Finals Week

Finals week is here. Are you ready?

Monday, December 12th, and Tuesday, December 13th, are regular class days. For day classes, finals take place as shown in the photo below. Night and weekend classes will have their final exams at the regular time the class meets.

"A date that will live in infamy"

(Image from the National Archives website; https://www.archives.gov/calendar/pearl-harbor-75)

President Franklin Roosevelt's famous words, which he delivered to Congress on December 8, 1941, are synonymous with the December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor. Over 2,000 Americans died on that fateful day. Let us pause to remember the sacrifice of those service members who gave their lives at Pearl Harbor, and to remember all of the past and present service members whose service affords us the freedoms we have in the United States today. 

For archival videos, links to newspaper accounts, and to see images of Roosevelt's speech, go to the National Archives Pearl Harbor page. 

For local coverage, the Lexington Herald-Leader for December 7, 2016, has an article about two Pearl Harbor veterans who live in Kentucky. 

Sources: 

FDR's "Day of Infamy" Speech: Crafting a Call to Arms. (2001). Prologue: Selected Articles, v. 33:4. Retrieved from:   https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2001/winter/crafting-day-of-infamy-speech.html 

Vote

What if you want to find out about the position of the candidates who are running in the 2016 election, even the local candidates?

On the VoteSmart website: https://votesmart.org/ voters can find out about the candidates, even your local representatives, and their positions on certain issues by putting in your home zip code. 

The staff of the Pulitzer prize-winning website, Politifact, http://www.politifact.com/, fact checks all that the presidential candidates and their running mates say and posts the information on the Politifact website.

For a lighter look at politics, check out the site, The Living Room Candidate: Presidential Campaign Commercials, 1952-2016, http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/. The site has full-length campaign commercials dating back to Eisenhower’s presidential campaign in 1952. Commercials can be searched by year released, type of commercial, or issues featured in the commercial.

Kentucky Secretary of State, Alison Lundergan Grimes, has a few sites where voters can see what candidates will be on the ballot, what a sample ballot looks like, and the election laws for the state of Kentucky. http://apps.sos.ky.gov/elections/candidatefilings/statewide/countyfilings.aspx (Candidate filings) http://elect.ky.gov/laws/Pages/default.aspx (KY election laws)

For specific information about the election process in Fayette County, go to the Fayette County Clerk’s website, https://www.fayettecountyclerk.com/web/elections

Banned Book Week 2016

Artwork by ALA

Each year during September, Sullivan University Library joins the American Library Association in observing Banned Books Week. An annual celebration of our right to access books and materials without censorship, Banned Books Week commemorates the most basic freedom in a democratic society—the freedom to read freely—and encourages us not to take this freedom for granted.

Since 1990, the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom has recorded more than 10,000 book challenges. A challenge is a formal, written complaint requesting a book be removed from library shelves or school curriculum. While books have been and continue to be banned, the fact is that, in a majority of cases, the challenged books have remained available. This happens only thanks to the efforts of librarians, teachers, students, and community members who stand up and speak out for the freedom to read. (ALA, 2016).

Visit the library to browse through our Banned Books Week display, and go to the library’s Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/SullivanLex) and blog (http://lexlibrary.blogspot.com/) to see–and learn about–some of the books that have been banned or challenged. To learn more about Banned Books Week, you can also visit http://www.ala.org/bbooks/bannedbooksweek/ideasandresources/.

Remembering a Celebrity Chef





Julia Child: 1912-2004

 

“I don’t think about whether people will remember me or not. I’ve been an okay person. I’ve learned a lot. I’ve taught people a thing or two. That’s what’s important.” – Julia Child *

Chef Julia Child, perhaps the first of the celebrity television chefs in the U.S., would have been 104 today. Happy Birthday!

Whether you watch an episode of the French Chef, try a recipe from Mastering the Art of French Cooking, or read one of her biographies, please celebrate Chef Julia’s birthday with good food.

Here are some resources to help you.

Appetite for Life: The Biography of Julia Child by Noel Riley Fitch; 641.5 C536a

Baking with Julia: Based on the PBS Series Hosted by Julia Child by Dorie Greenspan; 641.815 G815b

Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child by Bob Spitz; 641.5092 S761d

The French Chef with Julia Child; DVD 641.5944 F873

From Julia Child’s Kitchen by Julia Child; 641.5973 C536f

Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home by Julia Child; 641.5 C536c

Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Simone Beck and Julia Child; 641.5944 C536m

Mastering the Art of French Cooking 2 by Simone Beck and Julia Child; 641.5944 C536ma 1

*(http://www.pbs.org/food/julia-child/)

Are You feelin' saucy?

