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I am delighted to report that the magnificent being that is Leo Abrahams completed mix 11 of 11 today! After some recalls and tweaks next week, the record will be ready for mastering. I'm so happy with how it sounds.
Time To Fly was the last mix. It's been a real odyssey, that track. I uploaded the initial idea on 24th September 2012, but although the chorus idea was good, the verse melody was terrible and I had no lyrics. Not a great start. We sorted the lyrics during an evening at Maurice's house, but it just wasn't working melodically.
I eventually completely rewrote it in the summer of 2013. It turns out that was a bit rubbish, so after some clear guidance from Leo on what was actually wrong with it, I redid it a second time about a month ago. This was good… but I didn't actually get round to finalising the parts until about a week ago, and with one evening to go until mixing (ie. last night), I just got seriously busy once the kids were in bed.
To my great delight, Steve Macartney sent over some gorgeous rich backing vocals yesterday, to add to those by Juliet Turner. All I had to do were a stack more BVs, lots of keyboards and the lead vocal. Wine. Yes, indeed, it was a late one, but after today it's sounding amazing. Leo is just so great – it's been such a pleasure mixing with him.
I have admittedly hit that point in the process where everything just sounds like noise. Leo is reassuring me that it is music, and whatsmore that it is good, but I'm just far too close to it now. Next Wednesday we'll do some recalls and address our mix notes, then that should be that. Exciting times!
While bouncing vocals through outboard gear etc., Leo does tend to show me some great stuff on the internet. Today's utterly wonderful stuff comes from Amazon reviews of "AudioQuest Speaker Cables". They cost $15,000 (I kid you not) – and the reviews are just hilarious. Check them out here.


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By Miriam A. Friedman, J.D.
The damages that could be recovered in a wrongful death action brought by survivors of a vehicle occupant who died many years after her injuries in an auto accident had placed her in a coma were limited by a settlement entered into by the occupant's guardian in a previous personal injury lawsuit, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled in answering two questions certified to it by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. According to the state high court, the components barred from recovery in the wrongful death action were those recovered or recoverable in the earlier, fully-settled personal injury action (Bibbs v. Toyota Motor Corp., June 18, 2018, Blackwell, K.).
After a car accident in which a motor vehicle occupant sustained a head injury that left her in a coma, her husband, acting as her legal guardian, filed a personal injury lawsuit on her behalf against Toyota Motor Corporation and Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc., asserting that her 1986 Toyota YR2 van had a defective seatbelt latch and door-locking mechanism and that these defects caused her injuries. Before the jury returned a verdict, the parties entered into a "high-low" settlement agreement. The jury awarded the woman substantial damages, including more than $400,000 for past medical expenses, $6 million for future life care expenses, and $30 million for past and future pain and suffering. The auto manufacturer paid the amount required under the settlement agreement, and the guardian executed a written release that incorporated the settlement agreement.
After the woman died, more than twenty years later, her husband and surviving children filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the auto manufacturer, seeking damages for the full value of her life. The district court noted its uncertainty under Georgia law about the extent to which the settlement of the earlier personal injury lawsuit limited the damages recoverable in this wrongful death suit, and it certified two questions to the appellate court. The first question was: "Under Georgia law, are the damages that may be recovered in a wrongful death action brought by survivors of a decedent limited by a settlement entered into by the decedent's guardian in a previous personal injury suit settling all claims that were or could have been asserted in that suit?" The second question asked if the answer to the first question was yes, then "what components of wrongful death damages are barred?"
"Double recovery" considerations. The state high court noted at the outset that because the wrongful death claim was "wholly derivative" of the original personal injury claim, the husband and children of the decedent only could recover those damages that she could have recovered if she had asserted the claim herself. Having fully settled her personal injury lawsuit, the decedent had been "fully compensated for the fact that she was, and would remain for the rest of her life, totally and permanently disabled." As such, because the decedent could not again recover damages for her personal injuries, to the extent that those damages were recovered or recoverable in the earlier lawsuit, neither could her survivors.
The court distinguished Spradlin v. Georgia R. & Elec. Co., 139 Ga. 575 (77 SE 799) (1913), which was a personal injury case that was litigated to judgment only after the death of the original plaintiff, while a separate wrongful death suit was pending. In the instant case, however, the personal injury action was litigated and fully resolved many years prior to the death of the decedent. At the time of the settlement, neither the parties nor the jury could have known how long the woman would live. Thus, for purposes of calculating damages, it only could be assumed that she would live out her expected life span, based on mortality tables or other evidence. The court concluded that although wrongful death damages and personal injury damages are often distinguishable, they sometimes overlap, and where they do overlap, double recovery is impermissible. Therefore, the court answered the first certified question in the affirmative, finding that damages in a wrongful death action are limited by the decedent's full settlement of her earlier personal injury action.
Barred components. Addressing the second certified question, the court found that "those components that were recovered or recoverable in the fully-settled personal injury action" were barred in the instant wrongful death case. Although, in many cases, this bar often would leave substantial damages to be recovered in wrongful death, because the injury here had left the victim in a permanent coma, it was "more difficult to identify additional damages flowing merely from the additional fact of death." As such, the court saw no reason to conclude that "anything less than the full measure of economic damages" had been recoverable at the time of the personal injury case, and, therefore, found "no economic damages left to recover in wrongful death."
With regard to non-economic damages, however, the court declined to say as a matter of law that there was "no difference in value between living in a permanent coma and not living at all, even from the decedent's perspective." As such, the court concluded that the question of "the residual value, if any, of [the decedent's] life to her while she was in a coma" was to be "properly litigated in the district court."
The case is No. S18Q0075.
Attorneys: Robert David Cheeley (Butler, Wooten, Cheeley & Peak, LLP) for Anthony R. Bibbs. Joel H. Smith (Bowman and Brooke, LLP) for Toyota Motor Corp. and Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc.
Companies: Toyota Motor Corp.; Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc.
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What's up Internet! It's time for another blog post. I'm not gonna lie, this one is going to be a bit ambitious...at least, the topic will. Over the next several weeks (who am I kidding...probably months) I'll be covering one of the biggest, most sought-after topics in all of health and fitness. Fat Loss.
With more than half of the US population overweight and the obesity epidemic spreading worldwide, it's no secret that the majority of people start a health journey with fat loss in mind. As a holistic lifestyle coach, whenever someone comes to me and gives some vague reason why they're looking to be more active or eat better, in probably 99% of those situations, fat loss is the real reason. This is a fantastic starting point because diseases associated with obesity (which itself is partially caused by chronic inflammation...which I'll be getting to later in this series of posts) are the primary causes of death in our modern world.
