Parx Casino is already a juggernaut in Pennsylvania gaming. Now it has crossed the Delaware River.

You can now play on Parx Online Casino in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The site launched in New Jersey last week. It is operating under Ocean Casinos online gambling license.

Thats a major boon to its cross-border customer base. New Jersey patrons of the casino can now choose between spending time on property in Philadelphia or playing games at home.

The biggest problem in the Pennsylvania online casino business is the lack of games for players to choose from. Currently, Parx PA has 57 titles. It launched with less than 30 games.

Most of them are slots, with a limited number of table games. For the first couple of months, Parx was the only online casino in the state with blackjack.

By comparison, the NJ Parx site launched with 94 titles, including multiple blackjack formats and a much larger choice of table game titles.

Parx partnered in the move to NJ with GAN, a leading European-based supplier of internet gambling software. The companies have worked together in PA since 2014.

GAN has expanded rapidly. The growing company recently announced its third-quarter gross revenue had risen 203% year-over-year.

Extending to NJ via online came quickly. Parx had only entered the PA online sports betting market in June. Parx then launched an online casino in Pennsylvania in July.

Parx formally launched Monday in NJ following a three-day soft opening period last week.

Dermot Smurfit, the CEO of GAN, explained the move:

Launching the largest casino in Pennsylvania online has now logically extended across the border into New Jersey, extending its reach into New Jerseys fast-growing and established internet gambling market.

This represents an incremental revenue opportunity for GAN and is a logical extension of our technology infrastructure to serve Parx Casino patrons who routinely cross the invisible border between these two populous states.

The leader of GAN said growth was better than better than expected.

One major factor he pointed to is the fact that NJ sports fans who attended games across the river in Philadelphia are already accustomed to betting online.

John Dixon, the chief operating officer of Greenwood Gaming & Entertainment, Parxs parent company, added GAN can serve our business needs in multiple states which aligns with the cross-border nature of our existing retail gaming customer base.

The expansion means Parx patrons can now gamble online in either Pennsylvania or New Jersey, as they wish, added Dixon.

Additionally, because GAN has a patented integration system, the Xclub reward card for Parx can be linked so it works in both states.

According to GAN, Parxs land-based casino in PA accounts for about 18% of the total market in the bricks-and-mortar segment. That makes Parx the top land-based casino among the 12 retail properties in the state.

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates, October 2019

Naseej The Regions Leading Knowledge Solutions Provider will be a gold sponsor of the First Annual Conference & Exhibition for Electronic Resources in Libraries, Middle East Chapter, to be held in Dubai, UAE, from 9th to 10th October 2019.

The Conference is expected to attract library specialists, providers of professional information services, and publishers of electronic resources from across the region and beyond, who will have the opportunity to communicate, collaborate and discuss critical issues related to the industry, while exploring the latest solutions related to improving electronic resources collection, management, maintenance and accessibility, in the ever-changing online environment.

On this occasion, Mr. Abdullah Al-Turaifi Naseej VP stated We are excited to take in this conference. It represents an excellent networking opportunity for to library and information professionals in in the region. This gathering will help facilitate more efficient workflow in information and library institutions and will support better acquisition decisions.

Mr. Al-Turaifi also confirmed Naseejs support for librarians and information professionals across the Middle East, by empowering them with innovative services and solutions, some of which will be displayed at Naseejs stand in the conferences exhibition. Naseejs information management specialists will greet visitors at Naseejs stand and address their issues and challenges.

Its worth noting that Naseej is partners with the leading publishers like IEEE, IET, EBSCO, ProQuest, Elsevier, IGI Global and CABI.

About Naseej

Naseej is the leading knowledge solutions provider in the Middle East serving the regions top Academic institutes, cultural centers, and government organizations since 1989. Naseej provides Academic and Higher Education institutes in the region with comprehensive and integrated solutions and services designed to enable Academic institutions to actively contribute to the success of their students. Naseej employs over 400 highly skilled professionals throughout the region in the fields of Knowledge management, Information Technology and Business Development that work together to deliver cutting-edge solutions to its partners that includes, e-learning solutions and services, Campus Management Systems, Knowledge Management Solutions, and much more.

