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Despite what some pundits and news headlines might say to the contrary, today's libraries continue to provide a vital place for us to learn, share, grow, and build more successful lives. Walk in, and you'll find a community just as lively and engaged as ever—the job seekers and the knowledge finders; the storytellers and the researchers; the makers and the gamers; the challengers and the curious—all using today's tools and resources to satisfy their need for information and their desire to transform their lives.
However you've used a library, it's probably made an indelible mark on you. Consider your own library story: the joy of finding a cherished book that spoke to your mind, heart, and experience. The carrel where you spent many an hour studying to master the knowledge you needed to progress in your chosen field. The resource that led you to the key piece of information that helped your research project fall into place. The cozy, colorful nook where your children sat for storytime and developed their own love of reading.
Wouldn't you like to change the conversation taking place around libraries, and declare the difference that libraries can—and do—make in the lives of so many people? At the "My Library Story" community, you can tell your story, and add your voice to those who firmly believe in the value that libraries provide to individuals and communities.
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Jenn's Review: A Raging Storm
Summary: Days after being brought out of retirement to investigate a kidnapping, Derrick Storm has a dead US senator on his hands, an assassin to track down, and nearly six billion dollars' worth of gold bars--hidden by the Communist Party somewhere in the former USSR--to uncover. Teaming up again with FBI agent April Showers, Storm must talk to Ivan Petrov, a secretive millionaire who has ties to the assassination, coordinates for the gold, and a mole leaking information to the Russian government from within his inner circle. And while the CIA mission is getting heated, it's nothing compared to the growing sexual tension between Storm and Showers...
Review: I have been missing Castle a lot this summer. Usually I just start re-watching my DVDs but my television time has been greatly reduced this summer so reading these little short stories from 'Richard Castle' help ease the ache. Even though these stories revolve around Derrick Storm, Castle's series prior to Nikki Heat, it is a lovely morsel of the Castle lore from the writers. In fact, you can actually hear Castle's voice in Derrick Storm.
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I've bumped this post to the top for this breaking news... Per the Washington Post the detective investigating the damage to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall has ruled that it WAS VANDALISM.
Sgt. Robert Lachance, a spokesman for the Park Police, said the investigation into the incident is continuing, but the detective on the case had ruled it an act of vandalism. Lachance said he could provide no more details because the probe is still underway.
They are still trying to clean the mess off the wall without damaging it any further but believe they can get the substance off the wall.
Park Service spokesman Bill Line said today that maintenance and preservation crews were still working to remove the stains and marks, but were proceeding with caution to avoid further damage. He said the crews were trying to avoid pushing any residue into cracks or grout in the stone.
Also in the news, Jan Scruggs, founder and President of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, told the WaPo that the reward was up to $5000. Let's see if that draws out any of the cockroaches.
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No surprise here... The National Parks Service is "poo-pooing" the vandalism at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall this past weekend (see previous post here). This from Human Events...
Bill Line, Communications officer for the National Park Service - "It would be -- wrong -- to call this incident vandalism because we have not concluded the investigation, it is still ongoing. It would be premature and wrong to use the words vandal, or vandalism… It could have been an accident."
According to a post at the Gathering of Eagles forum, it was simply a "cleaning accident"...
After several attempts, I was able to contact SGT Booker of the National Park Service (NPS), to check on the facts about the defacement of the Vietnam Wall last weekend. He explained it was a cleaning accident by a Park Ranger and NOT a defacement as was originally reported by the Vietnam Veterans of American (VVA). The NPS is regarding this as an accident instead of an act of vandalism or terrorism.
But then we have this Press Release from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund
On Friday, September 7, National Park Service staff and volunteers discovered a light, oily and unidentified substance that was spilled over portions of some of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial's panels and paving stones, with National Park Service (NPS) preservation and maintenance staff beginning the removal process immediately.
The United States Park Police has begun an investigation into the matter, and that investigation is ongoing. Until this investigation is completed, it is premature to speculate whether any intentional act was committed.
The NPS' preservation and maintenance staff continues to work to remove the substance and believes it will be possible to remove the substance entirely.
