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Common Admission Test (CAT) since 2014, has undergone various changes both structure and in content as well. Though the elementary things haven't changed, but more determination is required of an aspirant. The next six months will be critical for preparation. Success depends on a well-defined preparation schedule to compete against high sectional cut-off and overall percentile. A good CAT score can get you a seat in IIM's and top rated business Institutions.
CAT 2016 will be organized by IIM Bangalore, and about 1.5 – 2.0 lakh aspirants are expected to take on the test. Few points to note, in-case you are going to appear for CAT 2016:
- Duration of Common Admission Test is 180 minutes.
- Exam would consists three sections – QA (Quantitative Ability), DILR (Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning), and VRC (Verbal & Reading Comprehension).
- +3 points for correct answer and -1 for incorrect ones.
- No penalty for unanswered questions.
- No negative marking for Non Multiple Choice Questions.
Since the year of 2009, CAT starts conducting a computer based online test which declares the result in Percentile form and after that, B-schools shortlist aspirants on the basis of their percentile scores.
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White House's plans for privacy council fall short
Feb 17, Washington: On Tuesday morning, the White House announced an Executive Order establishing a federal interagency privacy council composed of senior privacy officials from two dozen federal agencies. While seeming to offer some promise, however, the council has a limited mandate, and ultimately represents an overdue nod to privacy principles the administration has repeatedly abused in practice.
If the Obama administration wants to support privacy, it can start by finally offering straight answers to Congress on surveillance and intelligence practices that offend privacy. Instead, Congress has legislated surveillance policy in the dark while enduring a long series of executive misrepresentations.
Last week, mere days after an independent panel (notably including current U.S. intelligence officials) refuted recent FBI claims about encryption tools, Congress began examining surveillance powers set to expire next year in a closed hearing, enabling a familiar pattern of executive obfuscation and congressional confusion.
Intelligence officials including FBI Director James Comey have conjured claims that encryption threatens national security, and that private companies should allow government agencies backdoor access to encrypted communications and data. A study released last week by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, however, reveals that the FBI has been crying wolf.
The Berkman Center report, "Don't Panic: Making Progress on the 'Going Dark' Debate," suggests that concerns about encryption undermining security are premature and overblown. In particular, fears that intelligence agencies are "going dark" by losing pervasive access to electronic communications, or data stored online, overlook the emergence of new data streams—especially increasingly vast sets of unencrypted data produced by household devices connected to the Internet.
These devices include not only the computers and smart phones for which encryption is an essential security and privacy tool, but also "toasters to bedsheets, light bulbs, cameras, toothbrushes, door locks, cars, watches and other wearables."
EFF Board member Jonathan Zittrain, a Harvard professor who serves as faculty chair of the Berkman Center, noted that the review group's unique composition enabled a broader perspective than either the agencies or Congress have sought, enabling a "debate beyond its well-known bumper stickers."
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A great second half performance, so many positives to take.
1. We have found two important partnerships that work. Gallas and Silvestre with Gallas as a sweeper and Silvestre as the ball playing stopper worked brilliantly for us, and they really only had one clear cut chance in the game, that Bellamy chances in the first half. Gallas was brilliant, MOTM and great captains performance, Silvestre also did well, but is still adjusting to our set up. and The other was Song-Fabregas. Fabregas was influential, and back to his brilliant self this game. That is because he had Song always behind him. Song knew when to attack (once we were already winning) and where to pass, who to pass to and when to pass. He did brilliantly to stop probably 90% of enemy attacks. Terrific performance.
2. The opinions we have on the bench. It just shows how much how much strength we have to have someone coming off the bench to score twice. Great cameo from Adebayor, both goals were just like Henry, and so was teh one versus Fenerbahce. Diaby also did great when he was on the ball. We have a world class attack in our first team, but also a world class midfield on our bench!
3. Sagna will be available for Spurs!
4. Our options up front. We have six strikers in Adebayor, van Persie, Eduardo, Bendtner, Diaby and Vela, and Diaby can also play midfield. 4 of the 6 played today, and it was great to see all the height in our box, there were only 3 players on the field that were under 6 foot after the subtitution!
Almunia: 8.0 In the second half didn't have much to do, but was briliant in the first half, with two stunning saves of Di Michele, and Bellamy
Eboue:6.5 Not his greatest performance, very hesitant, but good in attack
Gallas:8.5 Brilliant contained all three of West Hams strikers, MOTM
Silvestre: 7.0 Did his job well.
Clichy:7.0 Typical Clichy performance, but we found out today that Bellamy is faster than him!
Nasri:7.0 Was good, energetic, skillful, good link up with the midfield and Clichy, but gave the ball away several times.
Fabregas:8.0 Looked like the Fabregas of lat year, absolutely sublime
Song:7.5 Great job in that DM position. Stopped attacks all day, pushed forward well onces we were in the lead, hopefully he keeps his starting place versus Spurs. He kept it simple, but gave it away once or twice.
Walcott:8.0 Great performance, had a great run in the first half, and as usual was a vital part of the attack throughout.
Bendtner:7.5 Below par in the first half, unimpressive. Did better in the second half, and a significant moment happened in the match: He had a sublime link up with Adebayor, 3 quick passes, Ades shot was saved brilliantly by Green (who had an absolutely UNBELIEVABLE performance) but after Adebayor put the rebound over from claose range, Bendtner went over and picked him up. Also, a stunning ball for Adebayor for the second goal
van Persie:7.5 Did great, attacked with purpose, always was looking to score or create would have had a hatrick against any other keeper.
Adebayor:7.5 He won us the game, what else can I say. He almost pulled a Bendtner vs. Spurs, as he almost scored with his first touch, a header from a corner.
Diaby: Looked very skillful on the ball, couldn't have the influence that he had against Fenerbahce however.
Sagna: N/A good that he got some minutes, will hopefully start against Spurs.
I think that Nasri needs a rest, and Diaby deserves a chance. So I think that all three subs will start vs. Spurs.
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GREENCASTLE, Pa. — Organizers canceled the final day of the three-day hot air balloon festival at Green Grove Gardens when the weather worsened Sunday.
"Everything was canceled because of the storms," said David Robinson of Windjammer Balloons.
The decision was made at about 3:30 p.m. Sunday during the first of two lines of storms, Robinson said.
He called people who had reservations for the dusk launch.
"Most people who answered their phones understood because of the weather," Robinson said.
