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Author: Prof Patty

  • Prof Patty
  • October 21, 2020October 21, 2020

A Comparison I was Thinking About Today

I know this is a script and not real life.

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 21, 2020

Fatal police shootings of mentally ill people are 39 percent more likely to take place in small and midsized areas

By Kimberly Kindy, Julie Tate, Jennifer Jenkins and Ted Mellnik Oct. 17, 2020 at 2:14 p.m. EDT The final moments of Stacy Kenny’s life are captured on a recorded 911

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 20, 2020October 20, 2020

Monday Night Jazz

After the success of our virtual Paul Brown Monday Night Jazz (PMMNJ) concert series, the Hartford Jazz Society is proud to continue our virtual Monday Night Jazz concerts on a monthly ba

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 20, 2020October 20, 2020

BLACK POETRY DAY

Black Poetry Day on October 17th honors past and present black poets. The day also commemorates the birth of the first published black male poet in the United States. Jupiter Hammon was born in Lon

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 20, 2020

The Search for the Five Women of Grace Baptist Church

By Rachel J. Pilgrim For 132 years, Grace Baptist congregants had been telling their founding story the same way: “In 1888, five Negro Baptist women, with great faith and courage, founded Grace B

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 20, 2020

I Dissent: A Conversation for Kids with Ruth Bader Ginsburg

October 16, 2020 by Naomi Coquillon In honor of the life of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who passed away one month ago, this post shares highlights from her 2017 vi

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 20, 2020October 20, 2020

The Way I See It

I watched this last night and was reminded of what we used to have, without having to see what we have now. The children, Sandy Hook, our military dead., a loving family. My heart seized up. I coul

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 20, 2020October 20, 2020

Unusual Symptoms of COVID-19 You Need to Know About

From nose to toes, doctors continue to discover uncommon signs of coronavirus infection by Rachel Nania, AARP, Updated October 9, 2020  Fever, cough and shortness of breath are not the on

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 20, 2020

Livestream from Roulette

Livestream from Roulette Roulette’s Fall 2020 season will be live-streamed from our stage and archived on our website. You can watch the archived streams from Vimeo below. Visit our calendar for

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 20, 2020

Uncle Ben’s Rebrands as Ben’s Original

By Mike Pomranz  September 23, 2020 In 2020, as the Black Lives Matter movement grew in prominence, America also further reckoned with brands considered to be culturally in

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 20, 2020

Social Security COLA Set at 1.3 Percent for 2021

Small boost to monthly benefits starting in January due to low inflation by John Waggoner, AARP, October 13, 2020 The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced on Oct. 13 that its annual

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  • October 20, 2020October 20, 2020

My Favorite Carrot Cake

2 cups shredded carrots 8 oz crushed pineapple, drained 3/4 cup sweetened, shredded coconut 3/4 cup finely chopped pecans 3/4 cup white sugar 3/4 cup brown sugar 1 cup 

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  • October 20, 2020

Caste by Isabel Wilkerson

Isabel Wilkerson writes in chapter 8, “Hitler had made it to the chancellery in a brokered deal that conservative elites agreed to only because they were convinced they could hold him in check an

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 20, 2020

The Best OPI Nail Colors for Fall 2020, Hands Down

By Kaitlyn Yarborough September 09, 2019 Look at slideshow HERE. My favorite is Red Heads Ahead.

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  • October 20, 2020

The Invention of Thanksgiving

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Dance Theater of Harlem

https://youtu.be/dtVQ08XRadA?si=7k-SC2BwPHs9JDoq

RSS feed: NY Times NY Times

  • U.S. Finds Subdued Foreign Meddling Operations in Midterm Elections
  • Why a Merciless Supreme Court Rebuke on Election Eve Matters
  • Stocks Erase Post-Midterm Elections Rally, Dragged Down by Tech
  • How Colom Changed a Long Shot in Mississippi Into a Race Too Close to Call
  • DOJ Steps Up Leak Investigation on Supreme Court Decision Overturning Roe v. Wade

Samara Joy

https://youtu.be/6ul2RA6UgAo?si=RFNu0zq_jZ85OX-X

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  • Oyster stocks have plunged in the Chesapeake. This resident wants to bring them back
  • This week in science: mysterious X-rays, movement and learning, and memory formation
  • Even birds get jet lagged, study shows
  • When an invasive fish is also tasty, Maryland schoolkids can help 'eat the problem'
  • How AI is transforming hurricane forecasts

Sneak Peak

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RSS feed: The Progressive The Progressive

  • We Need More Mentor Teachers of Color
  • GOP Targets Unhoused People; Local Governments Problem Solve
  • On the House
  • Rejecting Trump’s Administrative War
  • Give Health Care Workers a Break

Jon Batiste

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  • The 2026 FactCheck Awards
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  • In Kansas, Both Sides Twist the Facts in Accusations of Protecting Pedophiles
  • Talarico Ad Omits Details of Crystal Mason’s Illegal Voting Case
  • Explaining the Case of the Two Dan Sullivans on Alaska’s Ballot

Club Shay Shay

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  • Does photo show Trump being carried by Secret Service agents after fainting over GOP midterm losses?
  • Did France light Eiffel Tower blue to celebrate Democrats' midterm wins?
  • Washington voters approved measure that could force girls in sports to undergo genital inspections
  • Is Trump admin planning nuclear strike on Iran in wake of midterms? What we know
  • Is this photo of Bob Dylan meeting Pope Leo XIV real?

Billy Porter and India.Irie

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RSS feed: Tradeoffs Tradeoffs

  • How Democrats’ Big Win Could Reshape Health Care
  • States Race to Get the Word Out About New Medicaid Work Requirements
  • Medicare Plans Keep Disappearing
  • Reimagining the Future of Health Research After Sweeping Cuts
  • Hidden Help: What Happened When Oregon Forced Hospitals to Boost Financial Aid?

Marcus D Wiley

https://youtu.be/DG5oMI6ZtNY?si=F5HGxDDbqjYNNUAE

RSS feed: Letters From an American Letters From an American

  • Rebuilding a Government for Everyone
  • Intending to Steal
  • The 1866 Midterm Election
  • Not Moving the Needle, Anywhere
  • Free and Fair Elections
  • Signs of MAGA Collapse
  • Manipulating the Media
  • Erratic and Corrupt
  • Momentum
  • A New Approach

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