Louis Riel: a comic-strip biography by Chester Brown (April 2007)
In 1869, the Red River Settlement area, home to the French-speaking Metis, is sold to the Canadian government. Louis Riel, the de facto leader of the Red River Settlement, demands that they be granted the right to govern themselves. Not suprisingly, the government refuses this. This story relates Riel's resistance to the Canadian government's mistreatment of the Metis community.Louis Riel - Wikipediahttps://owa.fibrehost.net/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_RielLouis Riel - rethinking Riel (CBC Archives)Louis Riel - Trivial Pursuit (CBC Archives) Place a hold on a WPL copy of the book here.
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WPLBOOKCLUB - April 20, 2016 Author: Christine
“Meet Our Local Artists”
A Series of Conversations and DemonstrationsMarch 15 – April 910:00 amThe Hotel Plaza Real125 Washington Avenue,½ block off the PlazaCity of Santa Fe Creative Tourism and Heritage Hotels Announce “Meet Our Local Artists”. The Hotel Plaza Real will host artists participating in the Creative Tourism Initiative for a series of demonstrations and conversations offered free to the public. Starting at 10:00 a.m., Monday through Friday, March 15 – April 9, artists will provide a demonstration or presentation about their art form, followed by informal conversation.All demonstrations are free and open to the public.Wee...
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ICARUS... the Santa Fe Public Library Blog - March 10, 2010 Author: am at main
Blameless: het ontwerp van een boekomslag in minder dan twee minuten
Steampunk kom je steeds vaker tegen. Wikipedia omschrijft:
Steampunk is een subgenre van fantasie of speculatieve fictie. De term slaat op verhalen die zich afspelen in een tijd dat stoomkracht nog de primaire krachtbron was (meestal de 19e eeuw), maar die ook elementen van sciencefiction of fantasie bevatten zoals futuristische uitvindingen en machines, of echt bestaande machines (zoals computers) die in deze verhalen veel eerder worden uitgevonden dan in werkelijkheid.Ik vind het concept van Steampunk wel aardig. Het levert mooie plaatjes op. Dat het genre ook boeken heeft voortgebracht wist ik echter nog niet. Dat l...
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Digitaal Inlichtingenwerk Zeeuwse Bibliotheek - March 9, 2010 Tags: Library Thing boekomslagen boeken design WorldCat Bibnet
EPL Events: Mar 23, 2010 - Tuesday
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EPL Events - March 9, 2010
Book group reports
As a new feature, MADreads is going to post reports of Madison Public Library book group discussions. If you’re like us, you’re always on the lookout for that next great, discussable book. Our inaugural report comes from the Sequoya branch.
The Sequoya book group just read Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann which won the National Book Award. While it was a good discussion, because of all the different characters and because it was so beautifully written, some people felt it was a bit hard to verbalize their thoughts. The book opens with the tightrope walk across the Twin Towers so we started ...
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MADreads - March 9, 2010 Author: Tracy - Sequoya Tags: Book Groups Literary Fiction
As American as Apple Pie: MMoCA and MPL
Apple Pie: Symbols of Americana in the permanent collection at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMoCA) features more than 80 paintings, photographs, prints, and objects that address American identity through imagery ranging from big cars and hamburger joints to cowboys and fields of corn. Books from the Madison Public Library - about art and the American spirit - are currently on display in the MMoCA Kids Learning Center, and available for families to use while viewing the display. The exhibit will be on display through Sunday, April 11.
Looking for more books about American art? Check out our Americana companio...
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What's New - March 9, 2010 Author: Alicia Tags: Art of the Picture Book Authors and Books Central Library City Connection In the Galleries Kids & Families booklist exhibit MMoCA outreach exhibit
Europa om de hoek: inzicht in subsidies
Het kost niet veel moeite om kritisch te zijn op het gebrek aan transparantie van de Europese Commissie. Als je dan eens stuit op een initiatief dat die transparantie ten goede komt moet je ook zo eerlijk zijn om daar eens aandacht te besteden.
De Commissie presenteert nu Europa om de hoek, een site waar je in een oogopslag kunt zien waar de Europese subsidies heen zijn gegaan. Het is geen site die je dagelijks zult bezoeken, zeker niet als je constateert dat er RSS wordt aangeboden. Van de projecten leer je wel het een en ander. Ik had er bijvoorbeeld geen flauw idee van dat Breskens een heus onderwaterleven ken...