Still, Robinson said he was disappointed that the Saturday evening and Sunday evening launches did not happen. Winds prompted the launch cancellation Saturday.
Balloon operators packed their rigs into trailers and left the Antrim Township, Pa., site shortly after the decision was made Sunday.
Emails, phone calls and verbal feedback all indicate the festival has supporters, Robinson said.
"Everybody is asking me about next year," he said.
A similar festival was held at Green Grove Gardens in 2010. Robertson said it will be up to the event center's management to decide if and when they want to have another.
Green Grove Gardens Manager Keith McCleaf did not return a phone call seeking comment Sunday evening.
Robinson said he enjoyed the balloon glow Saturday night. Balloon operators launched their balloons close to the ground, where the winds were not as strong, and used the flames to illuminate the colorful balloons in the night sky.
"It was just a lot of fun," Robinson said.
In addition to the balloon launches, the festival had 40 craft and food vendors, a children's activities area with carnival games, sand art, barrel train rides, inflatables and pony rides. An estimated 5,000 people attended.


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The ability of Deurex natural sugar cane wax to reduce the blending and compaction temperatures of warm-mix asphalt renders it a promising technology in pavement construction to reduce CO2 emissions and save energy. This new warm-mix additive might revolutionize pavement construction and warm-mix asphalt production by introducing a new class of mixtures with excellent environmental performance.The goal of this study was to evaluate the feasibilities and benefits of the incorporation of Deurex into asphalt binders. Deurex was blended into asphalt at contents of 1, 3, 5, and 7%, and the following tests were performed: physical properties, performance grade, multiple stress creep recovery, frequency sweep, separation, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and Fourier transform infrared rheometer (FTIR). The test results showed that the increase in Deurex significantly reduces the viscosity of asphalt binders, implying that a decrease in the blending and compaction temperatures of asphalt mixtures can be achieved during pavement construction. In addition, the tests showed that the addition of Deurex increases complex modulus (G), rutting factor (G= sin δ), average percentage recovery, and phase angle, and reduces nonrecoverable creep compliance and phase angle. It is suggested that Deurex-modified binders are less subject to permanent deformation at high temperature. Moreover, DSC analyses showed that Deurex has little effect on asphalt thermal properties. Further, FTIR analyses showed that chemical reactions might happen during the mixing of Deurex and asphalt. Overall, the good performance of Deurex-modified asphalt showed its potential as a new additive in warm-mix asphalt manufacture.
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Ese, abductors and the girl-child
With many more reports of little girls abducted and forced into marriage, the Ese Oruru story is being told, retold and interpreted ad nauseam. Yet the abduction, sexual violation, forced marriage, and eventual conversion to another religion of teenagers, as well as the initial silence of persons and agencies that ought to help in all cases, together form a grisly metaphor of the plight of the girl-child and women in Nigeria. It is not only a national embarrassment, but also a bitter reminder, given the progressive spate of violation of the girl-child, of how far behind Nigeria is in prosecuting criminal cases against women, and the great task ahead in promoting human dignity.
Kidnapped by a 25 year-old neighbour named Yunusa Dahiru in August 2015, in Yenogoa, Ese was taken to Kano. Her parents reported to the police, which vacillated and parried the matter for seven months. However, the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, upon getting briefing about the case during this period, had to defer to the traditional and religious office of the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, to make any headway. And as bureaucratic procedures lasted, and media reports spread, a chain reaction that elicited positive response within 72 hours took place.
Although the Ese has been released and re-united with her family, whilst the culprit Yunusa is being prosecuted, the event would be a life lesson for parents and children, whose purported ignorance is symbolic of the state of the nation. It has also exposed the sloppiness of the police in discharging its duties as a security agency established to safeguard lives and property. Moreover, the incident has cast in bold relief the intricate power-play witnessed in the tense dichotomies by which modern Nigeria may be understood: North and South, Christian and Muslim, influential and commonplace. In the conflict between civic responsibility of the Nigerian Police and traditional cum religious authority of the Emirate over Ese's release from her captors, the incident presents Nigeria as a show of shame, a discomforting episode laden with portentous social-political consequences if not properly put in perspective.
Against the background of the missing 219 Chibok girls, who are yet-to-be freed, the Ese event and other forced marriages of minors tell a story of institutional neglect, deliberate incapacitation of the agents of the state, and Nigerians' personal indifference to the plight of the unfamiliar. A few days ago, a televised report carried the pathetic story of how a human trafficking cartel in Ogun State transports innocent and unsuspecting teenagers, through a gruesome and deadly voyage in the desert, to Libya, where they are exported as sex slaves. Where are the authorities whose duty it is to attend to situations as this? What is the police doing to apprehend the kingpin of the cartel? Whilst commendation should be given to the press and the civil society groups, whose 'Free Ese' Campaign set the tone for a deluge of public outcry, it is sad that the National Agency for the Prevention of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) was virtually out of the picture. This is unacceptable.
However, most guilty of professional negligence are the police, whose disgraceful reactionary stance has been brought to light. For any criminal activity to get the attention of the police force, it must have a trail for reaction. Something, usually a costly consequence, must transpire for attention to occur, and often times, concerned citizens have decried these tardy operative strategies of crime control and law enforcement in the country. The Ese and other cases present in living graphics the pretensions and impotence of the nation's law enforcement agencies, especially the police, when they decide to wait for something to happen before acting. How the law could be so incapacitated and deficient, and the police authorities so subservient to the Sharia Commission and the Kano Emirate council that the Nigerian Police would need a mandate for it to carry out its lawful duties, is a shocking development that the authorities must begin to address.
Whilst Nigerians recognise the parlous state of the police both in terms of manpower and equipment, this situation is inexcusable. If the excuse of lean, overstretched personnel and poor equipment is adduced as a valid reason for inefficiency, then it also provides grounds for decentralisation of the police force for better management and positive results.
Already the community police is in force in certain parts of the country as could be observed in Ese's case in Kano. If in Kano, the Hisbah (the Sharia police) could be accorded legitimacy and equal ranking as the Nigerian Police Force, what stops an appropriate and desirable adoption of state police in a truly federal Nigeria?
The event also interrogates the proper dispensation of justice for the girl-child and womenfolk. Women and the girl-child are wantonly abused and dehumanised by a system and decision-making process managed by patriarchal institutions.
