 Sociology of Music Education
The views of music education and how we teach children and young adults has changed in
the last 100 years. Primarily due to radio and television and pop culture. The sociology of
teaching or educating someone about music and how music is so closely related to math has long been a topic of
discussion. This website is purely informational in nature and by no means represents the views of
a physcaitrist or mental health professional. Our discussions or symposia will be
educational in format.
5th - 9th July 2009 (please note extension of dates). Conference Chair: Dr John O'Flynn (St. Patrick's College,
Dublin City University)
ORGANISING COMMITTEE. Gwen Moore (Convenor). John O'Flynn - St. Patrick's College, Dublin (Symposium Chair).
Karen Power · Michael Murphy
Papers published from the 2nd International Symposium on the Sociology of Music Education. The Teaching
Researcher: A Sense Of Place
Kahrs Wood Flooring for All of
Your Entertaining Needs
If you like to entertain a lot than
you know you want your home to look as beautiful as possible. Whether you have your friends over for a fun
cook-out and sit on the back patio, you know that later towards the evening you all will be going inside of your
home. You want your home to look clean, inviting and gorgeous. One way to attain this is to have hardwood floors
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Hardwood floors are much easier
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floors you can simply take a cloth and wipe the spill up. If you have carpeting than you may need to take water
to pat the stain down and try to soak up as much of it as possible. Then you will need to put some type of stain
remover on it. Next you may even have to shampoo your carpeting to keep it looking stain-free and beautiful.
Perhaps you have your family over
every Sunday. You may hold holidays at your house for your small or very large family. Either way, you want your
home to look comfortable and inviting. You want people to come over and come back again after a wonderful
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other co-workers for dinner. You want your home spic and span especially at this time.
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The Importance of Caring For Your Laminate Flooring
Laminate flooring, just like any other type of wood-based flooring is easy to maintain. If
cared for properly it can even last for a long time. It is important to keep laminate flooring clean as dust,
dirt and sand particles may scratch the surface. This is especially important in highly trafficked areas. It is
also important to keep this type of flooring dry as water and moisture can cause the planks to swell.
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Though some brands of laminate flooring are equipped with coatings that are water-resistant,
this is still an important consideration. Should liquids spill onto or accumulate on the floor they shouldn’t
cause a problem if they are wiped up quickly.
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One way to care for your flooring is to place felt pads on the bottoms of furniture legs.
These pads are adhesive and will stick to the underside of the legs without leaving a mark. This will prevent
the surface of the floor from becoming scratched, especially when the furniture is moved across it.
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Gluless laminate flooring may gradually become separated, thus creating visible gaps between
the planks. These planks, however, can be tapped back together by using an appropriate tool. Failing to do this
can result in the gaps becoming filled with dirt which will then make them difficult to close.
Laminate flooring can be swept and vacuumed just like any other floor. You will want to do
this frequently as dust and other dirt particles will be visible to the human eye if left unattended.
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When it comes to using cleaning solutions on laminate flooring you will want to be very
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Before ever using any cleaning products on your floor, be sure to check the labels for information that will
inform you of whether or not it is acceptable. Some products contain harsh chemicals that could discolor or even
scratch the surface of the laminate. Once scratched it cannot be repaired.
Laminate flooring is a cost-effective choice for any home no matter its size. It is easy to
install and care for and will last a long time if it is well maintained. It comes in a variety of colors and
styles and will match any décor. Take good care of it and you’ll still be enjoying the many benefits that come
with choosing laminate for many years to come.
ColoradoMelting Pot
The state of Colorado has become one of the most popular
places to live for people of every walk it seems. People who enjoy
hunting seek out “happy hunting grounds”. Old hippies seek out the
“ just outside of town” rural areas, where they can enjoy the peace and solitude of the mountains and
countryside, but also the convenience of being able to get to their “baby boomer doctors appointments for what
ails them and to the grocery store for items they can’t grow themselves, and also to the
bank.
