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
EPL Events: Sep 16, 2010 - Thursday
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EPL Events - September 2, 2010
Let the guessing begin…
Word went out in the last couple of days that Oprah was going to announce her new book group pick on September 17th. And the crowds went wild. At least they did online.
The guessing yesterday was leaning towards the idea that Oprah might channel Alanis Morissette’s Isn’t it Ironic and choose Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom. Yes that Franzen. The guy who said ‘no thanks’ the first time Oprah wanted to feature his book. The guy who is getting so much press that other authors are feeling the lack for themselves. The guy who has a hashtag on twitter devoted to the whole shebang - #franz...
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MADreads - September 2, 2010 Author: Jane J. - Central Library Tags: Book Groups General
Discover Ancestry Library at Upcoming Workshops
Are you interested in genealogy?
All libraries in the South Central Library System (including Madison Public Library) have in-library access to Ancestry Library, the library version of popular genealogy site Ancestry.com. Learn how to use this amazing site from research experts at one of several upcoming workshops offered by the Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin State Genealogical Society.
Ancestry.com Workshop
Presented Lori Bessler, Wisconsin Historical Society Reference Librarian and Outreach Coordinator
Offered September 18, October 23, November 6, and December 18
French Canadian Research Workshop
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What's New - September 2, 2010 Author: Kim Tags: Ashman Branch Central Library City Connection Community Issues Events Hawthorne Branch Lakeview Branch Meadowridge Branch Monroe Street Branch Pinney Branch Research Resources Sequoya Updates South Madison Branch
En zo ziet je scherm er morgen misschien uit
Als mensen vrij mogen denken over 'het computerscherm van de toekomst' zijn de resultaten soms te mooi om waar te zijn. Maar vergis je niet. Wat je nu nog als fantasierijk zou kunnen omschrijven wordt volgend jaar misschien wel op de markt gebracht. Een paar voorbeelden van dat flinterdunne onderscheid:
Sixth Sense
Een display op CES 2010
Skinput
Augmented Reality in ontwikkeling
Nu ja, bepaal zelf maar in hoeverre het filmpje van TAT Open Innovation fantasie is of niet.
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Digitaal Inlichtingenwerk Zeeuwse Bibliotheek - September 2, 2010 Tags: toekomst user interfaces technologie sixth sense technologie innovatie beeldschermen
Digitale bibliotheekvernieuwing: een krimpend perspectief
Frank Huysmans attendeerde mij zojuist op het rapport Een krimpend perspectief: Gemeentelijke bezuinigingen op openbaar bibliotheekwerk in de periode 2010-2013. Nadat ik dat document ook op Slideshare had gezet las ik het 'diagonaal' en scande ik het op bevindingen en aanbevelingen met betrekking tot digitale ontwikkelingen.
In het persbericht (PDF) staat "Bezuinigingen bedreiging voor innovatiekracht openbare bibliotheken", dus ik was wel benieuwd in hoeverre bedreigde bibliotheken nadenken over bezuinigen door gebruik te maken van open source software en vrij beschikbare tools op het web, of door het inze...
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Digitaal Inlichtingenwerk Zeeuwse Bibliotheek - September 2, 2010 Tags: bibliotheekinnovatie digitale bibliotheek bibliotheekvernieuwing bezuinigingen ontmoetingsfunctie rapporten bezuinigingen bibliotheken Bibnet bezuinigingsmaatregelen bibliotheek
Make a Splash! Read!
The Summer Reading Club Party is August 6th at 10a.m. The drawing for the prizes will be during our Summer Reading Club Party and we hope to see you here!
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Meadville Public Library - September 2, 2010
Make Waves @MPL’s Young Adult Summer Reading Club!
Make this summer cool by joining us for our Young Adult Summer Reading Club! July 28, 2010 – YA Drawing August 2, 2010 – Yarn Octopus/Jellyfish Mobile – 2:00 P.M. August 6, 2010 – Party at 2:00 P.M. with Food, Fun, Games, and Activities & Prizes to celebrate the last day of SRC.