This post is the introduction to a series of blog posts all covering what people really want: fat loss. I'll be covering everything associated with fat loss in these posts. If you've ever tried to lose weight before, only to find you gain it all back plus an extra 5-10 lbs, you'll learn why in these posts. If you've ever tried the "new and exciting" fad diet, and saw absolutely 0 results, you'll learn why in these posts.
As of right now, the topics I'm planning to cover encompass food quality, food quantity, food addictions, hormones & their influence on body fat, exercise/movement and its influence on body fat, body/metabolic typing, food sensitivities/allergies, the food industry (and why for most people, being overweight isn't entirely their fault), and I'm sure there will be many more.
The topic of fat loss is massive. There's so much information constantly being released and spread on the topic that it's practically impossible to read it all, understand it all, and then put it all into practice. That's where I'll be coming in. I find nutrition and the human body fascinating. I enjoy reading up on subjects, listening to podcasts, and most importantly, experimenting with my own practices. Through this constant education, I'll be wading through all the info and explaining what's actually valuable information and what's completely regurgitated bullshit.
With all that said, I wanted to ask for a little help. Fat loss is a huge topic, so I'd like to know what your biggest questions are, and where you'd like me to start? I'll be sharing this post on Facebook and other social media platforms, so if this post finds you and you've read this far, please leave a comment letting me know what you'd like me cover first.
Also, a couple side notes. First, I'll still be posting updates about breathwork, so if you read my last post (which you can find here) and enjoyed it, don't worry...I won't leave you hanging. Second, I'm really gonna be focusing on improving my writing style with my future posts. I know I tend to ramble on aimlessly...and yes, I do realize that I've basically written 6 paragraphs all saying, "hey everyone, I'm gonna write a bunch of blog posts fully covering fat loss!"
So yeah, leave those comments either below this article or on the Facebook post promoting this article, and I'll get to work with writing and answering your questions.
"You can survive 3-weeks without food.
You can survive 3-days without drinkable water.
You can survive 3-hours in a harsh environment.
You can survive 3-minutes without breatheable air."
- Survival Rule of Three's
Well it's been a bit since my last post, but I'm back! I'll admit, I've been working pretty unsuccessfully on this post over the last couple months. I managed to bust out my last post (which you can read here) in a single morning while getting coffee with my wife. I felt compelled to write, and I pretty much knew exactly what I wanted to say. With this post, it's been a process. I've known the topic I wanted to cover for a while, but my struggle came from the fact that it's a topic that I am in no way an expert. After several attempts at rough drafts I've come to the conclusion that this topic will take quite a while to cover fully. There are in fact, entire books dedicated to this subject. As I'm not qualified to write such a book, I've decided to settle on a series of blog posts. I'll be updating this series as my knowledge and my own experience grows.
To really kick off this blog on wellness, I wanted to start with the most important stuff. Whenever someone starts a health/wellness journey they almost always start with fitness and nutrition. While those are excellent places to start, there's a much more important starting point that's almost always neglected: breath.
Paul Chek, an exceptionally well-respected health professional, whose expertise encompasses fitness, nutrition, massage therapy, mobility, spirituality, shamanism & plant medicine, has stated that a majority of the population (especially in the western world) has a breathing dysfunction. He's mentioned in interviews that he's never met an athlete (whether elite professional or teen-aged) who did not have problems with their breathing patterns. I am definitely not the exception. I've been an athlete my entire life, and physical activity continues to play a prominent role in my life. At the age of 31, I'm finally addressing a major problem in my physiology: my ability to breathe properly. Part 1 of my series on Breathing will dive pretty deep into some of the physical aspects of disordered breathing and the impacts on overall health and workout performance.
Note: This post gets pretty science-y, so if you'd like to skip all of the detailed stuff and get to the pain points, skip down to the TLDR section.
The Beginnings of My Breathing Disorder
My issues with breathing started when I was very young. I found out a couple years ago through experimenting with an elimination diet that I have a sensitivity to the type of casein protein found in dairy. Being a true child of the 90's, I bought into the old, "Milk. It does a body good," slogan. It's probably not an exaggeration to say that I drank roughly 6 glasses of milk per day. When I consume too much dairy, my mucus glands overproduce, and breathing through my nose becomes impossible. With that casein sensitivity and that much dairy in my diet, I probably didn't breathe through my nose for years!
Okay, so I couldn't breathe through my nose. What's the big deal? While growing up breathing almost exclusively through my mouth, I retrained my nervous system to resort to mouth breathing (basically, the more you do something, the more those neural pathways fire. The more those pathways fire, the more your body naturally resorts to them because they essentially get stronger and become the dominant pathway). You might be thinking, "why is this bad? My mouth is way bigger than my nose. Wouldn't breathing through my mouth mean I'm taking in more air?" If this is indeed what you thought, you'd be 100% incorrect.
As you can clearly see in the above picture, thanks to the bulk of the tongue, your nasal cavity is actually much larger than your mouth. Your nasal cavity is also lined with more blood vessels and has folds in its tissue (called turbinates) that help condition the air you breathe (increases the humidity and temperature so the air isn't as harsh on your lungs). By breathing better conditioned air you help protect your lungs and help prevent illness.
So as a child, I was hampering my health a bit by breathing through my mouth. I set myself up for a few more colds/upper respiratory infections. Plus, due to my mouth being smaller than my nasal cavity, my body wasn't taking in as much air with each breath. This meant I had an elevated respiratory rate to compensate for that lack of oxygen with each breath. We've already established my mouth breathing was primarily caused by my food sensitivity. I also want to note that there are many other contributing factors to an elevated respiratory rate, like high stress levels, increased environmental toxins, and EMF exposure (which probably didn't start contributing a ton until the internet/wifi became more of thing).
Anyway, back to breathing! As a child mouth-breather, I had faster, more shallow breaths. Shallow and fast breathing over-activates your body's sympathetic nervous system (fight-flight-freeze system). Having an overactive sympathetic nervous system over a prolonged period of time can actually alter the baseline activity of your brain (this is called your brain's default mode). A default mode that's wired more toward sympathetic activity throws off your body's Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal axis (HPA-axis - the portion of your autonomic nervous system in charge of regulating your adrenal glands and your stress response) which leads to over-excitability, anxiety, and issues with circadian rhythm (fun fact: I've had all of these at various points in my life).
