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I'm going to be frank: your kids need to learn how to cook.
The end.
Now hear me out:
Not only is it an important life skill, but learning how to cook is so beneficial for your kids!
I've been cooking with my daughter since she was old enough to stand at the stove. It's something she has always naturally shown interest in, so I took advantage of that.
I was happy that the two different preschools we initially had her in included easy cooking recipes for kids ("cooking" meaning making some kind of recipe) at least once per week.
Now that I'm homeschooling, we've included it as part of our weekly theme lessons (in addition to what she naturally helps with anyway).
Why are we embracing kids cooking as part of our curriculum? Because it teaches kids so much, both in intellectual development and physical development!
8 Reasons Why Kids MUST Learn How to Cook
How does cooking help a child's intellectual development and physical development?
Learn How to Cook Benefit #1: Cooking touches on different learning styles.
Cooking touches on all types of learning styles: auditory (listening to the recipe being read), visual (reading the recipe or watching the steps demonstrated), and kinesthetic (doing and touching).
Additionally, cooking can help younger kids develop those much needed fine motor skills.
No mater how your child learns best, cooking will cover it! It's an active learning process that keeps kids engaged no matter how they best learn.
Learn How to Cook Benefit #2: Cooking helps with STEM as well as reading and spelling.
Even if your kids are too young to read or do math, cooking exposes them to these skills.
When Ella was four and cooking, she didn't understand fractions yet (or know how to read). However, when I ask her "Can you find the 1/2 cup measuring cup? One half is a one with a slash and a two under it" it helped her practice her numbers and become comfortable with fractions.
I also talk to her about how two 1/2 cups make up 1 cup , and I show her the differences in the measuring cup sizes.
As your kids get older, you can move them into helping with the measurements, recipe math, reading the recipes, and even creating their own recipes!
And, don't forget that cooking is a great science experiment!
Learn How to Cook Benefit #3: Cooking increases communication with your kids.
"How was the troop meeting?"
Do you ever talk to your kid and get nothing out of them?
Then, a few minutes later you play a video game with them and they start spilling their guts?
It's the same when you learn how to cook with kids.
During cooking, you are with your kids for a somewhat extended period of time, doing something with your hands, and conversation naturally starts to flow.
If you have something difficult to talk about with your child, start cooking with them and approach the topic organically while cooking. It may put both of you at ease and open a much-needed dialect.
Learn How to Cook Benefit #4: Cooking teaches nutrition to children.
It's clearly important to teach good nutrition and healthy eating habits. However, just telling your children how to eat healthy can be a big SNORE fest.
Cooking with kids gives you a chance to talk to them (and show them) items that are better choices for recipes and eating.
And, you can learn how to cook healthy together! (How fun!)
Learn How to Cook Benefit #5: Cooking teaches kids responsibility.
Cooking takes a lot of responsibility.
You have to start something from nothing and then see it all the way through to end to make it happen.
And, don't forget to give the kids the responsibility for keeping an eye (ear out) for the timer. It's another great responsibility teacher!
Additionally, cooking teaches kids the important information about where their food comes from and how they have a responsibility to understand what is happening with their food before they eat it.
I'll never forget when my daughter was around 4 years old and had her first understanding of food. We were traveling and passed some cows. In our discussion about cows, I revealed that cows made hamburgers. It opened an entire discussion about where certain foods come from and how to make the best choices for the food we eat.
Learn How to Cook Benefit #6: Cooking with kids boosts confidence!
Doesn't it feel good when you accomplish something?
Well, it's like that for kids, too!
When a child starts something (from nothing) and then is able to see the final result of a cooked product, it builds confidence in their abilities.
As your child ages, empower them by allowing them to come up with their own recipes.
Learn How to Cook Benefit #7: Cooking helps picky eaters.
If you have a super picky eater, one of the best things you can do is involve them in cooking their own meals.
(Did you know that kids are more likely to eat something that they've created or cooked?)
Investing in what they're cooking urges kids to try their own creations.
Also, give them a say in what you're cooking. Once they have a little more control over some of their food, you may see them relax that picky eater grip a little more.
Learn How to Cook Benefit #8: Cooking helps expose your family to different cultures.
My kid has always been a little foodie and will try anything. I mean anything (even things that I would never try).
I'll never forget when she was 5 years old and we were at a restaurant buffet. One of the offerings was full crawfish (the kind where you pull the heads off and then eat the rest). She looked at those crawfish–head, eyes, antennae and all–and announced, "I'd like to try those."
And? SHE LOVED THEM.
I believe that she is confident in experimenting with food for two reasons:
1. When she was young, we never told her the foods we didn't like.
2. We always exposed her to new foods starting from a very young age.
Now, we often include different cultures in both our studies and our cooking. It's a great way to add interesting diversity to your at-home learning.
We have this kids' cookbook and really love it:
Learn How to Cook
So now that you understand WHY kids should learn to cook, you need to teach them how to cook.
But, what if you can't cook?
Or, what if you hate cooking (or don't have time for planning out meals)?
No worries!
Today, there are so many ways for your kids to learn how to cook that will put your time and planning at a minimum (and may even allow you to take a more hands-off approach depending on your child's age).
Kids Learn How to Cook #1: Watch Cooking Videos for Kids
One of the ways your kids can learn how to cook is by cooking videos for kids. There are so many great "how to" videos online now that your kids can use them and learn to cook for free!
And, they'll enjoy a ton of kids cooking videos (by kids, for kids) on YouTube!
Kids Learn How to Cook #2: Get Fun Cookbooks
Have you looked at cookbooks lately? These ain't your grandma's cookbooks now. (Not that there's anything wrong with those, but they may be a little dry for kids.)
Cookbooks are fun now and engaging for kids. Many are simple enough for kids to follow and also take the planning off of your TO DO list.
Check these out these kids cookbooks:
Kids Learn How to Cook #3: Start with Food Science
If your kid is skeptical about cooking (or not even interested), then start with some food science. (I mean, who doesn't love getting messy with some science experiments, right?)
Do some fun food experiments and then work your way up to cooking recipes together.
Kids Learn How to Cook #4: Use Cooking Apps
Cooking apps on your tablet are super helpful in learning how to cook. Just search "cooking apps [your device]" to find how to cook apps for your tablet, computer, or phone.
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The Bar regulator has today announced proposals to improve advocacy standards in youth court proceedings following research commissioned by the Bar Standards Board (BSB) and CILEx Regulation last year.
The research found that the quality of advocacy in the Youth Courts can be poor with very serious consequences for young people. So the BSB's aim is to help establish advocacy involving youths and within the Youth Court as an area of specialism so that young people always receive representation of an appropriate standard by competent advocates.
The actions include:
- Clearly setting out the competences that advocates appearing in the Youth Court or proceedings involving youths will be expected to demonstrate.
- Providing guidance and advice as to how those competences can be satisfied.
- Encouraging examples of good practice in youth advocacy to be brought to our attention so that they can be shared across the professions.
- Looking at ways in which poor performance can be identified. Options range from risk-based or sampled visits to youth courts to observe advocacy, to encouraging anyone who comes into contact with an advocate during the youth justice process to bring any concerns to the BSB's attention. Poor performance would be addressed by supporting the advocate to improve. Enforcement action would be reserved for the most serious or persistent cases.
