Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Eriogonum fasciculatum: with upcoming Contra Costa County library events - thank you - Dear County Librarian Alison (McKee, and Byron and Cindy Hann MDs, friend from Reed College, and neighbors regarding my living in Canyon 94516 for ~13 years) * * * retweeted Computer Scientist & Technologist Phil Windley - 'Hey @MountainAmerica when are you going to start using @memberpass?' Planning for #StanfordMinePi #UBIexperiments * * * Good day, Ma! * * * Some new law and robotics possibilities re calling for abolition ? ... with Stanford economics' Prof Mark Duggan interviewing in - "Associates Meeting with Cecilia Rouse, Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers"


upcoming Contra Costa County library events, East Bay Hills, SF Bay Area - thank you - Dear County Librarian Alison (McKee, and Byron and Cindy Hann MDs, friend from Reed College) ... 


Dear County Librarian Alison (McKee, and Byron and Cindy Hann MDs, friend from Reed College, and neighbors regarding my living in Canyon 94516 for ~13 years, and potentially soon again), 

Greetings! I was glad to see your email today with upcoming Contra Costa County library events - thank you. While I found Nidhi Chanani's upcoming virtual Author Talk (and see video and resources below) particularly interesting (partly from an interest in Children's literature, and the making of Creative Artwork in it, but also because my best friend in High School, Sid Mazumdar, grew up in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), India, for about the 1st year of his life, like Nidhi Chinani for 4 months, before his moving to the United States with his parents, who came to do their PhDs at Cornell University, and where he now works in the US federal government in Health and Human Services (HHS) and was in the US government when Nidhi received her '2012 White House Champion of Change' award during the Obama administration and am wondering whether there might be a connection), I won't plan to attend Nidhi's virtual Author Talk. (FYI, Byron and I are friends from Reed College from about 1979 through the mid-1980s particularly, as well:)

As an aside, I noticed that Nidhi Chanani's husband Nick Giordano had studied Web publishing at Foothill College  - https://www.linkedin.com/in/giordano - and was wondering even about volunteering at CCCL to co-teach a mini-course on web publishing at the library as well (if courses don't already exist, - and while I don't know if Nick teaches Web publishing, I would be interested in coming into conversation about teaching such a course with him perhaps).

I also want to mention regarding the impressive Contra Costa County library system, an array of ~200 CC-4 OCW.MIT.EDU -centric wiki universities and schools I'm developing, called World University and School, and wonder about possible collaborations with your great libraries, and since you're the County Librarian now, - and for possibly library resources for our WUaS students in Contra Costa County with time, and more.  

I recently found this resource about you Alison too, - and congratulations! 

'Alison McKee appointed as new county librarian'
Feb 11, 2021
https://www.thepress.net/features/alison-mckee-appointed-as-new-county-librarian/article_8a93ebac-6c8b-11eb-ad4a-b7ab47892d68.html

Some biographical information, and regarding a Reed College directory update I did, and in my daily blog"  

'Arctic sunflower (Trientalis europaea): Reed College directory (recent updates) - Professor Scott MacLeod ... '
http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2019/08/arctic-sunflower-trientalis-europaea.html?m=0

Looking forward to communicating further about some of this, and very nice to e-meet you (and HI Byron and Cindy! :)

Best wishes, Scott


Resources - 
Nidhi Chanani

2012 White House Champion of Change

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nidhi_Chanani

'I will be fierce reading by Nidhi Chanani'



Scott GK MacLeod
Founder, President, CEO & Professor
World Univ & Sch (WUaS) - PO Box 442, Canyon, CA 94516
1) non-profit World University and School - http://worlduniversityandschool.org  
2) for profit general stock company WUaS Corporation in CA - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html


World Univ and Sch Twitter - http://twitter.com/WorldUnivandSch
WUaS Press - https://twitter.com/WUaSPress

Scott MacLeod - https://twitter.com/scottmacleod
Languages - World Univ - http://twitter.com/sgkmacleod

“Naked Harbin Ethnography” book (in Academic Press at WUaS) - http://twitter.com/HarbinBook
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 CV: https://goo.gl/JZheSb

CC-4 https://ocw.mit.edu/

(Stanford Mine Pi cryptocurrency free money daily - https://minepi.com/sgkmac)


scottmacleod.com (with significant recent updates!)

http://scottmacleod.com/papers.htm


(o) 415 480 4577 - sgkmacleod@worlduniversiryandschool.org
(m) 412 478 0116 - sgkmacleod@gmail.com

World Univ & Sch Innovation Research -  scottmacleod.com

The Harbin Hot Springs' Gatehouse in the virtual earth of Google Street View with time slider: 
http://tinyurl.com/p62rpcg ~ https://twitter.com/HarbinBook ~ http://bit.ly/HarbinBook ~
http://www.scottmacleod.com/ActualVirtualHarbinBook.html

http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html
http://amazon.com/author/scottmacleodworlduniversity -

Society, Information Technology, and the Global University course ~

http://worlduniversityandschool.org/InfoTechNetworkSocGlobalUniv.html





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- Scott GK MacLeod  
Founder, President, CEO & Professor
World Univ & Sch (WUaS) - PO Box 442, Canyon, CA 94516 
1) non-profit World University and School - http://worlduniversityandschool.org  
2) for profit general stock company WUaS Corporation in CA - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html

