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Groups are a place where we can strengthen our faith, help each other through life, and make a real impact on our communities. Groups create an environment for you to connect in a meaningful way with others while getting to know God better. We have a few ways for you to get connected:
Group Taster
Sometimes it's nice to "try before you buy"! For this reason, we offer a one-time group experience so you can see and feel how a group works. It's offered Sunday Mornings at the church. This is a great first step for those who've never been in a small group. If you are interested, fill out the "Join a New Group" form below.
Prayer Training
Prayer is really about having a close, connected relationship and conversation with God. Out of that flows the ability to help others as we speak to them. We are currently building teams to pray for others after our worship services and Tuesday nights during Stepping Forward. If you would like to be a part of a team or receive mentoring let us know. You don't need to have any previous experience, just a desire to learn and be used by God! Prayer trainings are offered every Tuesday evening from 6-7 pm. Questions? Contact Duane Davis at
Small Group Leader Training
We offer training for small group leaders three times a year. If you are interested, please contact Duane Davis at
Join a New Group
When you're ready to join a group it's nice to be with others who are new
Small Group Studies
CLICK HERE for a complete list of studies available in our church library.
Join an Existing Group
We have a number of groups that are looking for more people to join. They meet at various times and locations. Here is a list. If you see something that works for you, send the leader an email for more details.
Men's Groups
We are a group of men who are interested in growing closer to God. Our group meets the 2nd and 4th Saturdays from 7:30 - 9:00 am in the Church Parlor. Our time together includes breakfast followed by DVD study with discussions of topics by leading Christian authors like Andy Stanley and Max Lucado. Each year we participate in two service projects, and we also attend fun sports activities together. We hope you'll visit us! For more information, contact Kyle Kaiser at .
Women's Groups
Women's group that meets in homes on Mondays at 7 pm. Contact Bonnie for details at .
This group meets Thursdays at the church from 1:00 - 2:30 pm. Contact LuAnn for details at .
Mixed Groups
That's anyone over 60 years young! The Ageless Learners small group will be back in session on Thursday, September 5, at 9:30 am in the Parlor. Our first Fall study will be some of Jesus' parables. We would love to have anyone interested in not only Bible Study but also a lot of fun and fellowship to join our group. What better way to get to know those you worship with on Sunday. For more information, call Ann Swigert at 777- 9563. We look forward to seeing you!
Affinity Groups
Each year our church is part of a softball league for men ages 18 and older, and games are played at Tri-County Baptist Church on Monday evenings from May through July. Contact: Scott Dietz • or 513-349-6846
This group meets for social activities and primarily consists of empty nesters. They met the 3rd Saturday evening of each month.
Contact: Barbara Wentz •
The quilters group gathers twice a month to quilt and fellowship. Many of the quilts they make are donated to those in need. The group meets on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays at 10:00 am in room 205.
Contact: Sharon Wright •
The knitting group meets on the 1st Wednesday of each month in the Parlor at 7:00 pm. Many of the items that are knitted are donated to those who are ill or newborn babies. Contact: Carolyn Godston •
The euchre group meets to play cards once a month on the 4th Saturday at 7:00 pm in the Parlor. Contact: Judy Warner •
The On Our Own group enjoys fellowship and understanding of each other's life circumstances. The group meets on the 3rd Friday of the month at the Original Pancake House at Union Center in West Chester at 9:30 am. Contact: Joyce Courtney • 513-777-3346
The PrimeTimers group offers opportunities for seniors to connect at Faith Community, make new friends, have fun and grow in their faith. We are a lively group of Christians who rejoice in the gift of friendship from God and stay busy throughout the year with a wide range of trips, dinners, speakers and events. See below for a few examples. Contact:
Day Trips – The PrimeTimers take wonderful day trips several times a year. Some of the past trips have included: The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Krohn Conservatory butterfly exhibit, La Comedia Dinner Theatre, tour of the Basilica in Covington, the Sign Museum in Cincinnati, a trip to Amish country, and much more. Most trips provide a bus charter, or carpooling for closer destinations.
Events – Several events are offered each year for fellowship and fun. Past events have included a "Salute to Veterans" program, game night, various speakers, music and dancing featuring a quintet group, ice cream social and book exchange, potluck dinners, and more.
Lunch Bunch at area restaurants – The PrimeTimers "Lunch Bunch" meets on the 2nd Friday of even months. This group enjoys a new restaurant dining experience every other month, while visiting with Christian friends.


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FC: Battles for the Holy land: The Crusades | By: Finn Harrington and Collin Helwig
1: Battles for the Holy Land:The Crusades | By: Finn Harrington and Collin Helwig | Copy write Macungie, Pennsylvania 2011
2: What were the Crusades? | The Crusades were battles to get the holy land: Jersuslem. There were eight Christian crusades. There were Christians, Muslims, and other religions in these battles. The Crusaders were the people who fought for the Christians. The always wore crosses in battle and fought fiercely. In these battles they used weapons like the battering ram, catapult, and swords. In total there were eight crusades. These battles took place in Europe. | The holy cross | Jeruselum
3: The First Crusades | The first crusade started on November 18th, 1095 .This was declared by Pope Urban 11 He gathered many people and gave a speech. This was against the Turks and Muslims. The Crusaders won and eventually reaches Constantinople and killed around 10,000 Muslims and Jews. They later went out to Asia Minor and fought there. After everything was over the crusaders returned \home and brought new ideas to Europe with them. They made new medicine and better weapons. Once they reached the holy land they were so happy and kissed the ground. The Crusaders won the first Crusade. | Pope Urban II | The Crusaders
4: The crusaders before a battle. | The Second Crusade | The Second Crusade was started by Muslims. In the beginning the crusaders had the holy land from the first crusade but never got firm control of it. But they ended up losing this crusade.But the loss of this crusade also brought good things to Europe. As the solders came back they brought good ideas they saw in the other places they fought. This helped revive trade in Europe. They brought in jewels ,rugs,and spices. They also found new ideas like medicine,math,and technology just like in the first.
5: Saladin the first. This man started the rise of the turks. | The Third Crusade | The Third crusades happened in 1187. It was known as the Crusade of the Kings. A very important Muslim leader named Saladin the first fought in it He started the crusade by stopping pilgrims from entering the holy land.. There were a very organized kings in this crusade. King Richard raised money for the crusades to go into battle. this crusade involved the death of the German emperor: Fredrick Barbosa. It finally ended in 1192 when King Richard and Saladin made a truce to once again let pilgrims into the holy land.
6: The Fourth Crusade | The fourth crusade was known as "The Trader Crusade." Merchants joined the Crusaders. This crusade started in 1202 and ended in 1262. During this time the crusaders were allied with the Venetians. The main objective of this crusade was to get to Egypt so they could take down they Muslim power. During this time the Muslims had large power so the people of Constantinople asked th crusaders for protection. Once the Crusaders got there they had no money and attacked Constantinople themselves to get back home. In this battle they sacked the city of Constantinople. This event took place in 1204. They took all of the city's wealth. This attack helped the downfall of Constantinople. In 1453 Constantinople fell to the Turks. Saladin fought in this war too. | Constantinople after the sack.
