#also certain programs are only available as minors and/or certificates

[motorgroup]

How Do Used Car Dealers Ensure the Quality of Their Vehicles?

Buying a used car can be a daunting experience. With the variety of options available and the varying conditions of pre-owned vehicles, ensuring quality becomes a primary concern for buyers. 

Used car dealers play a critical role in this process, implementing several practices to guarantee that the Used Car Dealers Epping vehicles they sell meet certain quality standards. 

Here's an in-depth look at how used car dealers ensure the quality of their inventory.

Rigorous Inspection Processes

One of the first steps car dealers take to ensure vehicle quality is through comprehensive inspection processes. Before a car hits the lot, it undergoes a thorough inspection by certified mechanics. This inspection typically includes:

Engine Performance: Checking for any signs of wear, leaks, or potential issues with the engine.

Transmission Functionality: Ensuring smooth shifting and diagnosing any transmission problems.

Brakes and Suspension: Evaluating the condition of the braking system and suspension for safety and performance.

Electrical Systems: Testing lights, the air conditioning system, and other electronic components to ensure they function properly.

Exterior and Interior Condition: Inspect for any signs of damage, rust, or wear that might affect the car's overall condition.

This detailed examination helps identify any issues that need addressing before the car is sold, giving buyers peace of mind about the vehicle’s condition.

Comprehensive Reconditioning

After the initial inspection, many used car dealers invest in reconditioning the vehicles to restore them to their best possible condition. This process may include:

Mechanical Repairs: Addressing any issues found during the inspection, such as replacing worn-out parts or fixing minor engine problems.

Cosmetic Touch-ups: Repairing scratches, dents, or other cosmetic imperfections to enhance the vehicle’s appearance.

Detailing: Thorough cleaning of both the exterior and interior, including washing, waxing, vacuuming, and shampooing to make the car look and feel like new.

Reconditioning not only improves the car’s aesthetic appeal but also ensures that it meets the dealer’s quality standards before being offered for sale.

Vehicle History Reports

To provide transparency and build trust with buyers, reputable used car dealers offer detailed vehicle history reports. These reports include:

Accident History: Information on any past accidents or collisions.

Title Status: Verification of whether the vehicle has a clean title or if there are any issues like salvage or rebuilt titles.

Service Records: Documentation of past maintenance and repair work, which can help buyers gauge how well the car has been maintained.

Certification Programs

Many used car dealers Epping participate in certification programs that further ensure the quality of their vehicles. Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) programs, for example, involve:

Extended Inspections: Vehicles must pass an extensive multi-point inspection to qualify for certification.

Warranties: CPO vehicles often come with extended warranties that provide additional protection beyond the standard coverage.

Roadside Assistance: Some programs offer complimentary roadside assistance as part of the certification package.

These programs not only provide extra assurance of quality but also offer added value and peace of mind to buyers.

Professional Reconditioning and Repair Partnerships

Dealers often collaborate with trusted repair shops and reconditioning professionals to ensure high-quality service. These partnerships enable dealers to:

Access Specialised Expertise: Work with experts who specialise in specific types of repairs or maintenance.

Maintain Consistent Standards: Ensure that all vehicles meet the dealer’s quality standards through reliable and consistent reconditioning practices.

Stay Updated with Best Practices: Keep up with the latest techniques and technologies in vehicle maintenance and repair.

Customer Reviews and Feedback

Reputable used car dealers actively seek and consider customer feedback to improve their services. By monitoring reviews and listening to customer experiences, dealers can:

Identify Areas for Improvement: Address any recurring issues or concerns raised by customers.

Enhance Quality Control: Implement changes based on feedback to better meet customer expectations and ensure high-quality standards.

Transparent Sales Practices

Finally, transparency is key in ensuring vehicle quality. Reputable dealers are upfront about the condition of their vehicles, including:

Honest Descriptions: Providing accurate and detailed descriptions of each car’s condition.

Open Communication: Being available to answer any questions or concerns buyers may have.

Fair Pricing: Setting prices that reflect the true value of the vehicle based on its condition and market value.

By maintaining transparent sales practices, dealers build trust and ensure that buyers are fully informed about their purchases.

Final Words

Ensuring the quality of used vehicles is a multifaceted process that involves rigorous inspections, thorough reconditioning, transparent reporting, and customer-focused practices. 

By implementing these strategies, used car dealers Epping strive to provide high-quality vehicles that meet buyer expectations and offer a reliable driving experience. For buyers, understanding these practices can make the process of purchasing a used car smoother and more reassuring.

[missmentelle]

Tips for Escaping a Toxic Household

I get a lot of asks from teens and young adults who are trapped in family situations that are toxic, but not quite abusive enough for child authorities to get involved, and they don’t know how to get out. Narcissistic, controlling and authoritarian parents will do just about anything to stunt your growth and keep you safely under their thumb, and when you are a young adult who has been prevented from developing any kind of independence, it can be difficult to know how to even begin getting away from that. Getting away from these kinds of situations is difficult, but it’s not impossible - there are steps you can take to get a clean break, and land on your feet again. 

So if you are feeling trapped by toxic parents or guardians and you are looking for a way out, consider the following tips:

Try to stick it out until you are legally an adult, if at all possible. I know that living in these situations is painful and that you want to get away as soon as you possibly can. But it’s dramatically more difficult to escape from crappy parents before your eighteenth birthday. For one thing, you legally can’t - your parents can report you as a runaway, the police can force you to come home, and anyone who tries to help you can get into legal trouble for harboring you. Becoming an emancipated minor is only possible under extraordinary circumstances, and it’s pretty unlikely if your family doesn’t have lengthy involvement with CPS and if your family show any willingness to provide a home for you. In many areas, minors cannot open their own bank accounts, get their own ID, hold a job or get medical attention without their parents’ permission. As difficult as it is, if you can find a way to bear the situation until the day you turn 18, you are much more likely to be able to get away. If you absolutely need to leave before you reach legal adulthood, or if you are kicked out, contact a local youth homelessness organization or youth shelter - they have the resources and knowledge to help you navigate this situation. 

Get in touch with admissions advisers at different colleges, and speak to your high school guidance counselor. College is one of your best ways out of your situation - it gives you an excuse to get far away from your parents, it gives you access to certain financial resources and it sets you up for a career so that you can stay financially independent. Even if your parents do not support you going to college and will not help you financially, there are options for you - talk to your guidance counselor and the admissions counselors at potential schools about the programs they offer, and the financial resources and scholarships that are available to you. If a four-year-university doesn’t sound like your thing, check out technical schools and trade schools for additional options. Cutting your parents off forever is a lot easier when you have financial independence from them, and financial independence is a lot easier when you have some kind of education; your education is your best weapon for winning your freedom. 

Start saving money somewhere your parents can’t get it. As soon as you are legally able to, open a bank account that is in your name, and your name only. If you keep all your money in a joint account with your parents, they are able to drain that account at any time, and there won’t be much you can do about it. Even if your parents insist that you keep the joint account open and that you deposit your paycheques into that account, open a separate account and sneak as much money into it as possible - even if you can smuggle $20 per week into your account, in a year, you will have just over a thousand dollars in there, which should be enough for a security deposit on a rented room of your own. And once you make your escape, that account will be there for you to empty your joint account into. It might also be a good idea to freeze your credit when you turn 18, to ensure that your parents are not able to open up credit cards or loans in your name - you can talk to the staff at your bank to learn how to do this. 

Get a copy of your essential identification. It’s fairly common for abusive parents to try to control their adult children by refusing to turn over their essential documents - your parents might withhold your original birth certificate, passport, social security card, health insurance card, etc. It is important that you either get these documents, or order replacement copies of this documents as quickly as possible after you’ve left the house. Having just one original ID - like a state ID or driver’s license - can make it much easier to obtain copies of the other documents. At the very least, you need to get your hands on a document that proves your citizenship or legal immigration status in your country as quickly as possible - this means your birth certificate, passport, social security card, or green card/permanent residency certificate. You will need this documentation to get a job or apply for most kinds of loans. Try to get a photo or photocopy of the originals if your parents aren’t willing to hand them over, or at the very least, jot down your passport number. You can contact your local passport office or vital records office to obtain new documents if necessary. 

Be prepared to live with roommates. Getting out means you might have a bit of a rough landing into adulthood, and money will probably be tight for a while after you escape. Do whatever you need to do to save money and avoid going back to your parents. That means you probably won’t be able to afford to live alone just yet - be ready to rent a room in someone else’s home or share an apartment with multiple roommates. Your parents may have fed you a lot of horror stories about how terrible most kids have it when they move out on their own and live with roommates - they might have told you that your roommates would be messy, that the house would be disgusting, that they would steal from you or refuse to pay their share, or even that they would hate you and find you impossible to live with. Don’t believe a word of it. As someone who very successfully lived with more than a dozen roommates from age 19 - 26, I can assure you that the vast majority of people out there are just kids like you, who mostly clean up after themselves and spend a lot of time in their own rooms. Even if conflicts do arise, you are much more capable of dealing with them than you think. Having a roommate occasionally play their music too loud or leave dishes in the sink is still a whole lot better than living with a parent who constantly emotionally abuses you. 

Don’t panic if your parents call the cops or report you missing. Authoritarian parents do not give up control easily - even when you legally have the right to leave their home and live on your own, they may threaten to take legal action against you and force you to come back home. If you refuse to answer their calls or allow them access to your apartment, they may even threaten to report you missing. Stay calm. These are empty threats. Once you hit your eighteenth birthday, you have a right to live on your own and cut off contact with your parents if you want to. If the police get in contact with you, stay calm, answer their questions and explain that you are an adult with controlling parents who cannot accept that you have left home. Let the police know that you are fine and don’t need help at this time, and that you don’t want your information shared with your parents. Contrary to what your parents believe, opening a missing persons case does not mean that the police will force you to go home or that the police will give them your address and personal information - plenty of “missing people” just don’t want to be found, and all the police can say once they’ve found you is that you were located safe and your case is closed. Likewise, if your parents threaten to file for guardianship of you or report you as a danger to yourself, stay calm; the burden of proof for those things is extraordinarily high, and even having an extensive history of mental illness does not mean that your parents will be awarded guardianship. Answer basic questions from authorities and decline their help. If your parents show up at your apartment and try to gain entry or demand that you move home, call the cops; your parents don’t have the right to remove you from your home against your will, and the law is on your side.