(m) 412 478 0116 - sgkmacleod@gmail.com 

World Univ & Sch Innovation Research -  scottmacleod.com 






On Tue, May 3, 2022 at 1:53 PM Contra Costa County Library <NO-REPLY@ccclib.org> wrote:
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May 2022

Message from the County Librarian

Library News for May

 

Haga clic aquí para leer este mensaje en español

 

Dear Valued Library Patron,


I am thrilled to share that at long last, in-person storytimes will return to library branches beginning in June. All in-person programs were paused at the beginning of the pandemic, and we could not be happier to be bringing them back. COVID-19 brought many challenges to the Library, including having to rethink the way we delivered storytimes and other programs.

 

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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

 

In May, we celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. Join the Contra Costa County Library in this annual celebration with programs and events for all ages.

 

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Rajani LaRocca


Author Talk

 

Tuesday, May 10 

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. 

 

This Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Author Rajanai LaRocca will describe her inspiration behind the  Newberry Honor book, Red, White, and Whole. LaRocca will encourage kids to tell their own stories.  

 

Register for this event

Rajani LaRocca
Guo Pei Couture Fantasy

Guo Pei: Couture Fantasy

 

Wonders of the World (WOW) series

 

Wednesday, May 11

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. 

 

The Legion of Honor's exhibition on Guo Pei is the first comprehensive presentation of the work from the woman hailed as China’s first couturier. This dazzling retrospective features Guo Pei’s work from the past two decades. 

 

Register for this presentation

Free Comic Book Days

Free Comic Book Days 

May 9 -  May 14 

 

All of our library locations will be celebrating the wide world of comics, graphic novels, and pop culture. Pick up free comics and take-home activities, while supplies last.

 

The Library's Free Comic Book Days page includes events, curated booklists, winners of the bookmark contest, and more information.

Nidhi Chanani

Wednesday, May 11

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. 

 

Author Talk

 

Local author and illustrator Nidhi Chanani will talk about comics, graphic novels, her creative process, and answer any questions you may have.

 

Register for event

 

Nidhi Chanani
Oliver Chin and Juan Calle

Oliver Chin & Juan Calle
Thursday, May 12

4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. 

 

How to Draw Comics

 

Join us for a discussion and art demo with local author and publisher Oliver Chin and South American illustrator Juan Calle. 

 

Sign up for event

Marion Nestle

 

Author Talk

 

Thursday, May 12

5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. 

 

Marion Nestle is a leading nutritionist and winner of multiple James Beard Awards. In her new  book,  Unsavory Truth, Nestle exposes how the food industry corrupts scientific research for profit.  

Register to hear this author

Marion Nestle
Rock Steady Juggling

Rock Steady Juggling:
Go with the Flow 

 

Spring Nature Exploration Series

 

Wednesday, May 18 

4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

 

This entertaining show uses  juggling, comedy, and magic to teach about water, our most precious resource. 

 

Registration information

Making Democracy Work: Tools for Finding the Facts

Thursday, May 19

4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

 

For a Democracy to thrive, it is important that voters have the tools they need to be able to stay informed and make decisions based on facts. How can voters determine what is accurate information and what is false? 

 

Register to learn more

Making Democracy Work
Dave Zirin

Dave Zirin

 

Author Talk

 

Thursday, May 26

5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. 

 

Dave Zirin is a journalist and  author of The Kaepernick Effect: Taking a Knee, Changing the World. This book includes riveting and inspiring first-person stories of how "taking a knee" triggered an awakening in sports.

 

Register for the program

Graphic Novels

Comics and Graphic Novels in OverDrive/Libby


Explore over 3,600 always available comics and graphic novels from Disney, Marvel, IDW, Image, and Dark Horse. 

Browse our collection

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retweeted Computer Scientist & Technologist Phil Windley - 'Hey @MountainAmerica when are you going to start using @memberpass?' Planning for #StanfordMinePi #UBIexperiments for 7.9 billion people each a Wikidata Pin #


'Hey @MountainAmerica when are you going to start using @memberpass?' Planning for #StanfordMinePi #UBIexperiments to #EndPoverty in ~200 countries for 7.9 billion people on planet, each a #WikidataPin #  https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/You_at_World_University - https://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com/search/label/You%20at%20WUaS Thx @windley @WUaSPress~


https://twitter.com/WUaSPress/status/1521210287851851776?s=20&t=LlbVnQ0Bv1isHYT1766WwA

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1521210534468538368?s=20&t=bjMNyTBucuFtpEvbHpH8sQ



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retweeted Windley -

https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1521210732808876032?s=20&t=6fjMQSWuMC8x0zmMH87weA

https://twitter.com/TheOpenBand/status/1521211446721343488

https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/status/1521211785637814272?s=20&t=73G_PgdX_A4E9ffZdqap1A

https://twitter.com/HarbinBook/status/1521212079402749952?s=20&t=SrseBNLo5wIupwvWSZc1lQ



Hey
@MountainAmerica
 when are you going to start using
@memberpass
 ? I just spent 3 min verifying myself to your bot only to be told the hold time is 16 minutes.
https://twitter.com/windley/status/1521148690232070144?s=20&t=6fjMQSWuMC8x0zmMH87weA







Good to get this reply, re possibly financial coders / programmers too: 


Mountain America CU
@MountainAmerica
·
May 2
Replying to 
@windley
 
@TheOpenBand
 and 
@memberpass
Hi, Phil. We apologize for the wait times. We do provide an option to call back later or we'd be happy to have someone call you directly if you'd like to email us your contact information at socialmedia@macu.com. Either way, we'll be sure to pass along your feedback.








