Thursday, July 05, 2007
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Just because
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| "Just because one cannot see, does not mean they have no VISION and just because one cannot walk does not mean they cannot GO THE DISTANCE!!!!!" -- Christopher Reeve, actor |
What makes some so mentally strong that they are determined to "sail full steam ahead" no matter what while others literally give up and die?
Optimism . . . faith . . . the Power of Positive Thinking.
In his bestseller, the Power of Positive Thinking, Norman Vincent Peale demonstrates the power of faith in action. Through experiences of men and women coming to him for advice, Peale reveals how the proper attitude of mind can change lives and win success in all things. Peale speaks about:
- Breaking the worry habit
- Getting other people to like you
- Energizing your life giving yourself the vitality and initiative needed to carry out your ambitions and hopes
- Avoiding "the jitters" in your daily work
- Believing in yourself and in everything you do
- Living a controlled, relaxed life no matter how fast the pace may be
- Developing the power to reach your goals
- Thinking the kind of thoughts that lead you to a fuller life and satisfying success
Positive thinking allows us to handle stress more easily and possibly affording us longer, healthier lives. Repeated stress signals can eventually weaken the immune system and are linked to colds, respiratory infections, hypertension, heart attacks, diabetes, asthma, allergies, colitis, alcoholism, obesity, backaches and the progression of cancer.
Our bodies cannot distinguish between stress triggered by our own negative thoughts or real outside events. If we tell ourselves things aren't going to go well, we become tense, anxious and prepare for the worse. On the other hand, if we visualize a positive outcome, our stress level will be lower in approaching the task.
Motivational "coaches" teach their pupils various methods to enhance their outlooks on life--affirmations, or the process of mentally and verbally redirecting the thought process, are perhaps one of the most effective means for changing our vision of ourselves.
We don't realize how many times a day we send ourselves negative messages. Most of us usually don't spend much time thinking about the way we think. But thinking is a habit, and the way we talk to ourselves in our minds is a habit. Studies indicate most people hear between 300 and 400 negative message per day--many of which occur in our own minds. How many times have you said to yourself, "That was stupid," "I need to lose weight" or "I'm going to fail my test today." Negative self-messages and put-downs breed low self-esteem, depression and lack of motivation. While positive self-messages create good results: happiness, success, serenity.
Make yourself more aware of your inner conversations. Stop your negative self-talk today. As the old song goes, "Accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative." Whenever you feel yourself thinking a negative thought, STOP. Don't finish it. Change the thought to a positive one before it leaves you.
Give yourself a daily pep talk. Tell yourself, "I am in control of my life", "Great job at the gym", "I'll get that A on my test", "I'm thankful for my family and friends and the life I have".
No one can be "Polly Anna" all of the time, but eventually practicing a positive "mind set" (seeing the glass half full) can and will become a way of life.
Monday, June 18, 2007
Fathers Day....
I rec'd this piece from son Phil... and Tammy and Austyn. I LOVE IT...... and on top of that we all got together too... those times are indeed special times....
Phillip, Tammy and Austyn, and Heather, Paul, Andrew and Madison, and Jake and Trisha, and sis Marilyn and Mom Elinore and Ann and I and we met some new friends and neighbors of ours, Mike and Donna and their two kiddos... Mike welds with Jake at Goober Yard... so it was a nice day... but also, and probably the real reason we came together was to celebrate Jake's Birthday... and I think he had a great one too... ole dad rec'd some neat movies and clothes and lots of neat cards... and ole Jake got some neat things as well... but I think the best thing he has rec'd to date was his wife saying yes to his proposal a year ago.... and we missed Jonathan, Randi, Kaitlyn and Dylan too... but we thought of them often on this special day... and today, I talked with Jon just now and he almost was swept off the road due to high water... Ada is being inundated with water.. they have had between 4 and inches this am according to noon news... Randi is at work and Jon is on vacation and home... so he will check the roads before Randi heads home with kiddos today.....
Friday, June 15, 2007
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Quote of the Century: ?????
"The American Indians found out what happens when you don't control immigration"
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Today is the day....
This is the most important day in your life. Because this is the day that you are now living.If your life is headed in an undesirable direction, this is the day you can change it. If there are dreams you are longing to fulfill, this is the day you can follow them.This day, right now, is the day when you can put to use all the knowledge, experience and wisdom you've accumulated. On this very day, you can do the things you've been meaning to do and connect with the people you've been meaning to see.On this day, you have a world full of choices. On this day, there are more possibilities than ever before.Of all the days you've ever lived, and of all the days to come, this is the one special day that now matters the most. For it is on this very day that you can now think and speak and act and love and live.Give yourself a quiet, peaceful moment, and grasp the immense value that is now yours on this very day. Then step forward and fill it with beautiful life.-- Ralph Marston
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Rec'd this email - Randi's grandma passed away a little while ago,
Just heard from Jonathan and Betty, Randi's grandma passed away a little while ago, he is going to meet her and the kids and go over to sulfur with her. He will keep up updated about services, she is to be cremated so don't have info yet.
talk at ya later
Randi, Jon, Kaitlyn and Dylan... We love you all. You and your family's are all in our prayers... let us know if we can help, etc.
