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What’s valuable to our society nowadays? I’m afraid that if we answered that question I would become very depressed. So, let’s not get to in depth with that one, except would it be fair to say that many of the things on that list would qualify as superficial? Ugh, I’m getting depressed. But, that’s a blanket generalization and certainly doesn’t apply to all. What do you think about education? Or educating others? Ooh, just the thought alone gives a little lift to my heart. I have thought for a long time that teaching is one of the noblest professions around. I have the utmost respect for those who have dedicated their lives to enhancing the lives of others through expanding their understating of the world, mental capacity, analytical reasoning, and even the self-empowerment that comes from gaining these things. Unfortunately, with our skewed value system, the educational system seems to always be in need of competent, trained teachers, at all levels of education. This is where online PhD degrees comes in.

If you are already working within the education field this could be a great option for you. You’re already certified as a teacher and have gained a good understanding of the type of schooling you’d like to pursue. Your schedule is tight, as the work day of teachers doesn’t end when the bell rings. Virtually all major Universities are now offering education online PhD degrees and more are starting all the time. So, its not about some disreputable institution that provides you with a faux degree, but the same quality of classes that require the same demanding work, except you can work around your schedule.

Getting your education PhD degree will provide you with the understanding in various educational methodologies and practices, the theoretical base, research and administration knowledge that you can use to advance in your career and offer the students the best possible opportunity to learn as possible. This is achievable through an online PhD degree.

Nelson Widrow is an author who’s written multiple articles about online degrees. Read more of his articles including: online accredited degrees and online phd degrees.

Deciding whether or not to stay in school and finish your
diploma or to drop out and take your GED can be a rough choice.
There are a number of reasons you may choose either, but before
you make that essential decision, it is best to get all of the
facts about both options.

The eligibility for a GED is determined by your particular
state. You will need to do a bit of research to decide of you
fit your state’s criteria. Moreover, you cannot be enrolled in a
high school to take the GED. You also cannot have graduated from
a high school. You have to be over the age of sixteen before you
can even consider the GED as an option. A GED will only be
awarded to you if you pass a number of tests within five
different academic subject areas. You must score at least a
sixty percent on each individual test before you will be
considered to have a passing grade. Chances are good that you
will have to spend some time studying to get your GED. The exams
take a total of seven hours, and you may need some preparation
to help you prepare for the test.

The laws regarding high school diplomas also vary from state to
state. Most states, though, require that you spend one to four
years in a high school environment. There is no minimum age
requirement, but most states say you have to earn your diploma
before you reach twenty-one years of age. The curriculum varies
from district to district, as do the course requirements. You
will have to complete the work that your district requires. You
will also have to complete the appropriate attendance
requirements.

Deciding on a GED or a high school diploma is an individual
decision. Study the facts carefully before making your decision.

If you need more information visit http://www.citizenschool.com
to learn about Home
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or email studentservices@citizenschool.com.

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One of the best things about modern times is that it has
presented people with plenty of options. Take, for example, the
case of education. Earlier if you wanted to obtain a degree then
it was expected that you would enroll yourself with a
university, attend the classes, give the exams and if you get
through them then you were awarded with a degree. This system
has its own defects. First and foremost, if someone is employed
and does not have time to attend classes then it is very
difficult for him to obtain a degree. Similarly if one has some
domestic obligation that does not spare one with enough time to
attend classes then again one cannot dream of getting a
degree.

All this has changed now. You can opt for Online Courses,which would not require you to
attend any classes, and realise your dream of obtaining a
degree. However, one thing must be taken into account that
before one gets himself enrolled in any of the online degree
course. As there would be no professors or classmates to push
you it would be your self motivation that will lead you towards
success. Also one would do well to check whether the course is
well regarded.

