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  • Prof Patty
  • August 27, 2021August 27, 2021

Gen Z, Millennials Stand Out for Climate Change Activism, Social Media Engagement With Issue

Majorities of Americans support array of measures to address climate change but stop short of full break with fossil fuels BY ALEC TYSON, BRIAN KENNEDY AND CARY FUNK Even as Ame

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  • Prof Patty
  • August 13, 2021

The Best Oral Sex Positions for Women

By Gigi Engle Add to your sexual menu with these new ideas HERE.

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  • Prof Patty
  • August 13, 2021

36 Delicious Desserts for 2

Dana Meredith @ tasteofhome.com Perfectly portioned for two individual servings, these desserts are sized just right for those couples, newlyweds, and empty nesters who have a sweet tooth (but no w

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  • Prof Patty
  • August 13, 2021

A Pool Workout That Strengthens Your Knees

Exercise can be tricky when you live with arthritis or an injury. Water exercises take pressure off your joints, but they offer enough resistance to give you a good workout.

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  • Prof Patty
  • August 13, 2021

Inside the Capitol Riot: An Exclusive Video Investigation

The [NY] Times analyzed thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol Building to understand how it happened — and why. Here are some of the key findings. Read the article H

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  • Prof Patty
  • August 13, 2021August 13, 2021

Baked Tomato Slices

A delicious way to top leftover pasta! By Laura Prep: 10 mins Cook: 5 mins Total: 15 mins Servings: 2 Ingredients olive oil, divided, or as needed 1 large tomato, cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices 1 s

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  • Prof Patty
  • August 13, 2021August 13, 2021

Looking for good books for teens? Here are some recent favorites:

Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson Copper Sun by Sharon M. Draper The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing (vols.1 and 2) by   M. T. Anderson Monster by Walter Dean Myers Pinned by Sharo

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  • Prof Patty
  • August 13, 2021August 13, 2021

Do You Know Your History?

Did you know that… Claudette Colvin came before Rosa Parks, and she was only 15 years old? Read more HERE. Alexander Graham Bell did not invent the telephone? Antonio Meucci, an Italian immigran

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  • Prof Patty
  • August 13, 2021November 5, 2025

13 Things Most Likely to Get You Flagged by the TSA

Lindsay Tigar Red Flag #2: Traveling with coffee (beans or ground) Red Flag #3: Not taking all liquids out of your bag Red Flag #8: Carrying a lot of cash If you are planning to fly anywhere, read

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  • Prof Patty
  • August 13, 2021

Blue-Green Algae Found in Ponds Can Be Fatal to Dogs

Here’s how to spot it and keep your pup safe. By Dan Nosowitz Updated July 01, 2021 Letting your family pets cool off in water seems like a harmless and fun warm-weather activity,

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  • Prof Patty
  • August 13, 2021

The Best Lipsticks for Older Women—Or Anyone Looking for Less Feathering and More Flattering Color

By Patricia Shannon July 02, 2021 We’ve got a list of demands a mile long when it comes to what we’re looking for in a good lipstick. We need all the long-wear color, but we want zero fe

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  • Prof Patty
  • July 28, 2021July 28, 2021

Ken Starr and Jeffrey Epstein in the News

In Perversion of Justice the Miami Herald reporter Julie K Brown writes about Starr’s role in securing the secret 2008 sweetheart deal that granted Epstein effective immunity from feder

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  • Prof Patty
  • July 28, 2021July 28, 2021

The Most Complicated Word in English is Only Three Letters Long

Brandon Specktor Updated: Jan. 28, 2021 Imagine you’re a dictionary editor. For eight hours a day, five days a week, every week until the heat death of the universe or the day human beings s

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  • Prof Patty
  • July 28, 2021

SIX BOOKS THAT HELPED ME THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT RACE AND THEOLOGY

BY JOSIAH R. DANIELS For our friends who may not be people of color or LGBTQ Race: A Theological Account. By J. Kameron Carter (Oxford University Press, 2008). “Race: A Theological Account&

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  • Prof Patty
  • July 26, 2021

How a decade of coronavirus research paved way for COVID-19 vaccines

FEB 26, 2021 Sara Berg, Senior News Writer, AMA The rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines in under a year has raised concerns, which can lead to vaccine hesitancy. But AMA member Peter Hotez

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NY Times

  • New Yorkers Warm to Mamdani’s Redesign Plan for Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn
  • Syrian Billionaires Needed a Favor in Washington. They Invoked the Trump Name.
  • Ageless Beauty
  • They’re Young. They’re Conservative. And They’re Split Over the War.
  • With Trump Novices, Can the U.S. Win the ‘Art Olympics’?

NPR

  • 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
  • This week in science: Small talk, more human lobster killing, and an ancient flood
  • How seals' whiskers make them master underwater hunters

The Progressive

  • Climate Education Makes Economic Sense
  • ICE Agents Hide Behind Masks; Jesse Jackson Remembered As Determined Leader
  • What’s Behind the Push to Make Schools Adopt the Science of Reading?
  • What’s Old Is New Again in Utah
  • ‘You Can’t Bring that With You’

FactCheck.org

  • 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
  • The U.S. Treasury Didn’t Declare the Country ‘Insolvent’

Snopes.com

  • Did Apple Maps 'erase' Lebanese town names? We investigated
  • Did Trump cancel Pride Month? Here's the truth
  • Don't fall for fake image claiming Disney is planning Charlie Kirk movie
  • 7 claims about House Speaker Mike Johnson we've investigated
  • Fake image of girls kneeling before Trump spreads online

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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