Knowledge Handler

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I am a retired librarian, most recently serving at Indiana Wesleyan University's Cleveland Education Center.

Saturday, April 29, 2023

Growing Dahlia Flowers

Miranda Rake offers tips on growing dahlia flowers .

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Friday, April 28, 2023

Parasite Preservation

Emily Driscoll writes about the need to save most parasites from extinction.

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Thursday, April 27, 2023

Small-Scale Methods for Combatting Drought

Kit Roane shares international small-scale water conservation efforts .

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Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Automobiles in Paris

The Slate staff write about Paris's actions to minimize vehicles in the metro area.

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Monday, April 10, 2023

Trigometric Pythagorian Proof Proposed

Ramon Vargas writes of the high school students who may have discovered a unique proof for the pythagorian theorem .
It is amazing that high school students would propose a mathematical proof of a theorem from two millenia ago.

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Saturday, April 08, 2023

The History of Coffee and Tea

Michelle Debczak recounts the history of coffee and tea .

A flaw in this is the inference that Oliver Cromwell suffered a violent death, when in fact the Protector died of illness.

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Friday, April 07, 2023

Artemis Name Tags

Emily Calandrelli explains the subtle differences between the various NASA astronaut name tags designed for the upcoming Artemis mission.

I am glad to see the United States is regaining the ability to send a crew into space, but it seems like a lot of money is being spent on trivia to promote the mission. Hopefully sufficient funds have been employed to guarantee a safe return of the astronauts.

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Thursday, April 06, 2023

Generation Alpha

Miranda Rake suggests the values and skills likely to be seen in generation alpha .

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Wednesday, April 05, 2023

Pokeweed

Abby Carney comments on an American survival food, pokeweed , which is poisonous unless tediously prepared.

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