Library

[Slon]

TTC - Great Thinkers, Great Theorems
Last updated 9/2023
MP4 | Video: h264, 1280x720 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz, 2 Ch
Genre: eLearning | Language: English | Duration: 24 Lessons ( 12h 15m ) | Size: 10.2 GB


[center]
Mathematics is filled with beautiful theorems that are as breathtaking as the most celebrated works of art, literature, or music

[/center]
Mathematics is filled with beautiful theorems that are as breathtaking as the most celebrated works of art, literature, or music. They are the Mona Lisas, Hamlets, and Fifth Symphonys of the field landmark achievements that repay endless study and that are the work of geniuses as fascinating as Leonardo, Shakespeare, and Beethoven. Here is a sample

Pythagorean theorem: Although he didn't discover the Pythagorean theorem about a remarkable property of right triangles, the Greek mathematician Euclid devised an ingenious proof that is a mathematical masterpiece. Plus, it's beautiful to look at!
Area of a circle: The formula for the area of a circle, A = r2, was deduced in a marvelous chain of reasoning by the Greek thinker Archimedes. His argument relied on the clever tactic of proof by contradiction not once, but twice.
Basel problem: The Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler won his reputation in the early 1700s by evaluating an infinite series that had stumped the best mathematical minds for a generation. The solution was delightfully simple; the path to it, bewilderingly complex.
Larger infinities: In the late 1800s, the German mathematician Georg Cantor blazed the trail into the "transfinite" by proving that some infinite sets are bigger than others, thereby opening a strange new realm of mathematics.
You can savor these results and many more in Great Thinkers, Great Theorems, 24 half-hour lectures that conduct you through more than 3,000 years of beautiful mathematics, telling the story of the growth of the field through a carefully chosen selection of its most awe-inspiring theorems.

Approaching great theorems the way an art course approaches great works of art, the course opens your mind to new levels of math appreciation. And it requires no more than a grasp of high college mathematics, although it will delight mathematicians of all abilities.

Your guide on this lavishly illustrated tour, which features detailed graphics walking you through every step of every proof, is Professor William Dunham of Muhlenberg College, an award-winning teacher who has developed an artist's eye for conveying the essence of a mathematical idea. Through his enthusiasm for brilliant strategies, novel tactics, and other hallmarks of great theorems, you learn how mathematicians think and what they mean by "beauty" in their work. As added enrichment, the course guidebook has supplementary questions and problems that allow you to go deeper into the ideas behind the theorems.

An Innovative Approach to Mathematics

Professor Dunham has been taking this innovative approach to mathematics for over a quarter-century in the classroom and in his popular books. With Great Thinkers, Great Theorems you get to watch him bring this subject to life in stimulating lectures that combine history, biography, and, above all, theorems, presented as a series of intellectual adventures that have built mathematics into the powerful tool of analysis and understanding that it is today.

In the arts, a great masterpiece can transform a genre; think of Claude Monet's 1872 canvas Impression, Sunrise, which gave the name to the Impressionist movement and revolutionized painting. The same is true in mathematics, with the difference that the revolution is permanent. Once a theorem has been established, it is true forever; it never goes out of style. Therefore the great theorems of the past are as fresh and impressive today as on the day they were first proved.

What Makes a Theorem Great?

A theorem is a mathematical proposition backed by a rigorous chain of reasoning, called a proof, that shows it is indisputably true. As for greatness, Professor Dunham believes the defining qualities of a great theorem are elegance and surprise, exemplified by these cases

Elegance: Euclid has a beautifully simple way of showing that any finite collection of prime numbers can't be complete that there is always at least one prime number left out, proving that the prime numbers are infinite. Dr. Dunham calls this one of the greatest proofs in all of mathematics.
Surprise: Another Greek, Heron, devised a formula for triangular area that is so odd that it looks like it must be wrong. "It's my favorite result from geometry just because it's so implausible," says Dr. Dunham, who shows how, 16 centuries later, Isaac Newton used algebra in an equally surprising route to the same result.
Great Thinkers, Great Theorems includes many lectures that are devoted to a single theorem. In these, Professor Dunham breaks the proof into manageable pieces so that you can follow it in detail. When you get to the Q.E.D. the initials traditionally ending a proof, signaling quod erat demonstrandum (Latin for "that which was to be demonstrated") you can step back and take in the masterpiece as a whole, just as you would with a painting in a museum.

In other lectures, you focus on the biographies of the mathematicians behind these masterpieces geniuses who led eventful, eccentric, and sometimes tragic lives. For example

Cardano: Perhaps the most bizarre mathematician who ever lived, the 16th-century Italian Gerolamo Cardano was a gambler, astrologer, papal physician, convicted heretic, and the first to publish the solution of cubic and quartic algebraic equations, which he did after a no-holds-barred competition with rival mathematicians.
Newton and Leibniz: The battle over who invented calculus, the most important mathematical discovery since ancient times, pitted Isaac Newton mathematician, astronomer, alchemist against Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz mathematician, philosopher, diplomat. Each believed the other was trying to steal the credit.
Euler: The most inspirational story in the history of mathematics belongs to Leonhard Euler, whose astonishing output barely slowed down after he went blind in 1771. Like Beethoven, who composed some of his greatest music after going deaf, Euler was able to practice his art entirely in his head.
Cantor: While Vincent van Gogh was painting pioneering works of modern art in France in the late 1800s, Georg Cantor was laying the foundations for modern mathematics next door in Germany. Unappreciated at first, the two rebels even looked alike, and both suffered debilitating bouts of depression.
Describing a common reaction to the theorems produced by these great thinkers, Professor Dunham says his students often want to know where the breakthrough ideas came from: How did the mathematicians do it? The question defies analysis, he says. "It's like asking: Why did Shakespeare put the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet? What made him think of it?' Well, he was Shakespeare. This is what genius looks like!" And by watching the lectures in Great Thinkers, Great Theorems, you will see what equivalent genius looks like in mathematics.

Code:

https://anonymz.com/?https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/great-thinkers-great-theorems

Code:

https://rapidgator.net/file/162ac8d91a5fbbd7a3affed19cdafc3e/Great_Thinkers_Great_Theorems.part1.rar
https://rapidgator.net/file/7439d9f92e5a123a61d6dbf424fdb2eb/Great_Thinkers_Great_Theorems.part2.rar
https://rapidgator.net/file/1089125acd0a4056cdea4777b1f1ed80/Great_Thinkers_Great_Theorems.part3.rar

Code:

https://nitroflare.com/view/4AADBA14C2305D8/Great_Thinkers_Great_Theorems.part1.rar
https://nitroflare.com/view/956AB91F3B4C03A/Great_Thinkers_Great_Theorems.part2.rar
https://nitroflare.com/view/B4C63F5DC6A5CFF/Great_Thinkers_Great_Theorems.part3.rar

[Slon]

TTC - Major Transitions in Evolution
Last updated 11/2023
MP4 | Video: h264, 1280x720 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz, 2 Ch
Genre: eLearning | Language: English | Duration: 24 Lessons ( 12h 48m ) | Size: 10.3 GB


[center]
How and when did life on Earth get to be the way it is today?

