DNA day

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Today is DNA day.  As a science nerd I’m loving this! Today we celebrate 2 important events in the history of genetic science – the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA by Watson and Frick in 1953 and the completion of the human genome project in 2001. It is impossible to understate how important the discovery and mapping… Read more »

I need your help!

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Today I’m doing something a little different.  I’m crowdsourcing! As many of your already know over the weekend my husband and I went from a 2 cat household to a 3 cat household.  We thought we knew how things could go, but nothing could have been further from the truth.  Our eldest cat Hershey, who we expected to be very… Read more »

Me Empowering Me

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On April 14th I had the opportunity to attend the Women Empowering Women event in Cedar Falls.  I was expecting to find some tidbits of knowledge that would be helpful for me in my career.  I believe I found that.  But, unexpectedly, I found far more. I found reassurance that it’s OK to take care of myself on my own terms…. Read more »

Sexpence None the Richer

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Recently much as been made of the factoid that Vice President Mike Pence follows the “Billy Graham rules”.  There are actually four rules, but the first one is the one that gets all the attention- the one about interactions with women.  Simply put, Mike Pence, arguably one of the most powerful men in the world, refuses to be alone with… Read more »