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By Mike Selby

Cranbrook Public Library

Snowden Wright tells the saga of one familys quest to start to the worlds first soft-drink company in his newest novel American Pop.

A teenage Edgar Allan Poe finds his plans to attend university and marry the love of his life destroyed in the Cat Winters The Ravens Tale.

Preschool Story Time is this Wednesday at 11 a.m., 1:15 p.m.; Family Story Time is Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.; and Toddler Story Time is 10 and 11 a.m. Both will be all about Trees! Baby Laptime is every Thursday at 11 a.m.

Database of the month: IndieFlix: Watch award-winning shorts, features, and documentaries from more than 50 countries. Streaming movies available on all Internet-enabled computers, tablets (including iPad and Android), smart phones through the Web browser, and on Roku and Xbox. Simply visit HERE and enter your library card number.

Our website has all kinds of great information and links.

Worried about internet privacy and safety? Check out our new TECH HELP page, which offers a comprehensive yet easy to learn steps to protect yourself.

The Cranbrook Public Library Endowment Fund gives people an opportunity to create a meaningful legacy, to build a strong foundation in the present for the future of the Library. For more information about how you can contribute, please phone us at 250-426-4063 Ext: 1001, or visit this link.

The provincial interlibrary loan service has updated their website and have changed their name from OUTLOOK to ILLUME. It is much easier to navigate, but please contact the library should you need any help.

On display this month is Kathy Simons wonderful Celebration of Tea.

ADULT NEWLY ACQUIRED ITEMS:

Ningiukulu Teevee: Drawings and Prints from Cape Dorset (700.92)

The Millennial Mosaic Reginald W. Bibby (305.2420971)

Leaving the Witness Amber Scorah (289.9)

Fentanyl, Inc. Ben Westhoff (362.29)

What No One Tells You: A Guide to Your Emotions from Pregnancy to Motherhood (618.2)

Chenille or Silk Emma Mckenna (819.16)

Trudeau Jon Ivision (971.07)

Promise and Peril: Justin Trudeau in Power Aaron Wherry (971.07)

Permanent Record Edward Snowden (bio)

Valencia and Valentine Suzy Krause (fic)

Memoires of the Future Siri Hustvedt (fic)

American Pop Snowden Wright (fic)

Unbury Carol Josh Malerman (fic)

The Age of Light Whitney Scharer (fic)

True Fiction Lee Goldberg (fic)

Under the Table Stephanie Evanovich (fic)

The Forbidden Door Dean Koontz (fic)

Albatross Terry Fallis (fic)

The Paris Orphan Natasha Lester (fic)

The Witches of St. Petersburg Imogen Edwards-Jones (fic)

Moondust Lake Davis Bunn (fic)

The Secrets We Kept Lara Prescott (fic)

The Irishmans Daughter V.S. Alexander (fic)

Such Good Work Johannes Lichtman (fic)

The Woman in the Lake Nicola Cornick (fic)

Before She Was Found Heather Gudenkauf (fic)

Ill Never Tell Catherine McKenzie (fic)

Mrs. Jeffries Delivers the Goods Emily Brightwell (mys)

Almost Midnight Paul Doiron (mys)

Liar Liar James Patterson (mys)

Reckoning of Fallen Gods R.A. Salvatore (sci fic)

YOUNG ADULT & CHILDRENS NEWLY ACQUIRED ITEMS:

The Lovely and the Lost Jennifer Lynn Barnes (ya fic)

The Ravens Tale Cat Winters (ya fic)

Eat This Andrea Curtis (j 659.19)

On the Internet: Our First Talk about Online Safety (j 004.67)

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The University Libraries at the University of Nevada, Reno was recently invited to participate in the inaugural, four-day, Elko Mural Expo. The event took place in Elko, Nev., over the weekend of September 26-29 and was a spin-off of Art Spot Renos highly successful Reno Mural Expo.

Luka Starmer and Laura Rocke, part of the University Libraries @One Digital Media Technology team, traveled to Elko to document and preserve activities taking place at the event. In addition to capturing photographs and 360 degree virtual reality footage of more than 40 murals, they lead a workshop for Elko VR enthusiasts and community members. In the workshop participants were loaned VUZE cameras and were taught how to create their own 360 degree video content. The inspiration for the workshop evolved from an idea TEDx University of Nevada, Reno speaker Michelle Rebaleati shared earlier this year lets teach people to use VR to preserve their personal memories.

