Category Archives: The Things I’ve Recently Learned

The Things I’ve learned: blog:
I am a note taker. I will often go to presentations at the library and takes notes on a presentation. This has provided the additional benefit that I can often post my notes on some of my blogs such as Rock Soup. Well this month at work we received some ‘advance your career’ training. I was reminded that my company hosts a lot of educational material. I thought I would start taking some of these courses and take notes. So thus I’m creating this page: What I’ve learned today, to share with you my notes and thus it become a win-win situation where we both learn something new.
Enjoy my entries and hopefully by posting my notes, It’ll motivate me to continue in learning new things and taking more notes. I take notes to remember the information I learned and it provides an opportunity for me to access it later.
Enjoy:

Giving it a shot-Etcetera One (2/10/12)

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Today’s discussion is about trying something out of the blue. There are many things I’ve tried that have not had the best results. But thought they didn’t work, at least I gave them a shot and I think the only … Continue reading →

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Following God’s voice. (2/3/12)

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Today’s theme is touching upon more of a religious topic. Through my various Christian contacts I often receive some very inspiring email. I received this email just recently:   A young man had been to Wednesday Night Bible Study. The … Continue reading →

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Learning the abbreviation of each state (3/15/12)

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Often when I am trying to learn something I use the splatter method. I throw various ways to remember something against the wall until something sticks. Today I try to see how I can remember the abbreviations of each of … Continue reading →

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Names of different parts of a ship (3/8/12)

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I’m learning some key names of ports; sorry, I couldn’t resist the pun, parts of a ship. I thought I share a few. Here are some ideas on how to remember them by mnemonics or visualization.   Aft = the … Continue reading →

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Spelling: Residential, Jurisdiction, and entitlement. (3/1/12)

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Residential That resident is always late Residential Dictionary.com = of or pertaining to residence  or to residences: a residentialrequirement for a doctorate.   Jurisdiction The jury is sending Dick to prison for crimes against the nation        Jur  is               dic                                                         tion        Jurisdiction Dictionary.com = the right, power, or authority to administer justice byhearing and determining controversies. Entitlement     Since he won, enter his … Continue reading →

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Spelling: utensil, condolence and insecticide. (2/23/12

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Spelling: utensil. The first thing I remember is that there is the number TEN in the word utensil. Why do we use utensils is because we don’t want to get our ten fingers dirty with food. A lot of fancy … Continue reading →

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The Difference between Counsel and Council (2/16/12)

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Okay I am still having the hardest time on using these two words correctly, so by George I’ve got to reteach myself the difference between the two This is how I remember the difference between the two. Counsel is when … Continue reading →

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Popular mnemonics: (2/9/12)

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I have to admit that I’m not used to talking so much through a blog. But this is good practice. For today’s theme I want to talk about a very popular learning device, the mnemonic. In the past I have … Continue reading →

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One/Each other & Alaskan (/2//12)

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Since spelling and grammar are not my strengths I am always grateful to learn tricks from those who are more skilled in this area. One thing I recently learned was during a critique session of my Book: Operation Middle School … Continue reading →

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Creating a garden note book: (3/13/2012)

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I have to admit that I have not completed my perfect garden notebook. Even in its limited use I see the advantages to keeping some type of journal of planting activity outside my house for my yard and garden. Today’s … Continue reading →

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