lunedì 29 dicembre 2014

Beginner Piano Sheet Music - Man Vs Machine

Learning how to play the piano is often a challenge especially with people who have no prior experience.

The problem with piano playing lies on managing and understanding the concepts behind notes as well as on how a piano player would react to such notes.
Usually, most beginners would need to know how each key works, the use of sharps as well as the slur.
On top of that, there is also the problem regarding tempo or speed of the song. In order to learn the concepts and theories in music there are actually two ways, one of which is through the aid of a professional teacher.
There are millions of piano playing professionals out there and they are more than happy to teach students about the idea of playing a piano.

The only problem is that you pay each and every time you see them.

Though they can be expensive, they are effective nonetheless.
Your other option is through the use of beginner piano sheet music modules found on the web.
If a beginner has no prior experience in piano then they will have a hard time deciphering the notes and lines in a standard piano sheet.

There are schools that offer piano sheet training, but believe it or not, it takes longer to learn than with the programs that are out there today.
There are also special books that consist of some simple notes and letters, which are incorporated in each key.
This is also an option but the student would then need to invest even more time in order to learn anything. If the student has the capability to learn quickly then the easiest and fastest way to learn is from the piano sheet trainer found on the net.

Studying with a teacher is effective but it takes a long time to learn, and since schools require students to pay for sessions, this can be an expensive option.

For students with a small budget and no time to waste, the use of beginner piano sheet music training videos are the best alternatives.

Where Modern Mathematics and Academia Fails the Forward Progress of Mankind

There are many areas where academia fails us in the real world, and it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that. In fact, not long ago, I had contacted a mathematician PhD specializing in astronomy and cosmology equations.

We got to talking about Lagrange Points and how these important points might help humans in their future space explorations, and indeed, my interests are using these points for Space Stations, Space Hotels, Scientific Research, Refueling Depots, Asteroid Mining, etc.
My academic acquaintance told me that Lagrange Points don't have areas or shapes, because they are a point, and the definition of a point is not a shape or area.
Sure, that's true, but pretty irrelevant as to the question of how big are Lagrange Equilibrium areas, especially if we wish to put something there. Okay but, if the present day physics cannot explain the 'Fuzzy Boundaries' of a Lagrange equilibrium areas based on the gravity distribution, motion, and spin of the planetary bodies creating them, then the mathematics used in this area of science are inadequate. In which case, maybe we need to dump the 18th century concept of a "Lagrange Point" being a point, because that definition and description is inaccurate.

Even if the mathematic point happens to be the center of the equilibrium area, it's an inaccurate description because it would be bouncing around and moving constantly.

What is that motion, is it predictable, does it have a harmonic, does it repeat, and who knows what other questions we might come up with if and when we find out those answers? You see, if we do not ask such questions because of pompous academic adherence to an irrelevant use of terminology of days gone by, then we fail to push forward.

If we in this case refuse to consider such questions, due to such nonsense, then indeed, we too are irrelevant to the forward progression of mankind. See that point? I think we can do better than this - seriously, I think we are beyond such meaningless dribble and denial over definitions. Luckily, I am not an academic nor do I understand the vernacular, but I get the concept. Besides, I am not asking to change standard physics, rather I am looking for an upgrade - new thinking on the topic, with new mathematical equations.
Perhaps, my mistake was in thinking that academia really had all the answers, or might be able to come up with such.

If academia fails to accept the challenge, or care not to consider these questions - then maybe humans are wasting our time in trusting their knowledge.

There is no need to play a definitional war of terms, as an excuse not to answer such questions.
It's time to push forward, and if the current leadership of academia won't - we need to get new blood into the system.

Perhaps, why more of our top students should consider such a career, please think on this.

Love For Youth - Spending Time With Youth

Love = Time Sometimes we as youth leaders in our quest to "Save the World's Youth" may think that having fun and hanging out with youth may seem like a waste of time in the light of all the issues our youth have are dealing with: teenage pregnancy, drug abuse, smoking, poor academic performance, and the like. We forget that unless we spend time with youth, we will never get to really deal with the core issues at stake.

We may not understand what our youth might be going through at home or in school. Life is tough nowadays.
He or she might be experiencing a tense home situation or a stressful time with studies.
It is important to remember that fun, despite the connotation, is not trivial--for youth, having fun and sharing it with an adult carry great weight and a meaning.

It is more than a recreational outlet, a chance to "blow off steam," or an opportunity to play. Spending time having fun and hanging out is the best and simplest way to express your love and concern for them. And if you don't spend time with your youth, it won't matter how many times you tell them you care, they're not going to believe it--youth spell L-O-V-E as T-I-M-E.

