Saturday, December 13, 2014
Get me rewrite! Inconsiderate Parent at the Library
Janet reading:
Parents! Control your annoying kids. (Yelp San Jose)
Parents Ignore Misbehaving Kids: What Would You Do? (ABC News, 3/3/2011)
The Americans: The Colonial Experience. Part 3: Victims of Philanthropy: The Settlers of Georgia
Chapter 12. The altruism of an unheroic age
- what cosmopolitanism and self-purity did to Pennsylvania, paternalism and philanthropy did to Georgia
- mid-18th century
- distinctly unheroic
- more concerned about living with spiritual and intellectual means than with seeking unfamiliar horizons
- philanthropy
- directed toward the removal of poverty and vice
- attempt to eliminate eyesores to gentlemen walking the streets of London
- proposal in 1730 to establish colony in Georgia
- made a welcome impression on the English mind
- such a thoroughly altruistic enterprise became the subject of much poetry and self-congratulation
- leaders free or sordid moties
- planned to the most detailed (petty) specifications
- General James Oglethorpe
- man of action
- clear and specific in his purpose
- arbitrary and impatient
- unbending with the doctrinaire rigidity of the completely practical man
- Lord John Percival
- co-leader of project
- wealthy aristocrat
- crucial mistake was making specific plans too far in advance and too far from the scene of the experiement
- new colonists chosen from needy applicants
- background and moral character investigated
- those who showed promise of becoming sturdy colonists
- Sir Robert Montgomery proposed a geometric scheme of settlement
- the mapping of the geography of a pipedream
- basic errors
- rigidity of rules for ownership, use, sale and inheritance of land
- by preventing free accumulation, exchange, and exploration of the land, the planners stultified the life of the colony
- acted as if they knew the facts
- imposed their ignorance on the settlers
- Negro was perceived as a menace to the scheme
- settlers were to do their own labor
- prohibition of slavery was integral to plan
- grandiose plans for Georgia's place in England's economy
- an envisioned silk trade
- ad the plan succeeded, Georgia would have been a tidy, antiseptic, efficient, and thoroughly dull place
- major flaw was that this scheme had to be carried out by real people in a real world
Chapter 14. A Charity Colony
- London philanthropists
- trying to make Georgia a European dream
- less interested in what was possible in America than in what had been impossible in Europe
- 18th century English society
- nothing more valued than security and independence
- acceptance of his own place by each party (e.g., squire and peasant)
- America provided a man caught in the lower class a chance to escape, to accept a new life
- Georgia settlers were at a disadvantage being in the hand of their benefactors
- Trustees of the colony
- held a destructively paternalistic attitude
- their arrogance and condescension bred dependence and discontent
- settlers made their complaints and looked for aid to their benefactors in distant London
- Sponsors found themselves becoming increasingly involved in the affairs of the settlement
- plight of colonists
- their new home allowed them to become neither prosperous nor hopeful
- lack of special skills as backwoodsmen
- colonists cursed by universal ills of bureaucracy
- pettiness
- arbitrariness
- corruption
- most disastrous of trustees' plans concerned the land
- rigid provisions removed incentive to increased productivity
- trustees discovered they had assumed a responsibility they could neither fulfill nor abandon
- disgruntled colonists found themselves shackled to unfertile plots of land
- laws prevented adding to, seeling, or exchanging parcels of land
- alternative was flight
- attempt at prohibition, an unenforceable act
- silk industry
- last project to bite the dust
- story of futile bickerings and unfulfilled hopes
- sponsors became victims of their own propaganda
- in 1742, when half the silkworms in Savannah died, the fact that Georgia's climate was not suited to raising silkworms was brutally confirmed
- trustees gave up their charter in 1752
- had burdened themselves with powers no one could wisely execute from London
- less than half the original population remained
- at the time of the Revolution, Georgia was least prosperous and least populous of colonies
Chapter 16: Perils of Altruism
- tried to incorporate too much of a plan
- frame of mind which stifled the spontaneity and experimental spirit which were real spiritual wealth of America
The book has received mostly positive reviews at Amazon.
