Friday, November 30, 2012
Bound Periodical Tree!
Come check out the Christmas Tree made out of Bound Periodicals on the 2nd floor of Heterick Memorial Library.
Today is...Stay Home Because Your'e Well Day
Today is Stay Home Because You’re Well Day.
Since you are home, but not sick, here are some fun facts to entertain yourself with!
The Tea Act of 1773, which the Boston Tea Party was protesting, lowered the price of tea.
After water, tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world.
The earliest records of tea consumption are in the 10th century BC in China.
Tea became popular during the Tang Dynasty, which is when it spread from China to Korea and Japan.
Chang'an (present day Xi'an) was the capital during the time of the Tang Dynasty and was the most populous city in the world at that time.
The Tang Dynasty developed woodblock printing.
Block printing was used in 15th century Europe as a cheaper alternative to movable type. Entire pages of books were cut into a block and then were printed by rubbing onto one side of paper.
Block printing was also used for creating playing cards.
The 52 card deck, with 4 suits of 13 cards is known as the French Deck.
The Jack is also known as the Knave, but the name was changed by Samuel Hart when he printed a J instead of a Kn on the card.
In traditional French decks, the Jack of Diamonds is the only card to show only one eye. The Jack of Diamonds is historically designed to be based on Hector, the Trojan prince and greatest Trojan fighter in the Trojan War.
The Trojan War was started by the stealing/elopement of Helen by Paris.
Helen is usually said to be the daughter of Leda and Zeus, who seduced/raped Leda in the form of a swan.
A group of swans is called a bevy. A group of flying swans is called a wedge.
The Queen of England retains the right of ownership of all unmarked mute swans in open water.
Catherine of Braganza, wife of King Charles II of England, introduced the custom of drinking tea to Britain.
How are you feeling today?
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Today is...The Lighting of the Rockefeller Center Tree
Yesterday, the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree was lit.
A tree has been put up in Rockefeller Center every year since 1933 and is usually a Norway spruce that is 69-100 feet tall.
The star at the top of the tree was created by Michael Hammers in 2004 and is 9.5 feet in diameter and weights 550 pounds.
The tree this year came from Flanders, New Jersey. It is 80 ft. tall.
The skating rink was installed on Christmas Day in 1936.
The lights were turned on officially at 9 pm in the 80th annual celebration.
The celebration included performances by Rod Stewart, CeeLo Green, Scotty McCreery, Il Volo, Victoria Justice, Brooke White, Mariah Carey, Trace Adkins, and Tony Bennett; appearances were also made by Billy Crystal and Bette Miller.
The tree will be up until January 7, 2013, when it will be turned into lumber for Habitat for Humanity.
What is your favorite part of the holiday season?
A tree has been put up in Rockefeller Center every year since 1933 and is usually a Norway spruce that is 69-100 feet tall.
The star at the top of the tree was created by Michael Hammers in 2004 and is 9.5 feet in diameter and weights 550 pounds.
The tree this year came from Flanders, New Jersey. It is 80 ft. tall.
The skating rink was installed on Christmas Day in 1936.
The lights were turned on officially at 9 pm in the 80th annual celebration.
The celebration included performances by Rod Stewart, CeeLo Green, Scotty McCreery, Il Volo, Victoria Justice, Brooke White, Mariah Carey, Trace Adkins, and Tony Bennett; appearances were also made by Billy Crystal and Bette Miller.
The tree will be up until January 7, 2013, when it will be turned into lumber for Habitat for Humanity.
What is your favorite part of the holiday season?
Today is...Joel Coen's Birthday
The Coen Brother's first movie together was Blood Simple, which stars Frances McDormand, who later married Joel Coen.
The first Coen Brother's film to really become a hit was Raising Arizona, released in 1987, starring Nicholas Cage and Holly Hunter. It was not a huge hit at the time, but is now a cult classic.
The 1996 Fargo earned seven Academy Award nominations, winning Best Original Screenplay and Best Leading Actress for Frances McDormand.
The Coen Brother's film, O Brother, Where Art Thou? was loosely based on Homer's Odyssey.
No Country for Old Man, based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy, won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Supporting Acor for Javier Bardem.
2010's True Grit was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, though did not win any.
The Coen Brothers tend to work with the same actors multiple times, including Jeff Bridges, George Clooney, Holly Hunter, Frances McDormand, John Turturro, Steve Buscemi, Josh Brolin, John Goodman, and Stephen Root.
Until 2004, the director credits for all the movies went to Joel; starting in 2004 the credit was given to Joel & Ethan.
Joel and Ethan share credit for editor under the alias Roderick Jaynes.
What is your favorite Coen Brother's Movie?