Fast, shallow breathing also causes an over-reliance on the secondary and tertiary respiratory muscles to power respiration. These secondary and tertiary muscles would include the intercostals, scalenes, sternocleidomastoid, levator scapulae, and the upper fibers of the trapezius muscles. With the exception of the intercostals, which are the muscles lining each of your ribs, these other small muscles typically only aid during deep breathing. These muscles also extend up through the neck and attach to your skull. When these smaller accessory muscles become active during respiration, the rib cage is pulled up and expands outward to expand the lungs. Over-reliance on these smaller muscles over time causes excess muscle tension. Since these muscles run up through the neck and attach into the skull, you get stiff neck muscles and tension headaches. Since these muscle also interact with the shoulder, their over-activation alters the normal physiological function of the shoulder blade/girdle. Another fun fact about me: my shoulders are hypermobile and lack stability. I'm more prone to shoulder injury if I'm not careful (I actually subluxated my left shoulder 4 times during my freshman football season, and of course I didn't tell anyone because I was really smart when I was 15). Due to years of not addressing my altered neck and shoulder physiology, I have full blown thoracic-outlet syndrome (sounds way worse than it is). This fun fact about me just furthers the evidence that my breathing is off, and shows just how important proper respiration is to optimal health.
So people with poor respiration are typically relying on small muscles to breathe, and these muscle being overactive tend to throw off proper physiology in the upper extremity. But what about people that actually have proper breathing patterns? Well, in these rare individuals those small accessory muscles stay pretty much relaxed, and respiration rests primarily on a much larger muscle known as the diaphragm.
Properly engaging the diaphragm results in the lungs being pulled down to inflate (as opposed to trying to puff out against the rigid rib cage). This downward expansion pulls oxygen deeper into the lungs, allowing for adequate oxygen absorption. When someone has an improper breathing pattern the large diaphragm becomes underactive due to the takeover of the secondary and tertiary respiratory muscles. Over time the nervous system adapts, and that improper breathing pattern becomes the normal breathing pattern. This altered pattern (aka breathing through your chest) results in shallow breathing where only the upper portions of your lungs are exposed to new air. Basic respiratory anatomy: the upper segments of your lungs are significantly smaller than the lower segments. With only the upper segments participating in oxygen-carbon dioxide exchange, you need to breathe more frequently to take in air (this is how mouth breathing causes an increased respiratory rate).
So an increased respiratory rate is characteristic of an imbalanced HPA-axis. It also tends to lead to excess tension and flawed physiology of the shoulder girdle due to over-reliance on secondary muscles. If all of that doesn't sound bad enough. Mouth breathing has another big downside. As I've alluded to a couple times in this article, when you provide your nervous system with consistent stimuli, it'll adapt its overall function. Another cool fact about the human body: this adaptability doesn't just exist in the nervous system. It exists in all of the body's systems: including the musculoskeletal system.
I've learned pretty recently that as your body grows and develops throughout childhood, your facial bones will actually adjust to how your body breathes (your skeletal structure also adjusts to your diet...which'll definitely be a future topic, and my childhood diet probably contributed to the issues I'm about to mention). Mouth breathing in early childhood results in narrowing (increased convexity or rounding forward of the facial bones) and lengthening (increased height of the lower jaw and an increased separation of the lips) of the face. This results in the front teeth (incisors) sticking out (proclinating) due to decreased space in the mouth, and often leads to dental/orthodontic issues (1). Nasal breathing in childhood is associated with a wider nasal cavity due to the widening of your zygomatic and maxilla bones (more commonly called your cheek bones and upper jaw/hard pallet respectively)(2). If you predominately breathe through your nose, your facial bones in the upper jaw widen, which forces your mandible (lower jaw) to widen in response to retain functionality when chewing. This jaw widening allows for optimal spacing in your mouth for your adult teeth to grow in, which is something I definitely did not have as a child. Another fun fact about me: I had braces twice. I had several teeth removed just to provide space for my teeth to adjust the first time I had braces. Then, once all of my adult teeth grew in, I had braces again to fully straighten everything out. These orthodontic issues are major proof of my respiratory dysfunction as a child.
Breathing = The Base for Optimal Health
Okay, so I've provided a lot of fascinating information here. Knowing me, it was probably too much. You're most likely thinking, "I never knew any of this. I also kinda don't care. Why is it that everyone should start their health/fitness journey with breathing?" Well I'll finally answer those questions. :-P
From a fitness standpoint, you can't exercise without breathing. Okay technically you can do anaerobic training (like running all-out sprints) which is training in an oxygen depleted state. This type of training is super limited and requires you to catch your breath afterwards (so breathing is still required). So anaerobic training requires breathing in between intervals. Aerobic training (training in an oxygen abundant state) requires breathing while performing the movement. Weight/resistance training can fall in either category depending on the type of lifting, how much weight you're using, your tempo, and how many reps you're doing. All of fitness has its basis in breathing.
Don't you think it would make sense to optimize your breathing BEFORE engaging in any of these activities? Wouldn't it be nicer to not get super out of breath every time you exercise? What about catching your breath following a really intense workout? Doesn't it sound nice being able to fully catch your breath and return to a normal breathing pattern within 1 minute of stopping your exercise?
The answer to all of those questions should be a "yes" for everyone. Proper breathing makes life easier. Engaging your diaphragm properly during normal everyday breathing results in a lowering of your respiratory rate. This helps lower sympathetic nervous system activity. We live in a chronically stressed-out world, so we could all use a little less sympathetic nervous system activation. Breathing through your nose is associated with an increased activation of the diaphragm, which further contributes to a decrease in sympathetic tone (and a consequent increase in parasympathetic tone). I'll be writing a future post about sympathetic-parasympathetic balance, but for now just know that more parasympathetic nervous system activity means an overall lowering of your body's stress response.
During exercise, nasal breathing also helps to keep sympathetic nervous system activity from getting too high. Plus, breathing using the much larger nasal cavity means you can inspire more air, which means your diaphragm and intercostals won't need to work as hard to bring in adequate oxygen. Nasal breathing helps activate the diaphragm to do more of the work of inspiration, which results in deeper breaths. Deeper breathing allows for more of the lungs to participate in gas exchange since the lower lobes of the lung are engaged. More gas exchange means more oxygen getting into the blood. More oxygen in the blood means the heart doesn't need to work as hard. A lower heart rate results in a lower rate of perceived exertion (exercise feels easier), so you can then start increasing the intensity of your workouts. More intense workouts leads to more calories burned, which leads to more fat being burned, which leads to healthier body composition.
