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Enjoying the Accomplishments of a Youth Sports Team
When your kids have joined a full season of playing sports with a team, it's always kind of nostalgic as the year ends. Whether you were the coach of the team, or one of the parents that was part of organizing team support and functions throughout the year, you certainly like to formulate something special for these kids to pay tribute to the memories they've made through the year.
While this is certainly not a comprehensive list, we brainstormed to think of some ways you could celebrate a season of games well played, lessons learned, and friendships that were formed. Preferably this outline can help you plan something special for your kids, or spark a thought of another thing you might try as an alternative.
Make a t-shirt (or pajama pants, blankets, or hats) for each team member and all the coaches. You could put a photo of the team on the shirt, along with the team motto, slogan, or theme for the year. If it's for a school team, you can incorporate the school colors in the shirt, too.
Make a commemorative video. If you're putting something together to feature memorable moments of the season, ask parents to send in what they've captured. Once you have everything you need, you can put those clips together and choose some songs that will solidify the message you hope to convey through the experiences you've shared together.
Have an end-of-year dinner. It's always enjoyable to have the team members get dressed up, have a nice meal, and delight in a program together. They can take turns sharing their favorite moments, as well as speaking about what they've learned or appreciated from their coaches and teammates. Also, if you made a commemorative video, this would be a great time to show it!
Arrange a field trip or group activity. Maybe everyone on the team would love to go to a local water park or big theme park. From roller coaster riding to going down steep, tall water slides, screaming and laughing in joy together will even more cement the bonds of friendship made through the year, and will generate memories they'll never forget for years to come.
Establish a group Facebook page. This is a great way for everyone to keep in touch, especially if the team is a group of seniors who are graduating and will be heading out in different directions in the world. Belonging to an online community will keep everyone together, no matter how far apart they live. Plus, if anything big happens that will be of significance to the group, this is an easy way to interact quickly and efficiently to keep everyone in realize.
Take a team picture. They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. Years later, when they can't keep in mind specifics of a conversation or the details of every game, they'll remember friendships, loyalty, dedication and hard work as they look at photos of their team.
Create a scrapbook. You might think that you couldn't take that off, that you're not artsy or crafty. You don't need to be! These days, you can make books online with programs that have easy-to-use interfaces for even the most novices of users. You can upload photos, insert text, and play and rearrange with the layout until it looks exactly how you want it.
Finally, if there's money for it, it might be fun to coordinate an end-of-year trip. While this can be tricky because it will necessarily mean that you're going to have to coordinate chaperones, transportation, food, and lodging, to name a few things, it will also be an experience that no one will ever forget. And, if you go this direction, reserve a motorcoach! We do team travel and vacations for significant groups like nobody else. This is what we specialize in, and we'd love to present you what awesome rates and professional service looks like.
There's one thing inherent in everyone to want to choose a way to celebrate and reflect on experiences that have been essential in our lives, and it's enjoyable to watch our kids develop and grow through the ventures that they are involved in. As the year ends and you want to celebrate the team, we hope these ideas will be helpful to you.


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On the plane some smart persons said 'Do you know we only have four salary checks before Christmas? We looked at her in total horror while we were all in out minds running through our Christmas lists and doing some metal arithmetic before we let out a groan in unison. Christmas is the largest holiday in the UK and Europe followed by the US, I am not sure if the 4th July is more important than Christmas in the US.

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Guest blogger: Kwany Lui, co-founder of Bundle Organics, juices made for expecting and new moms
In addition to providing for your own health in preparation for pregnancy, you also need to take in extra amounts of nutrients during pregnancy such as minerals and vitamins that are required to grow a healthy baby. After all, your intake will be your baby's main source of nutrition! Here are the key nutrients and minerals you need:
Folic Acid: Folic acid is a B-complex vitamin found mostly in leafy green vegetables like kale and spinach, orange juice, and enriched grains. It is important for your baby's cell growth and development as well as tissue formation. It has been shown to prevent spina bifida (also known as neural tube defects) and related birth defects that occur during the first 28 days of pregnancy—usually before a woman even knows that she is pregnant. For this reason, it is recommended that women start taking at least 400 micrograms (0.4 mg) of folic acid ideally two to three months before conception and continuing throughout their pregnancy.
Iron: Iron is necessary for making hemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen throughout the body. Since blood is lost every month during menstruation and during childbirth, many women have reduced iron stores throughout their childbearing years. During your pregnancy, you need double the amount of iron that a non-pregnant woman needs. This extra iron helps your body make more blood to supply oxygen to your baby and your baby needs large amounts of iron to build its own red blood cells. Some iron rich foods include lean red meat, poultry, fish, and dried beans and peas.
Calcium: Calcium is necessary for your developing baby's bones and teeth, and is needed most in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy when bone formation occurs. A daily total of 1,200 mg of elemental calcium is recommended during pregnancy. A prenatal vitamin contains around 150 to 200 mg of elemental calcium, and 8 oz. of skim milk provides only 300 mg of calcium. Therefore, many women end up having to take a separate calcium supplement or look to get calcium from other dietary sources, such as broccoli and dark, leafy greens.
Vitamin D: Vitamin D works with calcium to help develop and grow your baby's bones and teeth. Although classified as a vitamin, vitamin D actually acts more like a hormone. Exposure to sunlight causes the vitamin D in your skin to be converted to the active form of vitamin D, which is required for calcium to be absorbed into your body. If you are pregnant during the winter months, exposure to sunlight is often limited and you may be advised to take a vitamin D supplement or to increase your dietary intake. Unfortunately, very few foods in nature contain vitamin D. Fatty Fish (salmon, tuna, and mackerel) and fish liver oils are among the best sources. Small amounts of vitamin D are found in beef liver, cheese, and egg yolks. For these reasons, many foods in the U.S. are fortified with vitamin D. Women who are pregnant need 600 IUs of Vitamin D a day.
Essential Fatty Acids: Prenatal vitamins don't usually contain essential fatty acids, such as the omega-3 fatty acids DHA and EPA, which help develop your baby's brain, nerve, and eye tissues. Fish is a good source of DHA and EPA, but you have to be careful about not eating too much fish that are high in mercury during your pregnancy.
Maintaining a healthy lifestyle and well-balanced diet is so important for expecting moms and their growing babies. That is why we created Bundle Organics, a line of juices made with USDA organic fruits and veggies and fortified with OBGYN-recommended nutrients that complement your daily prenatal vitamins. Our juices include just the right amount of nutrients that pregnant women are already getting from a prenatal vitamin, like folic acid, while also providing those that might be more difficult to obtain, such as calcium, iron, and vitamin D. For moms who are looking for ways to supplement their nutritional intake during pregnancy, I hope you'll give Bundle Organics a try. All the nutrients we have in our juices are good for pre-conception and breastfeeding too!