Trust Takes Time They need to feel that they trust you and feel safe around you and building that kind of trust takes time.

One youth leader says it best, "To get kids to where they know that you really care and can be trusted, you just have to spend time with them and do things that they like to do.

" For the analytical among us, studies have shown that youth experience a growing sense of self-worth when an adult not only pays persistent, positive attention to them, but also willingly joins them in activities the youth describe as fun (parents among us, time to take notes).

As your youth come to see you as a friend, he or she is likely to be far more receptive to spending some of your time together in activities that are less obviously fun, such as working on school-related assignments or dealing with issues.

We encourage you to always, at every opportunity, to weave educational moments into the most "fun" activities.
This is the kind of learning that youth tend to enjoy and they often don't even realize that they are learning! Youth learn best when they aren't in class.

You will remember we said last time that more is caught than taught. For example, working out the amount for a tip together, bowling to teach addition (counting the pins and adding the scores), or talking about issues that come up while watching the news or a movie together.
Things to Do The particular activities can be almost anything. Here are a few suggestions: · Play games · Go to the movies and discuss what you see · Play catch · Hang out and talk · Find interesting information on the Internet · Watch TV and talk about what you see · Eat at a restaurant · Go bowling · Shoot some hoops · Go to a baseball or basketball game · Go to a museum · Read a book together · Get involved in a community service project · Write a story together · Create artwork together · Have a picnic · Fly a kite · Listen to music each of you enjoys · Shop for food and cook a meal · Walk around the mall · Play chess · Take photographs together · Spend time together "doing nothing" · Do homework (although only occasionally) · Go to a concert · Go to the library · Do gardening together · Do woodworking together · Talk about your first job · Give a tour of your current job · Take a walk in the park · Go bargain hunting · Play miniature golf · Talk about the future Voice and Choice Be sure that your youth play a part in deciding what activities you will do together. Giving them a voice and choice about activities will help to build your friendship.

Nothing builds a relationship like showing that your youth's ideas and opinions matter; it shows that you care about and respect them. It's going to also help your youth develop decision-making and negotiation skills. Youth don't ever want to feel like they're forced into doing something (look at how they view most teachers and parents for a clue). When you give them a choice, you come off more as a friend. Also, if you don't give them the choice, look at it this way, they might go along with it for a while but it'll get to a point when it's easier to get a rope through the eye of a needle than getting them to participate.
Although youth want to have freedom of choice, often times, they will agree to anything you suggest simply because (1) they don't want to impose - they're used to going along with what other adults tell them to do anyway; (2) decision-making is tough - part of decision making is taking responsibility for that decision and most youth don't want to deal with that; or (3) it's not easy to come up with ideas of things to do.

(Isn't leading youth filled with exciting challenges like that? We love it!) Here's what you can do: (i) Give them a range of choices; (ii) Brainstorm with your youth a list of activities that they want to do in the future and compile that into a list; (iii) Show them that their enjoyment is important to you - doesn't hurt to tell them that too; and (iv) Listen and observe - you can pick up much from the conversations with your youth about what they really enjoy doing. This is key. Key Learning Points: · Youth spell L-O-V-E as T-I-M-E · Give youth a voice and a choice · Listen and Observe

domenica 28 dicembre 2014

Bring Out The Wizard In Kids With A Harry Potter Quiz

Q. I think that Harry Potter provides an excellent learning opportunity for my kids.
How can I take advantage of his popularity to teach my children something? A.

You're on the right track here I think.
A Harry Potter quiz would be an outstanding vehicle to teach your children logic.
You don't necessarily have to focus on particular scenes from any of the books or movies, you can use a Harry Potter quiz as a foothold into a wider learning experience.
For example, you could devise a Harry Potter quiz that sets up a scenario where Harry Potter is faced with a problem that needs to be solved.

He can use 1/3 magic, 1/3 math, and 1/3 logic to solve the problem.
For example: You could create a Harry Potter quiz question that says: "Harry Potter is lost in the Forbidden Forrest. He has forgotten his magic wand and his spell book.

All he has is his watch, a telescope, and one spell that lets him understand what animals are saying but doesn't let them understand him.
Help Harry Potter get back to Hogwarts." Let me just say that I'm not sure that this particular Harry potter quiz question can even be answered.

It's your job to write the quiz, I'm only here to give you ideas. What you want to make sure is that you don't just go for the easy answer and create a Harry Potter trivia quiz.