Fitness aside, breathing through your nose helps improve your overall health by providing the first line of defense for your immune system against airborne pathogens. You have significantly more mucus membranes lining your nasal cavity than you do your mouth. Mouth breathing is basically like opening up a highway for pathogens to reach the lungs. Sure, every now and then you see a police officer pull someone over on the highway. That's pretty comparable to the protection the mucus membranes in your mouth/throat provide against inhaled pathogens (side note: the structures of your mouth and throat are designed to help fight off pathogens that you might eat...not breath). Nasal breathing is like a winding country road with a ton of potholes, speed traps, and overzealous police officers for pathogens. The strong ones will be significantly slowed down. The weak ones will be completely stopped. Best case scenario, your body stops the germs in the nasal cavity, and you have a runny/stuffy nose for a couple days. Worst case scenario, you have a nasty bug that makes it into the lungs causing an upper respiratory infection. With nasal breathing, you'll end up with significantly fewer germs that make it to the lungs, so your body won't have to fight it off as long.
Conclusion and Moving Forward
Okay, we've finally reached the end of Part 1. I'll be updating this series of posts as my own experience and knowledge about this subject expands. Stay tuned for Part 2 where I'll go into some of the other (mental/emotional) benefits of breathing. From there I'll be taking a deep dive into major hippy territory and I'll discuss the spiritual aspects of proper breathing (this is a major area where I'm still very much a beginner). Finally, I'll talk about different practices to actually improve your breathing and how best to incorporate these breathing exercises into a daily or weekly practice. I'll also be branching off from this topic into other areas. Already I've alluded to breathing's connection with your body's stress levels, so topics like that will be receiving their own posts.
Let me know what you think about breathing (if you actually have thoughts on it) by commenting below! Also, feel free to leave some comments about topics you're interested in and you think I should cover, or some constructive criticism about my writing. FYI: English was most definitely not my favorite subject...and that probably shows. :-P
Hello internet and anyone reading this post. This is the inaugural post for my new Holistic Lifestyle business. For anyone who knows me, you know I've had a personal training business before, but you probably don't know that I've been struggling for the past few years in getting things started again. The main reason behind this struggle has been my own need to grow, learn, and develop myself as a person. Long story short, I felt that starting a brand new training business, essentially being a carbon-copy or my first business, would ultimately fail again because (like the first time) my heart wouldn't actually be in it.
For the past few years I've been on a journey of self discovery that's ultimately led to the realization that my calling is indeed to help people, but solely focusing on fitness and nutrition feels too limiting, doesn't excite me, and ultimately wouldn't produce my desired impact. I'm now beginning the path to become certified in holistic lifestyle coaching, which will allow me to help people make all of the positive changes they need to reach their overall goals.
While I could spend an entire post talking about positive life change and the changes I've made in my own life (this will most likely be a future post or video), I decided to write this post on the primary philosophical belief that I've adopted fairly recently. This belief has really led to the bulk of my evolution as a person, and it's become the main driver in my motivation to start training and coaching others again.
Without going too in-depth with where I first came across this stuff (because frankly, that would be a super long post with too much unnecessary detail...plus this info is literally everywhere and has had various sources throughout the years), the underlying principle shaping who I'm becoming is oneness. It's the idea that underneath it all, we all are one. We're unified. We're whole.
Unfortunately we live in a world that seeks to separate us. In fact, most of us buy into this and celebrate this "separateness." Phrases like "God bless America," and "Proud to be Irish (or whatever other nationality you can think of)," continue to be commonplace. What about the starving children in Africa born with HIV? Shouldn't God bless them? Why is He only supposed to bless America? What makes America (and by extension Americans) more worthy of Gods love and blessing? Why are you proud to be Irish? Pride is an emotion associated with achievement. Having ancestors that were born in a country called Ireland in the past is not an achievement...it's a genetic accident. Have pride for accomplishing something, not for just being something (shout out to the late George Carlin for inspiring that rant).
National pride is just one way we as a society (for whatever reason) try to cause separation. Within countries there are territories, states, cities, towns, races and ethnicities, and religions. All of these levels, again for whatever reason, seek separation. There are also separations in politics, but I'm not going to go there because that'll end up being just me ranting about the corruption that exists in our current political system. All of this separation does one thing: lead to judgement.
Judgment leads to misunderstanding. Misunderstanding leads to frustration. Frustration leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Nobody wins when hate prevails.
Rather than focusing on differences we as a society need to focus on our connection. I'm a white American male who lives in Durham, NC. I went to Penn State University, love the Green Bay packers and the Philadelphia flyers.
(Warning: here's where it gets real deep folks :-P)
Underneath all of those characteristics I used to define me, I'm a man/member of the human species. I am a primate, a mammal, and part of the food chain (thankfully at the top...hooray prefrontal cortex). As an animal I'm intimately connected to the earth as part of an ever-evolving ecosystem, and as such, all of my actions impact the way the entire world works.
Underlying everything is the fact that I am alive and I have consciousness. Guess what...all of that is true about you too (although you may note be a white male who went to Penn State :-P ).
You're as equally connected to this world as I am. Your individual actions, while they may seem small, impact the entire world. What separates us keeps us small. By celebrating your separation, you continue saying that you don't care about the bigger picture...or you're just unaware of it. That was me as little as 1 year ago.
I felt small, I felt that my actions didn't matter in this world because the world is so big and I'm tiny in comparison. As part of my evolution (or enlightenment if you will), I've learned that while I'm small, I'm connected to everything and everyone. As such, my actions do matter. My thoughts, my beliefs, they all have the power to impact the entire world. This new business is my way of trying to do just that. By helping others improve their lives, I'll be able to help spread this idea of connection. Rather than separation and hate being spread, I can help spread connection. Connection leads to compassion. Compassion leads to love.
I hope you've enjoyed reading this so far. There's so much more that I could've dove into, but I really tried to keep it reigned-in. For those of you familiar with me (my family and friends), you may have been expecting a post about my latest workout routine or the various diets I've experimented with over the past few years. Those posts are coming, and some of those topics will be in videos. I plan on using this blog to cover large topics, so I can feel free to expand on them in more of a coherent way (rather than just rambling in 20+ minute videos). Smaller topics will be posted as part of a new YouTube channel I'll be starting (link coming soon...once I actually start the channel).