Guest contributor: Kwany Lui is the co-founder of Bundle Organics, a new line of organic prenatal juices that are pasteurized and specially designed to address the unique nutritional needs of expecting and new moms. The juices are made with organic fruits and veggies, plus an extra bump of essential vitamins like iron, calcium, vitamin D, omega 3, and folic acid to support a baby's healthy development. Bundle Organics is available at www.bundleorganics.com.
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There is an all you can eat buffet that included most of our favorites. Fried green things, shrimp rolls, tofu skin rolls, congee, chicken feet, pork hock, rice noodles, chow foon, Taro dumplings, asst cold meats, salt/pepper shrimp w/ heads, various desserts, etc...
There is also one cart with steamed items. Sticky rice, hawgau, shumai, pork buns, yellow custard buns, pork ribs, various shrimp and pork dumplings, shrimp balls, etc..
We found everything to be hot, fresh and tasty. A few items we thought were better then the china town establishments. The taro dumplings were the best,also the egg tarts were very good.
A great place when you dont feel like dragging into Boston. Also the price is great at $8.99 for all you can eat. We will be back!


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Tag Archives: philosophy of physics
Even "Carbon Nanotube Physicists" Need Philosophers
Astrophysicist and NPR blogger Adam Frank recently summarized a contentious debate in the philosophy of physics and foundational physics communities as follows: Carbon-nanotube physicists are so deep within the traditional modes of empirical (i.e., data-driven) scientific investigation that they can happily … Continue reading
What, Why and How
In a recent interview with Atlantic Monthly, the philosopher of physics Tim Maudlin gave an interesting response to the question of whether there can be a philosophy of dark energy: There can be a philosophy of anything really, but it's perhaps … Continue reading
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Mathturbation and Gender in Philosophy of Physics
A number of people who read my last post have expressed interest in what my opinions on these subjects look like when I remove tongue from cheek. Since those opinions are vaguely related to the ways I have chosen to approach my … Continue reading
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Five Reasons I Failed as a Philosopher of Physics
Those of you who know me know that once upon a time I wanted to be a physicist. That didn't work, because it turns out that even if you go to a really great, liberal, high-quality-of-life undergraduate institution in Texas, … Continue reading
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Moscow denies having compromising information about Trump calling it 'complete fabrication'
MOSCOW – A spokesman for President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday denied allegations that the Kremlin has collected compromising information about U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, deriding the claim as a "complete fabrication and utter nonsense."
"This is an evident attempt to harm our bilateral ties," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters in Moscow. "The Kremlin does not engage in collecting compromising information."
A U.S. official told The Associated Press on Tuesday that intelligence officials had informed Trump about an unsubstantiated report that Russia had compromising personal and financial information about him. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because the official was not allowed to publicly discuss the matter.
READ MORE: Trump to face questions on Russia hacking, business ties in first post-election news conference
After news reports were published about the briefing, Trump tweeted: "FAKE NEWS – A TOTAL POLITICAL WITCH HUNT!"
Peskov dismissed the report but commented that the allegations could be used to keep American politicians from wanting to improve ties with Russia.
"We should treat it with humour, but there is a sad side to it, too," he said. "There are people who are whipping up this frenzy, who are doing their best to keep this witch hunt going."
Peskov described the report as part of efforts to "keep harming the relations, not allow anyone to think about whether this is in the interests of both countries, the interests of the global community and what can be done to move from a total confrontation to a more constructive approach."


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While stored cord blood may benefit an unrelated donor if a match presents itself – unbeknownst to the donor family - it also may be collected and stored to someday be used by the donor child (or possibly a sibling or other relative) if he or she ever developed certain disorders or diseases. By collecting and storing this blood, potentially life-saving stem cells are preserved.
Cord blood collection and storage for a donor family's own use is conducted by private blood banks. These companies argue that the procedure is a harmless but possibly life-saving insurance policy in case a donor child ever develops certain diseases. However, many of the most prominent and authoritative medical associations do not suggest the procedure for most potential donors. While they often will not prohibit a family from storing cord blood for future use, they do tell their patients that the potential benefits are very remote compared with the costs. One reason for this is that the diseases and conditions that may be treated with a cord blood transplant are very rare.
And, while the chances of ever using privately banked cord blood are extremely small, the costs are very expensive. While prices vary, typical charges include up to $1,800 for the initial collection and processing and annual storage fees of about $100. Medical professionals believe that cord blood may be good for up to 10 years, but researchers do not know how long the cells will last after that mark.


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text: UPDATE 2: Downgrading to 0.1 Xi allows multigame discs to work. UPDATE: A multigame iso that I downloaded that someone else made works fine. It must be my iso's or something's wrong with the creator. It works with x64, right? When I try to load the game through the GC Backup Loader 0.2, it doesn't work. No region options or anything. Then, I just get a bunch of static on screen. The game still appears to be running, as pressing buttons causes sounds like I'm going through the menus, but otherwise there's nothing. I can use the d-pad to seemingly switch games at the beginning, but it still just shows a bunch of static. None of the other buttons I press have any effect. Wii 4.1U Softmod LiteOn Burner Taiyo Yuden 8x DVD-R 4x burn w/ImgBurn 1. None of the images I'm using are pre-compressed, only shrunk by the iso creator itself. 2. A different game than the ones I'm trying to burn work fine when I burn it by itself to a DVD 3. All the games are compatible according to the list at GBAtemp. 4. The games I have are NTSC. The multigame ISO is set to NTSC. I have tried this 3 separate times with the following sets of games: Chibi Robo Cubivore Fire Emblem Paper Mario Pikmin 2 Super Mario Sunshine Chibi Robo Pikmin 2 Skies of Arcadia Legends Super Mario Sunshine Fire Emblem Metroid Prime (didn't shrink) Paper Mario Viewtiful Joe


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Nafaka Trailer (2006)
20 October 2006 Action, War 115 mins
Sarajevo, 1992. They are called Ahmed, Lana, Sado, Saba, Sahbey, Beba, Nemanja, Marx, Matan. They live in and between wartimes. They have "nafaka", the destiny which was bestowed on them by God Almighty. They have enough gallows humor and courage to believe in freedom and happiness.
Watch the official Nafaka 2006 trailer in HD below or find more Nafaka videos on Vidimovie.