Put your parents on a strict information diet. Even after you’ve left home, your parents may demand full access to all your information - they might insist that you share your location with them with a location tracking app, demand access to your social media pages and expect that you will keep them updated on every detail of your life. Your response to these requests should be simple: no. If you are going to continue to have a relationship with your parents - and you don’t have to if you don’t want to - then it’s going to happen on your terms from now on. Only give your parents the information that you are comfortable with them having, and that you feel they can handle. If you are comfortable telling them about your schoolwork but not your dating life, that is a choice you get to make now. If you tell them about someone you’ve been seeing and they say vile things in response, adjust accordingly - no more information about your dating life for them until you feel that they can control themselves. Relationships between adults require mutual respect, and if they can’t offer you that, then they get nothing.

Don’t worry about your siblings right now. One of the most difficult things about trying to get out of a toxic household is figuring out how to take your younger siblings with you. You might be trying to work out the details of how to take custody of them or just steal away with them in the middle of the night, and you might be worried that your parents will ban them from talking to you and poison them against you if you leave without them. I know that this is incredibly hard to hear, but... you probably can’t take them with you right now, and yes, that might mean that you lose contact with them for a while or that your parents say bad things about you to them. Unfortunately, there’s just not a lot you can do about that right now (unless there is physical or sexual abuse or neglect going on in the household, in which case you should report it). You’ll be able to help your siblings later, but not right now. Right now, you have to focus on saving yourself. Leaving your siblings behind might be the most painful thing you have ever done, but the best way for you to help them right now is to help yourself. Build the best life that you can, so that when the time comes and they are old enough to leave, they won’t have to struggle the way that you struggled; you can have a spare bedroom and the support they need waiting for them as soon as they are able to break away. 

[forestwater87]

How did you become a university Librarian? Did you do an English degree? Sorry if this is a weird question it just really interests me as I’m not sure what to do when I’m older

Eeee I got really excited about this question! 

Okay, the fun thing about librarianship is that all roads can lead to it: as long as you get an ALA-approved (assuming you’re American; if you aren’t I cannot help you) graduate degree you can do just about anything for undergrad. English majors are extremely common, just by the nature of who’s into the job, but literally it doesn’t matter; in fact, weirder and more specialized degrees can actually help in certain jobs, because they give you a ton of background info and qualifications than most of your contemporaries have.

I fell into it because I worked at a library in high school and fell in love with the environment, and when I realized I’d rather die than work in publishing (my previous life’s goal) I gravitated toward library school. I knew from the beginning that I’d need a Master’s -- and a very specific one at that -- so mostly my undergrad was just “grab a foundational degree and have fun with it.” That was really freeing, honestly. I had a ton of fun in undergrad.

Now, if you, Anon, were interested in getting into librarianship I’d have a handful of recommendations. These are all based on my very American experience, and there are probably smarter people than me with better advice but I’m the only one on this blog so heeeeerrreeeee we goooooooooo!

Undergrad

You need a 4-year degree. Full-stop. It doesn’t matter what kind, but you gotta have one to get into grad school.

Like I said, you can do just about anything for an undergraduate degree. Most of the time English is the BA of choice, because librarians love them some books, but some far less common ones that I think would be hugely helpful to a hopeful librarian would be:

Computer Science: Oh my god you need at least a baseline competency in computers/technology please you don’t have to code but you need to be able to turn a computer on and navigate just about any website/office application on just about any device at the very least you need to know how to Google

Business/Marketing: Particularly if you want to work in public libraries, where a bunch of your funding comes from begging politicians and convincing taxpayers to donate/vote to give you money

Law: If you want to be a law librarian

Medical . . . whatever, I don’t know what fields of medicine there are: If you want to work in a hospital or other medical library

History or Art History: If you’re interested in archives or museum librarianship

Education: School librarians in my state require you to be a certified teacher, and no matter what kind of library you end up in, you’ll end up teaching someone something a decent amount of the time

Communications: You’ll be doing a lot of it. Public speaking, too

Spanish/ASL/any not-the-common language: Hey, you never know what your patrons speak

Literally fucking anything I promise it doesn’t matter what you major in you will use it in a library at some point

Just be aware that you will need more than an undergrad degree. You’ll need probably 2 years of postsecondary schooling (more for certain types of librarianship), so get yourself comfortable with the idea of college.

If you’re like me (please don’t be like me), you might toy with the idea of getting a minor or two/double majoring to round out your skill set. Honestly I’d encourage it if you’re comfortable with the workload and have the time or money; like I said, there are no skills or educational background that won’t come in handy at some point. I promise. We see it all.

Along those lines, a wide expanse of hobbies can be hugely helpful too! You never know when your encyclopedic knowledge of Minecraft will be useful to a patron, but it absolutely will be.

Graduate School

All right, you’ve got your lovely little Bachelor’s Degree, maybe in something weird and esoteric for the fun of it . . . now you’re off to do more school!

It’s a bit complicated, because there are a handful of different titles an appropriate degree could have; my school called it “a Master of Science in Information Science” (MSIS), but other schools might just go with “Master’s of Information Science” (MIS), “Master’s of Library Science” (MLS), “Master’s of Library and Information Science” (MLIS) . . . it’s a mess. 

What you need to do is make sure the degree is approved by the American Library Association, who decides if a program is good enough to make you a librarian in the States. (Again, if you’re not American, good luck.)

Here’s a list of ALA-accredited programs and the schools that offer them.

The nice thing is accreditation has to be renewed at least every few years, so that means your program is always updated to make sure it’s in line with national standards. I’m not promising you’ll learn everything you need to be a librarian in grad school (oh my god you so won’t not even close hahahaha), but at least in theory you’ll be learning the most up-to-date information and methods.

(I’m curious to see how things have changed; when I was in school from 2015-17, the hot topics in library science were makerspaces (especially 3D printing), turning the library into the community’s “third space,” and learning how to incorporate video games into library cataloging and programming. No idea if those are still the main hot-button issues or if we’ve moved on to something else; I imagine information literacy and fake news are a pretty big one for current library students.)

Anyway! You pick a school, you might have to take a test or two to get in -- I had to take the GRE, which is like the SATs but longer -- almost certainly have to do all that annoying stuff like references and cover letters and all that, but assuming you’re in: now what?

There are a couple options depending on the school and the program, but I’m going to base my discussion around the way my school organized their program at the time, because that’s what I know dammit and I will share my outdated information because I want to.

My school broke the degree down into 5 specializations, which you chose upon application to the program:

Archives & Records Administration: For working in archives! I took some classes here when I was flirting with the idea, and it’s a lot of book preservation, organizing and caring for old documents and non-book media, and digitization. Dovetails nicely into museum work. It’s a very specific skillset, which means there will be jobs that absolutely need what you specifically can do but also means there aren’t as many of them. It makes you whatever the opposite of a “jack of all trades” is. You’re likely to be pretty isolated, so if you want to spend all your time with books this might be a good call; it’s actually one of the few library-related options that doesn’t require a significant amount of public-facing work. 

Library & Information Services: For preparation to work in public or academic (college) libraries. Lots of focus on reference services, some cataloging, and general interacting-with-the-public. You have to like people to go into library services in general, heads up.

Information Management & Technology: Essentially meaningless, but you could in theory work as like a business consultant or otherwise do information-related things with corporations or other organizations.

Information Storage & Retrieval: Data analytics, database . . . stuff. I don’t really know. Computers or something. Numbers 3 and 4 really have nothing to do with libraries, but our school was attempting to branch out into more tech-friendly directions. That being said, both this and #3 could definitely be useful in a library! Libraries have a lot of tech, and in some ways business acumen could be helpful. All roads lead to libraries; remember that.

Library & Information Services / School Library Media Specialist: This was the big kahuna. To be a school librarian -- at least in my state -- you need to be both a certified librarian and a certified teacher, which means Master’s degrees in both fields. What our school did was basically smushed them together into a combined degree; you took a slightly expanded, insanely rigorous 2-2.5 years (instead of the traditional 1.5-2) and you came out of it with two degrees and two certifications, ready to throw your butt into an elementary, middle/junior high, or high school library. Lots of focus on education. I started here before realizing I don’t like kids at all, then panicked and left. Back in 2017 this was the best one for job security, because our state had just passed a law requiring all school librarians to be certified with a MSIS/MLS/whatever degree. So lots of people already in school libraries were desperately flinging themselves at this program, and every school was looking for someone that was qualified. No idea if that’s changed in time.

No matter what concentration you went in with, you automatically graduated with a state certification to be a librarian, which was neat. You didn’t automatically get civil service status, though; for some public libraries you need to be put on a civil service list, which means . . . something, I’m not entirely sure. It involves taking exams that are only available at certain times of the year and I gave up on it because it looked hard. 

No one did more than 1 concentration, which is dumb because I wanted to do them all, but it takes a lot of time and money to take all the classes associated with all of them so I personally did #2, which was on the upper end of mid-tier popularity. School library and database services were far and away the most popular, and literally no one did the business one because it was basically useless, so library and archives were the middle children of which the library one was prettier.

THAT BEING SAID! Some forms of librarianship require a lot more education. A few of those are:

Law librarians: At least in my state, you gotta be a certified librarian and have a J.D. This is where the “big bucks” are -- though let’s be real, if you want to be a librarian you have zero interest in big bucks; reconcile yourself to being solidly middle-class and living paycheck-to-paycheck for the rest of your life or marrying rich -- which I guess is why it requires the most work.

School librarians: Like I mentioned, depending on the state you might need two degrees, and not all schools smush them into one. You might need to get a separate Master’s in education.

College librarians: Now, this depends on the college and the job; some colleges just need an all-access librarian, like mine. I didn’t need to specialize in anything, I just showed up with my degree and they took me. (Note: these sorts of entry-level positions tend to pay piss. Like, even more piss than most library gigs. Just a heads-up.) However, if you’re looking to get into a library of a higher-end university, you might be asked to have a second Master’s-level or higher degree just to prove you’re academic enough to party at their school. (Let’s be real, Harvard is almost certainly gonna want someone with a Ph.D. at the very least. That’s just how they roll.) Alternatively, the position might be for a specialty librarian, someone in charge of a field-specific library or field-specific reference services; if you’re being asked to head up the Science & Engineering Library at Masshole University, it’s reasonable to expect that you’ll be bringing a degree in engineering or some sort of science to the table. Colleges have so many different needs that predicting what kind of experience/education you should get is a bit of a challenge. Good luck. Some schools will help you out a bit with this; my grad school had dual degree programs where you could share credits between the MSIS and either an English or History Master’s so you could graduate with both in less time. I . . . started this, and then panicked at the thought of more school/writing a thesis and bailed, but it’s great if you’re into that idea!