With the Reno Mural Expo we approached Art Spot Reno in 2017 to see if the Libraries VR team could participate in documenting the ephemeral street art local and other muralists were installing across the city, Libraries Reno Street Art Project manager Laura Rocke said. Because we successfully demonstrated the value in preserving this important artform in VR, Art Spot Reno invited us to participate in the Elko Mural Fest to document and preserve the artwork being installed over the course of the four-day event.

In addition to the partnership with Art Spot Reno, the Libraries team established a new relationship with Vuze. Vuze by Human Eyes is the creator of the first consumer virtual reality 360 3D camera and the new Vuze XR a dual camera that gives anyone the power to create and share immersive experiences in 360 degree or VR180 (3D) Photo and Video. The Vuze camera has won several awards and has been used in the depths of the oceans and in space - on-board the International Space Station.

Working with a premiere camera manufacturer like Vuze was awesome, Libraries VR and Multimedia Specialist Luka Starmer said. Vuze understands the value in creating original VR content. They saw Michelles TEDx talk online and liked the idea of using VR to capture everyday memories and experiences in VR.

The Libraries have an edge when it comes to doing this type of work, Starmer said. We are one of few academic libraries using the innovative medium of VR to preserve and archive ephemeral art and more. Documenting the Elko Mural Expo creates a record and provides access to anyone interested in seeing amazing street art in that city. You dont have to make the trip to Elko to enjoy this art. You can put a headset on and teleport yourself to the exact mural in Elko you want to see."

Starmer added, We are creating new ways to archive and document important pieces of culturally and historically valuable content thanks to VR technology. We are essentially building archives in real time to serve the needs of audiences of the future.

The Digital Media Technology Team at the University Libraries will continue to position itself as an innovator in how the University uses and incorporates VR into the academic curriculum.

We experienced success through the Reno Street Art Project and it just keeps evolving in new, meaningful ways, Starmer said. We have partnered with a variety of researchers across campus ranging from Nursing to UNRMed, Anthropology and more.

The team is currently working to establish a virtual reality-based anthropology museum. This project is scheduled to launch in late Fall 2019. The Libraries have incorporated 3D scanning into its preservation toolkit and will have more than 100 highly valuable Native America baskets on display in the in the museum, as well as in a digital collection that is accessible to anyone with a computer. Museum guests can wear a VR headset and walk through galleries in the museum to view the collection of baskets. Guest can also hold, pick-up and turn baskets over thanks to the use of VR technology.

This is a unique offering by University Libraries because many of the baskets featured in the museum are not available for browsing by the public, Starmer said. The baskets in this particular collection are too delicate and valuable to be handled. VR breaks the mold and allows guests to touch and interact with what is typically behind the glass in brick-and-mortar museums.

Campus and community members interested in learning how the University Libraries and others on campus are using VR are encouraged to attend the annual VR|AR Meet-Up. This years event is scheduled for Friday, November 1. The Meet-Up begins at 3 p.m. and will take place in the Wells Fargo Auditorium and the Whittemore Gallery located on the first floor of the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center. For more information on this event please contact Luka Starmer via email at lstarmer@unr.edu.

The University Libraries embrace intellectual inquiry and innovation, nurture the production of new knowledge, and foster excellence in learning, teaching and research. During each academic year, the Libraries welcomes more than 1.2 million visitors across its network of three branch libraries: the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center, the DeLaMare Science and Engineering Library and the Savitt Medical Library. Visitors checked-out more than 90,000 items and completed more than 2 million database searches.

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Since 2018, online shopping has outstripped the high street1 with seven out of 10 people in the UK now banking online2 . Our always-on digital world means we want everything done more quickly, and more conveniently.

So how does that translate to house-buying? We have already seen the move from advertising through high street estate agents to advertising online, and more recently the proliferation of DIY selling or buying using digital platforms to set up the deal. But so far, thats more or less where digitisation stops. The transaction itself is still heavily reliant on paper-based processes that involve multiple exchanges of information and take considerable time.

