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My husband and I have a 12-year-old daughter who wanted to go to a winter retreat with her church youth group last year. Price of trip - $45. I told her I'd talk to her dad about it. "HOW much is it?" he asked, "didn't she just go somewhere with the youth group?" "Yes," I replied, "and also to two friends' birthday parties. Another one is coming up this weekend." We both agreed that was a lot of money for us to spend for our daughter to have fun with her friends. But the retreat was a church activity. So we should have forked out the money for her go, right? Well, maybe. In the past year or so our daughter had made a lot of new friends and had been asked to be involved in a lot of new social...

"Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors! "-- Louisa May Alcott"Your schooling may be over, but remember that your education still continues."-- Anonymous"The purpose of a liberal education is to make you philosophical enough to accept the fact that you will never make much money."-- Anonymous"The young graduate is discovering that among the necessaries of life, the most important is living."-- Anonymous"There is no need to reach high for the stars. They are already within you - just reach deep into yourself!"-- Anonymous"Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the...

If you were born in Canada then citizenship is your birth right and you are afforded the full rights and protection a Citizen can have. For many others, like me, Canadian Citizenship is something to aim for and hopefully earn. If you are fortunate to be given a permanent residency visa for Canada you do not automatically become a citizen. You are not entitled to vote in Federal elections, do not have a Canadian Passport and you most definitely CAN be deported for serious criminal behaviour.There are strict guidelines to be adhered to in the process and once accepted you will have to sear the oath of citizenship at a public ceremony. These may even take place each year on Canada Day (July 1st) with a...

I'll admit that for many years as a piano teacher I didn't think so.But in the last couple years I made a discovery about creating pleasant sounds on the piano that I never would have believed during my earlier piano teaching career.I recall a physician friend asking me if I had any kind of course he could take that didn't involve learning to read music or music theory or any of the traditional materials. He had purchased a beautiful Yamaha grand for his daughter to take lessons on when she was growing up, but now she was married and moved away, so he had this grand piano in his living room with no one to play it...

In the competitive world of the internet, computer training is necessary to gain skills and knowledge in order to get the validation you need to be recognized as an expert IT professional confronting all those opportunities and career challenges that have never been greater than today.An IT certification is a common a prerequisite to get a job or a salary increase, hence professional certifications are a necessity and not just a marketing strategy to sell determined software or useless courses. Both computer training and IT certification are the best way to demonstrate your skills and expertise in any given technical field to present to prospective employers.Computer training is possible through...

Sometimes in a boxer's career there comes a pivotal fight, one that turns his fortunes for the good and sends him to bigger and better things, as was the case when Irish Micky Ward's suddenly and unexpectedly knocked out heavily favored Alfonso Sanchez with a deadly left hook to the body in 1997on HBO. And more recently, Edison Miranda's stunning TKO of Howard Eastman which catapulted him from prospect to world title contender. But there are two edges to this knife and one cuts more deeply than the other. The following is about the later, about four fights in which the boxer's career took a sharp detour the nature of which never led him back to the main road."BIG JOHN" TATE captured a bronze medal...

Homeschool Parents, you can contribute greatly to college success by having college planning as a priority for your children of all ages. From your youngest child to your oldest child, a plan must be in place for college. Avenues for extended academics, opportunities for honors and awards, and selection of school and community activities pave the way for successful homeschool learning experiences and for future achievements in college and career. College comes sooner than most parents anticipate. Be ready when the time comes. Consider these strategies in preparing your homeschool child for future success: Focus On Academics Skills to master all subject areas in school depend upon the proper...

There are plenty of reasons to head to the beach this December. Luckily, the weather in Southern California is pretty nice in the winter compared to most parts of the country. The following Christmas and holiday events should help get you in the spirit of the season, Southern California style.San DiegoOn the first weekend in December, Balboa Park in San Diego celebrates the holidays with an annual event called December Nights.You can sample foods from around the world at the International Cottage Christmas Festival at the House of Pacific Relations Cottages. In the Spanish Village, you can watch artisans work on their craft and find one of a kind Christmas gifts.Several museums in the park will...

