A two year college located in Dearborn in the state of Michigan of United States, Henry Ford Community college is a liberal art college. Helping out students who wish to complete their studies online the college also offers extensive support and services for all types of students, in house, and online.

Admission

Open admission policy is followed by the college. Transfer students are not ignored. However both SAT and ACT scores are important. Life experience is not accepted but dual credit and advance placements are accepted as admission credits. Transfer students are not ignored.

Programs Offered

Associate degrees and certificate programs in liberal arts, culinary arts, science, health science, and fine arts are offered by the college. Distance learning program enables student not able to attend regular classroom lectures to complete their online degree successfully. Career opportunities are improved with academic support services like early morning classes, learning center, pre-admission summer program, and tutoring. Among regular degree courses are personal and culinary services, security and protective services, health and clinical services, computer science, parks, recreation and fitness, communication and journalism, visual and performing arts, business, management, and marketing.

Unique Features

It is one of those colleges included in the university directory of state of Michigan and United States where the comparative numerical strength of women students are greater than men. Extensive avenues of sports and extra-curricular activities are also offered by the college.

Accreditation

Accreditation to the college has been granted by North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and the Michigan Commission on College Accreditation.

Student Support

Henry Ford Community College provides extensive supports along with remedial instructions, career and employment counseling in various aspects, PT cost defraying employment, on campus day care facilities and on campus library. Counseling includes career and academic counseling and employment services. Freshman Orientation program, personal counseling, veterans counseling, placement services and adult students re-entering services are also offered.

Financial Aids

Henry Ford Community College offers federal, state, local, and institutional grants, scholarships, and student loans. Aids are applied using the FAFSA form. Financial assistance is also available for students in the college in form of merit based scholarships. One can view the details at the state university website.

Jokes and study, humor and learning can be attributed to the concept of a student life in college. Most people think that a student life in college is the easiest, funniest, the most exciting, memorable and carefree part of life. However, you should not forget about the learning process. The system of higher education all over the world presupposes that institutions of higher education should train professionals in different spheres. You should think about your future. Naturally, entertainment can be successfully combined with learning. Job and Learning Process Often people think that the process of learning does not take much time. They believe it possible to combine a part-time job and the college study. Some people really succeed in doing so, while others manage to lose their part-time job and to be expelled from the college. It cannot be considered a good progress, though it makes people aware of different events that can change their life at once. A Part-Time Job A part-time job is a good beginning because it does not require the whole day long and gives you an opportunity to get accustomed to rules of the company. At the same time, a part-time job does not offer any promotion track. As a rule, part-time jobs exist in areas that need seasonal workers. This means that you should find a full-time job. As you can see, it becomes possible only after graduation. Service Record What about your service record book? Does it matter for employers whether you were engaged into part-time activity? It is unlikely that you may be influenced by records in your service book, though your career should not be based on experience gained during the part-time job. Student life in college is an interesting period, though you should be aware of different pitfalls that may appear on your way. A part-time job is unlikely to make you experienced. Do not waist time on part-time jobs. You can study harder instead.

Five Reasons Florida Resort Jobs Rock

Food service job opportunities ablorida is one of the most traveled to destinations in the world. Between the beautiful Miami beaches and Disney World fame, visitors come not just from other U.S. states but also from other areas of the globe, which means Florida resorts are filled with thousands of hungry tourists.ound at Florida resorts. Some of the FL culinary jobs include:

Wait staff Greeters Restaurant managers Line cooks Bartenders Banquet staff Pastry chef or baking professional, and Executive chef

These roles, especially at Florida resorts, give the culinary professional a chance to implement their creative skills and manage full-scale kitchens and bakeries.

Theme Parks are Magical Places

While Disney World may be Florida’s most popular Florida resort, there are hundreds more resorts around. Because the beaches are so widely visited, because NASA draws space enthusiasts, and because year-round weather brings all level of golfers to Florida, food service jobs can be found throughout the state.