- Raising the status of youth advocacy work. The research indicated that Youth Court advocacy can be seen as a place for advocates to 'cut their teeth' before appearing in the adult courts. The BSB proposes to work with others with the youth justice sector to raise the status of Youth Court work so that is seen not as a training ground but as an area of specialism. In part this requires the financial value placed on Youth Court advocacy to be addressed but we are looking at other means of raising its status.
BSB Director of Supervision and Authorisation, Oliver Hanmer said: "The BSB is committed to ensuring that young people always have access to competent advocates. The Youth Court deals with some of the most vulnerable people within the criminal justice system and the impact of poor quality advocacy is therefore grave. Since the publication of the research we have built strong support from across the youth justice sector to addressing advocacy standards and believe that the measures that we have outlined today will put us on the path to doing so. We will continue to work with the other advocacy regulators to develop these proposals so that there is a consistent approach to maintaining standards across all elements of the legal profession. The quality of the advocacy these young, vulnerable clients receive can make a difference to the rest of their lives. We are committed to improving standards and making that positive difference."
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Catherine Bowick Stuart
J. Henry Stuhr Northwoods Chapel
2180 Greenridge Road
Tel. (843) 572.2339
Catherine Bowick Stuart, 90, of Goose Creek, SC, died Sunday, January 27, 2013. A Funeral Service will be held Wednesday, January 30, 2013 in the J. HENRY STUHR, INC., NORTHWOODS CHAPEL, 2180 Greenridge Road at 2:00 pm. Interment, Riverview Memorial Park. The family will receive friends Tuesday, January 29, 2013 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm in Stuhr's Northwoods Chapel.
She was born April 24,1922 in Charleston, SC, one of seven children of the late Travis Sinclair Bowick and the late Catherine Louise Barwick Bowick. She was a retired Seamstress at Manhattan Shirt Factory and a member of Tall Pines Baptist Church.
She is survived by her daughters, Joyce Hutto and her husband J.W. of Goose Creek, SC, Mildred Crocker and her husband Dale of Augusta, GA and Donna Hardison and Kevin Moon of Goose Creek, SC; sons, Lawrence A. Stuart and his wife Sandy of Knightsville, SC and Daryl Lee Stuart and his wife Sandy of Goose Creek, SC; 17 grandchildren; many great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husbands: Joseph Harry Stuart, Sr., Harry Linford Collins and Elbert Keith Judy; and a son, Joseph Stuart, Jr. in 2007.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 5900 Core Road, Suite 504, North Charleston, SC 29406 or Tall Pines Baptist Church, 645 Treeland Drive, Ladson, SC 29456.
January 29, 2013
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Touring for Beginners: A Local Band's First Out-Of-State Show
If you have ever been in a relatively new band, you'll understand that playing shows states away is an opportunity that takes a lot of time and hard work. My band In Theory from New Jersey has been playing for four years as of this January and until earlier this month, we've never gotten the chance to play outside of New Jersey. There are a lot of factors to consider before traveling to play shows—costs, connections, time, and so on. Also, if you are sharing a packed van with several people for hours at a time (and sometimes even sleeping in it), you better make sure you get along well.So recently, we got lucky. Our singer's friend from college was holding a show at his house and gave us the opportunity to play with several great Connecticut bands. He even said we could crash on the couches in his basement for the night, so we didn't have to pay for a hotel or sleep in our cars. So the day before we left, I had gotten permission to take my mom's minivan (what I personally believe is the most stylish way for a band to travel) and we loaded up all our gear. It's amazing how many guitars, amps, and cymbal stands you can fit in a minivan, provided that you played Tetris as a child. The morning of the show came, so we stopped at the diner, fueled up on pancakes and coffee, then got gas and hit the road. We left early enough that we didn't have to rush; we avoided the Jersey Turnpike in an effort to save some cash and ended up taking a scenic ride through the mountains in the southeast corner of New York. It was then that I really started to realize that touring is more than just the music and the shows. There are so many cool places to see along the way that make the whole experience that much more exciting. Along the way, we stopped at a scenic viewpoint on the side of a mountain called Bear Mountain, overlooking the Hudson River. The view was awesome. I learned that apparently there is even a campsite around Bear Mountain, so I plan on checking that out in the future.
Hudson River, NY
We got to the house around 6pm after stopping at Taco Bell for dinner (as fast food is essential for any band on the road) and started to unload our gear for the show. We met a few new faces and got ready for a cool night. Starting off the show was an indie rock band called The Merks. A grunge rock band called Runamuk followed them. After that was Social Dissonance, a pop punk band; finally it was our turn to play. Except for our singer, none of us knew any of the people in the crowd except for the two friends that came with us, and that was a really cool feeling. Maybe it was because almost everyone was a few PBRs deep, but regardless, the crowd seemed to be grooving and having a good time, so that alone made the several-hour drive worth it. Until recently, our band hasn't played very many house shows, so it's definitely been a nice change of scenery from local American Legion halls. It's a friendlier atmosphere, so kids are more likely to stick around and listen to all the bands, instead of just watching their friends' band and then leaving immediately afterwards. It was just about having a good time.
Cool show lair in Connecticut
Finally, a band called Bonsai Trees finished off the show. They had an indie rock sound, and for the Modern Baseball fans among you, they did a killer cover of "Your Graduation". I think I even overheard someone say they might be recording new music soon, so keep an eye out. After the show, we hung out for a few more hours with some of the show-goers and talked about music and anything else that came to mind. And after that, we took to the couches and crashed for the night. A few of our band members decided to sleep in our car anyway, and with it being Connecticut in January, I'm personally glad I claimed a couch. Even though it was the small one. The following morning we thanked our hosts, loaded up our gear again, and hit the road. Although it was only about two minutes before we pulled over and stopped at Denny's for a much-needed diner breakfast (starting to notice a pattern here), I had to get some coffee in me before piloting the band van for another five hours.
Band fuel
There's a popular joke about musicians that goes something like, "Musician: someone who loads $5000 worth of gear into a $500 car to drive 100 miles to a $50 gig." Well, I'm sure I speak for most less-experienced bands when I say that that's actually pretty darn accurate. Touring is difficult and expensive, to say the least. My dad even joked before we left about how we were doing all this for no money and how it wasn't a very good investment. And he's right—a severely negative ROI isn't exactly what an investment banker at Goldman Sachs would spend his time on. I don't mind, though. It's about the music and the adventure. Maybe one day our band will start making some money from touring, and this will likely even be necessary if we want to keep doing this (can't live at my parents' house forever), but for now it's not my primary concern. Maybe one day we will have more connections and a wider fan base and then we'll be able to make a trip across the country profitable, and that would be incredible, but until then, it's just for the thrill of it all.
At least in the van, the ride home was relatively quiet compared to the ride up. We were all a bit worn out from our one-day mini "tour". There was a mutual feeling of success felt by all of us, though, that we had accomplished something that we have been talking about for years but had never yet gotten the opportunity to do. And even though it was just one show, our trip to Connecticut sparked our desire for adventure. We all know this will not be our last time loading up the van and driving states away. There are too many people to meet and places to discover, and we're fortunate enough to have our music as a means to do so. So while we're all returning to our normal lives for now, it's only a matter of time until we're back on the road doing what we love.