What’s the point of the Information/Library Science degree?

You have to have the degree. If you don’t have the degree, you don’t get the job and you don’t make-a the money. Resign yourself to getting a Master’s degree or you’re gonna be bummed out and unemployed.

In terms of what you learn? Well, obviously it depends on the program, but I found that a lot of what I learned was only theoretically related to what I do on a daily basis. My instructors were lovely (well, the adjuncts anyway; the full-timers really didn’t want to be there and wanted to be off doing research and shit), but every library is so idiosyncratic and there’s such a massive umbrella of jobs you could get in one -- god, I didn’t even get into things like metadata services, which I learned basically nothing about in grad school but are super important to some positions -- that it’s hard to learn anything practical in a classroom.

However, besides the piece of paper that lets you make-a the money, there are two important things you should get from your grad school education:

Research skills: My god, you’re going to be doing so much research. If you’re a public librarian, you need to know how to Google just about anything. And if you’re a college librarian, being able to navigate a library database and find, evaluate, and cite sources . . . I mean, you’re going to be doing so much of that, showing students how to do that. Like a ridiculous amount of my day is showing students how to find articles in the virtual library. Get good at finding things, because much like Hufflepuffs, librarians need to be great finders.

Internship(s): Just about every library program will require an internship -- usually but not always in replacement of a thesis -- and if the one you’re looking at doesn’t, dump it like James Marsden in a romantic comedy. Internships are hugely important not only because they look good on a resume and give you some of those delicious, delicious references, but they are a snapshot of what your job is going to look like on a day-in, day-out basis; if nothing else, you’ll learn really fast what does and doesn’t appeal to you. As I mentioned, I wanted to be a school librarian for about half a semester. You know what changed my mind? My class required like 40 hours of interning at schools of each level. Being plopped into that environment like a play you’re suddenly acting in? Super helpful in determining whether or not this shit is for you.

What else should I learn, then?

Besides how to research basically anything? Here are some useful skills in just about any library:

Copyright law. Holy shit, do yourself a favor and learn about publishing/distribution laws in your state. Do you wanna show a movie as a fun program? You need to buy a license and follow super specific rules or it’s illegal! Does an instructor want to make copies of their textbook to give to the students? Make sure you know how much they can copy before it’s no longer fair use! Everything in my life would be easier if I’d taken the time to learn anything about copyright. I did not, and now I’m sad. (I lost out on a job opportunity because they wanted the librarian to be particularly knowledgeable in that kinda thing, and I was very not.)

Metadata and cataloging. In theory, you should learn this in grad school, but I was only given the bare basics and it wasn’t enough. Dublin Core, MARC-21, RDF -- there are so many different kinds of metadata schema, and I took a 6-week class in this and still don’t understand any of the words I just used in this sentence. But basically, to add items to a library catalog you often need to know how to input them into your library’s system; to an extent that’ll be idiosyncratic to your library’s software, but some of it will be based on a larger cataloging framework, so familiarity with those is very useful.

Public speaking and education. You’re gonna do a lot of it. Learn how to deal.

General tech savviness. Again, we’re not talking about coding but if you can navigate a WordPress website? If you know how to troubleshoot just about any issue with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, etc.? If you can unjam printers and install software and use social media you’re going to be a much happier person. At the very least, know how to google tutorials and fake your way through; your IT person can only do so much, and a lot of it is probably going to fall on you.

Social work, diplomacy, general human relations kinda stuff. You’re going to be dealing with all sorts of people from all sorts of backgrounds, with every political view, personal problem, and life experience under the sun. You need to get very good at being respectful of diversity -- even diversity you don’t like* -- and besides separating your own personal views and biases from your work, you’ll be much better equipped to roll with the punches if you have, for example, conflict resolution training. Shit’s gonna get weird sometimes, I promise. (Once a student came in swinging around butterfly knives and making ninja noises. You know who knew how to deal with that? Not me!)

Standard English writing and mechanics. It’s not fair, but in general librarians are expected to have a competent grasp on the Standard English dialect, and others are less likely to be appreciated by the general populace. Obviously this differs based on your community and environment, and colloquialisms are sometimes useful or even necessary, but as a rule of thumb it’s a good call to be able to write “properly,” even if that concept is imperialist bullshit.

*I don’t mean Nazis. Obviously I don’t mean Nazis. Though there is a robust debate in the library community about whether Nazis or TERFs or whatever should be allowed to like, use library facilities for their own group meetings or whatever. I tend to fall on the “I don’t think so” side of the conversation, but there’s a valid argument to be made about not impeding people’s access to information -- even wrong or harmful information. 

Any other advice?

Of course! I love to talk. Let’s see . . .

Get really passionate about freedom of information and access: A library’s main reason for existing is to help people get ahold of information (including fiction) that they couldn’t otherwise access. If you’re a public librarian, you have to care a lot about making sure people can access information you probably hate. (If you’re an academic librarian it’s a little more tricky, because the resources should meet a certain scholarly threshold, and if you’re a school librarian there are issues of appropriateness to deal with, but in general more info to more people is always the direction to push.) Get ready to defend your library purchases to angry patrons or even coworkers; get ready to defend your refusal to purchase something, if that’s necessary. Get ready to hold your nose and cringe while you add American Sniper to your library collection, because damn it, your patrons deserve access to the damn stupid book. Get really excited about finding new perspectives and minority representation, because that’s also something your patrons deserve access to. Get really excited about how technology can make access easier for certain patrons, and figure out how to make it happen in your library. Care about this; it’s essential that you’re passionate about information -- helping your patrons find it, making sure they can access it, evaluating it, citing it . . . all of it. Get ranty about it. Just do it.

Be prepared to move if necessary: One of my professors told us that there was one thing that would always guarantee you a job that paid well -- this was in 2016 but still -- that as long as you had it you could do whatever you wanted. And that was a suitcase. Maybe where you live is an oversaturated market (thanks for having 6 library schools in a 4-hour radius, my state). Maybe something something economic factors I don’t really understand; the point is that going into this field, you should probably make peace with the idea that you’ll probably either end up taking a job that doesn’t make enough money or struggle a lot to even find one . . . or you’re going to have to go where the jobs are. It’s a small field. Just know that might be a compromise you have to make, unless you can get a strictly remote job.

Read: This sounds stupidly obvious but it’s true! Read things that aren’t your genre, aren’t your age range; patrons are going to ask you for reading advice all the goddamn time, especially if you’re a public librarian, so the more you can be knowledgeable about whatever your patrons might ask you about, the easier your life will be. If you’re considering librarianship you probably love to read anyway, so just ride that pony as hard as you possibly can.

Learn to be okay with weeding -- even things you don’t think deserve it: You are going to have to recycle books. You’re going to have to throw away books. You’re going to have to take books out of the collection and make them disappear in some fashion or another. There are a lot of reasons -- damage and lack of readership are big ones -- and there’s no bigger red flag to a librarian than someone saying “I could never destroy a book.” That kind of nonsense is said by people who’ve never had to fit 500 books onto a shelf built for 450. Archivists are different, of course, as are historians, and everyone should have a healthy respect for books both as physical objects and as sources of information, but you’re going to have to get rid of them sometimes, and you’re just going to have to learn how to do that dispassionately.

Have fun! No one gets into this because they want money; if you want to be a librarian, or work in any library-adjacent field, it’s because you really care about the values of librarianship, or the people in your community, or preserving and sharing as great a wealth of information as possible. Your job will often be thankless and it’ll sometimes be exhausting. There will be times where it’s actually scary. And unless you’re rich as balls, it will make you stare at your student loans and sigh with despair. (You may be living in your parents’ basement while you sigh at your loans because you can’t afford to live on your own, for an example that has zero relevance to any authors of this blog, living or dead.)  I can’t tell you if it’s worth it -- though you’ll probably find out pretty quickly during your internship, because that’s what internships are for. All I can say is that I love it, and I can’t imagine doing anything else.

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When they’re feeling under the weather, most individuals seek medical advice. Doctors who already spent years learning everything there is to know about the heart and cardiovascular system, as well as the various potential problems and treatment options available. According to the Heart Foundation, 80 million Americans have one or more types of heart disease, and heart disease is the leading cause of mortality in both men and women in the United States. Cardiologists are in high demand due to increased knowledge and treatment technologies, as well as the growing demand for highly qualified doctors who specialize in cardiac care.

What is a Cardiologist’s job description?

A cardiologist is a doctor who focuses on cardiac diseases, problems, and treatments. These specialists have gone above and beyond their basic medical education, spending years researching how the heart functions to provide the best possible cardiac care, which includes detecting anomalies and diseases, developing treatment plans, and monitoring their patients’ progress.

Cardiologists have taught to:

Identify heart-related illnesses, such as irregular heartbeats, heart disease, and heart failure.

Patients should inform about the risk of heart disease, as well as prevention and treatment options.

Provide specialized heart and cardiovascular care, such as cardiac catheterization, balloon angioplasty, and various types of minor heart surgery.

Cardiologists not only treat cardiac diseases, but they also spend a lot of time coaching patients on how to avoid them. “Stents and bypass surgery in an emergency context are lifesaving,” says Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, cardiologist, and director of The Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute’s cardiovascular prevention and reversal program. In non-emergency scenarios, however, a 3-6 month intensive lifestyle trial would eliminate the need for most interventions.”

A Cardiologist’s Educational Pathway in Steps

A bachelor’s degree-a or four-year college degree is required to pursue a career as a cardiologist. Even though no specific major is necessary, most cardiologists pursue a science-related degree such as biology or chemistry, or a cardiovascular technology (CVT) degree. CVT bachelor’s programs are frequently competitive, and applicants must meet certain qualifications to be considered.