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Meadville Public Library - September 2, 2010
Free Internet Classes
The Meadville Public Library will be offering free Internet classes. Improving Internet skills can be fun and easy and surfing the web this summer will be a breeze! August 14th 10:00a.m. – 11:00a.m. August 18th 6:00p.m. – 7:00p.m.
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Meadville Public Library - September 2, 2010
BUILD YOUR OWN SUNDAE BAR
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ICE CREAM! With the hot weather, help cool down and help support this ice cream sundae social to benefit the Children’s Summer Reading Club. Join us on August 7th, 2010 from 12p.m. till 7p.m. in the side yard @MPL to build your own ice cream sundae. This [...]
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Meadville Public Library - September 2, 2010
Labor Day Weekend
The library will be closed on Saturday, September 4th and Monday, September 6th for the Labor Day holiday. Normal hours will resume on Tuesday, September 7th. For the full listing of our remaining holiday closings for 2010, see 2010 Holiday Closings under Information.
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Meadville Public Library - September 2, 2010
Labor Day and Fiestas Closings
All Branches of the Santa Fe Public Library will be closed on Monday, September 6 for Labor Day.All libraries will be open regular hours, 10 am - 6 pm, on Saturday, September 4.The Main Library will be open regular hours, 1 pm - 5 pm, on Sunday, September 5.The Santa Fe Public Library will have the following hours for Fiestas:Thursday, September 9:All libraries Closed at 6:00 pmFriday, September 10:All libraries Closed at 1:00 pmSaturday, September 11:Main Library ClosedLa Farge and Southside Open: 10:00 am - 6:00 pmSunday, September 12:All libraries Closed.¡Qué Viva La Fiesta!
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ICARUS... the Santa Fe Public Library Blog - September 2, 2010 Author: am at main
August Anime Club Meeting
Today was the August meeting of the Anime Club, right on the eve of everyone returning to school. Tim showed us some clips from the Sonic the Hedgehog anime movie, clips from the Japanese video game it was based on, and some bonus Japanese Sonic commercials! Our manga drawing theme for the meeting was back-to-school, so we also watched some school-themed anime clips. I had super-cute school supplies--piggy pencil sharpeners and panda/frog erasers--for the four winners. (I got them at the dollar store by H-Mart, if you want to track down some for yourself.) Here are all of the drawings: Actual school supplies! Kelliann ...
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Sellers Library Teens - September 1, 2010 Tags: Anime Club art back to school pictures drawing summer 2010 programs manga
Craft Closet Cleanout
Today, 17 teens dropped in to cleanout the craft closet! It was pretty busy, but everyone got to make a variety of stuff. I emptied at least six boxes of leftover projects, so I say it was a success! Several people did extra projects from this summer, including Relief-Painted Bottle Vases, Decoupaged Boxes, Fingerpainting, and Painted Picture Frames. There were also many other crafts hanging around from the past year, such as Message in a Bottle, Jean Leg Autograph Pillows, Scratch-Painted CD Magnets, and Vampire Glitter Gel. Check out the pictures: Fingerpainting!Relief-Painted Bottle Vases Jean Leg Autograph Pillows ...
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Sellers Library Teens - September 1, 2010 Tags: pictures summer 2010 programs DIY crafts craft closet cleanout
EPL Events: Sep 15, 2010 - Wednesday
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EPL Events - September 1, 2010
Television to books
I seem to be thinking of books every time I watch TV lately - probably not a bad thing. True Blood made me yearn for more urban fantasy and when I watch The Closer I’m reminded of a couple of mystery series with strong female leads. One of which could be a template for the character of Deputy Brenda Lee Johnson - so much so that I was convinced at least one of the writers must have read the series by J. D. Robb before coming up with the Brenda character. Robb introduced her female cop, NYPD Lieutenant Eve Dallas, in her 1995. At the time I was working at a mystery bookstore and can remember seeing the bo...