[/center]
How and when did life on Earth get to be the way it is today?

Imagine a world without bees, butterflies, and flowering plants. That was Earth 125 million years ago.
Turn back the clock 400 million years, and there were no trees.
At 450 million years in the past, even the earliest insects had not yet developed.
And looking back 500 million years-a half-billion years before the present-the land was devoid of life, which at that time flourished in a profusion of strange forms in the oceans.
These and other major turning points are the amazing story of evolution, the most remarkable force in the history of Earth, the organizing principle throughout the biological sciences, and the most important mechanism scientists use to understand the varieties of life on our planet.

To learn about these major transitions, each of which brought forth new possibilities for life, is to embark on an unforgettable look into the past. It's also a captivating opportunity to get a deeper understanding of how evolution works, to draw intricate connections between living things, and to think about life-not just yours but the lives of everything around you-in new ways.

Major Transitions in Evolution tells this science-detective story in 24 lavishly illustrated lectures that focus on the giant leaps that gave rise to nature's boundless diversity. In a course of breathtaking scope, you study the conditions that led to the first complex cells, flying insects, flowering plants, mammals, modern humans, and many other breakthroughs. And in the process of studying the past, you gain a powerful understanding of the present world.

Given the broad scope of the subject, this course is taught by two professors: Anthony Martin, a paleontologist and geologist at Emory University, and John Hawks, a paleoanthropologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Each is an outstanding teacher in his field, adept at making the subject interesting and accessible no matter what your background in science. And in the final lecture, the two appear together for an absorbing conversation on common themes in the epic saga of life on Earth.

Giant Leaps that Brought Us to Today

Among the major transitions you cover are these

From simple to complex cells: Life's first major evolutionary transition was the leap from basic prokaryotic to more complex eukaryotic cells, which contain a nucleus and other specialized structures. This was the crucial step that eventually led to plants and animals.
From fish to four legs: The iconic image of evolution is a fish emerging onto land. This transition might not have happened without shade provided by the newly developing forests, whose protective canopy gave the first fishapods protection from the sun.
Dinosaurs become birds: Dinosaurs didn't go completely extinct; they survive today as birds, whose distinctive wings, feathers, and other features are visible in transitional fossils such as Archaeopteryx, from about 150 million years ago.
Modern humans: The evolution of tree-dwelling primates to upright-walking apes later led to the evolution of modern humans-a species that invented agriculture, poetry, computers, and the techniques to trace its own lineage and that of all life.
You also explore many other transitions that occurred between these milestones, and you take an intriguing look ahead to speculate about the future direction of evolution. From the deep past until today, evolution has been a story with countless subplots, false leads, and reversals of fortune. But it has had one overarching theme-that life is wondrous, resilient, and endlessly surprising.

Code:

https://anonymz.com/?https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/major-transitions-in-evolution

Code:

https://rapidgator.net/file/c2d95224aabe6d7119fe2b90a7eb9ffa/TTC_-_Major_Transitions_in_Evolution.part1.rar
https://rapidgator.net/file/8477cddef59c198de2009dde5ce8be48/TTC_-_Major_Transitions_in_Evolution.part2.rar
https://rapidgator.net/file/9a2a5a339438d483cc98cdbdb24e3238/TTC_-_Major_Transitions_in_Evolution.part3.rar

Code:

https://nitroflare.com/view/6CBBC063686FEC8/TTC_-_Major_Transitions_in_Evolution.part1.rar
https://nitroflare.com/view/808019FCA665AA5/TTC_-_Major_Transitions_in_Evolution.part2.rar
https://nitroflare.com/view/3D147F7502A2E11/TTC_-_Major_Transitions_in_Evolution.part3.rar

[Slon]

TTC - Banned Books, Burned Books: Forbidden Literary Works
Released 1/2023
MP4 | Video: h264, 1280x720 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz, 2 Ch
Genre: eLearning | Language: English | Duration: 24 Lessons (13h 3m) | Size: 10.9 GB

The written word has amazing power. It can open your eyes to new ideas and allow you to view the world through different perspectives. It can create pathways of communication, pass down cultural knowledge, and connect disparate peoples and beliefs. Some books have even changed the world

The written word has amazing power. It can open your eyes to new ideas and allow you to view the world through different perspectives. It can create pathways of communication, pass down cultural knowledge, and connect disparate peoples and beliefs. Some books have even changed the world. This power is often why literacy is so strongly centered in cultures across the globe. It is also why some books are seen as a threat that must be contained or eliminated.

In Banned Books, Burned Books: Forbidden Literary Works, you will consider some of the so-called greatest works of literature ever written in English and some literature that s considered not so great. What all these works have in common is that someone a judge, a vocal parent, a government official, or a powerful librarian or a group of someones like a library board, PTA, or college board thought every one of these works was dangerous enough to challenge, or ban, or even burn.

Throughout these 24 lectures, author and book critic Professor Maureen Corrigan of Georgetown University will take you on a tour of some of the most challenged and controversial works of literature, from the plays of Shakespeare to 21st-century best-sellers even including the dictionary and classic fairy tales. You will trace the history, in the United States and Great Britain, of the challenges to books, the censoring of books, book bans, and even burnings. You will explore the common reasons books have been and continue to be banned, including profanity, heresy, illicit or sexual content, racism, violence, and more. And you ll consider the shifting trends in why books are challenged.

Books wouldn t be a target of censorship and banning if they weren t so powerful, right? Ironically, as you ll see throughout these lectures, sometimes the best way to publicize a book, increasing both its audience and securing its legacy, is to attempt to ban it.

Moral Misgivings and Contested Classics

Attempts at censorship have existed since the printing press made books and printed materials widely available in the 15th century. While headlines about book banning today are often centered on works within a college system or a local library, some books have been found so troubling or offensive they were put on trial for obscenity or outright banned at the national level. These legal battles and bans often had long-lasting repercussions for the concept of free speech. Some of these works include

Ulysses by James Joyce was published in book form in 1922. It was promptly banned as obscene throughout most of the English-speaking world, for over a decade, before it was tried (and appealed) in court.
Lady Chatterley s Lover by D. H. Lawrence was published in 1929. Lawrence s frank depictions of sexuality caused trouble for him throughout his career, but this novel was especially controversial and was heavily censored for decades and finally put on trial in the 1950s.
Howl by Allen Ginsberg was published with several other poems by Ginsberg in a small booklet in 1956. Later called the poem that would change America, Howl resulted in its publisher being charged with obscenity in 1957, and the trial made Ginsberg into a literary celebrity.
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov was first published in 1955 and was banned in numerous countries due to its disturbing subject matter. However, it became an instant best-seller in the United States thanks to the controversy it stirred up. It continues to be one of the most challenged and banned books today.
Forever by Judy Blume was published in 1975. Though it never went to trial for obscenity, this classic of young adult (YA) literature has been consistently challenged over the years for its frank discussion of sexuality. And, it isn t the only title of Blume s to receive this treatment. She is considered one of the most challenged and banned authors in the United States.
Many of these works went on to be considered literary classics and are often taught as part of college English classes. A rise in popularity following public attempts at censorship is actually quite common, as you will see in reactions to the Harry Potter book series and Salman Rushdie s novel The Satanic Verses.