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Outdoor Revolution Oxygen Movelite T2 Highline Drive Away Awning
The "Movelite T2" is the best compact, quick-inflation drive-away air-awning on the market with a sizeable living area and the option to sleep up to two adults; this product is perfect for couples/small families. Often copied, but never bettered; this motorhome-awning offers endless benefits!
The fade-resistant, lightweight 250 High-Density fabric ensures the optimum strength-to-weight ratio of any fabric. It provides the longevity and performance of much heavier, denier fabrics; without the impracticalities and constraints of their weight. The engineered Double-Rip Stop weave provides a contemporary look and feel, whilst also preventing accidental damage from worsening.
The Oxygen Air-Frame is the easiest and quickest inflation system on the market, with no adjoining pipes/taps spoiling the clean lines of our stunning designs. The frame consists of Two Oxygen Air-Frame Tubes anda single Velcro Roof-Support Tube for additional stability, plus, incorporates the Dynamic Speed Valve and the patented Intelligent Frame Relief Valve. Inflation is speedy using the Dual-Action Pump provided and deflation is the push of a button. Our exclusive relief valve prevents damage to the tube by expelling excess air, usually caused by over-inflation or increases in the ambient temperature. All valves are discretely concealed by a velcro cover.
The fabric is exceptionally water-resistant and water will simply bead onto the surface and roll-off. The light-coloured roof material reflects heat to maintain a comfortable temperature inside the awning. The product comes complete with a water-repellent Sewn-In Groundsheet for added protection against the elements.
Windows are tinted to reduce glare, creating a more comfortable and relaxing environment. All windows have integrated Zip-In Curtains, which can be rolled back during the day or zipped-in for complete privacy at night. The inflatable Eyebrow Canopy on the side-door prevents rain water from entering the awning. There are also two Rear-Cowl Access Doors tohelp prevent disturbing sleeping guests and increase ease of access to and from the motorhome.
The Mesh Vents help combat condensation by improving air-circulation, plus, the side-doors have a mesh fly-screen to keep insects out and optimise air-flow. These are created with Phoenix Mesh; an assisted-healing 'smart' material that has the structurally incorporated ability to repair 'snag' damage caused by consistent usage. Simply manipulated, the mesh will return to its original form.
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The idea behind Random Acts of Kindness, or RAK, is to show a little love to fellow bloggers. People create their wishlists and sign up and send books to each other, basically. It puts a smile on people's faces, and that's always a good thing. Hosted by Book Soulmates.
- Sign up each month that you'd like to participate.
- Show off your participation by grabbing our RAK button 🙂
- Create a wish list (on Amazon, Goodreads, or your blog etc) and post it in the Google Doc located in each R.A.K post for the month.
- If you choose to do a R.A.K for someone, check out their wish list and contact that blogger for their address.
- NEW REQUEST: Please, once you receive a RAK, come back to the Google doc and mark the box that says you've received one. There are a lot of requests for this!
- At the end of the month, SHOW US YOUR R.A.K! Make a post saying 'Thank You' to whoever granted one of your wishes and share it with us 🙂
Let's keep our International bloggers in mind and in our hearts.
Remember, there's always the Book Depository and they offer FREE shipping!
Wow okay, so last month when I signed up, I said that I didn't expect to actually receive anything. I was wrong and I am very very grateful to the wonderful ladies who gifted me the books I listed yesterday. I couldn't afford to send anything out last month, and whilst I can't guarantee being able to this month either, I'm really hoping I can send one or two and make some days.
My wishlists are linked in my sidebar. I have a steampunk wishlist to coincide with my upcoming Discovering Steampunk feature, my Amazon wishlist is prioritised (I'm sad like that, I spend time rearranging them depending on my mood..), and then I have a Book Depository wishlist as well because I know some of you prefer it. Here's a snippet of my most wanted at the moment:
- The Inheritance Cycle books – the shiny new ones with the coloured page edges
- The Dark Volume by G.W. Dahlquist – the sequel to Glass Books of the Dream Eaters
- The Iron Fey series – all but book one, so 2+
- Outlander series – starting with Outlander/Cross Stich
- Catching Fire and Mockingjay – the second and third books in the Hunger Games series
- Night World bind-ups 1 and 2 – picked up 3 in the charity shop
- Dead in the Family – book 10 of the Sookie series
- Ghosts of Ascalon and Edge of Destiny – the Guild Wars 2 books
- The Parasol Protectorate series – all but book one, so 2+
- The Clockwork Century series – all but book one, so 2+


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At Gemvara, we believe that the jewelry you wear should be one of a kind, like you. That's why we make each piece to order, one at a time, just the way you want it. Choose tourmaline and yellow gold or black onyx and platinum: it's your choice. Mix and match gems and precious metals for a look that's exactly you. It's jewelry for all life's occasions, from an engagement or Mother's Day to your own personal milestones and celebrations. Gemvara uses only the highest quality materials to craft your may birthstone mothers jewelry design with meticulous attention to detail. Our precious metals are recycled or responsibly mined. May's birthstone is emerald, the enduring symbol of love and new beginnings with a fresh color that brightens your look. Our wide selection of may birthstone mothers jewelry by Gemvara Essentials, Damon Washington, Tony Rodrigues, and other talented designers means you can find jewelry that's exactly your style. You can also shop by style, choosing our Religious, Gemstone Halo, or Celtic Collections. At most retailers, mother's designs are limited and, frankly, dowdy. Gemvara believes that mother's jewelry should be as fashionable as everything else you wear. Gemvara's fine quality may birthstone mothers jewelry is designed to be passed down for generations to come, crafted by hand in the United States.
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An exhibition of typewriters, related works and Artists' Books presented by Angie & Simon Butler.
The largest room in our home is now commonly known as, 'The Typewriter Room, ' housing around twenty-five machines. Though, that number will probably change (upwards!) soon enough. We have an interesting collection; and although our personal preferences differ, we both appreciate the typewriter's form and functionality, which extends from the lightweight portable to the heavy office machine. We will be showcasing typewriters from our personal collection: featuring favourite design classics by Ettore Sottsass, Marcello Nizzoli, and Mario Bellini. Many of the models by Olivetti, Imperial, Adler, and Smith Corona were used by famous writers and celebrities from the 1950's-1970's.
