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Saturday, April 15, 2017

What’s in Your Microwave Oven?

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/14/opinion/whats-in-your-microwave-oven.html
Posted by Krista at 4:35 PM No comments:

Dirty Birds What it’s like to live with a national symbol

https://story.californiasunday.com/dirty-birds
Posted by Krista at 4:33 PM No comments:

Insect Heroes? Ants Save Their Injured Comrades

https://www.yahoo.com/news/insect-heroes-ants-save-injured-163200116.html
Posted by Krista at 4:32 PM No comments:

Yes, Your Sleep Schedule Is Making You Sick

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/10/opinion/sunday/can-sleep-deprivation-cure-depression.html
Posted by Krista at 4:23 PM No comments:

Last of New York’s Master Wigmakers

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/07/nyregion/new-york-city-wigmakers.html
Posted by Krista at 4:06 PM No comments:

Ancient Cannibals Didn’t Eat Just for the Calories, Study Suggests

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/06/science/cannibalism-human-body-calories.html?_r=0
Posted by Krista at 3:50 PM No comments:

Friday, April 14, 2017

You Draw It: Just How Bad Is the Drug Overdose Epidemic?

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/04/14/upshot/drug-overdose-epidemic-you-draw-it.html
Posted by Krista at 4:18 PM No comments:

America drops its most powerful non-nuclear bomb on Afghanistan

http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21720900-donald-trump-giving-his-generals-much-more-freedom-his-predecessor-america-drops
Posted by Krista at 11:29 AM No comments:

The Point of Hate

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/14/opinion/the-point-of-hate.html
Posted by Krista at 11:26 AM No comments:

Filing Taxes in Japan Is a Breeze. Why Not Here?

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/14/opinion/filing-taxes-in-japan-is-a-breeze-why-not-here.html
Posted by Krista at 11:23 AM No comments:

How to Escape From a Car in Water

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/14/magazine/how-to-escape-from-a-car-in-water.html
Posted by Krista at 11:20 AM No comments:

Why the Syrian Chemical Weapons Problem Is So Hard to Solve

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/13/world/middleeast/why-the-syrian-chemical-weapons-problem-is-so-hard-to-solve.html
Posted by Krista at 11:18 AM No comments:

Why Politicians Love to Talk About Training Welders

http://www.chronicle.com/article/Why-Politicians-Love-to-Talk/239787
Posted by Krista at 11:13 AM No comments:

Thursday, April 13, 2017

Did Hitler fake being a victim of gas warfare?

http://www.timesofisrael.com/did-hitler-fake-being-a-victim-of-gas-warfare/
Posted by Krista at 5:52 PM No comments:

New film on Nazi occupation of Channel Islands prompts disquieting questions for Brits

http://www.timesofisrael.com/new-film-on-nazi-occupation-of-channel-islands-prompts-disquieting-questions-for-brits/
Posted by Krista at 3:10 PM No comments:

‘Just look up, people’: The fire all around us

http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/just-look-up-people-the-fire-all-around-us/
Posted by Krista at 3:04 PM No comments:

Why Did This Man Lose His Memory, Words and Even His Ability to Walk?

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/13/magazine/why-did-this-man-lose-his-memory-words-and-even-his-ability-to-walk.html
Posted by Krista at 2:50 PM No comments:

‘Assassins!’: A Confederate spy was accused of helping kill Abraham Lincoln. Then he vanished.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/04/13/assassins-a-confederate-spy-was-accused-of-helping-kill-abraham-lincoln-then-he-vanished/
Posted by Krista at 1:58 PM No comments:

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

What makes a knot strong? Scientists have figured out how your shoelaces untie themselves

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2017/0412/What-makes-a-knot-strong-Scientists-have-figured-out-how-your-shoelaces-untie-themselves
Posted by Krista at 8:23 PM No comments:

Can’t pay your student loan bill? Here’s what to do

http://www.seattletimes.com/business/cant-pay-your-student-loan-bill-heres-what-to-do/
Posted by Krista at 12:49 PM No comments:

Painting like mankind’s greatest artists is almost too easy now

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2016/04/07/painting-like-mankinds-greatest-artists-is-almost-too-easy-now/
Posted by Krista at 11:03 AM No comments:

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

I’m Not Texting. I’m Taking Notes.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/07/jobs/texting-work-meetings-social-media.html
Posted by Krista at 1:27 PM No comments:

If Gorsuch is like his colleagues, he’ll constantly interrupt the female justices

https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/04/11/if-gorsuch-is-like-his-colleagues-hell-constantly-interrupt-the-female-justices/
Posted by Krista at 1:23 PM No comments:

At stake in Johannesburg's 'recycling wars': more than trash

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2017/0411/At-stake-in-Johannesburg-s-recycling-wars-more-than-trash
Posted by Krista at 1:07 PM No comments:

Salt keeps icy roads safe. It’s also putting North America’s freshwater lakes at risk

http://www.denverpost.com/2017/04/10/salt-putting-north-america-freshwater-lakes-risk/
Posted by Krista at 1:01 PM No comments:

Monday, April 10, 2017

The Patients Were Saved. That’s Why the Families Are Suing.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/10/health/wrongful-life-lawsuit-dnr.html
Posted by Krista at 6:51 PM No comments:

How to Write a New York Times Headline

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/09/insider/how-to-write-a-new-york-times-headline.html
Posted by Krista at 6:47 PM No comments:

Q&A: Mormon grandmother, refugee camp manager never stops caring for others

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865677442/QA-Mormon-grandmother-refugee-camp-manager-never-stops-caring-for-others.html
Posted by Krista at 6:22 PM No comments:

Sunday, April 9, 2017

Portable Toilets Converted Into Homes May Help With Homeless Crisis

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2017/04/06/portable-toilets-converted-into-homes-may-help-with-homeless-crisis/
Posted by Krista at 2:59 PM No comments:

Up Against the Wall

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/08/opinion/up-against-the-wall.html
Posted by Krista at 2:35 PM No comments:
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Krista
I have a B.A. in Political Science and a Master's Degree in Public Administration (M.P.A.) from Brigham Young University. In addition, I have a Ph.D. in Public Administration and Public Affairs from Virginia Tech. I have another Master's degree. This one is in Library Science (M.L.S.) from Emporia State University in Kansas. In my public administration studies I emphasized administrative ethics and administrative law. In library school I emphasized reference, especially using government documents and legal materials.
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