Bonsai Trees: https://www.facebook.com/reallysmalltrees/?fref=ts https://bonsaitrees.bandcamp.com/ Social Dissonance: https://socialdissonance.bandcamp.com/ Runamuk: https://www.facebook.com/RunamukCT/?fref=ts https://runamukct.bandcamp.com/releases/ In Theory: https://www.facebook.com/InTheoryNJ/?fref=ts https://in-theory.bandcamp.com/The Merks: https://www.facebook.com/TheMerks/?fref=ts [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/playlists/156869906" params="auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true" width="100%" height="450" iframe="true" /]
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By Tami Stark, Vinton City Council Member
Recently, the Iowa State Legislature passed a bill that makes the sale and consumption of fireworks legal, with the exception of individual town's "home rule" policies.
Currently, it is STILL ILLEGAL to privately consume/use fireworks within Vinton's city limits. While it is your City Council's intention to allow the consumption/use of fireworks within the City limits in the future, our current ordinance prohibits it. In order for the Council to change the existing ordinance, we must amend it, and that takes a total of 3 readings of the NEW ordinance. This means that it will be at least 6 weeks before it can be changed. Please note, this timeframe puts us well past the times that the State has adopted as acceptable dates/hours that fireworks can be displayed. We will however, have the current ordinance changed in time for the New Year Holiday.
It is Council's intention to allow the consumption/use of fireworks in Vinton according to the State regulations. Fireworks will, however; still be prohibited from ALL public places, including school grounds and City owned properties. This includes all city streets. They will only be permissible on private property within the dates and hours that the state has set forth.
In summary, for the 2017 4th of July season in Vinton, fireworks are NOT PERMITTED within the City limits. If you have any questions, please contact City Hall or your local Council Representative.


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Please pardon the pun but are we, as a nation, more than a little schizophrenic about the NHS? Barely a week goes by without one media source or other carrying "damning" statistics about "postcode lotteries" or the heart-rending tale of an aggrieved patient. Routinely, one aspect or another of our health care system is compared unfavourably with most EU nations. But when radical change is proposed to improve patients' experience, the rage of the nation is palpable.
My family and I are very grateful to have the NHS; I alone had three operations under general anesthetic before the age of 35, all free at the point of delivery by competent and caring staff. Now I have a young family, the comfort blanket it provides is even more valued.
But the NHS is by no means perfect. It can be easier to get a ticket for Glastonbury than a doctor's appointment before all the slots have gone at 8.31am. And having to travel to hospital (and pay to park) multiple times for a series of assessments which could have been done on one visit is infuriating.
I don't know the answer. I'm sceptical about giving GPs control of budgets - have you seen the state of some their surgeries, levels of customer service, and amateurish clipart clutter everywhere? But changes are needed and the hysterical reaction to most new proposals are unhelpful and contradictory.
One final thought. No matter how good our health care system, and how much of our taxes we spend on it - I'm afraid people are still going to receive different levels of service. And, at the end, they will still die. It's sad but it's a fact of life.


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Seemingly complicated question! Or is it like asking why people are liberal? No, much simpler answer can satisfy us, I assure you. When media is a business and news is sold, it can only do that helps its business: promote sale! Of what? Does not matter! This does answer the question we begun with. I will tell you how.
Collectivism simply reduces number of consumers or end users. At the heart of liberalism lies self. Promote self interest, you get individualism. No further explanation is needed to understand how this helps consumerism. Lo, you get a media that simply promotes consumerism in the name of liberalism.
What is the outcome? Same! The make believe media is just another arm of crony capitalism. Middle and poor class become slaves of the more "Enterprising". Take a few out from and add a few to this class and that class; people change; things do not change. "Enterprising" is a relative term. Not that you are not smart, but that it is fair then to charge you for someone else being smarter. Isn't that what our ancestors called cheating? Some names change, things wont! What was your name yesterday?


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Sunday, December 9, 2007
DBI architects has a unique website. Their entire website looks like a graphed architectural drawing. They also incorporate color well into the site with a black background, white text, and red as an accent color for things that need to stand out. However, there were a few minor things about the site though that I did not like. First of all I wish they would have used the whole page, it seemed that the site only took up the center part of the page so there was a lot of negative space on the sides that went to waste. Also on some of the pages the text appears rather small. Text should not be difficult to read or otherwise viewers will not take the time to read what the company is trying to say. I also did not like the way the projects were displayed. The website shows one main picture of the space and then has a smaller slideshow of other views of the space. I would have liked to be able to stop on the slideshow pictures and view them larger.
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Discussion in 'HTC Droid Incredible 2' started by bik2101, May 10, 2011.
anyone know if it's possible or how to change the vibration pattern for the gmail app notifications?
That would be cool, But never seen or heard anyone talking about that.
Yeah it pretty disppointing that the option isn't there. I tried gmail notifier as an option someone posted elsewhere but that only let's you change the length Of the vibrations not the number of them.


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Assistance for European Wine producers and international envy
700€ per hectare and 0,15€ per litre of wine, this is the assistance for European Wine producers that the rest of the world looks at with envy,without considering the off-set
By Donatella Cinelli Colombini
It is well known that abroad the assistance for European wine producers and farmers is looked upon with suspect, as if they were a disturbance to competition but in a dishonest way. And wine is one of the products to be questioned.
A few years ago, to be able to export, all wineries were forced to send to China a declaration stating what contributions had received. It all ended when Europe accepted the commercialization of Chinese solar panels.
The last episode of this saga is the article "How Much Government Assistance Do European Wine Producers Receive?"published by the Journal of Wine Economics by Kym Anderson from the School of Economics in the Adelaide University and by Hans G. Jensen of the Institute of Food and Resource Economics from the Copenhagen University.
These two academics have estimated the European aids to be an average of 700€ per hectare and 0,15€ per litre of wine so roughly a nominal tax rate of about 20%of costs.
An enormous amount 2,341 billion per year, of which France alone gets about one third of the total (830 million Euro), Italy and Spain about a fifth each 570 the first and 405 the second) while all the other nations are under 100 million Euro.
If we go and see these total we realize that the vineyards with most contributions per hectare are the Austrian ones .They get 2.400 € so more than double everyone else. After this initial help the aid per hectolitre of wine is superior in Austria with respect to every other European nation: 370€. In this list we find Slovakia in second position then Slovenia, Check republic, Portugal, France and Bulgaria all above the European average of 145€, while we in Italy are below with 140€.
Another interesting element regards the division of the indirect help, so those for the Vineyard or those relative to marketing and sales, more marginal are those who support economically. As was foreseeable based on the previous results Austria is the nation that aims mostly at financing for production while Italy is, out of the three major producers, the one that invests more in marketing.
At the end of their report Kym Anderson and Hans G. Jensen state that the government aids for European wines are superior to those present in all other nations and this puts the producers in the rest of the world into difficulty especially for what regards sales. Here there is not a dumping accusation, not quite.