Take the Medical College Entrance Exam (MCAT). When applying to medical schools, nearly all of them ask applicants to submit their MCAT scores. The MCAT is a standardized, multiple-choice test that evaluates a student’s critical thinking abilities, science concept understanding, and problem-solving abilities. Most schools demand test results from the previous three years.

Application to medical school

Make an application to medical school. Medical school, which lasts four years, is the next stage for a potential cardiologist. Students will be studying pharmacology, anatomy, and psychology during this period. They will learn numerous medical techniques like interviewing patients for medical history facts, examinations and diagnosing particular ailments over the first two years of schooling. Clinical rotations in various specialties, where students practice under the supervision of doctors, are common in the last two years of medical school. This is an important part of the educational process because it allows students to obtain significant experience working with real patients.

Consider participating in a residency program. Future cardiologists must complete a residency program after graduating from medical school, which permits them to study under the supervision of a physician. Residency programs vary in length depending on the specialty; cardiologists will complete three-year internal medicine residencies. Future cardiologists can become certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine after completing their residency. Internal medicine certification required to become a board-certified cardiologist later on.

Get accepted into a fellowship program. After completing residency, cardiologists must enroll in a fellowship program. Future cardiologists continue to work with physicians throughout the fellowship and receive further training in cardiology, prevention, diagnosis, and care. The majority of cardiology programs take three years.

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Necessary cookies are absolutely important for the website to perform properly. This class solely includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. At the identical time, remember that PrestaShop is taken into account to be much less scalable than different platforms .

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Unavailable slots are updated on-the-spot so you avoid overbookings. There are scores of free as nicely as paid PrestaShop GDPR and cookie bar modules that you need to use right here. Brute pressure attacks are fairly widespread within the Prestashop shops. The prime goal of such assaults is to disclose default or weak credentials.

PrestaShop makes use of an online template system that allows customers to customise store themes and add new options via add-on modules. The PrestaShop Addons market offers a platform for third-party developers to sell themes and modules to retailers. As seen in the article, there are multiple ways to assaults your Prestashop store. More and more Prestashop security issues are discovered yearly. So, won’t it be nice should you may discover Prestashop security loopholes before the attacker does? The answer to this may be a comprehensive Prestashop safety audit and pentesting.

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These skilled designs allow your clients to shop simply regardless of where they're from. PrestaShop offers greater than modules, themes and providers to assist you construct and develop your on-line retailer, whether you’re an skilled vendor or just getting started in e-commerce. The preferences settings on the dashboard can add extra to the PrestaShop security. Using a cookie makes it easy to trace customers and establish unique customers from faux ones. If the cookie mismatches with the IP it was issued to, it is prone to be an attacker.

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WHAT IT TAKES TO BECOME A CARDIOLOGIST!

WHAT IT TAKES TO BECOME A CARDIOLOGIST!

When they’re feeling under the weather, most individuals seek medical advice. Doctors who already spent years learning everything there is to know about the heart and cardiovascular system, as well as the various potential problems and treatment options available. According to the Heart Foundation, 80 million Americans have one or more types of heart disease, and heart disease is the leading cause of mortality in both men and women in the United States. Cardiologists are in high demand due to increased knowledge and treatment technologies, as well as the growing demand for highly qualified doctors who specialize in cardiac care.

What is a Cardiologist’s job description?

A cardiologist is a doctor who focuses on cardiac diseases, problems, and treatments. These specialists have gone above and beyond their basic medical education, spending years researching how the heart functions to provide the best possible cardiac care, which includes detecting anomalies and diseases, developing treatment plans, and monitoring their patients’ progress.

Cardiologists have taught to:

Identify heart-related illnesses, such as irregular heartbeats, heart disease, and heart failure.

Patients should inform about the risk of heart disease, as well as prevention and treatment options.

Provide specialized heart and cardiovascular care, such as cardiac catheterization, balloon angioplasty, and various types of minor heart surgery.

Cardiologists not only treat cardiac diseases, but they also spend a lot of time coaching patients on how to avoid them. “Stents and bypass surgery in an emergency context are lifesaving,” says Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, cardiologist, and director of The Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute’s cardiovascular prevention and reversal program. In non-emergency scenarios, however, a 3-6-month intensive lifestyle trial would eliminate the need for most interventions.”

A Cardiologist’s Educational Pathway in Steps

A bachelor’s degree-a or four-year college degree is required to pursue a career as a cardiologist. Even though no specific major is necessary, most cardiologists pursue a science-related degree such as biology or chemistry, or a cardiovascular technology (CVT) degree. CVT bachelor’s programs are frequently competitive, and applicants must meet certain qualifications to be considered.

Take the Medical College Entrance Exam (MCAT). When applying to medical schools, nearly all of them ask applicants to submit their MCAT scores. The MCAT is a standardized, multiple-choice test that evaluates a student’s critical thinking abilities, science concept understanding, and problem-solving abilities. Most schools demand test results from the previous three years.

Application to medical school

Make an application to medical school. Medical school, which lasts four years, is the next stage for a potential cardiologist. Students will be studying pharmacology, anatomy, and psychology during this period. They will learn numerous medical techniques like interviewing patients for medical history facts, examinations and diagnosing particular ailments over the first two years of schooling. Clinical rotations in various specialties, where students practice under the supervision of doctors, are common in the last two years of medical school. This is an important part of the educational process because it allows students to obtain significant experience working with real patients.

Consider participating in a residency program. Future cardiologists must complete a residency program after graduating from medical school, which permits them to study under the supervision of a physician. Residency programs vary in length depending on the specialty; cardiologists will complete three-year internal medicine residencies. Future cardiologists can become certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine after completing their residency. Internal medicine certification required to become a board-certified cardiologist later on.

Get accepted into a fellowship program. After completing residency, cardiologists must enroll in a fellowship program. Future cardiologists continue to work with physicians throughout the fellowship and receive further training in cardiology, prevention, diagnosis, and care. The majority of cardiology programs take three years.

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Cars and trucks today are extremely complex machines, and their unique characteristics vary heavily from brand to brand. Making certain that your technician has obtained the proper training for your specific vehicle is crucial since special tools and procedures — many of which are not easily available to the "average" auto mechanic — are required to correctly service your auto.

●      Is the service technician A.S.E.-certified?

Twice annually, the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence offers auto service industry professionals the chance to become A.S.E.-certified. By passing a written test and having at least two years of work experience in auto repair service, auto mechanics earn A.S.E. certification, placing them among the top practitioners in the industry. Inquiring about A.S.E. credentials is important, as the designation better ensures the competence of your prospective car mechanic.

●      Inquire about pricing and labor rates.

Before you surrender your keys to the service department, be sure to determine the labor rate. Shops typically post the rate in a conspicuous place, so be observant and ask questions if you're confused. Make sure you understand the way in which you will be billed for an auto repair. Many shops bill according to estimated repair times established by the manufacturer. A repair that the service tech deems "minor" could indeed be an all-day job according to the manufacturer's specifications.

●      Ask questions. Lots of them.

Don't be intimidated. Ask questions about why something needs fixing or how a technology works. As the customer, you have a right to become more educated about your vehicle.

●      Request Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) parts

Whenever parts need to be replaced, be sure to request genuine OEM components rather than generic pieces. Maintaining exact manufacturer specifications is important in achieving optimum performance. The low-price allure of aftermarket parts often prompts customers to forgo OEM quality, but spending the extra dollars on factory-approved equipment now can make a big difference down the road, especially in terms of vehicle longevity.

●      Ignore the myth of the 100,000-mile tune-up.

It doesn't exist, states Principe. Each vehicle has a specific tune-up schedule recommended by the manufacturer. The more you keep the systems clean, the better the vehicle will run.

Variations in climate and driving style also dictate the necessity for maintenance. Commuting in dusty desert conditions will quickly clog air filters, while driving short distances repeatedly can wear out the exhaust system, as moisture is never completely evacuated. Extremely hot and cold conditions require more attention paid to radiator fluid and engine oil.

●      Look for warning signs.

Finally, taking a car in for service is always a case of caveat emptor — let the buyer beware. "If a car mechanic doesn't look you in the eye, speed talks or tries to brush you off — beware," noted Principe. "He's either trying to hide something or is just interested in the receipt at the end of the week."

 COST

 Auto Car & Light Truck Repair Rates:

Auto Repair Services near McAllen TX: (Call Out Fee Starts at $80.00) With no hourly fee, to come to you.) Service parts are an extra charge. Part pick up & Mileage to come to you over 35 miles is $1.75 a mile round trip. Labor Rate is $80.00 flat rate hour, not per hour. All Jobs Are Flat Rate Hour per Labor Guide.

In short. We bid the job. Not charge you for a technician per regular hour to be on-site to repair or service your vehicle.

Heavy-Duty, Medium Duty, Semi-Tractor Trailer, Bus, Coaches and Recreational Vehicle Repair Rates:

(Call Out Fee Starts at $120.00) With no hourly fee, to come to you, during normal hours.) Service parts are an extra charge. Part pick up & Mileage to come to you over 35 miles is $1.75 a mile round trip.

$120.00 per Hour Labor Rate. All Jobs Are Flat Rate per Hour Labor Guide. In short. We bid the job. Not charge you for a technician per regular hour to be on-site to repair or service your truck, bus, or RV.

●      Holidays:

Holidays are Double Time on the call out fee. Labor rates stay the same at after-hour rates and mileage charge only applies when we have to go over 35 miles at a 1.75 round trip.

●      After Hour Rates:

After hour rates go into effect after 5 PM till 8:00 AM for cars and light trucks $120.00. For Semi Trucks, RVs, and Buses Call out Fee is 160.00.

●      Weekend Rates:

Friday, Saturday, and Sunday call-out fee rates are $120.00 for Cars Light Trucks. Semi-Truck and RV $160.00.

 Mileage Charge

Mileage charge of $1.75 per mile round trip after 35 miles, plus call-out fee, to come to you.

Service Call Cancellation:

If A Service call is canceled early, We reserve the right to keep the service call Fee if a mobile mechanic is on route.

Times to get to a Service or Repair Call:

One to Two hours. We cover a big area and try to get to the break down as soon as possible. When we give an ETA this does not include traffic or accident time, please have patience with us as we are trying to get to you soon as we can. Remember most repair shops have a three to four day turn around. We can fix your problem on the same day, depending on the parts.

