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  • February 14, 2022February 14, 2022

11 Tips from Culinary School That Changed the Way I Cook

They’re small changes that, in perspective, really upped my cooking game. By Margaret Eby I got a chance to get a taste of that culinary school life myself thanks to a hundred-hour Culi

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  • February 14, 2022February 14, 2022

The IRS already has all your income tax data – so why do Americans still have to file their taxes?

Beverly Moran, Professor Emerita of Law, Vanderbilt University Mon, January 31, 2022, 8:00 AM Doing taxes in the U.S. is notoriously complicated and costly. And it gets even worse&nb

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  • February 14, 2022February 14, 2022

Book Ban Efforts Spread Across the U.S.

By Elizabeth A. Harris and Alexandra Alter Jan. 30, 2022 Parents, activists, school board officials and lawmakers around the country are challenging books at a pace not seen in

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  • February 14, 2022February 14, 2022

Windows Requires a Minimum of 8 Hours Online to Update Successfully

Microsoft identified this as the main reason some devices aren’t achieving a ‘fully up-to-date’ state. By Matthew Humphries January 31, 2022 In a post on the Microsoft Tec

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  • February 14, 2022February 22, 2022

Chicken Tinga Tacos (from Food and Wine)

Ingredients 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 2 1/2 pounds trimmed, skinless, bone-in chicken thighs Salt and freshly ground black pepper 1 large onion, thinly sliced 3 large garlic

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  • February 14, 2022February 14, 2022

Go Out to Eat? Know the Facts

Although the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) generally requires that employers pay workers a minimum wage of $7.25/hour (see 29 U.S.C. § 206(a)), the law permits employers of tipped employees to t

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  • February 14, 2022February 14, 2022

Secret Ways to Reach an Actual Person in Customer Service

By Jeff Somers Your chances of customer service success increase dramatically when you get a human being on the line. The automated options often aren’t flexible enough to cov

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  • February 14, 2022February 14, 2022

Looking For Work? SideHusl researches, reviews and rates more than 450 online platforms that allow you to make money on the side. 

Jobs working on homes  When Covid sent the world home to work, Americans looked around and came to a near-universal conclusion: Their living spaces needed help. Whether it was the lack of

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  • January 31, 2022January 31, 2022

Your Sense of Smell Declines as You Age, But Scientists Say Identifying a Sweet Scent Is Always the Easiest

By Nashia Baker Research has backed the theory that people begin losing their sense of smell at the age of 55. However, scientists are now finding that it’s not an all-encompassing loss. Acc

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  • January 31, 2022January 31, 2022

25 Hump Day Memes to Get You Through the Week

Emma Taubenfeld Wednesdays can be frustrating, especially when you’re drowning in work with nothing exciting during the day to keep you motivated. But there are still ways to add a dose of happin

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  • January 31, 2022January 31, 2022

Today is National Pie Day

Here are some of my favorite winter pies (I love pie) Homemade Apple Pie Recipe With a Caramelized Filling and Flaky Pie Crust  Southern pecan pie (I use Lyle’s Golden Syrup or King Syr

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  • January 31, 2022January 31, 2022

Scam Phone Numbers Guide

Brooke Nelson Aside from hanging up if you hear this four-word phrase, there’s something else you can do to avoid becoming a victim and to keep up with your smartphone security and priv

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  • January 31, 2022January 31, 2022

This weekend marked the 49th anniversary of Roe v. Wade.

It may be its last as settled law. As the Supreme Court considers a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks, and whether to overturn Roe altogether, The Times examined how U.S. abort

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  • January 31, 2022January 31, 2022

How to read the Doomsday Clock

By SJ Beard 19th January 2022 The Doomsday Clock depicts how close humanity is to armageddon – but where did it come from, how do you read its time, and what can we learn from it? Existentia

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  • January 31, 2022January 31, 2022

Nikole Hannah-Jones surreptitiously quoted MLK to show how radical some would find him today

(the Washington Post catches up to the story) By Lateshia Beachum 1/19/22 After Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones used the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s words in a s

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