The first Coen Brother's film to really become a hit was Raising Arizona, released in 1987, starring Nicholas Cage and Holly Hunter. It was not a huge hit at the time, but is now a cult classic.
The 1996 Fargo earned seven Academy Award nominations, winning Best Original Screenplay and Best Leading Actress for Frances McDormand.
The Coen Brother's film, O Brother, Where Art Thou? was loosely based on Homer's Odyssey.
No Country for Old Man, based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy, won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Supporting Acor for Javier Bardem.
2010's True Grit was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, though did not win any.
The Coen Brothers tend to work with the same actors multiple times, including Jeff Bridges, George Clooney, Holly Hunter, Frances McDormand, John Turturro, Steve Buscemi, Josh Brolin, John Goodman, and Stephen Root.
Until 2004, the director credits for all the movies went to Joel; starting in 2004 the credit was given to Joel & Ethan.
Joel and Ethan share credit for editor under the alias Roderick Jaynes.
What is your favorite Coen Brother's Movie?
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Today is...Jaleel White’s birthday.
Today is Jaleel White’s birthday. White is best known for playing Steve Urkel on Family Matters.
TGIF on ABC started in 1988 and originally ran until 2000.
Some shows, lasted a long time, like Family Matters (9 seasons) and Boy Meets World (7 seasons). Some lasted only a few weeks like Aliens in the Family (pulled after 2 weeks) and You Wish (pulled after 7 episodes, though 5 additional episodes were aired later).
The shows that aired on TGIF:
Perfect Strangers
Full House
Mr. Belvedere
Just the Ten of Us
Dinosaurs
Family Matters
Going Places
Baby Talk
Billy
Camp Wilder
Getting By
Where I Live
Hanging with Mr. Cooper
Boy Meets World
Step by Step
Sister, Sister
On Our Own
Muppets Tonight
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Clueless
You Wish
Teen Angel
Two of a Kind
The Hughleys
Odd Man Out
Making the Band
What is your favorite TGIF show?
TGIF on ABC started in 1988 and originally ran until 2000.
Some shows, lasted a long time, like Family Matters (9 seasons) and Boy Meets World (7 seasons). Some lasted only a few weeks like Aliens in the Family (pulled after 2 weeks) and You Wish (pulled after 7 episodes, though 5 additional episodes were aired later).
The shows that aired on TGIF:
Perfect Strangers
Full House
Mr. Belvedere
Just the Ten of Us
Dinosaurs
Family Matters
Going Places
Baby Talk
Billy
Camp Wilder
Getting By
Where I Live
Hanging with Mr. Cooper
Boy Meets World
Step by Step
Sister, Sister
On Our Own
Muppets Tonight
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Clueless
You Wish
Teen Angel
Two of a Kind
The Hughleys
Odd Man Out
Making the Band
What is your favorite TGIF show?
Monday, November 26, 2012
Today is...The Birth Anniversary of Charles Schulz
Charles Schulz was born on November 26, 1922 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Schulz is the creator the Peanuts comic strip, which ran from October 2, 1950 to February 13, 2000. 17,897 strips have been published, all written and illustrated by Schulz.
The initial cast consisted of only charlie Brown, Shermy, Patty, and Snoopy. The first additions from 1951-1954 were Violet, Schroeder, Lucy, Linus, and Pig-Pen.
Linus and Lucy's last name is Van Pelt.
Vince Guaraldi wrote the music for the Peanuts Christmas special, including the song "Linus and Lucy", which was played to the crew of Space Shuttle Endeavour as wake-up music on Day 2 of the STS-123 mission.
A Charlie Brown Christmas was the first prime-time animated TV special based on a comic strip.
The original air date of A Charlie Brown Christmas was Dec. 9, 1965 and has aired every year since.
What is your favorite comic?
Schulz is the creator the Peanuts comic strip, which ran from October 2, 1950 to February 13, 2000. 17,897 strips have been published, all written and illustrated by Schulz.
The initial cast consisted of only charlie Brown, Shermy, Patty, and Snoopy. The first additions from 1951-1954 were Violet, Schroeder, Lucy, Linus, and Pig-Pen.
Linus and Lucy's last name is Van Pelt.
Vince Guaraldi wrote the music for the Peanuts Christmas special, including the song "Linus and Lucy", which was played to the crew of Space Shuttle Endeavour as wake-up music on Day 2 of the STS-123 mission.
A Charlie Brown Christmas was the first prime-time animated TV special based on a comic strip.
The original air date of A Charlie Brown Christmas was Dec. 9, 1965 and has aired every year since.
What is your favorite comic?
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Today is...The 65th Wedding Anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip
On November 20, 1947, Queen Elizabeth II married Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
Prior to marrying Elizabeth, Philip was Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark. In order to marry, he abandoned his Greek and Danish royal titles, converted from Green Orthodoxy to Anglicanism and became a naturalized British subject.
