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Author: Prof Patty

  • Prof Patty
  • April 2, 2021

Cast Iron – A Great Way to Cook

I love my cast iron, both those pieces I bought and those that were passed down to me. One of the first things I learned to do was take care of my pans. I had to learn not to soak them in the sink,

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  • Prof Patty
  • April 2, 2021April 2, 2021

Podcasts worth listening to in my opinion

Skimmed From the Couch How to be American Fleece & Thank You How Stuff Works Fresh Air Clever Girls Know Here to Slay Unladylike Stuff Mom Never Told You Side Hustle Pro Friends Like Us Her Mon

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  • Prof Patty
  • April 2, 2021

Places to Find Delicious Pie Recipes

In honor of Pi Day, 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 syrup) French

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  • Prof Patty
  • March 28, 2021March 28, 2021

KINTSUGI AND THE ART OF REPAIR

Andrea Mantovani   The 400+ year old Japanese art of kintsugi (golden repair) or kintsukuroi (golden joinery) is a pottery repair method that honors the artifact’s u

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  • Prof Patty
  • March 28, 2021

Second Amendment History

The Second Amendment consists of just one sentence: “A well regulated militia, being necessary for the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be i

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  • March 28, 2021March 28, 2021

How to Figure Out Your Curl Type

BY JOANE AMAY April 8, 2020 Decoding your curl type can be confusing. Several different textures can exist on one head alone (talking about my hair – K) which all have to some

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  • Prof Patty
  • March 28, 2021

How to Protect Your Online Privacy

On internet privacy, be very afraid Limit the personal information you share on social media. Turn on two-factor authentication especially for important accounts. Browse in incognito or privat

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  • Prof Patty
  • March 28, 2021March 28, 2021

Celebrating female leaders

By Washington Post Staff Henrietta Wood After the Civil War, Wood made history by pursuing an audacious lawsuit against the man who had kidnapped her back into slavery. Joy Harjo Har

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  • Prof Patty
  • March 24, 2021

Marvin Hagler helped boxing soar in the 1980s, and nothing topped his epic TKO of Thomas Hearns

By Gene Wang March 13, 2021 at 11:52 p.m. EST Marvelous Marvin Hagler’s death Saturday at 66, which was announced by his wife, Kay, on the Facebook page for fans of the fighte

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  • March 24, 2021March 24, 2021

Workshop on Race and the Law of Business & Finance

The University of Chicago Center on Law and Finance and the University of Virginia John W. Glynn, Jr. Law & Business Program present “A Workshop on Race and the Law of Bus

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  • Prof Patty
  • March 24, 2021March 24, 2021

Five things that must happen to get people vaccinated

BY PETER SULLIVAN – 03/13/21 06:55 AM EST Increase vaccine supply Get shots in arms, including in hard-to-reach communities Overcome vaccine hesitancy: An NPR-PBS-Marist poll relea

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  • Prof Patty
  • March 24, 2021

Thulani Davis and the Secret History of Women Writing Album Liner Notes

Since its inception in 1964, the Grammy for best album notes has been awarded to just three women. Davis, who won in 1993 for an Aretha Franklin boxed set, was the first. By Daphne A. Brooks M

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  • March 24, 2021March 24, 2021

A push to save landmarks of the ‘Great Migration’ — and better understand today’s racial inequities

By Mark Guarino March 13, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. EST CHICAGO — As a child in the 1950s, Amelia Cooper lived in a multigenerational home in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood that often served a

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  • March 24, 2021March 24, 2021

Charles H. Wright Museum in Detroit Becomes New Home of Tuskegee Airmen Museum, Virtual Grand Opening on 3/22

Read more:  https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2021/03/13/tuskegee-airmen-wright-museum/115555474/

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  • March 24, 2021

Yo-Yo Ma played a surprise concert during his post-vaccination observation period

Tod Perry 03.15.21 Internationally-acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma had 15 minutes to kill last Saturday after getting his COVID-19 vaccination at Berkshire Community College in Pittsfield, Massachu

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