7: Children who marched to the holy land. | The Children's Crusade | The Children's Crusade started in 1212. It happened when thousands of French and German children attempted to march to Jeruselum. This crusade was not successful. After a while children go tired and some returned home. Others kept going. There misfortune started when there boat sank. Then they had to travel by foot on the Alps. During this time the French and German children met up with each other. Many children froze to death. At the end of their journey they were captured by some men and sold as slaves.
8: Leaders of the Crusades | There were many leaders in the crusades. As you know one was Saladin because he led the turks to victory in the later crusades and created the rise of the turks. Another was Godfrey of Bouillon because he was an extraordinary solider and was wise. He was a Christian. One important leader was Pope Urban II because he started it all.. One extremely vital man in the crusades was Peter the Hermit. He led the fourth crusade or the peoples crusade . The crusades would not be remembered without all these people. | Godfrey of Bouillon.
9: The Diary Entry of a Crusader | Feb. 14- This is now the 234th day of the first crusade. There is frost on the ground today. It must have been a cold night. A muslim wounded my arm in battle yesterday and took my horse. I may not be able to afford a new one. I'm scared I might have to go home and miss out on the oppurtunitiy of having a good afterlife. We are winning but i dont know how much more of this I can take. All I wish is for this war to end.
10: Weapons used in the Crusades | Catapult | Flail | Battle Axes | Mace
11: This is what some Crusaders looked like. | These are what a one on one battle looked like. | {{Pictures
12: Finn Harrington | Finn is 12 and his favorite sports are baseball and skiing. He lives with his Mom, Dad, sister Moira, and his dog. His favorite sport teams all are from Philadelphia, but his favorite is the Phillies. He has been playing baseball since the age of 5, and now plays on the Allentown Avengers. He has been skiing since the age of 6 and skis all winter long. | Finn Harrington | Finn's favorite sport.
13: Collin Helwig | Collin is 13 and his favorite sport is basketball. He lives with his family and dog. His favorite sport teams are in New York. His absolute favorite is the Giants. He goes to see them play on sundays. Collin lives with his mom,dad,sister,brother,and dog. His favorite baseball team is the New York Yankees. His favorite football player is Eli Manning. | Collin's favorite sport. | Eli Manning
14: Bingham, Jane. Medieval World. London: Usborne, 1999. Print. "The Crusades." Www.boisestate.edu. Boise State Unniversity. Web. 4 Nov. 2011 http://boisestate.edu/courses/crusades/>. Gavelt, Christopher. Castles. New York: Christopher Gavett, 1994. Print. History of Our World. Needham, MA: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005. Print. MacEaurern, Sally. Medieval World. Vol. 3. Danbury: Grolier Education, 2001. Print. Tanaka, Shelley, and Greg Ruhl. In the Time of Knights: the Real-life History of History's Greatest Knight . New York: Hyperion, 2000. Print. | Work Cited
15: This mixbook is dedicated to Pope Urban II because he is the reason the Crusades started when he declared war in 1095. Without him we wouldn't have been able to make this mixbook. THE END


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Barbeques mainly involve roasting different types of beef and meat. The chefs main duty is to prepare and grill the meat as desired by the guests. The advantages of hiring barbeque food with chef include;
• Reduced labor – Imagine having to prepare all the food by yourself and the help of a few friends. It would weigh down on you and leave you exhausted to enjoy the event. Even if you ordered food that is already prepared, barbeques require someone standing on the grill ensuring everything is properly done and people know exactly what they are eating. But this would make it nothing more than an ordered beef meal and not the kind of bbq people expect to have. Hiring chefs relieves you off such duties. Most establishments that offer bbq food with chef usually provide 2 or more chefs depending on the event (number of guests and the unique requirements). With these extra pair of hands, you need not to touch anything as the host.
• Top quality bbq services – Hiring bbq with chef brings in the expert knowledge and experience that these chefs have in preparing barbeques. There is little chance something will go wring under their watch. Without a chef, the other people you place in charge of your bbq may oversight specific elements or make mistakes they do not know how to handle. The experienced chefs have profound knowledge and insights and can make last minute changes as requested. They know how to use both charcoal and gas bbq, with or without lid.
• Save time – Since you have a chef taking care of events at the grill and ensuring every aspect of that end goes on according to plan, you can focus on other elements of your event or function. It saves you the time needed to frequently check out if everyone is satisfied with the bbq experience. What's more, chefs will prepare the bbq food and ensure it is ready for your guest which means you do not need to show up. If you only hired a bbq without a chef, all the work from preparation to service would be heaped on you which is quite time consuming.
• Convenience – On the same point of saving you more time, you can trust the chef to take care of the bbq (once you give them the orders) while you handle other things. You do not need to be present for them to prepare your food. Once they get their orders, they immediately start working and you can conveniently deal with other things. These are professional bbq chefs who know exactly what to do once they are set up for the task.
Hiring a chef along with the bbq has many other minor benefits that include an enlivened experience. You may even get the chef to display their unique skills for a little extra and give your guest a fine class bbq experience.
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Hiring bbq food with chef is ideally the best approach to modern bbq events. However, not every function or event will necessarily require chef services. In fact, there are various expenses that may not be worth incurring and other events are better off without a chef appearance. Some of the key concerns of hiring bbq food with chef include;
• Significantly expensive – Hiring a chef will definitely cost you more (sometimes quite a lot of) money than if you just ordered bbq food. A typical request that includes a chef generally costs close to double the price of the bbq alone. Chefs are expensive and their services will usually cost you extra bucks.
• Strict time and inflexible - Chefs also work with time which can only be stretched by paying extra money. If they are from a business, their shift may be immediately be followed by another assignment in a different place which means they have to leave. If say you were paying them for 3 hours and for various reasons started an hour late while they showed up on time, the one hour will be yours to make up. If you want to retain them, you will be required to pay around $15 per hour depending on the assets deployed to your bbq.
• Varied requirements – There are special conditions that you must meet to hire bbq food with chef. The food must be above a given amount and some businesses require the order to be at least $500 before they give you a chef.
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But we're talking about a fully functional guest directory mobile app for guests, that saves you time, money, and paper, and is simple to update. Today you may have a big printed book you leave in rooms to help guests learn all about your property and local area restaurants and recreation. But a modern traveler wants this information close at hand at all times—and up-to-date. A mobile version of your guest directory allows you make that happen because it's:
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In this episode of Geek Cinema Society, Brett Stewart, Nicole Davis, David Luzader, and their guest, Peter Fisher, delve into 1979's 'Alien.' Right in time for the release of 'Covenant,' the panel delves into the film that started it all. This movie is the first entry in a longstanding sci-fi horror and action franchise that perseveres to this day. Does it stand the test of time?
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Wednesday, 26 July, 2000, 15:48 GMT 16:48 UK
Swiss Nazi row ends in US court
A judge in the US has given the final seal of approval to a deal to end a long-running dispute between Swiss banks and relatives of Nazi Holocaust victims.
More than 500,000 people claimed they were owed money which had been deposited by them or their dead relatives, but was then hoarded by the banks after the war ended.
Some banks were even reported to have refused to pay out to the victims' relatives, because no death certificates were available from Nazi concentration camps.