Though the Online Degree Programs is a great option for
people who are hard pressed for time but who still have the
interest for further studies, there is nevertheless a stigma
attached to it as it is a new phenomenon and not many people
know about it. There might be people who would not have a very
good experience of this new revolution. However it must be
conceded that like any other field good and bad decisions play a
very important role in succeess or faliure here as well. But if
proper research is done before one takes the plunge then there
is no reason why one wouldn’t be satisfied with his decision

Given below are the name of a few universities that run online
degree programs

University of Phoenix started its online degree
program in 1989. It enrolls students from all over the world,
providing education, the quality of which is undisputed and
unmatched in the world. Business, Technology, Education, Health
care and Financial aid are some of the major subjects which are
incorporated in its online degree program

Jacksonville University offers the bachelor
degree in nursing to students. One of the most popular online
programs in US, it helps the students develop the knowledge,
skills and attitude that equips them to perform creditably in
their oraganizations.

University of Scranton provides a Master’s
program which is most suitable for a working teacher. Universty
of Scranton will prepare you with the sole intention of making
you successful in today’s ultra-competitive times.

II-V-I progressions are common in most types of popular music and mainstream jazz and more. If you can play II-V-I progressions you are in a lucky position. What then is a II-V-I progression? Well, come and see!

A C-major scale consists of seven notes: C D E F G A B

A C-major chord consists of the first, third and fifth notes in the C-major scale. This is called a triad.

A chord built from the first step of the scale can also be called I from the roman number one.

If I start on the second note of the C-major scale and construct a triad chord consisting of D F A, I have a chord built upon the second step of the scale.

This will be a D-minor chord and I can indicate that I have built a chord from the second note of the C-major scale by giving it the number II with roman numbers.

If I decide to build a triad chord from the fifth note of the C-major scale I have to add more notes in the C-major scale: C D E F G A B C D

If I start building a triad from G it will consist of the notes G B D. This is a G-major chord and to show that it is a triad built from the fifth step of the C-major scale we can call it V which is the roman number for five.

The smart thing with the roman numbers is that they don’t indicate an absolute chord but rather the position of a chord in the key you are playing on your guitar, piano or other instrument.

In the key of C the roman numbers I stands for the chord C, II indicates the chord D-minor and V the chord G. Simplified we can say that when I say I will play a II-V-I chord progression in the key of C I will play the chords D-minor, G and C.

Actually this is just the beginning of the art of playing II-V-I progressions. You can spice the chords in different ways and play the chords in major or minor.

And of course a chord on a piano can be played in many different ways. A C-major chord must have the notes C, E and G but how many or where to play them is a matter of choice.

Here are a few easy examples of II-V-I progressions in C-major that can be transposed to other keys:

1. Dm, G7, C
2. Dm7, G7, C
3. D7, G7, C

When you practice these progressions on your piano you can choose to play them with both hands, with the left hand, giving room for right hand improvisation or your right hand, giving room for left hand bass playing or improvisation.

Practicing playing II-V-I progressions on your piano will help you see the relationship between chords and being able to play these progressions in different key will give you a tool that will help you recognize chord progressions in songs you hear which will help you trancribe songs by ear.

Peter Edvinsson is a musician, composer and music teacher. Visit his site Capotasto Music and download your free sheet music and learn to play piano resources at http://www.capotastomusic.com

Brand-new artist promotion service “Artist’s explosion in Japan” by fishthemusic.com (Bigfish Network Inc.)

What fishthemusic.com does;

1. We play your song on our web-radio “music-islands.com.” http://www.music-islands.com/

Now web-radio “music-islands.com” has approx.3,000 unique users a month, and more than 300 visitors a day, with over 50,000 pageviews (Oct. 2005). It’s increasing day by day.

To play your music on our web-radio, is to easily recognize your music to Japanese music fans.

2. Set your own page up in Japanese, at our “music-islands.com” blog, that includes your basic info (Genres, location etc.), plus your self-description (your catch-copy or/and strong points) on it, It also includes one mp3 sound file. So it is submitted into Japanese podcast portal websites. Our blog sends ping to Japanese several other portal blog sites at every update.

Of course, we link back to “your original website”, “your myspace URL”, “your Apple iTunes Music Store page” and “where to buy CD”. It means, our visitors are able to easily jump into your music, whenever they love you!!