Elizabeth II and Philip are second cousins once removed and third cousins. They initially met in 1934 at the wedding of Philip's cousin Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, when Philip was 13 and Elizabeth was 8.
Elizabeth fell in love with Philip at a meeting at the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth in 1939, when she was 13. They started a correspondence and became secretly engaged in 1946. It was officially announce on July 9, 1947, after Elizabeth had turned 21.
Elizabeth had to use ration coupons to buy the material for her wedding gown.
Prior to the wedding Philip took the names of Duke of Edignburgh, Earl of Merioneth, and Baron Greenwich of the County of London. After the wedding, until her coronation, Elizabeth took the name Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh.
Due to being so close after WWII, the Duke of Edinburgh's German relatives were not invited to the wedding, including his three sisters. Former King Edward VIII, the Duke of Windsor, was also not invited.
Monday, November 19, 2012
Today is...The 194th Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address
November 19, 1863 Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery.
The Gettysburg Address was only 10 sentences.
It took Lincoln only two or three minutes to give the speech.
Edward Everett, a former governor of Massachusetts and Secretary of State, spoke for 2 hours prior to Lincoln's speech.
There are five known copies of the Gettysburg Address, two written at the time of the address and three written later by Lincoln for charity purposes.
Lincoln was diagnosed with a mild case of small pox right after returning from Gettysburg.
The Gettysburg Address was only 10 sentences.
It took Lincoln only two or three minutes to give the speech.
Edward Everett, a former governor of Massachusetts and Secretary of State, spoke for 2 hours prior to Lincoln's speech.
There are five known copies of the Gettysburg Address, two written at the time of the address and three written later by Lincoln for charity purposes.
Lincoln was diagnosed with a mild case of small pox right after returning from Gettysburg.
Friday, November 16, 2012
Today is...the Anniversary of Lewis and Clark reaching the Pacific
Today in 1805, the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery reached the Pacific Ocean.
The Lewis and Clark Expedition was the first transcontinental expedition to the Pacific coast undertaken in the US.
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were both veterans of the American Indian Wars.
Clark served under Major General "Mad" Anthony Wayne, who Fort Wayne, Indiana is named after.
When in the US Army, Clark was a commanding officer of Lewis.
President Thomas Jefferson commissioned the Corps of Discovery and named Lewis as the leader, who chose Clark as his partner.
Sacagawea, a 15 or 16 year old Shoshone woman, aided the Corps of Discovery, acting as interpreter and guide.
Sacagawea's son (with her husband/owner Toussaint Charbonneau), Jean Baptitste Charbonneau was born during the expedition. After the expedition, he lived with Clark in St. Louis where he attended St. Louis academy, paid for by Clark.
Clark, due to not having any formal education, had issues with grammar and spelling in his journals, which he had corrected prior to their publication. He spelled "Sioux" 27 different ways.
Where would you like to explore?
The Lewis and Clark Expedition was the first transcontinental expedition to the Pacific coast undertaken in the US.
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were both veterans of the American Indian Wars.
Clark served under Major General "Mad" Anthony Wayne, who Fort Wayne, Indiana is named after.
When in the US Army, Clark was a commanding officer of Lewis.
President Thomas Jefferson commissioned the Corps of Discovery and named Lewis as the leader, who chose Clark as his partner.
Sacagawea, a 15 or 16 year old Shoshone woman, aided the Corps of Discovery, acting as interpreter and guide.
Sacagawea's son (with her husband/owner Toussaint Charbonneau), Jean Baptitste Charbonneau was born during the expedition. After the expedition, he lived with Clark in St. Louis where he attended St. Louis academy, paid for by Clark.
Clark, due to not having any formal education, had issues with grammar and spelling in his journals, which he had corrected prior to their publication. He spelled "Sioux" 27 different ways.
Where would you like to explore?
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Today is...National Bundt Day
Today is National Bundt Day!
The Bundt Cake was originally a German ring-shaped tea-time cake called a Bundkuchen.
Cake is a form of bread and were originally fried breads in a disk shape.
Yeast cakes are the oldest type of cakes and are similar to Babka or Stollen, a yeast fruit cake.
Sponge cakes are the first non-yeast based cakes and were around as early at 1615 in England.
Butter cake is the quintessential American cake, and is derived from English pound cake.
Cheesecake is not cake at all, but is instead custard-filled pie.
On the flip-side, Boston Cream Pie is not a pie at all, but instead is a custard-filled cake.
What is your favorite kind of cake?
The Bundt Cake was originally a German ring-shaped tea-time cake called a Bundkuchen.
Cake is a form of bread and were originally fried breads in a disk shape.