It is for this reason women should reject the treacherous role of serving negative patriarchal values, and frontally attack the cultural and religious devices of subjugation. Nigerians must see the Ese case as a situation beyond Ese. They must begin to fight the obnoxious tenets that give rise to child marriages and abductions. Non-government organisations should rise and fiercely speak out against atrocious customs and institutionalised practices that dishonour and exploit the girl-child.
Like the typically exploited girl-child, Ese's travails and other testimonies leave Nigerians with valuable lessons about family economic structure and associated values. At 13 or 14, a girl is just a child, barely able to grapple with hormonal rampage in her system, let alone old enough to give her consent in marriage. How was the girl so vulnerable to the extent of eloping or kidnap? Is it a case of break-down in family values as some think? Or as a result of poverty? In some agrarian and non-industrial societies, such as Africa's, family economy permits non-abusive child labour, a practice that still persists in homes where all must join hands to make ends meet. So what wrong could the parents have done by allowing her to manage the mother's food shop?
Ordinarily, children, especially girl children, must not be left to associate with adults unsupervised, let alone unfamiliar adults. Parents must be observant of subtle sexual advances and harassment that come from customers' or visitors' seeming innocuous teasing of their daughters. They should discourage familiarity and unnecessary close contact with customers and suspected familiar persons. Parents should also be wary of gifts to their daughters.
Now that many little girls so abducted are being found, now that Ese has been freed and the culprit identified, it is now time for proper education on social ethics and the supremacy of the law of the land. Irrespective of religious traditions and tribal customs, it should be sounded loud and clear to citizens whose only understanding of common law is impaired by sectarian values that it is not only unconscionable, but also illegal for a man, however high his social status, to just whisk away a girl, convert her and marry her without her parent's consent. Such a medieval act and obvious criminality is, in truth, never permissible by any religious doctrine.
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The ancient Mapuche sport of palín is making a comeback in Santiago, 'reinforces friendships' while typifying struggles of Chile's indigenous communities.
While it is no longer used to settle tribal disputes, palín still maintains a strong social element and has become synonymous with the Mapuche struggle. Photo by Hugo Solar / Flickr.
Palín is not for the faint-hearted — the age-old Mapuche sport was once used to settle tribal disputes and involves pumped-up men running around a dirt field swinging huge wooden sticks. Outlawed in the 17th century by the Catholic church, the sport has made a comeback in recent years spearheaded by the formation of an eight team league in Santiago.
Christened "chueca" by the Spanish conquerors, the preservation of palín has become synonymous with the struggles of Chile's indigenous communities. As the country comes to terms with its conflict-ridden past, the government named palín a national sport in June 2004 — the move came after pressure from various Mapuche movements demanding recognition for their role in the country's history.
"The sport, and its social function, have not changed substantially since its conception many years ago," Jorge Calbucura, a specialist in Mapuche sports and associate professor of sociology at Mid Sweden University, told The Santiago Times. "Its numerous purposes come from its role as a form of escape, a social cohesive and a mediator of conflict. The past social function of palín has to be understood in a certain social and historical context. Above all, palín is more than just a sport — it is an exercise in cultural resistance and identity."
Santiago's palín teams convene every Sunday from March through December in Cerro Navia, La Pintana, Quilicura and Puente Alto. Despite the fierce history of the sport, those who play in the league uphold the social spirit of the game.
"It's not competitive as such, but more to reinforce friendships between communities," Pablo Painemilla, who takes part in the weekly tournaments, said.
Games consist of two teams of between five and 15 players named "peloteros" — each player has a special role to play and is paired off against their opposite number, called "kons." The field of play, coined a "paliwe," is traditionally 655 feet long and 40 feet wide and the aim of the game is to hit the wooden ball into the opposing goal. Both teams share a meal post-game to "strengthen relationships between communities."
Calbucura also spoke of why the ancient sport is still significant for the country's indigenous population.
"For quite some time now, especially since the celebration of '500 Years of Resistance,' there has been an increased awareness throughout the Americas of the indigenous people's plight," he explained. "This has given birth to a process of cultural revitalization, inspired by organizations which represent indigenous interests — especially in urban areas. Palín is a great example of this."
While palín is alive and kicking in Mapuche society, Calbucura offered his thoughts on whether the sport could become popular in Chile.
"Before it becomes more popular I think there needs to be a greater awareness throughout indigenous communities in the Americas. However, if you compare palín to other minority sports in Chile, such as a number of watersports or polo, then it is not too far behind in terms of the number of people who play."
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It's time once again for the best photos of the week. We have some intense competition photos (horse racing and dog surfing), some crazy fashions to wear to those competitions (though a feather hat may not be the best choice for the dog surfing) and some pics of celebrities, though epic, we never really wanted to see. Plus, the muscular alien from 'Prometheus' without his make-up on. Check out the photos below.
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"This is a test of the emergency broadcast system, this is only a test!"
How many times have we heard that over the years, and just when you didn't expect it? The Emergency Broadcast System was designed to alert us of potential danger, and to clear the airwaves for a special bulletin. If the alert were an actual emergency, then a subsequent message would be included with instructions of what to do. I believe that there is a similar system in place today.
As we begin a new year I would like to take a few minutes and encourage you to think about the fact that we have only one life before eternity! Although we are faced with many "tests" in life, life itself is not a test but, is the real thing. What we do now has eternal implications. There will be no instructions at the end directing us what to do, other than "Enter into the joy of your master!" (Matt.25:23), or "'I never knew you; depart from Me,…" (Matt. 7:23). While many things in life can be practiced over and over, life itself cannot be.
This is a warning of the eternity system, this is not a test! We are sinners and what we deserve is to spend eternity separated from God! However, it's not too late! God has demonstrated His love toward us that even though we are sinners, Christ died for us. The Bible tells us, "If you will confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation". (Romans 10:9-10). I repeat, this isnot a test!
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This is INSANE.
Doctors in Buenos Aires, Argentina, just removed the WORLD'S LARGEST TUMOR from a 54-year-old woman's womb. How large?
Try FIFTY-ONE POUNDS.
The tumor was about the size of a large watermelon and had been growing inside of the woman for a year-and-a-half. It was malignant, so it had to be removed . . . and took the team about four hours to get it out.
The woman is currently recovering and is doing well.
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Amelia Reid, California's "First Lady of Aviation," died March 3 after suffering a stroke January 16. The 77-year-old Reid trained airshow pilot Sean D. Tucker and more than 4,000 others in basic "stick and rudder" flying and aerobatics. She received AOPA's Sharples Award in 1996 for her rugged defense of San Jose's Reid-Hillview Airport and a lifetime of devotion to the preservation and advancement of general aviation.
