The Rue Montorgueil, Paris, Celebration of June 30
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June 2, 2012
June 2, 2012
So how much are students studying? Well, not as much as we tell them they’re supposed to, it appears. Peter N. sent in an image from the Washington Post, summarizing the number of hours students from a range of majors report studying per week.
The data is based on self-reports from the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE). Critics express concerns with self-reports of studying; students may not have an accurate sense of how much time they spend preparing for class each week, especially as requirements fluctuate throughout the semester.
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June 2, 2012
"Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world."
— Oscar Wilde, The Critic As Artist (via vemardu)
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June 2, 2012
Nine Cats Who Live in Libraries
1. The library in Pine River, Minnesota, welcomed Browser in 2002. Browser has his own blog and Facebook page.
2. Piper, a kitten rescued from a drainpipe in 2000, moved into the library at The Arkansas School for the Blind. He was soon joined by Big Footsie in 2001. Current cats at the library include Alex, Shadow, and Bob.
3. Tober lives at the Thorntown Public Library in Thorntown, Indiana. You can follow Tober’s continuing adventure on his blog.
4. Sandy Rankine lives in The Central Library of the Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. Sandy is an elderly cat who suffers from diabetes, but library patrons and fans do what they can to help with her medical needs.
5. The Mooresville Public Library in Mooresville, Indiana is home to Cauli Le Chat, who is sometimes called Kit Cauliflower due to ear damage from a fight. She does not live at the library full time, but goes home with an employee at night. During the day, she is the library’s “roving reporter,” lending her name to a blog about everything that goes on at the library.
6. Page has lived at The Cazenovia Public Library in Cazenovia, New York since 2009.
7. The Schoharie Free Library in Schoharie, New York has a lovely ginger cat named Andy.
8. Libris lives at the Willet Memorial Library in Macon, Georgia. Libris was a feral feline adopted to replace the longtime library cat Squeakers, who passed on in 2008.
9. Anna Porter Public Library in Gatlinburg, Tennessee has a cat named Porter C. Bibliocat. Porter was named after the library’s founder, and the “C” stands for “Catalog.” He was adopted in 2009.
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June 2, 2012
The How and Why Wonder Book of Birds, copyright 1960. Illustrated by Walter Ferguson and Ned Smith.
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June 2, 2012
Rome: Ruins of the Forum, Looking Towards the Capitol by Canaletto, 1742. Rome is a fascinating place to study in terms of its changing appearance and how it has needed to work around the display and layout of the ancient ruins found across the city, (I have just completed a university module on this exact topic!) I believe the foreground structure is what is left of the Temple of Castor and Pollux, with the colonnade in the middle ground belonging to the Temple of Saturn. At the very end of the picture plane, creating the majority of the skyline shape, is the Palazzo Senatori. This building borders the south end of the Piazza del Campidoglio located at the summit of the Capitoline Hill, (the current appearance of the square is the design of Michelangelo). It is fair to say that some of the figures in this piece could be identified as tourists in the way they seem to admire the ruins as though they have never seen them before. This could therefore indicate that they may be part of the Grand Tour, which was a European excursion for the wealthiest men in Britain and Europe that involved a substantial amount of time studying the art and classical architecture of the city of Rome.
June 1, 2012
| News in Britain: | stamps have gone up 14 pence |
| News in America: | cannibal eats man's face |
June 1, 2012
June 1, 2012
the oath of the ancestors. 1822. Guillaume Guillon Lethiere.
June 1, 2012
June 1, 2012
Napoleon: Revolution to Empire exhibition opens tomorrow at the National Gallery of Victoria. If you’re in Melbourne, make sure you go check it out. More info here.
June 1, 2012
June 1, 2012
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 12247, f. 2v (Virtue stomping all over Vice). Traité des vertus, de leur excellence, et comment on les peut acquérir. France, early 16th century.
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June 1, 2012
June 1, 2012
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