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Celebrate Library Lovers Month

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If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Stop hugging that library. No wait, my mistake, I forgot that it’s Library Lovers Month - and it seems to have come at just the right time as many local libraries are struggling during the economic downturn. So why love your local library?

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Libraries are a sanctuary away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life; they offer security and peace and quiet. They are also a place where you can focus surrounded by like-minded people with the desire to acquire knowledge.

History of Library Lovers’ Month

It’s important to understand that not everything is available on the internet (yet), libraries can have vast digital stores of qualitative and quantitative information escaping from opinion led snippets and snapshots from online. There may be some crossover of information but in most cases libraries are a much more economically viable solution when looking for information than the internet.

It’s also important to know that libraries offer services that aren’t available on the internet, including free assistance in finding obscure information and borrowing a book that may not be available in the admittedly immense catalog one can find on the internet. One of the things that people often forget is that being a librarian isn’t like getting a job at the local supermarket. You want to be a Librarian? Be prepared to get a degree in Library Science. Yes, this is a thing that exists, and it’s necessary to become a librarian.

There’s more to a Library than just the books too! There are meetings that gather there that include everything from people from the Society for Creative Anachronism and other local organizations. There’s also magazines and periodicals, microfiche of local newspapers reaching far back into antiquity, and that’s just a start!

thanks for the Chicken in their Hats pics,

Valerie, Canadian Correspondent

Word of the Day

orogeny

MEANING:

noun: Folding and faulting of the earth’s crust resulting in mountain formation.

USAGE:

“The burden of too much time was as profound as orogeny: it subjected his ordinary mind to pressures akin to those which caused earthquakes; tectonic shifts.”
Stephen R. Donaldson; Against All Things Ending; Putnam; 2010.

Idiom of the Day

Start from Scratch

To start from scratch means to start at the very beginning, when a first attempt has failed.

Example: I ruined the cake I just baked. Now I have to start from scratch.

Did you know...? The word 'scratch' has been used since the 18th century as a sporting term for a boundary or starting point which was scratched on the ground, for example the line drawn on the ground as a starting point for a race. Therefore, 'scratch' has been associated with starting from the beginning.

This Day in History

1788 - Massachusetts became the sixth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

1843 - "The Virginia Minstrels" opened at the Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City. It was the first minstrel show in America.

1911 - The first old-age home for pioneers opened in Prescott, AZ.

1932 - Dog sled racing happened for the first time in Olympic competition.

1937 - K. Elizabeth Ohi became the first Japanese woman lawyer when she received her degree from John Marshall Law School in Chicago, IL.

1943 - Frank Sinatra made his debut as vocalist on radio's "Your Hit Parade."

1952 - Britain's King George VI died. His daughter, Elizabeth II, succeeded him.

1971 - NASA Astronaut Alan B. Shepard used a six-iron that he had brought inside his spacecraft and swung at three golf balls on the surface of the moon.

1973 - Construction began on the CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

1985 - The French mineral water company, Perrier, debuted its first new product in 123 years. The new items were water with a twist of lemon, lime or orange.

1987 - President Ronald Reagan turned 76 years old this day and became the oldest U.S. President in history.

1987 - Sonny Bono declared his candidacy for mayor of Palm Springs.

1998 - Washington National Airport was renamed for U.S. President Ronald Reagan with the signing of a bill by U.S. President Clinton.

2000 - In Finland, Foreign Minister Tarja Halonen became the first woman to be elected president.

DAILY SQU-EEK

If You Were Born Today, February 6

You are a peace-loving person who is sincerely concerned for others. There is an intuitive and even psychic side to you, and you tend to radiate a calm and appealing manner that readily attracts others. In fact, you are generally considered extremely attractive no matter what you look like, as you radiate a special warmth that is hard to resist. You have strong principles and values, but you can also be quite self-indulgent, although usually unapologetically so. Love and family mean the world to you. Famous people born today:

1611 Chongzhen, 16th and last Ming Emperor of China, born in Beijing (d. 1644)

1756 Aaron Burr, 3rd US Vice President (D-R: 1801-05) who killed Alexander Hamilton in a pistol duel, born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1836)

1897 Louis Buchalter, Jewish-American mobster(Murder, Inc.), born in New York City, New York (d. 1944)

1911 Ronald Reagan, 40th US President(Republican: 1981-89) and actor (Bedtime for Bonzo), born in Tampico, Illinois (d. 2004)

1913 Mary Leakey, British paleoanthropologist, discovered earliest human footprints ((3.6 million years old), born in London (d. 1996)

1945 Bob Marley, Jamaican reggae musician & singer-songwriter (Wailers-No Woman), born in Nine Mile, Saint Ann, Jamaica (d. 1981)

1950 Natalie Cole, American vocalist (Pink Cadillac, Miss You Like Crazy), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2015)

READERS INFO

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1895 -

George Herman "Babe" Ruth Jr. (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948)

Babe Ruth was a professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. Nicknamed "The Bambino" and "The Sultan of Swat", he began his MLB career as a stellar left-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, but achieved his greatest fame as a slugging outfielder for the New York Yankees.

2.

Tucker-Boatwright Festival of Literature and the Arts 2019

Feb 22 - 24, 2019 | Richmond, VA

Cousins Studio Theatre, University of Richmond|50 Crenshaw Way

You've taken a series of English classes throughout your entire schooling career, and that time will culminate in the Tucker-Boatwright Festival at the University of Richmond. This is an educational opportunity that transcends the classroom experience with riveting film screenings, student research projects, poetry readings, lectures from visiting speakers and much more.

further information: Conference Schedule - School of Arts & Sciences - University of Richmond

3.

Amelia Island Book Festival 2019

Feb 14 - 16, 2019 | Fernandina Beach, FL

Located on scenic Amelia Island, the Amelia Island Book Festival encourages the promotion of literacy by inviting community members and guests to attend workshops and interact with the many authors who attend the event every year. Additionally, authors are placed in each one of Amelia Island's fifteen schools where they hold small-scale presentations and discuss their work with local children.

further information: Amelia Island Book Festival

4.

Riverside Dickens Festival 2019

Feb 2019 Dates Unconfirmed | Riverside, CA

Main Street between University Avenue and 11th Street|Main St & University Ave

David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, and A Christmas Carol are just some examples of Charles Dickens' literary genius that you may remember hearing about. Here's your chance to celebrate the English author's significant impact on literature with a smashing cup of tea, steampunk sports and an afternoon with the late wordsmith's entertaining impersonator. Should your nose start itching for not being buried in a book, you can join the book discussion group to examine his innate gift for storytelling.

further information: Riverside Dickens Festival

Pictures of the day

The Sydney Opera House in Sydney, New South Wales , Australia. Situated on Bennelong Point at Sydney Harbour, the Sydney Opera House is one of the most distinctive and famous 20th-century buildings, and one of the most famous performing arts venues in the world.

Night Falls Above Jesus Maria