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Author: Prof Patty

  • Prof Patty
  • January 20, 2022January 20, 2022

Did you know…

Maya Angelou Becomes First Black Woman on a Quarter Lawsuit Says 16 Elite Colleges Are Part of Price-Fixing Cartel (including 2 of my alma maters) The Red Cross says there’s a blood shortage nat

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  • January 1, 2022January 1, 2022

15 Flexible Jobs for Older Workers

by Kenneth Terrell, AARP, December 6, 2021 Among workers age 50 and older, 76 percent say a job that offers flexibility is the best way to achieve work-life balance, according to one recent su

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  • January 1, 2022January 1, 2022

How to Spot Misinformation Online — and Stop Its Spread

“Fake news” may sound like the punchline of a lazy joke. But misinformation is very real. And so are its impacts.  There are different types: Misinformation is false information that

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  • January 1, 2022January 1, 2022

The Do’s and Don’ts of Catching a Lost or Scared Dog

By Haylee Bergeland, KPA-CTP, CPDT-KA, CBCC-KA November 11, 2020 Not all dogs that roam the streets are lost. Some dogs may just be taking a stroll to visit a friend before heading back h

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  • January 1, 2022January 1, 2022

Fresh Express Recalls More Than 200 Fresh Salad Products Due to Potential Listeria Contamination

Kimberly Holland December 21, 2021 Fresh Express is recalling more than 200 fresh salad products due to potential Listeria contamination, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced

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  • December 30, 2021December 30, 2021

‘THEOLOGICAL PORN’: THE MOST EGREGIOUS RELIGIOUS IDEA OF 2021 IS A TIE

BY MARY E. HUNT  DECEMBER 23, 2021 Competition was keen, but the award for the Most Egregious Religious Idea of 2021 resulted in a tie between that of Supreme Court Judge Amy Coney B

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  • December 30, 2021

The Latest TSA Security Procedures During the COVID-19 Pandemic

You’ll need a mask, and patience, when passing through airport screenings this winter by Christina Ianzito, AARP, Updated December 14, 2021 By law, passengers over the age of 2 must wear a f

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  • December 30, 2021December 30, 2021

Where do you fit in the political typology?

Are you a Faith and Flag Conservative? Progressive Left? Or somewhere in between? Take our quiz to find out which one of our nine political typology groups is your best match, compared with a natio

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  • December 30, 2021

What Job Can Teach Us About Coping with Mental Health Crises

Job teaches us that helping those in overwhelming pain requires a careful balance between listening and understanding their unique agony while not making them feel too different or isolated. BY&nbs

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  • December 30, 2021December 30, 2021

Blueberry Scones

Servings: 8 scones  Calories: 407cal  Author: Amy Desrosiers  Ingredients 2 1/2 cups unbleached flour +1 tablespoon to flour your hands, work area,

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  • December 30, 2021

Top 10 things not to do before buying a home

By David Sweet on 12/3/2021  Don’t go with the first mortgage lender you talk with Don’t shop for homes without getting preapproved first Don’t max out any of your credit cards Don’t c

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  • December 30, 2021

How This One Book Publisher, Led by a Black Woman, Is Helping Black Authors Share Their Stories With the World

By Senior Editor Leslie Quander Wooldridge December 17, 2021 For instance, in its 2020 analysis of books released by prolific publishing houses, the New York Times found that wh

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  • December 17, 2021December 17, 2021

We’re Number One?

By Elliott Davis Jr. April 13, 2021 How the U.S. sees itself is far different from how the rest of the world sees it. Only 52.5% of those surveyed agreed that the country is a “good rol

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  • December 17, 2021December 17, 2021

Social Security Information Dec 2021

Retirees in these 13 states play by different Social Security rules CHRISTY BIEBER | THE MOTLEY FOOL | Dec 6, 2021 These are the 13 states where Social Security rules for retirees ar

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  • December 15, 2021December 15, 2021

Rice University’s new president

I would never have expected this when I was a student here. The only black and brown people we saw were janitors and cooks (black) and groundskeepers (brown). Amazing!

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NY Times

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  • Virginia Ex-Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax Kills Wife and Self, Police Say
  • Carbon Removal Industry Reels as Microsoft Retreats
  • Inside the Storage Units of Six New Yorkers

NPR

  • How seals' whiskers make them master underwater hunters
  • New species of glass frog identified in Ecuador
  • In the brain, objects seen and imagined follow the same neural path
  • What a chimpanzee 'civil war' can teach us about how societies fall apart
  • The real space science behind 'Project Hail Mary'

The Progressive

  • Middle East Tensions Threaten South Asia’s Migrant Workers
  • The ABLE Act Reduces Some Harm But Does Not Address Underlying Causes
  • Toward Radical Futures
  • Where Everybody Knows Your Name
  • Even In Tents and Amid Rubble, Students in Gaza Are Determined to Learn

FactCheck.org

  • Politicians Say Glyphosate Weedkiller Causes Cancer But Evidence Not Clear-Cut
  • The U.S. Treasury Didn’t Declare the Country ‘Insolvent’
  • Trump Fumbles the Facts with Farmers
  • FactChecking Trump’s Prime-Time Address on Iran
  • Happy International Fact-Checking Day

Snopes.com

  • Did Artemis II mission planning begin with Biden? We explored its roots
  • Does photo show young Pope Leo XIV paying homage to 'Blues Brothers'?
  • Is this real photo of Israeli settler, Palestinian woman on Italian magazine cover?
  • Epstein files don't confirm debunked 'pizzagate' conspiracy theory revived by Vance
  • Did Obama give Iran $1.7 billion in cash? Claim is missing key context

Tradeoffs

  • Should People Who Want GLP-1s Have to Work for Them?
  • High Health Care Costs Are Fueling a New Fight Over Old Laws
  • Trump's Pick to Quiet the Chaos at HHS
  • Generic Drugs Head to the Supreme Court
  • Inside the Urgent Care Boom

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