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Author: Prof Patty

  • Prof Patty
  • April 14, 2022April 14, 2022

5 Best Jeans to Flatter and Fit Any Woman’s Body Type

Here’s where to get them and how much they cost. By Kim Marcum Jeans are to Americans what the beret is to the French and the thong to Brazilians. They define us. They unite us. They speak t

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  • April 14, 2022April 14, 2022

Mental Health Among African American Women

Erica Martin Richards, M.D., Ph.D. It’s true that everyone experiences temporary periods of sadness, and times of worry and nervousness. But what about when those feelings won’t go away? Too of

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  • April 14, 2022April 14, 2022

Weird sounds and smells in your home you should never ignore

Updated Dec 3, 2021  By Francesa Singer Weird smells and strange noises are a part of life. The problem is that when those smells and sounds happen inside your home, they can mean trouble. And th

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  • April 14, 2022April 14, 2022

Your Feelings Are No Excuse

Acclaimed novelist, essayist, and poet Margaret Atwood was awarded the 2022 Hitchens Prize. Her full remarks from the Prize ceremony can be read on The Atlantic’s website

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  • April 14, 2022April 14, 2022

Serena Williams: What my life-threatening experience taught me about giving birth

By Serena Williams I almost died after giving birth to my daughter, Olympia. Yet I consider myself fortunate. While I had a pretty easy pregnancy, my daughter was born by emergency C-section a

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  • April 4, 2022April 4, 2022

What’s On My Reading List (2/22)

A Sunlit Weapon: A Novel (Maisie Dobbs, 17) by Jacqueline Winspear The Choice: The Dragon Heart Legacy, Book 3 (The Dragon Heart Legacy, 3) by Nora Roberts Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi Black Cake by

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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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