I chuckled over this comment from a 2-star review.
This is not a coherent history, but a series of disjointed stories, all related to the original settlements in the US. There is virtually no analysis, only poorly documented anecdotes.The book includes a 47-page section of Bibliographic Notes, which I used to bulk up my reading list in 1976. The content is thoroughly documented.
The author does not present his research in a straightforward, chronological manner; he's not writing a textbook. And the book is full of thoughtful analysis, which the reader may not always agree with.
Related posts:
The Americans: The Colonial Experience by Daniel Boorstin, Part 1. A City Upon a Hill: The Puritans of Massachusetts. (12/8/2014)
The Americans: The Colonial Experience. Part 2. The Inward Plantation: The Quakers of Pennsylvania. (12/10/2014)
1959, the Year in Review: Agriculture (How the debeaking of chickens got its start)
Another sidebar from the Agriculture entry.
As a United Poultry Concerns fact sheet describes it.
From a blowtorch to a soldering iron to a machine with a hot blade. But as the article also notes,
Whatever will get the job done, apparently.
Related posts:
Advertising. (12/7/2014)
Afghanistan. (12/7/2014)
Africa. (12/12/2014)
Agriculture: mattresses for cows. (12/13/2014)
As a United Poultry Concerns fact sheet describes it.
...de-beaking started around 1940 when a San Diego poultry farmer found if he burned off the upper beaks of his chickens with a blowtorch, they were unable to pick and pull at each other's feathers. His neighbor adopted the idea but used a modified soldering iron instead. A few years later a local company began to manufacture the "Debeaker," a machine that sliced off the ends of birds' beaks with a hot blade.
From a blowtorch to a soldering iron to a machine with a hot blade. But as the article also notes,
If an electric beak trimmer is not available, a temporary form of trimming can be done by using a sharp jackknife.
Whatever will get the job done, apparently.
Related posts:
Advertising. (12/7/2014)
Afghanistan. (12/7/2014)
Africa. (12/12/2014)
Agriculture: mattresses for cows. (12/13/2014)
1959, the Year in Review: Agriculture (Mattresses for Cows)
An interesting sidebar in the Agriculture entry.
Cows sleep on foam mattresses. (The Age, 5/13/1959)
It's a big business now, although rubber seems to be the material of choice.
But wait!! There's more!!
Related posts:
Advertising. (12/7/2014)
Afghanistan. (12/7/2014)
Africa. (12/12/2014)
Cows sleep on foam mattresses. (The Age, 5/13/1959)
It's a big business now, although rubber seems to be the material of choice.
But wait!! There's more!!
Related posts:
Advertising. (12/7/2014)
Afghanistan. (12/7/2014)
Africa. (12/12/2014)
No Friend to the Environment: Republican Representative Rob Woodall, Georgia's 7th Congressional District
The parade of mostly middle-aged white men continues.
Alabama Congressional delegation: U.S. House of Representatives. (Their anti-environmentalism can be summed up in one word: coal. Which is odd, since Alabama contributes a mere 1.9% of U.S. production, good enough for an overall ranking of 13. The state's peak year of production: 1990)
Florida Congressional delegation: U.S. House of Representatives
Text source: Congressman Rob Woodall
Woodall was re-elected to a 3rd term with 65% of the vote. No environmental committee assignments.
No Friend to the Environment dishonor roll.Woodall was re-elected to a 3rd term with 65% of the vote. No environmental committee assignments.
Alabama Congressional delegation: U.S. House of Representatives. (Their anti-environmentalism can be summed up in one word: coal. Which is odd, since Alabama contributes a mere 1.9% of U.S. production, good enough for an overall ranking of 13. The state's peak year of production: 1990)
- 1st District. Bradley Byrne (R). Proposed an amendment that would have cut all FY 2015 funding for the Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
- 2nd District. Martha Roby (R). Voted YES on opening Outer Continental Shelf to oil drilling and barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases. Signed the No Climate Tax Pledge by Americans for Prosperity.