It had already been agreed by the banks, but needed the judge's formal approval.
New York Judge Edward Korman used the words of a Holocaust survivor as he rubber-stamped the deal. "I have no quarrel with the settlement," Judge Korman quoted the survivor as saying.
"I do not say it is fair, because fairness is a relative term. No amount of money can possibly be fair under those circumstances."
More than 50,000 separate accounts were believed to have been opened by holocaust victims in Switzerland.
But the deal also covers people whose assets were plundered by the Nazis and transferred to Switzerland later.
The banks agreed to settle the dispute after being threatened with sanctions by several US states.
Two of the largest banks - Credit Suisse and UBS - have since agreed to allow the claimants access to a database of 2.1 million accounts from the war years.
The move was designed to help speed up payments to victims.
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Its interesting following your discussions. Have any of you had experiences of or heard of major disadvantages using a FAST cache like in the EMC?
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Your completely correct about sizing. Which is why when Netapp pundits go around selling the one size fits all cache + sata architecture I cringe.
Netapp came in saying we would save money over the type of storage we typically bought (symmetrix, USP) but in the end we needed as many Netapp controllers to satisfy the requirements where cost is back in enterprise storage array territory.
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When trying to save money on storage, it's important to see where it's all going in the first place.
For example:
- People managing storage and how much time they spend
- People managing backups and how much time they spend
- Number of storage and backup products (correlating to people/time in addition to CapEx)
- How much storage is used to do certain things (backups, clones)
In the right environment, NetApp Unified can save companies a boatload of money.
In some other environments, it might be a wash.
In other environments still, going unified may be more expensive, and you may want to explore other options.
The problem with storage that has as much functionality as NetApp Unified, is that, in order to do a comprehensive ROI analysis, a LOT of information about how you spend money on storage is needed - often far beyond just storage.
For example, how much does it cost to do DR? And why?
How much time do developers spend waiting for copies to be generated in order for them to test something?
I've been able to reduce someone's VNX spend from 100TB to about 20TB. Yes - with 100TB the VNX could do everything the customer needed to do (many full clones of a DB environment plus local backups plus replication).
We were able to do it with 20TB and have space to spare.
The end result also depends on how much of the NetApp technology one is willing to use.
If you use our arrays like traditional boxes you get a storage system that's fast and resilient but it won't necessarily cost you any less...
Re: Netapp FAS vs EMC VNX
It's much more difficult to do routine tasks on an EMC box. I know that is relative, and subject to everyone's opinion. I've worked on both, and NetApp just makes more sense to me, and it is so much easier to do basic stuff.
An example would be shrinking a volume. With NetApp, it is one command, and the FlexVol that contains the share is grown or shrunk to whatever size you want. With Celerra, you can't shrink the container that the share is in. They call it a file system, and it cannot be shrunk. If you want unused space back from a bloated file system, you've got to create a new file system, copy all the data, re-share everything from the new path, and destroy the old. This plays hell with replication. If you want to move your Celerra LUNs around in the storage array with the old CLARiiON LUN Migrator tool, too bad, you can't. Again, it's create new, copy data, and delete the old. Obviously, this would cause a loss of service to your users.
If you're running a small dedicated NAS array these may not be a big problem for you. If you're hoping to run a large array with CIFS/NFS/iSCSI/FC with dozens or hundreds of TB behind it, then these are useful features that you'll be missing out on.
I understand the FAST is a big deal for you. On the surface, it does sound pretty cool. There are some drawbacks, though, and of course EMC doesn't talk about them. Once you put disks in a FAST pool, they are there forever. You CANNOT pull drives out of a pool. You've got to create a new pool on new spindles, copy ALL the data, and then destroy the entire pool. Any SAN LUNs could be moved with CLARiiON Migration, but the LUNs you've allocated to the Celerra cannot be moved this way. It's a manual process with robocopy, rsync, or your tool of choice. Obviously, this would cause a loss of service to your users.
If you're running a small dedicated NAS array these may not be a big problem for you. If you're hoping to run a large array with CIFS/NFS/iSCSI/FC with dozens or hundreds of TB behind it, then these are useful features that you'll be missing out on.
Maybe some of these things have changed with VNX, but from what I understand it is still the same in these respects as Celerra. If someone in the community knows more about VNX than I do, please correct me.
Re: Netapp FAS vs EMC VNX
Having both in my environment it's not quite as horrible as you make it to be.
In one way I've conceptually thought of a Celerra filesystem == a NetApp aggregate, both were limited to 16TB of space (until recently) and neither could shrink. I have a 600TB NS960 Celerra on the floor and not having to think about balancing aggregate space for volumes on it is very nice. I've only had to shrink a NetApp volume maybe two-three times (trying to fit a new 2TB or so volume into an existing aggregate), generally for our environment all that happens is storage consumption nobody gives back, unless they are completely done at which point we delete the volume. If you really want to shrink it there are a number of easier ways than using host level migration either nas_copy (similar to a qtree snapmirror copying at the file rather than block level) or using CDMS where you point your clients to the new filesystem and it hot-pulls files over on demand (still requires outage to point your clients to new location, but measured in minutes rather than hours)
While not suggested (because you can hurt yourself badly if done wrong) you can move Celerra luns around in the storage array using lun migrator. Caveat is that it needs to be the same drive type, raid type and raid layout else AVM will be confused on the state of the lun. i.e. AVM thinks it's a mirrored FC disk, you migrate it to a raid5 SSD disk, next time AVM queries the storage it will have a lun defined in a mirrored FC pool that has a different characteristic. If you aren't using AVM or are using thin devices from the array this might not be a problem but 99.9% of people don't run that way.
On shrinking a block level pool NetApp has the exact same drawback and they don't talk about it either. You want to shrink an aggregate... how do you do it? You do the same process you mention on the NetApp, drain the entire aggregate, pretty much just as painful. Additionally, if you aren't shrinking the volume on the Celerra you would replicate it to another pool on the same or different NAS head, only if you are shrinking a filesystem would you have to do anything at a per file level.
That's all on the older Celerra NS not the VNX (but at this time they basically have the same feature set, just more power, capacity, etc).
I'd say that the EMC pools with FAST tiering is better than NetApp fixed aggregates, but if you are using both SAN & NAS I'd say that it almost becomes a throw away value. It's nice to have one big storage pool for the array that can go to really huge sizes (100TB is certainly bigger than 16TB it isn't really that huge anymore): I don't have to worry about balancing space, wide striping just happens, etc. That's all great but to use the same thin block pool for SAN & NAS you give up NAS filesystem thin provisioning, you present the NAS head thin luns and create a thick filesystem on it; there is no thin on thin. While not the end of the world as it's still thin provisioned in the backend, nobody really does it. You have 200TB of storage and you want to split it evenly, you generally give 100TB traditional raid luns to NAS AVM pool and 100TB thin pool luns to SAN pool. I haven't explored using a thick provisioned pool lun... but still nobody really does it that way so why bother. With that quantity of storage you still would create 2x 100TB aggregates but there is no issue with mixing and matching NAS & SAN in the same aggregate.