Part Warranty:

Customers who furnish their parts, warranty on parts does not apply to 24 Hour Mobile Mechanics. Warranty Stays With Customer, Or Company, Who Purchased The Parts.

 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

 Do I bring my car to you or do you come to me to make the repairs, etc.?

 Auto Repair Services near McAllen TX: We come to you to repair and service your vehicle, rest assured. That is all part of our service offering to both residential and business clients. There are certain times when we cannot make a repair on site because it requires us to have your vehicle put on a lift. In those cases, we have the vehicle towed so you don’t have to.

 Are your mechanics ASE Certified?

 Yes, all of our mechanics are ASE Certified. At Mobile Mechanics Of McAllen, we strive for consistency, value and trust. For this reason, a requirement for all our mechanics is that they achieve ASE status and maintain it during their entire tenure.

 Do you perform a free diagnosis?

 For computer diagnostic tests that require the travel and use of our state-of-the-art equipment, we do not offer free service.

 Can you fix my car at my home or business?

 Both! Most of our work on your vehicle is done on site, including routine maintenance. There are certain repairs, which require your vehicle to be put on a lift. In those cases, we will offer towing to a repair location where our ASE Certified mechanics will perform the repair and have your car delivered back to your location.

 Do all repairs happen on site?

 A vast majority of the repairs and maintenance performed by Mobile Mechanics Of McAllen ASE Certified mechanics will be performed on site. There are certain repairs, which require your vehicle to be put on a lift. In those cases, we will offer towing to a repair location where our mechanics will perform the repair and have your car delivered back to your location.

 Do you service commercial fleets?

 Yes, we do! A large portion of our clientele is commercial, meaning that many of the vehicles we service and repair are part of a larger fleet. Please visit our membership page for more information and contact us directly via phone or email for a commercial quote.

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● Oil change Oil is the lifeblood of your car engine. Timely cleaning action of new oil will save your engine from damage. ● Wheels Alignment Complete repair to wheels that are bent, vibrating, or are out-of-round. We inspect every wheel for cracks prior to repair. ● Vehicle Maintenance We have a fully staffed service department with Omaha NE vehicle department along with Master Technicians to handle all maintenance needs. ● Transmission Your car transmission repair should only be handled by qualified mechanics performing the best services. ● Car Batteries This important element of your car is a source of energy to start your ignition and it provides power to car accessories. ● Tune - UP When was the last time your car had tune-up? In order to protect car engine damage, the vehicle needs to pass tune-up to keep running smoothly.

TIPS Auto Repair Services near Omaha NE: ● Decide between the independent corner garage and the dealership service department. Technicians at the dealer are specialists; they are manufacturer-trained and typically work exclusively on your make of vehicle. Most dealers have an ongoing training program for the service staff, which includes not only the service technicians but also the service manager, advisors and support staff. ● Keep your records in order, and take them with you. Have records available on everything you do to maintain your car — and keep them in the car if possible. Well-kept records can be instrumental in correctly diagnosing a vehicle problem the first time. Incomplete records can lead to redundant auto repairs that waste your time and money. A vehicle with a well-documented repair service history also tells your mechanic that you value first-rate work at the recommended intervals, and have done your part to keep your vehicle in tip-top shape. ● Is the technician trained on your specific vehicle make? Cars and trucks today are extremely complex machines, and their unique characteristics vary heavily from brand to brand. Making certain that your technician has obtained the proper training for your specific vehicle is crucial since special tools and procedures — many of which are not easily available to the "average" auto mechanic — are required to correctly service your auto. ● Is the service technician A.S.E.-certified? Twice annually, the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence offers auto service industry professionals the chance to become A.S.E.-certified. By passing a written test and having at least two years of work experience in auto repair service, auto mechanics earn A.S.E. certification, placing them among the top practitioners in the industry. Inquiring about A.S.E. credentials is important, as the designation better ensures the competence of your prospective car mechanic. ● Inquire about pricing and labor rates. Before you surrender your keys to the service department, be sure to determine the labor rate. Shops typically post the rate in a conspicuous place, so be observant and ask questions if you're confused. Make sure you understand the way in which you will be billed for an auto repair. Many shops bill according to estimated repair times established by the manufacturer. A repair that the service tech deems "minor" could indeed be an all-day job according to the manufacturer's specifications. ● Ask questions. Lots of them. Don't be intimidated. Ask questions about why something needs fixing or how a technology works. As the customer, you have a right to become more educated about your vehicle. ● Request Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) parts Whenever parts need to be replaced, be sure to request genuine OEM components rather than generic pieces. Maintaining exact manufacturer specifications is important in achieving optimum performance. The low-price allure of aftermarket parts often prompts customers to forgo OEM quality, but spending the extra dollars on factory-approved equipment now can make a big difference down the road, especially in terms of vehicle longevity. ● Ignore the myth of the 100,000-mile tune-up. It doesn't exist, states Principe. Each vehicle has a specific tune-up schedule recommended by the manufacturer. The more you keep the systems clean, the better the vehicle will run. Variations in climate and driving style also dictate the necessity for maintenance. Commuting in dusty desert conditions will quickly clog air filters, while driving short distances repeatedly can wear out the exhaust system, as moisture is never completely evacuated. Extremely hot and cold conditions require more attention paid to radiator fluid and engine oil. ● Look for warning signs. Finally, taking a car in for service is always a case of caveat emptor — let the buyer beware. "If a car mechanic doesn't look you in the eye, speed talks or tries to brush you off — beware," noted Principe. "He's either trying to hide something or is just interested in the receipt at the end of the week."

COST

Auto Car & Light Truck Repair Rates: Auto Repair Services near Omaha NE: (Call Out Fee Starts at $80.00) With no hourly fee, to come to you.) Service parts are an extra charge. Part pick up & Mileage to come to you over 35 miles is $1.75 a mile round trip. Labor Rate is $80.00 flat rate hour, not per hour. All Jobs Are Flat Rate Hour per Labor Guide. In short. We bid the job. Not charge you for a technician per regular hour to be on-site to repair or service your vehicle. Heavy-Duty, Medium Duty, Semi-Tractor Trailer, Bus, Coaches and Recreational Vehicle Repair Rates: (Call Out Fee Starts at $120.00) With no hourly fee, to come to you, during normal hours.) Service parts are an extra charge. Part pick up & Mileage to come to you over 35 miles is $1.75 a mile round trip. $120.00 per Hour Labor Rate. All Jobs Are Flat Rate per Hour Labor Guide. In short. We bid the job. Not charge you for a technician per regular hour to be on-site to repair or service your truck, bus, or RV. ● Holidays: Holidays are Double Time on the call out fee. Labor rates stay the same at after-hour rates and mileage charge only applies when we have to go over 35 miles at a 1.75 round trip. ● After Hour Rates: After hour rates go into effect after 5 PM till 8:00 AM for cars and light trucks $120.00. For Semi Trucks, RVs, and Buses Call out Fee is 160.00. ● Weekend Rates: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday call-out fee rates are $120.00 for Cars Light Trucks. Semi-Truck and RV $160.00.

Mileage Charge Mileage charge of $1.75 per mile round trip after 35 miles, plus call-out fee, to come to you. Service Call Cancellation: If A Service call is canceled early, We reserve the right to keep the service call Fee if a mobile mechanic is on route. Times to get to a Service or Repair Call: One to Two hours. We cover a big area and try to get to the break down as soon as possible. When we give an ETA this does not include traffic or accident time, please have patience with us as we are trying to get to you soon as we can. Remember most repair shops have a three to four day turn around. We can fix your problem on the same day, depending on the parts. Part Warranty: Customers who furnish their parts, warranty on parts does not apply to 24 Hour Mobile Mechanics. Warranty Stays With Customer, Or Company, Who Purchased The Parts.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Do I bring my car to you or do you come to me to make the repairs, etc.?

Auto Repair Services near Omaha NE: We come to you to repair and service your vehicle, rest assured. That is all part of our service offering to both residential and business clients. There are certain times when we cannot make a repair on site because it requires us to have your vehicle put on a lift. In those cases, we have the vehicle towed so you don’t have to.

Are your mechanics ASE Certified?

Yes, all of our mechanics are ASE Certified. At Mobile Mechanics of Omaha, we strive for consistency, value and trust. For this reason, a requirement for all our mechanics is that they achieve ASE status and maintain it during their entire tenure.

Do you perform a free diagnosis?

For computer diagnostic tests that require the travel and use of our state-of-the-art equipment, we do not offer free service.

Can you fix my car at my home or business?

Both! Most of our work on your vehicle is done on site, including routine maintenance. There are certain repairs, which require your vehicle to be put on a lift. In those cases, we will offer towing to a repair location where our ASE Certified mechanics will perform the repair and have your car delivered back to your location.

Do all repairs happen on site?

A vast majority of the repairs and maintenance performed by Mobile Mechanics of Omaha ASE Certified mechanics will be performed on site. There are certain repairs, which require your vehicle to be put on a lift. In those cases, we will offer towing to a repair location where our mechanics will perform the repair and have your car delivered back to your location.

Do you service commercial fleets?

Yes, we do! A large portion of our clientele is commercial, meaning that many of the vehicles we service and repair are part of a larger fleet. Please visit our membership page for more information and contact us directly via phone or email for a commercial quote.

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Beginners Guide: Start your career by learning python

In today’s IT market, the python developers are the most required employees and still, there is plenty of competition for the choicest positions. In this dynamic world, the popularity of python never seems to reduce and the career opportunities are only still growing.

Have you decided to embark on the journey of learning python? One of the most common frequently asked questions is what is the best way to learn python for beginners? Understanding how to learn is the first step in learning a programming language. Learning how to learn is the most crucial skill that is involved in computer programming. This is because as the languages evolve the libraries are created and even the tools are upgraded. Knowing how to learn will be essential in becoming a successful programmer.

How can you become a python developer?

Here are a few tips that would help you in giving a better insight into how to become a python developer.

Tip 1: Build your Github repository

When you are interviewing for a position as a python developer your GitHub repository also serves as your resume. The recruiters look at it on the developer’s platform and there is no need to ask you to send the samples for your work.

In your GitHub repository, you have to add your python projects and some of the practice works with some minor changes. No matter even if it is a simple code that you have written from an existing code. Every piece of your work matters here and it is counted for the future.

