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  • September 18, 2020September 18, 2020

Toots Hibbert helped give reggae its name, its sound, and its enduring grace

By Chris Richards September 12, 2020 at 2:15 p.m. EDT During “Funky Kingston” — that golden-hot sunbeam of a song that Toots and the Maytals first dropped in 1973 — the word “re

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 18, 2020

Cancer Projects to Diversify Genetic Research Receive New Grants

Because much cancer research and clinical trials have been based on white populations, efforts to explore the ways race and ethnicity influence disease are underway. By Emma Goldberg Sept

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 18, 2020September 18, 2020

Beware of Scams

This morning, I got a call from 844-348-3391 saying that I owed money to Eversource. (I have never had an Eversource account, but do have a CT phone number.) So I called the number. It started off

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 18, 2020September 18, 2020

When the Wrong Singer for the Song Is Just So Right

By Laura Collins-Hughes Published Sept. 2, 2020 Updated Sept. 3, 2020 Originally scheduled to be performed in April at the Hammerstein Ballroom, this year’s “Miscast” has

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 16, 2020September 16, 2020

Jason Moran

Jason Moran (born January 21, 1975) is an American jazz pianist, composer, and educator involved in multimedia art and theatrical installations. Moran recorded first with Greg Osby and debuted as a

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 16, 2020September 16, 2020

Octavia Butler

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 16, 2020September 16, 2020

The latest kerfuffle

Why should I go to that cemetery ( Aisne-Marne American Cemetery near Paris)? It’s filled with losers. Donald J Trump (Speaking to President Trump) You have sacrificed nothing and no one. Kh

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 16, 2020September 16, 2020

White GWU professor admits she falsely claimed Black identity

In a blog post attributed to Jessica A. Krug, the associate professor at George Washington University said she’s claimed a Black identity throughout her career. A blog post attributed to a histor

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 16, 2020September 16, 2020

David Foster Wallace on Leadership

It is just about impossible to talk about the really important stuff in politics without using terms that have become such awful clichés they make your eyes glaze over and are hard to even hear. O

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 16, 2020

Faces of Power

On Thursday, 9/10/20, the New York Times published an article which is essential viewing for all of us. Faces of Power is an article with photo arrays which shows, in graphic form, that o

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 16, 2020September 16, 2020

Trump’s Deliberate Deception

Woodward quoted Dan Coats, Trump’s former director of national intelligence, saying: “To him, a lie is not a lie. It’s just what he thinks. He doesn’t know the difference between the t

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 14, 2020September 14, 2020

Lemon Crunch Top Cake

To make this delicious, lemony treat, you need an 8-inch square cake pan, parchment paper to fit (and overlap), and a 350F preheated oven. You also need a sifter or a sieve, wax paper and a bowl or

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 14, 2020

The Black Violinist Who Inspired Beethoven

By Patricia Morrisroe Six months after Beethoven contemplated suicide, confessing his despair over his increasing deafness in the 1802 document known as the Heiligenstadt Testament, he was car

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 13, 2020September 13, 2020

Biscuits and Jam

Edna Lewis’ (and my) Biscuits from The Taste of Country Cooking Ingredients 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 1/2 teaspoons double-acting baking powder 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 13, 2020

What do you know about resistant starch?

I knew very little until recently. Resistant starch is a kind of fiber found in certain plant foods which has a positive effect on our digestion. My understanding is that it doesn’t get digested

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NY Times

  • Late Night Takes Sides in the President vs. the Pope
  • New Rules Hinder Foreign Firms From Moving Supply Chains From China
  • Canada Special Elections 2026 Results: Carney’s Liberal Party Gains Majority
  • Is It Too Much to Ask to Care About Sudan?
  • Netflix Leader Makes Rare Overture to Cinema Owners

NPR

  • What a chimpanzee 'civil war' can teach us about how societies fall apart
  • The real space science behind 'Project Hail Mary'
  • After a whirlwind mission to the moon, astronauts are back home. Here's what's next
  • WATCH: Artemis II astronauts splash down on Earth
  • After more than 9 days in flight, NASA's Artemis II is set to return to Earth

The Progressive

  • The Battle for Argentina’s Memory
  • Trump’s Disastrous War of Choice in Iran
  • ‘We Know What It Takes to Get People to Stay Alive’
  • How Genocide Reshaped a Generation in Gaza
  • Israel Targets Civilians as Lebanon Operations Expand

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

  • Look out for fake image of Melania Trump partying with Epstein
  • Report claims Pentagon threatened the Vatican with military power. US officials deny it
  • Collage features fake images of Melania Trump and Epstein. Here's proof
  • Did Amanda Ungaro threats prompt Melania Trump's Epstein statement? What we know
  • Did Trump post, delete AI image depicting himself in likeness of Jesus?

Tradeoffs

  • 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
  • ‘It Sucks’: Spiking Health Insurance Costs Hit Small Businesses

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