The visual image I used remember this word is thinking that a commission represents many people who sit together to make a decision on something. Therefore, there are two Os, two Ms, Is and S. that makes four pairs of individuals or couples on the commission to decide upon such and such.
Co MM i SS i on
If you have an idea of how to remember this word in a better way, please feel free to share it. Thank you.
Last month I attended a workshop called Stand and Deliver. The speaker, Kirk Duncan, is the founder of Three Elements company. He gave instructions on how to give successful presentations. I want to share some of my notes I took. I feel they could be useful when either doing storytelling, or giving a presentation on writing or some other topic. After some of his comments. I will add some recommendations of my own.
– Don’t die without sharing the specific message that exists inside you
– Connecting with people involves eye contact.
– You want to present your full energy level during every presentation even when there were few or no one in the audience.
– Don’t be boring. Add deflections in your voice.
– Always deliver 100% in your presentations.
– Set rules for your audience.
A. Have a high level of respect.
B. Have your mind present.
C. manager communications devices , such as respect.
– When you use rules you move up a level
On a personal note, here are some ideas that I would like to add on what might make a better presentation.
– Provide some variety in your presentation, either with personal stories or humor.
– Relate the topic of your speech to something that everyone can relate to, such as may be a current event.
– Maybe connect the concept of your speech to something that can contain imagery that the ice might be old relate to. After the speech
– as you create the text of the speech, consider all possible interpretations to each comment you make.
– If you provide some fax in your presentation provides some references to help substantiate your authority.
– An animated speaker can often keep the audience that are engaged in what you have to say.
If you some additional ideas of what you feel would be useful for giving a presentation, please feel free to share them. Thank you.
Last week, I mentioned watching several documentaries about the origins of American slang. I want to add more words from the list I made up last week. I love documentaries and appreciate my friend letting me know about History Channel 2. I don’t like reality TV and was glad to know that the history Channel is still do documentaries.
– Scuttlebutt: originally, the military would drink the water from barrels that work called scuttles. I think the butt may have referenced either the cork or the faucet to the borough When soldiers started drinking from indoor plumbing. The name scuttle but was transferred from the barrels to the taps. When the men would stand around talking while waiting for their turn to drink the term scuttlebutt represented the conversation standing around.
– Flack: the Germans developed weapons that could attack a plane and shoot it out the air. Thus it became an antiterrorist craft gun.
– The whole 9 yards: came from the world wars and represented 9 feet of bullets lined up to shoot 400 rounds of ammo. When a soldier in a play which are the enemy and use the entire 9 yards. That meant he used all the bullets for the enemy.
– Bazooka: there was a United States comedian named Bob Burns, who combined some pipes and the liquor funnel to be similar to a trombone. When the bazooka was created… Similar to Bob’s musical instrument, and so was nicknamed the bazooka.
– Over a barrel: originated from traveling up the Mississippi people. When people fall overboard and they would be taken from the water, no one knew CPR. So the person would be put across a barrel so that the water could drain from their lungs.
Highfalutin: comes from traveling on the Mississippi River. The most price seats on a boat with the top deck with the passages could catch the breeze. The boats. Jim lays were built tall or then the top deck and have funnels at the top so the smoke would not reach the passengers. Thus, the passengers that could afford the best seats were highfalutin.
Riffraff: usually associated with troublemakers. The origin of the word comes from traveling Mississippi. The rest was from the particular type of or that was pushed in the water to move the raft. And the raft was a section of the boat that rode the water.
– G.I. Joe: during the war, Joe was a very prominent name for Americans. Everyone was called the Joe. So the military man became G.I. Joe’s
– Pay dirt: came from the gold rush. When the prospectors would find gold in the dirt, that became their pay.
– Hogwash: pork was very popular in the United States and would be transported at the Mississippi to customers. But because pigs smell so bad they were wars before they were boarded on the ship. The water draining from such a longer process was called hogwash.
– John cheese: when the United States was being colonized. There was a point of time that the Dutch occupied several sections of the country and they would use John cheese as a term against the English which meant dumb.
– Chop face: represented side burns on the face that was a long they look like pork chops that hung from the base.
– Hooker: in 1845, the prostitutes were very eager to get paid for their services and were very eager to get their pay. So became known as hookers.