The idealistic “Mother Earth” lovers prefer the rural and
mountainous isolated areas where they can convene and be closer to nature and Mother Earth. Snow skiers and snow board and other winter sport enthusiasts seek out the
snow covered mountains and vistas of the Rockies that descend down through the middle of the state, along with
the continental divide. Ranchers seek out the prairie and high
desert for cattle and sheep. Truly, Colorado has become a melting
pot of all sorts of folks with something different for every type of folk.
It basically has become known as the primo hunting capitol
of the world for larger game such as moose, elk, even bear. It
literally swarms with different and diverse kinds of hunting outfits and outfitters
alike.
I know my Daddy and brothers and several other male
acquaintances look forward every year to taking off with a bunch of other guys and getting out there in the
wilds and pursuing the great Elk. And let me tell you, not everyone
is cut out for that type of hunting. You really have to know what
you are doing and have good hunting instincts and wit. Elk are
nobody’s fools. They know you are coming. They smell you in the air. They
will decoy you off into some bramble area where you might never find your way out if you aren’t
careful. Or they might even see what kind of mettle you are made of
and just charge you right off the boot!
And the first time you actually see
a live Elk up close can take your breath away…Talk about “buck
fever”.
So, you do want to know what you
are doing and what to expect when you go. That is why you are
better off spending the money for a guide or outfitter who can, as we have said before, make sure that not only might you actually even find the Elk, but even go home
with a beautiful rack and delicious Elk meat also.
As we like to say, “get the most
bang for your buck!”
But aside from hunting, Colorado really does draw many different
kinds of folks into its little melting pot of sorts. So if you ever
consider picking up and starting over, Colorado can be the perfect choice, where there is something for
everyone, and every kind of folk to be known.
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Insurance Fraud and It’s Cost to Policy Holders
Insurance Fraud is one of the most committed frauds in the whole
country. More non-criminal people commit fraud without even
realizing they are committing a severe crime than any other crime.
Insurance fraud has been around since insurance first began in the
US market. The Wikipedia Encyclopedia defines insurance fraud as “act
committed with the intent to fraudulently obtain payment from an insurer“
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurance_fraud). With that said, it’s
the financial gain that drives people to commit insurance fraud. They
feel they can pull one over on the insurance companies because the insurance companies have all the money, but they
don’t realize the ones they are hurting are innocent people, not the insurance companies.
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Insurance companies are in the market to make money not to lose
money. So when they start losing money, especially by fraud, they
take up their premiums on those paying for insurance. Insurance fraud is so easy to commit sometimes that it
seems harmless, like car insurance fraud. Its an easy
concept. Lets just say a man named Peter gets in an accident and he
goes and gets the highest estimate that he can to have his car fixed. The insurance company cuts Peter a check in the amount of the estimate but he
has another body shop do the repairs for $1000 less. Then he
pockets the money. That’s fraud and is against the
law. This is also considered to be soft fraud. Soft fraud is just an exaggeration of the truth to pocket a little extra
cash.
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Hard Fraud is just the opposite. It is a complete
lie. Its when someone actually invents a claim, like a collision
or a fire, in order to gain profits that would have otherwise been obsolete. Hard fraud happens a lot when people get covered up in debt and destroy
their personal property by fire or whatever means they can in order to get the money to pay off the
debt. Just to give you an example, there was an incident in the
news not too long ago where a house had blown up, literally.
There was a gas leak in the house and when the thermostat kicked on, it blew the house into
pieces. All that was left was the slab and a pile of
rubble. It turned out that the owner was upside down in debt
with the house and fixing to foreclose on it. So he left the gas
on and blew it up. What he didn’t know was that it caused over
$1 million in damage to the surrounding houses because the explosion was so big. And that’s not counting his house. In this instance, he’s going to jail for fraud, but his neighbors are going
to suffer higher premiums each year because of this one act of fraud. Though there’s no way to give an exact estimation on how much insurance
claims cost insurance companies each year, it is in the billions of dollars because a significant amount of
claims are fraudulent claims that are turned in.
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