THG Formulations

Predicting the end of the world has almost certainly been going on since man began thinking, whenever that was. It is warned about in Revelations in the Bible, so that must be about 2,000 years ago.

Nonetheless, it is the predictions of Nostradamus that are the most well-known and most abundant. Some biographical records of Nostradamus’ life state that he was afraid of being victimized for heresy by the Inquisition, although neither prophecy nor astrology fell under their jurisdiction. He would have been in danger only if he had practiced magic to back up his predictions.

In fact, his contact with the Church as a prophet and a healer were always very good. His short imprisonment at Marignane in late 1561 came about purely because he had published his 1562 Almanac without the prior permission of a bishop, contravening a recent royal decree.

Here then are a few of the prophesies of the ending of the world and the annihilation of mankind.

December 21st, 22nd or 23rd 2012 are all possible dates for the ending of the world according to the ancient Mayan Calendar.

2012 has been determined by some to be the first potential date for the passing by of Planet X (Wormwood) and the demise of the world, as mentioned in Revelations, although this is fervently debated by Biblical experts and astronomers alike.

2012 is also the year given by Nostradamus as the possible demise. He gave three possible years for the apocalypse: 1994 and 1998 so this is his last opportunity to be correct.

2010 is the year so says the Hermetic Order of Golden Dawn.

In 1143 St Malachy prophesied that there would be only another 112 more Popes. The current Pope Benedict is the 111th. He also predicted that the final Pope would be known as Peter of Rome, so we will have to wait and see for this one.

2017 is the year specified to the Sword of God Brotherhood by the Angel Gabriel.

November 13th 2026 is the date according to a 1960 copy of ‘Science’ magazine. The writer said that this would be the day that the planet’s human population would ‘reach infinity’.

2033 is held by many to be the 2000th anniversary of the crucifixion of Christ and a potential date for his return, which would signal the demise of our Earthly times.

4,500,000,000 AD is the approximate date at which the Sun is expected to explode and in so doing, destroy the inner solar system including our Earth. Nobody knows, but unless we destroy ourselves first, this latter date is probably the most accurate and scientific date for the destruction of the planet.

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CompTIA A + has a total of four exams and areas of study, but your only requirement is to get certified in 2 to be thought of as qualified. Because of this, many educational establishments simply offer two. But giving you all four options will help you to build a more confident perspective of your subject, which you’ll come to realise is an important asset in the commercial world.

In addition to learning how to build PC’s and fix them, students involved in this training will be taught how to operate in antistatic conditions, along with remote access, fault finding and diagnostics.

If you feel it appropriate to add Network+ training to your A+, you’ll also have the ability to look after networks, giving you the facility to apply for more senior positions.

Quite often, students have issues with a single training area which is often not even considered: The breakdown of the course materials before being couriered to your address.

Often, you will purchase a course taking 1-3 years and receive a module at a time. This sounds logical on one level, until you consider this:

Students often discover that their providers ’standard’ path of training isn’t ideal for them. It’s often the case that a different order of study is more expedient. Could it cause problems if you don’t get everything done within their exact timetable?

In a perfect world, you’d ask for every single material to be delivered immediately – enabling you to have them all to return to any point – at any time you choose. You can also vary the order in which you move through the program where a more intuitive path can be found.

At times people don’t catch on to what IT is all about. It’s electrifying, revolutionary, and means you’re working on technology that will impact the whole world for generations to come.

Many people are of the opinion that the technological revolution we have experienced is easing off. There is no truth in this at all. There are huge changes to come, and the internet particularly will be the biggest thing to affect the way we live.

Wages in the IT sector aren’t to be ignored also – the typical remuneration throughout Britain for the usual person working in IT is much better than the national average. Chances are you’ll bring in a much better deal than you’d typically expect to bring in elsewhere.

Due to the technological sector developing nationally and internationally, it’s likely that the search for well trained and qualified IT technicians will remain buoyant for the significant future.

So, why might we choose commercial certification as opposed to the usual academic qualifications gained through tech’ colleges and universities?

Corporate based study (in industry terminology) is most often much more specialised. Industry is aware that such specialised knowledge is necessary to handle an increasingly more technical marketplace. CISCO, Adobe, Microsoft and CompTIA dominate in this arena.

Clearly, an appropriate amount of background information must be covered, but core specialised knowledge in the exact job role gives a commercially educated student a real head start.

It’s a bit like the TV advert: ‘It does what it says on the tin’. The company just needs to know what they’re looking for, and then request applicants with the correct exam numbers. They’ll know then that all applicants can do what they need.

Charging for examination fees as an inclusive element of the package price and offering an ‘Exam Guarantee’ is a popular marketing tool with a good many training companies. But look at the facts:

It’s very clear we’re still being charged for it – it’s not so hard to see that it’s been added into the full cost of the package supplied by the course provider. It’s definitely not free – and it’s insulting that we’re supposed to think it is!

Students who go in for their examinations when it’s appropriate, paying as they go are in a much stronger position to qualify at the first attempt. They are aware of their spending and revise more thoroughly to be up to the task.