– Deadline: during the Civil War, barriers such as rope or sticks were put up for prisoners of war to remain within a specified area. The prisoners were told if you pass this line, you will be shot. Thus it became known as the deadline.
– Ironclad: originates from ships. A Ship made of metal and thus was known to be rock-solid.
– Over the top: originated from World War II as the man would go over the top of the trenches dug in the ground to attack the enemy.
– Basket case: when soldiers are to return from World War I and they had a hard time adjusting to the violence experienced they wouldn’t put institutions and be instructed to build baskets as a calming effect for their distress. Thus, became known as basket case.
– Bought the farm: in World War I of a soldier got killed. He had life insurance, where the military would pay the surviving family $10,000 in payment for the man’s death. $10,000 was usually good to pay off the mortgage of a form.
– High on the hog: originated from the parts of the hog that has the best meet, which is usually on the top portions of a hog. It is usually people that are more financially successful that can pay for those parts of the hog. Thus, high in the hog represents people of wealth.
– Talking Turkey: usually originates from conversation after a turkey dinner or other meals where people can just talk frankly for another.
– Big Apple: this term became related to New York when a reporter heard different stable hands identifying New York is the Big Apple.
– Takes the cake: originates during the time of slavery. When this place would have dance competitions. And usually the slave owner would be the one to get the price of a cake to the winners.
I hope the following lesson can be of use to youth ministries, family devotionals, family counselors, and family home evenings. Today’s theme is on personal addiction.
Object lesson: Get a wide plastic bowel or bucket and fill it with water. This activity might be good to be done outside. Collect several green leaves from a nearby tree. Write the names of each family members on a leaf with a magic marker. Also write the word home on one and relationships on another. Place the small leaves on the surface of the water. Get several strips of masking tape and write the following words each on a strip: alcohol, pornography, lying and stealing. Or if the family has some private issue you want to discuss write add that particular thing on a piece of tape. On those masking tape pieces wrapped them around small pebbles.
Now take turns plopping each small pebble into the water. As a family, or as a class, discuss how the waves created by the small pebbles tossed the leaves around. We may think our personal addiction only concerns us. Many times it may appear like that, but just as the pebbles tossed into the water influence the leaves, so our private addictions can influence our relationships with others.
We may not realize how our actions can influence our families, friends, and strangers who observe us. Let me give some examples. Being unfaithful to one’s marriage partner shows that person is not willing to keep the promise of loyalty to their marriage partner. If they break that promise, what other ones, are they capable of? Lying shows someone that can’t be trusted on the things they say. Pornography can skew one’s perceptions and respect of other people. If you have other examples of issues you want to discuss with your family or class, please feel free to expound upon those specific examples.
Combating sin and can be worked on with the help of our association with Christ and with positive family and friends. But we also must have the desire to improve. There is the phrase “you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink”. Many people have achieved great success in overcoming personal addiction by first acknowledging that he or she has a problem.
Several decades ago I watched a movie called the conversation. I think that’s what was called. There was a visual image of body parts coming outside of a toilet. It was a very disturbing image. I would have preferred not to have that in my mind reservoir. So now I can better understand why there’s so much advice about avoiding movies that have bad content or songs that have lyrics that degrade somebody. I can better appreciate how you want to avoid putting in negative images such as pornography, or to restrain the temptations of stealing and lying. I have a hard enough time with the bad habits I have right now. It would be a real pain to have more added to my plate. Sin hinders our positive progression.
As I work on overcoming my own challenges, my efforts help me appreciate all the more the atonement of Christ. We have the promise that Christ’s mercy will absorb our sins, if we truly repent and follow Christ. I certainly find it difficult to overcome challenges just by myself. But besides Christ we can also have families and friends help us in our goals.
For those of you who enjoy sports, you might appreciate how each member of the team performs a specific function, but requires every member of the team to be completely devoted to the game to play successfully. A good team also includes members who can support one another in addition to working the hardest they can on their own task. One thing that helps me be a better person is to associate with people who share similar goals as I do. Going to church helps me associate with the types of people I would like to be.
At church, I might hear something someone reads from in the Scriptures, or note a comment from someone during a Sunday school lesson that may help me personally overcome some private challenge. My invitation is for us each keep working toward becoming our best selves.
