I picked up one of my favorite books, The Lion River;The Indus by Jean Fairley, (1975, NY) and read a few pages at breakfast. A couple of lines were particularly enjoyable, like the last one in the following excerpt for its language:
p 15: "Now the Chinese are deliberately and cleverly undermining Tibetan Buddhism. For a people that has always been oriented to the gods a break with them, if practical materialism wins, can be traumatic.
"It may very well not win. The Tibetans are among the most independent and self-reliant people in the world and progress enforced by bullying is unlikely to be well rooted. Moreover they have a special gaiety against which the portentous earnestness of communism may shatter itself."
And this paragraph because it feels like I'm actually there, and for its unexpected (probably unintended) humor:
p 16: "Merchants ride the trails on small sturdy ponies, their goods packed on the backs of asses or yaks. There were practically no bridges on the high Indus (the Chinese have probably built some now) and animals and men crossed it by swimming or walking; in the strong current, with slippery rocks underfoot, this was a dangerous business and traders might have to wait weeks for the right moment. Yaks and ponies were were usually strong swimmers, although sometimes it was necessary to drive the yaks into the water and pelt them with stones to keep them going, and the men often crossed under tow, hanging on to the animal's tails. Goats were nervous and unreliable but sheep were unexpectedly cunning, using the current to traverse the river diagonally."
Maybe it's just me, but hearing of sheep being cunning and coming up with such a good idea was both interesting and brought on a smile.
Saturday, February 10, 2007
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Tituba
Location: Boston
SusanH posted this. Great find
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webmaestro
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The second course by HP was screwy. I made me identify the type of computer and ed me to take some Lynx course I could not register for the course I wanted...what a crock! Confused
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Free Online Courses & Articles
Tituba
Location: Boston
SusanH posted this. Great find
http://university.barnesandnoble.com/
HP also offers classes
http://h30187.www3.hp.com/all_courses.jsp?hplcpsession=694e8c00606c7c76c543cfd5489f
More free classes
http://www.docnmail.com/
http://www.learnthat.com/
http://web.austin.utexas.edu/wlh/index.cfm
http://classes.cnet.com/all-courses/
webmaestro
Location: Mississauga, Ontario
PostPosted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 11:47 Post subject: Reply with quote Edit/Delete this post Delete this post View IP address of poster
The second course by HP was screwy. I made me identify the type of computer and ed me to take some Lynx course I could not register for the course I wanted...what a crock! Confused
Tituba
Free articles
http://learnshareprosper.com/articles.html
http://www.legacyinaction.com/articles.html
http://www.workingsolo.com/biztools/articles/articleslist.html
http://www.barbarawinter.com/tipsheets-main.htm
http://www.changingcourse.com/archives/
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Yale Offering Free Classes on Web
Tituba
Location: Boston
Thu Sep 21, 2006 subject: Yale Offering Free Classes on Web
BOSTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) -- Yale University said on Wednesday it will offer digital videos of some courses on the Internet for free, along with transcripts in several languages, in an effort to make the elite private school more accessible.
While Princeton University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and others already offer course material online without charge, Yale is the first to focus on free video lectures, the New Haven, Connecticut-based school said.
The 18-month pilot project will provide videos, syllabi and transcripts for seven courses beginning in the 2007 academic year. They include "Introduction to the Old Testament," "Fundamentals of Physics" and "Introduction to Political Philosophy."
The courses cannot be counted toward a Yale degree, and educators say they are no substitute for actual teaching.
Students at Yale -- one of the nation's most exclusive schools and the alma mater of U.S. President George W. Bush -- can be expected to spend nearly $46,000 for this year's tuition, room and board.
"This is a wonderful opportunity for us to share a vital and central part of the Yale experience with those who, for whatever reason, are not in a position to pursue a Yale education at first hand," Yale President Richard Levin said in a written statement.