- 3rd District. Mike Rogers (R). League of Conservation scorecard: 2013: 0%. Lifetime (2003-): 9%.
- 4th District. Robert Aderholt (R). Without bothering to fact-check, he uses a discredited petition rejecting climate change to make a point.
- 5th District. Mo Brooke (R). Climate Experts Testify that Climate Change Projections are Unreliable and Misleading.
- 6th District. Stephen Baucus (R). League of Conservation scorecard: 2013: 0% Lifetime (1993- ): 8%
- At-large District. Don Young (R). Ridiculed environmentalists as a “self-centered bunch of waffle-stomping, Harvard-graduating, intellectual idiots.....not Americans, never have been Americans, never will be Americans.”
- 4th District. Paul Gosar (R). Takes his environmental cues from cattle and sheep producers.
- 5th District. Matt Salmon (R). This quote sums up his view: “I found the source of global warming is coming from the hot air coming out of Washington.” Signed Koch Brothers "No Climate Tax" pledge.
- 6th District. David Schweikert (R). Known to throw a hissy over "the Al Gores of the world". Chairs House Subcommittee on Environment.
- 8th District. Trent Franks (R). League of Conservation scorecard:2013: 11%. Lifetime (since 2003): 5%.
- 1st District. Rick Crawford (R). Vow to his constituents: "As long as the Obama EPA continues its assault on farmers, I will continue to fight senseless regulations that only serve to cripple American agriculture."
- 2nd District. Tim Griffin (R). Perhaps one of the few scientists in the Republican House caucus. As far as global warming is concerned, he claims "that there are a lot of shenanigans going on with the data."
- 3rd District. Steve Womack (R). Loves his fossil fuels.
- 4th District. Tom Cotton (R). Claims the earth's temperature hasn't warmed in 16 years, a climate denier meme. The reality: 9 of the 10 warmest years on record occurred since 1998.
- 1st District. Doug LaMalfa (R). Ask him about air conditioners, packing plants, or praying for rain.
- 4th District. Tom McClintock (R). Still smarting that he never received a Nobel Prize in the 3rd grade.
- 8th District. Paul Cook (R). ALEC shill for the Keystone pipeline.
- 10th District. Jeff Denham (R). Appears to think that climate skeptics are on "the right side of the issue."
- 21st District. David Valadao (R). Represents a portion of California's Central Valley, a hotbed of climate skepticism, as the representative's League of Conservation Voters scorecard indicates.
- 22nd District. Devin Nunes (R). Throws hissy fit, a Republican specialty, over what he calls Obama's extremist climate agenda.
- 23rd District. Kevin McCarthy (R). Bemoans those dang "harmful regulations".
- 25th District. Buck McKeon (R). 7% lifetime score on League of Conservation Voters' National Environment Scorecard after 24 years in House.
- 31st District. Gary Miller (R). 3% lifetime score on League of Conservation Voters' National Environment Scorecard after 14 years in House.
- 39th District. Ed Royce (R). A liberal among the California Republican caucus: a 13% lifetime score on the League of Conservation Voters' National Environment Scorecard.
- 42nd District. Ken Calvert (R). Although comfortably ensconced in the Republican environmental mainstream, he's not above making an heretical remark or two.
- 45th District. John Campbell (R). Signer of Americans for Prosperity "No Climate Tax Pledge"; 9% lifetime score from the League of Conservative Voters,
- 48th District. Dana Rohrabacher (R). Mouths the same climate denier meme as the newly elected U.S. Senator from Arkansas.
- 49th District. Darrell Issa (R). The richest member of Congress, he recently won the League of Conservation Voters "Climate Denier Award".
- 50th District. Duncan Hunter (R). Can you top this? "Thousands of people die every year of cold, so if we had global warming it would save lives."
- 3rd District. Scott Tipton (R). Tree rings tell us all we need to know.
- 4th District. Cory Gardner (R). Another beneficiary of the 2010 Tea Party wave. And he adjusted his views accordingly.