Yeast cakes are the oldest type of cakes and are similar to Babka or Stollen, a yeast fruit cake.
Sponge cakes are the first non-yeast based cakes and were around as early at 1615 in England.
Butter cake is the quintessential American cake, and is derived from English pound cake.
Cheesecake is not cake at all, but is instead custard-filled pie.
On the flip-side, Boston Cream Pie is not a pie at all, but instead is a custard-filled cake.
What is your favorite kind of cake?
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Today is...Loosen Up, Lighten Up Day
Today is Loosen Up, Lighten Up Day!
"Relax" is the debut single of the British dance group Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
The Dandy Warhols covered Relax on their 2004 album, Come On Feel the Dandy Warhols.
The Dandy Warhols most famous song is We Used to Be Friends, which was the theme song for Veronica Mars and was featured in an episode of The OC.
The OC was famous for using songs from indie bands for the music, and featuring the bands in a concert venue on the show. Artists include Rooney, Jem, The Killers, Modest Mouse, and Death Cab for Cutie.
Another show to prominently feature new and indie music was Greek, who had the Plain White T's as guests on numerous episodes of the show.
The Plain White T's recently covered The Ramones' Pet Sematary for the Frankenweenie soundtrack
The original Pet Sematary was written for the movie adaptation of the Stephen King book by the same name.
Stephen King was in a rock band that consisted of published writers including Dave Barry, Maya Angelou, Ridley Pearson, Matt Groening, Amy Tan, and Scott Turow.
How do you relax and “let your hair down?”
"Relax" is the debut single of the British dance group Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
The Dandy Warhols covered Relax on their 2004 album, Come On Feel the Dandy Warhols.
The Dandy Warhols most famous song is We Used to Be Friends, which was the theme song for Veronica Mars and was featured in an episode of The OC.
The OC was famous for using songs from indie bands for the music, and featuring the bands in a concert venue on the show. Artists include Rooney, Jem, The Killers, Modest Mouse, and Death Cab for Cutie.
Another show to prominently feature new and indie music was Greek, who had the Plain White T's as guests on numerous episodes of the show.
The Plain White T's recently covered The Ramones' Pet Sematary for the Frankenweenie soundtrack
The original Pet Sematary was written for the movie adaptation of the Stephen King book by the same name.
Stephen King was in a rock band that consisted of published writers including Dave Barry, Maya Angelou, Ridley Pearson, Matt Groening, Amy Tan, and Scott Turow.
How do you relax and “let your hair down?”
Monday, November 12, 2012
Today is...Megan Mullally and David Schwimmer's Birthday
Today is Megan Mullally and David Schwimmer’s birthday.
A sitcom is short for situation comedy, a genre of comedy that features characters sharing a common environment, with jokes as part of the dialogue. They can be filmed in front of a live studio audience or with the addition of a laugh track.
The first sitcom was "Sam 'n' Henry", a 15-minute daily radio program that started on January 12, 1926. In 1928 it was renamed "Amon 'n' Andy".
Many of the first televised sitcoms were adaptations of existing radio sitcoms, like "The Jack Benny Program", or vehicles for existing stars, like "The Abbott and Costello Show". Early sitcoms were often broadcast live.
"I Love Lucy" was the first successful use of a multi-camera setup. It was the most watched show in the US in four of its six seasons and ended its run at the top of the Nielsen ratings.
The mid-1960s started high concept sitcoms, including "The Munsters", "The Addams Family", "I Dream of Jeannie", and "Bewitched".
Sitcoms in the 1970s often were a platform for social issues of the time such as women's liberation as seen in "The Mary Tyler Moore Show".
"The Simpsons" is the longest-running sitcom in US History, premiering on December 17, 1989.
What is your favorite sitcom?
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Today is...Veteran's Day
Today is Veteran's Day. Take a moment to honor armed service veterans.
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Saturday, November 10, 2012
Today is...the Birth Anniversary of Martin Luther
Today is Birth anniversary of Augustinian monk and leader of the Protestant Reformation Martin Luther.
Martin Luther was born on November 10, 1483 in Saxony, than part of the Holy Roman Empire, now Germany.
Luther was baptized a Catholic and became an Augustine monk.
Luther started the reform movement that led to Protestantism as a protest of Johann Tetzel, a Dominican friar and papal commissioner for indulgences.
An indulgence in the Catholic church is given after a confession and absolution. They are also granted by good works and prayers.
Tetzel was sent to Germany to sell indulgences in order to raise money to rebuild St. Peter's Basilica. This essentially means that the Roman Catholic Church was allowing people to purchase their way out of purgatory, at least according to Tetzel and as interpreted by Luther.
Luther wrote a letter called Disputations of Martin Luther on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences, which became known as the Ninety-Five Theses.