"Amelia gave our world of aviation so much with a flair and enthusiasm that was uniquely hers," said AOPA President Phil Boyer. "Her love of flying and dedication to primary flight instruction encouraged so many pilots."
A memorial wake has been scheduled for Sunday March 11, beginning at 11 a.m. and lasting all day at Amelia Reid Aviation at Reid-Hillview Airport. Friends are encouraged to bring food and memories.
Amelia Reid's first flying lesson was a $3 hop in 1941 during her undergraduate days at Kearney State College in Nebraska. After finishing a master's degree in mathematics at San Jose State University, she abandoned a programming mathematician position at the NACA (now NASA) Ames Research Center at NAS Moffett Field, which did not offer a flexible work schedule following the birth of her son, Robin.
In 1960, Reid earned her commercial pilot certificate and instructor ratings. She opened Amelia Reid Aviation at Reid-Hillview Airport. Her father-in-law and four local airmen had founded the airport in 1939 in what was then a rural area east of San Jose.
She flew more than 40,000 hours while training more than 4,000 students in basic and advanced airmanship. She also wowed airshow audiences flying her Cessna 150 Aerobat, the aerobatic version of the longtime basic Cessna trainer. Ever the flight instructor, her daring low-level routine was flown from the right seat—the flight instructor's position.
Amelia Reid Aviation's first aircraft was a Taylorcraft L-2, a former military observation plane acquired for just $350. Her training fleet has always included taildraggers and aerobatic aircraft, along with modern trainers.
She held an airline transport pilot certificate and was type-rated in the Cessna Citation business jet. Her certificates and ratings included gliders plus single- and multiengine land and sea aircraft in addition to flight and ground instructor ratings.
The Reid family and partners held onto the airport until the 1960s and then sold it to Santa Clara County. It grew into a parallel runway, tower-controlled airport that is a key Bay Area reliever airport.
But Silicon Valley growth surrounded the airport and led to repeated campaigns to try to close it.
Amelia Reid's defense of Reid-Hillview Airport was an unwavering, single-minded effort. She was one of the founding members of the Reid-Hillview Airport Association. For as long as anyone could remember, she was a fixture at any airport preservation battle.
AOPA dedicated AOPA Expo '96 in San Jose to the contribution of suburban general aviation airports like Reid-Hillview to the economy and business development of their communities.
AOPA awarded Amelia Reid its 1996 Sharples Award for a "lifetime of teaching and standing her ground on Reid-Hillview Airport."


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888Ladies have advertised their brand intermittently on the small screen with the most famous of their commercials featuring Vic Reeves. This was then followed by a selection of adverts that really seemed to disconnect with the player before we then saw the site bring back Vic.
The new 888Ladies commercial starts with green paper unfolding over a pile of coins, the paper unfolds to reveal the shape of the United Kingdom. As is does so the voiceover tells the viewer 'At 888Ladies it is you that makes our bingo great' as several different photos are pinned to the map. The background music is a song from NONONO and called Pumpin Blood.
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Who really wants to get up at 9am on a Sunday and eat a balanced breakfast, just to eat lunch again around noon? Parisians prefer getting up late and going out to brunch outside on the terrace in the sunny weather. And with the typical brunch food like eggs, fresh fruit juice, toast and jam, what's not to love?
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Good morning! I hope you have a wonderful Monday. My favorite article from the weekend's New York Times was written by Katherine Rosman. The article was a description of the life of Täo Porchon-Lynch, an inspirational 98-year-old yoga teacher(!!) The human body and spirit is capable of so much, if we really focus on health. If we sit in a windowless cubicle all day and drink soda, forget about it. What kind of life do you want to live?
Thanks so much for visiting my blog! Writing and reading posts takes time and we all know that time is precious. You and I will both get much more out of this blog if it leads to dialogue/exchange of ideas. If you found this post useful and wouldn't mind leaving a brief comment and sharing via email or social media, I would be extremely grateful. My posts are generally written quickly, so if you have any feedback, or find any factual or grammatical errors, please do let me know. Regards, "Dr. Phil"


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In April I went down to Nashville to see my best friend Erin, her husband Ashley, and their beee-yooootiful daughter Reagan, who also happens to be my goddaughter. I hadn't seen Reagan since Thanksgiving when she was barely two months old. Now she's seven months old, super cute, and SO BIG compared to when I last saw her. And she was such an easygoing baby too - as Erin said, "This is how they trick you into having another one."
I was also down in Nashville for the Country Music 1/2 Marathon. I didn't realize Nashville was so hilly! I had spent alot of time over the weeks prior on travel for work, participating in pre-wedding festivities for one of our good friends who was getting married i
n May, not getting alot of sleep, and my head wasn't completely in the game. Because it was a hilly race, I set a goal for myself that wasn't really a time goal but more of a goal to go faster as the race went on and finish strong, which is totally opposite of what happened during the Shamrock 1/2. So, here are my mile splits:
1: 7:13, 161 bpm average HR
2: 7:25, 163 bpm
3: 7:38, 167 bpm
4: 7:38, 169 bpm
5: 7:46, 170 bpm
6: 7:09, 170 bpm
7: 7:11, 172 bpm
8: 7:45, 174 bpm
9: 6:53, 173 bpm
10: 7:12, 174 bpm
11: 7:02, 173 bpm
12: 7:25, 176 bpm
13: 7:22, 179 bpm
0.1 - 1:08, 183 bpm
The race was on a Saturday, which was great because that gave us Saturday night to just relax. Erin was a trooper and she got up at O-Dark 30 to drive me 45 minutes into Nashville. It was great to catch up with her during the ride. Traffic was ridiculous getting off the exit ramp - I ended up just getting out of the car and I luckily found a bus right away. Luck was on my side again and I found a short porta-potty line. I figured I had plenty of time to get to the start, but as I was trying to get up to my corral, the gun went off 15 minutes early. There was some bad weather expected and they wanted to do what they could to get the race started as early as possible. So, I started at the tail end of my corral, which was rather nice because I was basically running on my own until the fast people from the corral behind me caught up.
