HUM 112 HIS 105 American Literature Mark Twain

American Lit

PHI 212 Stoic Philosophy for Moderns

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REL 212 HUM 111 Roman Jerusalem

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REL 212 World Religions Hinduism

What do Hindus believe? How do they see the world? What do Christians and Hindus have in common, and what are the major differences?

January 16, 2013 at 1:00 AM

70.9 MB (Audio)

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hinduism/id592632558?i=1000331995894&mt=2


Beaver Creek Nazarene Church

REL 212 Hora, Jewish Wedding Dance

Hora

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REL 212 Diwali

Hinduism Festivals Module for HUM 111

Learning Objective:

The student in the Hinduism Festivals module will understand Diwali and the Festival of Lights by answering the six prompts during the video.

Assessment:

The professor will verify the learning objective by responding individually to the student, correcting if necessary, and answering any additional questions the student has about Diwali.

REL 212 Zoroastrian

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REL 212 Hinduism: Rama, A God Among Humans

The story of “ Rama, A God Among Humans” is about a prince named Rama who was favored to reign on the throne of his father Dasaratha; but was banished to our world when his evil stepmother Kaikeyi wished that her son Bharata would rein in his place . His father could not refuse the request of his wife because he was a righteous king and this transgression would have looked bad in the eyes of his citizens. Dasaratha died of a broken heart after banishing Rama. Rama was sent to the forest of Dandaka where he was estimated to have killed fourteen thousand demons in battle. His brother Laksmana accompanied him along with Sita, “the model of a devout Hindu Wife.” Ravana, the king of demons, hearing about the slaughter of his kin, kidnapped Rama’s wife Sita and fled to his Kingdom of Linka. Hanuman the great monkey joined Rama in his quest to find Sita in the Kingdom of Linka. Hanuman burned the city down, but spared Sita in his fierce attack. Rama defeated Ravana when he travelled to the city and named Vibhisana as the lord of the demons in Lanka after. Sadly, Rama had to banish Sita from his kingdom because people began questioning if she had remained pure and faithful to him while staying in the castle of Ravana. This broke Ramas heart because he knew that she was faithful, but in order to maintain his reputation as a righteous kind he banished his wife.

REL 212 Hindu Response to Muslim Aggression

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REL 212 HUM 112 Palestinian Lies: Jewish Colonialism

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REL 212 Sufism

Sufism, like many terms in the study of Islam, can be difficult to define and even more difficult to handle, but Alexander Knysh, in Sufism: A New History (Princeton University Press, 2017), has produced a primer that will both challenge and reinforce many of the assumptions we’ve made in the study of Islamic mysticism. Knysh walks us through how to define Sufism, the origins of Sufism (including the influence of the Hellenic world), how texts fit into our consideration of Sufism, contemporary developments in Sufism, and more. He places this within the framework of outsiders and insiders (to Sufism), challenging us to understand better how the study of Sufism itself came into being. The entire book itself is in conversation, not simply with theoretical debates in Islamic studies and the study of religion, but also the greater field of history. Nadirah Mansour is a graduate student at Princeton University’s Department of Near Eastern Studies working on the global intellectual history of the Arabic-language press. She tweets @NAMansour26 and produces another Middle-East and North Africa-related podcast: Reintroducing.

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HUM 111 Mayan Complex Discovered

Mayans

How I Stayed Roman Catholic at Harvard

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Top Training Resources

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Learning Innovation Conversation with Melina Uncapher

Learning Innovation Conversation with Melina Uncapher

 ExCITe welcomes Dr. Melina Uncapher for a Learning Innovation Conversation moderated by ExCITe Director Youngmoo Kim on Tuesday, January 30th at 6pm at the Study Hotel at Drexel University. Dr. Uncapher will speak to innovations in neuroscience and solving real-world problems in education and technology. About Melina Uncapher: Dr. Melina Uncapher is an Assistant Professor in the Dept of Neurology at UC San Francisco, and Director of Education for Neuroscape, a new center that aims to bridge neuroscience and technology. Dr. Uncapher has spent 16 yrs at the forefront of learning neuroscience, and now applies research to solve real-world problems in education and technology. Dr. Uncapher leads a multi-university National Science Foundation-funded network studying how executive function contributes to academic achievement, and is leading a initiative to launch Learning Engineering as a new way to build research-practice partnerships. She co-founded and is CEO of a nonprofit that arms educators and students with practical tools based on learning science, Institute for Applied Neuroscience TDr. Uncapher also runs a NIH-funded research program that investigates whether technology use is associated with neurocognitive changes. She co-chaired a 2015 National Academy of Sciences conference on children and technology, and sits on the board of the Institute of Digital Media and Child Development. She also holds an affiliation with Stanford’s Psychology Department and is a MacArthur Scholar. Her work has been highlighted in media outlets such as the New York Times, PBS, and Frontline. Her science outreach work includes serving as Script Supervisor on the Emmy-nominated PBS TV series The Brain with David Eagleman, and as scientific advisor on an award-winning short film about the brain.