Securing Local Authority data can be a particularly time-consuming process. A search into planning permissions, Tree Protection Orders or light obstruction, for example, can often cause lengthy delays of weeks, if not months. The Local Land Charges (LLC) process was therefore a logical priority for digitisation and a pilot scheme was launched across five Local Authorities as a first wave in 2018 (with the aim of full rollout in due course).

Benefits of a digital LLC Register include 24/7 access to data, freeing up council resources in searching for and providing information and, crucially for the consumer, dramatically speeding up the search process. For local authorities that are already participating, its been a resounding success and is due to roll out across a further 18 Local Authorities over the next 18 months. The plan is for all 326 Local Authorities within England to be offering digital LLC within the next five to seven years.

And its not solely Local Authority searches that are set to benefit from digitisation. HM Land Registrys Digital Street research and development project is leading the charge here, exploring how new technology can make the homebuying experience simpler, faster and cheaper for consumers. From the use of blockchain in payments to embracing the technology that will ensure transparency of property-related information, the project is looking at the overall process from numerous angles and engaging with a broad community of stakeholders.

Half of all UK house sales currently fall through before completion3 , so there is plenty of room for improvement, and plenty of scope to make the data that we have work for rather than against us.

Information collected along the way includes environmental data, local authority data, surveyor reports, details on significant property improvements and various aspects of local services. While these records are useful, managing the sheer volume of repetitive data associated with the housebuying process is often cited as a major cause of delay in transactions going through and even leading to ultimate failure.

Could we imagine a future when holders of flood data, contaminated land data, or drainage and water information make these details accessible through an online portal, attributed to every registered address and summarised instantly for potential buyers (and their legal representatives) at the touch of a button and for a set fee?

In other words, each property would come complete with its own set of data at the point of being offered for sale. And of course, just because the information becomes accessible online, it doesnt mean that its commercial value to providers reduces it just means that they need to be smarter in the way that they provide it.

There is obvious scope for monetisation on a pay-per-view basis, such as the 15 fee already in place on the Digital LLCR for official copies of search returns as well as the ability to review the search over the next six months.

In fact, data in the 21st century has been described as the equivalent of oil of the 18th century an incredibly valuable resource with potential for immense rewards for those who learn how to extract and use it4 .

Digital transformation is here to stay those that embrace it (and keep up with the Joneses) will be the ones to reap the rewards, across the home-buying process as much as anywhere.

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A woman who was trespassing at a downtown Jamestown library was arrested early Monday morning on several charges, according to the Jamestown Police Department.

Crystal L. Depew, 27, of Jamestown, was arrested just after midnight after an incident at the James Prendergast Library, 509 Cherry St.

Police said that officers patrolling near the library saw multiple people trespassing, and while speaking with them, Depew gave officers a false name. She began quickly walking away, then ran from officers, before she was tracked down "a short distance away," police said. Depew was taken to Jamestown City Jail, where she was found to be in possession of cocaine, fentanyl and a digital scale, police said.

Depew was arrested on charges of second-degree criminal impersonation, second-degree obstruction of governmental administration, resisting arrest, two counts of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and second-degree criminally using drug paraphernalia.

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Gale Courses, an online learning resource offering more than 350 instructor-led courses, are now available through the Baldwin Public Library website with a library card.

Gale Courses offer patrons access to more than 350 instructor-led online courses covering everything from health and wellness to creative writing, computer programming, business management, GED test preparation, and much more.

Patrons can enroll at no cost. Courses run for six weeks, with two new lessons released weekly, and new classes beginning every month. The courses are entirely web-based with comprehensive lessons, quizzes and assignments. A dedicated college-level instructor coordinates every course by pacing learners, answering questions, giving feedback and facilitating discussions.

We are very excited to be partnering with Gale to offer our cardholders the opportunity to explore the many classes on offer through Gale Courses, said Josh Rouan, technical services coordinator. Our community has always had a passion for lifelong learning, and Gale Courses gives people the opportunity to learn and acquire new skills in an instructor-led setting. It is the perfect mix of technological convenience and traditional teaching methods.