In my opinion, the two academics have not considered properly the downside, in other words all the limits imposed by Europe to wine makers for the aids they receive: regarding the
surface area of vineyards, production per hectare, building cellars ….A system of rules and checks that does not exist anywhere else in the world and that, in truth, stops this sectors growth but has permitted the preservation of the landscape and has saved small enterprises by keeping the countryside inhabited. In other words, if the European producers were so much at an advantage why in the rest of the world does wine production grow more than here?


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Oakland Mills made 24 turnovers and hit just one of 18 fourth-quarter field-goal attempts, but hung on for a 38-36 win over visiting Atholton last night.
Oakland Mills sophomore Terri Hayman's jump shot broke the 33-33 deadlock with 1:24 to go in overtime. After a couple of Atholton turnovers (26 in the game), Oakland Mills' leading scorer Missy Singleton (12 points) went to the free-throw line, where she converted both attempts to give the Scorpions (9-6, 5-3) a 37-33 edge with 12 seconds left.
"This game was ugly, but when it comes down to crunch time, Missy is the one," Oakland Mills coach Teresa Waters said of her floor general, who has scored in double figures in 13 of


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Linko × Dare to Learn Hackathon
4–6 September 2017 | Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki
Linko × Dare to Learn Hackathon
4–6 September 2017 | Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki
Come and experience this year's most intriguing hackathon where Linko and Dare to Learn are joining forces to present you something extremely exciting.
In Linko × Dare to Learn Hackathon there are several tracks for the teams to choose from. In addition to an intensive learning experience, interesting workshops and new contacts, the winning team of each track is awarded with 2000 euros.
We are really excited to announce the challenges of Linko × Dare to Learn Hackathon:
The new Finnish curriculum emphasizes new kinds of phenomena related to learning, one of which is students' recognition of their skills and self-assessment. Sanoma Pro is looking for innovative solutions to peer-assessment in light of the new curriculum. Sanoma Pro challenges your team to think over the assessment of learning, and the means to strengthen student activity and commitment.
"Sanoma Pro is looking for product- and service concepts to conform with the new curriculum. These concepts would be part of our learning materials but they would enhance and expand them fluently. For example, they could extend the stories and other content found in our materials by grounding them in the school's physical surroundings."
Akavan Erityisalat ry is asking you to create fresh ways to make the service experience better, by concentrating especially on the experience of joining the union. In this challenge, you need to combine service design, communication and marketing.
Phenomenon-based learning sets challenges to create invigorating and fresh learning entities where the use of technology has a strong presence. Microsoft asks you to find out how the virtual world game Minecraft could be part of the phenomenon-based learning experience.
Get a glimpse of Linko × Dare to Learn Hackathon program! Hackathon's program is designed together with Dare to Learn. The event is held both in English and Finnish. Unsure of what hackathon is?
Mon 4th Sep 2017
Program 4 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Day 1 is all about getting to know each other, finding teams, picking the challenge and starting to work.
15:30 Doors open
16 Welcome to Linko!
17 The Challenges
18 Let there be Teams
19 A Light Dinner
Teams can work overnight at the venue.
Tue 5th Sep 2017
Program 9 a.m. – 9 p.m.
On Day 2 the teams will have plenty of time to work on their ideas. Working is supported by an inspiring keynote from the Dare to Learn program, workshops, and mentors.
8–10 Breakfast
9 Good morning Linko hackers!
10–11 Grand opening of Dare to Learn & Keynotes
11 Workshop: Futurice
13–14 Lunch
14–18 Validating
14–18 Challengers's kiosks
14–18 Mentors: Perfektio, Kokoa Agency, Natalija Counet
18–19 Dinner
19:30 Workshop: Pitching
20 Linko x – Try the Stage
Teams can work overnight at the venue.
Wed 6th Sep 2017
Program 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Day 3 is dedicated to team's final pitches. Linko participants will also have an amazing opportunity to go and explore the Dare to Learn program.
8-11 Breakfast
9 Good morning Linko hackers!
11–14 The Finale
15–15.30 Winners pitch at Dare to Learn
15.30 Lunch
Normal Ticket | 12 euros
Sales for Normal Tickets start on August 1st.
Do Your Friend A Favor -Ticket | 6 euros each
Spread the love and get two tickets for the price of one!
How do I do it? Follow the link on the left, buy more than one ticket at once and use the secret code LINKOFRIEND when given a chance.
Ticket prices include an intensive but rewarding three day participation to Linko × Dare to Learn Hackathon, meals and snacks, and Wednesday ticket for Dare to Learn Festival. All tickets will be changed to wristbands when entering the Linko area at Kaapelitehdas.
The ticket sales end on August 30th.
Note! There is a cancellation fee of 30 euros if the cancellation is made less than two weeks before the event. There is no refund in the case of cancelling a registration, but the ticket can be transferred to another person.


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There are various stages in which you can get the satisfaction during sexual intercourse. When it comes to the satisfaction level in women, generally it is said that there is one particular point in the vagina that gives intense sensation thereby helping her to have intense orgasm. The point at which intense sensitivity is felt is known as G-spot.
In most of the popular culture it is oftenly discussed about this most important portion of the sex organ. Most of the women believe that there exists a G-spot. When you see from the medical science point of view the question whether the G-spot really exists becomes an important question and what exactly does it mean and do all women have it?
There have been many studies and researches on the G-spot, the reports say that the medical experts and doctors are skeptical about the existence. When you look at the evidences to find out the answer you will understand that the G-spot is anecdotal. This makes it even complicated and the question, whether G-spot is a reality or myth becomes very strong.
Before you go on digging for the answer let us explain you about the G-spot. It is basically a very high sensitive area which is present inside the vagina. To find out the exact location of it you need to travel half the way up in the vagina. In medical terms the G-spot is also known as urethral sponge; stimulation to this particular spot causes very powerful vaginal orgasms.
During the early 1980's the subject of G-spot was gaining lots of interest among the people and popularity within men as well as women. At that period, it is well explained in the books and other discussions. It is believed that the name G has come from the popular doctor Ernest Grafenberg, MD who first speculated about the existence of the very powerful part in the vagina during 1950's.
This spongy area is basically a concentration of number of tissues at one place. You find many sensitive areas in your body which basically contain nerve endings concentrated per square inch. E.g. feel at your finger tips and on the soles on your feet, you can make out a clear cut differentiation. In the similar way the vagina contain a particular part where in, all the nerve endings meet at one place.
Most of the people think even today as, is the G-spot really important and do we really to pay attention during the sexual intercourses. The doctors and clinical experts strongly suggest that despite of many discussions, women believe that there exists a G-spot. The experts even feel that if you start concentrating more on finding this particular part you may end up dissatisfied and unhappy sexual intercourses.
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Being so different than the others around you is like a rainbow without rain; you seem outstanding and adorable but some might see you as a joke and surreal in a bad way. Those who know how beautiful you are with the spirit of positive radiance that you have will make them get affected by it, but, horribly, those who do not know how to embrace the differences of the beauty in this world will bring you down with their horrible curses and blunt mocks.