Overall, you can expect a lot from this new venture of mine. I'll be covering your typical fitness and nutrition topics, but I'll also be diving into topics of spirituality, relationships, politics (potentially...although I might break my computer/phone writing about it), and anything else I feel is relevant to aid in peoples' growth.
Again, I'm starting a holistic lifestyle business. If you're super happy already with your life, you probably won't find much value here other than potentially being entertained by the ramblings of some weird new-aged hippy. If there's an area of your life where you're unhappy or unfulfilled, then stick around. I'll probably get around to posting about it. Who know...it just might help! :-)
Mike Schappell is an interesting guy. He has a Bachelor's Degree in Kinesiology, a Master's Degree in Biomedical Sciences (with a Neuroscience concentration), and has been an ACSM Certified Personal Trainer for over 5 years. His growth as a trainer and fitness professional has lead him more toward the fields of nutrition and overall lifestyle change. He is currently working on expanding his fitness knowledge through continued research and further certifications, and is actively working toward a certification in Holistic Lifestyle Coaching through the CHEK Institute.


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If Generation Z could pick their top places to spend vacation, where would they be?
That's one of the questions that Virtuoso asked their global advisors when putting together their 2017 Virtuoso Luxe Report.
What they found was that Gen Z has a lot of sway over where their families go on holiday. We already know that hoteliers are keen to attract Gen Z's attention, and the travel industry is watching to see what patterns emerge. Well-traveled from the time they are in diapers, the group known for FOMO (fear of missing out) looks for unique travel moments that they can share via social media.
Curious what their picks are?
Here are the top 10 Hottest Family Travel Destinations for 2017 –
10. Australia
9. Dominican Republic
8. Turks and Caicos
7. South Africa
6. Costa Rica
5. England
4. Orlando, Florida
3. Hawaii
2. Mexico
And in the #1 spot? –
I wonder if these locations resonate with Gen Z readers, and if families with a Gen Z influencer are nodding their heads in agreement.
One of my favorite places to visit, I've written trip reports about Italy before but never get tired of visiting. The food, weather, sights, and culture of this country all make this an excellent choice in my book too. Great pick, Gen Z!
It's no surprise to see Hawaii on any list. Orlando, Florida is in the #4 spot, which means that Disney and Walt Disney World still hold sway among kids (and adults too!). As a huge Disney fan, I'm very happy to see this trend continue.
Here are the top 10 overall family travel trends for 2017 –
10. Luxury cruises
9. Exclusive use travel
8. River cruises
7. Ocean cruising
6. Cultural immersion
5. Educational trips
4. Touring (guided or private)
3. Celebration travel and mother/daughter or father/son trips (tie)
2. Beach resort stays
And the #1 biggest family travel trend is…
Active or Adventurous trips.
Here's the infographic from Virtuoso –
If you're curious about Generation Z and more of what they want when traveling, according to Virtuoso's travel report, they prefer boutique lodges and private residences over cookie-cutter hotel rooms.
As a heartwarming nod to Gen Z's intelligence and their interest in the world around them, they aren't just content to sit by a pool all day when on holiday, but want cultural immersion that educates them.
It's no surprise that they also seek out places that are visually stunning, that they can share with friends/family on social media. This is something that doesn't just apply to Gen Z, but to anyone with a social media account (which seems like just about everybody).
To see the full infographic from Virtuoso with more information, click here.
If you identify with Generation Z (those born between the late 1990's and the mid-2000's), does this sound like you? Or if you have a Gen Z in your family, are any of these destinations on your calendar? Were there any hot family destinations that didn't make these lists?
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India U-19 national team head coach Luís Norton de Matos has summoned 29 probables for the preparatory camp being held in the Capital for the forthcoming AFC U-19 Championship Qualifiers to be held in Saudi Arabia early next month.
India who have been clubbed with hosts Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Turkmenistan in Group D play their first match against Saudi Arabia on November 4 followed by matches against Yemen and Turkmenistan on November 6 and 8 respectively.
The probable list of 29 has players from the AIFF U-19 Academy as well as the India U-17 national squad which played in the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017.
The contingent will be leaving Delhi on October 25 to Doha where they will be playing a practice match against Qatar U-19 National Team on October 28 before proceeding to Dammam, Saudi Arabia for the AFC U-19 Championship Qualifiers.
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Posted on Tuesday, October 15th, 2013 at 1:21pm.
Short term rentals can be very difficult to find on Miami Beach these days. The city of Miami Beach collects a hotel/motel tax of 14% on any lease of 180 days or less. The person who receives the rental income is responsible for paying the tax. Many HOA's have extended the mininum lease period to avoid problems associated with collecting the tax.
I had a meeting today with a company called Design Suites who manages over 100 units at Castle Beach on Collins Avenue (The old Playboy Club). They have studio, one and two bedroom units, fully furnished, and prices start at $135 per night during high season. They do not add on a cleaning fee at the end of your stay. This is a great value compared to Miami Beach nightly hotel charges. All units they manage have been refurbished, and include fully equiped kitchenettes, safe box, Ipod docking station, iron, and hairdryer.
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After the first day of states the Harwood girls' team is in third place in Division II, based on the scoring positions of the top four individual skiers and the four-person relay results. In the individual races, Jordi Kulis had a podium finish in third (16:36) The other scoring girls were Erin Magill in 14th (18:28), Kyle Marie Hekeler in 15th (18:36) and freshman Makenzie Greenberg in 17th (18:44). They were followed by Sydney Kulis in 21st (up 16 places from last year), Maggie Alberghini in 36th, Hadley Kielich in 44th and Taite Plagge in 45th.
The girls relay had a podium finish coming in third. Coach Tom Strasser reported that "Jordi Kulis' first leg of the relay was electric, right from the start she led the 16-team field up and out of the stadium. The awesome start put the team in the position to reach the podium." Earning a medal was particularly sweet for senior XC state champion Erin Magill who has scores of medals from XC running, freestyle skiing and even spelling bees, because this was her first medal in Nordic skiing. Kulis and Hekeler are no strangers to the Nordic podium but were happy to be there again and the team expects to see Greenberg on the podium again throughout the remaining three years of her HU Nordic career. It will be exciting to see what these girls can do in the second half of states when the classic races are held at Rikert.