Modern poetry grew out of the First World War. English verse altered under the impact of mass murder in the trenches 1914-1918 and ceased to be cosy. The war spread to Russia and Italy and Turkey and into the Middle East, but the Western Front in France was the focus of attention at home. The opening bombardment on the Somme was heard in London.Poetry came closer to news. Poets became war correspondents of feeling and suffering rather than celebrants of glory, honour, patria and remembrance. They ceased to be crudely national. This is not to claim that all poetry had hitherto been glossy magazine verse or that wars had never been reported graphically. The change and difference lay in mud and...

Students, professionals, academics and anyone who is actually planning on applying for a new job can benefit from curriculum vitae writing tips. A typical curriculum vita, which is often referred to as CV, differs slightly from a standard resume because it contains substantially more information than just your education and prior job experience. A CV should also include any other information about you that is relevant to the job that you are applying for. A CV offers so much more personal information about you and your abilities and has become a primary aspect of writing a resumes these days.The first difference between a curriculum vitae and a traditional resume is how long it is. Professionals...

More parents are deciding to homeschool their children each year. As early as the late 1960's homeschooling increased from 10,000 to 15,000 children. In 1999 the number of homeschooled children had risen to 850,000, and by 2003 the number jumped to 1.1 million children which represents a 29 percent relative increase over the 4-year period.Students are considered to be homeschooled if their parents reported them as being schooled at home instead of at a public or private school for at least part of their education and if their part-time enrollment in public or private schools did not exceed 25 hours a week. Students who were schooled at home only because of a temporary illness were not included as...

Your child's first teacher might well be the most important teacher they ever have. Your child's first teacher is of you the parents, grandparents, extended family, care givers. Your child's first class room is your home. The way the child learns is by the wonderful abilities of imagination and curiosity. Humans are born with these abilities and are basic instincts that help us all survive, learn, and succeed in a competitive world. As a parent, you can switch on your child to the joy of learning by encouraging their imagination and curiosity at an early age. It gives them a great head start and stimulates the all-important desire to learn more. Teaching and learning are not mysteries that only...

Athletic trainer certificates and associate degree are offered through schools, colleges and universities. Courses cover basics information that is designed to meet the needs of certified athletic trainers and other health related professionals.Most athletic trainers are required to understand the prevention and administration of treatment of sports injuries. They must also be prepared to evaluate injuries and provide immediate medical attention when necessary. Athletic trainer programs include studies of anatomy, ethics, therapy, and the basic knowledge and fundamental principles of nutrition, exercise, and medicines used for promoting health and performance. Applications of knowledge may be...

Magic, regardless of how it is defined, has always held the human mind under deep sway. It is one of the few things that fall in the grey area between trickery and the unexplained.Without having understood the exact implications of the term 'magic,' people have proceeded to define its types. The thing is people have opinions about magic, not tangible knowledge and so they end up calling good magic 'white' and evil magic as 'black.' Although, modern sensibilities have a different understanding of the term from their medieval counterparts, the obsession with evil aspects of magic has remained. It is far more alluring to ascribe the power of Satan himself to the practioners of magic than to accept them...

Everybody at one point in his/her life uses cosmetics such as make-up, deodorant, shampoo, wrinkle creams, blemish creams and many other products. In the many different trials that these products go through before reaching the public, some are tested on animals. Many people believe that this is a necessary part of product testing, and I agree that limited testing needs to be done in a controlled environment; however, animal testing of cosmetics is bad.Animals are used to learn the many different things about how cosmetics have on animal skins; however, they do not always have the same effect on humans. In some cases animals have their fur shaved off and they have the product placed on the skin...

Contrary to most people's opinions, home schooling is not just limited to primary school students. In fact, there are many home schooling courses available for college students as well both offline and online. Home schooling has been gaining more popularity in recent years because parents wanted more control over their child's education. Parents wanted to oversee what their children is learning and teach them the right way. There are also afraid of peer influences from other students. They may pick up bad habits such as smoking, alcoholism, gambling and violence etc. For higher level college education, there are several types of home schooling programs available. It depends on the type of education...

Remember the good old days when if you needed something done you could hire someone to do it? You didn't have to worry about anything like where to find a part or how to repair anything. You used to be able to pull up to a gas station, where someone would actually come out and pump the gas for you, check your oil and clean your windshield. All you had to do was pay for the gas and be on your way. Now we have entered the "do it yourself era". You pump your own gas and check out your own groceries. There's a book on how "dummies" can learn to do anything by just reading a few pages and applying the lessons learned.One of the few things left that you can still opt to have a professional do is...