I personally have found them both annoying in their own ways to manage. I'm more CLI type person, but I'd probably put the Unisphere interface higher than NetApp if you like GUI's (the previous version of Celerra manager not so much)
The NetApp is nice in it's similarity to traditional unix file structure: mount vol0; edit exports, quota, netgroup, etc done. It is a bit annoying in that depending upon the change you can't do everything from one location: i.e. change exportfs file, have to login to the filer to activate it. I can copy all those config files somewhere else for backup before I make a change (very nice!) or to apply if I'm moving from filer to filer: replacing filer A with B, copy exports from A to B done. General real-time performance stats are easy to get "login run sysstats -x", detailed not so much.
Celerra you change those values via a command which is rather esoteric, "server_export ...",etc once figured out not a big deal, but it's not as obvious as exports line. It's nice in that everything is done from the same system, login to the control station issue whatever command done, don't have to ssh into the NAS head to do anything. Having said that if you are using scripts for things because most everything is a command it makes things very simple. Don't have to edit a file, ssh in anywhere run a script and it's just done which for our environment with thousands of clients and petabytes of storage is very, very nice. Detailed real-time performance stats are very easily accessible via, "server_stat".
They both suck in long term performance stats without adding on additional packages, they both suck in finding out oversubscription rates with qtrees, etc.
Re: Netapp FAS vs EMC VNX
Having read all these posts I feel compelled to respond. I have used all flavors of both the Netapps and EMC... The Netapp 2040 does compete with the EMC configuration. However, a 2240-4 or 2240-2 have ultra attractive price points these days. One thing I would like to say about day to day tasks on the EMC vs the Netapp is that I do observe most things being easier and more central on the Netapp. EMC's unisphere has bridged the gap to some respect, but Netapp is still ahead of the curve. Not too long ago I used a Celerra NS-120 backended by clariion CX4-120's. Most folks in a virtual environment are looking to leverage storage efficiencies and by and large the NAS portion of the devices. The Celerra consistently had issues with both replication and NFS. By issues I mean the head on the Celerra would kernel panic becuase of the NFS mounts and fail over to the other head. Talk about unacceptable. To further add to the pain; EMC admitted the issue and said there was no fix or workaround yet available. Also, they went further to say there was no projected date to alleviate the problem and their work around was to present via the clariion portion and use fiber channel. Really? Why did I WASTE money on a NAS head if all it could do were SAN operations effectively? To my knowledge EMC has now remediated these issues. However, how much confidence does this give me in EMC? Answer, NONE! EMC has a solid SAN that solidly replicates. As far as NAS and deduplication; NEVER AGAIN.
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Hi all,
First of all to remove any confusion, you should know that I am 100% in favor of EMC, that's what I sell, but that does not mean I cannot talk positive about other vendors, especially NetApp whom I always highlight as one of the 2 single best positioned
storage vendors for example for VMware projects (besides EMC off course).
A number of replies above resemble more a consumer Mac vs Windows forum, where it seems very important to create FUD, playing with the truth.
For example:
- FAST and FAST Cache not working with NFS: Not true, it does work with NFS
- FAST Cache having the same approach as NetApp Flash Cache: Not true, FAST Cache accelerates read and write I/O's, where Flash Cache accelerates read I/O's
- When replying on why it is not possible with NetApp to "tiering without PAM" the answer is; "we don't need automated tiering as caching is better". Come on, automated tiering is true almost in every case.
- then the dialog starts on routing cables ...
Whether EMC's FAST and/or FAST Cache makes sense or not, depends on the customer requirements, which can be identified true dialog and cooperation. I urge you all to read the article from the below
link on relevant usecases for FAST and/or FAST Cache and when NOT. Also I fully support the author to never go negative on the other guy, and I believe strongly in that to focus on how you're offering can
add value or the project/customer, is the right thing to do. I hope we all can see a more non-FUD, and factual discussions.
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The Collapsible Mammals was formed in 2006 by Chris Avitabile in Los Angeles, CA. After years of collecting sounds and instruments, records throughout America, and traveling and eating interesting dishes in various international locales, Chris and friends decided to make a record. Things got interesting, and soon a collection of seemingly soundtrack like, instrumental(ish), get in the car and drive to an undisclosed location type creations started popping up.
This very collection of songs, loosely about a fictional land called New Zombia, was mixed by John Flores at his Snoppy Quop Studio and mastered by Mike Lazer, of Gnarls Barkley fame, and now is all finished and ready for public consumption.
To be released November 21st, 20007.
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Homer Simpson introduced the catchphrase "d'oh!" on the long-running cartoon sitcom, The Simpsons, in 1989. It's arguably one of the most recognizable catchphrases in American pop culture. So much so, in fact, that the Oxford Dictionary of English added the word in 2001. Defined as an informal exclamation "used to comment on a foolish or stupid action, especially one's own," "d'oh" is the most fitting—and safe for work—reaction to committing a major fail.
"D'oh" is even more fitting when you, well, fail to recognize your own failure. And unfortunately, when it comes to physical therapy marketing, practice owners and managers are often the last to know about their practice's mistakes. That's because marketing is not only tricky, but also the subject of a lot of bad advice, especially in fields like physical therapy, where marketing isn't people's primary area of expertise. Still, as a business decision-maker, you need to grasp marketing concepts well enough to gain and retain patients.
So, how do you generate quality physical therapy marketing ideas, execute them, and avoid "d'oh" moments? The first step is to recognize the mistakes—before you commit them. Here are three big ones:
1. No Website
A small minority of folks in the PT industry have railed against websites, arguing that:
- they're too expensive to build and maintain,
- they're unnecessary for service-based businesses with physical locations, and
- people don't search for PT providers online, because PT is a referral-based business.
All of that is bull—and I think most PTs agree with my sentiment. And yet, there are still plenty of rehab therapy practices out there without websites. So, let's solve that: If your practice doesn't have a website, get one—stat. (And by website, I don't mean using a Facebook page as your website. While you should absolutely have a Facebook page, it should exist in addition to your website, not act as a replacement for it. So, get your own website on your own domain.)
Website Must-Haves
When creating your website (or examining your current website), make sure the site checks the following boxes:
- It's mobile optimized. This means the site adjusts to all devices and screen sizes, including mobile. Nowadays, all website templates are designed this way, but if you have an older website, your template may not be. To check, run your URL through this Google testing site.
- It includes your business's name, address, and phone number (or NAP) as well as email address (if available), locations, and business hours. Bonus points for listing the name, address, and phone number within the footer of every page.
- It lists the services you offer and the types of care and injuries/conditions you specialize in.
- It has a clean design (no clutter or crazy fonts); it looks balanced; and it's representative of your brand.
- Every link, button, and navigation bar works. Broken links are bad news when it comes to Google!
2. Few or No Reviews—or Worse: Only Bad Ones
People reference online reviews to help them choose just about everything—from restaurants and HVAC repair companies to plumbers and, yes, even healthcare providers. In fact, according to Expertise.com, "as many as 90% of customers check online reviews before making a purchase." So, if your practice lacks reviews, there's a good chance prospective patients are choosing your competitors instead. And if your practice only has bad reviews, then you're definitely losing prospective patients to those competitors.