My overall time was 1:37:00, which isn't my best time, but I was still pleased with it overall. I had a mile under 7:00 and I didn't fall apart at the end. I felt good and felt like I was getting faster towards the end. I also had a kick at the end, something I haven't had in awhile. I was 16th in my AG (out of 3,515) and the 40th girl overall (out of 15,254). And I kept it together mentally to keep on pace during the whole race. It was alot hillier than I had anticipated - fortunately, most of the hills were all before mile 8 and then there were some nice downhills. This is the first race that Erin had watched me run, and I knew she was at the finish, so I wanted to kick it in as best as possible.
Erin and I stayed and watched the first marathoners come in. And as they came across the finish line, the clouds started rolling in. We had a great afternoon of watching movies, eating ice cream and candy, and chatting. Until the tornado alarms started up. The power went off and this is where we ended up:
In the closet - four people and two dogs. The wind was like nothing we'd ever heard and when we went outside into the backyard after the storm passed, there were leaves strewn all over every side of the fence and their house - shows that the wind was swirling - kind of freaky.
Anyway, the visit to Tennessee was fantastic. I've missed Erin ever since we moved away from Saint Mike's after senior year. I've basically been in DC since 2004, but Erin has been living in Korea, Washington State, Iraq... Tennessee is the closest she has lived to me since we lived down the hall from each other in college. And Reagan was such a super easy baby - just happy and smiley and giggly all of the time. Erin and Ashley have their daily routine down to a science. I was very impressed. Makes my morning routine seem like a mess. It was a great weekend of just catching up, hanging out, and spending time together. I can't wait to go down there and visit again - but there is a great possibility they will be stopping through DC in July on their was back to Tennessee after being up in NH, which will be great.
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Small wind turbines 'halve' bat numbers
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A boom in the use of small wind turbines could be halving bat numbers in areas where they are put up, new research has suggested.
The Stirling University study recommended micro turbines should not be sited within 20 metres of the animals' habitats.
Research at 20 such sites across the UK recorded a fall in bat activity of up to 54%.
Micro turbines are installed mainly for domestic and farmland use.
Schemes which pay people for creating green electricity are said to have helped fuel a rise in their popularity.
The Stirling research, funded by the Leverhulme Trust, involved halting micro turbine movement at the 20 sites and examining the effect on the activity of birds and two species of bat, the common and soprano pipistrelle.
While bird activity was not significantly affected, turbines did reduce bat numbers, it concluded.
The university's Kirsty Park, who led the research team, said: "Reducing our carbon footprint is important, but we also need to understand the implications of renewable energy technologies for wildlife conservation.
"Current planning guidance on the siting and installation of new small wind turbines is very limited so our findings will provide valuable information and help create more sensible and useful guidelines."
Dr Park said further research was needed, but said: "Based on our results, we recommend that turbines are sited at least 20 metres away from potentially valuable bat habitat.
"This will help us to maximise the benefits of renewable energy generation whilst minimising potentially adverse effects on wildlife."
The research, said to be the first of its kind, is being published in US science journal PLoS ONE.
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A Daring Sacrifice (#2 of 3) by Judy Hedlund
Published Year: 2016
Genre: Historical Fiction
Subtitle: Not a fan (2 Stars)
The only thing harder than fighting for what's right…is fighting their feelings for each other.
For three years, the Cloaked Bandit has terrorized Wessex, robbing the nobility by knifepoint and a well-placed arrow. But little dos anyone know, this bandit is in fact Juliana Wessex, the rightful ruler of the land and a girl her tyrannical uncle—the current Lord Wessex—believes was killed along with her father.
Juliana has become skilled at hiding from Lord Wessex in the forest, using her stolen goods to provide food and shelter to the peasants her uncle has taxed into poverty. But when she robs Collin Goodrich, her red hair betrays her true identity. Lord Collin remembers Juliana from their childhood—and challenges her to stay on his estate for a week in hopes she will leave her thieving ways and become a proper lady once more. Juliana is intrigued by Collin and his charms, but only time will tell if he can overcome her distaste of the nobility—as well as win her heart.
I'll be honest here, I thought this was more of an adventure novel than a romance novel. I was wrong—this is a romance novel through and through. Sure, there's an "adventure" plot-ish, but largely this is the story of Juliana and Collin. Which was fine, but I was not looking for a romance when I picked it up. I wanted a little less broody doe-eyes and a lot more bow-and-arrows.
Juliana has a tragic backstory that I felt should have resonated with me more. She had been ruthlessly attacked by her uncle and her father was killed, leaving her and the other peasants to live in the forests after their revolt. Throughout the whole book all we hear about is Collin this and Collin that. We don't really hear about any of the secondary characters. I mean these are people she has been living with for years! She should know women and children by name, and all we know are Thatch and Bulldog. It made her feel a little crass and selfish to me, even though JH was clearly trying to portray as the selfless contrast to the nobility...
Collin was also irritating. The way he treated his sister completely rubbed me the wrong way. He kept trying to justify it with she'll understand later, or she just doesn't have all of the information. But truly, it didn't matter, his treatment of her was still wrong. I just didn't like it. He was like a one track mind on Juliana and it was a little odd.
I won't get into the actual plot because I don't want to spoil anyone who hasn't read it and still plans to, but just know that it's like watching a tennis match. Back and forth, back and forth. At one point, I think I snorted.
Also, it's the second book in a series, but no need to read the first (I didn't!) to understand what's going on in this one. Overall, I wasn't a fan of the characters or the plot. Though the epilogue was very slightly intriguing (3%) and if I'm in the mood for some historical fiction, I might come back to it.
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It was gorgeous last weekend, the perfect opportunity to get the kids out of the house, enjoy some time together and do a bit of Christmas reconnaissance shopping. We walked the half-mile to town in the crisp, cold December morning under a dazzling blue sky, birds flitting and deer grazing in the open field we passed. Any winter day in these parts that's not cloaked in a dreary, gray, foggy freeze is a perfect day in my book, and this day was perfection, my omnipresent fatigue notwithstanding.
Our quaint, historic town was full of shoppers and the garden shop we entered was particularly stuffed. I stood to the side to keep our dog out from underfoot and watched as my daughter ogled each little thing in the tiny, treasure-filled shop. As I stood enjoying the scene I heard a woman's voice, close to me and very quiet, saying, "I wish I could see this."
I glanced up and saw an older woman I'd seen out on the sidewalk a few minutes earlier, her left hand curled around the arm of someone I imagined to be her daughter, her right hand holding a red-tipped cane. She was in her seventies or eighties. I hadn't taken much more notice than that, had not even seen her enter the store, but her soft statement seemed to cut through all the ambient noise and was, in fact, the only thing I heard in one of those rarified moments where time and sound seem suddenly suspended.