- 5th District. Doug Lamborn (R). Works tirelessly to assure that climate change remains "an extremely controversial topic". (Is also a big fan of impeaching Obama.)
- 6th District. Mike Coffman (R). Solidly parks his butt in the the-science-is-not-quite-settled camp.
Florida Congressional delegation: U.S. House of Representatives
- 1st District. Jeff Miller (R). "Flintstones, meet the Flintstones. They're the modern Stone Age fam-a-lee."
- 2nd District. Steve Southerland (R). Spouts the company line.
- 3rd District. Ted Yoho (R). "I'm not smart enough for that."
- 4th District. Ander Crenshaw (R). All talk, no action.
- 6th District. Ron DeSantis (R). As reported by ThinkProgress, a majority of Congressional Republicans are climate deniers. At this point in the exercise, we appear to have unanimity.
- 7th District. John Mica (R). 7% lifetime score from League of Conservation Voters after 22 years in the House.
- 8th District. Bill Posey (R). Sez climate change has been with us since the Earth was formed. (Pick your date.)
- 10th District. Daniel Webster (R). 9% score from League of Conservation Voters during his 2 terms in office.
- 11th District. Richard Nugent (R). 6% score from League of Conservation Voters during his 2 terms in office.
- 12th District. Gus Bilirakis (R). Big fan of fossil fuels.
- 13th District. David Jolly (R). Happy to drift along with the fossil-fuel flow.
- 15th District. Dennis Ross (R) It's all about personal responsibility.
- 16th District. Vern Buchanan (R). Proud to represent his rich waterfront property owners.
- 17th District. Tom Rooney (R). One of 48 Republican House members with a 0% score from the National League of Conservation Voters in 2013.
- 19th District. Curt Clawson (R). Suggests that climate change "may not exist".
- 25th District. Mario Diaz-Balart (R). Not ready to jump on the global warming bandwagon.
- 27th District. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R). Chicken Little, apparently, is one of her favorite folk tales.
- 1st District. Jack Kingston (R). Ask him about climate change, and he'll give you his troglodyte views on evolution.
- 3rd District. Lynn Westmoreland (R). One of the Republicans who threw a hissy fit when the Defense Department announced its climate change initiative.
- 6th District, Tom Price (R). During 2009 floor debate on a climate-change bill, he asked colleagues for a moment of silence for lost jobs.
- 7th District. Rob Woodall (R). Like his colleague Lynn Westmoreland, Rob believes that climate change discussions should be, at best, marginalized, not expanded.
No Friend to the Environment: Republican Representative Tom Price, Georgia's 6th Congressional District
Text source: Los Angeles Times
Price was re-elected to a 6th term with 66% of the vote. He has no environmental committee assignments but does serve on that spooky Republican Services Committee.
No Friend to the Environment dishonor roll.Price was re-elected to a 6th term with 66% of the vote. He has no environmental committee assignments but does serve on that spooky Republican Services Committee.
Alabama Congressional delegation: U.S. House of Representatives. (Their anti-environmentalism can be summed up in one word: coal. Which is odd, since Alabama contributes a mere 1.9% of U.S. production, good enough for an overall ranking of 13. The state's peak year of production: 1990)
- 1st District. Bradley Byrne (R). Proposed an amendment that would have cut all FY 2015 funding for the Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
- 2nd District. Martha Roby (R). Voted YES on opening Outer Continental Shelf to oil drilling and barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases. Signed the No Climate Tax Pledge by Americans for Prosperity.
- 3rd District. Mike Rogers (R). League of Conservation scorecard: 2013: 0%. Lifetime (2003-): 9%.
- 4th District. Robert Aderholt (R). Without bothering to fact-check, he uses a discredited petition rejecting climate change to make a point.
- 5th District. Mo Brooke (R). Climate Experts Testify that Climate Change Projections are Unreliable and Misleading.
- 6th District. Stephen Baucus (R). League of Conservation scorecard: 2013: 0% Lifetime (1993- ): 8%
- At-large District. Don Young (R). Ridiculed environmentalists as a “self-centered bunch of waffle-stomping, Harvard-graduating, intellectual idiots.....not Americans, never have been Americans, never will be Americans.”