If you have few or no reviews, then it's time to amass some—not only because your prospective patients want reviews, but also because Google does. This WebPT Blog post outlines how to amass reviews and collect testimonials for your website. It's a double-whammy of easy-to-follow advice. Plus, it includes a free testimonial release download; that way, you can be sure you're following the rules of the HIPAA road, too.
If you only have bad reviews, things are a little trickier, because the first step is a big one: fix what people are complaining about. Do people dislike your customer service? Your style of treatment? Your wait times? Whatever they're unhappy about, you've got to address it immediately. It's only when you fix what's broken that you'll see an improvement in your reviews. Lastly, once you've resolved these issues, respond to the reviews and let the authors know what you've done to make things better—and encourage them to give your practice another shot.
3. Zero Focus on Current Patients
All too often, businesses get so caught up in their efforts to acquire new customers that they forget to retain the ones they already have. Now, you may be thinking, "But, I'm a rehab therapy provider; I achieve amazing outcomes every day—my value should speak for itself." And you're not wrong; providing exemplary patient care is the biggest factor when it comes to patient retention. In theory, happy patients will rave about your quality services and their healing progress to friends and family. Hopefully, they'll also write you reviews (after you ask them to, of course). However, word-of-mouth marketing—while effective—can be a slow-go in terms of both reach and effect. So, what else can you do to retain your current patients?
Patient Engagement
It's a fact: engaged patients achieve better outcomes at lower costs, and there's an array of reasons why. One key reason, though, is that they see their treatment through to the end. To better engage your current patients, consider the following:
Genuinely communicate with your patients.
During a patient's treatment, talk to him or her about the tests you're conducting, the notes you're taking, and the exercises you're having the patient do. Avoid being overly clinical, though. Make sure the patient understands what you're saying, and encourage him or her to ask questions. Furthermore, as Erica McDermott points out in this blog post, collect patient-reported outcomes data and share "progress information at every session to foster the patient's engagement and active participation in his or her care."
Enhance the patient experience.
It's no surprise that the more time patients spend waiting for their appointments, the less satisfied they are—regardless of the quality of care they receive. And yet, providers don't always dig into the waiting room experience. But, that's absolutely where you should start; then, you should scrutinize every step of the patient visit. After all, little improvements throughout the patient's journey can make a big difference in how patients perceive, and engage with, their treatment.
Leverage technology.
Of course, the patient experience doesn't end when a patient leaves your practice—and neither should your engagement efforts. This is where technology can help in a big way. For example:
- Automatic appointment reminders provide a simple way to reduce patient no-shows. Even the most engaged patients can be forgetful, so use your scheduling tool to send such reminders via text and email.
- Home exercise programs (HEPs) are crucial to ensuring patients achieve their treatment goals, but HEPs can also be engagement conduits—especially if your HEP software includes emailable content.
- Patient relationship management (PRM) software is growing in popularity, especially in large private practices and hospitals, where studies are already finding that PRM software improves patient-doctor communication and makes patients feel more involved with their treatment. PRM software provides mechanisms for:
- engaging patients through HIPAA-secure electronic communication—like automated emails (e.g., emails automatically triggered based on patient information like birthdays, last visits, missed visits, and known injuries/conditions) and in-app messaging, and
- monitoring and tracking patient satisfaction—via Net Promoter Scores®, for example.
(PRM software not in the cards for your practice right now? Check out this blog post on HIPAA-compliant email marketing strategies and this blog post on how to collect NPS in-clinic.)
Address patient churn.
Let's face it: occasionally, patients bail on treatment. The reasons why, though, aren't always clear, which makes patient churn a difficult problem to fix. While EMR software can notify you of lost patients and PRM software can help you identify trends in dropout rates and implement retention solutions, there are several ways you and your staff can address churn on your own. I recommend this list of pointers.
Homer Simpson has said "d'oh!" enough times to land the catchphrase in the dictionary, but our beloved cartoon dad isn't all mistakes. In fact, he's achieved some pretty incredible things, including winning a Pulitzer Prize, going to space, and saving the town of Springfield from a nuclear meltdown—twice. So, even if you're committing a few—or several—d'ohs with respect to your practice's marketing, you can always turn things around and achieve some big marketing whoo-hoos.


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All About the Daisy FlowerIf there a flower that is common and that everyone knows, it is the daisy. There are all kinds of great varieties of the daisy and people absolutely love them. It is probably just as common as the rose, but the cost is so much less and this is a great flower to give friends and family or to grow. Overall, people are a huge fan of the daisy and it is a great flower to give out to people you care about. With the daisy, it has a meaning that shows loyalty to love and commitment. This is a great flower to be giving out to those you truly care about.
Description of the Daisy FlowerThe daisy is part of the Asteraceae family, there are over 22,000 species in this category and it is one that you definitely should take a look at. All of the daisies are a very vascular plant, which means that they grow easily, they take up a lot of space, and they grow quickly. With a daisy, you get what is called a taproot, this is really fibrous. The stem will stand up and you can literally get a daisy in nearly ever color. The flowers have very distinct petals that make it very easy to determine what they are; there are always 5 petals off of a floret in a daisy flower.
Uses for the Daisy FlowerOf course, the daisy is so common in bouquets. One of the reasons why people like to use the daisy so much is because they can dye it to whatever color that they want. A white daisy can be seen in hot pink, lime green, purple, black, and anything else you can imagine thanks to dye. So, you'll find these in a lot of bouquets. Some people will even just get a great bouquet of daisies so that they can take home something nice to their wife or their girlfriend, they are inexpensive and they are nearly always in season which makes it even better. Daisies are also very easy to grow, so a lot of people will use them in flower beds to make their yards look great. With how easy they are to grow, for people that have trouble growing flowers it is a really easy option.
Why do people plant the Daisy Flower?
The good thing about daisies is that they are so easy to grow. This is the most common flower and it grows in all sorts of conditions. SO, even if you have a brown thumb, you'll be able to grow it. They are common actually and sometimes you won't even have to plant them to get them. They are going to grow really well in open and dry environments, plus, they are easily pollinated since the bugs love them so they will quickly spread out throughout the area. Chances are you'll have a field full of daisies before you even know it. This is a great flower for beginners to start with.


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Anchor institutions are investing to support community control of land and housing
Non-senior adults receiving federal housing assistance are more physically active than similar unassisted adults.
In San Bernardino, CA, Dignity Health is helping spark partnerships and accelerate public-private collaborations to ensure that all residents have access to the resources they need for a healthy life.
The Culture of Health Measures elevate important aspects of the Network Principles and share a charge to inspire actions from different sectors that will lead to improvements across communities.
Old Brooklyn Community Development Corporation in Cleveland Ohio tackles the social determinants of health.
The Surgeon General of the United States tours a neighborhood that has transformed its health outcomes through community development.
In Ashland, California, cross-sector partnerships between community development, public health, and city government are building community and reinvesting in housing.
At a recent community event, someone made a reflection that stuck with me. "The opposite of addiction isn't sobriety," said Jonathan Goyer, an expert advisor to Governor Gina Raimondo's Overdose Prevention and Intervention Task Force and a person in long-time recovery. "It's connectedness."
Data-driven decision-making is nothing new to those in health care. Life and death decisions are made every day based on patient data. However, as health care moves beyond the hospital walls and into the community, understanding the dynamic environment in which their patients reside is critical to reducing costs and improved patient outcomes.