Simon says, "They are beautiful things, a connection to a bygone era. And because I am able to understand them, I can look at typewriters. I can look at the mechanics, and I can often see what's wrong. You can't do that with many things now. I like to get to understand things, by looking. You don't really need to take things apart, just look closely at them. I remove all the debris that's built up over the years – the romantic idea of that dirt. Where is it from, this correcting fluid? Sometimes there are little bits of envelope that are caught in the mechanics. Sometimes I can see past attempts of repair. I love that … on some of the big office machines, there's a dent worn in the space bar, from where the typist's thumb has hit it, thousands of times.
There's also the idea of a shared experience – say, a famous writer has used a particular typewriter, and you have that same model, then there is a connection there. That is kind of romantic. Or maybe it's a typewriter that has appeared in a film, it's like owning a tiny piece of something special or important.
Sometimes, especially on the office machines, there's a residue of make-up embedded in the keys and the rollers, and you also get marks where the typists' nails have struck the keys. All of these things, they reveal a historical event, time, a moment, traces. It raises more questions than gives answers to. That's the mysterious story – you make the rest up, or you can do if you want to. It's whatever you want it to be."
Angie says about making Artists' Books, "Using a manual typewriter has unlocked a hidden part of me. It's given me permission to be okay with, even celebrate, and appreciate, mistakes. Depending on what I'm doing, I usually either start again, or make the mistake into part of the work. I quite like the fact that you have to practise at something to get it a certain way. Or when that 'mistake moment' makes you change your mind about your original idea, often to go on to produce something much better, and more creative. The subtle imperfections and variations of print on paper provide a typewriter's own signature: each has it's own font, appearance and 'personality', and needs to be handled and used differently. That distinctive sound of a typewriter's keys being struck, immediately engages you. It has a sense of rhythm and fun, but can also have a serious air of authority. The sense of history imbued in a typewriter that you own is a marvellous feeling. So many stories."
"They are also, just such lovely things to look at."
06-22 February 2013. Mon-Fri 9-7 Sat 10-4 Sun1-4
Gallery Space: Bath School Of Art & Design, Sion Hill, Bath. BA1 5SF.
We will also be hosting the following events:
'Typing Pool' 06-22 February. An opportunity to interact with office and portable manual typewriters. Transport yourself back in time, to experience the sound, smell and feel of a previous age of type on paper, before the computer. Incorporating this analogue technology in our screen-based daily life aids reconnection with the tactile, and so the typewriter becomes a printing method, to create. Open access daily. Gallery Space.
'Bookish Types' 06-22 February. An exhibition of Artists' Books, from practitioners across the UK who use the typewriter as inspiration, aesthetic, and creative partner. An eclectic range of accomplished works that reveal all the advantages, reward and enjoyment of engaging with this now obsolete and once overlooked piece of technology. With special thanks to Sarah Bodman and the Artists' Books Partnership exhibition Programme (ABPP) at UWE. Open access daily. Glass cases in corridor off Gallery Space and Canteen.
A companion exhibition will be held in collaboration with Sion Hill Library, showing art books, artists' books and instruction books from the library collections that feature the typewriter as object, artwork, text, philosophy, machine and inspiration. Sion Hill Library, Bath School Of Art & Design. Mon-Fri 9a.m.-7.00p.m. Sat & Sun 1p.m.-5p.m.
Type-In 06 Feb 5.30-7.30p.m. An opening party to celebrate our exhibition, have a chat and a drink with us, and do some casual typing! Timed event. Gallery Space.
'My Valentine' 13 Feb 12-2p.m. A 'live' typing event. Your Valentine message typed for you on an Olivetti Valentine typewriter. Free. Messages will be displayed anonymously on the Typing Pool notice-board in time for Valentine's Day, 14th. February. Timed event. Gallery Space.


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Cypress Semiconductor will host a free online seminar that explores capacitive sensing interfaces. The 60-minute seminar entitled "Innovations in Capacitive Interfaces," will be take place on Wednesday, March 7 at 9:00 am PST.
The Webinar will explore the latest capacitive sensing techniques based on Cypress's popular PSoC(R) (Programmable System-on-Chip(TM)) CapSense device and what factors influence the performance of such devices. It will introduce easy-to-use PSoC design tools to enable rapid, cost-efficient integration of a capacitive sensing interface into a product.
A single Cypress PSoC CapSense device can replace dozens of mechanical switches and controls with a simple, touch-sensitive interface. CapSense-based "button" and "slider" controls are more reliable than their mechanical counterparts because they are not prone to the environmental wear-and-tear that affects exposed buttons and switches. Cypress has surpassed 100 CapSense design wins worldwide in applications that include mobile handsets, portable media players, white goods, computers, printers and automotive, among others.
Capacitive sensing is fast becoming the solution of choice for front-panel display and media control applications. Increased durability, decreased bill of materials (BOM) and a clean, minimalist appearance make this elegant interface attractive to a wide range of designs. With Cypress's CapSense interface, a finger on the interface forms an electrical connection with embedded sensors, which work with the PSoC device to translate data about the finger's presence into various system control functions. The sensor itself is only a copper pad on the PCB, not an actual component. All of the circuitry for controlling the sensor is inside the PSoC device.
Cypress's CapSense solution offers system designers numerous advantages over capacitive sensing products built around modules and sub-assemblies, including increased flexibility, reduced board space and lower cost. Because of the unique PSoC architecture, designers can easily integrate multiple functions (e.g., LED drivers and LCD displays), in addition to capacitive sensing. The PSoC CapSense solution also delivers benefits such as easy communications using either I2C or SPI interfaces, the ability to implement both trackpad (x-y matrix) and linear slider applications with the same device, and the ability to make quick design changes using the flash-based PSoC architecture.


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free and quite busy link exchange (only been up for a month). Warning, you need to copy the html to your site before it will let you submit a the link
Thanks Simon
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The link directory is not burp its should be the same as my name.
Do you think it would be a good idea to put a link to this site on thier? might make the admin happier. (every little helps)
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What part of don't spam ABW with the link to your site don't you understand! The fact Haiko set a filter should have been a big clue. The fact at least one thread was locked should have been a clue.
No putting a link on your site wouldn't help. What would have helped is that you follow the policies of this board and don't spam it. No matter how much YOU want to be able to just post your link here. There are rules/guidelines for being able to do that here. You could have taken the time to understand them and follow them.
Per your own recommendation from the locked thread....a ban is forthcoming.
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Go get'em Ms. B. The wank paid out $49.95 for some template PPCSE script and in desperation figures his crap service is some how better then the other 10,000 clones.Webmaster's... Mike and Charlie
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I hear the Google folks were up all night trying to devise a strategy to fend off this threat to the crown.