Tip 2: Code every day

In every work, consistency is very important. When you are learning a language, think that you are going to do something great in the future and start learning with full interest. It is recommended to commit code every day. It may be hard in the beginning, but this plays a large part in programming.

Committing to coding every day will help you in all the ways. If you feel it difficult in the beginning, consider starting from small programs and working your way up from there. You can even search for python for beginners online, from where you will get to know what you have to learn and how you can learn.

Tip 3: write readable code

This might seem obvious, but it is very important to mention. When you are writing a code, make sure others can read and understand it. If your recruiters are viewing your code on GitHub they have to understand what you have written and they have top easily grasp what you have done, otherwise, it could turn against you.

There are certain guidelines available that can help you to write readable codes, the recommended ones are listed below.

Indentation

Tabs and spaces

Maximum line length

Line breaks

Blank lines

Sources file encoding

String quotes

White spaces in expressions

Trailing commas

Naming conventions

Tip 4: start writing your code

Once you have known how to write a code, start writing your codes. Writing the code by hand will also help you to plan your code before you move to the computer. When you write the codes and take notes you will know what you have to do and what can help you in saving a lot of times.

Tip 5: Read other people’s code around your skill level

Many people will have a unique and organised style of coding. The best way you can develop your coding style is by looking on to other coding styles and learning from the other programming developers. First, start looking at other codes that are similar to your skill and get an idea from all those codes.

Tip 6: read books on python coding

Even the experienced python developer has to learn something new always. You can find plenty of new materials when it comes to python. You can get the python coding books and start learning from that.

Tip 7: grow your python skills

If you want to stay competitive and enhance the python experience you have to grow your skill set. Reading books is not only sufficient, but you should also know how to start working with some of the python libraries.

Learning python libraries would be difficult in the beginning, but you can make progress by learning a few daily. If you feel it is more difficult, you can join the python for beginners online course. Based on what you learn in these libraries you can create projects and add them all to the GitHub for the others to see.

Tip 8: master AI and machine learning with python

If you start learning course you will also have to practice it simultaneously. The most crucial applications are in the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning. Try to learn various algorithms used in such areas and implement them in the projects that you do. List the skills in the Github repository and learn them. Listing them will increase your value as a python developer.

Tip 9: accept the freelance projects

When you want to become a python developer, writing the code and creating the projects is not only enough. You also have to accept the freelance projects from others regardless you are paid or unpaid. Make sure you list them all in the Github repository, having the completed ones in your repository will pay off either today or tomorrow.

Tip 10: follow a daily schedule for practice

Just because you know everything doesn’t mean you have to stop coding in python language. Learning more every day will help you in some ways. Whether it is simple or complex, make a habit of writing a few codes daily. Spend some time learning and write the codes every day so that you can get every aspect of python at your fingertips.

Tip 11: Keep your resume updated

Make sure you update your information regularly in the job portals. Keep your resume up to date so that your recruiters take notice.

Get started

These are the tips that will be very helpful for you if you want to become a python developer. You can even do some online python courses to gain some skills. Doing the course you can get the certification and this will be useful when you go for an interview.

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High-Paying Trade Jobs Sit Empty, While High School Grads Line Up For University

Ashley Gross, NPR, April 25, 2018

Like most other American high school students, Garret Morgan had it drummed into him constantly: Go to college. Get a bachelor’s degree.

“All through my life it was, ‘if you don’t go to college you’re going to end up on the streets,’” Morgan said. “Everybody’s so gung-ho about going to college.”

So he tried it for a while. Then he quit and started training as an ironworker, which is what he is doing on a weekday morning in a nondescript high-ceilinged building with a concrete floor in an industrial park near the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

Morgan and several other men and women are dressed in work boots, hard hats and Carhartt’s, clipped to safety harnesses with heavy wrenches hanging from their belts. They’re being timed as they wrestle 600-pound I-beams into place.

Seattle is a forest of construction cranes, and employers are clamoring for skilled ironworkers. Morgan, who is 20, is already working on a job site when he isn’t at the Pacific Northwest Ironworkers shop. He gets benefits, including a pension, from employers at the job sites where he is training. And he is earning $28.36 an hour, or more than $50,000 a year, which is almost certain to steadily increase.

As for his friends from high school, “they’re still in college,” he said with a wry grin. “Someday maybe they’ll make as much as me.”

Some 30 million jobs in the United States that pay an average of $55,000 per year don’t require bachelor’s degrees.

While a shortage of workers is pushing wages higher in the skilled trades, the financial return from a bachelor’s degree is softening, even as the price--and the average debt into which it plunges students--keeps going up.

But high school graduates have been so effectively encouraged to get a bachelor’s that high-paid jobs requiring shorter and less expensive training are going unfilled. This affects those students and also poses a real threat to the economy.

“Parents want success for their kids,” said Mike Clifton, who teaches machining at the Lake Washington Institute of Technology, about 20 miles from Seattle. “They get stuck on [four-year bachelor’s degrees], and they’re not seeing the shortage there is in tradespeople until they hire a plumber and have to write a check.”

In a new report, the Washington State Auditor found that good jobs in the skilled trades are going begging because students are being almost universally steered to bachelor’s degrees.

Among other things, the Washington auditor recommended that career guidance--including choices that require less than four years in college--start as early as the seventh grade.

“There is an emphasis on the four-year university track” in high schools, said Chris Cortines, who co-authored the report. Yet, nationwide, three out of 10 high school grads who go to four-year public universities haven’t earned degrees within six years, according to the National Student Clearinghouse. At four-year private colleges, that number is more than 1 in 5.

“Being more aware of other types of options may be exactly what they need,” Cortines said. In spite of a perception “that college is the sole path for everybody,” he said, “when you look at the types of wages that apprenticeships and other career areas pay and the fact that you do not pay four years of tuition and you’re paid while you learn, these other paths really need some additional consideration.”

And it’s not just in Washington state.

Seventy-percent of construction companies nationwide are having trouble finding qualified workers, according to the Associated General Contractors of America; in Washington, the proportion is 80 percent.

There are already more trade jobs like carpentry, electrical, plumbing, sheet-metal work and pipe-fitting than Washingtonians to fill them, the state auditor reports. Many pay more than the state’s average annual wage of $54,000.

Construction, along with health care and personal care, will account for one-third of all new jobs through 2022, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. There will also be a need for new plumbers and new electricians. And, as politicians debate a massive overhaul of the nation’s roads, bridges and airports, the U.S. Department of Education reports that there will be 68 percent more job openings in infrastructure-related fields in the next five years than there are people training to fill them.

“The economy is definitely pushing this issue to the forefront,” said Amy Morrison Goings, president of the Lake Washington Institute of Technology, which educates students in these fields. “There isn’t a day that goes by that a business doesn’t contact the college and ask the faculty who’s ready to go to work.”

In all, some 30 million jobs in the United States that pay an average of $55,000 per year don’t require bachelor’s degrees, according to the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce.

Yet the march to bachelor’s degrees continues. And while people who get them are more likely to be employed and make more money than those who don’t, that premium appears to be softening; their median earnings were lower in 2015, when adjusted for inflation, than in 2010.

“There’s that perception of the bachelor’s degree being the American dream, the best bang for your buck,” said Kate Blosveren Kreamer, deputy executive director of Advance CTE, an association of state officials who work in career and technical education. “The challenge is that in many cases it’s become the fallback. People are going to college without a plan, without a career in mind, because the mindset in high school is just, ‘Go to college.’”

It’s not that finding a job in the trades, or even manufacturing, means needing no education after high school. Most regulators and employers require certificates, certifications or associate degrees. But those cost less and take less time than earning a bachelor’s degree. Tuition and fees for in-state students to attend a community or technical college in Washington State, for example, come to less than half the cost of a four-year public university, the state auditor points out, and less than a tenth of the price of attending a private four-year college.

People with career and technical educations are also more likely to be employed than their counterparts with academic credentials, the U.S. Department of Education reports, and significantly more likely to be working in their fields of study.

Young people don’t seem to be getting that message. The proportion of high school students who earned three or more credits in occupational education--typically an indication that they’re interested in careers in the skilled trades--has fallen from 1 in 4 in 1990 to 1 in 5 now, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

Washington is not the only state devoting attention to this. California is spending $200 million to improve the delivery of career and technical education. Iowa community colleges and businesses are collaborating to increase the number of “work-related learning opportunities,” including apprenticeships, job shadowing and internships. Tennessee has made its technical colleges free.

So severe are looming shortages of workers in the skilled trades in Michigan that Gov. Rick Snyder in February announced a $100 million proposal he likens to the Marshall Plan that rebuilt Europe after World War II.

At the federal level, there is bipartisan support for making Pell grants available for short-term job-training courses and not just university tuition. The Trump administration supports the idea.

For all the promises to improve vocational education, however, a principal federal source of money for it, called Tech-Prep, hasn’t been funded since 2011. A quarter of states last year reduced their own funding for postsecondary career and technical education, according to the National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education.

Money isn’t the only issue, advocates for career and technical education say. An even bigger challenge is convincing parents that it leads to good jobs.

“They remember ‘voc-ed’ from when they were in high school, which is not necessarily what they aspire to for their own kids,” Kreamer said.

The parents “are definitely harder to convince because there is that stigma of the six-pack-totin’ ironworker,” said Greg Christiansen, who runs the ironworkers training program. Added Kairie Pierce, apprenticeship and college director for the Washington State Labor Council of the AFL-CIO: “It sort of has this connotation of being a dirty job. ‘It’s hard work--I want something better for my son or daughter.’”

Of the $200 million that California is spending on vocational education, $6 million is going into a campaign to improve the way people regard it. The Lake Washington Institute of Technology changed its name from Lake Washington Technical College, said Goings, its president, to avoid being stereotyped as a vocational school.

These perceptions fuel the worry that, if students are urged as early as the seventh grade to consider the trades, then low-income, first-generation and ethnic and racial minority high school students will be channeled into blue-collar jobs while wealthier and white classmates are pushed by their parents to get bachelor’s degrees.

“When CTE was vocational education, part of the reason we had a real disinvestment from the system was because we were tracking low-income and minority kids into these pathways,” Kreamer said. “There is this tension between, do you want to focus on the people who would get the most benefit from these programs, and--is that tracking?”