While you will meet many authors who took a stand against censorship, such as Thomas Morton the author of America s first banned book and a symbol of early American resistance to the religious and political status quo you will also be introduced to a number of authors and creators who have altered or destroyed their own work. In some cases, as Maureen highlights, this desire to make their own work disappear comes out of a sense of shame or frustration, but sometimes these texts are destroyed by concerned friends and family after an author s death.

Protecting the Children?

One of the primary reasons given for censoring literature is, in the words of 19th-century purity crusader Anthony Comstock, to protect the youth. So, it should come as little surprise that books written for children and young adults are some of the most challenged, censored, and banned books in the United States and Great Britain.

Common wisdom indeed, common sense holds that malleable young minds should be protected from material that s age inappropriate sexually or otherwise. But the question of which narratives and images fall into that category of inappropriate has been the focus of fierce controversy, as well as more than a few moments of absurdity. To cover even a little of the rich and complex history of challenging children s literature, Maureen focuses three lectures exclusively on kid s stories and touches on many time periods and genres, from classic fairy tales to surrealist Victorian adventures to graphic novels featuring an underwear-clad superhero.

Along the way, you will also see how books that have been widely accepted as part of college English literature programs works like The Catcher in the Rye, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and To Kill a Mockingbird, among others continue to also find their way onto lists of challenged and banned books. Likewise, you will see how the battles over the great American novel are part of a larger conflict over what is representative of the nation and its pluralistic roots.

What s Old Is New Again

The challenging, censorship, and even destruction of works found to be offensive or threatening to the status quo is not new, but the nature of 21st-century communication and politics has certainly influenced the way books are evaluated and judged today. The rise of social media has blurred the line between an author s work and their private life, while it has also given readers and would-be critics a platform to make their voices heard. And social justice movements have brought race, sexual identity, and other issues to the forefront of the consideration of literature and its influence on culture.

These new elements certainly influence how we approach censorship now, and yet many of the complaints brought against books today are not so different from the criticism of a century (or several) earlier. And the taboo and forbidden nature of banned books has its own special appeal for the human psyche as well, making literary censorship an especially complicated and fascinating subject. As you consider the broader history of book censorship, you will hopefully find yourself thinking more rigorously about your own views on intellectual freedom and the right to read.

What Will You Learn?
Trace the history in the United States and Great Britain of the challenges to books, the censoring of books, book bannings, and book burnings

Explore the common reasons books have been and continue to be banned, including profanity, heresy, illicit or sexual content, racism, and violence

Examine the shifting trends in why books are challenged


Homepage

Code:

https://anonymz.com/?https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/banned-books-burned-books-forbidden-literary-works

Code:

https://rapidgator.net/file/c362444147bc294b9bd9d929101003bc/Banned_Books_Burned_Books_Forbidden_Literary_Works.part1.rar
https://rapidgator.net/file/7d78491051c7e99c5563ca62cdc985d8/Banned_Books_Burned_Books_Forbidden_Literary_Works.part2.rar
https://rapidgator.net/file/8680fa6d4d963c356877ce899d9a52a9/Banned_Books_Burned_Books_Forbidden_Literary_Works.part3.rar

Code:

https://nitroflare.com/view/59887D20C84013F/Banned_Books_Burned_Books_Forbidden_Literary_Works.part1.rar
https://nitroflare.com/view/ACE332DC8B14F0C/Banned_Books_Burned_Books_Forbidden_Literary_Works.part2.rar
https://nitroflare.com/view/836FD4C95E94CBE/Banned_Books_Burned_Books_Forbidden_Literary_Works.part3.rar

[Slon]

TTC - Traveling the Roman Empire
Released 09/2022
MP4 | Video: h264, 1280x720 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz, 2 Ch
Genre: eLearning | Language: English | Duration: 8 Lessons (4h 50m) | Size: 4 GB


[center]
At its height, the Roman Empire spanned nearly two million square miles, extending over three continents, and including a large fraction of the ancient world s population. From Spain to the Middle East, from the Sahara to the Balkans, Roman civilization flourished, enhanced almost everywhere by architectural and artistic wonders

[/center]
At its height, the Roman Empire spanned nearly two million square miles, extending over three continents, and including a large fraction of the ancient world s population. From Spain to the Middle East, from the Sahara to the Balkans, Roman civilization flourished, enhanced almost everywhere by architectural and artistic wonders. Two thousand years later, it s still possible to experience many of these marvels, including

The Roman Forum: Relics of the empire turn up everywhere in Rome. Some of the most magnificent are in the Forum, the center of Roman civic life, with temples, triumphal arches, commemorative columns, and other monuments evoking imperial glory.
M rida: This Spanish city was one of the most important in the empire and has many surviving structures, including a remarkable theater complex and a stone arched bridge extending nearly half a mile the longest extant span from Roman times.
Petra: Hidden in the Jordanian desert, this ancient Nabataean city shows how Roman culture blended with even older traditions. After taking control, the Romans added their usual civic improvements alongside mysterious local structures.
Taking you on a video tour of these and other sights and adventures, archaeologist Darius Arya brings the ancient world to life in Traveling the Roman Empire. Shot on location in Rome, Spain, Morocco, the Balkans, and elsewhere, the eight half-hour episodes are ideal for previewing possible destinations for your own travels, or you can simply sit back and bask in the glories of antiquity from the comforts of home.

Much more than a guide to must-see attractions, this series introduces you to Roman history and the societies that coexisted with Rome or replaced it after the disintegration of the empire. You discover how modern cities such as Seville and Belgrade, not to mention Rome itself, are a rich mix of cultures built on Classical, Christian, ---c, or other civilizations. Further, Darius interviews current inhabitants who are still adhering to ancient practices.

An Expert Tour Guide

With a first name tracing to ancient Persian kings, Darius is an archaeologist in the T. E. Lawrence and Indiana Jones mold, immersing himself in the languages, religions, technologies, economies, and customs of the lands of the Roman Empire. His engaging expertise has been widely featured in television documentaries and online seminars. One common passion of archaeologists is to embrace the daily life of the countries where they do their research. In this spirit, Darius has much to say about the local cuisine, street life, and scenery of the sites he visits. He also demonstrates the athletic opportunities, riding horseback in Spain; rowing on the Tiber in Rome; rock climbing in Jordan; and swimming, boating, and diving in the Adriatic Sea all in pursuit of authentic ancient experiences.