Within the last five years, partnerships between community development and health organizations have grown from one-off local experiments to a full-blown national movement.
It's clear why collaborating with other sectors can be beneficial: Collaboration can help expand available resources, strategies, and capabilities to achieve outcomes that would be difficult to accomplish alone.
Across the country, nonprofit hospitals are under intense scrutiny due to the discrepancy between the substantial revenues they generate compared to the level of support they provide to neighborhoods that surround them.
Madeline White of America's Essential Hospitals reports on the Build Healthy Places Network tour of The Villages of East Lake, a Purpose Built Communities site in Atlanta, Georgia.
Momentum is growing for preventing intimate partner violence through supportive, equitable community environments
What is the Low Income Housing Tax Credit and how can it be used to improve health?


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It was time to bring in my pick-up truck for the dealer's servicing. This event has always proven to be extremely reliable and fairly efficient. Dropping by before work would be just the time frame to get the job done before heading off to my office.
As usual the reception was timely, friendly and informative. Now, I just grabbed my briefcase and headed into the waiting room to get a jump on my day's busy schedule. The virtual traveling office sure is a blessing.
Once my correspondence and reports had all been filed, I took a break to rest my eyes and relax my brain. I gathered my belongings and slung them all on to my shoulder. It was not a long walk.
Casually, I looked over a new truck in the showroom. It was sleek, shiny and souped up with a lot of options. When I opened the door the smell of a new vehicle captured my attention.
Then, I looked over a new sedan. It was the flagship of this brand. Naturally, I loved the lush comfortable feel of the driver's seat. The dashboard was well laid out and it sparkled.
My casual spirit quickly disappeared. Ahead of me was an amazing view. It was in every sense of the word, Fantastic!
The lines were stunning. Proportionally, this new car shouted domination. Fast was all over the display and it was not even moving.
Power was under the hood. No one would create a masterpiece like this and make it slow. No doubt the COG was tuned to maintain high speeds around the tightest curves.
Special tires promised the kind of performance that drivers dream about having under their control. The lights commanded attention. Details and tolerances boldly claimed in silence and only by sight that beauty here was all about dream driving.
Just when I approached the driver's side door did the subtle sign bring me back to reality. This was only for display. No one was to sit in the very locked up car.
All I could do was admire this creation of man's great craftsmanship and engineering. It was beauty at its best. Eye-candy does not get any better than this machine.
It is possible for man who has been created in the image of God to love a machine. We humans love our cars. There is something peculiar about this, yet, truth is truth, even good truth.
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The first example, students spent time discussing different types of patterns and the characteristics of that pattern. Students were then sent out to be detectives of nature and find real world examples of these patterns. Students took photos of patterns they found in a variety of environments around our school yard. After collecting this evidence, their information was compiled into a collage using 'Pic Kids'. Students chose the specific images and the best way to arrange them. The collage was then uploaded to the See Saw program so a label could be added and it would be shared with family members.
The second example shows third grade students documenting their evidence that our school forest is a community. First, we brainstormed as a class what community meant to them and the components of their classroom community. We put their ideas into three main categories: Characters (people), Actions (how we treat each other) and Equipment (stuff we use to help us learn). We then read the book 'Because of an Acorn' to generate ideas of what the people, actions and equipment might be in a forest. Students were then given iPads to take to the forest to document evidence of one or more of these categories. Back inside, students again created a collage of their best pictures, uploaded them to See Saw and added labels to describe and explain their finds.


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Welcome to the Mountain View Towne Centre, Collingwood's premier health care and professional office building. This is brand new development, built in 2015. Major anchors include Rexall Pharmcy and Bank of Montreal. There are only two suites left, and Suite 203 measures 1,762 square feet and is surrounded by windows on two sides facing South and East, with views of the waterfront to the North! It's a very bright suite with an abundance of natural light. The Mountain View Towne Centre is located on the Northeast corner of Hurontario Street and First Street, which makes it an extra convenient in the heart of Collingwood's downtown core and close to all major area restaurants and amenities. The suite is a blank canvas and is delivered in the typical new construction vanilla shell condition - raw space with concrete floors, primed walls ready for paint, and mechanical/electrical roughed in. The second floor features a common area men's and women's washroom for employees and customers. (id:16261)
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Mitchell and Johnson is a British Hi-Fi company established in London 2012 by Paul Mitchell and David Johnson. Paul Mitchell has now left the business and has moved onto pastures new.
Both born in the 60's, we were teenagers whose musical taste was heavily influenced by great British Rock bands like, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, then along came Punk Rock, The Jam, The Sex Pistols, UK Subs. Into The 1980s and the birth of Synth Britannia, with OMD, Human League. Then came the 90's with Brit Pop, Oasis and Blur, we both passionately love music, especially British music.


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Zaha Malbec 2013 – Mendoza, Argentina
Concentrated, opulent blackberry, plum fruits and violet floral notes complimented by a sea breeze freshness, fine gentle tannins and velvety texture. Zaha Malbec 2013 is round, full-bodied and very well balanced; a delightful Malbec.
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The Green River Makes The Most Endangered Rivers List
What Can You Do To Help?
The not-for-profit conservation organization American Rivers has just announced its 2012 list of the country's most endangered rivers. Unfortunately, the historic and spectacular Green River, which flows through parts of Wyoming, Utah and Colorado, made the list.
What's the threat?
There is a proposal under consideration to divert 250,000 acre-feet of water from the Green River across the state of Wyoming to fuel ever-expanding growth in Colorado's Front Range communities. The plan, in effect, would be to build a 500-mile pipeline to funnel water to Denver and its suburbs.
And as if that weren't enough of a threat, there's also talk of a nuclear power plant being built near the town of Green River, which would suck up an estimated 53,000 acre-feet of Green River water each year to prevent a catastrophic meltdown.
Naturally, we're biased in our opinion that the water should stay in the river. There's no doubt we have a vested interest! After all, we've been guiding whitewater rafting trips on rivers of the American West for over 40 years and, along with our subsidiary Don Hatch River Expeditions, we're the largest commercial outfitter on the Green River in Dinosaur National Monument. And at over 700 miles in length, the Green is the largest tributary of the Colorado River, which is the cornerstone of our organization. But these threats, of course, have more far reaching consequences than just our business interests.
Water shortages caused by these proposals could have a devastating effect on the robust recreation and tourism economies of the Colorado Plateau, as well as a potentially enormous negative impact on rural agriculture, native species and downstream water needs.
According to Trout Unlimited, which also opposes the pipeline project, the Flaming Gorge Reservoir and Green River above it contribute $118 million annually to the local economy. (That's in addition to the estimated $4.3 million Green River whitewater rafting contributes to the economy.)
Why Is This River So Important To Paddlers?
The 4-day river trip that OARS operates on the Green through the Gates of Lodore in Dinosaur National Monument is one of the world's great introductory river trips.
The camping is on sandy beaches among scattered boulders, rustling willows, junipers and giant cottonwoods. Clear creeks–perfect for swimming–tumble out of shady side canyons and the wildlife abounds.
