High school students shine at the AutoShow (graduate marketing jobs)
No commentsBy Michael McGraw
Two student teams from Northview Heights Secondary School in North York and a team from Danforth Collegiate and Technical Institute beat out 16 other Toronto-area high school teams to win, place and show in a unique skills competition that tested students’ automotive technical knowledge.
Kevin Birchall and Eric Salb performed a number of timed technical tasks and attempted to start a 2009 Volkswagen New Beetle Convertible that had been rigged with a no-start condition by automotive instructors from Centennial College. The Canadian International AutoShow hosted the competition on Feb. 11. By finishing first, the pair will be representing Canada at the National Automotive Technology Competition in New York City in April.
In addition to the all-expenses-paid trip, Birchall and Salb collected a trophy and equipment from sponsors. Northview Heights was also represented by Brandon Muff and Vali Ion, who finished second. Toronto’s Danforth Tech finished third, thanks to the efforts of students Jordan Ho and Tauriq Shaikh.
Both schools were big winners, too. Their auto tech classes will take delivery of a General Motors vehicle, which will be used for technical training. General Motors of Canada donated two brand-new vehicles as prizes.
This was the 10th year for the contest, organized by Centennial’s School of Transportation, which promotes automotive technology as a rewarding career path. Last year’s winners, Janos Mann and Julien Predas from Central Technical School, went on to beat all of the American schools at the New York competition and took home $250,000 in prizes and scholarship money!
Despite the economic downturn, the Toronto skills contest continues to enjoy outstanding support from the industry. Sponsors include: TADA, the Canadian International AutoShow, General Motors Canada, Volkswagen Canada, Snap-On/Sun Tools, Consulab, Canadian Tire, PartSource, Ryder Truck, Thomson Nelson, Pearson Education, AutoKnowledge, TecMate and Centennial College.
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Here the author Michael McGraw writes about the Toronto college degree & their programs & competition that the Centennial College held and declared Birchall and Salb as winners. . The Canadian intercontinental AutoShow has arranged the competition on Feb. 11
Baby Boomers and the Vote
By Gail Logan
Younger generations in the United States do not show much interest in the political games of boomers although recently, they are not the largest population of voters.
There was even an incidence when Matthew Shephard, the mother and symbol of hate-crime against homosexuals in Chicago expressed her dismay in front of the Roosevelt University. She questioned the political activism of the present generation for not expressing themselves the way they did before. She even recalled the times when boomers confronted authority.
The problem was that boomers are approaching retirement and perhaps losing their agility to make the same protests again. The new generation is asking a different set of questions. Some suggested to get rid off the authority and stop asking questions like what the boomer radicals did during the 60’s.
The point of the new generation is to know where the authority goes. They see that the voter driver’s efforts are nonsense. Even if they keep on pursuing the slogans “Rock the Vote” and “Vote or Die”; still it lacks assessment on the federal government’s credibility. New generations cannot get what the government wants to emphasize. They observed that in order to obtain good things from the government, one should exercise their right to vote.
But these young people display activeness in their own way. They even exceeded performances of the baby boomers in numerous campaign activities like displaying bumper stickers, signs, and buttons, attending rallies, and persuading others to vote.
A great Sociologist, Robert Nisbet distinguished the terms authority and power. Power is a force while authority can be forged on social bonds of churches, families, communities, and business. Despite the rage of baby boomers against authority, they have accumulated lots of power for their bureaucracy. It might be under Bush or Clinton, R or D. It took off before the new generation of unwieldy and impersonal youths.
The new generation knew what power meant. They didn’t want the baby boomers to tell them where it is and how to seek it. They are disposed by cultural usurpations touching their personal lives to become contemptuous of power. Young Americans know divorce power, Eric Harris and Klebold’s power, Jerry Springer’s power, teen sex power, abortion power, and Osama bin Laden’s power. These are not the types of power that they crave because they have already seen its consequences. What they seek is a confident, strong, gentle, and honor-bound authority.
It cannot be denied that young voters are cynical concerning national politics largely different from apathy. The children born during the 80’s named as Reagan’s Children never invested their time on direct political procedures. They have changed the boomer’s action to entrepreneurialism, community service, technology, and religion. They are after an authority which governs rather than an established government which has nothing to offer. Politics might also be the interest of the new generation, however in a very different perspective far from what their forefathers wanted them to inherit. They perceive that government as federal and big, centers on mobilizing the youth on their voting rights.
The person controlling the polls will gain larger percentage of the national power. But no one knows if the voting booths are sacredly held by baby boomers and beats the relationship authority prized by prospective young voters. It is possible that the obsession for power of the boomers generation will defeat the young American generation who hungers for authority. This could happen since boomers defeated that authority already.
However, everybody never wanted a generational clash. The boomer retirees are just determined in living life to the fullest as an expense on their children’s paid taxes. However, this provokes wars in the Congress related on government costs. Thus it confounds their capacity to serve, to invest, and to love. Younger statesmen said that it is the cost that matters not their responsibilities, paid taxes, and freedom. The boomers power-hungry declaration requires the new generation (committed on authority institutions and focused on internet economy) to vote, to join politics, and fight the gray-haired builders of a powerful government.
In such struggle, they have enlisted a constitutional language which starts on securing their liberty blessings to themselves and prosperity. The task of the new generation is to save those blessings in threat more than ordering the people to vote.
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CPA, MBA, CFO
What They Mean and How To Become One
By William Hauselberg
The business world is full of abbreviations. CPA? MBA? CFO? What does it all mean? Before you send away $19.99 + shipping and handling for a decoder ring, keep reading.
Decoding the Abbreviations of the Business World
CPA
CPA stands for Certified Public Accountant and is a title which can be gained by passing the CPA examination. In addition to passing the CPA examination, the accountant must meet their own state’s education and experience requirements. CPA’s are responsible for auditing and approving of financial statements and transactions. Becoming a CPA is a challenging process, so CPAs hold a fair amount of distinction in the field.
MBA
Some CPAs go through post graduate classes to become an MBA. MBA stands for Master of Business Administration. Getting an MBA involves completing an undergraduate degree, and then enrolling in and completing an MBA graduate program. MBA programs come in all shapes and sizes, and are available at traditional colleges and online colleges.
CFO
MBAs occasionally go on to become CFOs, which stands for Chief Financial Officer. The CFO sits on the board of directors, and has one of the most prestigious and important positions in a company. It takes years of hard work and some good-old-fashioned luck to turn an MBA into a CFO title.
Where to Get Started
So where does it all start? An undergraduate degree in accounting is a great place to start. Accounting is an integral part of any business venture, and when it comes to the bottom line, accountants are the ones watching it. An accounting degree can get gotten from a tradition brick and mortar college, or online. Most traditional colleges offer an accounting program, and there are also many options for an Online Accounting Associates Degree.
If you are already working in another field, but you would like to begin a career in accounting, you should look into adult education curriculum. These classes are geared towards working adults and are scheduled in the evenings when most adults don’t have to work. These courses are a great way to start on a new career while continuing to work at your current job.
Get Started on Your New Accounting Career
Now you know about CPAs, MBAs, and CFOs, as well as how to get started on the path to become one. If you are not happy with your current career path, you should get started today on a new career in the accounting field.
Our author has a huge experience in the teaching field. Get your an online accounting associate degree to change your profession in to a new level. One more option is starting your carrier on adult education curriculum.
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