Holistic Junction's Featured School of the Week: Wellness and Massage Training Institute

Written by C. Bailey-Lloyd/LadyCamelot


We are delighted to present Wellness and Massage Training Institute as Holistic Junction's featured school ofrepparttar week.

Wellness and Massage Training Institute's mission is '...dedicated to helping you achieve your goals by providingrepparttar 147214 highest quality education in alternative/complimentary healthcare fields. To achieve this mission, Wellness and Massage Training Institute has designed an effective learning environment by employing experienced and dedicated faculty, usingrepparttar 147215 finest instructional materials and equipment available, and carefully planning each individual's learning experience."

Located just twenty-five (25) miles from Chicago; in refreshing Woodridge, Illinois, Wellness and Massage Training Institute is a member ofrepparttar 147216 American Massage Therapy Association Council of Schools; and works cooperatively (with College of DuPage and Joliet Junior College) to prepare and enable students to earn individual Associates Degrees.

Wellness and Massage Training Institute offers a basic 556-Hour Massage Therapy program, and an Advanced, Comprehensive 770-Hour Massage Program (through affiliation with College of DuPage & Joliety Junior College); and include, but are not limited to:

Basic Massage Therapy Program - 556 Hours

...and other massage-related coursework.

556-Hour Elective Coursework

...and many, many more options!

Advanced Massage Program - 770 Hours

...and other comprehensive massage-related classes.

Everything You Need To Know About Touch Typing

Written by Linda Correli


Hunt - and - peck typing vs. touch - typing

Typing is an immanent part of work for predominant number of people. It is a daily task,repparttar ability we can't go without. It is no wonder thatrepparttar 147024 necessity to master this skill has increased essentially inrepparttar 147025 recent years. It led torepparttar 147026 emergence ofrepparttar 147027 considerable amount of computer courses, which were flooded with those who eagerly wished to master typing as quickly as possible. Meanwhile,repparttar 147028 popularity of courses was brought down by various computer self-tutors, which offered amazingly fast programs to master typing.

It was natural thatrepparttar 147029 typing skills were tried to be improved. People aimed at equalizing quality and quantity. Hence,repparttar 147030 method which combined allrepparttar 147031 requirements to typing with personal approach to each user was invented and called touch-typing. Touch typing means to engage in typing without having a look atrepparttar 147032 keyboard. The fingers are trained to locaterepparttar 147033 keys by position.

It is an intrinsic torepparttar 147034 human beings to bringrepparttar 147035 development ofrepparttar 147036 skills to perfection, to introduce automation torepparttar 147037 daily routine, to simplify life by all means, making it more enjoyable. Same was inrepparttar 147038 case of touch - typing.

Touch-typing has become an essential, even mandatory skill these days no matter what line of work anyone does. Touch-typing is a method of typing, whererepparttar 147039 typist usesrepparttar 147040 sense of touch findingrepparttar 147041 proper keys rather thanrepparttar 147042 sight. This method of typing is considered to be highly effective, as it redoublesrepparttar 147043 productivity of work and allowsrepparttar 147044 typist to concentrate not onrepparttar 147045 search of proper keys while typing but onrepparttar 147046 sense ofrepparttar 147047 information he types. In such a wayrepparttar 147048 typist avoidsrepparttar 147049 process of continuous and time consuming proof reading and makes only some minor editing after typing. The quantity ofrepparttar 147050 misprints reduces twice.

It was counted that usingrepparttar 147051 touch - typing method allows touching 60+ words per minute. People usingrepparttar 147052 touch - typing method have much more advantages in comparison withrepparttar 147053 'hunt - and - peck' typists. Hunt - and - peck typing or so called two - fingered typing is slower than touch - typing, using this methodrepparttar 147054 typist required to find each key by sight, instead of relying onrepparttar 147055 memorized position ofrepparttar 147056 keys.

It takes from 30 to 40 minutes to type one page ofrepparttar 147057 text byrepparttar 147058 'hunt - and - peck' method and only 5 or even 4 minutes byrepparttar 147059 touch typing method. So it helps to blueprintrepparttar 147060 time more rationally. Atrepparttar 147061 same time general culture of labor increases. There is an important rule of touch typing which makesrepparttar 147062 technique of this method easier and distinguishes it formrepparttar 147063 'hunt-and-peck' method. The less quantity of keys falls at one finger,repparttar 147064 quickerrepparttar 147065 typing is.

Masteringrepparttar 147066 touch - typing and utilizing it in practice also helps to preserve health. As touch typists don't have to shiftrepparttar 147067 gaze fromrepparttar 147068 keyboard torepparttar 147069 screen, sorepparttar 147070 eyes don't get tired andrepparttar 147071 eyesight doesn't damage. Consequently, touch - typists are able to cope withrepparttar 147072 larger scopes of work and get tired less afterrepparttar 147073 working day. At last, touch - typing leaves more time forrepparttar 147074 personal life and lets you enjoy your work.

Touch - typing software

How is it possible to master and become familiar with touch typing? There are a great variety of programs, which were specially elaborated to teach touch - typing. Preparing this article I've got acquainted with a stunning number ofrepparttar 147075 freeware and read a lot of polar comments about different programs which teach touch typing. I want to share with yourepparttar 147076 information about some programs which are considered to berepparttar 147077 most effective in teaching touch typing. They received a lot positive feedback both fromrepparttar 147078 users and fromrepparttar 147079 specialists.

Stamina Typing Tutor 2.5 is a multifunctional typing tutor with support for several layouts: QWERTY (US, UK), AZERTY, Dvorak etc. The intimate details: work with lessons and text (5 modes), a lesson editor, statistics, progress graphs, virtual keyboard (can be hidden), super MP3 sounds and music, a play list, support for several users.



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