Category Archives: Burkina Faso

The argument that “the market” will erode or make less profitable discriminatory behavior has no theoretical support. It could, but it also could not. Lots of economics theory has been written about this. In the hallways of a rural Oregon … Continue reading →

From the NYTimes. We were just talking about this vicious circle in class yesterday: The number of air-conditioners worldwide is predicted to soar from 1.6 billion units today to 5.6 billion units by midcentury, according to a report issued Tuesday … Continue reading →

At FAVL we are working on it thanks to generous donation from Penelope Hartnell! National Bookmobile Day celebrates our nation’s bookmobiles and the dedicated library professionals who provide this valuable and essential service to their communities every day. Each year, … Continue reading →

On his very first page, James concedes that “change” driven by European imperialism generated conflict in Africa, but he never returns to dwell upon this at length. Instead, he immediately offers what seems like a pat, exculpatory defense: Europeans “believed … Continue reading →

Young men in a biology class were somewhat more confident about how smart they were compared with young women. A sample of one class from one university, with who knows how much p-hacking and forking paths, nevertheless goes viral because … Continue reading →

Thanks NYTimes and Luis Ferré-Sadurní for an honest and difficult job of reporting a universal (not just Puerto Rican) truth. I have heard the exact same conversation in Burkina Faso. “I see it as a safety issue,” Magaly said from … Continue reading →

Nous avons une demande d’audience qui a souffert et qui souffre toujours à la présidence du Faso. Depuis le 22 janvier (2018), nous avons introduit une demande d’audience pour rencontrer le président du Faso pour une interpellation que notre organisation … Continue reading →

Excellent article de Yann Nikièma sur lefaso.net: L’insécurité grandissante dans la zone frontalière met à rude épreuve le fonctionnement du système éducatif. Selon les statistiques de la Direction Provinciale de l’Education Préscolaire, Primaire et non formelle du Yatenga (DPEPPNF/Y), la … Continue reading →

En début de la semaine passée Pamela Roberts bibliothécaire du SIL Burkina et Ezéchiel Lopemba pasteur de la chapelle à FATHEAD ont rendu une visite de courtoisie au siège de FAVL-BF. Après un accueil chaleureux, ils ont eu de très … Continue reading →

I didn’t know who William Kelley was when I found that book but, like millions of Americans, I knew a term he is credited with first committing to print. “If You’re Woke, You Dig It” read the headline of a … Continue reading →

Sukie and I just stumbled on this, and greatly enjoyed the documentary. Excellent viewing with a kid from 12-16! ‘Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable’. It is the first major solo exhibition dedicated to Damien Hirst in Italy since … Continue reading →

From Robin Einhorn’s review of Gordon Wood’s various books: If Jefferson had known nearly as much about his society as Wood does, Empire of Liberty is the book he would have written. It is no coincidence that the title is … Continue reading →

FAVL program officer Alidou Boué spent a day at Bougounam library earlier this week.  Here are some photos: Zebret Moumouni, the librarian (who also decorated the building) in his hat at his desk (looking at a great Atlas in the … Continue reading →

This is awesome! But will I not procrastinate and actually use it? I am already a Type 3.7 but I know exactly what the issue is here. So glad to see my own workflow habits “replicated”… (see here for the … Continue reading →

The hivemind and Google leads to the answer immediately. There is an undocumented setting set excelxlsxlargefile on which will allow -import excel- to bypass the size checking. But Ricardo should be warned, the library we use to import Excel files … Continue reading →

Reich, Steve: Four Organs (1970) 19′  for four electric organs and maracas Composer’s Notes: Four Organs is composed exclusively of the gradual augmentation (lengthening) of individual tones within a single (dominant 11th) chord. The tones within the chord gradually extend … Continue reading →