And in that moment, hearing her words, I felt my heart catch just a little and I was flooded with a soft sadness. It was something in the way she said it: so quietly, like a private aside, and perhaps it was, except I heard her. There was no self-pity in her statement, no anguish: just a reflection.
"I wish I could see this."
I looked over at the beautiful little display on the shelf that she could not see but wished she could. I looked at the lovely little lights twinkling, the greenery, the thousand little things, all so sweet, all so charming. I looked at the old, waxed, pine plank floors and the children all bundled and Maia, the chocolate Lab, greeting everyone. I could see it all, and it was all so beautiful.
Now, I'm a person who notices and appreciates what's around me most of the time. I express my gratitude for the many good things in my life on a daily basis and I am keenly aware of the magical place in which I have the great good-fortune to live. But as much as I appreciate I also, unwittingly, take so much for granted: I imagine we all do. The fact that I can see, for example. The fact that I can walk to town. The fact that I have a lovely home to return to after my walk.
All the way home I thought about not being able to see all the beauty that surrounded us, the deer and the sky and the faces of my children. I imagined being that old woman in that shop, hearing the sounds and seeing nothing but darkness. I imagined the deep desire to see the green garland and twinkling lights and not just remember them in my mind's eye. I imagined the sense of wistfulness and longing that I would feel — the wistfulness I heard in her sweet voice.
We all have so much, so many gifts that we open and then casually toss aside in our overabundance of good fortune. Seeing is a gift. Hearing is a gift. Walking, breathing, feeling — all are gifts that we get to open every morning until one day, maybe, we don't.
There are moments such as this one that I experienced that are extremely precious, reminding us, as they do, of all that we have and how fragile and fleeting it is. It is a particular blessing – a gift, you might say – to be reminded of what you have while you still have it.
May you be filled with the light of awareness and love this Solstice Season, and may you deeply enjoy your many gifts.


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Danish director Tobias Lindholm's A War (Krigen) will be screening at the upcoming Venice Film Festival as part of the 'Horizons' program. This marks the international premiere for the film, which follows company commander Claus Michael Pedersen (Pilou Asbaek) and his men stationed in Helmand, Afghanistan. Meanwhile back in Denmark, with a husband at war and three children missing their father, everyday life is a struggle for Claus' wife Maria. During a routine mission, the soldiers are caught in heavy Taliban crossfire. In order to save his men, Claus makes a decision that ultimately sees him return to Denmark accused of a war crime.
A War will be the only Nordic film heading to the Venice Film Festival, though Swedish director Daniel Alfredson's American thriller Go With Me and Icelandic director Baltasar Kormakur's Everest will also be screening.
The Venice Film Festival is one of Europe's most prestigious festivals, and runs between the 2nd and the 12th of September.
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A receding gumline is what happens when your gum tissue surrounding your teeth pulls away from them leading to more of the tooth and root being exposed. It's one of the most common dental problems, with up to 12 out of a hundred people having it, often without even knowing.
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Political succession can be scary. Scary funny. Scary uncomfortable. Scary sad.
For the funny, consider the announcement that Ethan Hastert will run for congress. Ethan, son of one of Rolling Stone's 2006 10 worst congressmen and disgraced former speaker Denny, has no experience, except what he learned at his father's knee. Perhaps it will be enough ... at least for a few laughs.
For uncomfortable, consider the position of Kim Jong-nam, oldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. Although KJ-n once seemed to be on the path to leadership, a little bit of his own crazy and his pop's (and perhaps his mother's death) have contributed to his younger step-brother, Kim Jong-un seeming to be the favorite to succeed his father, who succeeded his father. [Earlier: Entertaining Evil] It is possible that KJ-u may end up disappeared in the succession, but other than that the North Korean succession might make for a lukewarm BBC political soap, except for the part about people acting crazy who are in control of nuclear weapons.
And if you're in the mood to cry while wondering what could have been different if a son had been allowed to follow the path of his father as a tribal chief, The Teeth May Smile but the Heart Does not Forget tells how the son tried to bring his father's murderers — men who said they were only carrying out (i.e., not guilty of) the madness of Idi Amin's Uganda — to justice.
Funny, scary or sad, it's all just the politics of the place as a son succeeds a politico father.


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|Football - Georgia - Valdosta - History. | High school football players - Georgia - Valdosta - History.
|Valdosta (Ga.) - History. | Valdosta (Ga.) - Social life and customs.
Prologue : what it means here or Thug tears -- Welcome or Your grave is ready, coach -- Hand me my traveling shoes or Home -- A brief, 200-million-year history or Beaches! Whales! Gnats! Lynchings! -- The trinity or Gucci Mane, Young Jeezy, Eminem -- Building a team or Anybody eligible? -- Living and dying in Valdosta or "What's going on down there?" -- One-armed white jihadi or Nub -- Pick one. The white one or The gospel of football -- The firm or Feeding his soul -- Do it again! or Hell -- Rome the elder and Rome the younger or Royalty -- God, family, football or Road-tripping to the swamp -- Getting crunk or We ready! -- Hero worship or Can I Google you? -- Quarterbacks and comebacks or Turn it up a little higher -- Saturday night lights or Bumpin' with the principal -- The content of their character or MLK in the ATL -- Thugs vs. plowboys or Winnersville, baby! -- Boosters, 'cruiters, funerals or Grinding -- Pretty boys and mohawks or Back in the ATL -- Shooting deer, giving thanks, waging war, moving on or The 229 forever -- Epilogue.
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Astazi vreau sa va arat o oja 3D holografica de la Milani.
Am deja una mova (o puteti vedea AICI) si am vrut sa mai incerc o alta culoare, asa ca am ales una gri-argintie.
Today I want to show you a 3D Holographic nail polish from Milani.
I have a purple one already (see it HERE) and I wanted to try another color, so I chose the grey - silvery one.
Oja este o combinatie de glitter gri, argintiu, roz,albastru, mov (greu de descris).
Acoperirea in doua straturi nu este prea buna.
The nail polish is a combination of grey, silvery, blue,pink,purple glitter (very hard to describe).
It's quite sheer even in two coats.
I had to apply it over a base nail polish (OPI My vampire is a buff), in two coats.
The finished look is much better.
Am incercat sa surprind efectul holografic, dar a fost foarte greu.
The finished look is glossy and it's easy to get it off your nails.
I tried to capture the holographic effect, but it was hard.