Here are just a few of the resorts around: Mandarin Oriental Miami, Silver Lake Resort in Kissimmee, Sailport Resort in Tampa, and Hyatt Key West Resort & Spa.

Cooking in Florida is Hot

So why do these FL culinary jobs rock? Florida resort food service jobs are great for five reasons:

1 – Social life. When working in food service you meet many new people; both co-workers and customers. Of course your first role is to provide excellent food service, there is always an opportunity to interact for a short time each and every day.

2 – Career development. When you work in a FL culinary job you will soon realize there are many job opportunities within a Florida resort—whether you are a chef or just starting out as a bar back. Some resorts have multiple restaurants and banquet facilities meaning there can be a lot of sideways movement within a company. Additionally, most resorts are one of many resorts under an umbrella organization such as the companies that run the Marriott or Hyatt, for example.

3 – Education. Through on the job training and experience you will learn about food preparation, customer service, trends in Florida cuisine, restaurant management, and the hospitality industry while working in a resort.

4 – The perks. Usually employees of a Florida resort receive discounts on night stays at the resort and associated resorts and hotels. Additionally, this may give you discounted rates at golf courses, swimming pools, spas, theme parks, and more.

5 – The tips. Almost all people working in food service positions accept tips. Now if you are a baker or a chef in Florida that might not be the case, but the notoriety and the salary will make up for that fact.

This article is presented by The Orlando Culinary Academy. The Orlando Culinary Academy offers Le Cordon Bleu culinary education classes and culinary training programs in Orlando, Florida. To learn more about the class offerings, please visit http://www.Chefs.edu/Orlando for more information.

The jobs mentioned are examples of certain potential jobs, not a representation that these outcomes are more probable than others. The Orlando Culinary Academy does not guarantee employment or salary.

Copyright (c) 2007 SharpBrains

The Aspen Health Forum just gathered an impressive group of around 250 people to discuss the most pressing issues in Health and Medical Science.

1- Global health problems require the attention of the scientific community. Richard Klausner encouraged the scientific community to focus on Global Problems: maternal mortality rates, HIV/ AIDS, clean water, cancer…

2- “Let’s get real…Ideology kills”. Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland, on what it takes to stop HIV/ AIDS: “I am from Ireland, a Catholic country. And I am Catholic. But I can see how ideology kills..we need more empathy with reality, and to work with local women in those countries.” This session included a fascinating exchange where Bill Frist rose from the audience to defend the role of US aid, explaining how 60% of retroviral drugs in African countries have been funded by the American taxpayer. Which made Nobel Prize Laureate Peter Agre, also in the audience, stand up and encourage the US to really step up to the plate and devote 1% of the GDP to aid, as a number of European countries do, instead of 0.1%.

3- Where is the new “Sputnik”?: Many of the speakers had been inspired by the Sputnik and the Apollo missions to become scientists. Two Nobel Prize Laureates talked about their lives and careers trying to demystify what it takes to be a scientist and to win a Nobel Prize. Both are grateful to the taxpayers dollars that funded their research, and insist we must do a better job at explaining the scientific process to society at large. Both are proud of having attended small liberal arts colleges, and having evolved from there, fueled by their great curiosity and unpredictable, serendipitous paths, into launching new scientific and medical fields.

4- We need a true Health Care Culture: Mark Ganz summarized it best by explaining how his health provider group improved care when they redefined themselves from “we are 7,000 employees” to “we are a 3 million strong community”, moving from being a cost controller with a paternalistic attitude to a health facilitator, looking underneath symptoms to identify and deal with underlying patterns.

5- You can’t manage what you can’t measure. We heard many times how defining and measuring outcomes, so common in the private sector, is critical to ensuring a good allocation of resources in the health and scientific fields, that use so much taxpayer money. For example. NIH funding grew from $9B in 1994 to $29B in 2007, yet the results are not clear. The same happened with health care as a whole, a sector that now consumes 16% of the US GDP with health outcomes (infant mortality, patient deaths in hospitals) worse than other countries that invest far less.

