doing email.... So, don't expect a lot of verbage here at this web site... My main (only?) hobby is high power rocketry, so that's what this web site is about.
Picture here is my "Big Stick" rocket. It's a 3" diameter rocket that is a little over 8' tall. Shown here flying on a HyperTek motor at an Albuquerque Rocket Society Launch.


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Blind Guardian - 5 October 2016
Historically, it's rare that Blind Guardian goes on tour in the United States, so whenever they come to the States we scramble to get tickets because they put on a hell of a show. Around the house we jokingly call them elven thrash metal because their lyrics are steeped in the works of Moorcock and Tolkien, with influences from many different myth cycles, such as Arthurian legend. To be blunt, their show was face-meltingly good. They played some classic crowd singalongs like The Bard's Song and Valhalla during the show and brought the house down in so doing.
Unfortunately, when I was pulling these pictures off of my phone I accidentally deleted about half of them. I was able to recover all of the deleted files but now I need to sort through five or six gigabytes of recovered files... when I finally sit down and sort through them all I'll update this gallery. Sorry.
Sonata Arctica, Delain, and Nightwish - 11 March 2016.
It is rare indeed when the Finnish operatic metal band Nightwish comes to the United States. Fans of symphonic metal (like most of us in this house), upon hearing that they would be within driving distance for the first time in many years sprinted, not ran to pick up tickets for this show the moment they went on sale. I can't really describe them to you so all I can really say is take two parts power metal, one part opera, and one part old-school swords and sorcery fantasy, throw into a blender, add a shot of sulfuric acid, and hit frappe'. If one is so inclined, one might say that it's a popular genre of metal in the game Shadowrun (I know that I'm going to be writing all of them into my next game...)
Anyway, opening for Nightwish that evening were Delain and Sonata Arctica. I'm sorry to say that we seem to have missed Delain opening for everyone due to travel time down to San Jose' in a downpour and we caught the last half to third of Sonata Arctica's show. Suffice it to say that, working backwards, we missed one hell of a first half of the night judging by the latter part of S-A-'s set and Nightwish bringing the house down that evening.
Anyway, I can't do the concert much more justice so here are the pictures I took from the back half of the concert hall.


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namespace chromeos {

namespace {

const char kStubSystemSalt[] = "stub_system_salt";
const size_t kNonceSize = 16;

// Does nothing.  Used as a Cryptohome::VoidMethodCallback.
void DoNothing(DBusMethodCallStatus call_status) {}

}  // namespace

// This class handles the interaction with the ChromeOS cryptohome library APIs.
class CryptohomeLibraryImpl : public CryptohomeLibrary {
 public:
  CryptohomeLibraryImpl() : weak_ptr_factory_(this) {
  }

  virtual ~CryptohomeLibraryImpl() {
  }

  virtual bool TpmIsEnabled() OVERRIDE {
    bool result = false;
    DBusThreadManager::Get()->GetCryptohomeClient()->CallTpmIsEnabledAndBlock(
        &result);
    return result;
  }

  virtual bool TpmIsOwned() OVERRIDE {
    bool result = false;
    DBusThreadManager::Get()->GetCryptohomeClient()->CallTpmIsOwnedAndBlock(
        &result);
    return result;
  }

  virtual bool TpmIsBeingOwned() OVERRIDE {
    bool result = false;
    DBusThreadManager::Get()->GetCryptohomeClient()->
        CallTpmIsBeingOwnedAndBlock(&result);
    return result;
  }

  virtual void TpmCanAttemptOwnership() OVERRIDE {
    DBusThreadManager::Get()->GetCryptohomeClient()->TpmCanAttemptOwnership(
        base::Bind(&DoNothing));
  }

  virtual void TpmClearStoredPassword() OVERRIDE {
    DBusThreadManager::Get()->GetCryptohomeClient()->
        CallTpmClearStoredPasswordAndBlock();
  }

  virtual bool InstallAttributesGet(
      const std::string& name, std::string* value) OVERRIDE {
    std::vector<uint8> buf;
    bool success = false;
    DBusThreadManager::Get()->GetCryptohomeClient()->
        InstallAttributesGet(name, &buf, &success);
    if (success) {
      // Cryptohome returns 'buf' with a terminating '\0' character.
      DCHECK(!buf.empty());
      DCHECK_EQ(buf.back(), 0);
      value->assign(reinterpret_cast<char*>(buf.data()), buf.size() - 1);
    }
    return success;
  }