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My husband loves clams, and since he was so kind as to put up the Christmas lights (a chore he hates, by the way), I decided to make him a clam stew. This meant that I was off on the recipe hunt again, since I have no idea how to make a clam stew without one.
As luck would have it, I found the perfect recipe in Real Simple Magazine, although the original recipe called for oysters, instead of clams.
I find the best recipes in this magazine. I admit that sometimes I have to skinny them up, but the recipes in Real Simple truly are easy and tasty.
Happy cooking!
Don't forget I'm still working on my challenge to get through the holiday season without gaining weight. I have to admit this last weekend was truly a challenge – company parties and a dinner party. Still I only gained a pound. Back on track today sticking to my resolve to keep weekday meals under 400 calories. I hope you're sticking with it too!
Serves 4
- 2 tbs unsalted butter
- 1 tbs safflower oil
- 1 tbs minced fresh ginger
- 1 leek cut in 1/4" diced, washed
- 1 medium sweet potato (6 oz), peeled and diced 1/4" thick
- 2 tbs all-purpose flour
- 3 cups fat-free milk
- 1 can minced clams with liquor
- 1. Melt butter and oil in saucepan over medium heat. Add ginger, leeks, and potato. Cook for 10 minutes until just tender. Stir in flour and cook for one minute.
- 2. Raise heat to medium high and pour in milk, clams with liquor. As soon as it bubbles and thickens remove from heat.
What's good for me in this dish?
Clams are very low in saturated fat. They are a good source of Magnesium and Manganese, and a very good source of Vitamin B12, Phosphorus, Potassium, Copper and Selenium.
Sweet potatoes are high in vitamins A, and C, as well as manganese and copper. They are antioxidant rich, and a powerful anti-inflammatory helpful for reducing symptoms of asthma, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis.
Calories 237
4g saturated fat
5g unsaturated fat
213 mg sodium
11g protein
2g fiber
Weight Watchers Points 5
Nutrition details obtained from whfoods.org, nutritiondata.com, about.com, and abouthomecooking.com I am not a licensed nutritionist, nor a medical professional, and do not mean this information as medical or nutrition advice. See your medical professional if you have questions regarding your nutritional needs.


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Rural Development Trust's (RDT) Anantapur Sports Village (ASV) could still hear blissful echoes of the 2015 Andhra Pradesh Junior Women's Hockey State Championship from the preceding weekend. Women's sport in Anantapur got another boost as the Anantapur Football League (AFL) 2015 officials decided to start the first ever Anantapur Football League for Girls towards the end of the first leg of the 2015 AFL.
The AFL 2015 officials organized a meeting with all the Anantapur Sports Academy (ASA) mandals to finalize guidelines and rules for the Girls AFL that shall kick off its inaugural season towards the end of this year. The ASA, through this meeting also assessed each mandal's contribution towards the AFL, in terms of participants and officials. This would also ascertain the way ahead for the Girls AFL.
A total of about 30 officials and coaches from the 20 mandals of Anantapur attended the meeting presided by ASA's Head Coach, Miquel Llado and Assistant Head Coach, P. Vijayabhaskar. The Girls AFL 2015 will run parallel to AFL 2015, kicking off on December 13th and continuing until 31st January 2016. The dates of the league are being scheduled very strategically to allow the participants of both the AFL & Girls AFL to switch back to their school routines in February and focus on their education to tackle their end-of-year exams as well.
The inaugural season will see a total of 10 teams participate in the Girls AFL with about 4 mandals already committing to field a full squad of 15 girls each. The rest of the mandals will confirm their teams by next week. The tournament will be organized as an Under-18 tournament to ensure maximum participation from the girls. A unanimously decided rule was that each of the teams will have to appoint at least one woman as a team management official.
Such steps will help develop and spur the increased participation of girls among the mandals. This will bring about a revolutionary change towards the framework of our society that is plagued by the shackles of a mental block, that emanates from most, believing that women do not belong outdoors and should remain hidden within the confines of their homes.
"The idea behind the Girls AFL is to bring forth a change in the mindsets of women and girls in the district of Anantapur towards the positive use of sport, particularly football. Secondly, the Girls AFL is our step towards 'Gender Equality' and will pave a way forward to develop a girls' team at the ASV." – Miquel Llado, Head Coach of the ASA


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The essence of Lean development
I was hired once to help out in adopting Lean thinking. Before I started I had an interview and talked to a top level manager on Lean and how I could help the organization in their journey.
In my naivety I actually assumed that we had a similar understanding about Lean. After a few weeks I heard the man say something that rattled my brain.
"….. yes yes we are going to be Lean and Mean"…..
I thought… hmmm what does Mean has to do with Lean!!
I realized that we could have completely different definition of Lean….. unfortunately we had!
The Lean paradigm differs form Mass paradigm in interesting ways.
Lets look at some examples
Efficiency v.s. Flow
"Yes… we are going to make a year plan and allocate our engineers in such a way that all of them are utilized for 100% in all our projects. Yes…. we are going to make them work in multiple projects at the same time, Yes…we need to start all these projects otherwise they do not get done Yes…"
In mass paradigm management people are seen as resources. And these resources need to be utilized to the maximum because obviously this results in higher efficiency. So people need to be kept busy all the time operating under full load! The best way ofcourse to achieve this is to have division of work or specialization. Yes this is good…. now the testers can test all the time and the developers can develop all the time and the requirements engineer can analyse requirements all the time… very good everybody is fully utilized, very efficient indeed!! The 'production line' has to be busy at all times because production costs drop with volume.
But….. the problem here is that thinking in terms of resource utilization makes it more difficult to keep the true purpose of the business in mind! How does resource utilization contribute to customer satisfaction? What has resource utilization to do with the purpose of the business? how does resource utilization provide value?
You know you are working in this management style when there never seems to be time to stop the 'line' and fix the root cause of a problem. But there is always seems to be enough time to do things over and over again with lots of 'workarounds'.
In Lean we do not focus on resource utilization or 'ass to chair time'. We focus on optimizing the total time it takes for work to get done. This often means that people are not fully utilized! And this is good because in development people need to think! And if we satisfy our customer with short lead times they will be happy and that's actually good also!! We are also happy because we get things done earlier giving a higher ROI. We then also have room to absorb variation in demand, again keeping the lead times low. In full utilization there is no room for variation in demand and the slightest variation in demand results in huge queueing of work which leads to high increase of lead time and lots of WASTE!!!!!!