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This fascinating third volume in the Britannia's Fist series will have you pondering how easily history could have been swayed differently. What if other countries had become involved in America's Civil War? Historian Peter G. Tsouras presents the third installment in his Britannia's Fist alternate history series.
The winter of 1863 lowered a white curtain on the desperate struggle for North America. The United States and Great Britain fought each other to a bitter draw. On both sides of the Atlantic, the forges of battle glowed as they poured out new technologies of war. British and French aid transformed the ragged Confederate armies and filled them with new confidence. Both sides strained to be ready for the coming campaign season. Now both sides seek to anticipate each other. The British strike suddenly at Hooker's strung-out army in winter quarters in upstate New York in a brutal, swirling, late battle across frozen fields and streams. Besieged Portland shudders against relentless assault. The French attack Fort Hudson on the Mississippi. At Lincoln's direction,two great raids are launched at the United Kingdom itself as Russia enters the war on the side of the Union to raid the Irish Sea. These are only preliminaries to the great gathering of modernized armies and ironclad fleets, and with them are deadly submersibles and balloons.
Battles rage from Maine to Northern Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay, down to steamy Louisiana. And far away across the sea, Dublin stands siege as Russia simultaneously eyes Constantinople. For Americans (blue and gray), Britons, Irish, Frenchmen, and Russians, the summer of 1864 is the crescendo battle of destinies and dreams.
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I mean every other network is starting to do it. Restrict it only to wifi if u have to!
Really? Every other network? I mean, Sprint has two, but they're both 4G phones. T-Mobile, I think, has one not yet released, but it's an HSPA+ phone. Seeing the trend here? Plain ol' 3G need not apply. Oh, there's the iPhone 4 but that's Apple imposing its will on AT&T. It's restricted to wi-fi for a reason. Don't count on any other AT&T phone getting a front facing camera any time soon. I'm sure one or more of the half-dozen LTE handsets due in the first half of next year will have one.
I think that Verizon will start to offer these kinds of phone when the LTE network (4G) is launched next year. The phones are data-intensive, even compared to normal smart phones, and don't work properly on 3G.
You can use vid chat on Sprint's 3G as well as 4G
Yea but aren't the front cameras added to their 4g phones only? Plus You can do it with verizon 3G as well but you have to use the back camera.
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The ideal sea and safari combination, this spectacular journey combines iconic safari with an exclusive beach holiday on a tropical island. Move on to the natural haven of the Ngorongoro Crater, with its spectacular landscapes, and encounter the high concentration of wildlife that lives on the crater floor. Get your fill of the magnificent wildlife of the famous Serengeti National Park, home to East Africa's Great Migration, as well as a staggering array of exceptional wildlife. Sated with safari, sink your toes into the soft white sand of &Beyond Mnemba Island, a tropical paradise just off the coast of Zanzibar.
Explore the magnificent marine life that inhabits the island's coral atoll while scuba diving or snorkelling, indulge in a variety of water sports or simply enjoy doing absolutely nothing at all. This itinerary is the ideal option for both safari lovers and marine enthusiasts. Families travelling with children will enjoy the variety of activities, while the exclusive accommodation offers the perfect amount of solitude for a romantic holiday.
Experiences include all the famed highlights of a classic Tanzanian safari. The lodges and camps offer the most refined hospitality with utterly exclusive locations.
You will be met on arrival by a member of the &Beyond team and transferred by road to Arusha.
The attractive little town of Arusha is situated beneath the towering peaks of Mt. Meru and Kilimanjaro. Renowned as the safari capital of Tanzania, it offers a plethora of attractions and adventures. The town has numerous first-class restaurants, bars and markets, and is the ideal place to spend a few relaxing days before embarking on a safari or attempting to scale Kilimanjaro. Not-to-be-missed is the Arusha National Park (in Ngurdoto Crater), the National Natural History Museum, the Laetoli Footprints (set in volcanic ash, dating back 3 500 000 years) and the beautiful coffee plantations that dot the landscape.
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The Ngorongoro Crater in Northern Tanzania, once a gigantic volcano, is the largest intact caldera in the world. Some maintain that before it erupted, it would have been higher than Mt Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa. Today, long since having collapsed and eroded, it is an extensive highland area with the famous 600 m deep Ngorongoro Crater as its focal point. Nearly three million years old, the ancient caldera shelters one of the most beautiful wildlife havens on earth. Endangered black rhino are protected within its rim, giant tusked elephants wander the forests, black-maned lions stalk the grasslands, and flamingoes crowd the soda lakes. An estimated 25 000 large mammals are resident in this bowl of plenty, including a population of approximately 6 000 resident wildebeest, 16 highly endangered black rhino and around 70 lions. Cheetah move in and out of the Crater, while leopard are most often encountered in the spectacular Lerai Forest. &Beyond Ngorongoro Crater Lodge, consistently recognized as one of the world's most luxurious and elegant places to stay, sits right on the edge of the Crater, offering unbeatable views of one of the natural travel wonders of the world.
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Most active subscribers use BlueLink in their car to get directions. But the auto maker is seeing a "good breadth of usage" of its remote features, such as those found on its Android- and iPhone-compatible mobile apps.
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CHULA VISTA, CA – Hyundai says that through mid-July nearly 200,000 customers have enrolled in its BlueLink telematics system, which was introduced to the U.S. market just one year ago.
"Our dealers are very engaged, and our enrollment numbers are exceeding our objectives," Larry Perrault, program manager for the first-generation BlueLink system, says at a Veloster Turbo media event here.
But not all enrollments, which include customers receiving a free trial and those who have a paid yearly subscription, use their system.
Through mid-June, Perrault says Hyundai counted roughly 125,000 active users of BlueLink, a suite of onboard and cloud-based technologies that rely on voice commands to access information and connect users to a call center.
The majority use BlueLink in their car to get directions, he says. However, Hyundai is seeing a "good breadth of usage" of its remote features, such as those found on its Android- and iPhone-compatible mobile applications.
The second version of the BlueLink smartphone app launched in May, and Perrault says the new vehicle remote-start feature is proving popular.
In the first month of its availability, "remote-start usage just skyrocketed," he says, noting the feature in its first four weeks was used two to three times more than remote lock and unlock.
Point-of-interest searches, supported by Microsoft's Bing search engine, also are proving popular with subscribers. Hyundai will make it easier to search for airport codes and landmarks with its planned late July tweaking of the telematics system.
"We're in the process of making manual changes to that search logic," for better search optimization, Perrault says.
The removal of some confirmation steps in the menu selection was debated, as some users said they found being asked if their selections were correct cumbersome. "We thought maybe people were going to need that," Perrault says.