If you have some ideas to share on this topic, please feel free to comment at the bottom of this blog. Thank you.
Today, in honor of the 69th annerversity of the Normandy invasion here is a speech by Ronald Reagan.
God bless the men and women soldiers who devote their time and lives to the protection of our rights and life style.
Enjoy the speech from a president I treasure.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEIqdcHbc8I
Melva
I keep spelling miracle as miricle. The I does not belong. How do I remember the A?
Well I think that miracles may often involve the help of your guardian Angel. Thus the A in mirAcle.
If you have a suggestion on how to remember how to spell this word, please feel free to share it.
Thanks.
Some weeks ago, I attended a workshop that gave advice on how to give presentations. I think this information will be useful to storytellers, but also for authors or is someone wants to teach on a specific topic. I hope this will be of interest.
The name of the presenter is Kirk Duncan. Please check out his company called Three Elements.
– Come in with the attitude of a and open your hands at energy level
– To gain experience and exposure. Set a goal to give some type of presentation every two weeks.
– Learn from other successful presenters. Pay attention to how successful presenters use their body and voice when giving a presentation.
– Set a date for every two weeks and then prepare your presentation.
– On this presenter, I observed that he will give part of the presentation for free to an audience and then during the presentation. He will offer a more in-depth presentation for a cost. I confirmed that was a technique he followed by asking one of his staff members.
– Your presentation will be accepted by people, if you always keep in mind to keep the purpose of your presentation is to help those who have come to hear you. As soon as your motivations go to other purposes. It will be noticed by those attending.
– Keep prices down to help as many people as possible.
– It’s all about families and making families better.
– Give each presentation your full effort and/or full energy. Even if there is only one or no one in the room, act as if there are 100 people in the room. Give 100% no matter what
– Hold the mic like your rock star. When you’re an audience member and you’re giving comments to the presenter.
– Test different topics. Every two weeks until you find out what area of knowledge you have that others are interested in hearing.
– The place to advertise your presentations can be a strip malls or just go from place to place, and invite people to come.
– Develop your skills to give a presentation in person, not just electronically. That way you’re prepared no matter what scenario you have to share your knowledge.
– The main goal of each presentation is to connect the audience.
– People love presenters who share personal stories and other stories that relate to the topic of the presentation.
If you have some suggestions on this topic, please feel free to share them on the comment section of this blog. Thanks.
The following information comes from a couple of documentaries. I recently watched about a couple about the origin of slang words in the United States. I took notes. A friend of mine pointed out, H2 channel, which was originally the history Channel. I’m very glad to see this channel again. I used to like the history Channel. When they show documentaries, rather than reality TV.
Here are some of the terms I learned about:
– Crying uncle: is when a competitor knows that they are about to lose the word comes from Irish Gaelic.
– Full of baloney: in Irish Gaelic means foolish mouth.
– Get along little doggie: originate from Ireland, means an ill cow. Many Irish that migrated to America became Cowboys and thus began the tradition of get along little doggie.
– Longshoremen: has an Irish origin. In Gaelic . It means ship worker.
– Nincompoop: comes from Irish Gaelic and means crying baby.
– Paddy wagon: this term was meant to be a slam against Irish immigrants. A popular Irish name was Patrick and that was the origin of the word paddy. Some people thought the Irish were frequent criminals. Thus the Irish were called Patties. So when Irish were collected by police. The vehicle was called a paddy wagon.
– Full of baloney, comes from the Italian word balonia , which means foolish mouth.
– Cop: in Gaelic. It means protector
– Chow: It has Chinese origins. When Chinese word stir-fry their meals. It was nicknamed chow.
– 10 gallon hat: has Spanish origins and referenced a man by the name of Tom gallon, who was known to be a very attractive man. 10 gallon references someone who is very handsome.
– Shoot the breeze: comes from the Spanish word, breezia
– Gung ho: means teamwork in Chinese. When the US Marines used to work with Chinese during World War I, the military like the term for teamwork and one group of soldiers was called Gung ho.
– Boondoggle: means backwards or remote areas of the country. The term originated from the Philippines and means remote.
– Spiel: has Jewish origins and in Yiddish means long story. Yiddish Is a language that originated from Jews that lived in Germany.
– Klutz: is a Yiddish/Jewish word for uncoordinated.