3. If you give us an additional approve for Pod-safe usage, we provide your song to other Japanese Podcasters and let your music make more exposure in Japan,..

We also put your song at 2 other Japanese social networking services (SNS).

One is “recommuni.jp” … music SNS, it has 10,000 members. (Oct. 2005) We post your mp3 sound file for free download to Japanese music fans there. It’s on for a month. It’s one of the most effective cyber promotions in Japan. http://www.recommuni.jp/

The other is “jammy.jp”. This is also new music SNS that launches on January 2006 and is expected to have 20,000 members until April 2006. We also set up the web-radio station on it and play your song.

“jammy.jp” is managed by Japanese famous music publishing company “Hipland Music Corporation”. It will invite many Japanese music business people; labels, promoters, producers…etc. So those who have be interested in your music, can easily visit your website and contact you directly. http://www.jammy.jp/

And more,

In 2006, we are going to invite 1 artist, at least, to Japan, and set up a few stages for show case gigs, somewhere in popular nightclubs in Tokyo or so. It will be our first experience and really challenging for us, though,,, Details are not fixed now. We may have a contest at our website for it, anyway……

What you do for it;

Give us a non-exclusive license for everything we have described above. Email me your Basic information, and one mp3 file (128-192k) with our application form below. We don’t need CD anymore.

Pay Set-up fee through our secure online form. 3,000 Japanese Yen will be charged (about $28.00 US dollars) for setting your song in our online radio, and 2 other music SNS that we describe above.

As soon as everything has prepared, we will set up your page and play your song,2 other SNS community websites as well. We’ll be glad to promote you and hope our promotion actually works well for you here in Japan. ARIGATO.

Okay, it’s time for me to finally say goodbye to my portable disc player, and join the online and portable music revolution. Okay, the revolution isn’t so new any more, nor is my computer, but as I wade through the sea of options for how to download music, listen to and buy online tracks, I grow more eager to get my feet wet and eventually suit up to take the plunge. But I happen to be a bit more practical than that. So, I’ve spent a considerable amount of time over the last few weeks trying to determine what’s best for my lifestyle, my wallet and my computer.

First thing I realized when searching all of the music services is that things seemed to work a lot smoother with a broadband connection (and most services seem to point that out from the get go). Just like my CD Walkman, the time had come for me to lose my ancient dial-up connection to the online experience. It actually turned out to work in my favor as my cable company gave me a good deal on high-speed, and also threw in a discount on my existing costs for cable TV.

Now that I was “connected” at an acceptable speed to the Web, I had to determine, what I was trying to get out of the online music experience. After some intense melodious soul searching, I realized that the only thing the separated me from the perpetually hip is perhaps the types of music I was searching for, and the amount of time I wanted to spend online searching for music.

The guy who sits next to me has a 60 GB iPod, and is complaining that it is almost full. That’s over seven thousand songs. I don’t know that I would even live long enough to listen to that many songs. My needs were simpler. I had an MP3 player still in the box from two Christmas’ ago, and it promised to hold over 500 songs. That would be perfect for me, at least in the short term.

Next, what was I looking for in my new online music experience? Did I want to listen to music on my PC, in my car or on my MP3 player? Yes to all three. Did I want to listen to the radio while I was on my PC? Again, yes. Did I want to trade music with others online in a peer-to-peer Napster-like environment? Eh, that one scared me a little, and I decided that opening up my files to strangers made me feel dirt, so I put that one on hold.

My next stop in determining how I would “music online” was price. I searched dozens of sites and services, but narrowed my sights to three of the big guys: AOL Music Now, iTunes and Rhapsody Music Service (provided by Real Networks).