Due to his refusal to retract his writings, Martin Luther was excommunicated by the pope and was made an outlaw by the Holy Roman Emperor.
What impact do you want to have on the world?
Friday, November 9, 2012
Today is...Lou Ferrigno's Birthday
Lou Ferrigno was born on November 9, 1951. He is best known for playing the Hulk in The Incredible Hulk.
The Hulk is from Marvel Comics and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. He was premiered in May 1962.
The Hulk is the emotional and angry alter ego of Dr. Bruce Banner, who turned into the Hulk after exposure to a gamma bomb.
The inspiration for the Hulk was a combination of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Frankenstein.
Marvel comics was founded in 1939 and has created characters such as Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, and The Avengers. Most live in a reality that mirrors real-life cities like New York, LA, and Chicago.
The Hulk is from Marvel Comics and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. He was premiered in May 1962.
The Hulk is the emotional and angry alter ego of Dr. Bruce Banner, who turned into the Hulk after exposure to a gamma bomb.
The inspiration for the Hulk was a combination of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Frankenstein.
Marvel comics was founded in 1939 and has created characters such as Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, and The Avengers. Most live in a reality that mirrors real-life cities like New York, LA, and Chicago.
Films based on Marvel Comics have grossed a total of $5 billion.The Avengers alone grossed $1.51 billion worldwide.
Marvel Entertainment was bought by The Walt Disney Company in 2009 for $4.24 billion.
Disney just announced plans to buy Lucasfilms for $4.05 billion. They plan to release Star Wars Episode VII in 2015.
What superhero would you like to be?
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Today is...Bram Stoker's Birth Anniversary
Today in 1847 Bram Stoker, author of Dracula, was born in Dublin.
In 1878, Stoker married Florence Balcombe, who had previously had a relationship with Oscar Wilde. Wilde and Stoker knew each other at university, having both been in the Philosophical Society.
Stoker was distantly related to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of Sherlock Holmes.
Though now he is remembered primarily for Dracula, during his lifetime, Bram Stoker was mostly known for being the personal assistant of actor Henry Irving and business manager of Irving's Lyceum Theatre in London.
The main character of Dracula was inspired by Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia, also known as Vlad Tepes, posthumously known as Vlad the Impaler.
Vlad III ruled Wallachia, present day Romania, from 1456-1462 (and also in 1448 and 1476).
His father, Vlad II was known as Vlad Dracul, after being inducted into the Order of the Dragon, a monarchical chivalric order. This was a ploy to gain political favor from the Catholic Church in order to gain help in protecting Wallachia against the Ottoman Empire.
It has been claimed that Mary of Teck, grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II, is a distant descendant of Vlad Tepes' song Vlad Tepelus and Mihnea the Bad. Prince Charles publicly confirmed the relationship in 2011.
It is impossible that Vlad III was a vampire as after his death his head was taken to Constantinople as a trophy.
In 1878, Stoker married Florence Balcombe, who had previously had a relationship with Oscar Wilde. Wilde and Stoker knew each other at university, having both been in the Philosophical Society.
Stoker was distantly related to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of Sherlock Holmes.
Though now he is remembered primarily for Dracula, during his lifetime, Bram Stoker was mostly known for being the personal assistant of actor Henry Irving and business manager of Irving's Lyceum Theatre in London.
The main character of Dracula was inspired by Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia, also known as Vlad Tepes, posthumously known as Vlad the Impaler.
Vlad III ruled Wallachia, present day Romania, from 1456-1462 (and also in 1448 and 1476).
His father, Vlad II was known as Vlad Dracul, after being inducted into the Order of the Dragon, a monarchical chivalric order. This was a ploy to gain political favor from the Catholic Church in order to gain help in protecting Wallachia against the Ottoman Empire.
It has been claimed that Mary of Teck, grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II, is a distant descendant of Vlad Tepes' song Vlad Tepelus and Mihnea the Bad. Prince Charles publicly confirmed the relationship in 2011.
It is impossible that Vlad III was a vampire as after his death his head was taken to Constantinople as a trophy.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Today is...the Birth Anniversary of Marie Curie
Today is the birth anniversary of Marie Curie. She was well known for her research on radioactivity and her Noble Prizes in Physics and Chemistry.
Marie Curie was for on November 7, 1867 in Poland.
She moved to Paris in 1891 at age 24 to study physics, chemistry, and mathematics at the University of Paris.
Curie began her scientific career studying magnetic properties of various steels before meeting Pierre Curie, who found her laboratory space for her work
The two eventually married, sharing their love of science, bicycling and travel.
In 1903 Marie Curie won a Nobel Prize in Physics, sharing with her husband Pierre, and physicist Henri Becquerel. Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.
