Cookie jar history can be traced
back to 18th century England where it is generally
believed that they originated as "biscuit jars". Our English
cousins used the term 'biscuit' for a small tea cake or scone, which in the
U.S. translates as 'cookie'. Once baked
theses 'biscuits' had to be stored in a place that protected them and kept them
fresh. The biscuit jar eventually
migrated across the Atlantic, and by the turn of the century they could be
found on the counters of stores and bakeries across America, usually filled
with fresh baked 'cookies'. Due to the
lack of funds, brought on by the great depression, our grandmothers where
forced to abandon their daily trip to the bakers, and opt instead for more
"home baked" goodies. This
increase in home baking of course brought on a need for a more suitable cookie
storage container than the make-do cardboard oatmeal box or empty coffee
tin. It wouldn't take long for U.S.
industry to recognize and fill this need.
In 1929, the Brush
Pottery Company of Zanesville, Ohio introduced what is commonly believed to be
first ceramic cookie jar. The jar--Kolorkraft
#344--was green with the word "Cookies" embossed on the front. With the success of this jar other potteries
quickly introduced cookie jars of their own.
Early cookie jars where usually very simple cylindrical or bean pot
shapes, with little or no decorations.
Read more and see pictures at http://www.the-old-cookie-jar-shop.com/cookie_jar_history
THE LIBRARIES TRANSFORM CAMPAIGN Designed
to increase public awareness of the value, impact and services provided by
libraries and library professionals, the Libraries Transform campaign will showcase
the transformative nature of today’s libraries and the critical role libraries
play in the digital age. http://www.ilovelibraries.org/librariestransform/#because
The
Center for the Future of Libraries works to identify
emerging trends relevant to libraries and the communities they serve, and build
connections with experts and innovative thinkers to help libraries address
emerging issues. The Center for the Future of Libraries is initially
modeled on the successful American
Alliance of Museums' Center for the Future of Museums. The establishment of the Center for the
Future of Libraries was made
possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services
[RE-00-13-0096-13]. The Center was announced
in October 2013 and formally launched
in May 2014. http://www.ala.org/transforminglibraries/future
The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University is pleased to release Amber,
a free software tool for WordPress and Drupal that preserves content and
prevents broken links. When installed on
a blog or website, Amber can take a snapshot of the content of every linked
page, ensuring that even if those pages are interfered with or blocked, the
original content will be available. “The
Web’s decentralization is one of its strongest features,” said Jonathan
Zittrain, Faculty Chair of the Berkman Center and George Bemis Professor of
International Law at Harvard Law School.
“But it also means that attempting to follow a link might not work for
any number of reasons. Amber harnesses
the distributed resources of the Web to safeguard it. By allowing a form of
mutual assistance among Web sites, we can together ensure that information
placed online can remain there, even amidst denial of service attacks or
broad-based attempts at censorship.” The
release of Amber builds on an earlier proposal from Zittrain and Sir Tim
Berners-Lee for a “mutual
aid treaty for the Internet” that would enable operators of websites to
easily bolster the robustness of the entire web. It also aims to mitigate risks associated
with increasing centralization of online content. Increasingly fewer entities host information
online, creating choke points that can restrict access to web content. Amber addresses this by enabling the storage
of snapshots via multiple archiving services, such as the Internet
Archive’s Wayback Machine and Perma.cc. Amber is useful for any organization or
individual that has an interest in preserving the content to which their
website links. In addition to news
outlets, fact-checking organizations, journalists, researchers, and independent
bloggers, human rights curators and political activists could also benefit from
using Amber to preserve web links. The
launch is the result of a multi-year research effort funded by the U.S. Agency
for International Development and the Department of State.
Original Girl Scout cookie recipe from 1922
1 cup of butter, or substitute
1 cup of sugar
2 tablespoons of milk
2 eggs
1 teaspoon of vanilla
2 cups of flour
2 teaspoons of baking powder
Cream butter and sugar; add well-beaten eggs, then milk,
flavoring, flour, and baking powder. Roll thin and bake in quick oven. (Sprinkle sugar
on top.) This amount makes six to seven
dozen. Modern-day tips (not part of the
original recipe): Refrigerate batter for
at least one hour before rolling and cutting cookies. Bake in a quick oven (375°) for approximately
8 to 10 minutes or until the edges begin to brown. http://www.girlscouts.org/en/cookies/all-about-cookies/Cookie-History.html
"With beauty before me, may I
walk With beauty behind me, may I walk With beauty above me, may I walk With beauty below me, may I walk With beauty all around me, may I walk Wandering on the trail of beauty, may I walk." - Navajo:
Walking Meditation
"One
step at a time is good walking." -
Chinese proverb
"I have two doctors, my left leg and my right." - G. M. Trevelyan
Source: The Ways of Walking, research by Michael P.
Garofalo Find quotes, poems, quips and
lore at http://www.gardendigest.com/walking.htm
Map: Sanctuary
Cities, Counties, and States b Across
the U.S., there are over 300 cities, counties, and states that are considered
"sanctuary cities". These
jurisdiction protect criminal aliens from deportation by refusing to comply
with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainers or otherwise impede
open communication and information exchanges between their employees or
officers and federal immigration agents.
Find list at http://cis.org/Sanctuary-Cities-Map
Marvin Minsky,
a mathematician, computer scientist, and pioneer in the field of artificial
intelligence, died at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital on January 24, 2016.
He was 88. Minsky, a professor emeritus at the MIT Media
Lab, was a pioneering thinker and the foremost expert on the theory of
artificial intelligence. His 1985 book
“The Society of Mind” is considered a seminal exploration of intellectual
structure and function, advancing understanding of the diversity of mechanisms
interacting in intelligence and thought. Minsky’s last book, “The Emotion
Machine: Commonsense Thinking,
Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of the Human Mind,” was published in
2006. http://news.mit.edu/2016/marvin-minsky-obituary-0125
http://librariansmuse.blogspot.com Issue 1419
February 3, 2016 On this date in
1690, the colony of Massachusetts issued the first paper money in
the Americas. On this date in 1783,
Spain recognized United States independence.
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