The votes are in! The Earl of Avoirdupois, bear 747, is the 2020 Fat Bear Week Champion. No longer the runner-up, 747 fulfills the fate of the fat and fabulous as he heads off to hibernation. This
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Implicit Bias
Let’s look at implicit bias. All of us have implicit biases. Take Harvard’s Implicit Bias test HERE. Vox states, “According to a growing body of research and the researchers wh
What Do You Need in Your Home Health Kit?
I am nowhere near a doctor, although I was a Dr. Mom for many years. I don’t give medical advice. This is what I have in my baskets: bandages of different types and sizes thermometers (contactles
2020 Nobel Prize Winners: Full List (updated daily from NY Times)
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was announced today. Drs. Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice on Monday received the prize for their discovery of the hepatitis C virus.
How To Choose Your Leaders
Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought.To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears.To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool.To b
Adult Vaccines: Protect Yourself
I’ve had my flu shot and my pneumonia shot. Next, my shingles shot (shingles is a nasty, painful disease). Flu shot Tetanus (Td booster) Chicken pox Shingles Hepatitis A and/or B Pneumonia Read m
Harris-Pence Debate Points That Stuck With Me
If you have a pre-existing condition, heart disease, diabetes, breast cancer, they’re coming for you. If you love someone who has a pre-existing condition, they’re coming for you. If you are un
Pros and Cons of Participating in a Clinical Trial
by Rachel Nania, AARP, October 5, 2020 With several coronavirus vaccine candidates advancing to the third and final phase of clinical trials, researchers are ramping up their efforts to
A Military 1st: A Supercarrier Is Named After An African American Sailor
September 29, 2020 5:01 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition Military names can echo down through the ages, a fact underlined by the current fight in Washington, D.C., between President Trump and Co
Disenfranchised for this Election!
The US Supreme Court issued a ruling which reinstated the requirement that absentee voters obtain a witness signature on their mail-in envelopes. Justice Brett Kavanaugh, appointed to the court by
Programming to Raise Awareness of Human Trafficking
By Pierre-Antoine Louis (Nytimes.com – Race/Related) Beauty for Freedom, a nonprofit group that raises awareness and money to fight human trafficking, is hosting on Sunday a four-hour livestream
How the U.S. Navy’s First Black Officers (The Golden Thirteen) Helped Reshape the American Military
BY DAN C. GOLDBERG MAY 19, 2020 3:00 PM A black man had graduated the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1877 and the Army had its first black general in 1940. But when
Stacey Abrams
Voting isn’t an event. It is not a single moment that changes the world or changes our lives. It is a process, and like any process, if you only do parts of it, it doesn’t work. That means