In 1911, Curie was the sole winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in reward for discovering the elements of radium and polonium.
The 1911 Nobel Prize made Curie the first person to win two Nobel Prizes and she is still one of only two people to win two Prizes in different fields.
After the death of Pierre, Marie had a year-long affair with one of Pierre's former students, Paul Langevin. This caused a scandal as Langevin was married, though estranged from his wife. Curie's granddaughter later married Langevin's grandson.
Curie died in 1934 from aplastic anemia, which she contracted from her long-term exposure to radiation. Since the effects of radiation were unknown at that time, Marie tended to carry about test tubes of radioactive isotopes in her pocket.
Due to their levels of radioactivity, her research papers from her time spent studying radioactive material are too dangerous to handle, including her cookbook. The papers are kept in lead-lined boxes and protective clothing must be worn by anyone who wishes to consult them.
What would you like to be remembered for?
Marie Curie was for on November 7, 1867 in Poland.
She moved to Paris in 1891 at age 24 to study physics, chemistry, and mathematics at the University of Paris.
Curie began her scientific career studying magnetic properties of various steels before meeting Pierre Curie, who found her laboratory space for her work
The two eventually married, sharing their love of science, bicycling and travel.
In 1903 Marie Curie won a Nobel Prize in Physics, sharing with her husband Pierre, and physicist Henri Becquerel. Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.
In 1911, Curie was the sole winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in reward for discovering the elements of radium and polonium.
The 1911 Nobel Prize made Curie the first person to win two Nobel Prizes and she is still one of only two people to win two Prizes in different fields.
After the death of Pierre, Marie had a year-long affair with one of Pierre's former students, Paul Langevin. This caused a scandal as Langevin was married, though estranged from his wife. Curie's granddaughter later married Langevin's grandson.
Curie died in 1934 from aplastic anemia, which she contracted from her long-term exposure to radiation. Since the effects of radiation were unknown at that time, Marie tended to carry about test tubes of radioactive isotopes in her pocket.
Due to their levels of radioactivity, her research papers from her time spent studying radioactive material are too dangerous to handle, including her cookbook. The papers are kept in lead-lined boxes and protective clothing must be worn by anyone who wishes to consult them.
What would you like to be remembered for?
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Today is...Saxophone Day
Today is the birth anniversary of Adolphe Sax, also known as saxophone day!
Adolphe Sax invented the saxophone, but he played the flute and clarinet.
The saxophone was intended to be the most powerful woodwind instrument and to fill the middle ground between the woodwind and brass sections of a band.
The saxophone is most commonly associated with jazz and classical music.
Two of the most famous jazz saxophone players are John Coltrane and Charlie Parker. Both played with Miles Davis and in Bebop Jazz, but Coltrane pioneered more with modal and avant-garde guard jazz styles.
There are 13 types of saxophones, 8 of which are from the Military band family.
What is your favorite instrument?
Adolphe Sax invented the saxophone, but he played the flute and clarinet.
The saxophone was intended to be the most powerful woodwind instrument and to fill the middle ground between the woodwind and brass sections of a band.
The saxophone is most commonly associated with jazz and classical music.
Two of the most famous jazz saxophone players are John Coltrane and Charlie Parker. Both played with Miles Davis and in Bebop Jazz, but Coltrane pioneered more with modal and avant-garde guard jazz styles.
There are 13 types of saxophones, 8 of which are from the Military band family.
What is your favorite instrument?
Monday, November 5, 2012
Today is...Job Action Day
Job Action Day is a day of empowerment for workers and job-seekers -- to put your career and job in the forefront, making plans, taking action steps (jobactionday.com).
According to Forbes the best-payed women in 2012 are Pharmacists.
According to US News, being a Registered Nurse is the best job, with high growth and low unemployment.
It takes only 12 seconds for a potential employer to make up their mind if they think a person is someone they want to hire.
Microsoft, Google, and Apple all have reputations of asking ridiculously complex interview questions to test how their potential employees think and problem solve.
According to a Huffington Post survey, some of the best jobs for recent college graduates are Financial Analyst, Marketing Specialist, and Human Resources, Training and Labor Specialist.
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Saturday, November 3, 2012
Today is...the Anniversary of the Debut of PBS
Today in 1969, the Public Broadcasting Service debuted in the US.
The U.S. version of Antiques Roadshow premiered in 1997, a spin off of the British version that had been around since 1979. It has been nominated for an Emmy 9 times and gets approximately 1 million viewers each week.
Charlie Rose, the interview show were Rose interviews "thinkers, writers, politicians, athletes, entertainers, businesspersons, leaders, scientists, and other newsmakers" struck up a partnership with Google to add almost 4000 hours of past interviews to YouTube in their originally aired format.