A practical alternative or replacement to schooling institutions is Home schooling. In conformity with your state laws concerning this kind of education, parents teach their children to study and learn themselves. Parents have different explanations as well as justifications as to why they want their children to be educated through home schooling. Parents are concerned regarding the safety of their wards, as well as the quality of education that provided in public schools. The costs of private schooling and the struggle that the child undergoes to keep up with the entire class is one of the major factors in favor of such alternatives. Most parents feel defenseless when their kids are labeled as...

The automated external defibrillator is, amazingly, still a device that is not commonly known about. I say amazingly, because the ailment it treats is one of the most insidious killers in the US today. That is, sudden cardiac arrest.Heart disease comes in many forms, some brought on by bad living habits - such as eating too much fried or fatty food, smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, etc. Other forms of heart disease are congenital, meaning they are present at birth. And still others, to this day are still unresolved as to their cause.There is however, one ailment of the heart, above all others in its impact on life. That ailment, is sudden cardiac arrest. It claims over 250,000 American...

The main focus of Humanistic psychology study is based on conscious consciousness, morals and theoretical thinking. These include the spiritual experiences and the beliefs that people live by. Emerging in the 1950's and 1960's, humanism is about rewarding yourself, and places great importance on the individual and their own individuality. Personality depends on what people believe and how they perceive the world and a major factor in this learning theory is that people are seen as freely exercising choice over how to behave. They are the architects of their own lives and 'personal agents' in their own psychological growth.There are many objectives of the humanistic view of education, as...

In today's working world, the high school diploma program has become the initial footstep in achieving a successful career. A high school diploma is a formal document issued to certify a candidate's successful completion of a prescribed secondary school program of studies.It takes four years to complete the high school diploma program. The eligibility criteria for high school diploma vary from state to state. A high school diploma is the minimum qualification for higher education and government jobs in the United States. The opportunities for a better job are extremely limited for one who has not earned a high school diploma. To be more specific, the high school diploma can qualify one for fruitful...

Romance in a relationship is what keeps it on all four wheels. A relationship simply cannot grow and thrive without it. Men and women were made so differently that what comes natural to one, is a learning process for the other. It works both directions with different things. The key is learning to grow together by letting those thing bring you together rather than pull you apart. Finding out what the other person needs and putting actions behind the new-found knowledge is the beginning of wisdom within that relationship. When you center your attentions and energies on the other person, it has a wonderful way of not only putting your relationship into overdrive, but a strange way of coming back to...

For those of you who desire to work in the medical field but don't fancy the hassle of traveling to and from a college campus, you can now enroll in a patient care technician online program.Patient care techs, commonly interchanged with the term nursing aides, are in great demand in the medical industry. Estimated job growth is expected to be high in the coming decade as more and more hospitals, geriatric care centers and other medical care facilities require the assistance of trained individuals. That's where a patient care technician online program will come in handy.Patient care technician online programs provide distance learning courses in how to: properly respond to patient calls; how to...

Sometimes in a boxer's career there comes a pivotal fight, one that turns his fortunes for the good and sends him to bigger and better things, as was the case when Irish Micky Ward's suddenly and unexpectedly knocked out heavily favored Alfonso Sanchez with a deadly left hook to the body in 1997on HBO. And more recently, Edison Miranda's stunning TKO of Howard Eastman which catapulted him from prospect to world title contender. But there are two edges to this knife and one cuts more deeply than the other. The following is about the later, about four fights in which the boxer's career took a sharp detour the nature of which never led him back to the main road."BIG JOHN" TATE captured a bronze medal...

The piano is an amazing instrument. So many notes, so many keys! That's why the crossover or arpeggio technique is employed frequently. It allows the pianist to use much of the keyboard and the left hand.The trick to using this technique is in the crossover itself. Usually, the left hands initial position will span an octave and then the index or ring finger will be used to crossover the thumb to continue playing more notes of the chord.A good example of this is the piece "Thanksgiving" by George Winston. Here, a whole harmonic background is created by the left-hand crossover technique while the right improvises a melody line. And the results are a beautiful piece of music! Nothing complicated here...

