Brittany Hambleton
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Johnny Depp stated in court during a trial against British newspaper The Sun, that he was “involved” in the decision that allowed his now 21-year-old daughter to use cannabis. The actor told the court that he gave some of his own marijuana to his daughter, Lily-Rose Depp, after discussing it with her mother when she […]
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The popular Netflix show, Stranger Things, explored the idea of an alternate dimension existing in parallel to the human world, called the Upside Down. Many other shows, including the sci-fi classic, Star Trek, and even the sitcom, Community, have explored the possibility of an alternate universe that mirrors our own. While this idea may seem […]
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If you take a walk in your neighborhood this spring and summer, you are almost guaranteed to see at least a few hydrangea bushes in someone’s garden. These ubiquitous plants are easily recognizable by their distinct “snowball”-shaped blooms, that can range in color from white, green, or blue, to pink or red, with every shade […]
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As the warm weather approaches, gardeners across the country are starting to plan their flower beds and vegetable patches in anticipation of the garden-planting season. Whether you’re a seasoned gardener, or if this is the first year you’ve decided to get outside and get your hands dirty, you’ll want to make sure that you’re doing […]
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During the 1930s, the Great Depression hit. It was the worst economic downturn the industrialized world had ever experienced, and as the stock market crashed and banks all over the country failed, millions of Americans lost their jobs [1]. During those difficult times, families everywhere were forced to tighten their belts and cut back on […]
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Over the last twenty years, the use of illicit drugs has been increasing and has become a serious public health concern. The number of drug overdose deaths in the United States has increased from just under seventeen thousand in 1999 to over seventy thousand in 2017 [1]. The primary driver for this increase is the […]
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In 2014, then-sixteen-year-old Mathew Carulli of Perth, Australia, lost an eight-year battle with leukemia. The loss of someone so young is undoubtedly tragic, but his legacy will live on in the form of a special bridge that will allow hospitalized children to have easier access to fresh air and nature. The Rainbow Bridge The brightly-lit […]
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Let’s face it- very few people enjoy cleaning their bathrooms. When certain surfaces accumulate hard-to-remove stains, cleaning them becomes even more of a chore. This is particularly true of the toilet, which often eventually gets that pesky ring around the inside of the bowl. Luckily, there is an excellent hack for how to remove a […]
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OBY is a housing company that is attempting two of the biggest problems we are facing today: lack of affordable housing and climate change. Short for our backyard, the California-based company is renting people’s backyards for 99 years to build tiny homes. These homes are compact, eco-friendly living spaces that are addressing the state’s housing […]
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Dr. Leonard Sax has been a family physician for over 30 years, and in his three decades of practice, he has had the opportunity to observe hundreds of parent-child interactions. In 2015, he wrote about his observations in the Wall Street Journal, and they are discouraging, to say the least. In the piece entitled “Parenting […]
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Constipation, or the inability to have a bowel movement, affects approximately twenty percent of the population [1]. It can range in severity and can be mildly inconvenient all the way to downright painful. Luckily, there are several foods that help make you poop, which could kick-start your bowels and get you back to regularity. What […]
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With Google Street View, users can virtually stroll through the streets of just about every city, town, suburb, and countryside in the world. During a time when there are travel restrictions around the world, this provides an alternative way to “visit” another country. While many may see Google Street View as useful, or at the […]
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