  virtual bool InstallAttributesSet(
      const std::string& name, const std::string& value) OVERRIDE {
    std::vector<uint8> buf(value.c_str(), value.c_str() + value.size() + 1);
    bool success = false;
    DBusThreadManager::Get()->GetCryptohomeClient()->
        InstallAttributesSet(name, buf, &success);
    return success;
  }

  virtual bool InstallAttributesFinalize() OVERRIDE {
    bool success = false;
    DBusThreadManager::Get()->GetCryptohomeClient()->
        InstallAttributesFinalize(&success);
    return success;
  }

  virtual bool InstallAttributesIsInvalid() OVERRIDE {
    bool result = false;
    DBusThreadManager::Get()->GetCryptohomeClient()->
        InstallAttributesIsInvalid(&result);
    return result;
  }

  virtual bool InstallAttributesIsFirstInstall() OVERRIDE {
    bool result = false;
    DBusThreadManager::Get()->GetCryptohomeClient()->
        InstallAttributesIsFirstInstall(&result);
    return result;
  }

  virtual std::string GetSystemSalt() OVERRIDE {
    LoadSystemSalt();  // no-op if it's already loaded.
    return StringToLowerASCII(base::HexEncode(
        reinterpret_cast<const void*>(system_salt_.data()),
        system_salt_.size()));
  }

  virtual std::string EncryptWithSystemSalt(const std::string& token) OVERRIDE {
    // Don't care about token encryption while debugging.
    if (!base::chromeos::IsRunningOnChromeOS())
      return token;

    if (!LoadSystemSaltKey()) {
      LOG(WARNING) << "System salt key is not available for encrypt.";
      return std::string();
    }
    return EncryptTokenWithKey(system_salt_key_.get(),
                               GetSystemSalt(),
                               token);
  }

  virtual std::string DecryptWithSystemSalt(
      const std::string& encrypted_token_hex) OVERRIDE {
    // Don't care about token encryption while debugging.
    if (!base::chromeos::IsRunningOnChromeOS())
      return encrypted_token_hex;

    if (!LoadSystemSaltKey()) {
      LOG(WARNING) << "System salt key is not available for decrypt.";
      return std::string();
    }
    return DecryptTokenWithKey(system_salt_key_.get(),
                               GetSystemSalt(),
                               encrypted_token_hex);
  }

 private:
  void LoadSystemSalt() {
    if (!system_salt_.empty())
      return;
    DBusThreadManager::Get()->GetCryptohomeClient()->
        GetSystemSalt(&system_salt_);
    CHECK(!system_salt_.empty());
    CHECK_EQ(system_salt_.size() % 2, 0U);
  }

  // TODO: should this use the system salt for both the password and the salt
  // value, or should this use a separate salt value?
  bool LoadSystemSaltKey() {
    if (!system_salt_key_.get())
      system_salt_key_.reset(PassphraseToKey(GetSystemSalt(), GetSystemSalt()));
    return system_salt_key_.get();
  }

  crypto::SymmetricKey* PassphraseToKey(const std::string& passphrase,
                                        const std::string& salt) {
    return crypto::SymmetricKey::DeriveKeyFromPassword(
        crypto::SymmetricKey::AES, passphrase, salt, 1000, 256);
  }

  // Encrypts (AES) the token given |key| and |salt|.
  std::string EncryptTokenWithKey(crypto::SymmetricKey* key,
                                  const std::string& salt,
                                  const std::string& token) {
    crypto::Encryptor encryptor;
    if (!encryptor.Init(key, crypto::Encryptor::CTR, std::string())) {
      LOG(WARNING) << "Failed to initialize Encryptor.";
      return std::string();
    }
    std::string nonce = salt.substr(0, kNonceSize);
    std::string encoded_token;
    CHECK(encryptor.SetCounter(nonce));
    if (!encryptor.Encrypt(token, &encoded_token)) {
      LOG(WARNING) << "Failed to encrypt token.";
      return std::string();
    }

    return StringToLowerASCII(base::HexEncode(
        reinterpret_cast<const void*>(encoded_token.data()),
        encoded_token.size()));
  }

