Winter Holiday Safety Tips

http://www.nfpa.org/assets/files/PDF/Winter_Holiday_Safety.pdf

"The Law of Success - Give to Get..." by Napoleon Hill

Your most preciously valued possessions and your greatest powers are often necessarily invisible and intangible. No one can take them. You and you alone can share them.


The more you share, the more you will have.

Now if you doubt this, you can prove it to yourself by giving: a smile to everyone you meet; a kind word; a pleasant response; appreciation with warmth from the heart; cheer; encouragement; hope; honor, credit, and applause; good thoughts; evidence of love for your fellowmen; happiness; a prayer for the godless and the godly; and time for a worthy cause with eagerness.

If you do experiment by giving any one of the above, you will also prove to yourself what we have found is one of the most difficult principles to teach those who need it most: how to cause desirable actions within yourself. Until you do learn, you will fail to realize that what is left with you when you share it with others will multiply and grow; and what you withhold from others will diminish and decrease. There, share that which is good and desirable and withhold that which is bad and undesirable.

Thought for the Day "Attitude"

Success comes to those who become success-conscious. Failure comes to those who indifferently allow themselves to become failure-conscious.

I'm Thankful for You

Thanksgiving is the appointed time for focusing on the good in our lives.

In each of our days, we can find small blessings, but too often we overlook them,

choosing instead to spend our time paying attention to problems.

We give our energy to those who cause us trouble instead of those who bring peace.

Starting now, let's be on the lookout for the bits of pleasure in each hour, and appreciate the people who bring love and light to everyone who is blessed to know them.

You are one of those people. 

On Thanksgiving,

I'm thankful for you.

Happy Thanksgiving!

By Joanna Fuchs

Bet you didn't know...Thanksgiving History Video

http://www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving/videos#history-of-the-thanksgiving-holiday

Rare Total Solar Eclipse Darkens Northern Australia

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2012/11/14/rare-total-solar-eclipse-darkens-skies-over-australia/

Butler Springs @ Ross Bridge - New Construction

Veterans Day 2012 - Freedom Isn't Free

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2RwRi2TjA0

Sound character is our greatest asset because it provides the power with which we may ride the emergencies of life instead of going down under them.

Without Positive Mental Attitude, life might be described as long periods of uncertainty punctuated by occasional emergencies that shake you to the very core of your being. The emergencies may be financial, personal, or health related, but each must be dealt with separately and swiftly. The surest way to deal with any crisis is to focus on solutions, not on the probable cause of the problem or who should be blamed for it. Conduct a quick damage assessment, take the time to think through the alternatives and their consequences, and then act to implement the best solution. If you deal with life’s emergencies as they occur — on your own terms — you will be a stronger, better person for having looked them in the eye and conquered them.

DON'T FORGET TO GO VOTE ON NOVEMBER 6, 2012!

Don't Forget to Change Your Clocks Before Your Go to Bed Saturday Night

Effort

When you begin to think and grow rich, you will observe that riches begin with a state of mind, with definiteness of purpose, with little or no hard work.

Those who create good fellowship among others will never be short of friends.

If you have a friend who goes out of his way to help cement friendships between others, consider yourself fortunate indeed. In today’s frantic, mobile, throwaway society, such individuals are exceedingly rare. With the demands placed upon us by our careers, our families, and the hectic pace of daily life, most of us have little time for ourselves, and even less for our friends. Yet we know that friendship freely given and gratefully received is one of life’s greatest gifts.

Who Am I?

I am your constant companion.

I am your greatest helper or your heaviest burden.

I will push you onward or drag you down to failure.

I am completely at your command.

Half the things you do, you might just as well turn over to me, and I will be able to do them quickly and correctly.

I am easily managed; you must merely be firm with me.

Show me exactly how you want something done, and after a few lessons I will do it automatically.

I am the servant of all great men.

And, alas, of all failures as well.

Those who are great, I have made great.

I am not a machine, though I work with all the precision of a machine.

Plus, the intelligence of man.

You may run me for profit, or run me for ruin; it makes no difference to me.

Take me, train me, be firm with me and I will put the world at your feet.

Be easy with me, and I will destroy you.

Who am I?

I am a *HABIT* !!!