Join us this Friday for the BBQ sauce competition put on by the culinary club! 

Want to make a sauce?  Enter your sauce into the competition for only $5 per entry.  Sign up today on the culinary bulletin board if you’re interested in participating!  Each winner will receive a $50 award.

Want to just taste the sauces?  For only $5 you can taste all the sauces on either chicken or pork and vote on your favorite.  Your votes will determine the winners!

Questions?  Email Christina Robinson at cmrobinson@sullivan.edu or Brian Lanier, Culinary Club President, at BLANIE5082@my.sullivan.edu

Make mine a peanut butter and banana, hold the bacon.*

Though National Sandwich Day occurs during the month of November, National Sandwich Month is in August.

For your sandwich feasting, the library has many titles to choose from to make delicious sandwich creations, whether it’s a Kentucky Hot Brown that whets your sandwich appetite or a peanut butter and jelly that tickles your tummy.

• ·         The Banh Mi Handbook: Recipes for Crazy-Delicious Vietnamese Sandwiches by Andrea Nguyen; 641.5959 N576b
• ·         My Rustic Sandwiches: Great Recipes to Savor Artisan Bread by Sam Sidawi; 641.84 S568m
• ·         On Toast: Tartine, Crostini, and Open-Faced Sandwiches by Kristan Raines; 641.815 R155o
• ·         Roadfood Sandwiches: Recipes and Lore from Our Favorite Shops Coast to Coast by Jane and Michael Stern; 641.84 S839r
• ·         Sandwiches of the World: Recipes from 108 Great Chefs; OVERSIZE 641.84 B335c

On the national sandwich scene, here are some sites with sandwich statistics, mouth-watering images, and yummy recipes.

• CNN’s Top Sandwiches 

• Food Network’s Top Sandwich Recipes 

• Most Popular Sandwiches in America 2014 (A PB&J is number six on this list. Find out what number one is.)

And for some excellent local sandwich shops, check out these KY Proud establishments. 

• Dad’s Favorites 

• Stella’s Deli 

• Wallace Station & Windy Corner

Now that you’ve seen some of the choices out there, which one is your favorite? A banh mi, a grilled cheese, a peanut butter and jelly, or a Reuben? Let us know in the comments.

*Elvis’s favorite sandwich was rumored to be a fried peanut butter, banana, and bacon sandwich. Check out these sites for more information.

Bon Appétit’s article about Elvis's sandwich

Elvis Left the Building Long Ago. . .

Everyday Southwest’s peanut butter, banana, and bacon sandwich

July 4th and Other News

 

The Library will be CLOSED on July 4th in observance of Independence Day. Normal hours resume on July 5th.

FINDING LIBRARY MATERIALS

Looking for library resources and having problems getting started?

Take a look at the Library’s new bibliography list on our website, resource lists are available for all departments – from medical to culinary to technology – to help you find information on your next assignment.  http://libguides.sullivan.edu/SULex

LIBRARY HOURS

Summer Quarter library hours will be :

Monday – Thursday	8am – 9pm
Friday	8am – 6pm
Saturday	8am – 12pm







25 Fun, Fascinating and Serious Facts about the Indianapolis 500

Logo for the 2016 race

Since its inception in 1911 The Indianapolis 500 has become an integral part of the Memorial Day weekend. While it may seem odd at first glance to honor America’s fallen with an auto race, holding races to honor the fallen have ancient origins. In Homer’s epic poem, The Iliad, about the siege and sack of Troy, one of the heroes, Patroclus, dies in battle. Achilles holds games after Patroclus’ funeral, and the first event is a chariot race—the ancient equivalent to an auto race.

In anticipation of the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500…“Wait! Whoa,” you say? “If the race started in 1911, shouldn’t 2011 have been the 100th race?” Well, yes, if the race was held every year since its beginning. In fact, the race was not held in 1917-18 due to WWI, or in 1942-1945 due to WWII. As we were saying, in anticipation of this year’s race, here’s a list of fun, fascinating, serious, and some sad facts about the storied history of this cultural icon.

1.  French Lick, Indiana, was the first location considered by the founders, Carl G. Fisher, Jim Allison, Art Newby, and Frank Wheeler. How does the “French Lick 500” grab you?

2.  They end up purchasing a 328 acre farm five miles northwest of downtown Indianapolis for $72,000.00 in December, 1908. They incorporate it as the “Indianapolis Motor Speedway.”

