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
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‘Duplex’ by Kathryn Davis
Wow… Lynda Barry, one of my favorite cartoonists when I was a young adult, like totally agrees with me. It’s like I’m in Duplex right now, reading this, because Lynda Barry could be standing inside me. When I finished “Duplex” … Continue reading
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Quiggin doth protest too much
He doesn’t like the Nobel Prize for Economics. Overall, economics is still at a pre-scientific stage, at least, as the idea of science is exemplified by Physics and Chemistry. Economists have made some important discoveries, and a knowledge of economics … Continue reading
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Impending calamity in Puerto Rico, analysis from Reorg Research
From Reorg Research. As a heavily levered U.S. Territory, Puerto Rico has nearly $70 billion worth of debt to which numerous U.S. and foreign financial institutions have heavy exposure. Tangentially connected banks and companies too have suffered from the current … Continue reading
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Canvas upload grades csv FAQ
This will be my most cited blog post ever! Yay! I’ll update as I discover more. As universities and academics switch to Canvas infrastructure, here’s what I just found out… Don’t believe Canvas about how to upload grades from csv. … Continue reading
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Kathryn Davis’ Duplex… thoughts while reading….
NPR’s book reviewer Roscrans Baldwin (huh? is that a great name or what for a book critic?) talked about this book early September, so when it arrived in libraries I requested it. I’m more than halfway through and it lives … Continue reading
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Terry Gross fail, Chimamanda Adichie disppoints
I enjoyed (well, if that is the word) reading Purple Hibiscus and Half of a Yellow Sun, and would heartily recommend them. But it seems that Adichie has decided to pursue some fast money, with an obvious novel and lecture … Continue reading
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Abortion debate comes to Jesuit universities
We faculty and staff at Santa Clara University received a letter last week, in the mail. The only real “letter” I can think of from the president of the university. In the letter, President Engh informs us that he has … Continue reading
Marginal Revolution gives basic scenario of the default
Interest rates skyrocket and there are numerous collateral calls from clearinghouses and thus a squeeze on Treasuries. Everyone is scrambling after Treasuries and suddenly T-Bill liquidity is quite scarce. (Here is one FT post on collateral crunch.) The next morning … Continue reading
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Possibly the right effect of flipped classroom
As I see my kids transition to middle school and high school, and then deal with young people at my fairly elite liberal arts university, it is clear that absenteeism and “not doing homework” is a huge factor at the … Continue reading
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Worsening Debt Crisis Threatens Puerto Rico
All this happened because Luis Fortuno went to Maristas and not San Ignacio… tu sabes? Seriously though, this is so tragic… an island with so many inspirational figures (I still get chills when I think of looking over the ocean … Continue reading
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Una Familia Habanera by Eloisa Lezama Lima …
Lezama Lima is someone who we discussed in hushed tones when I was in high school and college and la literature latinoamericana was VERY IMPORTANT. I always thought most of the stuff I read was great fun. I loved Carpentier, … Continue reading
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Just to make sure everyone knows we are dealing with inefficient bargaining: they will be paid but not do work while the game of chicken goes on
The Republicans could have argued that government workers don’t do anything anyway so the shutdown is not even really costly, but they’ve apparently decided not to go that route. Of course this eliminates a major constituency for a deal; now … Continue reading
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Reading affects empathy? Or positive publication bias?
OK I can’t write something that isn’t honest+sour grapes. So there. Nobody, certainly not Science, will publish replications of this study. If authors had found no effects, or reverse effects, no one would have published. Important to remember that. My … Continue reading
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Question: Why are no moderate Republicans switching parties?
Maybe there are some and I don’t know about it. I confess that out here in solidly Democratic California partisan politics not too high on list of things to follow especially when research in on West Africa. But I do … Continue reading
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The Farallonic winds are blowing in the Bay Area
That is all… part of my quest to “name” the southwards bound winds that come through San Jose… nobody ever knows what to call them… Socal has Santa Ana winds, so why not Farallonic?
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Was the recession of 1991 a financial crisis?
Amongst policy-oriented economists this matters a lot, because the V shape of the recession and recovery in 1991 means that this was either (2) an important exception to the usual “financial crises recessions are really bad” or (2) it is … Continue reading
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Harsh words from Zéphirin Diabré regarding Blaise Compaoré
While this is quite a direct and sharp takedown, to me there are two things that are missing. First, Diabré is not giving any indication (at least not being reported in the press) that he is lining up a major … Continue reading
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“A Game for Swallows” by Zeina Abirached
Decidedly 1% upper-crust, this graphic novel of life growing up in Beirut during the 1980s civil war is nevertheless quite moving and is beautifully designed, graphically speaking, though a little repetitious. If graphic novels like this were cheap, I would … Continue reading
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My town makes the big time… for the wrong reason
New York Times officially declares San Jose a “metropolis”… soon we’ll have a caped super-hero just like the other ones. But ours will fight pensions? San Jose now spends one-fifth of its $1.1 billion general fund on pensions and retiree … Continue reading
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Michael Kevane 