- 4th District. Paul Gosar (R). Takes his environmental cues from cattle and sheep producers.
- 5th District. Matt Salmon (R). This quote sums up his view: “I found the source of global warming is coming from the hot air coming out of Washington.” Signed Koch Brothers "No Climate Tax" pledge.
- 6th District. David Schweikert (R). Known to throw a hissy over "the Al Gores of the world". Chairs House Subcommittee on Environment.
- 8th District. Trent Franks (R). League of Conservation scorecard:2013: 11%. Lifetime (since 2003): 5%.
- 1st District. Rick Crawford (R). Vow to his constituents: "As long as the Obama EPA continues its assault on farmers, I will continue to fight senseless regulations that only serve to cripple American agriculture."
- 2nd District. Tim Griffin (R). Perhaps one of the few scientists in the Republican House caucus. As far as global warming is concerned, he claims "that there are a lot of shenanigans going on with the data."
- 3rd District. Steve Womack (R). Loves his fossil fuels.
- 4th District. Tom Cotton (R). Claims the earth's temperature hasn't warmed in 16 years, a climate denier meme. The reality: 9 of the 10 warmest years on record occurred since 1998.
- 1st District. Doug LaMalfa (R). Ask him about air conditioners, packing plants, or praying for rain.
- 4th District. Tom McClintock (R). Still smarting that he never received a Nobel Prize in the 3rd grade.
- 8th District. Paul Cook (R). ALEC shill for the Keystone pipeline.
- 10th District. Jeff Denham (R). Appears to think that climate skeptics are on "the right side of the issue."
- 21st District. David Valadao (R). Represents a portion of California's Central Valley, a hotbed of climate skepticism, as the representative's League of Conservation Voters scorecard indicates.
- 22nd District. Devin Nunes (R). Throws hissy fit, a Republican specialty, over what he calls Obama's extremist climate agenda.
- 23rd District. Kevin McCarthy (R). Bemoans those dang "harmful regulations".
- 25th District. Buck McKeon (R). 7% lifetime score on League of Conservation Voters' National Environment Scorecard after 24 years in House.
- 31st District. Gary Miller (R). 3% lifetime score on League of Conservation Voters' National Environment Scorecard after 14 years in House.
- 39th District. Ed Royce (R). A liberal among the California Republican caucus: a 13% lifetime score on the League of Conservation Voters' National Environment Scorecard.
- 42nd District. Ken Calvert (R). Although comfortably ensconced in the Republican environmental mainstream, he's not above making an heretical remark or two.
- 45th District. John Campbell (R). Signer of Americans for Prosperity "No Climate Tax Pledge"; 9% lifetime score from the League of Conservative Voters,
- 48th District. Dana Rohrabacher (R). Mouths the same climate denier meme as the newly elected U.S. Senator from Arkansas.
- 49th District. Darrell Issa (R). The richest member of Congress, he recently won the League of Conservation Voters "Climate Denier Award".
- 50th District. Duncan Hunter (R). Can you top this? "Thousands of people die every year of cold, so if we had global warming it would save lives."
- 3rd District. Scott Tipton (R). Tree rings tell us all we need to know.
- 4th District. Cory Gardner (R). Another beneficiary of the 2010 Tea Party wave. And he adjusted his views accordingly.
- 5th District. Doug Lamborn (R). Works tirelessly to assure that climate change remains "an extremely controversial topic". (Is also a big fan of impeaching Obama.)
- 6th District. Mike Coffman (R). Solidly parks his butt in the the-science-is-not-quite-settled camp.
Florida Congressional delegation: U.S. House of Representatives
- 1st District. Jeff Miller (R). "Flintstones, meet the Flintstones. They're the modern Stone Age fam-a-lee."
- 2nd District. Steve Southerland (R). Spouts the company line.
- 3rd District. Ted Yoho (R). "I'm not smart enough for that."