3.  The inaugural race—a balloon race—took place in 1909. The winner finished 382 miles away near Ft. Payne, Alabama.

1909 balloon race

4.  The 1909 season was catastrophic. The gravel and tar construction could not safely handle the motorcycle and auto races. After only the third auto race, racing was suspended at the track.

5.  The track was repaved…with bricks—3.2 million bricks weighing 10 pounds each. By the time construction workers finished the track, locals were calling it “The Brickyard.” The Brickyard has been an affectionate nickname for the track ever since. One yard of the original bricks mark the start/finish line of the track.

6.  The first 500-mile race was held on May 30, 1911 and was called “International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race.” 40 cars competed, 39 of them with 2-man crews—a driver and what was called a “riding mechanic.” One car, a Marmon Wasp, had only a driver, Ray Harroun, and he won the race averaging a little over 74 miles per hour.  To compensate for the lack of a mechanic who could look behind while the driver kept his eyes on the track, Harroun had a mirror mounted on struts above the coaming making the birth of the rear-view mirror.

1911 Marmon Wasp

7.  The 1911 500 also marks the first use of a “pace car,” conceived as a way to reduce first-lap mayhem. Since then, 27 carmakers—all of them American—have furnished pace cars. Chevrolet has paced the most 500s with 32 times.

Chevy's 1st Pace Car: 1948 Fleetmaster Six (this example is a replica)

8.  23 difference car manufacturers were represented in the 1911 Indy 500. Of those makes only three are still in business today: Buick, Fiat, and Mercedes.

9.  In 1913, Frenchman Jules Goux drank champagne at each of six pit stops. He dominated the race, driving a Peugeot and averaged nearly 76 miles per hour. He’s the first European winner and the first to go 500 miles without a relief driver.

10.  In 1914 a new rule goes into effect: no alcoholic consumption while racing. Coincidence? I think not.

11.  Eddie Rickenbacker competes in four races before he enlists in WWI. Fortunately, he flew and shot a lot better than he raced. He became America’s “Ace of Aces” with 26 aerial victories. After WWI, Rickenbacker maintained his ties to racing, becoming the Speedway’s manager in 1927, a post he held until 1945.

12. In 1936 the Borg-Warner Trophy was first presented. It cost $10,000.00 to commission and today is worth $3.5 million dollars. It is 5 feet-four inches tall, made of sterling silver, and has the names and faces of each Indy 500 winner inscribed upon it.

Borg-Warner Trophy

13. Also in 1936: Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Louis Meyer regularly drank buttermilk to refresh himself on a hot day and happened to drink some in Victory Lane as a matter of habit after winning. An executive with what was then the Milk Foundation was so elated when he saw the moment captured in a photograph in the sports section of his newspaper the following morning that he vowed to make sure it would be repeated in coming years. "There was a period between 1947-55 when milk was apparently not offered, but the practice was revived in 1956 and it has been a tradition ever since."-http://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com/events/indy500/history/indy-500-traditions-faqs/traditions

14. By 1945 the Speedway was in a bad state of repair. Rickenbacker seriously considered selling the complex to real-estate developers, but in November 1945, three-time 500 winner Wilbur Shaw brokered a $750,000 deal that transferred ownership to Tony Hulman. Shaw became Speedway president.

15. 1950 marks the first documented use of the phrase, “Gentlemen, start your…” Originally, the complete phrase was “Gentlemen, start your motors!” In 1952, or maybe 1953, the phrase was changed to the now iconic, “Gentlemen, start your engines!”

16. In 1952 Ferrari makes its first and only 500 appearance.

17. In 1977 Janet Guthrie became the first female driver to qualify for the Indy 500. The Speedway management insisted that the starting command would not be changed. After a lot of “hoo-ha,” when the time came, Tony Hulman said, “In company with the first lady ever to qualify at Indianapolis, gentlemen, start your engines!” She qualified again in 1978, and the phrase used was simply, “Lady and gentlemen, start your engines!” This has been the form whenever female drivers have qualified (“Ladies” being used if there are multiple female drivers.)

18. Going back to the 1950s, in 1955 Alice Greene, then a young copywriter, coins the phrase “greatest spectacle in racing.” Race announcer, Sid Collins, makes it a cultural phenomenon by using it at every commercial break by saying, “Stay tuned for the greatest spectacle in racing.”

19. Nine women have raced in the Indianapolis 500: Janet Guthrie (1977-79); Lyn St. James (1992-97, 2000); Sarah Fisher (2000-04, 2007-10); Danica Patrick (2005-11); Milka Duno (2007-09); Ana Beatriz (2010-12); Simona de Silvestro (2010-12); Pippa Mann (2011); and Katherine Legge (2012).