  // Decrypts (AES) hex encoded encrypted token given |key| and |salt|.
  std::string DecryptTokenWithKey(crypto::SymmetricKey* key,
                                  const std::string& salt,
                                  const std::string& encrypted_token_hex) {
    std::vector<uint8> encrypted_token_bytes;
    if (!base::HexStringToBytes(encrypted_token_hex, &encrypted_token_bytes)) {
      LOG(WARNING) << "Corrupt encrypted token found.";
      return std::string();
    }

    std::string encrypted_token(
        reinterpret_cast<char*>(encrypted_token_bytes.data()),
        encrypted_token_bytes.size());
    crypto::Encryptor encryptor;
    if (!encryptor.Init(key, crypto::Encryptor::CTR, std::string())) {
      LOG(WARNING) << "Failed to initialize Encryptor.";
      return std::string();
    }

    std::string nonce = salt.substr(0, kNonceSize);
    std::string token;
    CHECK(encryptor.SetCounter(nonce));
    if (!encryptor.Decrypt(encrypted_token, &token)) {
      LOG(WARNING) << "Failed to decrypt token.";
      return std::string();
    }
    return token;
  }

  base::WeakPtrFactory<CryptohomeLibraryImpl> weak_ptr_factory_;
  std::vector<uint8> system_salt_;
  // A key based on the system salt.  Useful for encrypting device-level
  // data for which we have no additional credentials.
  scoped_ptr<crypto::SymmetricKey> system_salt_key_;

  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(CryptohomeLibraryImpl);
};

class CryptohomeLibraryStubImpl : public CryptohomeLibrary {
 public:
  CryptohomeLibraryStubImpl()
    : locked_(false) {}
  virtual ~CryptohomeLibraryStubImpl() {}

  virtual bool TpmIsEnabled() OVERRIDE {
    return true;
  }

  virtual bool TpmIsOwned() OVERRIDE {
    return true;
  }

  virtual bool TpmIsBeingOwned() OVERRIDE {
    return true;
  }

  virtual void TpmCanAttemptOwnership() OVERRIDE {}

  virtual void TpmClearStoredPassword() OVERRIDE {}

  virtual bool InstallAttributesGet(
      const std::string& name, std::string* value) OVERRIDE {
    if (install_attrs_.find(name) != install_attrs_.end()) {
      *value = install_attrs_[name];
      return true;
    }
    return false;
  }

  virtual bool InstallAttributesSet(
      const std::string& name, const std::string& value) OVERRIDE {
    install_attrs_[name] = value;
    return true;
  }

  virtual bool InstallAttributesFinalize() OVERRIDE {
    locked_ = true;
    return true;
  }

  virtual bool InstallAttributesIsInvalid() OVERRIDE {
    return false;
  }

  virtual bool InstallAttributesIsFirstInstall() OVERRIDE {
    return !locked_;
  }

  virtual std::string GetSystemSalt() OVERRIDE {
    return kStubSystemSalt;
  }

  virtual std::string EncryptWithSystemSalt(const std::string& token) OVERRIDE {
    return token;
  }

  virtual std::string DecryptWithSystemSalt(
      const std::string& encrypted_token_hex) OVERRIDE {
    return encrypted_token_hex;
  }

 private:
  std::map<std::string, std::string> install_attrs_;
  bool locked_;
  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(CryptohomeLibraryStubImpl);
};

CryptohomeLibrary::CryptohomeLibrary() {}
CryptohomeLibrary::~CryptohomeLibrary() {}

static CryptohomeLibrary* g_cryptohome_library = NULL;
static CryptohomeLibrary* g_test_cryptohome_library = NULL;

// static
void CryptohomeLibrary::Initialize() {
  CHECK(!g_cryptohome_library);
  if (base::chromeos::IsRunningOnChromeOS())
    g_cryptohome_library = new CryptohomeLibraryImpl();
  else
    g_cryptohome_library = new CryptohomeLibraryStubImpl();
}

// static
bool CryptohomeLibrary::IsInitialized() {
  return g_cryptohome_library;
}

// static
void CryptohomeLibrary::Shutdown() {
  CHECK(g_cryptohome_library);
  delete g_cryptohome_library;
  g_cryptohome_library = NULL;
}