I've been through the horrible phase where I was surrounded by people with no rich vocabulary of diamond words. It made me feel not worthy at all, I felt like being some inches taller than them was a curse, I was treated like an alien. I am 5'10" and that is not something usual in Indonesia, mostly for a girl who comes from a very small city in Borneo. But we all know that a beautiful creature takes some phases until they metamorphose into the best of them. To reach that best of them (us) takes a lot of phases, not one or two, I'd like to say infinity phases thus we never stop metamorphosing to becoming the best of us!
One thing that kept me growing was the dream which built by reading. I read a lot and dreamt a lot! I knew I had something powerful, my knowledge. Until I reached the time where those people mocked me and said harsh words, I knew those were only trashes. You do not need to swallow their trash sentences! Always believe you have something more and you are beautiful in your own way! Finally I went to uni and left them all, one of the victorious moments in my life. People in the new place still looked at me differently, but they never mocked me (even some of them still said stupid words, showing how blunt they are). They had that adoration gaze, a look of adoration. My good friends always told me "they are amazed by you" – such a good feeling to be surrounded by people with positive vibes!
It was (is) still so hard to love myself. Every time somebody gave me compliments, I would doubt it while thinking that would not be true. As time goes by, as many articles of women empowerment been published and written by all strong women, I knew it was the act of positive vibe someone transfered into you. Then, I would and will always say "thank you"! Always!
I am so grateful I have met so many radiant people in my life. I barely got compliments back in my hometown, no, too bad it did not happen. But as I moved out and went traveling, I learnt a lot and got so many experiences I'd never thought would happen to me. I got a very meaningful beautiful gift from my Vietnamese friend, a charm bracelet. He told me I have a bright and beautiful smile, do not ever let everything bring you down and always keep smiling. I am sure I was doubting it when he told me that, but when I'm typing this I am praising the universe for being so kind to me.
I am surrounded by people and good friends with extra good positive vibes! I have one who always sends me a morning text and gives spirit through her positive texts. I do the same to the others, I spread her positive vibes to the others. Since years ago, I stopped posting negative comments and complaints on my social media. If I could not hold myself into posting my emotional texts, I just typed it and took a screenshoot of it and never tap on "update/post" button. It is very safe and helps you from future problems because of the emotional status.
Be happy and do not listen to bad whispers is the key to stay positive. Well if you feel all those negative energies consume you, stay away from them! Block them if you need to or just simply unfollow them, have a rest for your consious brain and soft heart, do not push them too hard. Whenever you think you cannot take it, breathe! Inhale and exhale. The best mantra you could have asked for. Feel the air in your nose and let it go through your mouth.
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"The fact that we don't know how planets are formed is really depressing." That is Dr. Randii Wesson talking, and he is saying it with a big smile. He is referring to a debate about whether planets begin as gas and collect solids or whether it is the other way around. But he is really nodding to the never-ending supply of mysteries (some of them tantalizingly fundamental) that the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) exists to unlock.
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Wesson and his colleague Rachel Zimmerman-Brachman, an expert on the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn, kicked off the tour with a stroll through the Visitor Center. It is a great overview of the lab's many victories thus far, with models of everything from Explorer I—a satellite built and controlled by JPL in 1958—to Voyager, the interstellar probe launched in 1977 that is currently the farthest spacecraft from Earth. And of course, front and center, there is a model of Curiosity, the Mars rover that touched down in 2012. It is an exciting vehicle to see up close and the perfect segue to the next Rover-centric phase of the tour.
We followed Wesson to the heart of the campus, up to an observation deck overlooking a massive clean room where the next big idea will soon be constructed: the Mars 2020 rover. Set to launch in a few short years, the new rover will carry equipment that will collect and prep rocks and soil samples in search of bio signatures—possible signs of ancient life on Mars. The rover comes equipped with instruments that can provide on-the-spot high-resolution imaging and spectroscopy, but they will also be able to drill core samples and leave them behind to be collected by a later mission.
A little farther up the hill, we headed to another location key to rover creation: the Mars Yard. The opposite of a clean room, this little patch of dirt and rocks is used to put mock rovers through their paces, testing out tires and grips and getting a sense of the way the machine behaves on various types of terrain. It is out here that we met MAGGIE—the Mars Automated Giant Gizmo for Integrated Engineering. MAGGIE is Curiosity's exact twin, so seeing her close up is the best way to check out all of the technology that landed on Mars 5 years back.
Wesson had promised at the outset to toss in some off-the grid goodies, so after the Mars Yard, he took the group up to a few of the advanced concept labs to see what we could see. Luckily, along the way, we snagged an off-duty engineer who obliged us with a tour of his Starshade project. At first glimpse, the Starshade is a massive, gold-foil sunflower, complete with intricate petals. Its purpose is to shield deep space telescopes from glaring starlight, so that they can better see the details of exoplanets that would otherwise be blocked out. Should it successfully pass through the review stages ahead, it could become a key advancement toward the goal of locating other habitable planets. (Or, as its very sci-fi banner announces: "the search for other Earths.")
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Are the St Paul's protesters part time?
A police helicopter hovering over the tented Occupy London protest group outside St Paul's Cathedral has detected with infra-red cameras that in the early hours of the morning, only one in 10 of the tents had anyone inside. I'm indebted to the Daily Telegraph for this information.
If true, it certainly casts a new light on the nature of protest in the year 2011.
Clearly there is something somehow not quite right about a protest that gives the appearance of 24 hour dedication, but which in reality finds only 20 of the 200 tents actually occupied at 3.00 am. The whole issue somehow feels a little less urgent, a little less committed, than it seemed to boast.
But I'm more intrigued by the position of the church in the matter. The once permissive Dean and Chapter claim it is costing them tens of thousand of pounds a week to keep the place shut for "health and safety" reasons.
Attending a remote village church last Sunday, I heard the presiding cleric expressing her dismay at the attitude of the St Paul's authorities in shutting the cathedral doors against the protest. She conjured the commandment "Love thy Neighbour". Indeed the Dean's initial reaction was to do just that and to tolerate the protest on his forecourt. Later, other counsels prevailed and he had the doors locked.
It begs the question: which neighbour to love? Should it be the banker, the financier, the hedge fundista, down the road in the Square Mile, or the neighbour on your forecourt ?
Christ, we are told, "cast out the money changers". Have the Dean and his Chapter chosen the "money changer", over the "common protester"?
On the other hand, when I "sat in" with hundreds of others, in a student protest in 1970, we never left, even for a shower, for six long and increasingly odour strewn weeks.
Now that it seems the protesters are not quite what they seem, is a blur developing with the bankers who claimed to be "doing God's work?"
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A man is wanted for raping an underage girl after he posted the video on facebook.
The man identified by his facebook page has Odane Anthony Greyson. In the video, you can hear the girl asking him to stop in which he didn't comply. You can also hear the perpetrator threatening the victim.
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Lagos lawyer Mr. Femi Falana (SAN) has said it is illegal and ultra vires on the part of President Goodluck Jonathan to deploy the armed forces to maintain law and order during elections.
Falana, in a statement yesterday, titled: "Illegal involvement of soldiers in election duties," said sections 215 and 217 of the constitution are abundantly clear that the power of the President to deploy armed forces for internal security is limited to the suppression of insurrection, including insurgency and aiding the police to restore order when it has broken down.