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Digitaal Inlichtingenwerk Zeeuwse Bibliotheek - March 9, 2010 Tags: subsidies Europese Commissie Europese Unie Bibnet
Google als Darth Vader in the Cloud
Zoals Google OS opmerkt kloppen niet alle cijfers die gebruikt worden (gedateerd), maar dat doet niets af aan het feit dat dit filmpje heel knap gemaakt is.
Het blijft een lastige vraag: willen we Google nu vertrouwen of niet? Ik laat het nog steeds in het midden. Het voert me wel te ver om Google te bestempelen als 'het Kwaad'.
Nu we het toch over het Kwaad hebben: Infocaris plaatste gisteren een mooie animatie over dat onderwerp. Check.
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Digitaal Inlichtingenwerk Zeeuwse Bibliotheek - March 9, 2010 Tags: animaties macht Google Cloud Computing
Comment on Federal Bureau of Investigation — Internet Fraud by peq
this is not good. i was opening my emails one by one, ant this similar email came to me. hope cos i open it i wont get in trouble. but at least came to the fderal bureau of investigations website with the purpose of gettng the telephone nomber to make a complain via phone call but i can see clearly its already in theyr hands. hope they cach the responsile for all this.
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Comments for MPLIC Reference Highway - March 9, 2010 Author: peq
Het Rolex Learning Center: een bibliotheek zonder muren
Wie het Rolex Learning Center, dat onlangs in het Zwitserse Lausanne werd geopend, voor het eerst ziet, vermoedt niet meteen dat hij of zij naar een bibliotheek kijkt. Toch is dat wel degelijk zo. Een citaat uit de perskit:
The main library, containing 500,000 printed works, is one of the largest scientific collections in Europe; four large study areas can accommodate 860 students with office space for over 100 EPFL and other employees; a state-of-the-art multimedia library will give access to 10,000 online journals and 17,000 e-books, with advanced lending machines and systems for bibliographi...
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Digitaal Inlichtingenwerk Zeeuwse Bibliotheek - March 9, 2010 Tags: bibliotheken bibliotheekvernieuwing toekomst bibliotheken architectuur architectuur bibliotheken Groot-Britanni ë
Be the Creative
I've been aware that Santa Fe is one of UNESCO's Creative Cities, but a recent trip to Santa Fe Literary News highlighted the different activities and organizations that are available in this program. The Santa Fe Creative Tourism site lists dozens of workshops, classes, and meetings for a large range of experiences, such as photography, pottery, agritourism, and of course, literary arts.Not all the programs are free or low-cost, so keep that in mind as you browse the offerings. Also, the website isn't always up-to-date, so you might want to check with the hosting organization to confirm. However, there is a blog that ...
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ICARUS... the Santa Fe Public Library Blog - March 9, 2010 Author: am at main
The Forgotten Garden
A book of lavish Victorian fairy tales, a secret garden on the Cornish coast, and a nameless little girl abandoned on the wharf in an Australian port--these are the elements that set off the plot of this enjoyable historical mystery, Kate Morton’s The Forgotten Garden, that shifts through five generations of women, a century, and two continents. Nell is the name the harbor master gives to the little girl he finds on the wharf in 1913 and adopts. He has no clues to her identity other than a little white suitcase that contains a volume of fairy tales by Eliza Makepeace. Decades later, Nell is...
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Turning the Page...[Combined Feed] - March 8, 2010
EPL Events: Mar 22, 2010 - Monday
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EPL Events - March 8, 2010
Which Movie Nerd Are You?
I was thinking about the Nerd Night program idea dreamed up by some TAB members, and I came across this internet quiz!Here's my result:You're Hermione, the slightly bossy nerd with a hard-to-pronounce name. You're so nerdy that if someone gave you a time-travel device, you'd use it to take two classes at once. A double workload would drive some nerds crazy, but you obsess over packing your brain with knowledge. The only thing more important to you than studying? Using your excellent memory and analytical skills to keep your friends out of trouble.