After the first day of states, the boys' team is in a fifth-place tie with Stowe. They came in seventh in the relay and had some very strong individual finishes. Walker Caffry Randall moved up 12 places by skiing 2 minutes and 15 seconds faster than last year to lead the team with a 16th-place finish (15:15). Tyler Skroski also had an improved finish over last year at 21st (15:49). Coach Strasser was impressed that "Caffry Randall and Skroski skied sub-16-minute 5Ks which is pretty darn difficult to do on a World Cup-certified Nordic ski course. These senior boys had Harwood's fastest times of the day due to their impressive levels of fitness brought about by four years of hard work and dedication to running, training and skiing."
Freshman Carlton Cummiskey had an excellent race finishing in 31st (16:37) and Brendan Magill was 33rd (16:51) moving up 15 places over his 2017 finish. They were followed by Seth Davidson in 40th, Cam Alberghini in 41st, freshman Mason Berry in 53rd and Acme Wasi in 58th.


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Lord Gray of Contin, a life baron, former Conservative MP for Ross and Cromarty, Lord Lieutenant for Inverness, 1996-2002; died at the Highland Hospice, Inverness, 14 March, 2006. He was 78.
James Hamish Hector Northey Gray was born 28 June, 1927, the son of J. Northey Gray, of Inverness, and was educated at Inverness Royal Academy.
Career:-->served in the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, 1945-48; a director of private and family companies 1950-70; parliamentary and business consultant 1986-2000; Conservative MP for Ross and Cromarty, 1970-83; an Assistant Government Whip, 1971-73; a Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury, 1973-74; an Opposition Whip, 1974-Feb. 1975; Opposition Spokesman on Energy, 1975-79; Minister of State, Department of Energy, 1979-83; Minister of State, Scottish Office, 1983-86; Government Spokesman on Energy, House of Lords, 1983-86; Member of Inverness Town Council, 1965-70; Deputy Lieutenant for Inverness 1989-94, Vice Lord Lieutenant of Inverness, 1994-96, &c. Lord Gray of Contin was a non-executive director, Allied DEals Capital Ltd; President British-Romanian Chamber of Commerce from 1999.
He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1983; created a life peer as Baron Gray of Contin, of Contin in the District of Ross & Cromarty, 1983. He married in 1953, Judith Waite Brydon, of Helensburgh, by whom he had 2 sons and 1 daughter.
The funeral is at East Church, Academy Street, Inverness, Monday 20 March 2006.
Source: Daily Telegraph 16 Mar 2006
Latest news of births, marriages and deaths in the Peerage,Baronetage and landed gentry families.
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- sandra said...
I am 1st cousin of Lord Gray of Contin,Lila Ann Gray,Lord Gray's father was my uncle.I am trying to put together a family tree and would like to get in touch with his surviving children.Hamish and i were in touch until around 2003,after which we lost touch.Can you help by passing on this to family members.Also seeking our cousin Wendy Kinniburgh,journalist in Edinburgh
- sandra said...
sending comment on behalf of Lila Gray.thankyou
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I wondered if it was real. I believe it was. However, even if it was a figment of my imagination, I decided that the choice was real. I believe that we will always follow what is most important to us, and make choices and decisions accordingly. If making money is important to a person, he will make choices that lead to making money. If education is important to a person, he will make choices to reach that goal. If being famous, being a writer, having adventure, being a Mom, or learning Hebrew is important, a person will make the choices and sacrifices that lead to that goal.
If you read this post and ask yourself, "If Jesus gave me a choice of either having all my dreams come true but not having a deep relationship with Him, or trusting Him to direct my paths, which would lead through suffering but result in a deep, close relationship with Him…which would I choose?" Then you will have been offered The Choice, and you will choose what is most important to you, and that is what you will pursue in your life. You don't need a "vision" to be offered the choice. We make the choice every day of what is important to us and what we will pursue.
But I was given a vision. And I wrestled with it for several days. The "Spiritual Answer" would have been to immediately say I would follow Jesus to the ends of the earth and sacrifice anything and everything for Him, but I felt that if I was going to choose to let Christ direct my paths through suffering and give up my dreams, I better count the cost and really mean it. So I wrestled with The Choice, and finally, really and truly, concluded that "all my dreams come-true" would be "nightmares" if Christ wasn't in them. So I chose to let Him direct my steps. And He has led me through suffering. Sometimes the only thing that got me through the suffering was remembering The Choice that I made. I do not regret anything He led me through because I saw His faithfulness and learned of Him.
I have already shared some of my life in bits and pieces: I wrote about God's Love Beyond Imagining just recently. You can read a little about the emotional abuse and rejection I suffered from my family if you click on "Emotional Abuse" in the Tag Cloud at the left of my blog. I don't think I wrote about it in great detail, but it's enough to understand some of what I went through. Through my struggles with emotional abuse and rejection, I learned about God's forgiveness, love, reconciliation, and trust.
In the next few posts, I will write about some of the other things God has taken me through. I do not think I will write about my life in any real chronological order, but I will write about things as they come to mind. I will also share what I believe God taught me through it.
I would like to end this post by sharing a poem that I wrote several years ago after my son and I read a book in homeschool about a community of women who made a coat for a very poor little girl whose father had died, and who couldn't go to school because she had no coat. They made the coat out of scraps of material from other clothing. When the schoolchildren teased the girl about her patchwork coat, she told them it was a coat of stories–because each scrap had a story behind it. One piece was from a blanket one of the mothers had wrapped her newborn baby in, another from a favorite dress, the piece over her heart was from her Daddy's coat. After we read the story, I pondered that God saved the scraps and pieces of my life that I would have thrown away, and He made them into a "comforter" that keeps me warm as I remember them.
The Patchwork Quilt
I would have thrown them all away
For they'd all seen a better day
The pieces tattered and threadbare
Showing signs of strain and wear
Those cherished dreams that didn't last
Remnants of hopes from the past
But ancient hands that saved each bit
Trim jagged pieces till they fit
Then sewing with a slender thread
A cross-stitch that's a deep blood-red
Redeem the useless scraps to form
A patchwork quilt to keep me warm
I'm comforted by the quilt's embrace
As life's patches I gently trace
Amazed that every piece can tell
A story that warms my heart so well
For every patch I feel and see
Recalls God's faithfulness to me
Each dark patch that I've lived through
Reminds that God had been there too
For when trouble had me in it's hold
I saw His love and good unfold
The lighter pieces, cheerful and bright
Recall joyful dancing in His light
The pieces tattered and threadbare
Hold beauty in the stories shared
If I'd discarded them as planned
I'd never had seen God's faithful hand
But the pains and pleasures so long past
Now warm me with a love that lasts


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And the List goes on, with IPv6 leak security, an unusually configurable kill button, and a multi-port option which intelligently chooses the best port, preventing any closed or throttled alternatives. You can elect to utilize a non-NAT network to acquire a unique IP address, port forwarding is available should you need it, along with a Support section doesn't simply link to the website: it facilitates creating a support ticket from within the client.