Go for the best offer you can find at the time, and keep hold of your own money. You also get more choice of where you take your exam – which means you can stay local.

Why borrow the money or pay in advance (plus interest of course) on examinations when you didn’t need to? Big margins are made by companies getting paid upfront for exams – and then hoping that you won’t take them all.

Remember, with ‘Exam Guarantees’ from most places – the company decides when you can re-take the exam. Subsequent exam attempts are only authorised at the company’s say so.

With average Prometric and VUE examinations in the United Kingdom costing around 112 pounds, by far the best option is to pay for them as you take them. Not to fork out thousands extra in up-front costs. Study, commitment and preparing with good quality mock and practice exams is what will really guarantee success.

(C) 2009 Scott Edwards. Pop to This Site or it-courses-in-london.co.uk.

Congratulations! As you’re reading this article you’ve doubtless been pondering on retraining for a new career – so you’ve already done more than most. A small minority of us are happy and fulfilled in our work, but it’s rare anyone does more than moan. You could join a select group who take responsibility for their future.

It’s advisable to get some help before you start – find someone who knows the industry; an advisor who can get to the bottom of what you’ll like in a job, and then show you the training programs you may be suited to:

* Are you happier left to your own devices at work or do you find company is more important to you?

* What criteria are fundamentally important with regard to the sector of industry you’ll be employed in?

* After re-training, how long a career do you hope for, and will the industry provide you with that possibility?

* Will this new qualification make it easier to discover new employment possibilities, and be gainfully employed until your retirement plans kick in?

We would strongly recommend that one of your key sectors is the IT industry – it’s common knowledge that it is one of the few growth sectors. It’s not full of geeky individuals lost in their computer screens all day – we know those roles do exist, but the majority of roles are filled with ordinary men and women who earn considerably more than most.

A capable and specialised advisor (as opposed to a salesman) will ask questions and seek to comprehend your abilities and experience. This is useful for calculating your study start-point.

With a bit of real-world experience or certification, your starting-point of learning is very different to someone completely new.

Where this will be your initial crack at an IT exam then you may want to start with some basic PC skills training first.

One area often overlooked by those mulling over a new direction is the concept of ‘training segmentation’. This is essentially the breakdown of the materials for drop-shipping to you, which vastly changes the point you end up at.

By and large, you’ll join a programme that takes between and 1 and 3 years and get sent one module each time you pass an exam. While this may sound logical on one level, consider this:

What would happen if you didn’t finish every module at the proposed pace? Often the staged order doesn’t work as well as some other order of studying might.

To avoid any potential future issues, most students now choose to insist that all study materials are sent immediately, and not in a piecemeal fashion. It’s then up to you in which order and at what speed you want to go.

Usually, your everyday student doesn’t have a clue how they should get into a computing career, let alone what sector to focus their retraining program on.

As in the absence of any commercial skills in IT, how can most of us understand what someone in a particular job does?

Deliberation over these different factors is most definitely required when you need to dig down the right answer for you:

* The sort of individual you think yourself to be – what kind of jobs you enjoy, and on the other side of the coin – what you definitely don’t enjoy.

* What sort of time-frame do you want for the retraining?

* Have you thought about salary vs job satisfaction?

* Learning what the normal career roles and markets are – and what makes them different.

* The time and energy you’ll set aside for getting qualified.

At the end of the day, the only real way of covering these is by means of a long chat with an advisor who knows the industry well enough to be able to guide you.

Consider only training programmes that’ll move onto industry acknowledged accreditations. There are way too many small colleges proposing ‘in-house’ certificates which aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on when you start your job-search.

From a commercial standpoint, only the top companies like Microsoft, Cisco, Adobe or CompTIA (to give some examples) will get you short-listed. Nothing else hits the mark.

(C) Scott Edwards 2009. Pop to learninglolly.com/Adobe_Dreamweaver_CS4_Training.html or Click Here.

Christmas – is the celebration of Jesus’ birthday. Although the precise date of his birth is unknown, December 25th was most likely selected because it coincided with a pagan mid-winter festival. The ‘Twelve Days Of Christmas” mark the days between Christmas and Epiphany (January 6th), which was the day of the wise men’s visit.

Easter – is the most significant day in the Christian calendar, because it celebrates Christ’s Resurrection, which gave / gives Christians the hope of salvation and eternal life. Easter always occurs on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal (Spring) equinox, which is on 21st March.

Shrove Tuesday – (Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday) was originally a day of penance, but is now marked by merrymaking. It is the day before the beginning of Lent.

Ash Wednesday – is derived from the marking of a cross on the forehead of believers with the ashes from the burnt palms used on Palm Sunday.

Lent – 40 days of penance and fasting

Palm Sunday – the Sunday before Easter, remembers the entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem, where palms were strewn on the road before him.

Maundy (Holy) Thursday – the day of the Last supper.

Good Friday – is the day of Christ’s crucifixion.

Holy Saturday – is the day before the Resurrection.

The Annunciation – March 25th is celebrated by Catholics as the day that Archangel Gabriel told Mary about her impending pregnancy.

