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Year: 2011

Review: Elements of Faith Vol. 1

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Elements of Faith Vol. 1: Hydrogen to Tin Faith Facts and Learning Lesson from the Periodic Table Richard D. Duncan The study of the periodic table of elements can often be tedious task for students.  Symbols, letters, numbers – they all blur into each other and leave the student wanting to just walk away from chemistry all together.  Many students want to know how the study of the periodic table is relevant to their lives.  Many chemistry classes leave them without practical application, so they walk away thinking that the periodic table is irrelevant to their every day lives. The…

The Season for Organization

Posted in Homemaking

It seems that a new year lends itself to reorganizing the house.  We’re already putting away Christmas decorations, and we’re on a bit of a break from the normal day-to-day routine.  It’s the perfect time to dive into getting things more organized.  After all, we do need to find new homes for the goodies that we received as gifts, and we need to say goodbye to some items that are no longer needed. Today, I spent some time organizing our storage closet.  The Christmas bins received new labels and many things were pulled out of the closet.  I set those…

A Legacy Walk through Marine Corps History

Posted in Military Life, and Reviews

A Legacy Walk through Marine Corps History The Timeline Exhibit of the National Museum of the Marine Corps We were fortunate to be part of the opening ceremonies for the Marine Corps Museum.  We were stationed near Quantico, Va, so we were able to watch as the museum was constructed.  On opening day, people were bused in because the crowds were so great.  Marines young and old, activity duty, reservists, and retirees showed up for this momentous occasion.  Finally, the Marine Corps had a place to where people could come together and remember the long, illustrious history of the Marine…

Review: Two Tickets to the Christmas Ball

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Two Tickets to the Christmas Ball Donita K. Paul Mischievous matchmakers ~ Two special tickets ~ One unlikely couple I think it’s only fair to say that I tend to be picky when it comes to any romance novels/novellas – even Christian ones.  More often than not, I will pass on them unless I have recommendations from someone who knows me and my taste.  That being said, I’m a sucker for Christmas stories, so I decided to check out this book when it was offered for review. Cora is still trying to figure out the whole Christian walk.  Cora knows…

Review: Exploring the World of Physics

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Exploring the World of Physics From Simple Machine to Nuclear Energy John Hudson Tiner Physics can be an extremely complicated and difficult subject.  How do I know?  Because I had a love/hate relationship with physics in high school.  While I did well in physics in high school, there were concepts that were not clearly explained or taught which made the subject matter difficult to truly grasp.  This meant that I needed to work very hard to try to work through the concepts being taught in order to do well in the class.  If I had a book like Exploring The…