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Month: March 2022

  • Kintsugi
  • March 21, 2022March 21, 2022

Pancakes from scratch

2 cups of flour, sifted 2 eggs 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda (only if using buttermilk) dash salt 1/4 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 cups plain whole milk or whole milk butterm

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  • Kintsugi
  • March 21, 2022March 21, 2022

Inoculations in American History

March 3, 2022 By David Leonhardt The original American advocate for inoculation against severe disease was arguably an enslaved man named Onesimus. Before being forcibly brought to Boston, Onesimus

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  • Kintsugi
  • March 21, 2022March 21, 2022

Endometriosis awareness and action 2022

Endometriosis Awareness takes place across the globe during the month of March with a mission to raise awareness of a disease which affects an estimated 200 million worldwide. The pain of endometri

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  • Kintsugi
  • March 21, 2022March 21, 2022

4 Surprising Ways to Be Happy for No Reason (YES, Even Now!) 

Marci Schimoff There has never been a better, or more important time, to rethink what makes you happy. True happiness comes from the inside out—no matter what’s going on in your life or the wor

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  • Kintsugi
  • March 21, 2022March 21, 2022

HARRIET TUBMAN KEPT PUSHING FOR CHANGE AFTER THE ‘RAILROAD’

By Starlight Williams, Associate Editor Thursday, March 10, 2022 In her nine decades (she died on this day in 1913), Tubman (pictured in 1878) became the first U.S. woman to lead an armed military

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  • Prof Patty
  • March 13, 2022March 13, 2022

The changing political geography of COVID-19 over the last two years 

COVID-19 since 2/29/2020 USA CASES 79,305,507 USA DEATHS 959,590  USA fully vaccinated 216,204,455 or 65% In the spring of 2020, the areas recording the greatest numbers of COVID-19 death

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  • Prof Patty
  • March 13, 2022March 13, 2022

Rising Prices are Everywhere

I went to the grocery store Saturday and discovered that the in-store ground beef had gone from $5.49 to $6.79 per pound in about 2 weeks. Bananas are about $0.20 more per pound. Tomatoes were $1.2

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  • Prof Patty
  • March 13, 2022March 13, 2022

Stressed Out? Need Some R&R? Can’t Go Out of the Country? Here are a few suggestions:

Trinity Retreat CenterWe are a Christian retreat center: a place apart for rest, quiet, prayer, discovery, connection, and reflection. Nestled amid the forests, rivers, and farmland of West Co

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  • Prof Patty
  • March 13, 2022March 13, 2022

This Puerto Rican–Southern Restaurant Is the Soul of a North Carolina Neighborhood

By Von Diaz February 02, 2022 Boricua Soul, a unique intersection of Caribbean and Southern flavors and identity, has become a neighborhood restaurant that feels particularly special in a world t

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  • Kintsugi
  • March 7, 2022March 7, 2022

What’s the Weird White String in Raw Eggs?

Leah Goggins February 23, 2022 Whether you’re cracking eggs for a baking project or just scrambling up your breakfast, you’re bound to notice that there are four parts to every egg you pic

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  • Kintsugi
  • March 7, 2022March 7, 2022

Timeless Wisdom From Winnie the Pooh from Inspiring Quotes March 3, 2021

[Winnie the Pooh and Eeyore have long been favorites of mine since childhood. I have the entire Pooh’s Library collection. On Jan.1, 2022, A.A. Milne’s original Winnie-the Pooh stories entered

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  • Kintsugi
  • March 7, 2022March 7, 2022

Putin’s attack on Ukraine echoes Hitler’s takeover of Czechoslovakia

“I need ammunition, not a ride” — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy refusing the US’s offer to get him out of Kyiv. This is the largest attack in Europe since World War II.

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  • Kintsugi
  • March 7, 2022March 7, 2022

Weight-loss shot may reduce obesity, overweight

Written by Katharine Lang on February 25, 2022 — Fact checked by Anna Guildford, Ph.D. Obesity and overweight are widespread globally and increase the risk of many health conditions. A new inject

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  • Kintsugi
  • March 7, 2022March 7, 2022

Honoring Black History Month: Oprah, Rihanna, Serena Williams, and more, are among some of the richest, self-made Black women in the world

Wed, February 23, 2022, 11:00 AM For every $1 the average white man in America earns, the average Black woman earns near $.69, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. In honor of Black History Month,

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  • Kintsugi
  • March 7, 2022March 7, 2022

Chocolate Crazy Cake

Ingredients: 1.5 cups all-purpose flour  1 cup granulated sugar  1/2 tsp salt  1 tsp baking soda  1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa pow

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NY Times

  • Asserting a Personal Role in Warner Bros. Battle, Trump Seeks to Expand His Powers Again
  • Trump’s Nvidia Chip Deal Reverses Decades of Technology Restrictions
  • Eileen Higgins Wins Miami Runoff Election to Become City’s First Female Mayor
  • Student Is Killed in Kentucky State University Shooting
  • Trump Calls Europe ‘Decaying’ and Suggests ‘Size Will Win’ in Ukraine War

NPR

  • Black bear populations are bouncing back. Here's how these Texas towns are coping
  • How many species are on Earth?
  • Light from satellites will ruin majority of some space telescope images, study says
  • Elephant seals remember their enemies
  • This High Arctic rhino may change what we know about ancient animal migrations

The Progressive

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  • Broadview: Where the Border Never Ends
  • RFK Jr.’s Deepening Threat to Public Health
  • The Education Experiment Gone Wrong
  • Go Tell It on the Mountain: Genocide is Wrong

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FactCheck.org

  • Probing Trump’s Verbal Attack on Somalis
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Snopes.com

  • Grounding rumor Trump gifted his private plane to Make-A-Wish Foundation
  • Does photo show Quentin Tarantino glaring at Paul Dano? Here's the truth
  • Unpacking reports ICE detained Jamaican-born Army veteran Godfrey Wade
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