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May 16, 2008

Selling Sunlight

Filed under: Buyers + Consumers, College Education, Interest Groups — admin @ 10:14 am

After reading the title of this article, you may be asking yourself, are they really attempting to profit off of something everyone on Earth has access to? If you take the term selling sunlight in its most literal interpretation, then no, there are no plans to charge people for solar rays. However, we do have the potential and the tools to teach people how to harness the energy provided by the sun to create usable heat energy that can be used instead of relying on electricity.

Solar products are becoming more and more popular these days with the ever growing fear we are reaching the end of our fossil fuel supplies. From solar air conditioning and solar swimming pool heating, to solar hot water heaters, solar power is being more utilized in both the commercial and residential realms.

This year’s Earth Day was the largest Earth Day gathering in United States history. It was held mostly in Washington D.C. on the National Mall, and one solar company, Solar Panels Plus, was in attendance and had a booth set up promoting their solar powered products. If solar technologies spark your interest, you should look around the Internet for some amazing solar power resources, such as Apricus and Yazaki products provided by Solar Panels Plus, that will save you money on electrical bills and reduce your carbon footprint.

April 21, 2008

Fashion Designers; What Does Their Job Entail?

Filed under: College Education, Design Tips — admin @ 3:35 am

To say that a Fashion Designer is simply a person who designs clothing and accessories, while correct does not encompass all that being a Fashion Designer entails. They may also have a role in production planning and design marketing. Often high-fashion designers decide to work independently for themselves with private clients. Individual clients often employ independent high-fashion designers. Designers employed in apparel manufacturing incorporate fashions created by other designers and less of their original work in fashions for the mass market.

What preparation do I need to get ready for the job?

Natural artistic talents are vital qualities for success in fashion design. To work effectively in fashion design, you need a good idea of what looks good and a lot of attention to detail. The capability to supervise your own work including motivation and organizational techniques is present day’s demand in work. Even though a rigorous educational background is not imperative for a designer’s portfolio during a job hunt.

However there is some formal training that a designer must have. It is necessary to get your degree from a college or school that provides a variety of courses in fashion design. When you enroll in an accredited fashion design school in California, you have the option of getting a bachelor’s degree in either art or science if you select an art major with a focus on costume design.

April 17, 2008

GM Automotive Service Educational Program (ASEP)

Filed under: College Education, Wheels — admin @ 12:16 pm

So that dealers can develop an entirely new generation of technicians, GM offers training that focuses on exactly that. There are three levels in the training that begins in high school.

GM ASEP instructs students with an eye for technical skills to allow for servicing and maintaining GM vehicles. The program is comprised of the combination of GM, GM dealers, as well as educational institutions throughout the US and Canada. The focus is on GM products. GM ASEP allows students to change their schedules so that they can also attend college and work for a GM dealership (2-year program).

Upon completion the student will be rewarded with an Associate’s Degree in Automotive Technology, or a similar degree depending on the courses completed.

Included in the studies are the basics of math, reading, and electronics. Analytical and technical skills are obtained. Gaining the job experience is essential while earning their Associate Degree. GM realizes the strong education combined with the work experience is what creates a topnotch education. There have been more than 15,000 service technicians born at BM ASEP corresponding colleges and universities in the last thirty years.

GM Automotive Service Educational Program information, as well as how to gain your own GM technician certification is available here.

April 7, 2008

Fluency in Spanish is two days or less

Filed under: College Education — admin @ 10:35 am

Now I’ve got your attention with my catchy title. I must ask ”
Did you really believe this was possible? “. Surely not, but
maybe you clicked on the link because you want to learn another
language and don’t really want to spend long doing it.

Clearly, it isn’t possible to learn a language in two days but
there are methods you can use to speed up the process.
Techniques you can use to remember words, clever mnemonics, the
roman room method, concept maps, tools which will improve your
memory, and suchlike.

Pah.

I don’t want to spend my time doing this. I’m too busy. What can
I do instead. I’m looking for something easier, something more
passive, something that can happen around me if and when I feel
like learning. And I don’t want to leave the house either.

I have some suggestions to start.

1. Improve your vocabulary.

Write Spanish names on everyday items. This is an easy way to
expand your vocabulary, and not only that, associates the
Spanish words with the objects, something that straight
vocabulary learning does not do. This makes it easier to
remember a word when you need it. To prevent boredom setting in,
start with the drinks cabinet, wine cellar or plastic bag with
the booze in it.

2. Improve your comprehension.

Don’t listen to the Spanish radio. You won’t understand any of
it until you are at an advanced level, and it is discouraging.

Instead watch Spanish TV (which can be done over the Internet)
concentrating on the soaps (telenovelas). You don’t need to
understand them to enjoy them, and the same language is repeated
again and again. Look up the meaning of commonly used
expressions. As you will hear them so often, once you are hooked
on telenovelas, you can’t help but remember them.

3. Improve your spoken language

If you don’t want to leave the house practice on your nearest
and dearest. Get them to learn some Spanish. If you don’t use
it, you lose it. This is especially true with foreign language
learning, and it is important to constantly reinforce what you
are learning.

4. Stay Motivated

This is the hardest part of language learning. So book a holiday
in a Spanish speaking country, and keep learning key eating and
drinking words. Barcelona is a great place to practice them in.
In fact Barcelona is such good place to practice Spanish in that
you might spend longer there than you intended.

So that’s it. You are not going to learn Spanish or any other
language in two days, but if you stick words on everyday items,
and watch soaps you will learn something with minimal effort.