- 4th District. Ander Crenshaw (R). All talk, no action.
- 6th District. Ron DeSantis (R). As reported by ThinkProgress, a majority of Congressional Republicans are climate deniers. At this point in the exercise, we appear to have unanimity.
- 7th District. John Mica (R). 7% lifetime score from League of Conservation Voters after 22 years in the House.
- 8th District. Bill Posey (R). Sez climate change has been with us since the Earth was formed. (Pick your date.)
- 10th District. Daniel Webster (R). 9% score from League of Conservation Voters during his 2 terms in office.
- 11th District. Richard Nugent (R). 6% score from League of Conservation Voters during his 2 terms in office.
- 12th District. Gus Bilirakis (R). Big fan of fossil fuels.
- 13th District. David Jolly (R). Happy to drift along with the fossil-fuel flow.
- 15th District. Dennis Ross (R) It's all about personal responsibility.
- 16th District. Vern Buchanan (R). Proud to represent his rich waterfront property owners.
- 17th District. Tom Rooney (R). One of 48 Republican House members with a 0% score from the National League of Conservation Voters in 2013.
- 19th District. Curt Clawson (R). Suggests that climate change "may not exist".
- 25th District. Mario Diaz-Balart (R). Not ready to jump on the global warming bandwagon.
- 27th District. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R). Chicken Little, apparently, is one of her favorite folk tales.
- 1st District. Jack Kingston (R). Ask him about climate change, and he'll give you his troglodyte views on evolution.
- 3rd District. Lynn Westmoreland (R). One of the Republicans who threw a hissy fit when the Defense Department announced its climate change initiative.
- 6th District, Tom Price (R). During 2009 floor debate on a climate-change bill, he asked colleagues for a moment of silence for lost jobs.
La Crosse County WI: Public Access Internet Computers (1999-2013) and Print Serial Subscriptions (1996-2013)
2010 population: 114,638
Public libraries in La Crosse County
- La Crosse County Library
- La Crosse Public Library
- Main Library
- North Community Library
- South Community Library
This line-graph series is the result of my wondering if there's any pattern to the number of print serial subscriptions held by public libraries in relation to the increasing number of public access Internet computers provided by public libraries since 1999. (Earliest year for which Wisconsin statistics are available.)
Other posts in series
(with percentage change in print serial subscriptions from peak year)
Adams County, -35.6%. (11/12/2014)
Ashland County, -1.3%. (11/13/2014)
Barron County, -18.5%. (11/14/2014)
Bayfield County,+106%. (11/15/2014)
Brown County, -22%. (11/16/2014)
Buffalo County, -18%. (11/17/2014)
Burnett County, -4.4%. (11/18/2014)
Calumet County, -23.1%. (11/19/2014)
Chippewa County, -37.6%. (11/20/2014)
Clark County, -9.0%. (11/21/2014)
Columbia County, -11.3%. (11/22/2014)
Crawford County, -3.6%. (11/23/2014)
Dane County, -16.1%. (11/24/2014)
Dodge County, -21.2%. (11/25/2014)
Door County, -37.1%. (11/26/2014)
Douglas County, -19.1%. (11/27/2014)
Dunn County, -21.2%. (11/28/2014)
Eau Claire County, -39.5%. (11/29/2014)
Florence County, +429%. (11/30/2014)
Fond du Lac County, -32.5%. (12/1/2014)
Forest County, -20.8%. (12/2/2014)
Grant County, NA. (12/3/2014)
Green County, -1.6%. (12/4/2014)
Green Lake County, -11.0% . (12/5/2014)
Iowa County, +9.1%. (12/6/2014)
Iron County, +50.9%. (12/7/2014)
Jackson County, +48.3%. (12/8/2014)
Jefferson County, -27.9%. (12/9/2014)
Juneau County, +46.3%. (12/10/2014)
Kenosha County, -37.9%. (12/11/2014)