Trinity Sunday – is celebrated by some denominations in honour of The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit. It was confirmed part of the holy calendar in 1334 by Pope John XII.

Corpus Christi – Catholics remembers the presence of the body of Christ on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday.

All Saints Day – this mainly Catholic remembrance is on November 1 and honours all Christian saints.

Advent – a religious season that starts on the Sunday nearest to November 30 and lasts until Christmas Day. It celebrates the birth of Jesus and anticipates his Second Coming. It was once a period of fasting, but now no longer.

Holy Days Of Obligation – are feast days in the Catholic calendar marked by attendance at mass and the avoidance of unnecessary work. There are six in the USA: Solemnity of Mary – January 1: Christ’s circumcision, ie his first shedding of blood Ascension – 40 days after Easter Assumption – August 15: Mary is accepted into Heaven All Saints’ Day – November 1 Mary’s Immaculate Conception – December 8 Christmas Day – December 25.

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There are four specialised areas of training in the overall A+ programme, but you’re just required to achieve pass marks in 2 for competency in A+. However only learning about 2 of the specialised areas is likely to leave your knowledge base somewhat light. Choose a course with all 4 subjects – you’ll be glad you did when it comes to interview time.

CompTIA A+ training programs cover fault-finding and diagnostics – via hands on and remote access, as well as learning to build, repair and fix and having knowledge of antistatic conditions.

Perhaps you see yourself as the kind of individual who is involved with a big team – supporting, fixing and maintaining networks, you’ll need to add CompTIA Network+, or consider an MCSA or MCSE with Microsoft to give you a wider knowledge of how networks work.

A subtle way that colleges make more money is through up-front charges for exams then giving it ‘Exam Guarantee’ status. It looks like a good deal, but let’s just examine it more closely:

Patently it’s not free – you’re still paying for it – the cost has just been rolled into the whole training package.

We all want to pass first time. Progressively working through your exams one at a time and paying for them just before taking them makes it far more likely you’ll pass first time – you take it seriously and are mindful of the investment you’ve made.

Do your exams at a local pro-metric testing centre and find the best deal for you at the time.

Huge profits are netted by some training companies that take the exam money up-front. A number of students don’t take them for various reasons and so they pocket the rest. Amazingly, there are companies around who depend on students not taking their exams – and that’s how they increase their profits.

Re-takes of any failed exams through training course providers who offer an ‘Exam Guarantee’ are monitored with tight restrictions. You’ll be required to sit pre-tests to make sure they think you’re going to pass.

Due to typical VUE and Prometric tests in the United Kingdom costing around 112 pounds, it makes sense to pay as you go. Not to fork out thousands extra in up-front costs. Commitment, effort and practice with quality exam preparation systems are the factors that really get you through.

A question; why might we choose commercial certification instead of traditional academic qualifications obtained from schools, colleges or universities?

Industry now recognises that to cover the necessary commercial skill-sets, official accreditation from the likes of Microsoft, CompTIA, CISCO and Adobe is far more effective and specialised – for much less time and money.

Essentially, only required knowledge is taught. It isn’t quite as lean as that might sound, but the most important function is always to focus on the exact skills required (along with a certain amount of crucial background) – without overdoing the detail in everything else (as degree courses are known to do).

What if you were an employer – and you required somebody who had very specific skills. What is easier: Pore through a mass of different academic qualifications from graduate applicants, asking for course details and which workplace skills they have, or choose a specific set of accreditations that precisely match your needs, and draw up from that who you want to speak to. Your interviews are then about personal suitability – rather than on the depth of their technical knowledge.

Finding your first job in the industry sometimes feels easier to handle if you’re supported with a Job Placement Assistance service. Don’t get overly impressed with this service – it isn’t unusual for training companies to overplay it. Ultimately, the massive skills shortage in this country is why employers will be interested in you.

Bring your CV up to date as soon as possible however (advice and support for this should come from your course provider). Don’t put it off until you’ve graduated or passed any exams.

A good number of junior support jobs have been bagged by people who’re still on their course and haven’t even passed a single exam yet. This will at least get your CV into the ‘possible’ pile and not the ‘no’ pile.

If you’d like to get employment in your home town, then it’s quite likely that a specialist independent regional recruitment consultant or service could serve you better than a national service, for they are much more inclined to be familiar with what’s available near you.

A constant frustration for some training course providers is how much students are prepared to work to get qualified, but how ill-prepared they are to market themselves for the job they’ve studied for. Don’t give up when the best is yet to come.

Doing your bit in revolutionary new technology is as thrilling as it comes. You become one of a team of people creating a future for us all.

We’re barely beginning to comprehend what this change will mean to us. How we communicate and interact with everyone around us will be inordinately affected by technology and the web.

Should receiving a good salary be high on your goal sheet, then you’ll welcome the news that the regular income for IT employees in general is noticeably more than salaries in the rest of the economy.

With the IT marketplace emerging at an unprecedented rate, it’s likely that demand for certified IT specialists will flourish for a good while yet.

Copyright 2009 S. Edwards. Pop to Click Here or www.acertification.co.uk.