Throughout Traveling the Roman Empire Darius puts the ruins he tours in context. Often the encounter with an archaeological site can be confusing, and it takes a leap of the imagination to see the place as it once was. Darius provides that creative spark, enlivening locations such as these

Diocletian s Palace: After bringing renewed stability to the empire in the 3rd century, the Emperor Diocletian built a coastal fortress retirement home in his native Dalmatia. Today, it is a vivid, immersive experience in the life of a Roman potentate.
Volubilis: This well-preserved Roman frontier town in Morocco has the remains of sprawling villas, each with a mythology-themed floor mosaic. Darius translates some of the city s abundant inscriptions, where long-vanished individuals speak across the millennia.
Jerash: Some 2,500 miles east of Volubilis, Jerash is another time-capsule of multicultural civilization. Situated in Jordan, here the arena of ancient civic life is on full display, with plazas, temples, public baths, theaters, a porticoed market, and a hippodrome.
An Incomparable Grand Tour

Aside from famous attractions in Rome, such as the Colosseum, Trajan s Column, and the Arch of Constantine, some of the settings in the series may look eerily familiar. That s because Star Wars, Dune, and other science fiction films were shot on location in Wadi-Rum. This alien-looking region is also called the Valley of the Moon and includes the renowned rock formation The Seven Pillars of Wisdom. In another d j -vu experience, visit Diocletian s Palace, which was the backdrop for scenes in the television series Game of Thrones.

Traveling the Roman Empire is a matchless grand tour covering an astonishing range of landscapes, cultures, and history. Even if you have explored many of these places before, Darius will give you fresh insights and a new appreciation for the remarkable achievements of a single-minded city on the Tiber that had the vision, discipline, and institutions to conquer the known world and make it prosper.

What Will You Learn?
Explore the length and breadth of the Rome Empire

Visit some of the gems of Roman civilization

See ruined cities come alive through the eyes of an expert archaeologist

Learn how local cultures blended with those of the Roman conqueror

Code:

https://anonymz.com/?https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/traveling-the-roman-empire

Code:

https://rapidgator.net/file/5ca85269fca9704d6006ec6c2167ee38/Traveling_The_Roman_Empire.rar

Code:

https://nitroflare.com/view/1E64DA1D9BCEB50/Traveling_The_Roman_Empire.rar

[Slon]

TTC - Radio Astronomy: Observing the Invisible Universe
Last updated 8/2023
MP4 | Video: h264, 1280x720 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz, 2 Ch
Genre: eLearning | Language: English | Duration: 25 Lessons (12h 41m) | Size: 10.7 GB


[center]
It s easy to imagine the first modern humans staring up at the heavens in wonder, their eyes and minds dazzled by a beautiful band of light splashed across the night sky, the ever-changing moon so large and bright, and pinpoints of light in every direction....

[/center]
It s easy to imagine the first modern humans staring up at the heavens in wonder, their eyes and minds dazzled by a beautiful band of light splashed across the night sky, the ever-changing moon so large and bright, and pinpoints of light in every direction. For a few hundred thousand years, our eyes were our primary astronomical tool, and we used them well. We catalogued and analyzed what we saw, filled in the gaps with powerful stories, applied what we knew of mathematics, and then invented complex tools of stone, metal, and glass to expand our knowledge. Everything we knew about the universe was based on light, that small part of the electromagnetic spectrum detectable by human eyes.

Then one day in the 1930s, a young engineer named Karl Jansky was assigned a task at Bell Labs: What were the sources of radio static that could interrupt transatlantic radio communications? After several years of work, he identified one source as radio waves coming from thunderstorms near and far and another, from something at the center of the Milky Way. For the very first time, we had detected radiation below the visible part of the spectrum emanating from an astronomical object. For years, astronomers had been frustrated by interstellar dust that blocked their view and limited their

Radio Astronomy: Observing the Invisible Universe takes you on a thrilling journey through the universe with stunning visuals and animations to explain the science of radio astronomy and its astounding discoveries. Your guide is Felix J. Lockman, Ph.D., of the Green Bank Observatory, an active radio astronomer whose great passion for his work is absolutely contagious. As Dr. Lockman explains, radio astronomy is not simply a conglomeration of theories with no practical application to our lives today. While radio astronomy has the potential to one day answer the question of extraterrestrial intelligence, it also allows us to more accurately tell time right here on Earth, study terrestrial plate tectonics, and even get smartphone directions to that great new restaurant.

All about That Hydrogen

Some of radio astronomy s myriad discoveries can be traced to the structure of the hydrogen atom. In hydrogen, one electron is essentially in orbit around one proton and both have a property called spin, either up or down. The parallel spin wants to decay into antiparallel spin much like two magnets wanting to be aligned north to south, or antiparallel. In jumping position from parallel to antiparallel, a photon of radiation is emitted.

This process is certainly not unique to hydrogen. What is unique is that at the dawn of radio astronomy, a scientist predicted hydrogen would emit this radiation at detectable radio wavelengths, and this prediction offered astronomers a new tool for studying the universe. Three teams of scientists from around the world worked to discover the signal, and there it was, exactly as predicted: with a frequency of 1420 MHz, a wavelength of 21 cm.

For more than a decade, hydrogen at 21 cm wavelength remained the only spectral line which radio astronomers could use for their research. Later, signals from other elements and even molecules were identified. Over time, as both theory and technology improved, radio astronomers made discoveries that completely changed our understanding of the universe. Just a very few of these discoveries include

Jupiter s radiation belts;

Galactic non-thermal radiation, now called synchrotron emission;

The birth rate of stars in the Milky Way and the galaxy s rotational speed;

Sagittarius A, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way;

Dark matter;

Neutron stars, pulsars, and binary pulsar systems;

Gravitational radiation, as predicted by Einstein;

Cosmic background radiation, confirming the big bang theory;

Radio galaxies, quasars, and active galactic nuclei;

Giant molecular clouds, the birthplaces of stars and planets; and

Complex organic molecules in interstellar space.

Radio Telescopes, Seeing the Invisible

While you might have an optical telescope in your backyard, you will likely never have a radio telescope. Radio telescopes are large over 100 meters in diameter and beyond because radio waves contain such a small amount of energy. For example, the signal from your cell phone measured one kilometer away is five million billion times stronger than the radio signals received from a bright quasar! Although each radio telescope is designed for a specific use and often looks very different from others, they are all based on the same physical principles. Each collects, focuses, amplifies, and analyzes radio waves. In Radio Astronomy: Observing the Invisible Universe, Dr. Lockman takes you on an exciting virtual tour of radio telescopes. From the first handmade telescope built by radio astronomy pioneer Grote Reber to those on the drawing board for tomorrow, you re right there with the scientists

The Green Bank Telescope, West Virginia, where Dr. Lockman does his research. At 17 million pounds and with more than 2,000 surface panels that can be repositioned in real time, this telescope is one of the largest moveable, land-based objects ever built.

