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Friday, May 26, 2017

A rare birth defect also gave him a gift: a nearly impossible-to-hit curveball

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/recruiting-insider/wp/2017/05/25/a-rare-birth-defect-also-gave-him-a-gift-a-nearly-impossible-to-hit-curveball/
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Waiting for the Credits to End? Movies Are Naming More Names

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/26/movies/why-end-credits-in-movies-are-so-long.html
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‘It Was Forced on Me’: Child Marriage in the U.S.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/26/opinion/sunday/it-was-forced-on-me-child-marriage-in-the-us.html
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Thursday, May 25, 2017

Amy Reed, Doctor Who Fought a Risky Medical Procedure, Dies at 44

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/24/us/amy-reed-died-cancer-patient-who-fought-morcellation-procedure.html
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Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Could Chocolate Guard Against an Irregular Heartbeat?

https://medlineplus.gov/news/fullstory_165862.html
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Your Data Is Way More Exposed Than You Realize [Watch the video.]

https://www.wsj.com/articles/your-data-is-way-more-exposed-than-you-realize-1495657390
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How did whales get so big?

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2017/0524/How-did-whales-get-so-big
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Tuesday, May 23, 2017

THE WORLD IS RUNNING OUT OF SAND

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/05/29/the-world-is-running-out-of-sand
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Student Debt’s Grip on the Economy

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/20/opinion/sunday/student-debts-economy-loans.html
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When Power Makes Leaders More Sensitive

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/19/jobs/power-leaders.html
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Why It’s So Hard to Admit You’re Wrong

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/22/smarter-living/why-its-so-hard-to-admit-youre-wrong.html
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California Today: Crafting the Perfect Wave

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/22/us/california-today-crafting-the-perfect-wave.html
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The Order of Lenin: ‘Find Some Truly Hard People’

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/22/opinion/lenin-stalin-bolshevism-soviet-russia.html
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Monday, May 22, 2017

When scientists saw the mouse heads glowing, they knew the discovery was big

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/when-scientists-saw-the-mouse-heads-glowing-they-knew-the-discovery-was-big/2017/05/19/f33cc574-246a-11e7-a1b3-faff0034e2de_story.html
Krista at 9:49 PM No comments:

The Painful Truth About Teeth

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2017/05/13/the-painful-truth-about-teeth
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Sunday, May 21, 2017

We Aren’t Built to Live in the Moment

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/19/opinion/sunday/why-the-future-is-always-on-your-mind.html
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Hoax Article in Social-Science Journal Gets a Rise Out of Some Scholars

http://www.chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/hoax-article-in-social-science-journal-gets-a-rise-out-of-some-scholars/118526
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Baby Boomers Look to Senior Concierge Services to Raise Income

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/19/business/retirement/boomers-retiring-concierge.html
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The Self-Medicating Animal

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/18/magazine/the-self-medicating-animal.html
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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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