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Sellers Library Teens - March 8, 2010 Tags: quizzes
Book Review: IRONMAN by Chris Crutcher
Synopsis(taken from Chris Crutcher's website)Bo Brewster has been at war with his father for as long as he can remember. Following angry outburst at his football coach and English teacher that have cost his spot on the football team and moved him dangerously close to expulsion from school, he turns to the only adult he believes will listen: Larry King.In his letters to Larry, Bo describes his quest for excellence on his own terms. No more coaches for me, he tells the talk show icon, no more dads. I'm going to be a triathlete, an Ironman.Regulated to Mr. Nak's before-school anger management group(which he initially beli...
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Sellers Library Teens - March 8, 2010
An amazing journey
Gail Collin’s very readable account of the last fifty years of American women’s history, When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from the 1960’s to the Present, begins with a woman not allowed to pay for a ticket in a government building because she was wearing pants, and ends with the historic presidential candidacy of Hilary Clinton, whose wardrobe consisted exclusively of pantsuits. Over 50 years, Collins covers changes for women that are much more substantial than wardrobe issues, and also shows the many things that have not changed in women’s lives.
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MADreads - March 8, 2010 Author: Mary K. - Central Tags: Nonfiction
I Have an Excellent Idea!
Let's change the subject! Lol reference to Disney's Alice in Wonderland.Seriously though, I noticed that at the Get Your Game On! club, people tend to be waiting for turns (sometimes for a long time) on Brawl, or gravitate towards Melee on the GameCube when Brawl isn't playing. I wonder if this idea would be overdoing it, or just adding to the fun: since the Wii plays GameCube games as well, perhaps I could (occasionally) bring in my Wii to a) Make the current Wii dedicated to non-Brawl, b) Offer multiple stations for Brawl simultaneously, or c) Expand the choices for people not playing on the current Wii (whether it b...
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Sellers Library Teens - March 8, 2010
Oscar Party Winner
Sarah just scored our Oscar voting sheets from Friday night, and we had five people who guessed seven Oscar winners correctly. I did a drawing from among those five, and Shannon wins the prize! She wins a $5 gift card to Blockbuster, along with candy, soda, and popcorn. Congratulations, Shannon!
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Sellers Library Teens - March 8, 2010 Tags: Oscars winter 2010 programs Oscar Party Academy Awards
Merkwaardige kunst deel 14: dode vliegen
Wat een prachtige tip Jeannette Minnema. Spoed je naar het Zweedse Muhr Photography en check hoe je zelfs dode vliegen kan transformeren tot kunst. Cool.
Little fly,
Thy summer’s playMy thoughtless handHas brushed away.
Am not IA fly like thee?Or art not thouA man like me?
For I danceAnd drink and sing,Till some blind handShall brush my wing.
If thought is lifeAnd strength and breath,And the wantOf thought is death,
Then am IA happy fly,If I live,Or if I die.
William Blake (1757-1827)
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Digitaal Inlichtingenwerk Zeeuwse Bibliotheek - March 8, 2010 Tags: kunst Merkwaardige kunst William Blake
Let’s quaff a few root beers and tell war stories
One of New Mexico’s favorite sons is being honored this month by the U.S. postal service. Bill Mauldin, a cartoonist who inspired leagues of enlisted men during World War Two, will have a stamp bearing his likeness alongside his two most popular characters, Willie and Joe.Mauldin was born in Mountain Park, New Mexico, and won the Pulitzer Prize twice for his brilliant cartooning. He wrote several books, which you can find on our shelves if you want to read more. Some are autobiographies, some are his actual cartoons. We also have Todd DePastino’s 2008 biography.I didn’t know who Bill Mauldin was when his daughter...
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ICARUS... the Santa Fe Public Library Blog - March 8, 2010 Author: am at main
Photos from recent Library programs.Send comments to: OBPL
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Old Bridge Library Weblog - March 8, 2010 Author: Tim
Huygens on Titan (Saturn's enigmatic moon)
In 2005 the robotic Huygens probe landed on Titan, Saturn's enigmatic moon, and sent back the first ever images from beneath Titan's thick cloud layers. This artist's impression is based on those images. In the foreground, sits the car-sized lander that sent back images for more than 90 minutes before running out of battery power. The parachute that slowed Huygen's re-entry is seen in the background, still attached to the lander. Smooth stones, possibly containing water-ice, are strewn about the landscape. Analyses of Huygen's images and data show that Titan's surface today has intriguing similarities to the surface of...
