From the UK Telegraph. A little soft really. According to this I'm in my 30's – maybe 20's although that run would kill my knee. Are you as fit as you should be for your age? This checklist might surprise you In your 20s you should be able to… Run 5km in 30 minutes Do … Read more
From Friday's daily email which Scientific American sends to anyone interested. Science marches on as underlying beliefs get overthrown. It was the study that launched hundreds of scientific rebuttals, insinuations that the authors had been paid off by the chemical industry, and charges that it was a “massive” stunt “hidden behind fancy numbers of doubtful … Read more
See also: Thousands gather to bid farewell to slain EMT A poignant story from a man who was saved by EMT Yadira Arroyo, the mother of five who was run over and killed when a man stole her ambulance. “Call 911!” Dennis Wales remembers shouting to his daughter Shannon one day in July 2007 after … Read more
Second miracle approved.
Tim, two time All County in the javelin while at Stepinac. As someone noted on twitter he actually had some longer throws at Stepinac. (But it was a good first throw of the season.) Congratulations to Tim Faranda on breaking STAC javelin record at Univ of Miami track meet last week. Tim threw 159 … Read more
The picture is an old one – junior at Stepinac I think. Neat. At the University of Miami Hurricanes Invitational Meet this past Saturday. Tim was at two Florida meets with his school (STAC) over the winter break. Since he was red-shirted last year as a freshman, this was the first outdoor meet he competed … Read more
The Pope has spoke quite often about Satan and I've posted five times about him commenting on the devil – like here early in his Papacy. Excellent – America Mag links to a short video: "The Devil in Pope Francis' Teaching" This is from a couple of days ago, as the Pope went to confession … Read more
At least according to Bill Donohue at the Catholic League. Here is a good, brief missive from him on St. Patrick. Salute to St. Patrick March 16, 2017 The heroics of St. Patrick are not appreciated as much as they should be. He is the first person in history to publicly condemn slavery, and one … Read more
So – avoid pessimism and say your prayers. Here's a study from Finland – During 11 years of follow-up, 122 people died from coronary heart disease. After controlling for smoking, diabetes and other factors, the scientists found that those in the highest one-quarter of scores on pessimism were more than twice as likely to die … Read more
Last Friday. Tim made the finals at #7 (of eight; they started with 19 throwers). And then the #8 seed hit a good throw so Tim was in 8th place and out of point scoring for his college. Below is his last throw, which pushed him into 6th place (40’2″) and got St. Thomas Aquinas … Read more