6- The rising role of public-private partnerships: There are multiple initiatives launched to bridge the increasing gap between academia and industry. The Foundation for the NIH has facilitated key conversation between the FDA and pharma companies. The Gates and Clinton Foundations have launched innovative partnership models to tackle global health problems.

7- From Lifespan to Health-span. Population distribution in developed countries is shifting from a “population pyramid” to a “population rectangle”. The point of much ongoing research is not “how to spend more time on the nursing home” but how to slow down the process of aging, so we can live healthier longer.

8- Patient-advocacy groups are having an impact. We heard many examples on how small groups of motivated individuals have built large patient advocate movements that influence public policy. Michael Milken talked about the Cancer March, that helped increase NIH funding from $1.5B to 5$B. Hala Moddelmog, from the Susan G. Komen for the Cure, explained how they have 1 million people engaged in promoting cancer research and prevention. Robert Klein, key advocate of the California Proposition 71 (that will provide $6B for stem cell research through long-term bonds) explained how the proposition was passed, including engaging over 80 patient-advocacy groups.

9- There’s a new emphasis on understanding “how systems work” instead of “how isolated genes make things happen on their own”: Genomics is starting to help predict susceptibility to disease and to therapies. Now, we must keep in mind the role of our experience and environment in turning some genes on or off.

10- The importance of our Lifestyle-Each of us owns our own health. 70% of heathcare costs derive from lifestyle-related diseases (such as smoking-induced cancer). We heard several calls to action for insurance companies to incentivize behavior modification to promote good lifestyle habits that improve quality of life and can delay disease symptoms, resulting in billions of dollars of cost savings.

In short, a very stimulating inaugural 3-day conference. I hope the one next year is even better.

Question 1:

El Niño, la Nina and a normal year:

a. Rainfall differences:

According to Ropelewski and Halpert (1987) during El Niño periods there are low values of southern oscillation index and this means that regions receive more rain, during la Nina periods there are high values of southern oscillation index and this means that regions receive less rain.

Http://www.ccd.ucar.edu/lanina/report/baethgen.html

b. Storms:

According to Maloney and Hartmann (2000) on Atlantic hurricanes in El Nino periods there are fewer hurricanes while during la Nina years there more hurricanes

http://iri.columbia.edu/climate/ENSO/globalimpact/TC/Atlantic/index.html

c. Ocean circulations:

A low pressure region is developed in the Atlantic and high pressure region in Peru in a normal year and therefore trade winds flow strongly from the east to west in the pacific and therefore warm waters are carried westward, in el Niño years the low pressure region is replaced by a relatively high pressure region in the pacific and this reduces the strength of trade winds and therefore there is an accumulation of warm water in Peru, in la Nina periods  results after the el Nino period whereby there is an accumulation of cold water in the pacific.

http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/7z.html

Question 2:

Accelerating rate of global warming:

1. The national climate data states that the rate of global warming is increasing and in the past 25 years this rate has changed to 2 degree census per century.

2. James Randerson also states that the sea level is rising at an accelerating rate

3. Robert Correll states that there has been an increase in the rate of glacier movement

4. Global cooling is supported by orbital forcing whereby the tilt of the earth’s axis is changing and this has reduced the intensity of sunlight and seasons.

Question 3:

La Nina year 1995 storms

Picture retrieved from http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/at1995.asp

El Nino year 1997:

Picture retrieved from http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/at1997.asp

Question 4:

US tornado patterns:

a. Tornados occurrence will depend on time; in the US scientist have discovered that the peak hour of tornado occurrence is 5 pm.

b. Tornados are less likely to occur in winter and more likely to occur in spring

c. The time of the year will also affect the frequency and intensity of tornados whereby may has the most tornados followed by June.