That won't do anything for your goal of creating a Harry Potter quiz that will teach your children something.
Be creative and imaginative. The results of a well-crafted Harry Potter quiz will be magical if you do it right.

Proms and Graduation Celebrations Highlight the Dangers of Teens Drinking and Driving

With prom and graduation celebrations around the corner, now is the time to talk to and take action with teens about the dangers of drinking and driving.

These celebrations invariably involve drinking, increasing dramatically the likelihood of teen drivers behind the wheel. Adding fuel to the fire is the growing group of students with concerns about their next steps and their future in today's economy.

The combination of this transitional period in their lives along with the celebration of what they've accomplished likely will leave many teens in a careless mood and potentially in harms way. So what's a parent to do to navigate this slippery slope of a topic with their teen? Employ a two-step approach to prevent accidental death.

The first step is to use support materials followed by a "straight talk" discussion so the seeds are firmly planted in the teen's mind before tragedy strikes.
There are a few good films on the subject of teen drinking and many high schools stage a simulated accident around prom night to drive home the potentially horrific consequences to drinking and driving to their students. Parents should contact their school to find out what their child's school is doing, if anything on the subject.

If nothing, there are organizations parents can contact for support materials to show their teen, like MADD or SADD.

Parents can also form together with parents of their children's friends to put into place a plan to ensure none of the kids will be drinking and driving on prom or graduation night.
Parents can offer to car pool the kids to the events, hire a driver, chip in for a limo or cab or put into place another plan for transportation on these key nights.
Remember, teens feel invincible and very possibly will find themselves in a situation where either they will want to drive or their friends will, while drinking.

Head it off now but discussing it and putting a plan into place so they likely won't be in that situation.

Review contingencies like, for example if a friend that is drinking just wants to jump in the car for a quick trip to the store for more beer or cigarettes and what their teen should do in that situation.

Medical Billing Training - How Do I Know If Medical Billing is Right For Me?

If you've been thinking about getting medical billing training to become a medical billing specialist or enter the billing and/or coding field, you may be wondering if it's right for you. Here are a few tips on what you should think about before you get any training.
First of all you may not be familiar with what billers or specialists do.
The best way to find out what they do and if you would like the work is to visit a medical billing company or large medical clinic that keep the work in-house, and talk to the specialists there.
Find out if you can observe one of their workdays, even an hour would help. If not, talk to a specialist and find out what they like about their job and what are the pluses and minuses. What do they like most and least about their job.

This may not sound like the usual Internet advice but it's the best way to find out if you would like the work.

You don't want to spend your hard-earned money on training for a job or career you won't like. So make sure to find this out first.

Secondly, find out all you can about the training that's involved.
How long it will take, how much it will cost and can you actually afford to get the training needed, although you may be able to get financial assistance.
Medical billing training is offered in many colleges, vocational colleges and universities.

You can also get training online.
What you need to know first is what courses you need to take to fulfill the requirements. Some schools encourage you to sign up for more courses than you need, raising the cost of your training. So make sure to eliminate those courses that aren't absolutely necessary to bring your costs down.

Secondly, you may be able to get financing if you need it. Some federal government money is available for online courses.

If you take your courses through a community or vocational college, check with the financial aid counselor to see what funds are available.

Now while you're doing this checking you want to get ahold of the textbooks used and look them over to get an idea what you'll be learning to know if medical billing is right for you.
Or ask to take a look at the course material if it's online instead.

Find out all you can through the billing companies in your area and from looking through the text material in order to make a decision on whether it's right for you.
Specialists also take a national exam to get certification.

Just make sure you would be happy working in a medical biller job or a career before you go ahead. Doing so will save you a lot of time and money.
Medical billing training can be inexpensive or expensive depending on how you approach it.

Do plenty of research to make sure you're making the right decision.

Pull Don't Push: How NFC Smart Posters Will Affect Marketing

Good Poster Proximity Marketing: Adding value to Manufacturers by connecting with consumers wherever they are and whenever they want. NFC Smart Telephones and NFC Smart Posters are being launched into the modern technological world rapidly. Which means the way in which customers and advertisers work together with each other by means of advertising and marketing is taking a leap forward into the interactivity arena.

It is an thrilling growth that will supersede any previous challenges or limits with delivering loyalty schemes. The Clever "Pull" Versus the Submissive "Push" The idea behind the Sensible Poster initiative stems from the assumption that corporations and their Manufacturers are usually not fully utilising advertising ploys.

