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Author: Prof Patty

  • Prof Patty
  • August 24, 2020August 24, 2020

Ease Hip Pain

Ways to Ease Hip Pain Don’t Wait: Lose Weight – For every 10 pounds of extra body weight you carry, there’s an added 50 pounds of pressure on your hips and knees. (They are talking directly t

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  • Prof Patty
  • August 24, 2020August 24, 2020

Be Kind to Your Mind

Tips To Boost Your Mental Health Track gratitude and achievement with a journal. Start your day with a cup of co­ffee or tea. Work your strengths.   Keep the temperature cool for a good

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  • Prof Patty
  • August 24, 2020August 24, 2020

Grilled Watermelon

Ingredients1 small (about 4 lb.) seedless watermelon3 tablespoons granulated (white) sugar1/2 teaspoon kosher salt How to Make ItStep 1: Trim 1/2 inch from both ends of watermelon. Stand up waterme

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  • Prof Patty
  • August 24, 2020August 24, 2020

Black-Owned Bookstores

22 Black-Owned Bookstores to Shop Right Now (and Always) BY ANNIE GOLDSMITH JUN 6, 2020 If you’re planning to buy a new book, consider ordering from one of the many Black-owned independ

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  • Prof Patty
  • August 24, 2020August 24, 2020

Prevent Heat Related Deaths

Here are some ways to avoid locking or leaving your child in the car: Don’t let your child play with your keys. Make sure to keep keys out of your child’s reach. Keep keys with you at all times

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  • Prof Patty
  • August 24, 2020August 24, 2020

Clean Your Kitchen

6 Filthy Places in Your Kitchen You Should Be Cleaning Every Day Should You Clean, Disinfect or Sanitize? It’s important to know the difference between cleaning, disinfecting and sanitizing.The C

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  • Prof Patty
  • August 24, 2020August 24, 2020

Neck Gaiters?

Fact Finders: New study finds neck gaiters may be worse than not wearing a mask By Melissa Egan| August 12, 2020 at 7:18 PM MST – Updated August 12 at 10:59 PM The new study f

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  • Prof Patty
  • August 24, 2020August 24, 2020

Did You Hear…

The Rochester, New York airport will be renamed to honor 19th-century abolitionist and freedom fighter Frederick Douglass. Most states are distributing masks to staff and incarcerated people,

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  • Prof Patty
  • August 18, 2020

Black female fighter pilot

U.S. Navy’s first Black female fighter pilot gets her Wings of Gold BY CHEVAZ CLARKE AUGUST 1, 2020 / 1:36 PM / CBS NEWS Lieutenant Madeline Swegle, who made history as the U.S. Navy’s fir

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  • Prof Patty
  • August 18, 2020August 18, 2020

Short Rib Tacos

Instant Pot Short Rib Tacos With Peach Salsa These are next on my list to try. This recipe showed up in my email and hits on 2 things I really like: fresh peaches in season and short ribs. Go 

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  • Prof Patty
  • August 18, 2020August 18, 2020

Black Classical Composers

MUSIC MONDAY: “Black, Brown & Beige” – Celebrating Black Classical Composers, Musicians and Performers (LISTEN) While you are likely familiar with the symphonic work of Duke Ellingt

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  • Prof Patty
  • August 18, 2020

A small, enduring bloc

By David Leonhardt Since taking office, President Trump has lost support among most major demographic groups: women and men, older and younger voters, college graduates and non-graduates. But

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  • Prof Patty
  • August 18, 2020

Books You’ll Want to Read This Summer

“The Black Count,” by Tom Reiss: The true story of General Alex Dumas, the son of a Black slave who inspired “The Count of Monte Cristo” and other swashbuckling tales written by h

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  • Prof Patty
  • August 18, 2020August 18, 2020

Watermelon Ice Cream

Salted Watermelon Ice Cream Ingredients 1 1/4 cups fresh or bottled watermelon juice (such as Tsamma) 1 cup granulated sugar 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt 1 (13.66-ounce) can unsweetened coconut milk, w

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  • Prof Patty
  • August 18, 2020

Pills vs. Insulin

Pills vs. Insulin for Diabetes Treatment If you have type 2 diabetes and things like exercise and healthy eating haven’t done enough to help, you might need med

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NY Times

  • Here’s What the New Virginia House Map Looks Like
  • Here’s Where the National Fight Over Gerrymandered Maps Stands
  • With $116 Million Gift, National Gallery Will Send Its Art Around Nation
  • Federal Appeals Court Upholds Texas Ten Commandments Law
  • Serial Rapist Pleads Guilty to 2 Murders After Chewed Gum Links DNA to Crimes

NPR

  • Instead of civil war, a naked mole rat colony changed queens peacefully
  • A mine despoiled the beauty of the rainforest. This Goldman Prize winner took action
  • The Little Probe That Could: Why Voyager 1 Matters, and Why NASA Just Switched Part of It Off
  • Photos: How overfishing in Southeast Asia is an ecological and human crisis
  • How a Japanese poet's diary helps scientists reconstruct solar cycles

The Progressive

  • No Place Like Home
  • Trump’s High Gas Prices Are No Accident
  • Community Solar Puts People in Charge
  • On Chicago’s Trains, Homeless Outreach Workers Meet People Where They Are
  • Citizen Journalists Shine a Light on Gaza

FactCheck.org

  • We Won a Webby People’s Voice Award
  • What Do We Know About ‘Birth Tourism’?
  • Elon Musk Amplifies Baseless Claim About COVID-19 Vaccine
  • An Attack Over ICE in the Massachusetts Democratic Senate Race
  • Politicians Say Glyphosate Weedkiller Causes Cancer But Evidence Not Clear-Cut

Snopes.com

  • Is John Thune 'no longer considering' SAVE America Act in Senate, as Rep. Anna Paulina Luna claimed?
  • Image claiming to show Trump's intact ear after assassination attempt is fake. Here's proof
  • Photo shows Israeli soldier smashing Jesus statue in Lebanon
  • Unpacking WSJ report claiming aides kept Trump out of Situation Room during rescue of two US airmen in Iran
  • State Department reportedly sent $1.25B to Trump's Board of Peace. Officials stay mum

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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