The Very Large Array (VLA), New Mexico. With its 27 radio antennas in a Y-shaped configuration, the data can be multiplied to form interference patterns, giving scientists a deeper and clearer look at galaxies than ever before.

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), Chile. With an array of 66 radio antennas located high above much of the earth s atmosphere, ALMA has revealed new stars and planetary systems in the making.

The Very-Long-Baseline Array (VLBA), with multiple locations. The VLBA includes telescopes located thousands of miles apart, all functioning together as one single radio telescope the size of the Earth, allowing scientists to peer deep into the centers of galaxies.

The Biggest Questions

Perhaps the most astounding of all radio astronomy discoveries is this: The dominant molecular structures in interstellar space are based on carbon. That is not what scientists had expected.

We have always labeled these molecules organic because life on Earth is carbon based. Now we know that the chemistry of the entire Milky Way is organic, not just our home planet, and it is likely that any extraterrestrial galactic life would be related to us, at least on the molecular level. Will we find other organic lifeforms out there? Radio astronomers don t know. But they re working on it, along with the study of many other objects and processes not yet understood. Dr. Lockman s current research addresses hydrogen clouds in the Andromeda galaxy, the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way. Other radio astronomers are working to answer myriad questions about dark matter, fast radio bursts, and much more.

If the history of radio astronomy is any predictor, discoveries in these new research areas will lead to new questions, new technologies, more discoveries, and more questions. As Radio Astronomy: Observing the Invisible Universe shows, the field is on the cutting edge of knowledge itself. Astronomy, by looking outward, leads us to questions that reflect upon ourselves in very deep ways, Dr. Lockman says. Astronomical discoveries have changed the way we think.

What Will You Learn?
how understanding the hydrogen atom led to the discovery of dark matter.

that interstellar space is peppered with organic molecules.

how radio astronomy contributes to our lives on Earth.

Code:

https://anonymz.com/?https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/radio-astronomy-observing-the-invisible-universe

Code:

https://rapidgator.net/file/e15769c943daca0831767ee880f410d5/Radio_Astronomy_Observing_the_Invisible_Universe.part1.rar
https://rapidgator.net/file/4d2480e917c9a0a33aa3887e88dda687/Radio_Astronomy_Observing_the_Invisible_Universe.part2.rar
https://rapidgator.net/file/56cdba858421f9184fa4af77e7894789/Radio_Astronomy_Observing_the_Invisible_Universe.part3.rar

Code:

https://nitroflare.com/view/D499D58656D8833/Radio_Astronomy_Observing_the_Invisible_Universe.part1.rar
https://nitroflare.com/view/4BE462ABDDC150F/Radio_Astronomy_Observing_the_Invisible_Universe.part2.rar
https://nitroflare.com/view/D5DC158E52AA6E3/Radio_Astronomy_Observing_the_Invisible_Universe.part3.rar

[Slon]

TTC - The Real History of Dracula
Released 4/2023
MP4 | Video: h264, 1280x720 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz, 2 Ch
Genre: eLearning | Language: English | Duration: 10 Lessons (4h 30m) | Size: 3.72 GB


[center]
There are few fictional characters who have entrenched themselves so thoroughly in the popular imagination as Count Dracula. Although legends of vampires and other blood-thirsty creatures existed long before him, Dracula has become the ultimate apotheosis of the vampiric monster. He has spawned an entire industry of books, films, television shows, and other forms of media devoted to the vampire.

[/center]
Dracula, as portrayed in the eponymous novel by Bram Stoker published in 1897, is an aristocratic monster both seductive and terrifying in equal measure. Though the novel Dracula was only a modest success when it was first published, it has proven to be one of British literature s most enduring classics. It continues to tap into our deepest anxieties and forbidden desires, just as it did for its original Victorian audience. And while Stoker s novel is perhaps the most famous vampire story, legends of the creature have existed in various forms for centuries. So, why have we been telling stories about vampires for hundreds of years and why do these stories still matter today?

In the 10 episodes of The Real History of Dracula, folklorists Dr. Sara Cleto and Dr. Brittany Warman, of The Carterhaugh college of Folklore and the Fantastic, will shine a light into the dark recesses of our cultural obsession with vampires. Using folklore, literature, history, television, film, and more, Sara and Brittany will show you how and why vampires are a potent metaphor for what matters most about the human condition.

Vampiric Beginnings and Influences

To understand the power of the vampire over our cultural imagination, it is first necessary to explore the history of the creature and why the vampire endures. Tales of vampires or vampire-like creatures have existed for hundreds, even thousands, of years. Like any monster tale from folklore traditions, the tales reflect the anxieties and fears of the people who tell them.

The vampire in European folklore has often stood as a metaphor for disease or contagion after all, vampirism is a communicable form of monstrousness. But the vampire has also represented apprehensions around sexuality and promiscuity, fear of outsiders and strangers, the terror of the unexplained, the inevitability of aging and death, and other anxieties. In his creation of Dracula, Stoker likely incorporated many sources that contributed elements to the mythos he developed for the vampire. Some of these include

Vlad the Impaler. Vlad III of Wallachia is often cited as one of the primary influences for the character Dracula, but he likely had very little direct impact beyond his reputation for cruelty and his family nickname Dracula.
The Demon Lilith. In Hebrew and Mesopotamian tradition, Lilith is the first wife of Adam, condemned to walk the Earth as a demon. Her hypersexuality and aggression may have deeply influenced the female vampires in Stoker s work.
Irish Folklore/Fairylore. Stoker s Irish heritage meant he had a great deal of exposure to Irish folklore, and specifically to tales of fairies and supernatural creatures, which likely found a way into his work and shaped his conception of the vampire.
As part of the Gothic literary tradition, Dracula combines these older sources with contemporary ideas of the late-Victorian period. As you will see, not only does the vampire story tackle fear and dread, but it also touches on hidden desires and social taboos that give the vampires of the 19th century, and beyond, their seductive power. Also, the vampire often finds its way across genre barriers, meaning that the vampire and creatures like it can be found in many places you may not expect, from fairy tales to teen television melodramas.

Very Human Monsters

Early vampires in the folklore traditions of Eastern Europe were rather inhuman in their presentation their humanity was subsumed by their monstrous, bloodsucking nature. However, their human roots are, nonetheless, important to their metaphorical and literary roles. Vampires are monsters that look human because they began their lives as ordinary people before being infected or cursed with vampirism; their proximity to their original humanity creates a troubling image of evil in human form.

This humanity-as-mask makes the vampire a popular monster in modern storytelling, allowing creators and audiences to explore the human condition through a unique lens in the many novels, plays, and other media that followed in the wake of Stoker s work. While the novel was the popular form of mass entertainment in Stoker s time, perhaps the greatest vehicle for the vampire s popularity is film. From Nosferatu and the classic Dracula portrayed by Bela Lugosi to cult classic B-movies and the phenomenally successful Twilight franchise, the vampire has had a starring role in Hollywood for over a century.

