The benefits of reading are legion

Image courtesy: a) Cheshire Public Library; b) www.pinterest.com 

On the same shelf:

• The Benefits of Reading: 5 Reasons Why You Should Read More

How Bad / Good / Happy /Sad Facebook Makes You Feel - Facebook Misery Index

How Bad Facebook Makes You Feel - Facebook Misery Index [INFOGRAPHIC]

"For every Facebook post that makes you smile there's one that make you grimace, shudder, or frown. Follow along as this infographic (from techhive) lists the relative delight and misery caused by 15 prototypical timeline posts - People who post the photos and words that cause the most damage - and 10 most misery-inducing Facebook posts. Compare your own Facebook experience to the sample index below, and ask yourself if Facebook account is, on balance, a good thing or a bad habit. "

Language of the Hands and Feet

Seven Things Your Hands Say About You

1. Blotchy red palms
2. Finger length
3. Swollen fingers
4. Pale nails
5. Tiny red stripes under the nails
6. Thick, rounded fingertips
7. Blue fingertips

Continue to read : Edited By Stephanie Dawson @ positivemed.com here or By Melanie Haiken @ Caring.com here or here: 7 Things Your Hands Say About Your Health 



See also on the same shelf:

• 7 Hand Gestures That Make You Look Like a Real Intellectual
• Language of the Hands & Feet
• Just your hands can say a lot about you! - Times Of India 
• How to Read Your Fingers wiki How To

In research, as in so much of life, the devil is in the details

The Illustrated Guide To A Ph.D
Matt Might, Matt.Might.Net

"Every fall, I explain to a fresh batch of Ph.D. students what a Ph.D. is.
It's hard to describe it in words.
So, I use pictures. "
Bottomline: "So, don't forget the bigger picture:" Read the visualizations: here

Read also the comments from readers (see full list of 41 comments here)

On the same shelf:

• Life as a Doctoral Student | Department of Industrial Engineering   
• Working life of doctoral students : challenges for research education 
• Nowhere to turn | Education | The Guardian  -- Neither a good first degree nor a taught masters adequately prepares new PhD students for the life of doctoral research.
•  PHD Comics: Running Behind
• PhD Timeline Checklist 
• PhD Program Timeline   
• Timeline for a PhD Dissertation - Boku

To MOOC or not to MOOC: Infographic:

courtesy: Stephen Abram




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