The project is funded by a $755,000 grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
xostali
New Poster
Location: WI
Thu Dec 14, 2006 9:29 subject: has anyone checked out these free yale courses??
i'm very interested in checking them out. i have dialup, so watching videos can get pretty hairy, but i'm willing to try. does anyone have the link? i know i can do a search, but i'm lazy...
tapit
Joined: 07 Dec 1999
Fri Dec 22, 2006 subject: WGBH Forum
WGBH in Boston has something similar that's really mind blowing. It's called WGBH Forum network. They tape lectures and presentations all over the Boston area- from the Boston Athenaeum to the JFK Library to Harvard's School of Education and have poetry readings, plays, lectures on film, health, religion, science, parenting- you name it. It's all free 24/7!
Go to www.wgbh.org/forum/ for more info.
Tituba
Location: Boston
Fri Dec 22, 2006 5:22
Thanks for the link. The Yale classes will be available in the Fall of 2007
entelechy
Location: Charlotte NC
Sat Jan 06, 2007
I, too, would be interested in knowing more about this on-line class!! Studying the Old Testament would be of great interest to me.
BarbaraSher
Wed Jan 10, 2007 6:53
You can now download classes from Berkeley and Stanford for free. I did it. The lecture went into my iTunes program and I listened from my computer. I don't know if I can make a cd, but I do know they're designed to download into an mp3 player.
I love technology. I kiss nerd techies on their lovely, generous brains.
Barbara Sher Forums
Yale Offering Free Classes on Web
Tituba
Location: Boston
Thu Sep 21, 2006 subject: Yale Offering Free Classes on Web
BOSTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) -- Yale University said on Wednesday it will offer digital videos of some courses on the Internet for free, along with transcripts in several languages, in an effort to make the elite private school more accessible.
While Princeton University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and others already offer course material online without charge, Yale is the first to focus on free video lectures, the New Haven, Connecticut-based school said.
The 18-month pilot project will provide videos, syllabi and transcripts for seven courses beginning in the 2007 academic year. They include "Introduction to the Old Testament," "Fundamentals of Physics" and "Introduction to Political Philosophy."
The courses cannot be counted toward a Yale degree, and educators say they are no substitute for actual teaching.
Students at Yale -- one of the nation's most exclusive schools and the alma mater of U.S. President George W. Bush -- can be expected to spend nearly $46,000 for this year's tuition, room and board.
"This is a wonderful opportunity for us to share a vital and central part of the Yale experience with those who, for whatever reason, are not in a position to pursue a Yale education at first hand," Yale President Richard Levin said in a written statement.
The project is funded by a $755,000 grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
xostali
New Poster
Location: WI
Thu Dec 14, 2006 9:29 subject: has anyone checked out these free yale courses??
i'm very interested in checking them out. i have dialup, so watching videos can get pretty hairy, but i'm willing to try. does anyone have the link? i know i can do a search, but i'm lazy...
tapit
Joined: 07 Dec 1999
Fri Dec 22, 2006 subject: WGBH Forum
WGBH in Boston has something similar that's really mind blowing. It's called WGBH Forum network. They tape lectures and presentations all over the Boston area- from the Boston Athenaeum to the JFK Library to Harvard's School of Education and have poetry readings, plays, lectures on film, health, religion, science, parenting- you name it. It's all free 24/7!
Go to www.wgbh.org/forum/ for more info.
Tituba
Location: Boston
Fri Dec 22, 2006 5:22
Thanks for the link. The Yale classes will be available in the Fall of 2007
entelechy
Location: Charlotte NC
Sat Jan 06, 2007
I, too, would be interested in knowing more about this on-line class!! Studying the Old Testament would be of great interest to me.
BarbaraSher
Wed Jan 10, 2007 6:53
You can now download classes from Berkeley and Stanford for free. I did it. The lecture went into my iTunes program and I listened from my computer. I don't know if I can make a cd, but I do know they're designed to download into an mp3 player.
I love technology. I kiss nerd techies on their lovely, generous brains.
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