20. Three drivers have won the Indianapolis 500 four times each: A.J. Foyt (1961, 1964, 1967, 1977); Al Unser (1970, 1971, 1978, 1987); and Rick Mears (1979, 1984, 1988, 1991)

21. Eight drivers have won as Indianapolis 500 rookies: Ray Harroun (1911, inaugural race); Jules Goux (1913); Rene Thomas (1914); Frank Lockhart (1926); George Souders (1927); Graham Hill (1966); Juan Pablo Montoya (2000); and Helio Castroneves (2001)

22. In the must go faster department: The fastest official lap ever of 237.498 mph was made by Arie Luyendyk during qualifying May 12, 1996. Luyendyk made a faster lap of 239.260 mph during practice two days earlier. It was the fastest lap ever at the Speedway, but practice laps are not official.

23. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is the world’s largest spectator sports venue. The entire complex covers over 1,000 acres and the infield, at 253 acres, is big enough to fit the Roman Colosseum, Yankee Stadium, the Rose Bowl, Churchill Downs, the Wimbledon tennis complex, and Vatican City with room to spare.

Wow, that's big!

24. There are 250,000 permanent seats at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. If they were set up in a single line they would stretch 99.5 miles, a distance from the Speedway to just shy of the junction of I-74 and I-275 outside of Cincinnati, Ohio.

99.5 miles

25. By the numbers: 1.3 gallons of fuel (methanol) burned per lap, per car; 124,000 gallons of beer, 24,000 gallons of Coca-Cola, and 475 gallons of ketchup to accompany 8,000 pounds of pork tenderloin sandwiches, 10 tons of “Track Fries”, 10,000 pounds of hamburgers, and enough hot dogs and brats that, if they were laid end-to-end, would reach around the oval 3 times; 45th—the Speedway on race day becomes the nation’s 45th largest “city”; $996,400.00: cost for a team to race at Indy, 4,900: average number of tires used by a team during practicing, qualifying, and racing; 44: the average number of tires used per car during the race itself ; 33 drivers from 11 countries; and, sadly, there have been a number of deaths: 38 drivers (14 in the race, 5 in qualifying, 17 in practice, 1 in testing, and 1 during his driver’s test), 12 riding mechanics, 5 spectators, 2 firemen, 2 pit crew, and the perhaps the most tragic and bizarre of all—1 young boy who wasn’t even at the race track. Wilbur Brink, age 12, was in his front yard on Georgetown Street during the 1932 race when Billy Arnold crashed on lap 162. A wheel that broke loose bounced out of the track and across Georgetown St., where it struck young Brink, killing him instantly.

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Sources: Too many to list. If you're interested contact one of the librarians at liblex@sullivan.edu  You can also find many of the sources used by Googling "Indianapolis 500 facts".

Take a Moment to Remember

(http://www.nypl.org/blog/2008/05/23/decoration-day)

This coming Monday will be Memorial Day. Do you know what it is for? Did you know that it wasn’t always called Memorial Day or that it wasn’t always observed on the last Monday in May?

No one really knows when—or where—Memorial Day first began, but observances were first held as a way of honoring those of both the North and South who died in battle in the Civil War. These events took place as early as 1866; although the village of Boalsburg, Pennsylvania claims to have held the first observance in 1864. Some 25 communities claim to be the birthplace of Memorial Day. On April 26, 1866, the women of Columbus, Mississippi gathered to lay flowers on the graves of Confederate soldiers who had died in the Battle of Shiloh. In a moment of compassion, seeing the neglected state of the graves of the Union soldiers, and perhaps realizing that these soldiers also had grieving mothers, laid flowers on their graves as well. Macon and Columbus, Georgia, and Richmond, Virginia, also claim being the first to decorate the graves of Confederate casualties.

There is a marker stone in a Carbondale, Illinois, cemetery that states a ceremony to decorate the graves of Union soldiers took place there on April 29, 1866—just three days after the event in Columbus, Mississippi. In Waterloo, New York, a ceremony on May 5, 1866, honored its soldiers who died in the Civil War as well as local veterans who had fought in the conflict. Businesses closed and residents flew flags at half-staff.
One common element among these observances is that that they were all local events, and many of them were one-time occasions. Another is that they were virtually all called “Decoration Day.” These events also all occurred in the spring—in April or May.