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MADreads - September 1, 2010 Author: Jane J. - Central Library Tags: Mystery
Torrent My Books: een nieuwe downloadsite voor studieboeken
Tot twee jaar geleden was TextBookTorrents een populaire website voor het downloaden van studieboeken. Toen de site uit de lucht werd gehaald waren er weliswaar nog meer dan genoeg alternatieven, maar een echte opvolger verscheen niet ten tonele.
Nu is die opvolger alsnog gelanceerd, in de vorm van Torrent My Books. Het verschil met TextBookTorrents is dat de nieuwkomer geen eigen tracker (centraal distributiepunt voor P2P) heeft. Torrent My Books wordt ongetwijfeld weer een hit onder studenten en andere liefhebbers. Je leest er meer over op TorrentFreak.
Over het downloaden van boeken gesproken: Steve Jobs...
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Digitaal Inlichtingenwerk Zeeuwse Bibliotheek - September 1, 2010 Tags: studieboeken gratis studieboeken downloaden illegale downloads p2p Pirate Bay Textbook Torrents Torrentsites
Zielen Zonder Pretenties
Over de afkorting ZZP (Zelfstandige Zonder Personeel) worden veel grappen gemaakt. Je bent een Zwakzinnige Zonder Pensioen, een Zelfingenomen Zeurkous met Persoonlijkheidsstoornis of een Zonderling Zonder Potentie. Ja hoor, kom maar door met die grappen. We Zullen Ze Pareren.
Maar ondertussen is het wel bittere ernst. Als je denkt dat je er wel bent, als je eenmaal een VAR hebt gekregen, dan heb je het mis. Het Financieele Dagblad schreef afgelopen zaterdag nog:
Maar ook achteraf kunnen er problemen ontstaan met de fiscus. Na de aangifte kan de Belastingdienst opnieuw bekijken of de zzp'er in het betreffende...
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Digitaal Inlichtingenwerk Zeeuwse Bibliotheek - September 1, 2010 Tags: belastingdienst zzp'ers arbeidsmarktperspectieven Sociaal-Economische Raad zzp'ers Nederland
Good Grief...Third Grade by Colleen O'Shaughnessy McKenna
This year, third grader Marsha Cassano, has vowed to have a neat desk at all times, and will never get in trouble. She has even signed a contract with her parents to show that she was very serious about these resolutions. Marsha has also stated that she is going to be nicer to her nemesis, Roger Friday, and not argue with him at all. Unfortunately, on the first day of school, there is Roger, back to teasing her, and Marsha responds by accidentally slamming her desk on Roger's fingers. This is NOT the way she intended the first day to go, especially with the new student teacher, Miss Murtland, being in c...
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Children's Books from Wright Memorial Public Library - September 1, 2010
Comment on Haiti Earthquake : Missing Persons by credit cards for people with bad credit rating
I just can’t seem to fully understand your point of view. Are you sure we’re discussing about the same topic?
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Comments for MPLIC Reference Highway - September 1, 2010 Author: credit cards for people with bad credit rating
September Book of the Month
Fortune is fickle for the scaly narrator of Fred Marcellino's picture book I, Crocodile. The unnamed croc starts out living the good life on the Egyptian Nile surrounded by tasty dinner choices. But his happy times end when Napoleon Bonaparte invades and scoops up whatever strikes his fancy, including the magnificent crocodile. The croc finds himself torn from his beloved mudbank, crammed into a little cage for a ship ride overseas, and dropped into a fountain in Paris, where he is supposed to amuse Napoleon and guests. Amazingly, people flock to see him, making him a celebrity. He loves every minute--until he's not fa...