In a quest for prestige and rankings, and to bolster real-estate values, high schools also like to emphasize the number of their graduates who go on to four-year colleges and universities.

Jessica Bruce followed that path, enrolling in community college after high school for one main reason: because she was recruited to play fast-pitch softball. “I was still trying to figure out what I wanted to do with my life,” she said.

Now, she’s an apprentice ironworker, making $32.42 an hour, or more than $60,000 a year, while continuing her training. At 5-foot-2, “I can run with the big boys,” she said, laughing.

As for whether anyone looks down on her for not having a bachelor’s degree, Bruce doesn’t particularly care.

“The misconception,” she said, “is that we don’t make as much money.”

And then she laughed again.

[realtalk-princeton]

Do you think a lack of business school will hamper me at Princeton? I’m choosing between Princeton and UPenn (not Wharton but I can take business courses there and I care more about taking those courses than just getting a business degree)? I am into STEM and business

2. “Can you suggest some really cool courses that will help me understand the economy, people, and market (i.e. for business like the ones you would take at Wharton)?“

Is this the same person? - I’m mainly answering the first because it will kind of tie into the second. If the second question is from an actual current student the short answer is that ECO 361 and 363 are good starters. Also maybe some PSY or ENT courses as well.

Response from Maybach:

Wow! I am so happy to get this question. This is the one time where I think my personal experience is so directly applicable. As a preface though I just want to say that I think I could also help you better on the phone as this can be a long and intricate answer. I and my cousin (who I will mention) would be happy to help you with your decision and making the best choice for you.

So I’m an Economics major at Princeton, which is the closest major I suppose we have to anything business. I was considering Wharton and Penn at one point, but I decided against it. My cousin, who’s the same age as me and is a best friend actually started at Vanderbilt. Then, get this. He transferred to Penn after his freshman year into the College of Arts and Sciences. Then, he transferred again into Wharton to do a dual-degree program after his sophomore year! So I think that combined, I have a pretty good idea of the major differences, pros/cons, and key points that will be vital to making your decision. 

First and foremost, I want to be honest and tell you that Princeton is probably the most academic, research-driven, intellectual, theoretical, and LIBERAL ARTSY out of the Ivy League. I put liberal arts in caps because Princeton is very very against the idea of pre-professional courses and degrees. We believe in exposure to many academic areas even outside your major, in many fields that are not directly applied to jobs. You are supposed to be expanding your intellectual horizons not directly training for a job. Even our engineering departments are much less applied than others with the degree of the use of physics for example. Computer Science is the same. You also can’t double major as we don’t really think that you can be an “expert” and write a thesis for two different majors, while at the same time truly exploring a multitude of other fields. 

As a result of all of the aforementioned details, we do NOT offer very “businessy” (if that’s even a word lol) courses. We don’t have a business school, med school, nor law school so those kinds of courses are not explicitely given. The closest thing we have to business courses would be through the Economics or the Finance certificate (minor) program. Stuff like “Financial Accounting” is offered by the Econ department even though it’s not Econ simply because we refuse to count it as a business course and we have no business/accounting department. Any business course we offer here as well is also as theoretical, math intensive, and rigorous as possible. We offer courses on M&A, derivatives, and corporate restructuring, but all through a finance lense. As a result, we only offer a handful of business-like courses and they look significantly different from ones taken at most of our peer institutions. You won’t find marketing, management, leadership, real estate courses, etc. here, but you will at Wharton. I came to Princeton because I had a diverse set of intellectual interests. Yes, I love Economics (and business I suppose) the most, but I also really enjoy history, philosophy, and languages. Because of the way the curriculum and departments are structured at Princeton, I can explore all of these comfortably and easily in a way that I thoroughly enjoy. For example, I’m taking computer science and although I’ll never work for Google, we learned as much in a week as state schools learn in months. So if you really love business the most and don’t want to be hampered down by having to “waste” time on stuff you don’t like, then Wharton would be much better. My cousin got a 3 in AP chemistry and he enjoys how Wharton allows him to only focus on what he cares about and not have to waste time on other things. They offer courses like real estate private equity that we would NEVER in a million years offer here. So because of this, he gets all business classes he wants and then he’s not very restricted by having to take non-business classes. Sure, he can if he wants, and he took plenty, but there are fewer rules compared to Princeton where I’m sure he would be mad about having to take a least one “Ethical and Morality Course.” Wharton kids only need to take 30% of the courses outside of Wharton and that number has actually been falling with less and less liberal arts emphasis. I love Princeton and I think that you should come here if you want a well-rounded, intellectual, experience. You get to understand formulas, not just use them without thinking. You also get to conduct amazing research, which is much harder to do at Penn. 

So, the story would seem like it would end here with me recommending Wharton the way you sound. You seem like an applications in STEM, applications in business kind of person. If you love business and want to take real business courses, heck, don’t come here lol. If marketing is your passion, you’re not going to find that here as easily. BUT, unfortunately, there’s a whole lot more to talk about. You’re going to be in the college of arts and sciences correct? There’s a good reason why my cousin transferred.

Yes, you are correct that even if you aren’t in Wharton, you can take business classes. Unfortunately, they didn’t tell you about the divide between Wharton and the rest of Penn and how sometimes “getting along” is easier said than done. So, if you major in A&S (arts and sciences), you CANNOT minor in Wharton unless you’re doing a dual-degree, which you aren’t based on your question. Therefore, you have a ton of the requirements similar to the ones I’m talking about at Princeton. This heavily restricts your ability to take courses at Wharton right off the bat as you just simply don’t have the availability without declaring a minor. The only business-like minor they have is like Real Estate development, which someone like Trump probably would do. Other than that, NO WHARTON MINOR. Secondly, Wharton kids get first dib and priority with Wharton courses. Meaning, that you won’t often be able to get into a lot of their upper level, more interesting courses. Yeah, you can take Business Leadership 101 or whatever, but who actually cares about that course? My friend never even went to lecture. Wharton kids get first access to good courses, then you, and even if you had access, you need the pre-reqs. This leads to kind of a separation a lot with Wharton kids having their own exclusive clubs and groups and kind of segregating the normal Economics kids (Wharton is a Bachelor of Sciences in Economics btw). Sure this doesn’t always happen, but 75% of my cousin’s friends are in Wharton. Wharton looks better on a resume as well as a “Sciences” vs “Arts” for those kinds of jobs too sometimes, unfortunately. In fact, in some of the primary Wharton buildings like Huntsman Hall (I think that’s the structure’s name?), Wharton kids can kick you out of certain spaces and certain areas. For these reasons, my cousin actually moved to Wharton and left A&S. He was trying to take all these interesting business classes and made friends with most of the people in these departments. He couldn’t continue doing that though because his major restricted him, causing him to have to leave.

So the simple answer is that I don’t know if going Penn in Arts and Sciences is that much better based on your interests. Princeton has a better liberal arts program. Penn liberal arts would be good, and yes you’d get to take a little flare (but nothing that serious and not too much) in business, but it’s still not as good as Princeton’s in my opinion. In the end it’s up to you, but academically, I’m not seeing an immensly superior advantage of Penn. We offer good STEM too if you want that.

Lastly, I think you should also really start thinking about culture and social scene too then. Penn and Princeton are similar, but still perceivably different. Wharton kind of emulates Princeton the most tbh though. Penn has frats, more wild parties (look up I’mSmacked), and is less academically challenging. Princeton is much more preppy, suburban, and we don’t have that Phillie vibe. Always think about this too because fit could ultimately be more important than academics as I just told you that I’m not seeing gigantic differences between the two if you’re A&S.

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The Beginner's Guide to Becoming an Online Fitness Instructor

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The Beginner's Guide to Becoming an Online Fitness Instructor

In 2019 the global value of the online fitness market was a little over $6 billion. By 2027 it is projected to reach a mesmerizing $59 billion! So if you have been on the fence about starting your own online fitness business, then maybe it is time to take that step.

There are many advantages to being an online fitness coach – you can reach a lot more customers, there is more flexibility and you are less exposed to the negative effects of lockdowns or minor injuries. If you know how to make use of these advantages, you will be a lot better-off financially than if you were only a gym-based coach.

If you are only just starting your online fitness journey, you might feel overwhelmed with everything that needs doing – expanding your client base, establishing a strong social media presence, choosing the right app where to provide your services… it’s a lot! Don’t be discouraged, because we’ve broken it down into easy steps for you. Here is a snapshot of what we will be talking about:

Figure out your strengths

Get your product right

Equipment

Technology will be your new best friend

Figure out your strengths and who you want your customers to be

There are two things you should establish before doing anything else. Once you get them right they will guide all your following decisions.       

Why strengths matter

The first, and this might not be an easy one, is what your strengths are. As an online fitness coach you are selling yourself, so it’s essential that you know how you will make a difference for your customers.

How do you motivate others? 

Why do people trust you and like you in general?

What is it about you that you are truly proud of?

Your answers don’t need to be unique, but they have to be 100% genuine. They will be the reason why your customers will stick with you and recommend you further.

There is a massive advantage of online coaching versus face-to-face interactions. Using a camera allows you to showcase your strengths in a much more directed manner. It also gives you a chance to conceal any small weaknesses you might be concerned about. You can for example, adjust the lighting and shooting angle so it shows your exercises in the best possible way – and everyone will see ONLY that angle. Any small blips you experience in the shooting process can later be edited out so your videos look absolutely perfect.

Who will be your customers?

You might be tempted to target multiple customer segments, but with the competition that is already out there this will be a mammoth task. Your best chances of success are to target a small niche of the market. Some popular examples are:

Athletes trying to improve their performance (e.g. runners, swimmers, weight lifters)

Women who have recently given birth

Sedentary professionals who want to improve their general fitness levels

Obese people trying to lose weight

You can even decide to only work with a specific age group within these categories. What matters is that your target group benefits from your knowledge and personality. Being a niche coach will allow you to fully meet your customers’ needs and that is how you will ensure a stable income and grow your business.

Get your product right

This is where you put your fitness knowledge to use, so time to shine! What type of programs will be most effective for your target client group? What duration and frequency will fit their lifestyle? Remember, don’t rely only on your existing knowledge, but do your research too. You are now moving to the professional sector and you want your customers to get a workout that really helps them achieve their goal.