Enabling corporations with the expertise to have a client interactive promoting campaign will enable loyalty programmes that can immediately reward customers wherever they're located.
The buyer will have the capacity to "pull" information, giving the consumer more than a passive role as seen throughout the more conventional "pushing" advertising and marketing schemes. Seth Godin's Permission Primarily based Marketing deploys the "pull" scheme as part of his overall initiative.

By offering the buyer the chance to work together with the Brand of choice by using a NFC Sensible Phone near the NFC Tag embedded within an NFC Sensible Poster gives the consumer a more worth added experience with marketing. NFC Good Cellphone loyalty schemes are an exciting innovation.
Think about hundreds of thousands of customers having the capacity to obtain promotional advertising corresponding to discounts with out the need for hardcopy coupons discovered within magazines.

This may be achieved by having their NFC Sensible Telephone open an NFC coupon utilizing an NFC app which is then displayed on their NFC Smart Telephone screen.

With the coupon already downloaded into their NFC Good Telephone, customers then have the opportunity to visit the particular firm or website and profit instantly by utilizing their NFC Coupon utilizing the Near Field Communication app on their Sensible Phone. This distant know-how will permit the buyer and company to exchange info utilizing the NFC Smart Phone and the company's NFC Reader.

An NFC Sensible Telephone has the sensible utility of containing all of the consumer's coupons inside their phone. Which means the buyer can neglect about onerous copy vouchers, that are simply misplaced, and tap into the facility of electronic and efficient interaction. The NFC software additionally has the smart capability to tell the buyer that an offer is due to end.
As soon as the Proximity Marketing increases in availability, Smart Posters could have the facility to tell shoppers of offers as soon as a client walks previous one in all these Smart Posters or even remind shoppers ought to they be in close to proximity to the related store.

Traditional RFID Proximity Marketing utilizing Bluetooth Know-how is now taking a back seat to NFC because of the idea that "pushing" promoting campaigns were too intrusive on the general consumer.
Marketing pilots have proven the intrinsic worth to firms and is additional exemplified by a Harris Interactive survey. This survey has discovered that one-third of People who use these mobile marketing alerts are professional actively attuned to utilizing the stores that use these alerts. Moreover, 27 % of customers have acknowledged that these companies have helped to make their buying decisions.
As can be seen, NFC Sensible Phones have the capacity to affect shopper buying, sustaining loyalty schemes and enhancing Model recognition exponentially. It has also been established that communication between customers and Manufacturers will develop into extra efficient.
The Smart Poster Value Predictions Through the use of NFC Smart Phones, consumers are then open for retailers to improve communication by integrating Good Poster Web Primarily based Administration Software.
That is what one would call, Good Poster Value Adding.
Retailers have the opportunity to fully understand shopper wants and preferences by monitoring client "pulls". This knowledge will permit retailers to develop an extra natural supply of marketing by understanding the where, when and how of a consumer and its relationship with a specific Model with out being tied to geography.

The intelligence gathered by retailers will help mass marketing and shift the trend away from intrusive marketing ploys, leaving the consumer with emotions that they're those in control.
Retailers can use this intelligence in ways that had been by no means seen earlier than, they will be able to analyse and predict consumer developments which will in flip improve purchasing from their stores.

Proximity Marketing: social media and Smart Poster partners Incorporating social media with the revolutionary Smart Poster Proximity Marketing system is another helpful aspect of this advertising tool.

The "social listening tool" is an effective way to scan websites and perceive what customers are saying about specific Brands.
This data is then partnered with generalised consumer data in order to gauge shifting tendencies regarding products and services.

Leaping on board the social media area will enable companies the chance to make use of the data to their benefit.

With the ability to follow promotions, Sensible Poster Internet primarily based Management Software gives the retailer energy to attract up statistics that may present the retailer the 'where and when' of consumer downloading.

With the explosive recognition of networking sites, reminiscent of Fb, retailers can use these to watch how usually their products are mentioned.

With the ability to track and source, retailers will be capable of develop their products and Manufacturers extra effectively. (NFC) Near Field Communication apps NFC functions have the capability to deliver more than improved product marketing. They can help folks construct up a long-lasting relationship with retailers.

An example of this may be the Greatest Purchase app for the iPhone. This app helps consumers view consumer opinions on merchandise that they are interested in.

There are innovations available for Google's Android OS Gingerbread that powers NFC Good Phones, just like the NFC Samsung Nexus S.

The Android 2.

3.

3 has put in the new function of NFC (Near Field Communication) to success.
Google agreed that the Android 2.

three, launched in December, did not have the related technological capacity to accommodate NFC but with the latest model developers have a brand new set of API's which permit for a higher level of NFC standards.