// static
CryptohomeLibrary* CryptohomeLibrary::Get() {
  CHECK(g_cryptohome_library || g_test_cryptohome_library)
      << "CryptohomeLibrary::Get() called before Initialize()";
  if (g_test_cryptohome_library)
    return g_test_cryptohome_library;
  return g_cryptohome_library;
}

// static
void CryptohomeLibrary::SetForTest(CryptohomeLibrary* impl) {
  CHECK(!g_test_cryptohome_library || !impl);
  g_test_cryptohome_library = impl;
}

// static
CryptohomeLibrary* CryptohomeLibrary::GetTestImpl() {
  return new CryptohomeLibraryStubImpl();
}

} // namespace chromeos


Our deer hunting success, silence and privacy… will bring you back to Safari Anticosti.
Anticosti Island white-tailed deer hunting is an experience unlike any other hunt to be found in North America. Where else can you hunt a white-tailed deer in its natural habitat that has not been pressured, has not gone fully nocturnal, and sometimes has never seen a human being? Better yet, you will never bump into a fence or someone else that shouldn't be there. You might see the odd hunter and his guide driving between sectors on our private roads. Imagine a private deer hunting nirvana with access to over 800 square miles of unique white-tail deer territory. You will have the opportunity of hunting alone, with no sounds but the wind, the birds and maybe the grunt of rutting bucks. This is the charm of the island and why the same hunters come back year after of year to Safari Anticosti.
Experience deer hunting as it was 150 years ago in North America…!
Live a true northern woods, wild deer hunting experience.
Rediscover your true deer hunting instincts!
Our Anticosti deer hunting strategy is all about still hunting or the stalk, walk and spot method. We have very few stands. There are, however, ground blinds and elevated stands that have been erected for hunters with limited mobility. To facilitate the still hunting methods of our deer hunters and to allow access to as much of our hunting territory as possible, we have developed a network of stalking or still hunting trails. These trails have been purposely selected and prepared by our guides to help access various deer habitats and productive areas. Hunters have the option of hunting alone or of being accompanied by their guide. The entrances to the trails are found along our private roads in the zones that have been designated for each camp or lodge. The trails are numbered at their entrances and marked for easy navigation. Generally, the hunting trails have been designed to allow you to continually hunt new areas without having to retrace your course. By following the markers you will return onto a road and then be met by your guide. The hunting trails have also been cleared to a width that allows the passage of your guide's ATV to help recuperate any deer that has been taken near the trails.
No matter which sector you hunt, you will see deer. The quantity of deer varies annually, governed to some degree by the time of year, the winter die-off and the seasonal weather. In early September, the deer are generally in their summer routine, grazing early and late in the day, throughout the vast bogs and burnt areas scattered around the island.
During the month of October, the bucks are more reclusive. They tend to hold in dense thickets with very little daily movement while fattening up prior to the rut. During this period, the hunting can be very tough. For this reason, Safari Anticosti ceases its deer hunting operation for the month of October. Once November rolls around, the annual rut kicks in and the bucks begin chasing the does. The bucks cover great distances during the day and can be seen just about everywhere. Rattling and calling is a very effective hunting strategy on Anticosti Island. With an overall density of 40 deer per square mile, you can make a lot of blunders and still tag out on 2 deer. You will really learn how to hunt white-tailed deer while refining your tactics.
You will have more close encounters on a single hunting trip to Anticosti Island than most hunters will have in a decade of deer hunting elsewhere.
While it is true that there will be opportunities for some long shots along the river banks, across a bog or maybe on the side of a road, the majority of Anticosti deer are taken at less than 200 yards with many shots that are less than 50 yards. The forest can be very dense at times with black spruce stands dominating the tree cover on the island. Blowdowns, resulting from the heavy winds encountered on the island, are everywhere, creating tiny clearings here and there. Rifle calibers such as the 30-06, 308, or 270 are more than adequate. Rifle actions are a question of choice but many hunters on the island prefer the standard bolt action rifle. Repeating rifles such as pumps or semi-automatics have their place on Anticosti Island in the hands of hunters accustomed to shooting at running deer. Of great importance is the choice of your rifle's optics. The variable scope with a magnification from 2 to 7 power is ideal to handle the varied shooting distances.
You will likely be doing a fair amount of walking, so watch the weight of your equipment and choose your garments and boots accordingly. Early season, in September, the temperature can soar towards mid-day and cool rapidly in the evening. Late October can range from cool to cold while November is cold with probably snow on the ground. Remember that you are in the Gulf of the St. Lawrence and subject to the cold air from the Labrador Current that surrounds the island. The weather can be very nasty at times with heavy winds, fog and rain.


