The Story of Us: Intro — Wait But Why This is society. Now let’s zoom in on the left arm. Further. Okay see those skin flaps on the elbow? Let’s zoom in on the bottom one. Little more. There! Hi. So let me explain why we’re here. As a writer and a generally thinky person, I’ve spent a lot of my life thinking about the society I live in, and societies in general. When you’re a single cell in the body of a giant, it’s hard to understand what the giant’s doing, or why it is the way it is, because you can’t really zoom out and look at the whole thing all at once. The thing is, when I’ve recently tried to imagine what society might look like, I haven’t really been picturing this: Based on what I see around me, in person and online, it seems like my society is actually more like this: Individual humans grow older as they age—but it kind of seems like the giant human I live in has been getting more childish each year that goes by. So I decided to write a blog post about this. Don’t do it. They were right. One last thing. And away we go…
Video - Creative Commons Ce dispositif nouveau dans l'académie de Nantes, est un projet collaboratif qui regroupe cinq classes de collèges (de la 5e à la 3e) et des artistes associés à Stéréolux un lieu de découverte et de soutien aux musiques actuelles et arts du numériques à Nantes. Le projet qui se déroule de septembre à fin mai a permis à des classes éloignées géographiquement de travailler ensemble avec un auteur, Eric Pessan cette année, en utilisant une plateforme numérique d'échanges. Eric Pessan proposait des consignes d'écriture et chaque classe devait y répondre en publiant sur cette plateforme. De plus, des artistes (plasticiens, réalisateurs, musiciens) sont intervenus deux jours en résidence dans les collèges pour créer avec les élèves une production artistique (création sonore, petits films d'animation, films) Ce projet a été mené par les professeurs de lettres, arts plastiques et documentation.
Free to Use and Reuse Page from “Red Riding Hood,” Lydia L.A. Very, 1863. Cover, right. Photos by Shawn Miller. Frankly, we’ve always wondered about how quick on the uptake Little Red Riding Hood actually was. It’s Children’s Book Week, so we present you this marvelous 1863 edition of “Red Riding Hood” (she hadn’t achieved “little” status yet), a tiny, 18-page book cut in the shape of the star herself, with the aformentioned wolf at her feet. Moral of the story: Listen to your mom and make sure granny hasn’t shape-shifted on you since Thanksgiving. Subscribe to the blog— it’s free! And now for something completely different. This month, we’re highlighting selections from the Library’s vast international poster collection on our Free to Use and Reuse page – and an animation contest. This is a guest post by Flynn Shannon, who interned this summer in the Library’s Communications Office through the Junior Fellows Program. To celebrate Irish-American Heritage Month—and of course St.
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Free to Use and Reuse – and Animate! A Parade of Posters A French poster from the early 1900s advertises noodles and pasta using images of celebrities, some holding packages of the product. This month, we’re highlighting selections from the Library’s vast international poster collection on our Free to Use and Reuse page – and an animation contest. The posters we’re showcasing – on themes from travel, sports and entertainment to consumer goods and more – reflect a special collaboration between the Library and Poster House, a new museum that will open in New York City next year. The museum’s staff worked closely with specialists from the Library’s Prints and Photographs Division to select the 31 posters featured. Each connects in some way to a global cultural event or trend from the 1890s through the 1960s. A pair of skiers promotes the Jantzen skiwear brand in this 1947 poster. Poster House now invites you to re-imagine the selected posters using digital animation: Can you tease new meaning out of a scene?
Immigration Timeline - The Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island By the 1880's, steam power had shortened the journey to America dramatically. Immigrants poured in from around the world: from the Middle East, the Mediterranean, Southern and Eastern Europe, and down from Canada. The door was wide open for Europeans. One immigrant recalled arriving at Ellis Island: "The boat anchored at mid-bay and then they tendered us on the ship to Ellis Island…We got off the boat…you got your bag in your hand and went right into the building. Families often immigrated together during this era, although young men frequently came first to find work. The experience for Asian immigrants in this period was quite different. The 1907 "Gentlemen's Agreement" with Japan extended the government's hostility towards Asian workers and families. For Mexicans victimized by the Revolution, Jews fleeing the pogroms in Eastern Europe and Russia, and Armenians escaping the massacres in Turkey, America provided refuge. And for millions of immigrants, New York provided opportunity.
'As happy as a clam' - the meaning and origin of this phrase What's the meaning of the phrase 'As happy as a clam'? Very happy and content. What's the origin of the phrase 'As happy as a clam'? Why would clams be happy? "It never occurred to him to be discontented... The first definitive record that I can find of the 'high water' version is from the US newspaper The Bangor Daily Whig And Courier, December 1841: "Your correspondent has given an interesting, and, undoubtedly correct explanation of the expression: 'As happy as a clam at high water.'" However, several biographies of General Robert E. The expression was well-enough known in the USA by the late 1840s for it to have been included in John Russell Bartlett's Dictionary Of Americanisms - A Glossary of Words And Phrases Usually Regarded As Peculiar To The United States, 1848: "As happy as a clam at high water," is a very common expression in those parts of the coast of New England where clams are found. See other 'as x as y similes'. See other phrases that were coined in the USA.
Images. | Gallica Sous toutes ses formes, par la richesse et la variété de ses supports, par sa double qualité d’œuvre d’art et de document, l’image occupe une place importante dans les collections de la BnF et dans Gallica. Représentée dans les collections depuis la fin du XVIIe siècle, d’abord sous la forme de l’estampe et du dessin, elle s’est développée, au fil des inventions et des innovations techniques, sous d'autres formes, pour devenir omniprésente et engager l’ensemble des collections. Si le département des Estampes et de la photographie leur fait naturellement la part la plus belle, nombre d’images sont également conservées aux départements des Arts du spectacle, des Cartes et Plans, de la Musique, de la bibliothèque-musée de l’Opéra ou de l’Arsenal.