So the mystery continues. Could the National Parks Service be trying to head off any possible confrontations during the protest/counter protest in DC this weekend? Probably but this lackadasical attitude is not going to sit well with the Veterans and their supporters. Anyone that sees the videos and pictures can tell that this was no "cleaning accident" - give me a break.
Good news though -
Jan Scruggs (founder and president of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund) told HUMAN EVENTS that if anyone has knowledge of who committed this act that the Foundation is offering $1000 reward for information leading to an arrest.
Let's see if any "anarchists" turn on their own for a little cash...
Michelle Malkin has more about this story and about other monuments/memorials that have been defaced and vandalized. Is nothing sacred anymore?


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The trip from Georgetown to Charleston requires special planning skills if you travel the ICW. First you have to go through McClellanville which has a nasty shoal stretch for about 3 miles…depths reported as low as 2 feet. Then there is a shoal stretch for a couple of miles along Isle of Palms, with depths reported at 3.5 feet. Then you have to get through the Ben Sawyer swing bridge, which has restricted openings on the weekends. Finally you need to arrive at any Charleston marina at slack tide (no current for you land lubbers). The ebb currents in Charleston rivers can run faster than 3.5 knots, which makes it impossible to dock a boat like ours. Our boat draws 5 feet, so we needed to time all of these factors in our passage making. We left Georgetown on the 3rd during an ebb tide. That meant we would have favorable current down Winyah Bay until we hit the ICW entrance. None of us had notes that told us if the current in the ICW would be favorable or unfavorable from the entrance to McClellanville and we figured it would best to err on the unfavorable side to calculate the timing into the shoals there. That meant we needed to be underway around 8 AM. We were, and the current was mostly favorable all the way to McClellanville (note to self…take better notes), so we took the last hour or two very slowly, arriving just after low tide. When we got to McClellanville there were already 4 boats aground through the shoal area, so we idled the boats for about an hour until we could get through. Because of the factors for the next day, we decided to get closer to Isle of Palms than originally planned and stopped at a new to us anchorage, Whiteside Creek. We anchored in position: 32 52.387N, 079 42.984W. It turned out to be a great anchorage and we all got together for dinner on Steel Away.
We were about 10 miles from the shoals along Isle of Palms, and again not remembering what the currents would do, we took the worse scenario, forcing us to leave at sun up. We arrived at the shoals and the swing bridge much earlier than planned which made both of them uneventful, but now had to wait 3 hours for slack tide to get into the marina. We decided to anchor across the river from the Maritime Center just off Patriots Point and just wait for the slack tide. While anchored, several large container ships slid by us…damn they are intimidating when you are this close!
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On a national scale, this venture opens up channels for expansion of the economic growth in marine industry
An exciting new development has been announced for the Tauranga waterfront. Tauranga City Council purchased the site almost a decade ago, following the closure of the 600-tonne slipway on the Tauranga waterfront, at Sulphur Point.
The 3.5 hectares will be put to use as a new marine business park, bringing together maritime businesses, Anthony Averill, property services manager for the Tauranga City Council, told us when we spoke with him recently. Tauranga's marine community, already a hub of maritime craftsmanship and innovation, will increase its ability to contribute to economic growth for the industry in the Bay of Plenty area.
The new marine precinct – a project spearheaded by local council – will be adjacent to the harbour bridge, and is designed to improve local infrastructure and economic development within the area. Tauranga boasts one of New Zealand's most successful ports, making the extension of the waterfront marine precinct a no-brainer. The project has received funding from the Bay of Plenty
Regional Council, in the form of a $5million grant to ensure economic improvement for the marine industry in the Bay of Plenty area and by extension, throughout the country. The entire precinct project budget has been set at $10million for Stage One; with the remaining $5million drawn from the sale of properties within and adjacent to the to the development. On a national scale, this venture opens up channels for expansion of economic growth in the marine industry and ensures the expansion of the marine trade in Tauranga, given its ideal coastal location.
In place of the old slipway, the marine precinct includes a 200-tonne travel lift and hardstand in the proposed plan. The development also seeks to improve berthing facilities and by clustering the maritime businesses, the council hopes to reduce problems for workboats and others operating in the area.