I already had AOL, so I signed up for their Music Now product for $8.99/month (that’s in addition to their monthly fee as an ISP). I was able to download songs, listen to them while “offline” and burn them to CD or move them over to my MP3 player for an additional fee per song. That seemed to be standard across most of the services. Music Now was a follow up to the original AOL Music Net, which I actually liked better because it ran locally on machine and the new Web-based Music Now takes much longer. AOL also has a partnership with iTunes, so you can be on AOL, but iTunes will launch and then you’re actually in the iTunes application. It’s confusing. If I want to move my downloaded songs to my MP3 player, the monthly fee jumps to $14.95 per month, and if I want to put them on a CD, I pay and additional 99 cents per track. This is too much money for me. I typically buy one or two CD’s a month, and that would be cheaper than this online service. Not to mention you have to be an existing AOL member (more money per month) in order to even use the product. I’m passing on AOL Music Now.

On to iTunes. Okay, so there is no monthly fee for iTunes. Love that. And I can purchase songs for 99 cents per track. Love that too. But wait. I don’t have an iPod, and iTunes has songs in their proprietary MP4 format. Ugh. The cheapest iPod out there is around $99 (so much for no monthly fee), and it’s not the model I would select. I like my MP3 player. If I already had an iPod, this may be the route I would go, but Apple tends be very inflexible, and I hate to be tied to one provider, player and format. There is also a limit to how you can share the songs on your home network. I feel like even though I own the song, I’m being watched on what I do with it. Good bye big brother.

Rhapsody Music Service from Real Networks. So far they are the least expensive. $9.99 per month and that’s with unlimited access to over 1.3 million songs. I do have to have pay the additional 99 cent fee if I want to burn to CD or transfer to my MP3, but that is the industry standard for paying the artists, and the monthly fee is five dollars less per month than AOL. The music comes over in the more widely supported MP3 format and the songs are mine to rip transfer or share with my other computers on my home network. Like the other two, I can listen to live radio on my pc, but I like the freedom I get with Rhapsody Music Service. I’m not being watched, and the music is mine.

Now that I know how to download music and have chosen Rhapsody Music Service, I’m on my way to joining the new world of portable digital music. I’ve already burned several CD’s for my car, albeit with an older man’s twist on today’s favorites, and transferred those same songs over to my little antiquated MP3 player for those long weekend walks.

Now I’ve got to start looking for a replacement for my VCR. Onward and upward!

La Plagne is one of the best snowboarding towns for vacation play and repose. La Plagne is an idyllic area and offers the vacationer climbing, rafting, cycling, shows and numerous other things for the family to relish.

When the snowfall begins to settle on the spruces and mountain peaks, and the lakes start to freeze, La Plagne shifts its make up from summer reds to glistening white with bright blue skies. La Plagne abounds sports and fun ” huski rides, cross country skiing and monoskiing.

La Plagne was named the no. one snowboarding field in the French Alps annually by snowboarding publications and eager skiers. It raises a lofty 2300 m up, it has 95 slopes, the longest is 7 km. kilometers, and in total there is 575 miles of piste. There are trails for novices and intermediates, and 35 slopes for skiing experts. La Plagne’s chair lifts can take 18000 snowboarders per hour so there isn’t any waste of time waiting to get to the top. One is able to take the bubble for a great vista of the mountains and surrounding area. For the ravenous telemarker, there are many cafeterias that offer gluwein and soups, sandwiches or full meals. If you’d like to find Chamonix chalets for rent, or other accommodation in the French alps then why not check out Chalet Direct?

For the self-promoting independent artist, the idea of taking
on a radio promotion campaign can, in itself, become
overwhelming. But, this idea is usually based on such artists
attempting to obtain worldwide airplay on a local budget.

And, in doing so, self-promoting independent artists quickly
discover another factor not usually considered previously…
that engaging in a worldwide radio promotion campaign
translates to hundreds and, possibly, thousands of CD units
for media contacts alone.

As you can see, this can also quickly become a nightmare for
indie artists, particularly, if the promotion budget only allows
for the purchase of 1,000-CD packages at a time.

Starting in the 1980’s, college radio became a dominant force
in not only discovering independent recording artists, but also
in introducing new artists to the general public. Hundreds of
these particular artists have gone on to become established
‘household’ names.

