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Saturday, April 22, 2017

Terrorists are building drones. France is destroying them with eagles.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/02/21/terrorists-are-building-drones-france-is-destroying-them-with-eagles/
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Thousands of tiny satellites are about to go into space and possibly ruin it forever

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/04/21/thousands-of-tiny-satellites-are-about-to-go-into-space-and-possibly-ruin-it-forever/
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Icelandic language at risk; robots, computers can’t grasp it

http://www.seattletimes.com/business/icelandic-language-at-risk-robots-computers-cant-grasp-it/
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How Airline Workers Learn to Deal With You

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/22/your-money/how-airline-workers-learn-to-deal-with-you.html
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Friday, April 21, 2017

In Jail, Pads and Tampons as Bargaining Chips

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/20/nyregion/pads-tampons-new-york-womens-prisons.html
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A New Parchment Declaration of Independence Surfaces. Head-Scratching Ensues.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/21/arts/a-new-parchment-declaration-of-independence-surfaces-head-scratching-ensues.html
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Drones used for first time in major search at Grand Canyon

http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/drones-used-for-first-time-in-major-search-at-grand-canyon/
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Why do married people pay most of the taxes in the U.S.?

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865677746/Why-do-married-people-pay-most-of-the-taxes-in-the-US.html
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Thursday, April 20, 2017

How your selfie could affect your life insurance

http://www.seattletimes.com/business/how-your-selfie-could-affect-your-life-insurance/
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Trillions of Plastic Bits, Swept Up by Current, Are Littering Arctic Waters

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/19/climate/arctic-plastics-pollution.html
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How long should you keep your tax records?

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Saving-Money/2017/0420/How-long-should-you-keep-your-tax-records
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‘Like someone stuck an ice pick in my collarbone’: Painful rat lungworm disease on upswing in Hawaii

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/04/20/like-someone-stuck-an-ice-pick-in-my-collarbone-painful-rat-lungworm-disease-on-upswing-in-hawaii/
Krista at 2:29 PM No comments:

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

34 problems with standardized tests

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2017/04/19/34-problems-with-standardized-tests/
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Universities redesign libraries for the 21st century: fewer books, more space

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-college-libraries-20170419-story.html
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How climate change dried up a Canadian glacier river in a matter of days

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2017/0418/How-climate-change-dried-up-a-Canadian-glacier-river-in-a-matter-of-days
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Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Dinner With a Dung Beetle

https://www.nytimes.com/video/science/100000004858104/dung-beetle.html
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The big hole in Trump’s wall

http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2017/04/fewer-hombres
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Starbucks calls shifting-color drink a “Unicorn Frappuccino”

http://www.seattletimes.com/business/starbucks-calls-shifting-color-drink-a-unicorn-frappuccino/
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Scientists find giant, elusive clam known as ‘the unicorn of mollusks’

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/04/17/scientists-find-giant-elusive-clam-known-as-the-unicorn-of-mollusks/
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Monday, April 17, 2017

How the Airlines Became Abusive Cartels

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/17/opinion/how-the-airlines-became-abusive-cartels.html
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The Love Lives of Bolsheviks

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/17/opinion/the-love-lives-of-bolsheviks.html
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Sultan Qaboos has been everything for Oman. But has he secured its future?

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2017/0417/Sultan-Qaboos-has-been-everything-for-Oman.-But-has-he-secured-its-future
Krista at 12:31 PM No comments:

Sunday, April 16, 2017

Stripped Village Homes Expose a Hollowing Out of France’s Heritage

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/16/world/europe/france-joinville-heritage.html
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Anatomy of a Lynching

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/16/opinion/anatomy-of-a-lynching.html
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Climate change, and common-sense politics

http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/upfront-blog/2017/0416/Climate-change-and-common-sense-politics
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The world's greenest island

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2017/0416/The-world-s-greenest-island
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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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