Although There is lots of power , the port is a mess that is awkward and inconsistent. There are standard buttons, radio buttons, links, icons and sidebars, they don't always work as you'd expect, and even though we figured out how to navigate around the machine, it never felt natural or comfortable.
Still, The customer did a good job for us, blocking DNS and WebRTC leaks, with the kill switch successfully killing our net access if the VPN link dropped. It may appeal if you will use a number of their client added features.
We took a Look at PureVPN's Android app, and it had been much the exact same story as the Windows version. After picking a'Mode' (still not certain why), we managed to select countries, cities, or pick a Goal (optimized for China, unblock this or that streaming assistance, and so on). It is more awkward to use than the VPN program, but you'll figure it out easily enough.
What is Interesting is the Android app doesn't drop the majority of choices and the desktop settings, which is what we see. It has a very similar feature set, including a selection of protocol (OpenVPN TCP/UDP or IKEv2), a kill switch, split tunneling, port forwarding, Gravity URL filtering, and more. If you'll use all that operation or some, it's worth a go. Purevpn Premium Crack Apk
Privacy and logging
In a Inspection we pointed out that PureVPN made a big deal of its'zero log' policy. Nevertheless, the small print stated there was some session logging, which seemed to add the time you connect to a server, your incoming IP address and the total bandwidth utilized.
This Is not a detail. In October 2017 reports emerged of a man being detained on suspicion of conducting"an extensive cyberstalking campaign", in part according to PureVPN records demonstrating its services were accessed from originating IPs including the accused man's house and workplace. The'zero log' VPN kept some sort of logs, after all, and those were able to assist link internet actions to a particular account.
PureVPN Type of responded to this Post, where the firm pointed out that it didn't maintain full logs, like your surfing history, and it hadn't done anything to violate its privacy policy, where the session logging was cited.
This Doesn't address the issue of why the company described itself as keeping'zero logs' at the main portion of the site, though, when this turned out not to be entirely correct. That is also not a trivial point. Logging policies are predicated almost entirely on trust, and a VPN isn't inclined to be trusted if it's seen to mislead users or bury the reality of a situation in the small print.
PureVPN has updated its privacy Policy, which now includes probably the most explicit no-logging sentence we have ever observed:'we don't retain any record of your surfing activities, connection logs, records of the VPN IPs assigned to youpersonally, your original IPs, your connection time, the background of your surfing, the websites you visited, your incoming traffic, the information or data you accessed, or the DNS queries generated by you.'
The Policy also explains the minimal connection data it will record –'We all know the day that you connected to a specific VPN place and from which Internet Service Provider' — and covers plenty of other important issues in a clear and readable way.
The good news, then, is that PureVPN's present Privacy policy says the right things and looks great. It is far better than the majority of the contest. However, the catch is that the previous logging narrative will lead some people to wonder whether they can trust what the provider says. We can't tell you what to believe, but it's well worth checking out equally PureVPN's original blog defense and its present privacy policy before you make your mind up.
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PureVPN Makes more of an effort to support website unblocking. The company doesn't just make airy promises on the website and then forget about these later, it features specific support for streaming inside its programs, in theory allowing you to access Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, BBC iPlayer along with a plethora of different services from wherever you are in the world. Purevpn Premium Crack Apk
We Double-clicked the BBC option, and watched as the client displayed , our default browser opened, and joined an'err-network-changed' message. What? This looked like a severe difficulty, however, the browser had only discovered the change in our network settings as the client connected, and after this was complete, the BBC iPlayer website opened and streamed content as normal.
It was Much the same story with Netflix. The customer launched our browser until the link was complete, so we saw the same error message, but this vanished automatically, and we had been free to navigate and flow whatever Netflix articles we liked.
You're Not limited to the services built to PureVPN's programs . Connecting to a US server in the typical way got us in, although youTube wasn't contained on the list, for instance.
Our Performance evaluations involve running custom software which connects assessing more , ping time, location and rates. Regrettably, we could not get this working with PureVPN, or determine why (whether that is our fault or theirs, we can not be sure).
But An odd warning in the small print clarifies that consumers are not permitted to have over 200 sessions every day, if we did. That won't concern most people, but it does become a problem when you're running intensive VPN benchmarks across a large number of servers. Purevpn Premium Crack Apk
We dropped Back on our old manual method of linking via clients and assessing the results from various speed checking websites, such as SpeedTest.net, Fast.com and TestMy.net. This will not provide us to use, but there is still enough to get a feel for exactly what the service can deliver.
Our local UK servers varied a little more than usual, but still gave quite acceptable rates of 50-65Mbps on our test connection that was 75Mbps to us.
Near Rates were mildly below average. Here they have been typically 35-45Mbps, although netherlands relations can deliver substantially the very same rates for us as UK servers.
US Performance ranged from approximately 30Mbps in the coast, on the east to 50Mbps. That's far from the fastest we've seen, but unless you're likely 24 hours of torrenting, it's most likely not likely to cause you some difficulties.
As usual, Speeds tailed off drastically for the less typical or more distant places. By way of example, New Zealand averaged 12Mbps, Vietnam had been 10Mbps, 1Mbps was hardly reached by Taiwan, and China ranged from 3Mbps down to such a slow speed the web stalled mid-test. That places the magnitude of PureVPN's system into perspective (having loads of servers doesn't matter whether many are unusably slow), but if you are only planning to utilize the major places, it will not matter very much.
On a few Events, our PureVPN Windows customer wasn't able to connect to our test server that is chosen. That is not unusual, however, the problem here is that the connection did not time out for several minutes, and the Cancel button did not work.
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The Evaluation of Speed — How Fast is PureVPN?
Let's start off by making one thing clear, i.e. whatever VPN service you use, the internet rate will take a hit. That strike is a result. The huge majority of VPN services make every possible attempt. Thus, unlike what many people are going to have you think like utilizing dial-up that it's not going to be.