Cardholders can enroll and participate in courses from home or use the library's public computers. For more information about the catalog of courses offered or to enroll in a course, visit baldwinlib.org/research.

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Heres good news for fans of Ken Ken Ramen, the dearly departed Mission District standby and perennial member of Eaters Essential Ramen of San Francisco list. A year and a half after closing the ramen shop, chef Takahiro Hori is back in business with Konomama, a cozy new restaurant at 4601 Geary Boulevard in the Inner Richmond. This time, however, instead of bouncy Hakata-style noodles, the chef has decided to focus on another category of Japanese comfort food: curry.

Konomama quietly opened three weeks ago as a collaboration between Hori and Ramen Underground owner Yoshuke Takahashi, who ran the previous restaurant in this location, Back Room, which was also known for its Japanese curry. But the space has been given a total facelift, with a quaint chalkboard sign board out front, an abundance of light-colored wood, and a vintage record player that plays a steady stream of jazz and Afrofunk. It all looks and feels very chic and Japanese. Hori, meanwhile, is taking on most of the day-to-day chef duties.

Hori says he and his previous business partner decided to close Ken Ken last April for one simple reason: Hori wanted to have a baby, and working the line at a hectic, high-volume ramen restaurant wasnt really conducive to his idea of fatherhood. I wanted to change my life, Hori says. So he took a year off to go backpacking through parts of Africa and Europe hed never had a chance to visit before. And, soon enough, his wife got pregnant and gave birth to the couples now-five-month-old son.

With that in mind, Konomama marks Horis return to the restaurant scene, but at a bit of a slower pace and most important, Hori says, with a more health-oriented approach. The name konomama means as it is a reference to what Hori sees as a return to the original, older Japanese style of cooking and eating, which tended to feature a lot more different kinds of vegetables instead of having a single main dish that you eat with rice.

That said, Hori says the food hes serving at Konomama could hardly be described as traditional, strictly speaking. Because of his emphasis on both roasted and pickled vegetables, each curry plate is a veritable kaleidoscope of brilliant oranges and greens and reds, with a mound of purple-stained white and wild black rice, and a small portion of house-made edamame hummus and tortilla chips for good measure. Its a far cry from the plate of mostly brown food thats more typical of a Japanese curry shop.

The curry itself, on the other hand, is more straightforward. Theres the original curry, which Hori says is very similar to what he ate at home when he was growing up in Japans Fukuoka prefecture. He makes it with a chicken stock base and 12 or 13 different spices, all slowly simmered for six or seven hours. He also makes a vegan curry with a kelp dashi base. To each basic curry plate, customers can add their choice of toppings, which run the gamut from standard pork katsu, to deep-fried seasonal vegetables, to what Hori says is akin to a Southern-style barbecue pork rib.

Hori says hes aiming to create a relaxing atmosphere at the restaurant the kind of place where customers should feel comfortable just listening to music and lingering over a cup of coffee in the afternoon. Naturally, given Horis own recent initiation into fatherhood, Konomama is also meant to be an extremely kid- and baby-friendly place, fully equipped with changing tables in the bathrooms and plenty of room to park a stroller between tables.

Konomama is open Tuesday to Friday, 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.; and Sunday 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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A new vegan breakfast pop-up has begun routine operations inside Red Hat Coffee in the East Village. Spoiled Vegans Cafe serves meatless breakfast dishes ranging from acai bowls topped with fruit to waffle dogs made with gluten-free flour and vegan sausages. Other signature items include waffle stacks with sweet or savory stuffings as well as egg muffins and omelettes made with the chickpea-based JUST Egg substitute.

Originally a one-time pop-up, the breakfast cafe was so popular Red Hat Coffees management approached Spoiled Vegans co-proprietor Todd Anderson to reach an agreement to open every weekend. Future plans include installing a permanent kitchen and offering a lunch menu.

There is a lack of vegan options in the East Village, especially vegan breakfast spots, so we wanted to bring something new and inclusive to the neighborhood, said Anderson, who is a neighborhood resident. What we have is a very traditional vegan breakfast plates that any non vegans can fully enjoy as well.

Spoiled Vegans Cafe operates from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. Other itinerant pop-ups at local markets and vegan community events are announced on their Instagram profile, @spoiledvegans.

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