(http://fernandinaobserver.com
/2014/05/25/
remembering-decoration-day-
on-memorial-day/)

In early May of 1868, General James Logan, who was the leader of the Grand Army of the Republic (the GAR, an organization of Union veterans of the Civil War, akin to today’s VFW—Veterans of Foreign Wars), declared that May 30th of each year, “Decoration Day,” should be “designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village, and hamlet church-yard in the land.”  While this directive applied only to members of the GAR, many locales picked up the practice. In 1871 Michigan became the first state to make May 30th a state holiday. By 1890, every Northern state had also made it a state holiday, though the observance of the day was nation-wide.

(http://loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3g08122/)

 After World War I the day’s focus on Civil War dead shifted to remembering the fallen from all American conflicts. The phrase “Memorial Day” was used as early as 1882, but did not have much popularity until after WWII. In 1971 an Act of Congress established the phrase Memorial Day as the official name of the Federal holiday and also moved the observance to the last Monday in May.


Memorial Day has its own traditions:

• Federal facilities are mandated to raise the US flag briskly to the top of the mast, then slowly lower it to half-mast. The flag is to remain at half-mast until noon whereupon it is once again raise to full height. Many scout troops throughout the nation will place small American flags on the graves of those who served in the US military. Flags are also placed on the graves of those in Arlington National Cemetery, the American Cemetery in Normandy, France, and Kentucky’s own Camp Nelson. Ceremonies are held at Arlington and other National cemeteries and often include the playing of “Taps.”

  

  (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taps)

• Many communities hold Memorial Day parades. Ironton, Ohio, claims to have the nation’s oldest continuously held Memorial Day Parade. Its first parade was held in 1868, and it has been held every year since. The parade in Washington, D.C. is the nation’s largest.
• The running of the “Indianapolis 500” (aka Indy 500) has become an integral part of the Memorial Day celebrations. The first 500 was held on Decoration Day in 1911. This year’s race will mark the 100th running. (The race was not held in 1917-18, and 1942-45 due to WWI, and WWII.)
• Cookouts and picnics are also part of the celebrations. Memorial Day is considered the unofficial start to cookout season and is the nation’s second-largest cookout day. July 4th has the top spot with Labor Day taking third place. 87% of the cookouts will include hamburgers, and steak comes in second. In fact, Memorial Day is the biggest day of the year for beef consumption—nearly 60 million pounds of it. Depending on the year and source, hot dogs (71 million of them), or chicken, take third place. Many cookouts (such as your truly’s) will feature several—or even all of those entrees. Corn on the cob is the top side item; veggies are second, and potatoes take third place.
• Memorial Day weekend is also the unofficial start to the summer travel season. AAA projects that nearly 37 million Americans will take to the road on the weekend. Sadly, almost 400 of those will die in collisions on the way.
• The National Memorial Day Concert which began in 1989 takes place on the west lawn of the US Capital in Washington, D.C. It is televised by PBS. This year’s concert performers will include General Colin L. Powell; Renée Fleming; The Beach Boys; The National Symphony Orchestra; The U.S. Army Herald Trumpets, The U.S. Army Chorus, The Soldiers' Chorus of the U.S. Army Field Band, The U.S. Navy Band Sea Chanters, The U.S. Air Force Singing Sergeants, the Armed Forces Color Guard, and Service Color Teams.
• A new, and not yet well-known tradition is the “National Moment of Remembrance.” Enacted in 2001, the National Moment of Remembrance encourages “Americans everywhere, to pause for one minute at 3:00 p.m. (local time) on Memorial Day, to remember and reflect on the sacrifices made by so many to provide freedom for all.”

  

  (http://jamiolsworld.com/)

Many families have their own traditions. In my home, we display the US flag, have a cookout if the weather cooperates, and watch patriotic films (such as “Band of Brothers”) as a way of remembering the fallen.

What are your family traditions?
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Sources:
http://www.va.gov/opa/speceven/memday/history.asp
http://www.usmemorialday.org/

http://www.hallofgovernors.ny.gov/generic/memorialdayexhibit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Day

http://www.pbs.org/national-memorial-day-concert/home/

http://time.com/money/3889851/memorial-day-sales-deals-traffic-statistics/

http://www.grillmaestro.com/fun-memorial-day-bbq-facts.htm

"Seven Fun Memorial Day Facts for the Holiday Weekend"

http://www.hpba.org/consumers/barbecue/fun-facts-about-barbecue

http://www.hot-dog.org/media/consumption-stats

"Memorial Day Marks the Largest Beef Consumption Day of the Year"