Sunday, June 03, 2007
Guess what is ready to cut?????? yelp.... that time of the year..
and this year for the first time in over 10 years... it is toooooooo muddy right now to pull the machines in the field!!!
How cool is that???
Enjoy the day...
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Microsoft unveils revolutionary device
New top-secret 'Surface' will change the way we look at computing
By Paul Hochman
Gear and technology editor
TODAY
Updated: 4:03 p.m. CT May 30, 2007
In the next year, Bill Gates will manage one of the highest-profile transitions in American business history — he’ll leave his day job as chairman at Microsoft, the $300 billion company he co-founded 32 years ago, and will move full time into philanthropy.
But before he leaves, Gates has a few more high-tech projects to finish. Until this morning, one project — almost five years in the making and code-named 'Milan,’ — was top-secret.
In a TODAY exclusive, I had a chance to talk with Gates at Microsoft’s Redmond, Wash., campus about a revolutionary new device Microsoft now calls “Surface.” (MSNBC.com is a Microsoft-NBC Universal joint venture.)
“Pretty exciting, eh?” Gates said with a sly smile, when he put his hand down on what looked initially like a low, black coffee table: At the touch of his hand, the hard, plastic tabletop suddenly dissolved into what looked like tiny ripples of water. The ‘water’ responded to each of his fingers and the ripples rushed quickly away in every direction.
“Go ahead,” he said. “Try it.” When I placed my hand on the table at the same time, there were more ripples.
It took a moment to appreciate what was happening. Every hand motion Gates or I did was met with an immediate response from the table. There was no keyboard. There was no mouse. Just our gestures.
“All you have to do is reach out and touch the Surface,” Gates told me with barely concealed pride. “And it responds to what you do.”
In an industry whose bold pronouncements about the future have taught me the benefits of skepticism, Surface took my breath away. If the Surface project rollout goes as planned in November, it could alter the way everyday Americans control the technology that currently overwhelms many of us.
After Gates and I spent about 20 minutes taking the device out for a spin, a lot of my preconceived notions about how people interact with computers began to melt away.
How it works
The radical new approach starts with the guts of the device itself. Under the impact-resistant plastic top skin on an otherwise nondescript table hide five infrared scanners, a projector and a wireless modem. The scanners recognize objects and shapes placed on the top and respond to them accordingly. For example, if the scanners recognize fingers, and the fingers have been placed in color circles that appear on the surface, the projector shows colored lines that follow the tracings and movements of your fingers. Meanwhile, an internal modem sends and receives signals from any electronic device placed on it. All of the hardware is run by a special version of Microsoft’s new operating system, Windows Vista.
To do things on Surface’s tabletop screen, you reach down, touch it and push it. To make the image you see on the screen bigger, spread your fingers. To make it smaller, squeeze your fingers together. To move something into the trash, push it into the trash with your hand. And it allows what Microsoft calls “Multi-Touch” and “Multi-User” interaction — namely, more than one person can interact with it at a time. Try that with your home computer.
One of the most revolutionary aspects of Surface, though, is its natural interaction with everyday objects and technologies. When you place your Wi-Fi-enabled digital camera on the table, for example, Surface "sees" the camera and does something extraordinary: It pulls your digital pictures and videos out onto the table for you to look at, move, edit or send. Images literally spill out in a pool of color.
The whole thing is remarkably intuitive, says Gates, because it’s remarkably similar to what people do in everyday life. “When you make it so that it's just visual — touch and visual — you're drawing on what humans are incredibly good at,” he said. “You know, what people have been practicing their entire lives. People will start to see that this world of information and entertainment is going to be far more accessible."
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Microsoft unveils a new product May 30: Bill Gates gave TODAY's Paul Hochman an exclusive look at Surface, a table-shaped computer that responds to touch. Today show |
The first place you’ll probably see Microsoft Surface is at one of its four inaugural retail partners, including T-Mobile USA, Starwood Hotels and Resorts, and Harrah’s Entertainment. At T-Mobile, for example, you will be able to place any of their phones on Surface. Surface will sense the presence of each individual phone and then project each phone’s features in front of you for you to consider. If you want to add a feature in the store, just “push” that feature “into” your phone with your finger.
Want to compare three phones? Four? Put them all on the table, and their respective features will line up next to one another, for your consideration.
It’s safe to say computing will not look the same again.
Learn more about Surface at microsoft.com/surface.
Paul Hochman is the gear and technology editor for NBC's TODAY show and Gear Guy for Men's Journal Magazine. To learn more about Paul you can visit his website at: www.seriousfun.tv
© 2007 MSNBC Interactive
Monday, May 28, 2007
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