Rather than use soldiers during elections, he advised that the police should be strengthened to discharge the duty of ensuring internal security while the armed forces are restricted to the defence of the nation's territorial integrity.
He said under the current constitutional dispensation, the President and Commander-in-Chief of the armed lacks the power to involve soldiers in maintaining law and order during elections.
"Even in the Northeast region, a state of emergency had to be declared by the President to justify the deployment of members of the armed forces as part of the extraordinary measures he was required to take to restore law and order pursuant to section 305 of the Constitution.
"Even then, the President had to seek and obtain the approval of the National Assembly for the said deployment for a specific period of time," he stated.
Falana described as "misleading apologia for the militarisation of the recent governorship election in Ekiti State", an article by Bashorun Akin Osuntokun on "Militarisation and other fallacies" published in his weekly column in Thisday newspaper of Friday, July 11, 2014.
According to him, Osuntokun, in commending the soldiers for displaying professionalism, "was curiously silent on the infringement of the fundamental right of Governor Rotimi Amaechi's freedom of movement, which occurred at Iju-Itagbolu in Ondo State, contrary to Section 41 of the Constitution.
"The governor, who was billed to attend a political rally at Ado-Ekiti on June 19, 2014, was crudely turned back by the soldiers who claimed that they were acting on "orders from above.
"Mr. Osuntokun was equally silent on the illegal curfew imposed on Ekiti State by the army. Or was any curfew declared by the relevant authorities that was not announced? A client, Mr. Bayo Fajimi, who was going home from Akure, Ondo State ( his place of residence), was disenfranchised as he was prevented by the soldiers from entering Ekiti State at 6.30 pm on June 20 because of the illegal curfew! Is the Bashorun not aware that the soldiers subjected every hotel at Ado Ekiti to a search without warrant between 10pm and 2am for the sole purpose of ejecting all those who could not give "satisfactory" explanation of their business in Ekiti State? Yet while all "illegal aliens" like Governor Amaechi and others suspected to be All Progressives Congress members were harassed and expelled from the state by the army, some non-indigenes who are chieftains of the People's Democratic Party, including two serving ministers and an influential thug from Anambra State, were allowed to "monitor" the election. Indeed, they were fully protected by the armed gendarmes.
"Even though the Bashorun admitted that he was "struck and inconvenienced by the rigour and saturation of the security blanket" on account of repeated security check-points, he dismissed the complaints of the militarisation of the election. As far as he is concerned, the United States Embassy had endorsed the militarisation by issuing a statement to the effect that, "the security forces collaborated effectively and provided a safe and secure environment free of major incidents".
He added that Bashorun Osuntokun claimed that the soldiers displayed civility as they were "neither intrusive nor threatening".
Falana, however, pointed out that the Americans, who issued the statement, do not involve armed troops in the management of their own elections.
He added that the soldiers drafted to his community at Ilawe-Ekiti constituted themselves into an army of occupation.
"Apart from assaulting individuals without any justification, they beat up a policeman on June 20, which led to a violent clash between the police and the army. As a result of the pandemonium which ensued, the main market in the town was abruptly closed down. I personally witnessed the brutality exhibited by the rampaging troops. I have other reports of human rights abuses committed in other parts of Ekiti State by those armed soldiers who usurped police duties of maintaining law and order before and after the election", he said.
He pointed out that with what he witnessed during the election, there was no role that the soldiers played that the mobile section of the Nigeria Police Force could not have played even better, adding: "Or when has the manning of road blocks become a military affair?"
According to him, the three criminal elements, who were caught with a lorry load of ballot papers before the election were arrested by the police.
"With the figure of 36,790 armed soldiers, police, state security service and civil defence personnel deployed for the Ekiti election, not less than one million armed troops will be required for the 2015 election.
"Since the Federal Government cannot possibly mobilise that number of troops, the United Nations may be requested to send a Peace Keeping Force for the militarisation of the entire country during the general election.
Falana recalled that when former President Obasanjo deployed the army during the 2003 general elections, over 200 people were killed by the security forces.
He said the courts have consistently enjoined the Federal Government to desist from involving the armed forces in the conduct of elections.
He cited several court judgments to back his claim that it is illegal to deploy soldiers for elections, including a lead judgment of the Court of Appeal in Yussuf v Obasanjo (2005) 18 N.W.L.R. (Pt 956) 96. Salami JCA (as he then was), held that "It is up to the police to protect our nascent democracy and not the military, otherwise the democracy might be wittingly or unwittingly militarised. This is not what the citizenry bargained for in wrestling power from the military in 1999. Conscious step or steps should be taken to civilianise the polity to ensure the survival and sustenance of democracy."
He maintained therefore that the deployment of the armed forces for the maintenance of law and order during elections cannot be legally justified in view of Section 215(3) of the Constitution which has vested the police with the exclusive power to maintain and secure public safety and public order in the country.
He said the President is only empowered by virtue of Section 217(2) of the Constitution to deploy the armed forces for the "suppression of insurrection and acting in aid of civil authorities to restore law order".
The Senior Advocate said this, in effect, means that before the armed forces may be involved in the maintenance of law and order, there must have been insurrection or civil disturbances which cannot be contained by the Police.
The Constitution, according to him, never envisaged that the armed forces will usurp the powers of the police with respect to the "preservation of law and order" in any part of the country.


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"Our whole business is built on the art of persuasion and presentation, and Robert Herjavec just gets it. This book is an insightful read that reminds you in business what essential questions you must ask yourself. "− Jonathan Scott
"Since the day I met him, Robert has been sharing his insight and business advice with me. This book focuses on many of the lectures - I mean conversations – we've had."− Noah Galloway
"Robert Herjavec's journey proves that with hard work, perseverance and the ability to sell yourself, anyone can create their own success. "− Daymond John
"You Don't Have To Be A Shark is packed with stellar advice from page 1 onwards! It's a must-read for both budding and saavy entrepreneurs alike."− Barbara Corcoran
"Sales skills aren't just for business and this book will show you how to sell yourself in all the ways that matter! "− Carson Kressley
"When you operate as a team you always have to find ways to create your own success. In You Don't Have To Be A Shark, Robert reveals tips to help you win in the moments when sales matter most."− Robert Griffin III


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Neno Macadamia Trust
Developing sustainable markets for smallholder macadamia farmers.
May 2017 Encouraging HIMACUL visit to Home of Hope
Ken Mkengala's recent visit to Home of Hope was very encouraging. The macadamia trees have grown very well and have already developed flowers in less than three years, suggesting that West Malawi may be very well suited for macadamia tree planting. Ken commented that some of the 2 year old trees are already about twice his height!
Ken also worked with Steward to take the biochar producing cookstove building techniques back to East Malawi.
It is exciting and encouraging that macadmia trees have gone from East to West and biochar producing cookstoves from West to East.
Latest news
May 2018 NMT Chair reviews work in Malawi and extends cookstove development
If you would like to support macadamia tree planting in Malawi please consider donating here
December 2017 Macadamia nuts grown in West Malawi within 2½ years
September 2017 Ken from HIMACUL spends week with NMT, U.K.
