Archive for November, 2011
November 25, 2011
This month you may have seen more men sporting moustaches this month than you may normally would. This is for Movember, a charity movement during the month of November that encourages the growing of moustaches to raise money and awareness for men’s health charities. We have been marking this at the Library with a display on the top floor of moustaches and articles about men’s health. Here is some further information about Movember:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movember
Tags:Charity, Facial Hair, Health, Movember
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November 24, 2011
Today marks the twentieth anniversary of the death of Freddie Mercury. In a career of twenty years, Freddie Mercury was one quarter of the groundbreaking rock band, Queen and was arguably one of the greatest showmen in music with one of the most distinctive and unique singing voices ever heard.
Now, as much as we at Thing of the Day would like to play Queen’s music at full blast, we probably wouldn’t be too popular with other people in the Library trying to work! Anyway, here is Queen’s website with information on Freddie Mercury and the other members:
http://queenonline.com/
Tags:Freddie Mercury, music, Probably the greatest showman who ever lived, Queen
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November 18, 2011
VADS (Visual Arts Data Service) is the online resource for visual arts, comprising over 100,000 images that are freely available and copyright cleared for use in learning, teaching and research in the UK. The images cover a wide range of subjects such as fashion, ceramics, furniture, plastics, posters and stained glass.
http://www.vads.ac.uk
Tags:art, ceramics, fashion, furniture, glass, image, photography, posters, textiles, visual arts
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November 16, 2011
TOTD has just received an alert from Apple stating that, in very rare cases, the battery in the iPod nano (1st generation) may overheat and pose a safety risk. This site should provide you with more than enough information about battery safety, the history of the battery and how they work.
http://batteryuniversity.com/
Tags:Apple, batteries, battery, cell, electricity, fuel, lithium, nickel, safety, Volta
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