A Hyundai spokesman tells WardsAuto the confirmation steps will remain in place for now for accuracy's sake.
However, the "calls may be recorded" message that BlueLink users encounter when phoning the call center, operated by Agero of Medford, MA, will be changed and moved to the car's onboard system, which will lessen connection times.
"From the time you push the button to the time you can say a command, (we'll be) reducing between 6-10 seconds," Perrault says.
Hyundai is holding the line on BlueLink pricing for '13, with the Assurance subscription package, featuring automatic collision notification and a monthly vehicle report, still $79 a year. The Essentials package, which adds stolen-vehicle recovery notification, curfew alert and vehicle immobilization, is $179 annually.
The premium Guidance package, which adds turn-by-turn navigation, point-of-interest search and restaurant ratings, is $279 annually.
About half of Hyundai's models now offer BlueLink, including the Sonata, Veloster, Elantra GT, Azera and Genesis Coupe. The telematics system next will be launched in the '13 Santa Fe cross/utility vehicle, on sale in late summer/early fall, and is slated for the '13 Genesis sedan.
Hyundai says BlueLink subscribers range from owners of the new Azera, among its most expensive cars, to buyers of the Veloster, one of the brand's lower-priced offerings.
"(The) Veloster was having a tendency for a higher enrollment and renewal vs. (the) Sonata," Perrault says. He suspects Veloster owners, who tend to be young, are opting for BlueLink because they have a better understanding of and comfort level with the technology.
For customers who have canceled BlueLink or failed to subscribe after the free-trial period, which ranges from three to six months, Hyundai surveys show non-use of the system as the top reason for cancellation, with cost about halfway down the list.
Some telematics systems, such as Toyota's Entune, rely on the user's smartphone to function, but Perrault believes embedded systems like BlueLink are more reliable, at least when it comes to safety.
"We won't be departing from embedded," he says. "We've seen testimonials where customers (after an accident) can't find their phone. They're talking to us through our agents and they're a little disoriented. I think some level of embedded services is necessary and what's right for the customer."


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Born in the slums of Brooklyn, in the first year of the 20th century, Willie Sutton came of age at a time when banks were out of control. If they weren't taking brazen risks, they were shamelessly seeking bailouts. Trapped in a cycle of bank panics, depressions and soaring unemployment, Sutton saw only one way out. So began the career of America's most successful bank robber. Sutton became so good at breaking into banks, and such a master at breaking out of prisons, police called him one of the most dangerous men in New York, and the FBI put him on its first-ever Most Wanted List. But the public rooted for Sutton. When he was finally caught for good in 1952, crowds surrounded the jail and chanted his name.
Blending vast research with vivid imagination, Pulitzer Prize winner J.R. Moehringer brings Willie Sutton blazing back to life. In Moehringer's retelling, it was more than need or rage at society that drove Sutton. It was one unforgettable woman. And when Sutton finally walked free, he immediately set out to find her. Poignant, comic, fast-paced and fact-studded, Sutton tells a story of economic pain that feels eerily modern, while unfolding a story of doomed love that is forever timeless.
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Great book! Awesome story!! Narration a bit much.
I am a huge JR Moehringer fan and will read/listen to anything he writes. There is something so honest and soulful about any story he tells, and I'm captivated by him these days.
I admire narrator Dylan Baker as an actor, but I think he missed the mark in his narration performance. It felt like he was talking to every potential listener all at the same time instead of reading the story intimately to one listener--the tone felt forced, strident, a bit overdone. I think his performance caused the story to lose some of its soulfulness and lovely melancholy that Moehringer seems drawn to in the stories he tells.
But hey, overall fairly enjoyable. A great story with great writing makes up for a lot of things. Definitely worth the listen.
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wow WOW wow W0W w0w!!!!
Not only am I listening to it again, I am going to listen to it while dirving on a long trip next week because my husband will love it is as much, if not more than I did.
It reads like the best fiction and it's based on a very interesting true story.
Sutton intertwines the most unique little unknown facts about the oddest thingsinto the most facinating stories ...presidents, gangsters, the moon, baseball, the bible...as he relives his life. I couldn't believe some of them were true...THEY WERE. I had to hold off and not google each person mentioned because I didn't want to read too much and ruin the ending. I spent an hour on google his life and people mentioned in the book, afterwards - WOW for a guy who spent so much time in prison he had a lot of wonderful moments.
This book is very much like WATER FOR ELEPHANTS in pace and movement. A life long love story that has you rooting for the bad guy...that's not so bad....lovable actually.
It's not surprising that after looking up what other books Dyland Baker has narrated just now, I found that he narrated my TWO FAVORITE BOOKS of this year - Sutton and Jobs.
His is fabulous - He does different women, men...hippies..yiddish..... the voice from the newsreels.
This book defines an era. Sutton's memories of the depression brought it much closer to home for me and helps one to better understand their heritage. Opinion is one revolving theme in this book that spoke to me - public opinion and how it can be swayed easily and so harsly - What causes family opinion to change -
In the top two of the books I have read this year....Top 10 of the last five years. It's worth the investment. I will be thinking about this book for a long time.
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I had no idea that this was a remake until this month. I want to see this movie. I love old people movies. I'm a 55-year-old in a 20-year old's body. Haha.


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Superintendent of Schools – On January 27th, I had the pleasure of being part of the kickoff for Langdon School's Headstrong Summit. All grade 6 to 9 students and staff participated in a day long event to learn about mental health and stomp out the associated stigma. The school was able to garner phenomenal support through partners like Mental Health Commission of Canada's Headstrong program, Alberta Health Services, Synergy, Connecteen, Stepping Stones to Mental Health, and some community groups.
I was provided the opportunity to say a few words to kick off the day. Here is the text of my message:
I am honoured to be here for a short bit this morning to help kick off your day where you are coming together as a community to talk and learn about mental health and help break the stigma related talking about mental illness.
Recently, I've seen a ton of commercials on TV and Twitter about the Let's Talk series sponsored by Bell. We all need to be encouraged to talk about our mental health – kids and adults too. We need to recognize that it is okay to talk about our mental health just like we talk about our physical health. No one blinks an eye if you talk about a sprained wrist, if you need glasses or if you are seeing your doctor for a checkup but somehow for many of us it is not okay to talk about if we are struggling with depression or anxiety or seeing a counselor. We need to change that.
I encourage you to:
- be that friend who will listen without judging or thinking less of the person who shares their challenges.
- be the same warm, caring and non-judgmental friend as you were before your friend opens up to you.