July 2017 NMT Chair visits HIMACUL Malawi
May 2017 Encouraging HIMACUL visit to Home of Hope
May 2017 Open University Innovation & International Development Article
March 2017 The Puddin Club, Bedford, supports NMT during Fairtrade Fortnight
January 2017 NMT chair Andrew Emmott provides food safety information at European Commision
December 2016 Launch of Nutalious supporting NMT and macadamia small holders in Malawi
August 2016 NMT - Youth Group visit to Home of Hope Malawi
July 2016 Imperial College MSc student installs and tests efficient cook stove at Home of Hope
2016 Successful NMT work at Mchinji Home of Hope
Ken is now training nursery men to establish and develop the nursery.
January 2016 Ken describes benefits of macadamia trees
June 2015 NMT Chairman finds out about practical small holder charcoal production
Fuel provision like this will be very important in Malawi.
NMT chairman Andrew Emmott provides aflatoxin awareness training in Malawi and Mozambique
Loving husband to Sue, devoted father to Dee, Rob and Andrew and much loved grandfather. Friend to so many.
The funeral and celebration service for David's life was held at St Mary's Church, Scarborough at on Tuesday 17th February.
January 2015 NMT Chairman visits Malawi and meets with HIMACUL manager Ken Mkangala
August 2014 Trustees meet with HIMACUL manager Ken Mkangala in Malawi
December 2013 Food Security - Scottish Malawi Partnership 2nd December Bulletin
April 2012 The Big Sing - Saturday 28th April from 7pm
Febraury 2012 NMT appeals for support to assist with repair to the Neno warehouse.
2011 New macadamia nut storage depot built
2011 National Nut Day 22 October


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Starts: March 20, 2018 6:30 p.m.
Ends: March 21, 2018
The Area campfires will be March 20 for groups which normally meet Monday / Tuesday, and March 21 for groups which normally meet Wednesday / Thursday. We will gather at 6:30 pm at the archery shelter, and ignition will be at 7 pm. Hot chocloate and snacks at approximately 7:50 pm.
Registration form is forthcoming. Looking for a campfire chief for each of the two evenings. Funds and numbers due February Scouters club, Cost is $5.00/Beaver and $2.00/Scouter.
Your Campfire Chief needs to know your numbers and which evening you are coming, and which song, skit and cheer you will be performing. Note to our Chiefs: please notify James of the nature of pyrotechnics you are looking for.
- Tuesday Campfire Campfire Chief:
- Wednesday Campfire Campfire Chief:
This is a LUG-A-MUG event. The Area will be providing snacks and hot chocolate.
AAC Beaver Scouts (Assistant Area Commissioner)
James VanBukenhout email@example.com


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Makeup breakdown of Deepika Padukone
Deepika padukone is a gorgeous woman who is extremely beautiful and a fit toned body. With her recent releases like Chennai express, Ye Jawani hai Deewani and appearances for the promotions, made me like her even more. Here, we will have a see makeup breakdown of her 3 random looks in details.
Undoubtedly she looks amazing in them so, I tried to put in the details about the makeup as per my best knowledge.
In the first look, I really like this photo of her's, everything from hair, makeup and dress even though the photo has been retouched a lot of times, to give her a smooth, even tone and fairer complexion as she has good medium toned skin.
Never mind, here her brows are usually filled and with a thick eyeliner. I guess a matte taupe or brown shade has been used for the lids. Little contouring is visible but the best thing is the lip color which is a shade between red and brown like a deep rusty color. For that eye makeup, lip color is just perfect and so beautifully compliments the overall look with the dress of course!
In the second picture here, She has a subtle neutral colors on the eyes which goes really well with her beige dress with gold detailing.
For the eyes, she has a brown eye shadow on the lids, extended outwards to create a slight wing and a darker shade like grey, I think near the lash line. Below the lower lash line, there is a golden colored shadow on the inner half portion near the tear duct and the outer half there is the same color that had been used on the lids. No false eye lashes but the mascara!
For the lips, there is this lovely oxblood kind of lip color and light bronzer.
Eyebrows are filled to make them appear thicker but not denser since they are only lightly filled for a more natural look!
The last look would be a daily wearable types with an eyeliner and peachy brown lips. Eyebrows are filled usually.
Eyeliner is a pencil one, I think since it is too dark like the bold black in liquids and creams/gels. Here is very softly applied peach blush that completes the look!


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Annapolis Endodontics
Feb 02, 2011 08:43PM
● By Anonymous
The doctors of Annapolis Endodontics have limited their practice exclusively to performing root canals and root canal related procedures. These procedures may become necessary when the nerves inside your tooth become irreversibly inflamed or infected. Using microsurgical techniques, computer assisted dental drills, and X-rays using advanced digital radiography, root canals can now be performed painlessly, usually in one visit, and typically in less than an hour. Discomfort is relieved and patients benefit by retaining their natural teeth.
"We are committed to providing the best possible endodontic treatment in a pleasant and relaxed environment," says Dr. Louis H. Berman, a local Annapolitan who founded Annapolis Endodontics in 1983. Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry, on staff at the Albert Einstein Medical Center, and past president of the Maryland State Association of Endodontists, Dr. Berman is highly respected internationally as a lecturer and contributing author to textbooks, as well as being an editor and author of textbooks on endodontic diagnosis and dental trauma. His publications have been translated into more than 16 different languages.
After retiring from the Navy as a Captain, Dr. James O. Roahen joined Annapolis Endodontics in 1993. Dr. Roahen received his undergraduate degree from Lawrence University and served in the Navy as a Surface Warfare Officer. Dr. Roahen then received his dental degree from the University of Michigan and his specialty certification in Endodontics, as well as a Master's degree, from the University of Oregon. Before going into private practice, Dr. Roahen also served as Professor and Chairman of the Endodontic Graduate Program at the Naval Dental School in Bethesda.
Dr. Kenneth "Rick" Hunter also joined Annapolis Endodontics after serving in the Navy as a Naval Flight Officer. Dr. Hunter obtained his dental degree at the Virginia Commonwealth School of Dentistry. Returning to the Navy, he completed a general practice residency at the Naval Hospital in Oakland, and was a Navy general dentist before receiving his specialty certification at the Naval Dental School in Bethesda. Dr. Hunter retired from the Navy Dental Corps in 1999 after serving locally at the United States Naval Academy and the Washington Navy Yard.
"A successful office visit with us is not just dependent upon our advanced treatment facility or the skills of our doctors," says Dr. Berman. "Our dental assistants and front desk team are highly trained and knowledgeable about our procedures, and are uniquely qualified for optimizing the success and comfort of our patients' treatment."
A comfortable environment, knowledgeable staff, and professionals who are leaders in the field combine to make a patient's root canal experience predictably pleasant. Says Dr. Berman: "Our goal is to save your tooth, maximize your comfort, and work closely with your referring dentist to restore and maintain your smile."
