Q: Some certification boards, such as the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) in the United States, require candidates to meet certain ethics requirements. The particular ethics and certification requirements will vary depending on what country you reside in. Candidates residing outside the United States should search online to find out their national or regional certification boards.  The AART requires all prospective candidates to agree to follow the Registry's Rules and Regulations, as well as the Standards of Ethics. These rules and ethics codes can be found on the AART website. As part of the certification process, the ARRT requires all candidates to disclose any and all convictions, criminal procedures, or courts-martial, as well as any previous loss of professional license, registration, or certification. Candidates who have completed the education and ethics requirements must then pass a qualifying examination. The ARRT administers their computer-based exams at over 200 test centers across America, with additional locations in Frankfurt, Istanbul, London, Seoul, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto, Vancouver, and Winnipeg.  The examination typically takes three and a half hours to complete. There is a $200 application fee required to take the exam, and a $175 fee for candidates re-taking the exam. The specific content of the exams is laid out in the certification and registration handbook, under Appendix B. The appendix will also cover the number of questions posed in each section of the exam. The handbook and additional information can be found on the ARRT website. The results of the exam may take up to three weeks due to processing time. Candidates will be mailed the exam results once they have been processed. Each state within the United States has different requirements for state certification. Candidates unsure of their state's requirements should contact that state's health board. Once a candidate has passed the exam, he must reaffirm his commitment to the ARRT Rules and Regulations and the ARRT Standards of Ethics every year. He must also meet the continuing education requirements (outlined on the ARRT website) every two years. Xray technicians must meet the Continuing Qualifications Requirements (CQR) every 10 years. To meet the CQR, technicians must:  assemble and maintain a professional portfolio, detailing the technician's education, achievements, special skills, and professional development complete the self-assessment process, wherein the technician determines his own professional strengths and weaknesses to arrive at a list of "target" areas for improvement and further education engage in continued education coursework in the areas targeted by the technician's self-assessment
A: Meet the ethics requirements. Pass the exam. Maintain certification and continuing education requirements. Meet the Continuing Qualifications Requirements.

Article: Wearing fins will amplify your movements and let you move forward quickly without a lot of disruptive splashing. Keep your legs fairly close together. Keep your fin stroke movements smooth and relaxed. Try to move from the hip to make use of your thigh muscles and avoid kicking with your knees, as this will only waste your energy. The right snorkeling technique to power yourself forward with the downward strokes. Try to avoid splashing, as this will scare off the fish and can be annoying to other swimmers around you. Snorkeling is best done on gentle waters, but even there you should learn to adjust your movements to the up and down surging of the waves. Snorkeling is not a race, and a good session can last for hours.
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Use fins on your feet. Hold your arms at your sides to reduce drag and extend your legs so that the fins are pointed behind you. With your knees slightly bent, kick slowly and powerfully with the fins. Kick farther down and less upwards whilst arching your back upward. Keep your fins below the water when kicking. Float with the waves. Swim at a steady comfortable pace to conserve your energy.

Q: Estimates point to nearly two million teens and young adults in America who purposely injure themselves in some way. Statistics show that young women are more likely to self-injure than young men. So, know that if you are a young person who has been hurting yourself, you are not alone. There are many others out there who know what you are going through, and you can get help. It might give you hope to visit websites where you can read stories about others who have overcome the urge to self-harm. Self-injury basically means causing harm to oneself on purpose. A common example of self-injury is cutting using a knife, razor, or other sharp object. Other methods may include biting, pinching, burning, hitting, pulling out hair, or picking at wounds. Extreme cases may even result in broken bones. People who self-injure often do so in secret. Your friends or family members may be unaware of the signs because self-injurers often wear long sleeves and pants and focus the injuries on hidden areas like the limbs and torso. Oftentimes, self-injury is a release for emotional pain. You may not have role models for dealing with feelings like anger, sadness, disappointment, or frustration, or you may have been raised to hide these emotions. The harmful behavior serves as an outlet. In some cases, teens might hurt themselves because they feel numb; they just want to feel something. However, self-harm is generally followed by shame or guilt that leads to more self-injurious behavior, a dangerous and endless cycle. Try to pay attention to when you have the urge to harm yourself. What happened before you started cutting, scratching, etc.? What did you feel in your body? What thoughts went through your head? Identifying these triggers can shed insight on how to overcome self-harm when you do seek help. Research has connect self-jury to psychiatric disorders like eating disorders, borderline personality disorder, depression, anxiety, substance abuse disorder, and developmental disabilities, to name a few. You may be struggling with one of these conditions and the self-harm is merely a symptom of a larger problem. However, some adolescents engage in self-harm who do not meet the criteria for any mental disorder.
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Accept that you are not alone. Recognize what self-harm is. Look for triggers. Know that self-injury can be a symptom of a bigger issue.