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Tips for Baking Homemade Bread

For as long as I can remember, my mom has made bread by feel. Start with a little yeast, add some flour and water, maybe throw in the dregs of that morning’s oatmeal, and, finally, mix.  As a recipe devotee, rather than baking by feel, I process how I feel by baking. Somewhere in the quiet calm of reading the instructions, weighing out flour, and kneading the dough until it just bounces back under my palm, I come to grips with whatever I’m dealing with. This probably explains why there are two loaves of sourdough rising on my counter, half a loaf of raisin rye resting on a cutting board, and eggs set aside for making challah this weekend. It’s been a week. It’s been a month....

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Most of us take our windshield wipers for granted until they start to go bad

Oftentimes, we completely forget about them until there is a heavy rainfall and the wipers start to make streaks and smudges that make visibility impaired. In this case, it is not during these events that you realize that you need a new set of windshield wipers. You should prepare for these kinds of calamities by getting a set of the best windshield wipers. In this article, we are going to discuss all you need to know about windshield wipers before you go and buy one. We are also going to take some time discussing the top 5 picks for the best windshield wipers that are available in the market right now. If you were having a difficult time deciding which...

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Ask any 1o-year-old boys or girls what toys they want, and you’ll be met with a disgusted eye roll, a huff, and a demand for the latest iPhone

Choosing gifts for this age group is no easy feat. The best gifts for 10-year-olds treat them less like solitary children in need of entertainment and more like socially adept mini-adults, which is what they should be becoming as they enter what development experts call “middle childhood.” The notion is to empower 10-year-olds to create and share, ideally with their friends, while celebrating their newfound agency. Is that as tricky as it sounds? Not really. There are great gift options, even for 10-year-olds who seem to have everything. The main caveat to be aware of with 10-year-olds is that these pre-pre-teens are often developing specific interests (or obsessions) and starting to focus on defined strengths. Given that, it’s critical to meet...

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What does a pandemic say about the tech we’ve built?

There’s a joke* being reshared on chat apps that takes the form of a multiple-choice question — asking who’s the leading force in workplace digital transformation? The red-lined punchline is not the CEO or CTO, but: C) COVID-19. There’s likely more than a grain of truth underpinning the quip. The novel coronavirus is pushing a lot of metaphorical buttons right now. “Pause” buttons for people and industries, as large swathes of the world’s population face quarantine conditions that can resemble house arrest. The majority of offline social and economic activities are suddenly off limits. Such major pauses in our modern lifestyle may even turn into a full reset, over time. The world as it was, where mobility of people has...

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Book Blitz - Someone To Kiss My Scars: A Teen Thriller by Brooke Skipstone

  Someone To Kiss My Scars: A Teen Thriller by Brooke SkipstonePublication date: October 17th 2019Genres: Thriller, Young Adult First Place Pencraft Award in Young Adult Abuse Readers’ Favorite International Contest: Silver Medal in Young Adult Thriller “Powerful. Original. Deeply felt and convincing.” — Kirkus Reviews Hunter needs to remember. Jazz needs to forget. They need each other to heal in this teen thriller of survivor love. Hunter’s past is a mystery to him, erased by a doctor at the direction of his father. But memories of the secret trauma begin to surface when Hunter sees other people’s memories–visions invading his mind with stories of abuse, teen self-mutilation, rape, and forbidden sex. His best friend Jazz has dark and disturbing memories...

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