Annapolis Endodontics
Dr. Louis H. Berman
Dr. James Roahen
Dr. Kenneth R. Hunter201 West Street Annapolis, MD 21401 410-268-4770 www.AnnapolisEndodontics.com


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RC Sproul, writing in his commentary on Romans:
Obviously, Freud was not on the Sea of Galilee when the storm arose and threatened to capsize the boat in which Jesus and his disciples were sitting. The disciples were afraid. Jesus was asleep, and so they went to him and shook him awake, and they said, "'Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?' Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, 'Peace, be still!' And the wind ceased and there was a great calm" (Mark 4:38-39). There was not a zephyr in the air. You would think the disciples' gratitude would have led them to say, "Thank you, Jesus, for removing the cause of our fear." Instead, they became very much afraid. Their fears were intensified, and they said to one another, "Who can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey Him!" (v. 41). They were dealing with something transcendent.
Paul outlines the dreadful consequences that fall on a race of people who live by refusing to acknowledge what they know to be true about the character of God. The result is a futile mind, a blackened heart, and a life of radical corruption. People are exposed to God's displeasure so that their only hope is the gospel of his dear Son.
What we see in the disciples is xenophobia, fear of the stranger. The holiness of Christ was made manifest in that boat, and suddenly the disciples' fear escalated. This is where Freud mised the point. If people are going to invent religion to protect them from the fear of nature, why would they invent a god who is more terrifying than nature itself? Why would they invent a holy god? Fallen creatures, when they make idols, do not make holy idols. We prefer the unholy, the profane, the secular – a god we can control.
Here in Romans the apostle brings us to the place where we have no excuse, where ignorance cannot be claimed, because God has so manifested himself to every creature that every last one of us knows that God exists and that he deserves our honor and thanks and is not to be traded in or swapped for the creature.
I managed to do a bit more reading from the Stewardship Study Bible, and stumbled upon something that really made me think about the nature of humanity.
Oftentimes, we like to think (even as Christian believers) that it would be nice to know for sure that God exists and what his plans and instructions are for us going forward. Who hasn't daydreamed about receiving a 3×5 card with written instructions from God on precisely how to proceed with some difficult task, or even things that aren't really difficult at all? I certainly have, and I know I'm not alone. And of course the implication of such thoughts is that if only God would reveal himself to us in such a direct way, all our doubt and uncertainty would be washed away and we would be able to live our lives fully committed to His will and His ways.
And yet the Bible gives us a completely different view of the matter. How many people in the Bible communed directly with God, talked with Him, received direction from Him, only to turn away from Him later? I touched on this a bit in the previous post, noting the poignancy of Solomon's eventual straying from his solemn commitment to God at the dedication of the temple. But my understanding of the gravity of Solomon's sin was only enhanced through the reading of the beginning of I Kings 9, where the Lord appears to Solomon a second time. Imagine that – God appearing to you and speaking directly to you not once, but twice. One would think that should be enough to keep generations of a family on the straight and narrow. And God's instructions to Solomon are nothing if not clear:
"As for you, if you walk before me in integrity of heart and uprightness, as David your father did, and do all I command and observe my decrees and laws, I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father when I said, 'You shall never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.'
"But if you or your sons turn away from me and do not observe the commands and decrees I have given you and go off to serve other gods and worship them, then I will cut off Israel from the land I have given them and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name. Israel will then become a byword and an object of ridicule among all peoples. And though this temple is now imposing, all who pass by will be appalled and will scoff and say, 'Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this temple?'People will answer, 'Because they have forsaken the Lord their God, who brought their fathers out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—that is why the Lord brought all this disaster on them.' "
This is not difficult to understand. And coming directly from the mouth of God to Solomon, one would imagine that it would be unforgettable. And yet, with the turn of a page, we see Solomon marrying foreign wives and allowing the worship of foreign gods in Israel. Granted, many years had passed with that page turn. But still – forgetting the personal, individual instruction of God?
And let us not forget that an entire generation of the nation of Israel enjoyed the physical presence of the incarnated Lord Jesus Christ – God enfleshed – and even that was not enough. Matthew 12:38-45:
Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law said to him, "Teacher, we want to see a miraculous sign from you."
He answered, "A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a miraculous sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now one greater than Jonah is here. The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon's wisdom, and now one greater than Solomon is here.
"When an evil spirit comes out of a man, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, 'I will return to the house I left.' When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in order. Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that man is worse than the first. That is how it will be with this wicked generation."
In the end, even the resurrection of the Son of God proved inadequate to convince many of the Jewish leaders of the authenticity of Christ's claims. If God-in-person wasn't enough for some to change their ways, the 3×5 card probably wouldn't make a lot of difference either.
Things are getting away from me here a little bit, so let me see if I can tease any worthwhile nuggets out of these scriptures and my mass of thoughts.
- I suppose first of all, we must note the depravity of humanity. The one thing we are able to do more easily than anything else it seems is to ignore God, to dismiss God, to shuttle God off to a corner while we go about our more important work. Solomon had the opportunity to commune with God with a directness that most of us, if not all of us, will never experience or understand. The chief work of his life was building a glorious temple for the Lord, a building which still inspires awe to this day in its description. And yet, with the passage of time, even that was not enough to keep him fully committed to the Lord. The first century Jews had Jesus, God himself, walking among them. We all know how that story ended. We must never underestimate our capability to ignore, deny, hate, and crucify God. After the Fall, it is an inherent part of our being as humans.
- With that being said, it is also important to note that while we will never have that 3×5 card from God, Jesus reminds us that what we have from God – His Word – should be enough for us. I am reminded that God's word serves as "…a lamp to my feet and a light for my path." A lamp does not flood the entire scene with light; rather it gives enough light to take a step or two, and reveals more territory as one walks along. We need to live by faith, confident that the God who performed the miraculous deeds for his people in scripture is still the same today, and that "…in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." For myself, I know that this is a lesson I need to learn and re-learn, again and again, for the rest of my life.
So of late, I've been noodling around with a bunch of different books, as usual. My primary concentration has been on Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader, which was one of my Christmas gifts, and has been a great read so far. I'd say I'm just over 1/3 of the way in, and North Korea is as utterly screwed up as I'd imagined it to be. Aside from which, who would have thought that a guy like Kim Il-Sung (or Kim Jong-Il, for that matter) would be able to build a cult of personality so powerful that young women would consider it an honor to strip naked and be a component of a "living bed" for said totalitarian monsters.
Yeah, that's… just wrong. But it apparently happens. (I long for some nutjob apologist for the regime to come along and leave a DPRK-style denunciation of me in the comments.)
In other news, I managed to snag a relatively cheap copy of Volume III of James Montgomery Boice's commentaries on Romans (in the hardcover to match my copies of Volumes I, II, and IV). Thank you, Amazon Marketplace. I also picked up a copy of RC Sproul's 1 volume commentary on Romans, and I'm hoping to get his commentary on John ASAP. And I've made a goal of reading through the Bible from cover to cover this year, and I'm doing so using my new pseudo-leatherbound copy of the NIV Stewardship Study Bible from Zondervan, which was edited by a friend of mine. As of now, I'm just past the giving of the law in Exodus.
After some wheeling and dealing, I managed to scrape together the cash for a copy of NT Wright's The Resurrection of the Son of God, which is – according to reviews – 700+ pages of glorious apologetics in defense of the historicity of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. That should also keep me occupied for a while.
So happy new year to all; I'll keep you posted as I make progress.