- encourage friends that are struggling with their emotions, feelings, stress, anxiety, sadness to reach out and ask for help. That help can come from any adult in your life – teacher / parent / grandparent / coach / older brother/sister. They might not have the answers but they can help find the answers.
Thanks to the school for organizing this event. Thanks to the presenters joining us today.
Lastly, Be brave! Reach out! Speak up!
Unfortunately, I was not able to stay for the full day where kids had small group opportunities to hear and learn from the stories of brave presenters, who shared their knowledge and their personal stories related to addiction, grief and anger, healthy relationships, acceptance, suicide, physical harm and other challenges. The event provided information to students about where they can turn to for help and the stories provided opportunities for students to learn, grow, accept and stomp out stigma.


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May 17, 2012 - In Friday's intense season finale, Nikita and Michael invade Division in an attempt to capture Percy.
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May 17, 2012 - The CW's new fall schedule moves Supernatural off of Fridays to team up with a new DC Comics adaptation.
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May 16, 2012 - Former IGN staff member Travis Fickett and his partner Terry Matalas join the Nikita writing team for Season 3.
Channel Surfing Podcast, Episode 166
May 11, 2012 - Community, Nikita, Parks and Recreation and more are renewed, while Awake and The Secret Circle are among the pre-Upfront cancellations.
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May 11, 2012 - Nikita, The CW's underrated, super cool action series, will return for a third season.
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May 10, 2012 - The Nikita star talks about the big events the final episodes of Season 2 and what she's hearing about Season 3, as the decision to renew the show comes down to the wire.
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April 27, 2012 - Nikita convinces a reluctant Birkhoff to use 20 million dollars of his own money in a plan to bankrupt Percy and Division.
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He wrote my mom and me letters in which he talked of how hot it was even late at night. After a few more months, I could tell him a thing or two about how hot it was here as well. He mentioned lizards so big they straddled the roads from side to side when they crossed and thus could bring traffic to a halt. Other lizards crept up the wall in his little room at night and would eat from the large number and variety of bugs that might crawl there while he had his desk light on, reading or writing letters. Neither in the Philippines nor in San Antonio then was air-conditioning available.
Not long afterward, I would become acquainted with quite a few lizards too, though mostly they were small horned ones or else fast stripped ones about 8-10 inches long, nothing like the road spanning monsters from Philippine jungles where the Huks were still fighting on as nationalist guerillas long after the U.S. had first occupied their country in the Spanish American War and much later freed it but kept bases there, and after the Japs had taken the country over in World War II, which the Japanese had done not long following their bombing of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, where my dad would also be stationed for awhile, until that war ended and he helped interrogate prisoners in Japan itself under Douglas MacArthur. Some of the men he and his unit investigated were then hanged for war crimes, as they would doubtless have hung some of ours if the Japs had been among the victors in that conflict.
Before our family quit San Antonio, I would become well used to local reptile types and even kept a pair till after they had laid eggs in the screened-in cage my grandpa, Papa Frank, had built for me. But by then we lived in a newer second house, with almost no shadows in its yard on the hot summer afternoons.
Our first rental place, though, at first seemed cozily dark, with lots of great trees providing shade as well as nuts, flowers, or fruit. There we had several mature pecan trees and a pomegranate. It bore us a blood red seedy harvest.
All seemed initially to be going well for us there. I gave a stray dog, Cookie, a home, and she became my best friend ever. I began collections of large quartz crystal rocks and even of cannonballs that I found in the yard, under the house, or elsewhere on exploratory hikes. I increased my knowledge of insects over what it had been from a basic early hobby begun in VA and then continued in NE. My living or mounted collections now included praying mantises, Luna moths, large click-beetles, bag caterpillars, dragonfly nymphs, and further large moth species, among others.
Our family also got a playful kitten, distinctive for its having six toes on two of her feet.
I am not necessarily saying Mom longed for the sight of vigorous and manly flesh in those long hot San Antonio nights and months, for she might have then simply been cultivating the best available uplifting entertainment on our little black and white TV screen, but while we lived there she would each week with religious dedication watch the televised Friday night wrestling matches. It was the only time I noticed her passion for the sport, but it was certainly a most ardent pastime of hers while Dad was off in those sultry distant isles. During the eight years following his return, I acquired five more brothers!
I made a couple special friends among my classmates. One who was quite pretty had given me her picture. I sent it to show Dad. In returning it, he wrote that she was a good looking girl.
The men of the moving company had accidentally left us with a super-thick quilt, one they normally used to separate and cushion pieces of furniture during transit. Often I put this on the ground outside or on the floor in the house and used it for feats of amateur gymnastics, like standing on my head or tumbling, or for king of the mountain free-for-all games with my much younger sister and brother.
A buddy of mine from school came over occasionally. We would play with Cookie or practice tricks on that blanket in the backyard. Then he developed ringworm on his scalp, which Mom thought was contagious, so it seemed best not to let him stand on his head on our blanket anymore.
There were other not so great things that happened too. A neighbor dog that used to bark a lot was poisoned. A large breed dog that lived with an old lady across the street from us suddenly attacked her one day, for no reason she understood, and nearly mauled her to death. It had to be shot. She was taken to the hospital and stayed for awhile. Her other dog had saved her life, fighting the more aggressive one so it had stopped biting her.
Uncle John, my mother's brother, came for a short visit around Christmastime. My mother's father, whose name was John as well, had another time wanted to come see us, but I think Mom refused. He had stopped by just once that I remember. It was when we lived in VA the first time. I was about six to seven years old. It was the only time Mom had seen him since, in the 1930s, she had been nine and he had abandoned her and the rest of his family.
During his VA stay, Grandpa John made an agreement with me. He would send me a fifty cent piece for each letter I wrote to him. I did send him several over the next few months and years and saved up my fifty cent pieces for things I really wanted. I was still just mostly printing then and did not have much to write. Both these men died rather early, one of liver disease, I believe, and the other of diabetes with gangrene.
Another uncle of mine, Shelby, married to my dad's sister, Lucile, hired me for a few hours to help him while he was doing carpentry work for a family, working up on their roof and leaving a bunch of small sawed off boards that had fallen into the yard. My job was to gather up those pieces of wood. It was the first work I can remember having. I made about a dime out of one morning's work but did not care to go back after our lunch break. I do not think Uncle Shelby particularly wanted me on his payroll after that either. I was not any great shakes as a carpenter's apprentice.
I believe it was in the spring, when I was still in the 5th grade there, that the fleas started. They probably got going in the yard or in the dusty, dry calichi driveway next to the house and back. At first, nothing we tried worked against them for long.