Kewaunee County, -28.0. (12/12/2014)
La Crosse County, -30.2%. (12/13/2014)
Buffalo County, -18%. (11/17/2014)
Burnett County, -4.4%. (11/18/2014)
Calumet County, -23.1%. (11/19/2014)
Chippewa County, -37.6%. (11/20/2014)
Clark County, -9.0%. (11/21/2014)
Columbia County, -11.3%. (11/22/2014)
Crawford County, -3.6%. (11/23/2014)
Dane County, -16.1%. (11/24/2014)
Dodge County, -21.2%. (11/25/2014)
Door County, -37.1%. (11/26/2014)
Douglas County, -19.1%. (11/27/2014)
Dunn County, -21.2%. (11/28/2014)
Eau Claire County, -39.5%. (11/29/2014)
Florence County, +429%. (11/30/2014)
Fond du Lac County, -32.5%. (12/1/2014)
Forest County, -20.8%. (12/2/2014)
Grant County, NA. (12/3/2014)
Green County, -1.6%. (12/4/2014)
Green Lake County, -11.0% . (12/5/2014)
Iowa County, +9.1%. (12/6/2014)
Iron County, +50.9%. (12/7/2014)
Jackson County, +48.3%. (12/8/2014)
Jefferson County, -27.9%. (12/9/2014)
Juneau County, +46.3%. (12/10/2014)
Kenosha County, -37.9%. (12/11/2014)
Kewaunee County, -28.0. (12/12/2014)
La Crosse County, -30.2%. (12/13/2014)
Friday, December 12, 2014
1959, the Year in Review: Africa
New Nations of Africa.
Cameroon. Previously known as French Cameroon. Gained independence on January 1, 1960
Togoland. (Togo.) After World War II, it was a United Nations trust territory administered by the French government. Gained independence on April 27, 1960.
Somalia. As the Italian Trust Territory of Somalia, on July 1, 1960.
Nigeria. Given increased control over internal affairs in 1959. Gained complete independence from Great Britain on October 1, 1960.
My guess is that all of us in Mrs. Carlson's 4th grade class at Jefferson School were oblivious to these goings-on.
Related posts:
Advertising. (12/7/2014)
Afghanistan. (12/7/2014)
Cameroon. Previously known as French Cameroon. Gained independence on January 1, 1960
Togoland. (Togo.) After World War II, it was a United Nations trust territory administered by the French government. Gained independence on April 27, 1960.
Somalia. As the Italian Trust Territory of Somalia, on July 1, 1960.
Nigeria. Given increased control over internal affairs in 1959. Gained complete independence from Great Britain on October 1, 1960.
My guess is that all of us in Mrs. Carlson's 4th grade class at Jefferson School were oblivious to these goings-on.
Related posts:
Advertising. (12/7/2014)
Afghanistan. (12/7/2014)
Survey Sez: American Dream Increasingly Out of Reach
Many Feel American Dream Is Out of Reach, Poll Shows. (The New York Times, 12/10/2014)
72% of respondents favor raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10 from the current $7.25. 25% oppose. 3% didn't know or had no opinion.
The poll, which explored Americans’ opinions on a wide range of economic and financial issues, found that only 64 percent of respondents said they still believed in the American dream, the lowest result in roughly two decades. Even near the depth of the financial crisis in early 2009, 72 percent of Americans still believed that hard work could result in riches.
72% of respondents favor raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10 from the current $7.25. 25% oppose. 3% didn't know or had no opinion.
Gary Andersen: 510 Miles Closer to Home
Gary Andersen leaving UW for Oregon State after 2 seasons. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12/20/2014)
"He said he felt like this was an opportunity for he and his family to get back to that part of the country," Alvarez said. "He felt he had to follow through with that opportunity."
Andersen, born in Salt Lake City, played at Utah and spent most of his coaching career in the state.