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Lineblogging: Meanwhile, Outside the Apple Store...
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The crew prepares for the madness around 8:30 this morning
If you're standing in a line in Manhattan this fine gray morning, it's either to get your hands on a fast-fashion collaboration or to witness the birth of a tech mecca (or for brunch, we guess, but it's not really the brunching hour yet.) Everything you need to know about the launch of the Upper West Side Apple store can be summed up in this email we received last night: "There are 5 people waiting in the rain outside the store now! It's only 12:30am!" As of 9:15 this morning, the line was three deep on Broadway between 67th and 68th and then wrapped all the way around the block on 68th Street. We hear reports of free Starbucks, Apple branded umbrellas, and lots of cheering and clapping. Two preferred chants: "Smile and say iPod!" and "Upper West Side! Upper West Side!"
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Last year I read a book, of course I can't remember the name right now, but in essence it was all about learning how to be a better friend.
It was exactly the book that I needed to read.
In my new school I tended to have a different "best friend" every year (which is quite a feat considering there were only about 13 girls in my class/grade).
I'm still friends with many of those girls from middle and elementary school and I've gained some new friends over the years but I would never say that I am a really good friend. If anything, friendship reminds me how incredibly selfish I am.
So, if you are confused about how this post is supposed to be about being a good friend when I've just admitted how much I suffer in this area, continue on my dear, this is an area I've been thinking and praying about a lot lately and I think what I've learned will benefit us both!
As an introvert I'd rather have less friendships that go deep as opposed to many friends that I can only go surface level with. But because of my selfishness I can still manage to be a terrible (read: neglectful) friend to those few.
But I know how important friendships are so they are something I am willing to invest my time and energy in. Yes, friendship can be messy when you are dealing with two humans that make mistakes, but friendship can teach us about grace, compassion, dedication and so much more.
Today I just want to share some practical ways I'm trying to be a better, more intentional, friend.
The best thing we can do to be a better friend is pray! Pray for yourself to be a better friend and pray for your friends! I've kept a prayer journal for years, which I really loved, but I recently switched over to an app on my phone because, while I do prefer the journal method, it's more convenient to have my prayer list on my phone, plus it reminds me to pray each day, so no excuses!
In case you are wondering, the app I use is called PrayerMate.
Being a friend takes work, and part of that is listening to friends and actually paying attention.
I've always admired people who are good gift givers, that is not a natural talent I was given. But we all can improve our gift giving skills by listening to what our friends talk about and giving them something that interests them. I don't often buy gifts for my friends but I personally think it's better to not give a gift than to buy a gift that is obviously something I like but doesn't suit my friend.
I have to admit: one talent I have is remembering birthdays. I could tell you the birthdays of people I only knew in elementary school. For some reasons birthdays stick in my head, to the point where I think I've creeped a few people out by remembering their birthday.
For those that don't have a birthday computer brain like I do, Facebook can help with this a lot! Except for those people that don't have their birthdays on there because they are curious to see how many people remember without having the Facebook reminder (um, I am totally one of those people).
Whether you have a brain for remembering birthdays or not, keeping a friend calendar is a great thing to have. Integrate this into your current calendar system, if you are a paper girl, rock it, if you are digital, add it in there!
I use Google calendar because as much as I love paper and stationary, digital is just more practical. I have one calendar labeled "Birthdays" which I share with my husband because he doesn't have a birthday computer brain and then I have a personal one labeled "Friends" where I put other random reminders in like when a friend is having surgery or going on a trip or other important dates that I may not otherwise remember.
Thank goodness for the invention of the text message because I have a speaking-on-the-phone phobia and would be checking in on exactly zero people if a phone call was required.
Checking in doesn't have to be hard, it could be as simple as sending a message to a friend on an important day (put your calendar to use!) or letting them know that you are praying for them this week or this season and be specific in letting them know what you are praying for.
If you want friends to share and be comfortable telling you about what is going on in their lives it needs to go both ways.
b) I don't do well with emotion and being vulnerable often results in a lot of emotions.
Give me some grace, I'm learning.
Okay, I think that's it!
Now I'm hesitant to hit publish on this post for fear that my friends will all expect me to be an amazing friend from here on out. Can I just admit now that this probably won't be the case? I'm a work in progress and all I can promise is that I am trying.
If you have tips for me on how to be a better friend, leave me a note in the comments below, as I've already admitted, I need all the advice I can get.
Thank you for this post, Chantel. This echoes so much of my experience with friendships. I have been blessed to get to know you so much better lately and I really appreciate you!!