An important consideration at this point is – do you want to do live online classes or to record videos for your customers to stream on demand? There are benefits to both, so chances are you will go for a mixture of them. With live classes your customers will be much more engaged and are more likely to stick with you until the end of the program. Pre-recorded material is good if your customers have busy schedules and struggle to commit to certain appointments.

One more thing to think about is your qualifications. Legally, you are not obliged to have one to be a personal trainer. However, competition in the sector is intense and it will certainly pay out to have a certificate. Keep in mind that for certain types of classes, such as Zumba® or Pilates, you must be a certified trainer otherwise this will be a copyright infringement.

As fitness results are closely connected with eating habits, many online trainers also include dieting into their product offering. If you want to do that too, it is best to dedicate some time and resources to becoming a registered dietitian or nutritional specialist. This will contribute to your clients’ positive results and will increase your value to them.

Equipment for the online fitness instructor

You will need some hardware to record or stream your videos online and there are some important things to consider:

Make sure you have a good quality camera

A Full HD recording capability is a must and is available on most models, but if your workouts have quick movements, then it will make a real difference if your camera also has the ability to shoot at 60 frames per second. Don’t forget to get a tripod too, so you can achieve the best shooting angle.

Lighting

This is key. A large sunny window against your recording point or a very bright lamp can result in some incredibly irritating to watch material. Try out different settings and find what looks best on your recording device.

Workout equipment

Whatever gear you include in your workouts, ensure it is in a good state (no chipped weights or cracked elastic bands) and that it stands out in the video. Don’t use gear that is the same colour as your walls or as your workout clothes.

Technology will be your new best friend

An online video business can’t go far without the appropriate technology.  If you choose the path of live workouts, there are platforms that can give you invaluable help to create a really good customer experience. Your video platform will form an important part of your image, so here is what to look out for when choosing which one to trust.

Create the perfect client interaction

An online video platform will define how you communicate with your customers. Some coaches prefer to limit the ways clients can contact you, and only provide an email. However if you are ready to offer customers constant support, there are platforms that offer an in-app messaging service. That way you will be able to answer queries without any delay.

An important part of your client interaction is the scheduling process for your classes. Video service solutions offer different options for managing your appointments. Will the platform account for the fact that you are not available at the same times every day? Can it control for you the number of clients that can attend your class? Will it distinguish between personal sessions and group events when showing your availability to clients? Your personal preferences will guide your choice of solution. Remember, your schedule might look a certain way now, but this can change in the future, so the more flexible the scheduling options, the better.

Speak to the video solution’s support team about these:

Video quality

You may have invested in a great camera, but check whether your platform isn’t compressing your high quality video into something looking less than professional. The quality needs to be perfect both on your side and at your customer’s end.

How will it work with your streaming device?

When doing live online classes you want to make sure that you are completely uninterrupted for the entire duration of the workout. Will your platform mute any other potential notifications on the device you are using it from?

How will your online video class start and end?

What happens if you need an extra 2 minutes to set up your workout area? You probably don’t want your clients to be watching while you do that. A good video platform will therefore offer you the option of a waiting room for your classes. Similarly, what do you want to happen if your class overruns and overlaps with your next one? It’s worthwhile thinking about this in advance.

There are many other questions worth asking, such as how will you be handling refunds or what will be your policy on no-show customers. We have prepared a great guide to start your journey on providing services online.

It matters how you choose to take payments

You will need to choose a payment solution to offer your customers that is convenient both for you and for them. Some payment operators take a few days to process a transaction, so make sure you check that detail out before you press the green button. Others allow you to choose your own payment schedule which could save you on some of the transaction costs. Speaking about transaction costs, don’t forget to check what they are and add them to your customer pricing.

Of course, it is easiest to choose a video platform that also processes payments and this is a great option, especially if you are running group events. Another benefit of this solution is that if you decide to offer meal plans to your clients, you will be able to arrange an “appointment” that only consists of a file exchange and still get paid for that.

Every journey starts with a single step

Having your own business is a huge responsibility. Until your online workouts start bringing you a steady income you might have to juggle another job and you might also have to give up on some previously planned purchases. But as a coach you know that every change takes time and is not easy. For now all you have to do is take that first step.

#3veta #3vetaservices #onlineservices #videoservices #videoconferencing #meetclientsonline

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Louisiana Insurance Renewal Program. While some agencies don’t cover it, most are available if you need to use an independent agency to evaluate your car insurance needs. For example, AAA has coverage for non-collision damage; a non-standard auto insurance company; nonstandard auto insurance and a full coverage auto insurance company. To see your quote online or over the phone, we recommend visiting our . It s free! We want to be your first stop for car insurance questions. Anywhere you live, we can get you a free car insurance quote! AIS Update on CO-OP plans: The Co-op Association of Southwest Region plans have begun operating in February for 2019. CO-OP plans were written in an effort not to penalize any single insurance company in future when certain rates are added. For 2019, the Co-op plans do not have rates for any single insurance plans. However, the group of organizations that write CO-OP benefits have been able to make adjustments, which.

Non-Resident Louisiana Insurance Continuing Education Requirements

Non-Resident Louisiana Insurance Continuing Education Requirements Florida residents who hold a Louisiana driver’s license and who do not own the vehicle using automobile insurance policies must carry the following liability coverage limits: *Uninsured/Underinsured motorist bodily injury and property damage: $15,000 per person and $30,000 per occurrence. Collision: $15,000 per person and $40,000 per occurrence. Collision coverage pays for damage to the other vehicle. Comprehensive: $15,000 per person and $60,000 per occurrence. Personal Injury Protection (PIP): $15,000 per person and $60,000 per occurrence. » MORE: Minimum Louisiana auto insurance requirements Limited and standard personal injury protection (PIP) coverage in the following states: *Uninsured/Underinsured motorist bodily injury and property damage: $25,000 per person and $50,000 per occurrence. Collision and catastrophic loss: $15,000.

Louisiana Insurance Continuing Education Course Category Restrictions

Louisiana Insurance Continuing Education Course Category Restrictions Listed below are additional information regarding the program and the course requirements. If any of the references in the post below is given, it’s not clear what the insurance continuing education provisions are for continuing education. After passing the insurance continuing education, the policy continues on the road that is still being driven. It may end up being used to complete the insurance continuing education course. After the policy is on the road, it is not required to continue the insurance continuing education required by the State of Nevada. No exceptions are found. There are no requirements as to what’s considered “failure by the end of the insurance continuing education period.” This is called the “failure period”. The insured is obligated to complete insurance continuing education if: He or she fails to complete the insurance continuing education required by the State of Nevada The insured makes a supplemental insurance continuing education course in which he or she completed the course. .

Exemptions from Louisiana Insurance Continuing Education Requirements

Exemptions from Louisiana Insurance Continuing Education Requirements in the Insurance Requirements (LIIE) Code Section 101-2901; if applicable, Section 101-101-2; to be applicable, Section 101-31 (General Rules; Requirements and Exclusions); and other general rules for filing insurance reports. If you are required to obtain the Indiana’s Family Code, you have a valid reason for doing so and have a state insurance requirement similar to that outlined and also applicable to you. In other words, you need to obtain the Indiana’s Family Code and state, regardless of your state of residence, to legally drive. This will be the same if you have a higher credit score. You will also be required to have a valid reason for having a valid reason, such as, you need to obtain more than one type of insurance. If there are other questions for you, you may wish to discuss this as an additional expense. In this case, your insurance company may be your only option. If you get a DUI and find.

Louisiana Insurance Contact Info

Louisiana Insurance Contact Info Agency Name: Date of Birth: Age Level of Premium: Phone Number: Company Identification Number: Title Page: Locations: Go The insurance company has an average annual income of $2,922 in 2018. In April 2019, the company spent $1,079 on the company of property and casualty insurance. In the first year, insurance went from $2,067 to $1,871, and in the last year, the company paid $1,871 for insurance, which is still higher than the premiums the company charged. As a result of the higher premiums the company had to pay for the insurance, the insurance company increased their expenses. You can compare insurance companies at the click of a mouse. Is Puerto Rico a Tier 1 state: Tier 1 Insurance Code Insurance Code Title Insurance Code.

Louisiana Insurance Continuing Education Exam Requirements

Louisiana Insurance Continuing Education Exam Requirements 1. Qualify for Exercise 2.  Qualification Requirements Applicants must complete this form every exam-optional Requirements Must complete 5,000 total/20,000 Qualification Required 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 The Department of Insurance will send notice to all insurance companies or licensees of New York stating that insurance plans must be terminated as of March 18, 2012. The department will send notice to the insurance companies of New York in this case confirming the revocation of the insurance plan. The letter states that the insurance plans must be terminated for the company that initiated the program to which the notice is sent. There may be any other form of misrepresentation at, if.

Reporting and Louisiana Insurance Continuing Education Certificates of Completion

Reporting and Louisiana Insurance Continuing Education Certificates of Completion on an approved or non-approved basis and no matter if for work or for a certificate. The insurance Continuing Education course was graded and sent as an email. There were no specific deadlines that were stated in the certificate. There were no deadlines as to why the final exam had been delayed (the bill was not approved by the LTCI). There was no additional work or practice required. It is important that all prospective students be completely honest in their applications. These are very important courses to take each time for insurance continuing to pass the exam. For the full course, you can download . This can be helpful when applying for a new insurance continuing education certificate. We recommend completing all of the relevant required after hours courses to ensure that the course is valid from the outset. In addition, we recommend reviewing your education plan as soon as possible. Most of the course is ideal if you are just looking to get a credit for your continuing education. However, if there are any special needs, you.

Required Louisiana Insurance Continuing Education Hours

Required Louisiana Insurance Continuing Education Hours Please visit our website for a complete listing of your continuing education hours. We value your privacy. We may collect personal information from you such as credit information, demographic information and information we use to calculate your auto insurance quote. We may also utilize your information for marketing products and services and/or other purposes, including but not limited to, providing the products and services you request, processing your claims, protecting against fraud, maintaining security, confirming your identity and offering you other insurance and financial products. We look forward to hearing from you. We value your privacy. We may collect personal information from you such as identifying information (name*, address*, driver/owner s license number), transactional information (products or services purchased and payment history), digital network activity (interactions with our website, IP address), geo-location data and embedded devices. We use this information for business, marketing and commercial purposes, including but not limited to, providing the products and services you request, processing your claims, protecting.