Number of Paid Full-Time-Equivalent (FTE) Staff in U.S. Public Libraries (Montana-New Jersey)
Henderson libraries to close on Mondays. (Las Vegas Sun, 8/16/2012)
Budget woes force North Las Vegas to cut back library hours. (Las Vegas Sun, 6/18/2012)
Library shutdown in Camden, NJ. (Governing, March 2011)
After steep municipal aid cuts, Montclair library board closes branch, lays off staff. (Newark Star Ledger, 1/30/2012)
Severe Funding Cuts Threaten Library Services Throughout NJ. (New Jersey Library Champions, 3/29/2010)
Source: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries in the United States Survey (1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2011)
Related posts:
U.S., Alabama-California. (12/6/2014)
Colorado-Georgia. (12/7/2014)
Hawaii-Iowa. (12/8/2014)
Kansas-Maryland. (12/9/2014)
Massachusetts-Missouri. (12/10/2014)
Kewaunee County WI: Public Access Internet Computers (1999-2013) and Print Serial Subscriptions (1996-2013)
2010 population: 20,574
Public libraries in Kewaunee County
This line-graph series is the result of my wondering if there's any pattern to the number of print serial subscriptions held by public libraries in relation to the increasing number of public access Internet computers provided by public libraries since 1999. (Earliest year for which Wisconsin statistics are available.)
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(with percentage change in print serial subscriptions from peak year)
Adams County, -35.6%. (11/12/2014)
Ashland County, -1.3%. (11/13/2014)
Barron County, -18.5%. (11/14/2014)
Bayfield County,+106%. (11/15/2014)
Brown County, -22%. (11/16/2014)
Buffalo County, -18%. (11/17/2014)
Burnett County, -4.4%. (11/18/2014)
Calumet County, -23.1%. (11/19/2014)
Chippewa County, -37.6%. (11/20/2014)
Clark County, -9.0%. (11/21/2014)
Columbia County, -11.3%. (11/22/2014)
Crawford County, -3.6%. (11/23/2014)
Dane County, -16.1%. (11/24/2014)
Dodge County, -21.2%. (11/25/2014)
Door County, -37.1%. (11/26/2014)
Douglas County, -19.1%. (11/27/2014)
Dunn County, -21.2%. (11/28/2014)
Eau Claire County, -39.5%. (11/29/2014)
Florence County, +429%. (11/30/2014)
Fond du Lac County, -32.5%. (12/1/2014)
Forest County, -20.8%. (12/2/2014)
Grant County, NA. (12/3/2014)
Green County, -1.6%. (12/4/2014)
Green Lake County, -11.0% . (12/5/2014)
Iowa County, +9.1%. (12/6/2014)
Iron County, +50.9%. (12/7/2014)
Jackson County, +48.3%. (12/8/2014)
Jefferson County, -27.9%. (12/9/2014)
Juneau County, +46.3%. (12/10/2014)
Kenosha County, -37.9%. (12/11/2014)
Kewaunee County, -28.0. (12/12/2014)
Buffalo County, -18%. (11/17/2014)
Burnett County, -4.4%. (11/18/2014)
Calumet County, -23.1%. (11/19/2014)
Chippewa County, -37.6%. (11/20/2014)
Clark County, -9.0%. (11/21/2014)
Columbia County, -11.3%. (11/22/2014)
Crawford County, -3.6%. (11/23/2014)
Dane County, -16.1%. (11/24/2014)
Dodge County, -21.2%. (11/25/2014)
Door County, -37.1%. (11/26/2014)
Douglas County, -19.1%. (11/27/2014)
Dunn County, -21.2%. (11/28/2014)
Eau Claire County, -39.5%. (11/29/2014)
Florence County, +429%. (11/30/2014)
Fond du Lac County, -32.5%. (12/1/2014)
Forest County, -20.8%. (12/2/2014)
Grant County, NA. (12/3/2014)
Green County, -1.6%. (12/4/2014)
Green Lake County, -11.0% . (12/5/2014)
Iowa County, +9.1%. (12/6/2014)
Iron County, +50.9%. (12/7/2014)
Jackson County, +48.3%. (12/8/2014)
Jefferson County, -27.9%. (12/9/2014)
Juneau County, +46.3%. (12/10/2014)
Kenosha County, -37.9%. (12/11/2014)
Kewaunee County, -28.0. (12/12/2014)