Incredible and extremely rare quadruple star system with four bright blue stars. A fifth, sun-like star of the same name was once thought to be part of the system, later it was discovered that the fifth star was much older and just happened move within a few thousand AU of the blue stars in its galactic orbit. A earth-like world orbits the older sun-like star, baked by radiation from the nearby suns the ozone layer has disappeared and is now in a period of mass extinction.
Orbiting a white A-class star the surface of planet Jaden is bombarded with ultraviolet light. The young world is uneroded with smooth mountains and shallow warm oceans.
The most well known fact about Jane Eden is that its the closest inhabited system to the star Betelgeuse. Betelgeuse is the ultimate celestial object in the skies of the Jane Eden planets, a point of light that shines brighter than a full moon on Earth. The system's primary planet has had a peaceful existence in a corner of the sometimes tumultuous Betelgeuse Region.
Isolated system connects the Acrux/Agena Region with the Canopus/Adara Region.
The Johara System's primary world is a planet with a developing ecosystem similar to an early Earth. Life has started to thrive in the planets oceans, as well as on the land areas algae and lichens have began to grow.


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Ian Staggers is a Licensed Massage Therapist, as well as a devoted father to two beautiful children. He graduated from the Baltimore School of Massage in 2010 and received a Bachelor of Arts from U of MD in 2004. He has been providing therapeutic massage to clients for over seven years. This journey has been a transformative experience for Ian and he has received incredible insights into the principles of balance, strength, harmony, vibration, and focus. Using this knowledge, Ian is better able to help people through injuries and muscle pain. Giving people some time to relax from this crazy world quickly became a passion for him.
Ian is a local and grew up in Hagerstown, Maryland. Nestled in the mountains, in a beautiful valley, he has a love and appreciation for the calming effect of nature. He had a home next to a stream and elementary school was just a short bike ride away. Ian excelled at math and science in elementary school and was quickly drawn towards arts and athletics as creative outlets as well. He played soccer for over ten years. In middle school he developed a love for comic books (nerd alert!), especially the art. In high school, he participated in numerous athletics (Soccer, Lacrosse, and Wrestling) and graduated 3rd in his class with a 4.02 GPA.
He found in his travels to be inspired and fascinated by people which led him to study Psychology at the University of MD. It was during this time that he started playing the guitar and and soon found myself playing bass guitar in a heavy metal band! Upon graduating from UMD, he continued to pursue music. Eventually, the band life was a challenge to maintain and family quickly became top priority. Ian wanted a career where he could work with and help people, while still maintaining an active lifestyle and flexibility for his family life.
Then he found the Baltimore School of Massage. He remembered how he had always received compliments when he would massage friends and family… Even remembers as a kid massaging his Dad's lower back pain away. "Just grab it and squeeze as hard as you can," he would say!
Massage therapy combines the knowledge of anatomy and how the body works with a vast array of massage techniques to help people overcome chronic pain, cope with prenatal stresses, help with sports injuries and just relax in this hectic world. He realized he found something that not only satisfied the analytical side of his brain, but the creative side as well. He realized that this was the career for him.
Ian has studied under many great mentors such as Anthony Lane Hinkle – who taught that there are different ways to achieve the same result. For example he demonstrated his approach to bodywork only using his elbows and forearms! The trick is to adjust your techniques to your client's needs. Ian was also mentored at his first job by West Harris, who is incredibly knowledgable.
He learned about intention and the idea that no matter what, you go into life with a positive mindset. Don't get discouraged if things don't go your way at first. Be patient, be slow.
Ian has performed thousands of hours worth of massage, learning the best techniques and providing the highest quality of client care.
He feels incredibly blessed to have a dedicated client base that have allowed him to fulfill his dream of running a business. He is motivated to be a better person by the loving support of his friends and family, and is truly thankful to have them in his life.
Massage Therapy has changed his life for the better… let it change yours!
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