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ndl news - March 8, 2010 Author: Best-Mature
Place your hold on Mockingjay
Good news for our fellow Hunger Games fans: there is a record in the library catalog for Mockingjay, the final book in the trilogy! This means that you can place a hold on the title now, and reserve your place in line to read it when the book comes out in late August. Visit here to place that hold!
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YA KNOW @ BCL - March 8, 2010 Author: Courtney, Teen Librarian
Thursday, April 8 at 7:00 p.m. Local author, Renee Gatz, will make a humorous and inspirational presentation of her new book, Wise Words & Witty Expressions. Ms. Gatz will share expressions from her youth and explain their lasting power and relevance to life’s ups and downs. Come and share your favorite expressions with Ms. Gatz and each other!Send comments to: OBPL
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Old Bridge Library Weblog - March 8, 2010 Author: Tim
Random-A-Thon!!!
Even though the date was rescheduled, our first-ever library teen Random-A-Thon fundraiser was a huge success! Over the course of the day, 24 teens attended, and many stayed for the whole thing. We have raised over $700 already, and several people still have to turn in their money. I am amazed by that amount, having expected something in the $400-$500 range. Huge thanks to everyone who participated, no matter how much you raised. The top fundraising award will be announced after the March 19 donation deadline.The Teen Advisory Board came up with the idea for the Random-A-Thon by combining a lot of our regular library p...
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Sellers Library Teens - March 7, 2010 Tags: winter 2010 programs Random-A-Thon TAB pictures fundraising
EPL Events: Mar 21, 2010 - Sunday
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EPL Events - March 7, 2010
Pats! Layar terug op de iPhone
Iedere week koester ik de iPhone een beetje meer. Ik geniet dagelijks van de superieure interface en de soepele bediening, van het goede geluid en van het ontdekken van alweer een geinige app. Naarmate ik er meer van geniet word ik er echter zwijgzamer over. Aanvankelijk lukte het me gewoon niet om mijn bewondering voor de technologie onder stoelen of banken te steken maar ik begin het af te leren. Op een gegeven moment voel je je net zo'n patser die op een zonnige zondag dringend de behoefte heeft met zijn blinkende, gepimpte auto over de Boulevard van Vlissingen te rijden, alleen om het wandelpubliek de ogen uit te s...
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Digitaal Inlichtingenwerk Zeeuwse Bibliotheek - March 7, 2010 Tags: applicaties iphone apllicaties augmented reality gadgets
Chatroulette: een game voor voyeurs
Ik had me nog zo voorgenomen om het fenomeen te negeren maar zojuist ben ik toch overstag gegaan: ik heb de website Chatroulette bekeken. Aanvankelijk kwam ik de site alleen tegen in tweets en op blogs maar inmiddels lees ik er ook over in kranten en tijdschriften. Dan moet je het toch op z'n minst even bekijken, vind ik. Ik keek zonder een webcam aan te sluiten; ik klikte alleen dertig keer op de 'next-knop'. Toen ik geconfronteerd werd met een gast die fluit zat te spelen haakte ik weer af. Het is niet mijn kopje thee.
Als je geen idee hebt wat Chatroulette is: Sander Duivestein legt het uit op Marketingfacts. Wat m...
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Digitaal Inlichtingenwerk Zeeuwse Bibliotheek - March 7, 2010 Tags: virale video's chatrooms Internetfenomenen hypes chatten
Dyed in the Wool performs at Lansing Public Library
Click to Play Dyed in the Wool performed at Lansing Public Library on March 5, 2010.
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Lansing Library Adult News - March 7, 2010 Author: Kelli Staley
Buena Park Library District Offers Free Bilingual Beginning Computer Classes
The Buena Park Library District will be offering a bilingual beginning computer class (computación para principiantes) on Saturday, March 13, 2010, from 9 am to 10:30 am in the Library’s Boardroom. The class will be repeated on March 27 and April 3, 2010. This class is designed for those who have little or no experience with computers. Attendees will learn basic mouse and keyboard skills. Participants are asked to call the Information/Reference Desk at 714.826.4100 x125 to sign up since space is limited.
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Buena Park Library District News - March 6, 2010
