Friends of African Village Libraries (I post regularly here)- Daytime session at Sherigu Community Library
- La deuxième journée des activités de café littéraire à la bibliothèque de Boni
- Échanges avec la nouvelle gérante de la bibliothèque de Koho
- Reprise des activités de la bibliothèque mobile Pénélope
- Sortie de la Bibliothèque Mobile Pénélope à l’école Sainte Thérèse
- Bonne nouvelle pour les amoureux de la lecture à Niankorodougou
- Bibliothèque communautaire de Zimtenga ! Les livres attendent patiemment le retour des communautés
- Bilan des activités du mois d’août de la bibliothèque de Bougounam
- Bilan des premières journées du café littéraire
- Nyariga community library, daytime activities
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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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Starting Coursera course on R, computing for data analysis
First impressions: Online lecture classes are just as boring as in-person lecture classes. That’s after about 40 min. An interesting question pops up: R core group… the people behind the curtain. How does open-source make money for owners of S+? … Continue reading
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Sahel having an excellent season, second year in row
Last year was a very good agricultural season, and this year appears to be even better. Hmmm…. I believe that 2000 years ago Joseph had good advice for what to do after a good season. But he wasn’t so good … Continue reading
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Djafar Héma in Bobo makes the news… not sure what the import of everything is… except he is Sunni
« Je n’ai rien contre Blaise, mais je suis contre ses faits. Notamment les tueries », propos de Djafar Héma pour entamer la question du sénat. Comme dit, comme prévu par lui lors de ses prêches, la communauté musulmane par … Continue reading
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Electricité au Faso
Bon reportage de Patindé Amandine Konditamdé; j’aurai aimé savoir ce que le SONABEL dit comme réponse. La SONABEL serait en train de consommer son capital à en croire Luc Adolphe Tiao, lors de l’émission télévisuelle « Dialogue avec le gouvernement … Continue reading
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Great interview with Ibrahim Coulibaly, who many thought the force behind 2002 Force Nouvelles that divided Ivory Coast
Hard to know how credible is the source. Ibrahim Coulibaly was killed in 2011 in Abidjan by Alassane Ouattara and Guillaume Soro’s forces, as they ostensibly tried to disarm his small group of commandos. War is a messy business indeed. … Continue reading
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