The whitewater is moderate and fun, even for kids as young as seven. The side hikes are rich with history, ancient and not-so-ancient.
The geology is some of the most fascinating on the planet. A billion years are captured in these canyon walls, along with the remnants of various life forms that existed long before humans.
The scenery features vertical yellow and red sandstone walls that tower as high as 1000 feet and tiger-striped walls alternate in blonde rock and black manganese oxide. It's not uncommon to hear from people that they consider the Green River through Lodore Canyon to be every bit as spectacular as the Grand Canyon.
And on the final day of a Green River trip in Dinosaur National Monument, Split Mountain Canyon awaits. The Class III rapids are so much fun, we run that part as a single-day trip as well. And, if you ask me, it's the most scenically spectacular one-day river trip in North America.
What Will Happen To The River?
The very water in the river is what's at stake here.
A pump and a 500-mile pipeline threatens to divert water from the river to slake the thirst of an ever-growing population.
And when the water is drained from the Green, a classic American river could be forever altered. Critical fish habitat, home to endangered species and countless others, will be jeopardized. A sustainable economy built on recreation and tourism in this magnificent place could take a big hit. Rural agriculture and urban water use downstream could be severely impacted. One of the best rivers for first-timers–one we love to share with people again and again–could dry up.
What Can You Do?
OARS has joined with American Rivers in opposition of the proposed pipeline.
We recognize the importance of preserving the Green River's recreational opportunities and natural ecosystems and think you should too.
If you want to pitch in, if you love rivers and wild places like we do, then here are a few things you can do to help:
- First, visit the American Rivers website and complete the pre-formatted message to Utah's Gov. Herbert.
- Then, share a photo or message on Facebook and Twitter. American Rivers has prepared some for you on that same page, so it just takes a couple clicks.
- If you've got a blog or website, there are banners and graphics that you can embed to help spread the word.
It only takes about 3 minutes. Less, even. Thanks for joining us in support of protection for one of America's great natural treasures.


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No one is comfortable driving a car for the first time in their life. Nerves are common when you get on a motorcycle or car for the very first time. This is where driving instructors come to your aid and teach you how to drive without any hassles. There are many driving instructors in Norwich, UK but it is up to you find out a suitable instructor to give you driving lessons. Driving a car on the open road certainly gives a different kind of joy that everyone wants to experience. Do not worry too much about whether you will able to drive since a few driving lessons from the right instructor will do the trick.
The problem while selecting a driving school is that you are spoilt for choices. There are hundreds of choices available when it comes to driving instructors. However, you can narrow down your choices to two basic things. Comfort and budget are most important when you want to go for driving lessons. Setting the timing according to your convenience is of great importance since you do not want to forego any driving lessons in case you are busy. Make sure that the driving instructors are happy to work with you at your given timings. Do not miss any driving lessons as road safety is not something you should take lightly.
One of the mistakes that people make while learning to drive is to select very busy driving instructors. These driving instructors may be highly qualified but at times they may not be available. You will not be able to take your driving lessons continuously and a break is not helpful at all. Do not seek the highest qualified instructors just for the sake of it. Choose a good instructor who will provide driving lessons without any interruptions according to your convenience.
Topics offered in Defensive Driving Classes in Norwich, UK
There are a number of professional driving instructors who offer defensive driving classes in Norwich, UK. To keep tabs on ever changing traffic rules and regulations, there usually tests that are specifically tailored to gauge drivers' skills after every three years.
Defensive driving is one of the training courses that Norwich instructors offer. Here are some of the common topics/driving lessons that are covered in Defensive driving course.
Traffic Crashes
Did you know that each traffic crash has personal and social impact? Research studies show that 39% of fatal crashes are usually caused by alcoholism while over speeding only accounts for 30%. This topic aims are equipping trainees with information on how to make informed decisions on the road before responding and exercise caution at all times.
Handling Psychological Factors
Well, some of these factors are beyond control of driver. However, there are some which can be controlled such as stress, fatigue, road rage, emotional distress and many more. The instructor will show you how to maintain positive attitude while driving as well as ideas on how to increase your focus and concentration.
Safety Standards
Most of the deaths that arise from accidents can be avoided if only the passengers and drivers use safety belt properly. Other safety accessories include air bags, head rests and child safety seats. Once you enroll in defense driving classes, you will get to access information on safety standards that you should be upheld at all times.
Crash Prevention Techniques
This basically refers to some actions that you can use to prevent crashes such as identifying environmental hazards, adapting to surrounding, vehicle emergencies, accurately estimating vehicle's stopping distance, right of way and many more.
Defensive driving is one of the best ways of protecting yourself and other road users from accidents. While taking defensive driving lessons or course, it is important to listen carefully to what instructor directs you to do and follow instructions.
Psychometric Profiling in Driving Lessons in Norwich, UK
About 90% of most road accidents occur due do to errors caused by motorists. Psychometric profiling is a strategy employed in driving lessons to correct driver behavior with regards to road usage. Profiling is more effective than conventional driver training because it focus more on reshaping behavior than just teaching road rules.
The Benefits
Psychometric profiling has successfully managed to create a culture of self-evaluation on all motorists who go through the training. While on the road, drivers are able to reflect on their thoughts, weighing every action they take against the possible outcome of those actions. By doing this, they are able to control the urge of running a red light or overtaking on the wrong side of the road.
Legally, most states inUK view psychometric profiling tests as a measure of improvement on the traffic offender. Any driver who commits countless offenses can have part of their offenses pardoned if they enroll for psychometric driving lessons. It is evidence that they want to reform and become better road users.
By monitoring and influencing motorist behavior, psychometric driving lessons have been able to reduce accidents by rear-end collision, lane collisions and intersection crashes. Of the many accidents that happen on highways, these three are mostly witnessed and the interesting bit is that they are all due to driver behavior.
Enrolling for Psychometric Driving Lessons
The decision to take psychometric profiling tests is crucial in sensitizing the importance of observing road rules. Driving instructors can suggest enrollment to their students as they continue with their current driving lessons or towards the end of the course before the final practical test. Additionally, there are plenty of websites that offer psychometric profiling tests to online users; all one has to do is to search for tests relevant to driving and road use.
Psychometric driving lessons are important, and they are available in most Norwich driving schools or website offering the same.
Train to Become a Driving Instructor in Norwich, UK
Driving instructors are among an elite group of teachers, as they not only help shape young minds, but teach skillsets that instil responsibility, accountability and culpability. It is a career that is not only valuable but respected and trusted among drivers from all walks of life.
In order to become part of the elite group of driving instructors in Norwich UK, you must go through a comprehensive set of training exercises in order to be able to pass on your knowledge to new drivers.
Legal Requirements
There are certain requirements you must meet in order to be considered for driver instructor training.
· You must have a valid driver's license for three years or more
· You must be able to see a license plate at 90 feet, although contacts and glasses are ok
· You must undergo a background criminal check
· You must have a good driving record
Training Details
Once you have enrolled in your driver training course, you will undergo a series of driving lessons that you will need to teach to your own students. These include being able to drive on motorways, in icy weather conditions, and in the dark. There are several tests you will have to pass in order to get your instructor's license. Some of these are theory tests, and some are hands-on and practical. You will also be tested for your adaptability to become a teacher. This is important because new drivers will be counting on you to teach them in a way that they understand and appreciate.