– Going on a bender: originate from the West. When men would been the elbows bring a drink the amount. Thus, when they would drink and get violent. They would go on a bender.
– Heard it on the grape vine: comes from when the telegraph was strung on polls across the United States. If there were trees available the wire was strung across the tree instead of a poll. When the gold miners saw the wires in the trees, he reminded them of California grapes vines. When they herd news from other sections of the country via the telegraph, they said they heard on the grapevine.
If you know the origin of some US slang words, please feel free to share them in the comment section of this blog. Or maybe you know something that could be just interesting. I’m greedy, I’d be happy to milk of your intellect and knowledge. 🙂
I hope the following lesson can be of use to youth ministries, family counselors, family devotionals and family home evenings. Today’s theme is on the virtues of being a part of the community of Christ.
Heroes are created because people of caliber are in the right spot at the right time and are willing to perform acts of courage and heroism for the right reason. One of the most amazing stories I heard on 9/11. When the twin towers was attacked was how firemen and policemen were running toward the chaos while citizens ran away. At personal risk to themselves, firemen start climbing up the stairs to rescue people who were trapped. I admire people who dedicate their lives to service. They are inspiring. But I have found heroes in other occupations besides the military, police officers and firemen. I have found people of caliber as my coworkers and as associates.
It takes time to make a person of virtue and high-caliber. Just like all the ingredients need to be gathered to make a homemade cake, so all the life experiences and training of an honorable person takes time. To me, that is why attending church can be so important. We need to be at the right spot at the right time. To perform a task, we need not only the right tools, but also the right training. So to be logical that if we want to grow spiritually and improve our relationship with God, then would want to acquire the tools and gain experience of spirituality.
A military needs to constantly receive supplies and training to be able to work at peak efficiency and to defend the country successfully. For us to excel in a sport it requires us to constantly practice. We need to learn the rules of the game and practice individually, and if appropriate, as a team. If we participate in a team sport, we need to recognize the strengths of our fellow team players and their weaknesses, so that we can help compensate each other. As a result, we become a more effective team. Practice helps us perform our specific tasks at a higher efficiency. I know a lot of teams will have their practice sessions videotaped and afterwards watch the tape and analyze what they could do differently to be a better team.
Church gives us a chance to videotape our lives. Let me clarify. We need to be companions in Christ by living the commandments and building a spiritual relationship with God the father and his son Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost, by trying to be our best selves. What better way to do it then as a team? Being with individuals who share as same ambition as we makes it easier to accomplish a shared task.
How many joggers usually run with a companion? They do so as a support system? How many people go to the gym to exercise? One of the virtues of going to a gym is that you associate with people that share the same goal of health as you do.
Decades ago, someone in my family circl got offended at church. As a result, he has been an inactive for the entire time I’ve known him. He thought his actions were just influencing himself. But he had five sons and two daughters whose lives were also influenced by his actions. I wonder what the dynamics of his family would be had he remained active? I see that church fathers who attend regularly, and raises certain daughters in the gospel Jesus Christ. Work as a group reminds me of a wonderful thought: “a rising tide raises all ships”.
I have a friend who also got offended at church years ago. As a result, she only goes to church occasionally, and will immediately leave. I have tried to encourage her to become more active. She refused to do so. She is letting her anger fester. As her friend. I struggle to determine how to influence her to not let her resentment to rule her life.
I remember a couple years ago, someone at church said something and I got offended. There’s a pretty good chance I’ve done the same for someone else. One of my shortcomings, is that I have a tendency to make some wisecrack when the opportunity presents itself. There may be many sisters who get annoyed at my attempts at humor. So in this circumstance where I got offended I had to evaluate how I was going to respond, I remembered my friend. I made a conscious decision to not let my emotions influence my activity in the church.
I find that the value of church is to help us concentrate upon spiritual matters. It gives us an opportunity to study the gospel at Sunday school and other meetings. Church gives us a chance to relate the events of the Scriptures to our personal lives. We get to see examples of faith and obedience in the blessings of God to the Scriptures and to the testimonies of fellow parishioners at church.
If some readers here find church to not be of use to them, I invite them to reconsider.
If you have an experience where you have found that churches helped you in your life, please feel free to share it in the comment section of this blog. Thank you
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