Friends of African Village Libraries (I post regularly here)- Sortie d’animation avec la Bibliothèque Mobile Pénélope à l’école B de Houndé
- Ghana librarians do a group reading session
- Organisation d’une séance de mots croisés et d’une séance de dessin à la bibliothèque de Karaba
- Appréciations des livres CMH par professeurs du CEG de Maro
- Animation d’une séance de lecture guidée à la bibliothèque de Karaba
- Animation de l’animateur de ABVBF à la bibliothèque de Béréba, Burkina Faso
- Encouragement des élèves de l’école Sainte Thérèse de Houndé à la lecture
- Organisation d’une séance de lecture à voix haute à la bibliothèque de Koho
- Visite du coordonnateur et de l’animateur de ABVBF à la bibliothèque Lumière pour enfants à Houndé
- Une sortie d’animation de la BMP à l’école E de Houndé
Monthly Archives: October 2014
Coding Stata and listening to The Format, On the Porch, over and over…
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How do néré and karité trees change sorghum yields in Burkina Faso?
A nice study reminding agricultural experts to be modest about what is known and unknown about complex cropping systems in West Africa. Parkia biglobosa and Vitellaria paradoxa are known to improve soil fertility and redistribute water under their crowns in … Continue reading
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Bruno Jaffré thinks the situation in Burkina Faso is getting serious
Bruno Jaffré writes: L’ambiance est délétère et plus la crise s’approfondit plus la colère gronde. Alors qu’il suffirait que Blaise Compaoré respecte la constitution, comme il a juré de le faire, par le passé, qu’il accepte d’organiser les élections sans … Continue reading
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Mali struggles to filter passengers from Ebola-hit Guinea
I had been wondering about how the border is being controlled. Reuters gives us the info. HT: Penelope Hartnell At a Mali border post in Kouremale about 130 km 80 miles south of the capital Bamako, five health workers stand … Continue reading
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Nathan Englander Reads John Cheever
I listen to The New Yorker fiction podcasts once a month on a long run. Generally they are wonderful. This month’s was less compelling. While Cheever was prescient about the pitfalls of an over-sharing culture, and his sentences are compelling … Continue reading
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Life experience and ebola
I was struck by this quote: Ms. Monaco and other administration officials said the government has been planning for months for the possibility that the virus might be brought to the United States by someone from Africa. And yet somehow, … Continue reading
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AIG Bailout trial underway
The first witness called by Boies, Scott Alvarez, the general counsel of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, testified about the credit terms extended by the government to financial institutions earlier in 2008 and about the terms offered to AIG.Under … Continue reading
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Interesting controversy over managing government debt and interest rates, Fed vs Treasury
The Fed has sought to stimulate the economy by purchasing large quantities of long-term Treasury securities. The campaign, which is scheduled to end in October, aims to force investors to buy other kinds of debt and, in the face of … Continue reading
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Michael Kevane 