Letter by a Florida Teacher

LETTER BY A

FLORIDA TEACHER

A TEACHER SPEAKS OUT

This is a Subject close to my heart. Do you know that we have

adult students at the school where I teach who are NOT

U.S. Citizens and who get the PELL Grant, which is a federal grant (no

payback required) plus other federal grants to go to school?

One student from the Dominican Republic

told me that she didn't want me to find a job for her

after she finished my program, because she was getting

housing from our housing department and

she was getting a PELL Grant which paid for her total

tuition and books, plus money left over.

She Was looking into WAIT which gives students a CREDIT

CARD for gas to come to school, and into CARIBE which

Is a special program (check it out - I did) for Immigrants and

it pays for child care and all sorts of needs while they go to

school or training. The one student I just mentioned

told me she was not going to be a U.S. Citizen because

she plans to return to the Dominican Republic someday

and that she 'loves HER country.'

I asked her If she felt guilty taking what the U.S. Is giving her

and then not even bothering to become a citizen and

she told me that it doesn't bother her, because that

is what the money is there for!

I asked the CARIBE administration about their program

and if you ARE a U.S. Citizen, you don't qualify for their

program. And all the while, I am working a full day,

my son-in-law works more than 60 hours a week, and

everyone in my family works and pays for our Education.

Something is wrong here. I am Sorry, but after hearing that

they want to sing the National Anthem in Spanish – enough

is enough. That's a real slap in the face. It was written by

Francis Scott Key and should be sung word for word the way

it was written. The news broadcasts even gave the translation

-- not even close.

I don't Care whether this offends someone or not but this is

MY COUNTRY. IF IT IS YOUR COUNTRY SPEAK UP – please

pass this along. I am not against immigration -- I just expect

immigrants to come through like everyone else. Get a sponsor;

have a place to lay your head; have a job; pay your taxes, live

by the rules AND LEARN THE LANGUAGE as all other

immigrants have in the past -- and GOD BLESS AMERICA !

PART OF THE PROBLEM - Think about this: If you

don't want to share this for fear of offending

someone - YOU'RE PART OF THE PROBLEM! It

is time for America to speak up!

LAMBEAU FIELD

Those who attended the game said it was extremely emotional to see the entire bowl of the stadium turn red, white and blue. It took 90 workers two weeks to get all of the colored card boards mounted under each seat. Each piece of card board had eye slits in them so the fans could hold up the colored sheet and still see through the eye slits. Every seat had to have the proper card, with no mistakes, to make this happen.


This is what ESPN failed to show you Monday night,
Apparently, they thought their commercials were more important than showing
this scene for about 5 seconds.

Share this with as many people as you can so that they can see this incredible
display!



Uncorked! and Arts & Music on the Green @ Ross Bridge

October Home Hints

October means it's about to get cold (if it hasn't already) and brings with it lots of homeowner tasks. Among other things, remember to:

• Check the roof for loose, cracked or missing shingles.
• Trim tree limbs away from the roof and windows.
• Check weather stripping and caulking around doors and windows and repair or replace as necessary.
• Store paints, caulks and liquid materials in warmer areas or remove from unheated areas and sheds.
• Detach and store hoses.
• Clean gutters after most of the leaves have fallen and make sure downspouts and gutter extensions are in good repair.
• Set thermostats and automatic sprinklers for winter.
• Reverse fan blades for winter settings.
• Ensure that gauges on home fire extinguishers indicate a full charge. Replace if necessary.

Our Thought For The Day

Success attracts success and failure attracts failure because of the law of harmonious attraction.




In physics, positives attract negatives and vice versa, but in human relationships the opposite is true. Negative people attract only other negative people, while positive thinkers attract like-minded individuals. You will find that when you begin to achieve success more successes will follow. This is the law of harmonious attraction. When riches begin to come your way, you’ll be amazed how quickly they accumulate. Train your mind to visualize yourself acquiring a specific amount of wealth or achieving a certain goal — whatever you most desire. Then use self-suggestion to persuade your subconscious mind that you can achieve your goal, and put your plan into action. When you use the tools that you have at your disposal to prepare yourself for success and visualize yourself as having already reached your objective, you can achieve any reasonable goal that you set for yourself.

Thought for the day - Knowledge

Knowledge is only potential power. It becomes power only when, and if, it is organized into definite plans of action and directed to a definite end.