VIDEO:  Watch Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden & Katherine Maher, CEO of Wikimedia, Deliver Keynotes at the OCLC Americas Regional Council Meeting (ARC17)

http://www.infodocket.com/2017/11/15/video-librarian-of-congress-dr-carla-haydens-keynote-address-at-the-oclc-arc17-meeting/  31:17

Labneh (pronounced leb-na)  It's the Middle Eastern version of cream cheese.  Except it's way less fattening and it has all the beneficial probiotics of kefir cheese or yogurt.  It's basically yogurt without the whey (the liquid separated from yogurt).  To enjoy it the traditional way, place a small amount in a bowl, drizzle olive oil on top and sprinkle on some za'atar (a dried thyme and sesame seed mixture found in Middle Eastern markets) and serve with warm pita bread.  Find recipe at http://aheapingspoonful.com/blog/2014/04/make-homemade-labneh-kefir-cheese

Knuckle down is a phrase which means to get serious about a task, to work diligently on a task or problem.  Knuckle down is a term derived from the game of marbles, it first appears in the mid-1860s in American English.  One puts a knuckle to the ground to assume the shooting position in marbles, thus the term knuckle down.  Buckle down is a phrase which means to get serious about a task, to work diligently on a task or problem.  In fact, knuckle down and buckle down are virtually interchangeable idioms.  Buckle down is also an American English phrase, first found in the Atlantic Monthly magazine in 1865.  However, it is assumed that buckle down is derived from an earlier British phrase, buckle to, which first appears in the sixteenth century.  http://grammarist.com/idiom/knuckle-down-and-buckle-down/

A culture calling the inevitable unthinkable is a culture in denial.  *  Wisconsin has over 15,000 lakes, and more than 9,000 of them are unnamed.  *  A common misconception--probably from seeing too many cop movies and TV shows--is that you read someone their rights when arresting them.  Not true.  You read those rights before questioning them back at the station.  *  The Queen, Patrick Bowers mystery series, # 5 by Steven James

Steven James is a national bestselling novelist of award-winning, pulse-pounding thrillers.  Suspense Magazine, who named Steven’s book The Bishop their Book of the Year, says that he “sets the new standard in suspense writing.”  Publishers Weekly calls him a “master storyteller at the peak of his game.”  And RT Book Reviews promises, “the nail-biting suspense will rivet you.”  Steven has taught writing and storytelling on four continents over the past two decades, speaking more than two thousand times at events spanning the globe.  In his podcast “The Story Blender,” he interviews leading storytellers in film, print, and web.  Listen now to any of the dozens of archived podcasts for free by visiting his website https://www.thestoryblender.com/.   http://www.stevenjames.net/bio/  Steven James was born in 1969 in Wisconsin, and earned his Master of Arts in Storytelling from East Tennessee State University in 1997.  See Steven James books in order at https://www.bookseriesinorder.com/steven-james/.

"further versus "farther"  The quick and dirty tip is to use “farther” for physical distance and “further” for metaphorical, or figurative, distance.  It's easy to remember because “farther” has the word “far” in it, and “far” obviously relates to physical distance.  Sometimes the quick and dirty tip doesn't work because it's hard to decide whether you're talking about physical distance.  Mignon Fogarty  http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/further-versus-farther

Balsamic Cranberry-Fig Compote   https://parade.com/608959/alison-ashton/balsamic-cranberry-fig-compote/

Logic bombs are small programs or sections of a program triggered by some event such as a certain date or time, a certain percentage of disk space filled or the removal of a file.  For example, a programmer could establish a logic bomb to delete critical sections of code if she is terminated from the company.  Trojan horses (often just called Trojans) are programs that must be installed or executed by a user to be effective.  Often, these are disguised as helpful or entertaining programs which can include operating system patches, Linux packages, or games.  Once executed, however, Trojans perform actions the user did not intend such as opening certain ports for later intruder access or replacing certain files with other malicious files.  Trap doors, also referred to as backdoors, are bits of code embedded in programs by the programmer(s) to quickly gain access at a later time, often during the testing or debugging phase. Stephen Northcutt  https://www.sans.edu/cyber-research/security-laboratory/article/log-bmb-trp-door

StoryCorps Collection (AFC 2004/001):   Frequently Asked Questions  How can I listen to an interview?  Visitors can listen to interviews in the Folklife Reading Room (Jefferson building, room G53).  Please  contact us ahead of your planned visit so we can confirm that the interviews you want to hear have been received:  email:  folklife@loc.gov ; phone:  202-707-5510.  Are the interviews online?  You can listen to edited interviews  and watch the latest animated shorts at storycorps.org.  In addition, StoryCorps' weekly broadcast is featured on NPR's Morning Edition and at npr.org.  How can I get a copy of an interview?  Copies must be requested directly from StoryCorps, since the organization retains all intellectual property rights to materials gathered as part of the project (both interviews and photos).  You can submit a request through the StoryCorps Inquiries page.  Do you have a database I can use to search for certain names, geographic regions, or topics of interest?  There is a database for Storycorps interviews, but searches must be conducted by an AFC staff member.  Please send inquiries to the AFC reference staff, and include "StoryCorps" in the subject line.  https://www.loc.gov/folklife/storycorpsfaq.html  See also https://storycorps.org/discover/archive-partners/

Benighted (1927) was the second novel of J.B. Priestley (1894-1984), a prolific author who published 26 novels during his lifetime.  It was with his third novel, The Good Companions, that Priestley achieved major success, but Benighted was significant in its own right, being made into the 1932 film The Old Dark House.  The movie title is rather perfect, as the story is of a genre of what may be called “old dark house” stories.  In such stories, a group of people are gathered by design or fate in a old sinister house, are trapped within it together by circumstance and subjected to unspeakable horrors.  Before the night ends, the inhabitants of the house—visitor and resident alike—will find themselves struggling to survive.  Benighted is much more than a spooky thriller—it is also a character study.  At a mere 152 pages, it has no unnecessary filler and moves briskly, though it does not feel rushed.  https://skullsinthestars.com/2013/04/18/j-b-priestleys-benighted/  Boris Karloff appeared in his first starring role in the 1932 film The Old Dark House.  William Castle's 1963 remake of The Old Dark House marked the only collaboration between the director and Hammer Studios. 

The first stage adaptation of J.B. Priestley's novel, Benighted, adapted by Duncan Gates, had its world premiere at the Old Red Lion Theatre in London December 6, 2016.  http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36922793

crack a smile--to smile, esp. hesitantly; get cracking--to get moving, hurry up;  to utter or tell; to crack jokes; to solve, decipher; crack a book--open a book in order to study or read; crack up--to suffer a mental or emotional breakdown; to laugh or to cause to laugh unrestrainedly;  crack wise--to wisecrack; start--crack of dawn; crack of doom--the end of the world.  http://www.wordreference.com/definition/cracking

http://librariansmuse. blogspot.com  Issue 1800  November 17, 2017  On this date in 1777, the Articles of Confederation were submitted to the states for ratification.  On this date in 1800, the United States Congress held its first session in Washington, D.C.  On this date in 1839, Oberto, Giuseppe Verdi's first opera, opened at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_17 

Thought for Today  Through others, we become ourselves. - Lev Vygotsky, psychologist (17 Nov 1896-1934)