The project will be taken to the market, to register businesses like fishing fleets, boat builders, marine engineers and other local entities, thus creating a hub for the local marine industry and encouraging growth of this sector by improving infrastructure. There may be some opportunity also for marine retail outlets and eateries in the precinct, but the priority is the commercial and marine sector.
"We hope to maintain current tenants in the area such as Hutcheson Boatbuilders, Western Work Boats and Aotearoa Fisheries, as well as secure new additions. The precinct is predicted to house at least 195 employees of the marine sector," says Averill.
Following the final plan submissions in June this year, stage one of the project is set to be completed and fully operational by 2016.
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As esports grows, there are certain conversations that will come up again and again. Things like broadcast rights, conflicts of interest and player rights are all topics that need more discussion before they are resolved, and perhaps the biggest challenge of all is separating the good points from those that are designed to skew the argument in favour of an interested party, which is too often the case.
Esports is fortunate to have people from all over the world involved, even if a lot of the voices in the west have an American accent, and with the franchise question swirling a good starting point is looking at the attitudes that already exist. Most neutral parties have remained fairly neutral, looking at the pros and cons of both sides, with a few like Richard Lewis or Sir Scoots committing to the idea of an open system being best in theory, but understanding of the other half of the conversation.
In short, they want all the thrill of potential success, but none of the penalties that come with failure
Having said that, one of the main problems with the conversation around franchising is how rare neutrality is, and how often the talking heads are clearly motivated by personal interests. Chief among these personally interested money-men is Noah Whinston, who sits there with a grin on his face like a fox advising against the addition of extra security measures around your chicken coop, as there is surely no way your stock could be at risk, but it's important to trust the viewer to understand why team owners from the states think franchising is ideal.
Now, there are a lot of good points about franchising, and bad ones too, but for the purposes of this argument we are going to boil it down to the most crucial aspect of the way people like Whinston want it run. For them, the most important part, or that which separates the American way from the (far more successful) European football model is protection, specifically from relegation. In short, they want all the thrill of potential success, but none of the penalties that come with failure.
Things like revenue sharing are not in any way related to this protected status, as we can see from the Premier League. No team, be it Manchester United, Man City or Liverpool, is immune from the threat of relegation or even destruction if they mismanage badly enough, and regardless of legacy they need to earn their spot in the league, every single year, through performance. If they do that, the money keeps coming, and lord knows it is a big pile of money the English clubs enjoy.
Now, if you are young-ish, ginger and owner of a number of esports brands, including an Overwatch team, the idea of relegation is scary, and you might even say it discourages risk-taking as the penalties are too high. This history of European sport shows that is emphatically not the case, and in the most successful systems there are parachute payments and other mechanisms in place to ensure even those that fall do at least have a cushion.
We should be aiming for a system similar to that of the Premier League, rather than the NBA
In short, for us, the people who most favour a franchise system at any given time will be from the same group, that being the group that stands to benefit the most, but that is a short term view if applied CSGO. Franchising tomorrow would see the current 'big' teams share the money, and lock out all but the most wealthy from joining the elite, at a time when esports and CS has massive room for growth.
For many, the reality is that the US model cannot be judged against others, as it exists in a vacuum and the level of international competition is zero. For that reason, it makes far more sense to us to suggest what works in a nation like the states can be applied to the global market that is esports, even with a limited product like Overwatch. With growth, the crucial factor is space, so everything can expand to maximum potential before such time as we begin to think about protections.
It seems obvious to say, but we should be aiming for a system similar to that of the Premier League, rather than the NBA. The former gives us competition with both victory and defeat on offer, as well as revenue sharing that never become protectionism in the way the German or Spanish leagues have at times. Likewise, the only way a limited, 'top' division makes sense in a dynamic, growing area is if getting there is not prohibitively difficult, so things like the OWL, with a set number of teams and huge buy-ins that are not backed by proof of concept, should be avoided like the plague, if they aren't already.
There will be some who share a different view of course, and we'd love to hear what side of the argument you come down on, but in the long term it seems as though the time is not right for franchises, if it will ever be. Fluctuating values, massive lumps of VC and constant new companies shows just how fast esports is moving, and setting a limit on the number of teams that can be involved, and making them buy in for the privilege, makes no sense to us.