Stoker s Dracula isn t particularly sexy or romantic, at least compared to many modern incarnations of the vampire. So why did the portrayals of the past few decades become so much more enamored with romance, attraction, and sexuality? As Sara and Brittany discuss the film career of the vampire, the portrayals illuminate the ways our desires and anxieties are inextricably connected and how the vampire is such an ideal vehicle for exploring this complex tangle of human emotions.

The Immortality of the Vampire

The vampire existed long before Bram Stoker introduced readers to the Count from Transylvania. Having been a staple of popular culture for a century since, Dracula is more than just another rendition of a common folkloric monster. He is arguably one of the most influential fictional characters of the last century. The late 19th century was a time of immense upheaval in nearly every aspect of society in Western Europe and Dracula presented a microcosm of political, scientific, social, cultural, and economic anxieties, wrapped up in a tale of supernatural suspense.

Times may have changed since Dracula became the definitive vampire of the modern era, but many of our fears have not. So much of what Dracula represented to his fin de si cle audience remains part of our consciousness our fears and desires may shift to reflect our time and place, yet the human condition remains much the same. Vampires since Dracula have taken on different aspects to reflect their times and the lore changes to suit new sensibilities, demonstrating the vampire s cunning ability to thrive in multiple cultures, genres, and mediums. As Sara and Brittany make clear throughout this course, folklore is not just a thing of the past, but rather a living, growing, continual presence in our lives. As a part of this living tradition, the vampire has become truly immortal.

Vampires continue to be part of our cultural conversation, and there s no sign that that will end any time soon. They are tools for understanding the world and, therefore, are more significant than they might first appear. They teach us about our anxieties and our desires particularly the ones we re afraid to speak out loud.

What Will You Learn?
Explore the creation of the novel Dracula, examine its plot and structure, and consider how it changed the way we think about vampires and what they represent

Find out where the typical weapons used against vampires wooden stakes, garlic, and crosses developed from and why the methods to fight vampires have changed so much over time

See how the allure of the vampire has crossed over from fiction into reality in a range of ways, from the harmless hobbies of legend tourism, vampire balls, and roleplaying games to the much darker realm of vampire serial killers

Code:

https://anonymz.com/?https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/the-real-history-of-dracula

Code:

https://rapidgator.net/file/ab8ccc375bd47c1700dcc3ef4ba74a88/The_Real_History_of_Dracula.rar

Code:

https://nitroflare.com/view/A9B0CDFCF505766/The_Real_History_of_Dracula.rar

[Slon]

TTC - The Real Ancient Egypt
Released 1/2023
MP4 | Video: h264, 1280x720 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz, 2 Ch
Genre: eLearning | Language: English | Duration: 9 Lessons (3h 55m) | Size: 3.26 GB


[center]
People often think that ancient Egypt never evolved over the course of its history. But as working Egyptologists know all too well, this ancient civilization changed constantly

[/center]
For more than 3,000 years, the people who lived along the Nile experienced dramatic changes, made extraordinary discoveries and inventions, created stunning monuments, and left fascinating records of their lives. Even today, our knowledge and understanding of how ancient Egyptians lived continues to change and grow.

It s tempting to think that the ancient Egyptians were far removed from our own 21st-century lives. But once you take deep dives into ancient Egypt, you realize just how rich and deep this civilization is and just how much of our thinking of it has changed over time.

In The Real Ancient Egypt, discover how modern research sometimes supports but often refutes what we thought we knew about the ancient Egyptians and their world. Working Egyptologists Betsy M. Bryan, Melinda Hartwig, Kate Liszka, and Kasia Szpakowska share their insights into this long and complex historical period. You ll hear stories of kings, priests, and peasants; witness religious rituals, shocking crimes, and military conflicts; encounter extraordinary works of art and architecture; and so much more.

See Ancient Egypt like an Egyptologist

Egyptologists always reinterpret artifacts in light of new information. And even when they don t have new information and evidence, they have new questions to ask and new ways to look at what we already know.

Part of the beauty of studying ancient Egypt is the room for nuance. Some interpretations are more likely to be correct than others. Some are downright incorrect. But part of what makes Egyptology so much fun is that there are always different ways of looking at and understanding ancient Egypt.

The Real Ancient Egypt puts you in the mindset of a working Egyptologist, reinterpreting artifacts and evidence in a new light and putting together the puzzle of ancient Egypt in new ways to come up with more accurate versions of history.

Gain Modern Insights into Ancient Lives

Throughout these lectures, Professors Bryan, Hartwig, Liszka, and Szpakowska offer fresh insights into over 3,000 years of ancient Egyptian history.

The Truth about Cats and Gods. Contrary to popular belief, ancient Egyptians didn t worship cats (an idea misinterpreted by foreigners in ancient Egypt including the historian Herodotus). Still, cats and cat images did play a role in ancient Egyptian religious practices, such as pilgrimage rites and as manifestations of deities.
Death and Everything After. While most people think ancient Egyptians were obsessed with death, they actually were obsessed with the continuation of life. That s why there are so many objects found in their tombs. These objects had the power to energize the dead for a new life after death. The more stuff, the more power that would be produced.
Going through the Garbage. Egyptologists and archaeologists frequently find that ancient garbage can tell the most remarkable stories. Searching through the areas where ancient peoples collected their trash called middens can produce amazing finds. For example, figurines made of local Nile clay tell Egyptologists fascinating stories about the religious beliefs of a particular household.
Lists to Keep People Safe. In the Third Indeterminate Period of ancient Egyptian history, oracular amulet decrees were used to protect people from harm. These decrees were essentially long lists of things God would protect you from, rolled up and placed in an amulet that would be worn by a child for the rest of their life.
If you think you know everything there is to know about these and other fascinating aspects of ancient Egyptian civilization well, think again. There s still so much to learn about even the iconic ancient Egyptians most of us are already familiar with, like King Tut, Cleopatra, and Akhenaten.

Adventure with the Experts

Your four guides in The Real Ancient Egypt bring a range of experience with them to leading this course

Betsy M. Bryan has excavated in Egypt for more than 40 years and has led the Temple of Mut project at South Karnak;
Melinda Hartwig has led tomb projects in Egypt for more than 35 years;
Kate Liszka directs the Wai el-Hudi Expedition in Egypt s Eastern Desert; and
Kasia Szpakowska directed the Ancient Egyptian Demonology Project: Second Millennium BCE.
What all four experts have in common is their shared passion for this ancient civilization a passion forged from years of field experience and a passion they re eager to share with laypeople who want to know more about this great ancient civilization.

Join them for eye-opening adventures into the past, which make history more real for you than ever before.

