2021

Retirees in these 13 states play by different Social Security rules CHRISTY BIEBER | THE MOTLEY FOOL | Dec 6, 2021 These are the 13 states where Social Security rules for retirees are different If you live in one of the following 13 states, you need to understand a key rule that other retirees don’t need to worry…

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This popular beverage could be doing major damage to your cognitive function over time. BY SARAH CROW DECEMBER 5, 2021 Unfortunately, there are more insidious effects of the aging process, especially when it comes to the health of your brain. However, it’s not just the passage of time that can affect your cognitive fitness over time—what you eat…

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Best Fiction and Non-Fiction Books of 2021 from the NY Times The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois By Honorée Fanonne Jeffers No One Is Talking About This By Patricia Lockwood When We Cease to Understand the World By Benjamín Labatut. Translated by Adrian Nathan West How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History…

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Ingredients Sauce: 1 cup ketchup ½ cup brown sugar ½ cup bourbon (such as Four Roses®) ¼ cup peach preserves 3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce 1 teaspoon dry mustard 1 teaspoon Montreal steak seasoning (such as McCormick®) ½ teaspoon liquid smoke flavoring Chicken: 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast halves salt…

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FictionBewilderment by Richard Powers (W.W. Norton)Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters (One World)Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday)Hell of a Book by Jason Mott (Dutton)One Two Three by Laurie Frankel (Holt)Peaces by Helen Oyeyemi (Riverhead)Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (Ballantine)Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby (Flatiron)What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad (Knopf)The Wrong End of the Telescope by Rabih Alameddine (Grove Press) NonfictionBlack Food: Stories,…

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My friend Pat Carter in Capetown makes this. Prep Time: 20 minutes Cook Time: 0 minutes Total Time: 8 hours, 20 minutes Yield: serves 10-12 Ingredients GRAHAM CRACKER CRUST 2 cups (200g) graham cracker crumbs (about 12–14 full sheet graham crackers) 1/3 cup (67g) packed light or dark brown sugar 1/2 cup (8 Tablespoons; 115g) unsalted butter, melted CHEESECAKE 1 and 1/4 cups (300ml) heavy cream or heavy whipping cream three 8-ounce blocks (680g) full-fat…

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