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Lansing Library Youth News - September 1, 2010 Author: Tracey
Libraries to Close Sept. 6
ALL Central Mississippi Regional Library System Libraries will be CLOSED Monday, September 6, in recognition of Labor Day. Your Library has resources to help you plan a great family Labor Day weekend. Look for a new potato salad or barbeque recipe, check out music, DVDs, videos, and video games to keep the kids (young and old) entertained, and look for outdoor games to play with the family or the whole neighborhood!CMRLS wishes you a happy and safe Labor Day. Branches will open with normal hours Tuesday, September 7.
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CMRLS News - September 1, 2010 Author: lib-blogger
Soup Day
Soup Day by Melissa Iwai
Today is soup day, so a little girl and her mother head to the store through the snowy streets. There they buy the ingredients for their soup, careful to choose the vegetables with the brightest colors. They pick out green celery, yellow onions, orange carrots, white mushrooms and more. Back at home, they wash the vegetables and cut them into little pieces. The little girl gets to help with a plastic knife and the softer veggies. After sautéing the vegetables, broth is added and the soup cooks. The mother and child play together as the smell of soup fills th...
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Kids Lit - September 1, 2010 Author: Tasha
September Book of the Month
Fat Kid Rules the WorldBy K.L. GoingTroy Billings isn’t just a fat kid. Troy is the fat kid. He is the fat kid that huffs and puffs when he breathes. He’s the fat kid that trips over everything. He’s the fat kid that jiggles when he runs. Worst of all, Troy is the fat kids that will always make people laugh, especially when it’s at his expense and would not be funny if a skinny person was involved. One day, Troy was standing on the edge of a subway platform, carefully considering how humorous it would be if he propelled his almost 300 pounds into the subway tunnel and splattered against a speeding train. Appare...
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Lansing Library Teen News - September 1, 2010 Author: Brandi
Global Road Warrior
Global Road Warrior is one of the many online resources available at Lansing Public Library. It is available online, 24/7 via Lansing Public Library's website with a valid Lansing Public Library card.It is the ultimate guide to the world. Maps, cultures, climate, sports, recipes, folklore and holidays is just some of the information available online on 175 countries! Check it out today!
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Lansing Library Youth News - September 1, 2010 Author: Maureen
September Book of the Month - The Blue Bay Mystery
The Blue Bay Mystery is part of the Boxcar Children Mysteries series by Gertrude Chandler Warner. The Boxcar children, Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny no longer live in a boxcar but they still go on adventures! In this book, they travel to an empty tropical South Sea island with their grandfather. Everything is wonderful until they discover that they may not be alone! Who could it be? The Aldens get to the bottom of it in this mystery for children.
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Lansing Library Youth News - September 1, 2010 Author: Maureen
September Library Exhibits
Main Library Vantage Point: Painted LandscapesPastels - Acrylicsby Janice St. Marie La Farge Library Nature Photographyby Keith SpangleSouthside LibraryPaintingsby Elizabeth LambsonFor more information, check our Art page.For upcoming events, check our Calendar and Children's pages.
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ICARUS... the Santa Fe Public Library Blog - September 1, 2010 Author: am at main
Rainforest Encounters
Children this summer had the opportunity to meet many exotic creatures from Rainforest Encounters. One of our many summer events. A special thank-you to the O'neill family!
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Richards Free Library News from Richards Free Library - August 31, 2010
Getting Ready for the Library Festival
The Newport High School football team makes it annual trip to the library to help get ready for the book sale. The team makes a human chain from the tent outside up to the third floor moving a year's supply of books. Thanks guys!
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Richards Free Library News from Richards Free Library - August 31, 2010
Show Us Your Library Card, Buena Park!
September is National Library Card Sign-up Month, and the Buena Park Library District wants to make sure that you and your child carry the most valuable card of all – a library card.In honor of National Library Card Sign-Up Month, some local businesses are offering discounts and other perks if you show your library card during the month of September. “This is a great way to promote library card sign-up month and give local businesses an opportunity to partner with us to show their support for reading,” said Library Director, Patti Hanley. Visit the Buena Park Library or the Library website for a list of the disco...
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Buena Park Library District News - August 31, 2010