What Will You Learn?
Examine how and why reconstructing Egypt s past can be so tricky

Explore the impact of female rulers on ancient Egyptian civilization

Discover what scared ancient Egyptians and how they protected themselves

Learn how ancient Egypt s legal system compares with ours today

Investigate what it takes to successfully raid a pharaoh s tomb

Code:

https://anonymz.com/?https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/the-real-ancient-egypt

Code:

https://rapidgator.net/file/c1bfa69e59cab2faaf393e402f00bedd/The_Real_Ancient_Egypt.rar

Code:

https://nitroflare.com/view/1AD754EC17FCF72/The_Real_Ancient_Egypt.rar

[Slon]

TTC - The Mind-Bending Physics of String Theory
Released 9/2023
MP4 | Video: h264, 1280x720 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz, 2 Ch
Genre: eLearning | Language: English | Duration: 12 Lessons ( 4h 15m ) | Size: 3.54 GB


[center]
Theories of everything go back to the ancient Greeks and their idea that indivisible atoms are the building blocks of reality. This conjecture grew into modern atomic theory, which has been perfected by relativity theory and quantum theory

[/center]
Theories of everything go back to the ancient Greeks and their idea that indivisible atoms are the building blocks of reality. This conjecture grew into modern atomic theory, which has been perfected by relativity theory and quantum theory. But there s never been anything like string theory. Designed to describe the universe at the largest and smallest scales, string theory is the most ambitious and far-reaching theory of everything yet devised, leading to intriguing speculations, such as

Strings, Not Particles: In string theory, the fundamental units of matter and energy are inconceivably tiny strings, not point-like particles as in conventional theories. The advantage is a wide range of different modes that can represent diverse phenomena.
Extra Dimensions: Strings can t do their job without existing in a multitude of dimensions 10 according to the standard version of the theory. Why don t we perceive these extra dimensions? They are compactified and thus invisible at our human scale.
Multiple Universes: The versatility of string theory allows for different laws of physics that may have developed in separate regions of the rapidly expanding universe in the moments after the Big Bang. We might live in one isolated bubble of this multiverse.
For all of its amazing insights, string theory is, so far, unproven and some critics claim that it is unprovable. Yet it has already led to breakthroughs in our understanding of black holes, the Big Bang, cosmic inflation, and dark energy, not to mention gravity and the other fundamental forces. In The Mind-Bending Physics of String Theory, noted string theorist Professor Shamit Kachru of the Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics takes you deep into this fascinating subject in 12 lectures that are rich in mathematical concepts without requiring a background in higher math.

Spanning the multi-decade origin and evolution of string theory, Professor Kachru provides an up-to-date survey of modern theoretical physics and its astonishing power to uncover the most profound secrets of nature.

Solving the Mystery of Gravity

One of those profound secrets is the long-sought connection between gravity, electromagnetism, and the strong and weak nuclear forces. The last three are far stronger than gravity, but operate primarily in the subatomic region. They are perfectly described by quantum mechanics. Meanwhile, gravity is the outlier, involving enormous masses like stars and planets that extend their pull across vast reaches of space. Gravity is vanishingly weak at the quantum scale and can t be explained by standard quantum theory.

String theory aims to unite these fundamental forces to forge a single, comprehensive theory that can simultaneously explain the physics of the subatomic and cosmic realms. Such a breakthrough would marry quantum mechanics and Einstein s theory of gravity, known as general relativity a match that has so far challenged the most brilliant minds in physics.

In The Mind-Bending Physics of String Theory, you investigate how string theory may be able to accomplish this and other feats. Some of the exotic concepts you explore include

Planck Length: Quantum mechanics and general relativity converge at the smallest possible distance, called the Planck length, which is more than a billion, billion times smaller than the diameter of a proton. This is the characteristic length of strings.
Supersymmetry: One way to make the tricky math of string theory work out is to double the number of particles it has to explain! This may sound counterintuitive, but Dr. Kachru shows how a principle called supersymmetry makes the numbers compute like magic.
Duality: Another problem is the multitude of string theories with markedly different parameters. However, on analysis, many turn out to be mathematically the same a property called duality. Entirely new, more powerful string theories emerge from this process.

Venture across Time, Space, and Unseen Dimensions

As director of one of the world s premier programs in theoretical physics, Dr. Kachru is in the vanguard of research on string theory. No comparable lecture series for a general audience goes into the detail he presents in this course, profusely illustrated with animations and graphics. String theory is complicated, and he doesn t pretend otherwise. However, even scientists simplify their subject to make calculations more manageable, as you learn through a stratagem called the spherical cow. This is a widespread practice in theoretical physics that removes complexities to streamline a problem as if a farmer ignored the appendages on his herd of cattle to get a rough-and-ready estimate of the space needed for a barn.

Dr. Kachru uses supersymmetry as a spherical cow, discounting the fact that the symmetry between particle types cannot be perfect in the real world. Following this approach, he leads you through a breathtaking landscape, featuring

Branes: Short for membranes, these are surfaces on which strings can attach, giving rise to different particles and properties. Although represented in two dimensions, they can exist as p-branes in higher dimensions, where p is the number of dimensions.
Compactification: Imagine a one-dimensional line, enlarged to reveal a hidden dimension, curled around like a tube. This extra dimension has been compactified. In string theory, the geometry of compactification can get quite complicated!
Calabi Yau Manifolds: The extra dimensions in 10-dimensional string theory (six plus the four familiar dimensions of space and time) can be compactified in a class of complex geometric shapes called Calabi Yau manifolds, which lead to a host of subatomic phenomena.
Equipped with these concepts, you venture across time, space, and unseen dimensions. You explore the Big Bang, the dazzlingly brief era of cosmic inflation, the profound mystery of dark energy, the enigma black holes, the conundrum of quantum gravity, the unification of the four fundamental forces, and much more everything really, for The Mind-Bending Physics of String Theory is your introduction to a set of ideas that may be, at long last, the theory of everything.

What Will You Learn?
Learn why many physicists believe that tiny strings, not particles, are the bedrock of matter and energy

Discover why string theory requires extra dimensions a total of 10 according to the standard version

Probe the connection between string theory and black holes, the Big Bang, and cosmic inflation

See how string theory unites gravity and the other fundamental forces into a theory of everything

Code:

https://anonymz.com/?https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/the-mind-bending-physics-of-string-theory

Code:

https://rapidgator.net/file/81c81c45ab41f4f81c1d0869e419e542/The_Mind-Bending_Physics_of_String_Theory.rar

Code:

https://nitroflare.com/view/C384E4689D6CC5D/The_Mind-Bending_Physics_of_String_Theory.rar

[Slon]

TTC - The Great Tours: Iceland
Released 11/2022
MP4 | Video: h264, 1280x720 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz, 2 Ch
Genre: eLearning | Language: English | Duration: 24 Lessons (9h 25m) | Size: 8 GB


[center]
Iceland has a cultural identity that is tightly intertwined with nature, which makes this land of fire and ice such a remarkable and unforgettable place to visit

[/center]
Whether it s through literature, art, music, food, or history, the Icelandic relationship with nature is profound, and runs as deep as some of Iceland s glaciers extending below the surface of the sea. In fact, Icelanders don t distinguish between themselves and nature, but instead see themselves as a part of nature. Their intimate relationship with, and dependence on, the natural world has been present since the land was first settled and it persists to this day.

