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What's one of the things all successful students have in common? The can memorize easily. They remember the facts and details of battles in history, the formulas in math and the unending list of elements in science.

So what can you do to help your child develop memory strategies that can instantly help them be more successful in school?

The answermnemonic memorizing techniques!

They're fun, simple and incredibly effective. And in one evening you can show your child how to apply them to any vocabulary list, series of facts and figures, or just plain remembering what to do after coming home from school.

Who uses mnemonics?

According to Dr. Joel Levin, Educational Psychologist at the University of Arizona, " Many folks - motivated students included - use memory enhancing techniques, especially when there's a 'memory payoff,' such as obtaining higher academic grades or admission to some elite professional school or graduate program."

To put it simply, mnemonics are memory aids that help make a connection between what you already know and what you need to remember. You probably use mnemonics in your daily life and don't even know it. (Does "I before E except after C" ring a bell?).

How about the order of the planets? (My very educated mother just served us nine pizzas - look at the first letter of each word in that sentence and you'll have the names of the planets, in their correct order).

All you need to do is follow one of the three memory strategies I'll list here and you can help your child create funny (goofy is ok, too) and effective mnemonics starting tonight.

First method: Acronyms.

Take the first letter of the series of words you need to memorize and make a word out of them. The more famous acronyms we have are SCUBA (Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus), NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), and AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome).

Ask your son or daughter if there's a list of vocabulary, facts or figures they need to learn for tomorrow or the next day and see if you can help them come up with an acronym.

Second method: Acrostics

Take the first letter of a series of words you need to learn and create a sentence. In my Spanish classes, we have many acrostics (it's easier to just call them mnemonics). One in particular is for "-GO" verbs in the present tense (Harry Potter Teaches Cool Students - Hacer, Poner, Traer, Caer, Salir).

I also remember an acrostic from an 8th grade math class: Old Houses Are Houses Of Age - (Sine) - Opposite/Hypotenuse, (Cosine) - Adjacent/Hypotenuse, (Tangent) - Opposite/Adjacent). Other friends of mine from different schools learned the mnemonic SOACAHTOA.

Third method: Keyword

Take the word you want to learn, find a similar sounding word (or similar spelling) and come up with a sentence that includes the keyword and the meaning you're trying to remember.

This approach works beautifully in my Spanish classes. Let's say your child wants to learn the verb "Dormir" (to sleep). You decide on a keyword (we'll use dorm) and then you create a sentence. My class came up with "Norm sleeps in the dorm."

When you add an illustration to this sentence, it helps your child remember even more quickly, and retain it longer.

Why aren't mnemonics used more often in schools? That's a good question. Levin, who's studied mnemonics for over 25 years and understands their effectiveness better than most, considers it "a mystery."

Anyone of these mnemonic techniques will work depending on the material. It all comes down to finding the best one for your son or daughter.

And they can be learned (and applied) in one night. That means your child can improve their memory skills from one day to the next.

Jim Sarris has been teaching Spanish for 15 years. He's used mnemoncs with great success in his high school classess as well as at night with adults.

Who doesnt want great I mean, really great sex? Our sexual health is dependent on it. Of course, there is no magic snap your fingers and have a great sex life equation. Good sexual health takes a lot of hard work and time invested with a partner that you are truly intimate with. This article will detail some ideas and options to turn your bedroom activities into something truly amazing.

Your Sexual Health: Just Let Go
When you try and control your sexual, its just not healthy. Instead, just let go. Allow things to happen as they will! This will release the pressure for amazing sex not only on you, but your partner, too.

Your Sexual Health: Its All about Attitude
Allow yourself the luxury of just being in the moment, and enjoying every healthy sexual experience that you have. This means that you need to let go of all the negative associations you have with sex, and that includes guilt, shame, remorse, anger, frustration or fear.

Your Sexual Health: Lets Talk
In order to have a healthy sexual life, you need to talk to your partner, and often. The more you can communicate your needs, wants and desires and listen to the same from your partner the better of a sex life youll have. Feel empathy. Let them know that you love and cherish them. Be a good listener. And if you need, or want something, dont hesitate to ask for it.

Your Sexual Health: Food for Thought
Over time, the feelings you have for your partner may have dwindled a bit. So how you do kick start that passionate, swept away emotion again? Feed them. Find out what really creates those types of intense feelings and emotions for your partner, and then feed them regularly. It could be as simple as going for a walk down the street hand in hand, or listening to some sexy music together, cuddled up on the couch.

Your Sexual Health: Self-Love
If you are always thinking about your body, and not about the great sex you are supposed to be having, then how can you really enjoy anything? Release those pent-up feelings about your sexual health and how you present physically. Think about what makes you feel good about your body, and focus on those things, and traits, instead.

