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Month: March 2022

  • Prof Patty
  • March 29, 2022March 29, 2022

5 of the Healthiest Fish to Eat—and 5 to Avoid

Brierley Horton, M.S., RD and Lauren Wicks Reviewed by Dietitian Jessica Ball, M.S., RD 5 of the Healthiest Fish to Eat Atlantic Mackerel Salmon, Wild-Caught (including canned)

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  • Prof Patty
  • March 29, 2022March 29, 2022

What Do You Know About “Moms” Mabley?

Loretta Mary Aiken (March 19, 1894 – May 23, 1975), known by her stage name Jackie “Moms” Mabley, was an American stand-up comedian and actress. Mabley began her care

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  • Prof Patty
  • March 29, 2022March 29, 2022

Lessons from Irish History

In the latest issue of Orion magazine, Lacy M. Johnson writes: When the next freeze or fire or pandemic or hurricane hits us, vulnerability will determine who gets to live, and who w

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  • Prof Patty
  • March 29, 2022March 29, 2022

Can You Eat Sprouted Potatoes?

I found some in my pantry and didn’t know if I could eat them or throw them away. Here is what I learned. According to  Sarra Sedghi, writing for allrecipes.com, “Sprouted potatoes do have

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  • Prof Patty
  • March 29, 2022March 29, 2022

Places to Find Delicious Pie Recipes

In honor of Pi Day (March 14), here are some of my favorite pie recipes. Mixed Berry Pie Apple Cream Pie Key Lime Pie Buttermilk Pie Pecan Pie (I use Lyle’s Golden Syrup in place of corn syr

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  • Prof Patty
  • March 29, 2022March 29, 2022

Black Mortgage Applicants with Almost Highest Income Approved at Same Rate as White Applicants with Lowest Income

By Shawn Donnan, Ann Choi, Hannah Levitt, and Christopher Cannon March 11, 2022 Nationwide, only 47% of Black homeowners who completed a refinance application with Wells Fargo in 2020 were app

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  • Prof Patty
  • March 29, 2022March 29, 2022

American Women: A guide to Women’s History Resources at the Library of Congress

A major new online research guide highlights hundreds of sources that tell the stories of women through a wide variety of perspectives and media in the Library of Congress collections. The guide’

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  • Prof Patty
  • March 29, 2022March 29, 2022

Best Chocolate Cake Mix Overall: Ghirardelli Double Chocolate Cake Mix

Lisa Kaminski & Nicole Doster We don’t want to say that Ghirardelli Double Chocolate Cake Mix was better than homemade, but the Taste of Home Test Kitchen thinks it gives scratch-ma

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  • Kintsugi
  • March 21, 2022March 21, 2022

You’re Invited to an Open Online Lenten Class with Diana Butler Bass & Tripp Fuller

What does it mean to take up the Lenten journey when Jesus may come with more baggage than blessings and occasions bigger questions than confidence? De/Constructing Jesus is a pop-up lear

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  • Kintsugi
  • March 21, 2022March 21, 2022

Job Exodus

56% Among U.S. workers who quit a job in 2021, the share who say they are now earning more money in their current job. Pew Research Center The majority of workers who quit a job in 2021 c

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  • Kintsugi
  • March 21, 2022March 21, 2022

Here’s How Long Milk Really Lasts—And How to Make It Last Longer

Brittany Gibson According to Eat By Date, once opened, all milk lasts four to seven days past its printed date, if refrigerated. If unopened, whole milk lasts five to seven days, reduced-fat and sk

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  • Kintsugi
  • March 21, 2022March 21, 2022

Common Dog Training Mistakes You Might Be Making

By Roxanna Coldiron March 11, 2020 Raising your voice Waiting until there is a problem Read more HERE.

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  • Kintsugi
  • March 21, 2022March 21, 2022

These 4 Tweaks to Your Diet Could Add 10 Years to Your Life, According to New Research

Leah Goggins Reviewed by Dietitian Jessica Ball, M.S., RD A new article in PLOS Medicine found that people who make sustained changes to their diet can add up to 13 years to the

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  • Kintsugi
  • March 21, 2022March 21, 2022

Here is the average price of gas in all 50 states

By Katherine Rodriguez | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com The average price of gas across all 50 states and the District of Columbia was $4.33 as of Friday, according to AAA: California – $5

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  • Kintsugi
  • March 21, 2022March 21, 2022

Dear Tucker Carlson: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is more qualified than some of the white men who served on the Supreme Court

David A. Love  |  Mar 4, 2022 There is a saying that when you’re Black, you must work twice as hard to get half the credit. This is most certainly true, and the predictable ye

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NY Times

  • Inside the Clintons’ Fight to Avoid Testifying in the House Epstein Inquiry
  • Gunshots at Brown University, Then 12 Hours of Lockdown and Fear
  • Man Tackled and Disarmed One of the Bondi Beach Gunmen, Video Shows
  • The Bondi Beach Shooting Is What ‘Globalize the Intifada’ Looks Like
  • Syrian Who Killed U.S. Soldiers Was Member of Security Forces, Officials Say

NPR

  • Skywatchers rejoice: The Geminids meteor shower peaks tonight
  • A new study reveals an unprecedented discovery of new species
  • Fewer characters on TV had abortions this year — and more stories reinforced shame
  • Amputees often feel disconnected from their bionic hands. AI could bridge the gap
  • For 50 years, Rockalina the turtle lived on a kitchen floor. Now she has a new friend

The Progressive

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