People v.s. System
In Lean thinking you try to have a systemic view on things. You assume that the root cause of most 'errors' or sub-optimizations are in the system people work in and not the fault of the people themselves. When things go wrong you ask youself "how can we change the system in such a way that this situation cannot occur again". A manager's purpose is to coach and help the people learn how they can improve the way their work is done.
A senior Toyota manager once said the following
A manager knows that improving the company is not his job but the job of the people themselves. The managers' job is to help the people understand this and make it possible for them to do so.
In Lean development the teams have authority to decide how they do their work. Teams know the deadlines, organize their work, choose who is their leader and even who is in or out of the team. This is needed because they are the ones who know best how to improve the way they work. Management accepts the decisions made by the team even if they are not happy with it.
Traditional management has a different view. They assume that the root cause of most 'errors' are in the people doing the work. When things go wrong they tell the people to change their behavior. You ask yourself "How can we change people in such a way that this 'error' cannot occur again". Hand in hand with changing the people comes commanding how to do things and controlling what is done. It often means taking away even more responsibility and authority from the teams. "Yes we are management…. we know what is best… we know how to do things…. ofcourse that is why we are management right!"
Inflexibility v.s. Continues improvement
Standards are needed and used in both the mass as the Lean paradigm. But there is a difference.
In the Lean paradigm they are the basis for improvement. Without a standard you cannot improve. The people themselves make the standard and improve it as they learn. We acknolwedge that there are multiple ways of working better.
Taiichi Ohno once said
"There is something called standard work, but standards should be changed constantly… "
In the mass paradigm a standard is something to remain stable. It should not change because we need volume production in a standardized way. The standards can only be changed and improved by 'specialists' or managers. The people are only modestly involved in planning and improvements. Information is disclosed on a 'need to know' basis.
Some quotes I heard in a mass paradigm management companies
"We need to verify everything they do upfront, because otherwise they will build it wrong"
"We must specify as much as possible so that they do not need to think"
"You have to specify component design in detail so that they do not build the wrong thing"
"Yes they are smart people, that's why they build their own things in their own way"
The funny part is that people often do not realize that they think like this. The way of thinking is so common that it is assumed obvisouly correct.
There are many more aspects in which the Mass and Lean paradigm differ but that is something for a future post.


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Dana Key, guitarist and lead singer for the legendary Christian rock group DeGarmo and Key, passed away just a few days ago at the age of 56. D & K released their first of 17 albums in 1978. Pioneers in the Christian music industry, they garnered 7 Grammy nominations and 17 Dove Award nominations. While Dana released a solo project in 1995, D & K 's last was in 1994. Since that time, Dana had been pastoring a church in Memphis, TN (no surprise to me as he had been preaching the gospel for a very long time).
I've been telling people for years that Christian music has always had a greater impact on me than preaching (the irony is that I'm a preacher). To me the reason is very obvious, I very easily meditate on the words of Christian music throughout the day. No single artist has had more impact on me than DeGarmo & Key. To this day, they remain my all-time favorite.
Losing Dana makes me so sad because now I know there is no hope of seeing them in concert again. That may seem selfish, but to hear DeGarmo & Key play was a tremendous moment of ministry to me. I feel so lucky to have seem them at the Cornerstone Festival in 2008, which I believe is the last time D & K played together.
I made Christ my "Lord" when I was 19 years-old. For the next 6 years, reading God's Word and listening to Christian music grounded in my faith in a much deeper way than my church did. I've spent countless hours of my life listening to the preaching of DeGarmo & Key. Their music still speaks loudly today. While I love today's brand of Christian music which reaches a much broader audience, the lyrics are very general and sometimes even a bit vague. Not the case with the older groups such as D & K. You never leave a song wondering what in the world they were singing about.
I'll miss Dana Key. What a great preacher, singer and guitarist (you had to see him play to appreciate just how good he was). My life has never been the same since I participated in his ministry.
Yes Dana, I'm Rock Solid and will remain a Long Distance Runner! And at least in part, it's because of you. Thank you for following the call on God in your life!
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Science affects you. Yes, you. You're reading this on some kind of electrical device; science. You're probably wearing clothes made of a synthetic material; science. You didn't bring an umbrella today because the forecast said sunshine; science. Room's lit by a lightbulb? Science. Got wheels on your chair? Science.
... You probably get the point. That understanding is science too!
Science is everywhere, and everything interacts with science; either it's made using whatever technology, or there are laws of physics interacting with it, or it is known (or being researched) how it evolved, how it all works at the molecular level. It's like the Matrix; it's there when you go to work, when you go to church, when you pay your taxes... Science isn't some magic thing happening in a lab somewhere, that's just a tiny science-chunk. Science is for everyone, and more importantly affects everyone all day every day. Plus, it's totally awesome stuff!
Every day we as a species find out new things about the world around us. So many exciting, amazing things! But a lot of the time, if you're not actively looking for the science news you won't hear it. News headlines are full of business, politics, famous people, sports and war. These all impact on our lives, sure, but not nearly as much as scientific advancements do! Maybe war actually, that's pretty bad. But I'd much rather be told about the week's medical advancements, good and bad (looking at you, antibiotic resistance) than about which politician wants me to vote for them or what the celebrity of the day is having for lunch. Knowing Usain Bolt might lose a medal from nearly a decade ago won't help me if I get multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis. Maybe if people were actually told about things like antimicrobial resistance back when scientists first realised about it then maybe we wouldn't be in so much trouble.
So, why am I saying this? I started this blog to tell people about science. I love science, it is fantastic. But it is also really important that people a) learn about what stuff is being researched because it probably affects them way more than they would realise and b) become interested in science so they pursue it themselves as either a career or hobby or whatever. I doubt I can get the whole world to read my blog, but that doesn't matter. If you like it, if you are interested and if you are affected in a positive way by it, that's a huge victory!
But judging by the people who interact with my twitter things, you're almost certainly a scientist, PhD student or some other academic (or one of my friends). I need to find a way to interest people who wouldn't normally look for science stuff. It might sound like I'm leading this up to some kind of announcement of something I'll be doing differently but it's not because I don't know what to do differently! To be honest, I barely know how to do what I'm doing right now. I don't know how to blog, make videos, or any of it, not really.
BUT THAT'S OK! Not knowing things shouldn't stop us from trying to figure them out. Isn't that what science is all about? Making the unknown known. Finding out how things work and then using that knowledge.


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