Your Sexual Health: Try New Things
Once again, this tip is leading to the release of negative thoughts, associations and feelings that you have regarding sexual health and activities. Why not be adventurous, and try something new in the bedroom with your partner this week? Do something small, differently. Read up a bit on the Internet on some tools and tricks to try and then spend some time with your partner!

Your Sexual Health: Practice Safely
It should go without saying, but any sexual encounters should remain healthy and safe and all times. The last think you want to think about during incredible sex is if you lost the condom, or if you remembered to take a pill earlier in the day. Plan in advance, and make sure to have everything ready before the fun begins.

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No doubt, E-bay is the avenue for a lot of people to earn money and make a growing business. With the fast emergence of E-bay as the haven of good money and lucrative business, it is undoubtedly the one and the most influential site in terms of doing business online. Now, if you are one of the many people who would like to be earning big and huge amount, getting into e-bay and auctions is just a timely thing for you. However, before you finally plunge yourself into the e-bay business, a few guidelines may help you really succeed.

-Familiarize yourself with the ins and outs of the e-bay site. There is no best way to succeed in any endeavour than trying to learn the media where you will be doing your business. E-bay is indeed promising but getting into it is another challenge to hurdle.

-Before engaging into selling, you may also want to engage first yourself with buying things on e-bay. This is a good avenue for you to learn how to deal with buyers should you eventually become a seller. Taking note on what kind of a customer service you received, the cost to make the delivery and others are few of the things that can help you become a good seller.

-Learning what products clients are essentially demanding is a thing that you must know. By knowing what your clients want and need, can help you so much to know what sells hot. Apart from that, you also have to learn and determine the competition on that product. In which case, you will learn how competitive your prices are from the others.

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Satellite Radio is the future of broadcasting

Satellite Radio, in short, can be described as commercial-free music, news, sports and talk shows. Many of the biggest players and events are now available from Sirius radio and XM radio like Howard Stern, Fred Schneider (the B52s), NFL, English Soccer, NBA, NASCAR, NHL, Major League Baseball, INDY, and the PGA.

Satellite radio began in 1992, when the S spectrum was allocated by the FCC to four companies. The two main ones, Sirius and XM paid a pretty penny (in fact almost $80 million dollars worth) to buy a license. Satellite-based radio began on May 15th, 2001 when XM Radio completed their satellite system. Sirius followed shortly when they launched in July, 2001. Since then, expanded products and competition has changed the radio landscape.

While automobile manufacturers started installing satellite radio in 2001 and 2002, most new vehicles come equipped with one now. XM has two satellites (called Rock and Roll) in parallel orbits to cover the mainland US market, while Sirius has three. Both have recently been awarded licenses for the Canadian market.

So what are the differences between the two providers?

XM has a flat $9.99 a month fee with no contracts to sign. They have the latest portable equipment. XM offers some of the best varieties of programming available today. They offer 68 commercial-free music channels; 32 channels of News, Sports, Talk & Entertainment; and 21 channels of instant Traffic & Weather in major metro areas. Here's the latest information of channels:

15 channels of Rock music

11 News channels (Fox, CNN, ABC, CNBC, MSNBC, BBC, C-SPAN, Bloomberg)

11 Talk & Variety channels (Discovery, E!, Experts & advice, African American Talk, Christian Talk)

10 channels of Pop music & Top Hits

7 Country music choices

7 channels of Blues & Jazz music

7 Hip Hop and Urban music choices

6 different channels of music by the Decades (40's through 90's)

5 Sports channels (ESPN, Fox, Sporting News, NASCAR)

4 Dance music channels

4 World music choices

3 Christian music choices

3 Comedy entertainment channels (adult comedy, family comedy)

3 Classical music channels

2 Kids entertainment channels (Disney)

2 Latin music choices

Sirius offers a $12.95 per month fee and you can pre-pay for a full year for a discount (works out to $9.99 per month). They offer better sports coverage with play-by-play of the NBA, NHL, and NFL. Sirius has signed some great talent of celebrity DJs. Sirius offers 60 channels of music with no commercials, 50 channels of News, Sports, Talk and Entertainment; and 20 channels of 24/7 Traffic & Weather in major cities. Here's how Sirius stack up with their channel line up:

16 Talk & Variety channels (Discovery, E!, Talk for Women, CourtTV, Air America, Gay/Lesbian, Body/Mind/Spirit Talk)

14 channels of Rock music

12 channels of Pop music & Top Hits

10 News channels (CNN, CNBC, Fox, NPR, PRI, C-SPAN, BCC, World Radio, Bloomberg)

9 Hip Hop and Urban music choices

7 Sports channels (ESPN, play-by-play channels)

6 Country music choices

6 Jazz music channels

5 Dance music channels

4 different channels of music by the Decades (50's through 80's)

3 Classical music channels

2 Christian music choices (Catholic)

2 channels of Blues & Reggae

2 Latin music choices

2 Comedy entertainment channels (regular and uncensored)

2 World music choices

1 Kids entertainment channels (Disney)

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