We attempted all sorts of remedies. Once, Mom heard that banana peels helped ward them off. It probably would have taken several hundred pounds of peels to do the trick in that good sized backyard. But from somewhere she had gotten a bunch of cut up pieces of banana trees themselves hauled over, and together we ringed the whole yard with long chunks of the banana tree trunks. The fleas evidently were not at all bothered. By then they were everywhere, inside the house too. We had dozens or even hundreds of itchy flea bites on our bodies. They had gotten on my sister and brother that way too. I only learned a lot later about sulfur dust, that one can sprinkle it on one's socks to keep them away.
The fleas seemed to come in waves, and when they were worst I thought of the plagues that had affected the Egyptians because they had been keeping the Jews as slaves. I had learned about this in Sunday School. I also wondered if God were testing us as He had Job. I think we must have failed the exam.
Eventually, Mom got somebody to spray a lot of oily stuff all around outside, and that did seem to kill them. However, then we would track that sticky liquid into the house and onto the carpet, and it could never be completely cleaned up afterward.
I think all that business about the fleas and then the sticky, oily treatment was mainly why Mom decided we ought to move again. Some of our relatives who lived then in San Antonio must have helped us get our larger stuff over to the next house. It was a little bigger place than the first one, in a nicer neighborhood, and much brighter since there were few if any trees around.
We never did have trouble with fleas there, but that fall, when I started school in the 6th grade, I had to start over from scratch (no pun intended) with making friends. Of course, that was not unusual. With dad in the military and being stationed so many different locations, this was already my 9th house and new neighborhood.
That next house was close to a new car dealership. It was just being put up a little after we moved in. I remember how cool those 1954 Chevrolet convertibles looked, such an improvement over the old fashioned Ford station wagons my dad preferred!
It was also across the street from a huge vacant lot, its flat expanse broken only by wild shrubs and succulents that grew up out of the almost white, dusty, hard, and usually dry soil. It was here that I chased down and sometimes caught horned and striped lizards. Our yard too was much less moist than at the other place and so required more watering. It was in this setting, though, that I found not only the small Texas variety of scorpions, which it was best not to handle, but also the longest millipedes, or "pedes," I had ever seen. These I could and did collect by the handful.
Of course, they were not the mammoth, ancient species, among the earliest terrestrial animals, that fossils showed had existed in lengths up to five feet, nor even the modern giants of African tropical regions, which may reach 12 inches, but they were definitely not small fry either. On any given evening, with flashlight and collection jar in hand, I could acquire several as long as my hand, quite impressive enough for me.
Dad got a new assignment after his return a few months later, and soon we were off to WA State, settling then for about the next two years into a suburb of Tacoma, a land of great trees, abundant fresh fruit, red-wing blackbirds, salamanders (instead of lizards), numberless ponds, several feet a year of rainfall, and thick yellow slugs every bit as long as those San Antonio millipedes. Here I would call myself a "conservation scout," and I would soon be traipsing about the Pacific Northwest's wildernesses in search of novel adventures. Again I found the natural world fascinating! My intent and interest were not in adding to scientific knowledge but in the moment to moment experience of life's richness and variety.


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5 Pointers on Keeping a Positive Attitude
I have learned over the years that perception plays a major part in our relationships with others and ourselves. It plays an intricate role in our careers, the flow of money into our lives, and our enjoyment of our lives. Maintaining a positive attitude is crucial to the colors we paint the perceptions of our lives.
Have you ever had a goal or dream that moved you so much you could hardly sleep at night? We start out so excited and motivated by our great idea. But, we allow ourselves to begin to focus on the negative aspects of them. Before long, we have relegated our exciting idea to the should have, could have and would have part of our brain. At that point, our idea is officially dead.
If we don't cultivate our positive attitudes about our idea, we will begin the process of talking ourselves out of it. We start out with little things, such as doubt that we can even accomplish it.
For instance, when we charge into the world of being an entrepreneur starting our own business, we can start some stinking thinking, such as, it takes too long to make money doing this. There isn't a quick money fix like there is when we start a traditional job. Sometimes, we even slide into flawed thinking of telling ourselves that people like us just don't make it big!
Here are a few pointers on how to keep ourselves positive so we can reap the rewards of success in our lives:
Instead of picking out our own faults and hammering ourselves about them, choose to focus on our attributes. Think kindly of ourselves. I believe that we are harder on ourselves than on anyone else. We should be as kind to ourselves as we are to our partners, friends, or even our pets. Words of encouragement to ourselves is very beneficial for all our endeavors. If we learn to love ourselves more and are kinder to ourselves we can accomplish unbelievable things.
The average person drives 12,000 to 25,000 miles per year, which works out to 500 to 1,000 hours per year. we can plug in a motivational CD into our car every time we get behind the wheel. Think how much more motivated and positive we would be! We could be rolling around in our classroom on wheels. Learning new things while we keep our positive attitude going.
Knowing more keeps us feeling better about what we are doing. We can attend seminars and online training sessions in our field of endeavor. Learn from the experts. Write to those experts; ask questions, read their books and articles. Listen to people with proven track records in the areas we are striving to succeed.
Did you realize that your income will be the average of the 4-5 people you associate with on a regular basis? Instead of hanging out with the negative complainers and gossipers, we could choose to hang out with the people that are succeeding and are practicing success habits.
Clearly defined goals are a must. We have to have a clear mental picture of what we want our lives to look like. It is difficult to achieve something if we don't know what it is or what it will look like when it is achieved.
The best time to reach our subconscious minds is to implant our visualized images of our goals first thing in the morning before getting out of bed. Or, right before falling asleep at night. Our subconscious minds are more open to programming at those times. The subconscious mind is activated by affirmations and pictures we feed it in the present tense.
Picture in your mind the situations working out the way you want. See yourself succeeding. Some people use vision boards or journals as a good visualization tool. I know people who keep their vision boards on the ceiling in their bedrooms so they can feast their eyes on the dreams when they first open their eyes! I keep ours on the bathroom wall across from the toilet. Be creative!
Keep in mind, all our dreams and goals are unique to each of us. It is up to each of us to keep striving for them. After all, when it is all said and done, it is about our own individual successes. No one can make it happen for us. We should keep feeding our own personal positive attitude muscle. Like all muscles, they only get strong when we keep using them. Let's get out there and exercise them!
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- The Principle of Success. Consciousness and Subconsciousness. Outside Trends (socyberty.com)
- Why Your Beliefs Become Their own Self Fulfilling Prophesies (customerthink.com)