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In this piano lesson we will learn to play piano Christmas music. We will use piano tab notation so you don't need to read piano sheet music.Jingle Bells is one of the most popular secular Christmas songs in the world. The most played part of the song is the refrain which we will concentrate on in this piano lesson.Jingle bells, jingle bells Jingle all the way! O what fun it is to ride In a one-horse open sleighIn this piano lesson you will learn to play Jingle Bells without the use of piano sheet music. After this learn to play piano tutorial you will be able to play the melody with both hands!Instead of piano sheet music we will use piano tab notation which will tell you where to place your...

Think back to your childhood for a moment. Did anyone ever sit you down and talk with you about how to live a joyful and passionate life? Was this a frequent topic of discussion in the classroom, or at the dinner table? If so, then chances are good you came into contact with a significantly advanced soul. Most of our childhood lessons are in fact about being successful, not about being happy. And the one, unfortunately, does not necessarily lead to the other.In school, lessons are about history, geography, mathematics, grammar. The emphasis is ultimately on preparing each student for future training in a trade, be it technical school, college, or even a Ph.D. program. The curriculum is concerned...

The composite highest-income practitioner in this field (salary plus cash bonus and/or cash profit sharing) is the President "A" (defined as a chief executive officer who is the owner of, a full partner in, or a major stockholder in the firm) of a consulting engineering firm. The firm provides services in civil (general, structural, and/or land development), or geotechnical engineering; receives in excess of $25,000,000 in gross annual fees for services rendered; has 500 or more employees; and is headquartered in or near Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, St. Louis, Oakland/East Bay, Milwaukee, Portland (OR), Lincoln (NE), Chicago, Middlesex-Essex Counties (MA), or Sacramento. This individual has a BS in...

One of the more intriguing aspects of Ki Chuan Do (KCD) for beginners and outside observers is Master Perkins' "Modified Native American Ground Fighting." Not only have most people never seen or experienced authentic Native American martial arts (because of the dearth of practitioners alive today and the even smaller number interested in sharing their skills with the public), but most martial artists and combative sport fans cannot even conceive of an effective method of fighting on the ground that differs significantly from the grappling methods (wrestling, jiu-jitsu, etc.) so universally practiced today. To even suggest that a very different method may be equally or even more effective for real...

Latin was the language of the Roman Empire. All of the Romance languages, including French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian, are directly descended from this native tongue. Our own English language is heavily influenced by roots from the Latin Language (as many as 80 percent of our language can be traced to Latin). Today, Ecclesiastical Latin is the official language of the Roman Catholic Church and the Vatican. With so much influence on our own language coming from Latin, it is surprising that students are not encouraged to study it in high school and college...

The academic year is nearing its end here in China. Well, not really nearing the end but almost there, especially for teachers who want to look for a new job. Foreign teachers are typically offered one-year contracts and sometimes a one-term contract. Universities and schools start looking for teachers well before the new term/year begins and teachers need to start applying and negotiating with prospective employers.I, too, need to start looking and going through hundreds of job ads. I'll probably need to send in hundreds of applications as well before I get a response or find a job.My ancestors made the cardinal 'mistake' of settling down in India and not in Europe, US or Australia and I must pay...

Let's say that you're in charge of buying new computer equipment for your company. How would you get a salesperson to give you the lowest possible price? I would let the other person come in and have her go through her entire presentation. I would ask all the questions I could possibly think of and when I finally couldn't think of another thing to ask, I would say, "I really appreciate all the time you've taken. You've obviously put a lot of work into this presentation, but unfortunately it's just not the way we want to go; however I sure wish you the best of luck." I would pause to examine the crestfallen expression on the salesperson's face. I would watch her slowly package her presentation...

Most of us can be deceived by the personality that a person presents on a matchmaking site. But there is a way you can find out who they really are inside so you can avoid the dangers and pitfalls of the dating game.Many folks believe that if their profile matches another person, they will be a match and can live in peace and harmony. While profiles can show another person's preferences, they do not reveal the inner personality -- who they really are inside. This is why it is a serious mistake to assume that you know a person simply because a matchmaking site has shown that you have compatible profiles. But, alas, this is what countless people do every day, and they wonder how they could be so wrong...

When I was twelve years old, I decided to start thinking about my future profession. In my young mind, that meant deciding between being a doctor and being a lawyer. Since I hated most things having to do with science and math, the choice became clear to me ? I would become the first lawyer in my family. I loved reading and there was nothing better than standing in front of an audience and putting on a show. I could almost see myself making a closing argument to a jury. From that point on, everything I did had to help propel me towards achieving my big dream of becoming an attorney. I was rewarded for my hard work by being accepted at the college and law school of my choice. The first year of...