Downton Abbey was originally conceived as a miniseries and is part of Masterpiece Classic. In September 2011, the show was recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the most acclaimed tv show of that year, the first British show to win that acclaim.
Nova, produced by WGBH Boston, is broadcast on PBS in the US and in more than 100 other countries. It has won multiple Peabody Awards and Emmy Awards for being "an imaginative series of science adventures. Specific episodes have won, as well as the show as a whole.
Besides his show, Rick Steves' Europe, Rick Steves also has a radio show, has authored numerous travel books, most popularly Europe Through the Back Door, and organizes group tours. His main advice when traveling to Europe is to become a temporary local as compared to a tourist.
When it aired, The Magic School Bus was one of the highest-rated PBS shows for school-age children. Ms. Frizzle was voiced by Lily Tomlin.
Zoom, originally from 1972, was remade in 1999. It was notable for being a show for kids made almost entirely by kids.
Sesame Street has won 143 Emmy Awards, more than any other children's tv show.
What is your favorite PBS show?
The U.S. version of Antiques Roadshow premiered in 1997, a spin off of the British version that had been around since 1979. It has been nominated for an Emmy 9 times and gets approximately 1 million viewers each week.
Charlie Rose, the interview show were Rose interviews "thinkers, writers, politicians, athletes, entertainers, businesspersons, leaders, scientists, and other newsmakers" struck up a partnership with Google to add almost 4000 hours of past interviews to YouTube in their originally aired format.
Downton Abbey was originally conceived as a miniseries and is part of Masterpiece Classic. In September 2011, the show was recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the most acclaimed tv show of that year, the first British show to win that acclaim.
Nova, produced by WGBH Boston, is broadcast on PBS in the US and in more than 100 other countries. It has won multiple Peabody Awards and Emmy Awards for being "an imaginative series of science adventures. Specific episodes have won, as well as the show as a whole.
Besides his show, Rick Steves' Europe, Rick Steves also has a radio show, has authored numerous travel books, most popularly Europe Through the Back Door, and organizes group tours. His main advice when traveling to Europe is to become a temporary local as compared to a tourist.
When it aired, The Magic School Bus was one of the highest-rated PBS shows for school-age children. Ms. Frizzle was voiced by Lily Tomlin.
Zoom, originally from 1972, was remade in 1999. It was notable for being a show for kids made almost entirely by kids.
Sesame Street has won 143 Emmy Awards, more than any other children's tv show.
What is your favorite PBS show?
Friday, November 2, 2012
New Books and DVDs in September!
Check out all the new books and DVDs the library purchased in September! http://journals.onu.edu/newacqdata/october12/titlist.cfm
Check and see if your favorite subject got anything new! http://journals.onu.edu/newacqdata/october12/sulist.cfm
Check and see if your favorite subject got anything new! http://journals.onu.edu/newacqdata/october12/sulist.cfm
Today is...the Anniversary of the 1920 election
Today is the anniversary of Charlotte Woodward voting in the general election of 1920—the only woman who attended the 1848 Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention who lived long enough to exercise her right to vote under the 19th amendment.
The Seneca Falls Convention, held July 19-20, 184, was the first women's rights convention in the United States.
It was organized by Lucretia Mott, a Quaker. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was the only non-Quaker to help organize the meeting.
The Seneca Falls Convention had approximately 300 attendees, with 100 signing the Declaration of Sentiments, which was for the "grand basis for attaining the civil, social, political, and religious rights of women".
The one point that was argued the most was the inclusion of the insistence of women's right to vote, with many including Mott wanting to remove the concept from the Declaration. Frederick Douglass convinced them to keep that part in.
The 19th Amendment was ratified on August 18, 1920.
The 19th Amendment was first drafted in 1878 by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton; it was finally submitted by Congredd in 1919.
Wisconsin, Illionis, and Michigan were the first states to ratify the 19th Amendment, on June 10, 1919. It needed ratification by 36 states to become an amendment. Tennessee was the 36th ratifier. All other states eventually ratified, though Mississippi was last, finally ratifying on March 22, 1984.
Charlotte Woodward was the only woman who signed the Declaration of Sentiments who lived to see women be able to vote.
Are you going to exercise your right to vote?
The Seneca Falls Convention, held July 19-20, 184, was the first women's rights convention in the United States.
It was organized by Lucretia Mott, a Quaker. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was the only non-Quaker to help organize the meeting.
The Seneca Falls Convention had approximately 300 attendees, with 100 signing the Declaration of Sentiments, which was for the "grand basis for attaining the civil, social, political, and religious rights of women".
The one point that was argued the most was the inclusion of the insistence of women's right to vote, with many including Mott wanting to remove the concept from the Declaration. Frederick Douglass convinced them to keep that part in.