References:

Columbia (2009) ENSO, retrieved on 29th November, from http://iri.columbia.edu/climate/ENSO/globalimpact/TC/Atlantic/index.html

CCD (2009) la Nina report, retrieved on 29th November, from Http://www.ccd.ucar.edu/lanina/report/baethgen.html

CPC (2009) List of El Niño and la Nina years, retrieved on 29th November, from http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/ensostuff/ensoyears.shtml

Physical geography (2009) ocean circulation differences in El Niño and la Nina years, retrieved on 29th November, from http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/7z.html

Wunder Ground (2009) 1997 hurricanes, retrieved on 29th November, from http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/at1997.asp

Wunder Ground (2009) 1995 hurricanes, retrieved on 29th November, from http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/at1995.asp

Out of State Players Flock to California Community College Football Programs

By

Hazel Dixon

Why would anyone pay nearly $200 a dollars a unit to enroll in a California community college if the student lives out of state?   In state students pay roughly $26 a unit.  If you happen to be an athlete, a football player, you might be willing to flock to the Golden State and continue your athletic career.

Amazingly, the National Junior College Community Athletic Association which represents junior college football for the rest of the country has only 68 teams.

Reluctantly, many people question the thought and intentions of why players who may perhaps live in the south travel to West Coast to play football, especially at a rural community college.  In the past and still today, coaches have been attacked for recruiting these players.  What many people may not realize is that 60% of Junior College football programs are in California.

Athletes who play in California are provided with many benefits, such living in an new environment, getting a fresh start, and provided with the opportunity to receive their Associate degree. However, playing out -of -state can also be an eye opening experience for both players and community members as well.  Approximately 97% of the athletes believed that they are stereotyped about in the classroom and in the community.  The student-athletes felt that instructors believed that they were only capable of performing on the field and not in the classroom, and that the community wasn’t accepting of them because they were different.  The survey concluded that 73% of football players would welcome the idea of having more instructors that reflected their own ethnicity.  Many of these football players want to be accepted, and 85% agreed that they would welcome more support from instructors, staff, and the community members to attend more football games.  Players also would prefer to be seen in a positive rather than in a negative way.

Oftentimes, football players come to California because junior college football programs may not be available in their hometown, and for many coming to a play at a junior college, may be one of the only options players may have left.

The fact is that many players that arrive in California are average to outstanding athletes. Some were MVP’s in high school, had great stats and were highly recruited by Division 1 schools. However, along the way, a series of unfortunate events occurred.  For many athletes their grades were substandard and they performed poorly on the SAT and/ or ACT tests; were over looked by recruiters; a family emergency, and the list goes on.  Somehow these athletes’ dreams were derailed and they had to make some hard choices.  These football players had to find other options.

Luckily, for many football players playing at a junior college can mean redemption and a second chance for success.  While for many this may be their last chance, there are those players that perform well on the field and in the classroom and sometimes end playing at the Division 1 or Division 2 level.  There are even a select few which have started out playing on the JUCO level and may have or had a career playing football professionally in the NFL and CFL.

Jokes and study, humor and learning can be attributed to the concept of a student life in college. Most people think that a student life in college is the easiest, funniest, the most exciting, memorable and carefree part of life. However, you should not forget about the learning process. The system of higher education all over the world presupposes that institutions of higher education should train professionals in different spheres. You should think about your future. Naturally, entertainment can be successfully combined with learning. Job and Learning Process Often people think that the process of learning does not take much time. They believe it possible to combine a part-time job and the college study. Some people really succeed in doing so, while others manage to lose their part-time job and to be expelled from the college. It cannot be considered a good progress, though it makes people aware of different events that can change their life at once. A Part-Time Job A part-time job is a good beginning because it does not require the whole day long and gives you an opportunity to get accustomed to rules of the company. At the same time, a part-time job does not offer any promotion track. As a rule, part-time jobs exist in areas that need seasonal workers. This means that you should find a full-time job. As you can see, it becomes possible only after graduation. Service Record What about your service record book? Does it matter for employers whether you were engaged into part-time activity? It is unlikely that you may be influenced by records in your service book, though your career should not be based on experience gained during the part-time job. Student life in college is an interesting period, though you should be aware of different pitfalls that may appear on your way. A part-time job is unlikely to make you experienced. Do not waist time on part-time jobs. You can study harder instead.