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Interesting Apple Smartwatch blog post from Windley too - 


If you're like me, your phone has worked its tentacles into dozens, even hundreds, of areas in your life. I conducted an experiment to see what worked & what didn't when I used an Apple Watch as my primary device for two days. » Is an Apple Watch Enough?


https://twitter.com/windley/status/1521215877084983296?s=20&t=BtCgoQf39WTtLMd1xt0FkQ





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-- Poetry! Order Book #5 Light, Float, Sit, Watsu ~ Virtually

Scottish Small Piping album #1 Honey in the Bag ~ Out of the Air tune




Order Actual-Virtual Ethnographic Book #1: Naked Harbin Ethnography 

-- 
- Scott GK MacLeod  
Founder, President, CEO & Professor
World Univ & Sch (WUaS) - PO Box 442, Canyon, CA 94516 
1) non-profit World University and School - http://worlduniversityandschool.org  
2) for profit general stock company WUaS Corporation in CA - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html

(m) 412 478 0116 - sgkmacleod@gmail.com 

World Univ & Sch Innovation Research -  scottmacleod.com 





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Some new law and robotics possibilities re calling for abolition ? 

... with Stanford economics' Prof Mark Duggan interviewing in -

"Associates Meeting with Cecilia Rouse, Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers" 


Good day, Ma!

Scott MacLeod <sgkmacleod@gmail.com>

3:36 PM (1 hour ago)

to Jane


Good day, Ma! 

A good friend and one who might become a friend and life partner and mother to my kids could be great ... 

Abolition of the wrongful buying and selling of people (modern forms of slavery) might increase the possibilities of this even somehow (and out west here) ... sad to write ...


This ...

' ...might increase the possibilities of this ...'

'this' being my (and others too) finding a life partner, friend and wife who is simpatico :)


 And some of this could be law enforcement related, and regarding both state of California and federal government legal processes working together related.  (In a related vein, you might also be interested in this recent Stanford interview with Celia Rouse, Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers

with Stanford economics' Prof Mark Duggan -


Associates Meeting with Cecilia Rouse, Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers

https://youtu.be/iO2iEmW72Ig -

and mentioning the gig economy law in a new way. She's originally from nearby Walnut Creek CA and is also a Prof at Princeton University. Only heard part of this .... And am deeply concerned that the talk of the gig economy law from a federal government office holder could for example inform somehow also murder (and assault?), in addition to changes in Law regarding the illegal drug and sex industries internationally and their latent networks of violence; perhaps the book I gave you at Christmas, 'Klara and the Sun' about 'Artificial Friends,' AFs, and Robotics could help this dismal discourse further). Am still recalling how the main character was lifted (genetically modified) which was really her being sick all the time, a kind of 'fallen' too - could botched genetic modification be covered under possible gig economy law? What about law enforcement here, re Genetics drugs? What do you think about this and regarding federal government, state, and even regarding international law, all working together (differentially), and also regarding Pennsylvania and Massachusetts and Maine And federal law?

But a 23 years' old wife and friend could be great ...

I had the impression in talking last night that regarding moving forward into a safe Canyon house would be something others could be working on (eg UC Berkeley Chancellor - Carol Christ came to mind) ... but I don't find the 'good night' thinking regarding its tragedies and nightmares very interesting or attractive ... in general... 

You mentioned the word 'balance' regarding some of the articles and writing you read in the NYM and NYT ... I was reminded of the balance word here - http://www.scottmacleod.com/yoganotations.html ..  Regarding sexuality and Yoga and ethics and psychiatry too in these Yoga Notations ... 

Friends seem to be far from the making here in the SF Bay Area curiously these days ... Is it the culture? An unfriendly culture (eg compared with Pittsburgh for my high school years and Portland Oregon for my college years, for example, or a good or great Cuttyhunk .. or Philadelphia at the Quaker Pendle Hill Center for SW study and Contemplation ) ... ? Possibly ... Possible to generate friends anew here in the SF Bay Area? Possibly 

Making friends with my wife to be? Hmmm ❤️ 

How?

Love, Scott


May start reading articles in the main newspapers I check out more fully - 

http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2022/05/rafflesia-arnoldii-list-of-mostly.html?m=0

- especially if they were accessible in full for free in World University and School's 200 online world class research libraries ... :) 


Your Physical-Digital

Harbin Hot Springs' anthropologist son, Friend, and Scottish Country Dancing music making offspring (& abolition-ally), Sending care, Scott

























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