REL 205 Religion and Conflict

Religion and Conflict

HIS 105 HUM 112 Dinesh D'Souza on Alinsky, KKK, the Left

Alinsky, KKK, the Left

HUM 111 Great Wall

China

HUM 111 Goths

Goths

HUM 111 Teenage Wasteland Rome

Rome

REL 212 Unification Church Moonies

Moonie

HIS 105 HUM 112 Hollywood Babylon vs. WASP America, Buffalo Springfield

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HUM 111 Julius Caesar, Veni, Vidi, Vici

Arguably Caesar’s most well-known quote, “veni, vidi, vici” is just another example of Caesar’s superb statesmanship.

One could argue that a good knowledge of PR was the most important skill a Roman politician had to master, seeing as they needed the votes of the people to obtain power. (Whether or not they obtained these votes without bribing the people is another discussion, and such a thing was commonplace, if not legal, in ancient Rome.)

Caesar was perhaps the best Roman statesman throughout Ancient Roman period, as seen by his accomplishments in political and social reform during his period as consul and, later, dictator of Rome. Caesar knew how to form strong bonds with the people and maintain them. The best way to do this while he was away on campaign was to write letters back to Rome, letting the public know what he was doing and informing them of the battles he won for Rome. Doing this, he assured his people that he was off fighting (and winning, for the Romans only cared for a general that won his battles), for the glory of Rome.

While Caesar was away, his legions came under attack from Pharnaces II of Pontus in what is known as the Battle of Zela. After managing to rally his legions and defeat the enemy army after they took Caesar by surprise, Caesar writes his iconic “catch-phrase” of “veni, vidi,vici”, in a letter back to Rome.

This let the Roman people believe that Caesar won a quick and decisive victory in his short war against Pontus, implying Caesar’s great ability as a general.

So, to summarise, Caesar used this phrase to imply a short and decisive victory to inform the Roman people that he was still winning battles quickly and effectively for the glory of Rome for the purpose of keeping a good relation with the Roman people who would later vote him into political power.

HUM 111 112 Renaissance Map 1587

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HUM 111 Rome & China

Rome and China knew about one another. Or, at least, each one knew that there was another large empire across the great expanse of what we now know as Eurasia, even if they were sparse on further details. Rome knew China as Seres, the land from which silk came (at ruinous expense). China knew Rome as Daqin, and perhaps recognized it as the source of glass. However, no Roman that we know of ever got as far as east as China, nor did anyone from China get as far as the Roman empire. There were a couple of near misses on each side (one Chinese ambassador got to Persia but was misled about the remaining distance to Rome and gave up in despair, while a Roman merchant got only a few days’ journey from Chinese-controlled Kashgar), and it’s at least plausible that Byzantine dignitaries visited China (though, since the accounts of such visitors only exist as brief mentions in Chinese records, it’s unclear if they were real Romans/Byzantines, natives of client states claiming to represent the empire, or simply con men), but China and the classical Roman empire never directly contacted one another.

Obsolete Car Audio: Cassettes

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HUM 112 Chopin and Jimmy Page

 At Chopin’s request this was played at his funeral. Hans von Bülow called the prelude "suffocation", due to its sense of despair. In fact, Chopin's last dynamic marking in the piece is smorzando, which means "dying away". But the prelude may have once been given a title. According to George Sand's daughter Solange, who stayed with the composer at the monastery in Majorca when the preludes were written, "My mother gave a title to each of Chopin’s wonderful Preludes; these titles have been preserved on a score he gave to us." ^[1] That titled score is lost. But Solange did record the names of the preludes, apparently without assigning the names to the prelude numbers. It is believed that the title "Quelles larmes au fond du cloître humide?" ("What tears [are shed] from the depths of the damp monastery?") corresponds to Prelude No. 4.  In any case it is clear that this was intended as a mournful piece. 



Prelude No. 4

Prelude No 4 in E minor, Op 28

REL 212 Gen Z Least Christian Generation in American History

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REL 212 Google Home Not Jesus

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HUM 112 Ritchie Blackmore Ode to Joy

Richard Hugh Blackmore (born 14 April 1945) is an English guitarist and songwriter. He was one of the founder members of Deep Purple in 1968, playing jam-style hard-rock music which mixed guitar riffs and organ sounds. During his solo career, he established a heavy metal band called Rainbow which fused baroque music influences and elements of hard rock. Rainbow steadily moved to catchy pop-style mainstream rock. Later in life, he formed the traditional folk rock project, Blackmore's Night, transitioning to vocalist-centred sounds. As a member of Deep Purple, Blackmore was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2016.

Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968. The band is considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although their musical approach changed over the years. Originally formed as a progressive rock band, the band shifted to a heavier sound in 1970. Deep Purple, together with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, have been referred to as the "unholy trinity of British hard rock and heavy metal in the early to mid-seventies". They were listed in the 1975 Guinness Book of World Recordsas "the globe's loudest band" for a 1972 concert at London's Rainbow Theatre, and have sold over 100 million albums worldwide.

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HUM 111: Martin Luther Social Networks

Social Networks