The 19th Amendment was ratified on August 18, 1920.
The 19th Amendment was first drafted in 1878 by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton; it was finally submitted by Congredd in 1919.
Wisconsin, Illionis, and Michigan were the first states to ratify the 19th Amendment, on June 10, 1919. It needed ratification by 36 states to become an amendment. Tennessee was the 36th ratifier. All other states eventually ratified, though Mississippi was last, finally ratifying on March 22, 1984.
Charlotte Woodward was the only woman who signed the Declaration of Sentiments who lived to see women be able to vote.
Are you going to exercise your right to vote?
Thursday, November 1, 2012
OhioLINK turns 20!
OhioLINK (www.ohiolink.edu) serves more than 600,000 students, faculty and staff, providing them with access to more than 46 million books and other library materials, millions of electronic articles from 10,000 journals, 100+ electronic research databases, over 80,000 e-books, theses and dissertations from Ohio students, and thousands of images, videos and sounds. Happy Birthday to OhioLINK!Today is...National Author's Day
Today is National Author's Day. National Author's Day was first suggested in 1928 by Nellie Verne Burt McPherson as a way to thank her favorite author, Irving Bacheller. November 1, 1949 was the first official National Author's Day, recognized by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
To celebrate, here are some assorted fun facts about famous authors!
Stephen King has released 56 novels (7 under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman), 13 short story collections and an assortment of other writings including non-fiction and comics. He has received over 50 awards for his writings.
Jane Austen published 4 novels in her lifetime, with an additional 2 published after her death. None of the novels published while she was alive bore her name and we not identified as hers until her brother identified her in a note in her posthumous novels.
The Inklings was an informal literary discussion group of England. There were no rules, officers, agendas, or elections and contained only men (though Dorothy Sayers claimed an Inkling due to her friendship with some of the men in the group). The main activity of the group was for the authors to read out parts of their unfinished works, though they also had silly competitions such as seeing who could read bad prose the longest without laughing. Some of the more well-known authors of the group were JRR Tolkien, CS Lewis, Charles Williams and Christopher Tolkien.
Lewis Carroll, though extremely successful as an author, was also an accomplished photographer, inventor, and mathematician.
Alan Moore's Watchmen is the only graphic novel to win a Hugo Award, which are awarded to the best sci-fi and fantasy works. Neonomicon was the first recipient of a Bram Stoker Award in the newly created Graphic Novel category.
James Patterson has written 97 novels since his start in 1976, with 19 consecutive New York Times bestselling #1s, and he holds the record for most bestselling hardcover fiction titles by a single author at 63. His novels account for one in 17 of all hardcover books sold in the US, selling more than Stephen King, Joh Grisham and Dan Brown combined.
Janet Evanovich tried to write the "Great American Novel", but was unable to sell any of the three manuscripts. She switched to writing romance in 1987 and romantic adventure in 1994 with the Stephanie Plum books, which have had 12 of the 18 books debut at #1 on the New York Times best seller list.
Who is your favorite author?
To celebrate, here are some assorted fun facts about famous authors!
Stephen King has released 56 novels (7 under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman), 13 short story collections and an assortment of other writings including non-fiction and comics. He has received over 50 awards for his writings.
Jane Austen published 4 novels in her lifetime, with an additional 2 published after her death. None of the novels published while she was alive bore her name and we not identified as hers until her brother identified her in a note in her posthumous novels.
The Inklings was an informal literary discussion group of England. There were no rules, officers, agendas, or elections and contained only men (though Dorothy Sayers claimed an Inkling due to her friendship with some of the men in the group). The main activity of the group was for the authors to read out parts of their unfinished works, though they also had silly competitions such as seeing who could read bad prose the longest without laughing. Some of the more well-known authors of the group were JRR Tolkien, CS Lewis, Charles Williams and Christopher Tolkien.
Lewis Carroll, though extremely successful as an author, was also an accomplished photographer, inventor, and mathematician.
Alan Moore's Watchmen is the only graphic novel to win a Hugo Award, which are awarded to the best sci-fi and fantasy works. Neonomicon was the first recipient of a Bram Stoker Award in the newly created Graphic Novel category.
James Patterson has written 97 novels since his start in 1976, with 19 consecutive New York Times bestselling #1s, and he holds the record for most bestselling hardcover fiction titles by a single author at 63. His novels account for one in 17 of all hardcover books sold in the US, selling more than Stephen King, Joh Grisham and Dan Brown combined.
Janet Evanovich tried to write the "Great American Novel", but was unable to sell any of the three manuscripts. She switched to writing romance in 1987 and romantic adventure in 1994 with the Stephanie Plum books, which have had 12 of the 18 books debut at #1 on the New York Times best seller list.
Who is your favorite author?
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