Monthly Archives: March 2017

I guess Trump team is consistent about one thing: They really would rather have coal than advanced 21st century batteries

Posted on March 16, 2017 by mkevane

James J. Greenberger, the executive director of NAATBatt International, a trade group for the advanced battery industry, said ARPA-E had been of enormous benefit to the industry. “We’re absolutely stunned by it,” Mr. Greenberger said of the agency’s potential elimination, … Continue reading →

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Great trenchant essay on reading from Hisham Matar

Posted on March 16, 2017 by mkevane

Nothing we read can import new or foreign feelings that we don’t, in one form or another, already possess. “Every reader,” as Marcel Proust writes in “Time Regained,” “is actually the reader of himself.” Books can’t install unknown feelings or … Continue reading →

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Can students record me in class?

Posted on March 16, 2017 by mkevane

Turns out in many states there is only a “single party consent” needed to record a conversation, and so students could record me in class.  They are limited in what they can do, since the cannot “sell” my intellectual property. … Continue reading →

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Awe-inspiring study from Ancestry.com

Posted on March 16, 2017 by mkevane

People moved east to west, less so north to south. See how the differently colored clusters form distinct horizontal bands? The red, blue, purple, and green dots fan out from right to left. This pattern means DNA confirms the descendants … Continue reading →

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Leading a non-profit that supports village libraries is a lot of work!

Posted on March 15, 2017 by mkevane

I like to share parts of my life with you, readers, but mostly I write to share stuff with my future self.  As you may know, I started back in 2001 and continue to direct a small non-profit Friends of … Continue reading →

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Growing incidents and threats of jihadist violence in northern Burkina Faso

Posted on March 8, 2017 by mkevane

FAVL-supported  libraries in several provinces in northern Burkina Faso have had to close as the security situation has deteriorated. À cet effet, dans les provinces martyres de Soum et de l’Oudalan, la mesure semble quelque peu radicale : « La … Continue reading →

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Noujain Mustaffa is the right drop of bittersweet sunshine for a cloudy day

Posted on March 4, 2017 by mkevane
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If you want to know what racially motivated terrorism looks like in the United States

Posted on March 1, 2017 by mkevane

The episode occurred in the summer of 2015, when Ms. Norton, Mr. Torres and other members of a group called Respect the Flag drove around Paulding and another county, flying the Confederate flag, pointing guns at black residents and threatening … Continue reading →

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