PureVPN, when compared to other similar VPN services, happens to be much faster. So it will live up to the promise of being the quickest in the industry. Purevpn Premium Crack Apk
The way we compared and tested the performance was by using Ookala's nifty speed testing website and app. Then we ran the speed test on both the domestic and global servers. Then we compared the outcomes, calculated their portion gap, and that is the way we discovered PureVPN to be faster.
PureVPN includes a domestic latency of a mere 6.7% percent. As a matter of fact, during our downloading tests, PureVPN improved speeds which by our calculations is an percent. We found that competing VPN services were much slower. Some we suspect were throttling download speeds because they didn't want to stress their servers .
Once it comes to uploads, PureVPN did not really boost it did with downloads, but it took a mere 4.5percent percent hit. If anything this remains among the very best scores we've seen from a VPN supplier.
Throughout our international speed tests, the latency increased by 200%. Though download speeds were still a whopping 403.8% percent better than some of the competing products I tested it against. The uploads have been 22.7% percentage slower which is second best when compared to possibly Hotspot Shield which enhanced the upload speed by 1.4percent percent.
A Mind-Blowing Number of Servers
The map on the left allows you skip the program's default recommendation and decide on a server for yourself. Remember that by default PureVPN chooses the fastest server which is often the nearest one. When in China I discovered that it kept picking up servers in Hong Kong by default which is not nearby but also the simple fact that the cyberspace of Hong Kong is not as rigorously censored as mainland China.
PureVPN has over 2000 servers that are dispersed across 140 countries and 180 locations around the globe. Servers are located in South America, Central America, Asia, North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Now you may believe that PureVPN only has servers in countries which don't censor or block sites, but you'd be wrong. Servers in Russia, Turkey, and China are there only in case they were wanted by you.
It Does Not Slow Down Your Online
Over the years VPN services, in general, have received bad press for infamously slowing down net speeds that consumers have not been pleased with obviously. There are many VPN providers that slow down what might be already slow net. Luckily, with PureVPN that is not the case even if you use it to stream Netflix, YouTube, etc..
Along with not slowing down your internet, PureVPN supplies quite a few other features like robust servers that are located across the world and which scored exceptionally throughout our speed tests. Then there is also the simple fact that they utilize encryption, with apps for iOS and Android apparatus. Though there are more reasons to think about PureVPN as we'll examine in detail below. Purevpn Premium Crack Apk
Excellent Collection of Features and Easy to Understand
I have used dozens of VPN apps over the years, and PureVPN is like a breath of fresh air. It is quite easy to use and compared to the last time I used the program its geared towards individuals that are new to using VPNs. As soon as PureVPN loads you are prompted to choose from five choices, i.e. Safety, Internet Freedom, Stream, Remote/Dedi IP (this attribute gives you a dedicated IP) and File Sharing. An experience that is predicated on the option selected is then delivered by the app.
The other thing I enjoy about PureVPN is that all the attributes are to the point. For example, their Internet Freedom feature enables you to select what region you want to get Netflix out of, like from the UK, Australia, etc.. Where it's otherwise blocked you can get Netflix from China.
Compared to the last time I used PureVPN now around it felt zippier. The interface was glowing, with pictures some of that could be difficult to read on a screen. When you're connected to a server, you'll see the IP address, connection status, and the duration of your session.
The traffic chart gives you a good sense of how much bandwidth is being consumed, which is beneficial for anyone on a metered online connection. Nonetheless, it is important to mention here for all those worrying about data caps which PureVPN does not have any. So, you're just limited to what the ISP has in store for you!
Like many other competing VPN providers, you choose the server and the nation it is based in. You can search for servers and then click on them to link. Apparently, some servers based on which you're located are currently going to be faster than others because of latency.
You could also select which protocols to use. Pick between OpenVPN, IKEv2, SSTP, PPTP, and L2TP. Then there is PureVPN's very own stealth protocol which according to the company ensures the best anonymity. Since folks like me have PureVPN makes it simple by providing a rate and security rating for every. The important thing to notice here is that as the security boosts the speed slows down. Thus, you'll need to hit a compromise between both based on what is needed. By default, the program chooses a protocol. Most people who do not work for the CIA (pun intended) will probably be fine with the default option. Purevpn Premium Crack Apk
Hands-on and First Impressions
We've admittedly used PureVPN earlier, but after a hiatus or two years we pretty much forgot how things worked. Select a password and you'll need to enter your email once you've chose to register and download their applications. Interestingly and perhaps confusingly, this is not what you'll use into the program, but it's used for charging purposes.
Once contributors have compensated, they receive an email with the username and password in plain text. We have used other VPNs that use the same method to payment identities that were separate out of consumer identities which ensures anonymity that was better. Yet we believe it may be perplexing to first-time users however its something you get used to. Additionally, in our experience the email will property for some reason in your junk folder, so make certain to check that also.
Customer Support
PureVPN includes a support Website with a number of troubleshooting guides and tutorials. The opening page points you Setup Guide, Troubleshoot, For Users in China and to watch nearly all of these sections, and Netflix US, for example include more information than you'd anticipate.
The Setup Guide includes subsections for Routers Windows, Mac, Linux, Android Smart TV and Devices, as an example, as well as a number of those individual sections have more content than the support website of lesser VPNs.
We are, although it's an impressive Quantity of work Unsure how reliable and effective it might be. We assessed the guide OpenVPN setup guide, for example, and found it failed. OpenVPN wasn't installed there weren't any PureVPN settings files, and there was no troubleshooting information in the manual to help us figure this out.
If the Site can't help, you can send an email or increase a support ticket from inside the client. We chose the ticket path and the service performed very well, together with the support team sending us a useful and friendly answer to our evaluation question in just over an hour.
Alternatively, You're able to use live chat . We discovered it could take a moment or two to get a reply, and even then, we weren't given the degree of help by the agent since we had obtained to our email query. PureVPN couldn't get close to the degree of service we'd obtained from top competitors like ExpressVPN, afterward, but we are still glad the option is available. And with email service to hand, any live chat issues you might have are not too significant. Purevpn Premium Crack Apk
Final verdict
PureVPN Comes bundled with a pile of features, which can be surprising considering the purchase price. These don't always work as you may anticipate and there are tons of usability issues with the apps — but demanding users who will use this level of VPN power should give PureVPN an appearance.
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