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Author: Kintsugi

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  • April 4, 2022April 4, 2022

Prayer’s immediate impact

Is prayer effective in the face of conflict? A military veteran explores how acknowledging everyone’s God-given ability to value and do good can make a real difference in hostile situations. Marc

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  • April 4, 2022April 4, 2022

Sweet Pineapple Casserole

TOTAL TIME: Prep: 10 min. Bake: 1-1/4 hours YIELD: 10-12 servings. Ingredients 2 large eggs, beaten 2 cans (20 ounces each) unsweetened crushed pineapple, undrained 1 cup sugar 1/4 c

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  • April 4, 2022April 4, 2022

These are the 20 most common passwords leaked on the dark web — make sure none of them are yours

By Tom Huddleston Jr. Lookout, which makes cloud security apps for mobile devices, noted in a December blog post that, on average, 80% of consumers have had their emails leaked onto the d

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  • April 4, 2022April 4, 2022

Three Black soldiers executed by Confederates are finally being honored in Virginia

By Gillian Brockell “We captured three Negro soldiers, the first we had seen,” Private Byrd Willis wrote on May 8, 1864. “They were taken out on the road side and shot and their bodies l

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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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NY Times

  • Zelensky to Meet With European Leaders as Ukraine Peace Talks Drag On
  • Thailand Launches Airstrikes on Cambodia in New Wave of Violence
  • Trump Hosts the Kennedy Center Honors, Breaking Tradition
  • United Nations Cuts Its 2026 Emergency Aid Budget in Half
  • Dogs in Kimonos: Japan Reinvents a Children’s Holiday With Pets in Mind

NPR

  • Hunters encouraged to trade lead bullets for copper to protect scavenging animals
  • 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
  • Your glitchy video calls may make people mistrust you

The Progressive

  • The Education Experiment Gone Wrong
  • Go Tell It on the Mountain: Genocide is Wrong
  • Trump’s War on ‘Narcoterrorism’ Is a Smokescreen
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  • A Quiet Revolution Is Improving Schools

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FactCheck.org

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Snopes.com

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  • Did Bette Midler declare $68M Netflix investment on live TV?
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  • Rumor claims California law requires kids up to 16 to use booster seats. That's mostly false
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