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Planning a trip to Europe or elsewhere in the world? Want to know how many euros are in a United States dollar? Would you like to know the name of the currency in, say, South Africa? (It's the "rand" by the way...). XE (whom call themselves "the world's favorite currency site") has several tools available for you. One of the first features you'll see is their Quick Cross Rates chart, which has values for the most common currencies of the world. Just below that is XE's Universal Currency Converter where you can convert currencies yourself.
Click on the XE link above or go here to visit the site.
By the way, if you were wondering about the image above, it's an Italian 1000 "lira" note, a defunct form of money since the introduction of the euro.
Ever wonder what the temperature in Fahrenheit degrees would be in Centigrade? Planning a trip to Montreal and you'd like to know how many liters are in a gallon? World Wide Metric has a pretty handy online Metric/English conversion device that'll change any English unit of measure to Metric with a few clicks. Find the unit of measure you want to convert, type the amount you have in the appropriate box and click on calculate.
Try it out here.
“Once upon a midnight, dreary...” – Poe, The Raven
It’s the Big Read time of the year again! This year’s Big Read is author Edgar Allan Poe and the Poughkeepsie Public Library District will be celebrating the works of the famous mystery author throughout the month of October. If you’d like to know more, go to their site for a schedule of events and locations.
The Ritz Library of Dutchess Community College will be featuring a display dedicated to Poe’s life and work, featuring books, curio objects and photographs of Poe’s homes. The Ritz Reference Department staff has also created a webpage for the event here.
On October 19th and 20th the Dutchess Community College Department of English presents “Poe Goes to the Movies.” Clips from film adaptations will be shown in conjunction with live readings of Poe’s works by DCC professors John Desmond and Richard Malboeuf. Light refreshments will be served and both events are free and open to the public. Times and locations for both dates are:
October 19: 7:30pm-8:30pm, in Bowne Hall, Rm 122
October 20: 9:30am-12pm, in the DCC Theatre, Dutchess Hall