One of the main benefits of becoming a driving instructor is flexibility. You can do it in your spare time, or commit your entire day to teaching. It's completely up to you. The entire process takes just a few months and is cost-efficient when compared to other careers and training. Driving instructors and lessons in Peterborough, UK is a challenging, but very rewarding career.
Driving Instructors and Lessons in Norwich, UK: Dealing with Anxiety before the Test
The day you take your driving test is very significant; if you pass you will be joining millions of UK adults who are licensed to drive. That said, this is a difficult test and at is easy to understand why many people get jitters. If you are feeling a little bit nervous there are several things that you can do to calm yourself down before you take the test.
• Eat something small before the test. You will be using a lot of mental energy and you want to make sure that your body has enough energy to stay the course. Eat something light so that you aren't too full. Try and make it something that is heavy in protein – that is what the body uses to generate energy.
• Think about what is making you nervous. Is it the fact that you haven't prepared enough? Are you worried that the examiner may not like you? Are you nervous about the results of the test? If you isolate what is making you nervous you can work on it. It is important to mention, for those who are worried about the examiner, that the industry has really modernized and most examiners are pleasant people who understand that you are nervous. They will do what they can to make you feel comfortable.
• If you have herbal cures for stress relief such as lavender they are a good way to relax. Make sure to check their effects – you don't want to be sleepy during your test.
• Practice your breathing; when you take quick, short breaths you deprive your cells of oxygen which is vital in the relaxation process. Take deep, long breaths instead. There are plenty of online videos that demonstrate breathing techniques.
Use these tips to calm yourself before you take your driving test.
Driving Instructors and Lessons in Norwich, UK: How Do I Impress My Examiner?
This is one of the most commonly asked questions when it comes to driving tests. I have done all the practice I can, I have the theory part nailed down but what if I get an examiner who doesn't take to me? The truth is that there is no way to impress an examiner other than to do everything that your driving instructors taught you during your driving lessons.
Instructors are human beings like you and me. They come in 2 types – the quiet type who are happy just to issue instructions and watch as you execute and the chatty kind who want to talk a bit and get to know you. Whichever type you get will score you on how well you do on the test and not whether or not they like you.
You can improve your chances by making sure that you have everything that is required; you can make sure, for instance, that you have all the documents required of you. No examiner, whether the burly kind or the chatty kind will be happy if they have to wait for you to get your act in order.
There is the period between when you meet them and when you walk to your eye test and then to your car. You can test the waters at that time to see what kind of person they are and what kind of mood they are in. Start a conversation and see if they are willing to chat. If you speak once or twice and you get no response you may be better off just waiting for the instructions to come and executing them to the best of your ability. That said, all examiners are professionals and are required to judge your performance by a set of rules and not whether they like you or not.
What You Should Expect On Your First Day of Driving Lessons in Norwich
Most learners struggle through their first driving lessons. Frustrations often result from not knowing what to expect on that first day as nerves get the best of them. Driving instructors in Norwich know this. They therefore often go out of their way to make the experience less nerve-wracking. There are several things you should expect on your first day in driving school:
Your Instructor Will Take You to a Quieter Place with Less Traffic
Driving instructors have to be confident about your driving to allow you to drive in busy streets in Norwich. Often, an instructor will take you to a residential area where there is little or no traffic. Here, the instructor will analyze how fast you are in grasping the basic driving principles. In such an environment, the driving instructors can estimate your reaction time and have an idea of how you would drive in a busy street in Noriwch.
Your Instructor Will Take You through the Cockpit Drill
The cockpit drill is an in-depth demonstration and explanation of safety procedures relating to vehicles and driving. It also includes explanations of what the levers and pedals in a car do and how to use them. The instructor will probably also show you diagrams to help you grasp the concepts faster. This drill takes around half an hour. Driving instructors usually ask the learner to operate the car's controls with it turned off as they observe and give more instructions. You will be taught how to use and adjust car mirrors, how to identify and navigate blind spots, steering techniques, changing gears and handling brakes.
Driving lessons on the first day often do not include the learner driving the car while turned on. The first lesson is only meant to get you started by demystifying the driving myths you might have held as well as do away with the nerves' effects.
One of the best things about taking driving lessons in Peterborough, UK is the wide variety of driving conditions available. Places like Oundle Road, Eyebury Road, Mayor's Walk, and London Road offer great opportunities to practice driving. These regions are away from hustle and bustle of Norwich City Centre, yet not too far away.
Getting Started
You need to have a provisional driving licence before you can begin your driving lessons. There are 3 parts to passing your driving test:
• The Theory Test: The theory test involves multiple choice questions. These are usually about 35 random questions that you will be required to answer using touch screen technology. You need to get at least 30 right to pass the test.
• Hazard Perception Test: For the hazard perception test, you will be asked to review 14 one-minute video clips each showing the potential hazards that are common when driving. You should successfully identify the hazards; the faster you are able to do this, the higher your score. You need to score a minimum of 44 points out of a possible 75 to pass the Hazard Perception test.
• Practical Driving Test: The practical driving test is conducted over a 40 minute period. You will be asked to complete four basic driving maneuvers including reverse parallel park, reverse corner, turn in the road and bay park. The instructor will ask you to execute random emergency stops. Many driving instructors prefer using dual control cars so that they can help their students if they make some wrong moves.
Taking driving lessons and driving tests in Norwich, UK is not really as hard as some people make it out to be. Many students often fail to execute easy maneuvers despite having had thorough practice prior to taking the test due to nerves. But once you relax and concentrate and you will find that driving can be plenty of fun.
A lot of people get overjoyed on their first day of taking driving lessons. However, for some, this very moment is accompanied by a wave of panic because they are afraid to make mistakes. This anxiety, when left to linger will get in the way of achieving a valid driver's license. Luckily, this process can be overcome through hypnotherapy.
What is Hypnotherapy?
Hypnotherapy is a technique used to induce a relaxed state to an otherwise anxious mind. Hypnosis has been practiced since the ancient times by the Egyptian and Celtic cultures to treat psychological problems like panic, fear and anxiety. Even though it is a medical procedure not commonly prescribed in hospital, it still holds the benefit of keeping any person calm and composed.
Benefits of Hypnotherapy in Driving Lessons
When fear is understood as just a state of the mind, hypnosis can effectively help counter it and improve a person's performance. It is ok to feel afraid on the first day of driving lessons, however if this fear recurs every time a driving student gets behind the wheels, it becomes a problem. Hypnosis helps calm the mind and face driving lessons better than before.
Sometimes, this fear stems from the thoughts of failing the driving instructors. Some people have a general fear of failing other people who are counting on them. Hypnosis or mesmerism comes in handy to counter this anxiety and improve communication with the driving instructors.
Hypnotherapy is not for anxiety alone; it can also be effective in relieving feelings of stress. Life's problems can weigh someone down and walking into a driving school in Norwich, UK with such a stress buildup is not healthy. Hypnosis will take the stress away before facing a theory test or the final practical test on the road.
Hypnotherapy can help the student cope better in driving lessons; it calms the mind andinduces full concentration of the student.