If you're selling essentially the same "Stuff" as your competition, fold up your tent and go home. And do it quickly. There's little success in the real world for "me-too" stuff, whether it's products or services. Both are virtually doomed to fail. To survive - and to thrive - your stuff has to be different. Or at least appear to be. As any good marketing guru will be quick to tell you, "Differentiate!""A rose is a rose is a rose," or so the saying goes. But even roses seem to appreciate the importance of differentiation, the value of being different - however slight - from other roses. A shade lighter or darker in color, a sweeter or a more delicate scent. No two varieties are identical...

This year the Ohio Graduation Test will have its first profound impact on graduating seniors in Ohio's school districts. For the first time, high school students who do not pass the test will not be conferred a diploma, ending the long standing, "you can catch-up in college" mentality.To be sure, the remedial course designations at Ohio's colleges and universities will continue to meet the need of the roughly 65% of high school students who choose to attend post secondary education, but for those who simply need the high school sheep skin, it has just become much harder to receive.The Ohio Achievement Test or Graduation Test as it has become known, will have a marked impact on the way Ohio teachers...

Pre-school reading and kindergarten curriculums in most public schools teach the alphabet and its corresponding sounds. However, today more and more school districts are assessing children's letter name and corresponding sound knowledge prior to enrollment. Why? Because most children come to school with this knowledge. Many children's television programs teach this content and many parents take it upon themselves to teach their children these concepts as well.Ironically, even though public school curriculums teach these concepts, schools consider children who have not mastered these concepts to be behind their peers. Therefore, parents should consider applying the following...

The face of schooling has changed over the years. From learning at home from one's family, to one room school houses that served as the classroom for children of many ages, to schools housed in massive buildings where students have access to resources that used to be reserved for the finest universities, schools have constantly evolved throughout contemporary history. Today we are witnessing a reversal of that trend as more and more students find themselves out of the public schools and back at home receiving a home school education. There are many reasons that parents may opt to provide their children with a home school education. Some parents prefer a home school education because public schools...

Love and its attendant passions has been the favorite subject of Spanish poetry since the time of the troubadours, medieval poets who earned their keep by singing for the people at the village square or for the nobility during royal gatherings at the palace. Composers in their own right, these court poets sang about courtly love and the bittersweet pain of unattained love for an idealized woman using the jarchas, a form of love song that was actually poetry written in very short stanzas.It is important in the study of Spanish love poems to differentiate between poems that originated from countries outside of Spain including Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Nicaragua...

There are advantages and disadvantages to attending conventional university film school programs. Some students claim that traditional film school courses focus almost entirely on filmmaking theory whereas many of the more contemporary film schools pay more attention on actually practicing the various skills of filmmaking.Also, many of the newer film schools offer condensed courses on fundamental filmmaking processes and procedures such as screenwriting basics and post-production fundamentals. Many film school students prefer these eclectic filmmaking programs because of the greater diversity of information that is presented, as well as the more flexible schedules typically offered by these non...

This article is the second of 3 in a series for computer based homeschooling African American children and any other children whose parents want to give them an above average education. Its aim is to suggest a standards goal for teaching our children at home in order to provide them with an exceptional education to insure their future. Homeschooling using a computer to bring the enormous amount of information into our children's classroom can be a critical tool to reaching a parents goal for a quality education.Phyllis Wheatley was America's first African American poet. At thirteen she wrote her first poem and could read Greek and Latin classics. Upon reaching the age of twenty, 39 of her poems were...

I-key Benney spent 15 years in Corporate America and also dabbled in various home based business opportunities but failed to attain any financial security. Just when he was about to give up on life, he made an astounding discovery about an internet, investment opportunity that instantly changed his life and helped him to turn his dreams into reality! Within one year of discovering and implementing this internet business and money making opportunity ( he made enough internet cash to create his own company and hire a management company to run it for him. This enabled him to find enough time to further investigate this internet based business opportunity. Says I-key: "After many years of laboring in...

Following the recall of Fen-Phen and Redux in 1999 (two diet drugs that cause heart valve diseases) Meridia was released. Meridia is a diet drug similar to the ones that were recalled...