Likewise, the college radio level has a continued history of
presenting, practically, all forms of music, much of which
would never see the proverbial light of day at the commercial
radio level and, in many cases, neither at the non commercial
level.

Therefore, if an artist has limited funds for radio promotion, it
is highly advisable that the he begin exclusively with college
radio for the following reasons:

* Far easier and faster access to airwaves

* Far more plentiful specialty and mix shows and programs

* Greater chances for both in-studio and telephone interviews
to promote music releases

* More possibilities for station ID checks for further publicity

* Corresponding college campus newspapers that will more
readily accept and support music aired on their campus
stations for creating a campus-wide buzz

* A ready and built-in market in the campus community for
repeated live performances to further support and supplement
campus airplay and campus press coverage

* An opportunity for grassroots distribution through supplying
both campus bookstores and campus music stores with
music releases

Is the college market a viable market for your music sales?

Though the question is rhetorical in nature, please review the
below U. S. college population statistics:

* There are 631 public 4-year colleges and universities that
have a combined student population of 6,236,455.

* There are also 1,835 private 4-year colleges and
universities with a combined student population of 3,440,953.

* Additionally, there exists 1,081 public 2-year colleges with a
combined student population of 5,996,701.

* Even further, 621 private 2-year colleges host another
253,878 students.

This brings the average U. S. student population total to a
whopping 15,927,987 minimum every year. And, more
people are attending some form of higher education than
ever before.

Now, even the least popular music genres are certain to find
a financial comfort zone with a market of almost 16 million
unique principals.

So, what results could really popular commercial music
genres experience, simply by working the various entities of
the college market, i.e., campus radio, campus press, campus
bookstores, campus music stores, campus live performances?
Quite pleasant ones, I would suspect.

But, remember! The above statistics only reference the
United States college/university potential listenership. College
radio also has a respectable portion of listeners who are *not*
students.

Add to that, listeners of college radio who strictly listen to the
streaming portion of college radio online, and who may, or
may not, be in the college’s geographical area, i.e., military
service members.

Plus, there is lot more of the college market abroad, of which
U. S.-based artists would do well to approach English-
speaking nations first, i.e., United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland,
subsequently, moving into additional nations.

While it may (or may not) be true that it is possible for
commercial radio stations to be the primary driving force
behind most retail sales, that theory may not be so valid
today, given the fact that:

* With the Internet, artists are no longer required to sell
millions of CDs to make a great living financially

* Artists have greater and easier access to far more radio
stations (broadcast, satellite, internet, college)

* With the college community, and all of its combined
promotion and sales aspects (radio, bookstores, music stores,
live performances), if conducted correctly, the college market
campaign can equalize and, in some cases, even supersede
commercial radio results.
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[—Additional Statistics—]

Top 10 College Enrollment:

Miami-Dade College (51,717)
University of Texas at Austin (50,616)
Ohio State University (48,477)
University of MinnesotaTwin Cities (46,597)
University of Florida (46,516)
Arizona State University (45,693)
Texas A&M University (44,618)
Michigan State University (44,227)
University of Wisconsin Madison (40,912)
Pennsylvania State University at University Park (40,828)

(The above figures were reported in Almanac 2004-2005,
published by the Chronicle of Higher Education,
August 27, 2004.)
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What College Students Spend on Music:

According to a recent Harris Interactive survey, college
students spend $200 billion…that’s right…BILLION dollars
per year, with 76% of the students having spent $2,746,000
on music alone.

Note: As an added advantage, the self-promoting independent
artist should also create an Internet radio promotion campaign
simultaneously, since most ‘net stations are accepting of MP3
files for airplay, thus, reducing packaging and shipping costs
of CDs to stations.

You have permission to publish this article electronically or in print, free of charge, as long as the bylines are included. A courtesy copy of your publication would be appreciated.

About the Author:

Kenny Love is president of MuBiz.com, a radio promotion, media
publicity and music business/career firm for musicians. He is
also the author of “Explosive CD $ales Tips,” as well as
publisher of The B# Newsletter, a highly informative music
business resource. Visit his website at http://www.MuBiz.com

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