Michigan State University Libraries - Vincent Voice Library The Badass of the Week: Blenda and the Women of Smaland Blenda Life as a Viking woman was pretty hard. Sure, Viking women enjoyed more freedom than many of their counterparts in other parts of the world, but Viking men were really really into raiding and plundering and killing and all that good stuff, and as a result they were usually "away on business" nine months out of the year doing their whole "sacking towns and pillaging monasteries" thing. Sure, a dude's got to pay the bills somehow, but if you were a Viking wife you were generally expected to hang out around the homestead, raise the children, fend for yourself, and keep the community running pretty much on your own most of the time. Regardless, this was the case one day in the early twelfth century when the King of Sweden decided that he wanted to go off and fight the Norwegians for some reason. On this particular instance, the first target in the Danish army's line of fire was the border town of Smaland, which, according to legend, was the home to a young girl named Blenda. Links:
Labor | Agricultural Council of California Minimum Wage Coalition Letter Opposing SB 3 March 29, 2016 TO: Members, Assembly Committee on Appropriations The California Chamber of Commerce and the organizations listed above respectfully OPPOSE SB 3 (Leno), as amended March 28, 2016, which has been labeled a JOB KILLER. SB 3 will potentially impose a 50% increase in the minimum wage over the next six years for employers with more than 25 employees which, when combined with the most recent minimum wage increase that was fully implemented in January 2016, will be an 87% increase in the minimum wage in just 8 years. By 2023, SB 3 will then increase the minimum wage according to national inflation, with no “off-ramps” if the economy is struggling or businesses are suffering from other increased cumulative costs. Not All Regions of California Can Absorb an 87% Increase in the Minimum Wage: Not all areas of California are enjoying the economic recovery. Recent Study Suggests Increasing the Minimum Wage Does Not Target Those In Actual Need:
California State Archives (CSA) California's first legislature, meeting in 1849–50, charged the Secretary of State to receive "…all public records, registered maps, books, papers, rolls, documents and other writings…which appertain to or are in any way connected with the political history and past administration of the government of California…" The California State Archives, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State, continues to serve in the spirit of those early instructions, providing a repository for the state's permanent governmental records as well as other materials documenting California history. The California State Archives serves a wide variety of researchers whose interests range from legislative intent and public policy to genealogy and railroad history in California. Archives staff continually organize and describe the records we receive to provide easier and faster access for researchers.
Benchmarking Studies | College Benchmarks | Library Benchmarks Librarian Chick - Free and Open Source Educational Resources 9 Places to Find Creative Commons & Public Domain Images When students create multimedia projects they might be tempted to simply do a Google Images search and use the first images they see. But as educators we have a responsibility to teach students to respect copyright holders' rights. One of the ways that we can do that is to teach students to use Creative Commons and Public Domain images. Morgue File provides free photos with license to remix. Wylio is an image search engine designed to help bloggers and others quickly find, cite, and use Creative Commons licensed images. William Vann's EduPic Graphical Resource provides free photographs and drawings for teachers and students to use in their classrooms. The World Images Kiosk hosted by San Jose State Universityoffers more than 75,000 images that teachers and students can use in their academic projects. ImageBase is a personal project of professional photographer David Niblack. Photos 8 is a great place to find thousands of images that are in the public domain.
Agriculture and Resources – California Chamber of Commerce California owes its emergence as one of the world’s major economic powers in part to the abundance of its natural resources. The future of the state’s economy depends upon a balanced and sensible approach to dealing with current and future water needs, the state’ resources and endangered species, while promoting the productivity and competitiveness of California’s agricultural and allied industries. Related Issue Pages:EnergyEnvironmentalWater Provide agricultural employers with a conduit for communicating with lawmakers and advocating environmentally sound development and use of agricultural and natural resources in a manner that provides optimum economic benefits while protecting property rights. Supported veto of bill to limit an employer’s due process rights to seek an appeal of an Agricultural Labor Relations Board order and require the employer to post a bond for the entire economic cost of the order (AB 561 of 2015). Prevented increased agricultural costs. Endangered Species