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With a couple of chilly months to go I don't expect I will face a shortage of Frost Photos for quite some time.
I expect to be back to posting regularly by this weekend.
Very cool.
Lots more opportunities coming your way, Salty. Snow and falling temps on their way tonight.
Love this picture. The frost makes fascinating shots.
Well, yes, we got dumped on again last night. I suspect you woke up to some snow this morning (Wednesday) too.
Great capture Salty.. I look forward to seeing more. We have all the signs of a 'Spung' spring.


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Synopsis: A family of three are taken hostage in their holiday cabin by two disturbed young men who force them to take part in sadistic games.
Director: Michael Haneke
Runtime: 108 min
MPAA Rating: Unrated
IMDb: 7.6/10 Rotten Tomatoes: 63%
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Tags: Foreign, Home Invasion, Low Jump Scare
Jump Scares: 1 (0 major, 1 minor)
Jump Scare Rating: Funny Games has plenty of sadistic violence (mainly off screen) but only one slight jump scare at the beginning.
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Recently, the Bos Lady and I visited the birthplace of our parents and grandparents: The Netherlands, colloquially known as Holland. So much to see in the Land of the Orange. Hope you enjoy the photos here.
Seattle, WA – September 2019
After visiting my brother and his wife in Abbotsford, BC, the Bos Lady and I continued our late-summer mini vacation in Washington state. We toured the Boeing manufacturing facility in Everett, WA -- an amazing experience -- and then we headed 30 minutes further south to Seattle, home of the Seahawks and Mariners. Seattle boasts … Continue reading Seattle, WA – September 2019
Banff & Canmore
In June 2019. the Bos Lady and I spent almost a week in the Banff - Canmore area of Alberta. A great place to relax and enjoy creation.
Christmas Eve at the Legislature Grounds
Dad, has it been 30 years already?
As I write this, my computer's taskbar displays today's date: 11/23/18. I remember with fondness that two years ago on November 21, we celebrated a milestone at Chez Bos: my lovely wife Maria, also known as the Bos Lady, turned 50 – a momentous occasion to be sure. Now here we are in 2018, and … Continue reading Dad, has it been 30 years already?
Twelve days in Nashville
Memories of a dozen days in Nashville, TN: July 29 - August 9, 2018... Standing in the shadow of Nissan Stadium and looking across the Cumberland River at the Nashville skyline. In planning our holiday in Nashville, we saw so many pictures of the skyline, and now we were here seeing the real thing! Experiencing … Continue reading Twelve days in Nashville
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I'll admit it, I have faults. Many of them; scores of 'em, likely. Idiosyncrasies and oddities, too. I have one in particular that I'd always assumed everyone had: the desire -- no, the necessity -- that everything a person moved had to be returned to the exact place and position it had owned prior to … Continue reading ESP. Squared.


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via @meaningness
The idea of the OCGS is a particular type of system which is problematic for science: too many variables, no fixed boundaries with the outside, the systems themselves are in flux. This is much like what design thinking refers to as a "wicked problem."
Interestingly, this claim rests largely on the esteem of AI researchers working on expert systems, immediately before the AI winter. Around the time this paper was published, everything in that space was imploding. Perhaps Xi Jinping should have read
The mass line was a mao-era process by which revolution was carried out. In short: 1. Listen to the people's unsystematic complaints. Directly. 2. Systematize them 3. Sell those back to the people 4. Use the people's energy as a way to enact that state and reap political capital.
Xi Jinping has been reviving the theory—with the distinction that the fourth step is gone. Instead, the policy is pitched as an iterative process by which government realizes the people's desires. ie—cybernetic governance.
PS: worth reading up on Qian's life: Co-founded JPL Becomes a prof at Caltech Is deported to China on false suspicion of being communist Builds the Chinese nuclear and space programs Invigorates a generation of CCP thought with the OCGS
iinteresting, the bear case on democracy has always been about the improvement in other systems of feedback loops making it no longer the efficient frontier on legibility and synchronicity
The paper in OP is on sci-hub; the Qian Xuesen one I link here:
Please clone Xi and have him reform US medicine using systems theory. Also clone him and have him teach me how to get promoted using systems theory. Thanks.


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