Though it s become a popular travel destination for tourists of all types (from those who love hiking through the wilderness to those who simply love a quiet stroll through a museum), there s still much that remains unfamiliar to the layperson about Iceland. Consider

Who first settled this isolated, remote northern island and why?
What makes the diversity of Iceland s plants and animals so remarkable?
How did the environment shape the history of Iceland over the centuries?
What are the folkloric roots of Iceland s cuisine and other cultural traditions?
How is Iceland today dealing with issues of conservation and sustainability?
Iceland s fascinating natural and cultural history is indeed unique and The Great Tours: Iceland allows armchair travelers to better appreciate this wonderous region of our planet. It also gives tourists insights into planning the adventure of a lifetime. Designed by behavioral ecologist Professor Jennifer Verdolin of the University of Arizona, these 24 visually stunning lectures take you in and around Iceland, from its bustling cities to its remote towns, from the tops of its glaciers to the depths of its geothermal pools. It also offers an unforgettable introduction to (and helpful resource on) a landscape where nature and humans collide and influence one another, both in the past and in the present.

Explore a Land of Fire and Ice

The astounding geology of Iceland lends the landscape a profound sense of otherworldliness. You begin The Great Tours: Iceland with an in-depth look at the land itself: how it rose from the ocean, its geological importance for both our planet and Icelandic culture, and the stunning features that widen the eyes and drop the jaws of visitors and residents alike. You will take an in-depth examination of features such as

Volcanoes: Hekla is the largest, most active stratovolcano in Iceland. It has been responsible for spewing vast amounts of volcanic ash in the past 8,000 years, having blanketed Europe 50 times. In fact, the heart of Iceland s formation lies in volcanoes like Hekla. The profuse output of fine pyroclastic material known as tephra is often used as an archaeological tool to provide key dates for both volcanic activity and for dating Iceland s earliest settlements.
Glaciers: Iceland s glaciers (to say nothing of the ice tunnels and ice caves inside them) are deeply rooted in the country s culture and history, with its largest glaciers found in the south and central highlands. While they continue to capture the hearts and minds of photographers, geologists, and mountaineers, most of Iceland s glaciers went unnamed until the 1890s.
Waterfalls: It s hard to choose the most impressive waterfall in Iceland because there are so many out there. (Pro tip: Whenever you see foss at the end of an Icelandic word, it s denoting a waterfall.) Take Gullfoss, for example, which translates to Golden Falls. It s the most visited waterfall in Iceland, with two steep drops that are the result of land fractures from volcanic activity and earthquakes.
Hot Springs: Given Iceland s volcanic activity, it s no surprise there s a wealth of hot springs in the country, the majority of which provide heat and power to much of the island in the form of geothermal energy. What you might not realize is that the popular Blue Lagoon isn t a naturally formed hot spring it was created in 1976 by a discharge of brine from a geothermal plant pumped into a nearby lava field.
And Explore Fascinating Flora and Fauna

At first glance, it might seem like much of Iceland is barren: a sea of volcanic rock with little vegetation or animal life. But that couldn t be further from the truth.

The Great Tours: Iceland introduces you to Iceland s fascinating flora and fauna on land, in the sea, and in the air. This remarkable portrait of natural diversity includes

Mountain avens are so beautiful among Iceland s numerous flowering plants that Icelanders voted it to be the national flower;
Oyster plants are edible succulents commonly found in lava fields and traditionally used to treat colds and sore throats;
Atlantic puffins are Iceland s iconic seabird with black coloring above and white below, best spotted along the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago in August;
Arctic foxes are the top land predator in Iceland. Their fur seasonally changes color to better camouflage them while hunting; and
Greenland sharks can live up to 500 years and were hunted for their liver oil to fuel the streetlamps of 18th-century Iceland.
Travel through the Story of Iceland

Iceland s connection to nature is both beautiful and complicated, says Professor Verdolin. The same can be said of Icelandic culture and history.

Throughout The Great Tours: Iceland, you ll learn about Iceland s history and culture, from its earliest settlements, and the deforestation settlement brought about, to its epic poetry, which references locations you can still visit today. You ll also learn about Iceland s latest national efforts to promote carbon neutrality and the inner workings of the country s tourism infrastructure.

Along the way, you ll see how everything is connected in Iceland and how it continually hearkens back to nature. You will

Learn what fermented shark is and why locals eat it;
Discover what Icelandic music sounds like;
Consider historical debates over hunting and fishing rights;
Develop an ear for contemporary Icelandic literature; and
Appreciate the island s vibrant mural and street art scene.
What s more, Professor Verdolin grounds all these geological, biological, historical, and cultural insights into a comprehensive guide for anyone interested in planning a trip to this unique country. Follow her around the island from the capital city of Reykjav k to the cusp of the Arctic Circle and explore some of the most popular adventures a visitor can have. You ll get tips on what animals to see (and when), the best spots for hiking and sightseeing, overlooked gems that are well worth your time, and so much more.

And if you d prefer to travel from the comfort of home, don t worry. This series, in true Great Tours fashion, feels just as immersive as any feet-on-the-ground visit.

A Toast to Iceland

By the conclusion of The Great Tours: Iceland, you ll have a greater familiarity with and appreciation for a country where nature, humans, volcanoes, glaciers, and a changing climate all collide and influence one another.

And in coming to see the true depth and richness of Iceland, you ll find yourself in agreement with J nas Hallgr msson, one of Iceland s most beloved poets, whose 1839 poem A Toast to Iceland reads

Our land of lakes forever fair
below blue mountain summits,
of swans, of salmon leaping where
the silver water plummets,
of glaciers swelling broad and bare
above earth's fiery sinews
the Lord pour out his largess there
as long as earth continues!

What Will You Learn?
Learn how Iceland was shaped by its glaciers, volcanoes, and other natural features

Explore the impact of Iceland s early settlers and communities on its forests

Get to know some of the non-native plants and animals that now call Iceland home

Discover some of the unique characteristics of Icelandic art, cuisine, and literature

Learn expert tips on how to plan a trip to Iceland and some can t-miss adventures

Code:

https://anonymz.com/?https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/the-great-tours-iceland

Code:

https://rapidgator.net/file/a02b2359415c28ce92ffcd511355ecb3/The_Great_Tours_Iceland.part1.rar
https://rapidgator.net/file/29aeae19e71b9331f3f6757da259fb2f/The_Great_Tours_Iceland.part2.rar

Code:

https://nitroflare.com/view/C6EB6A7EB48E8FD/The_Great_Tours_Iceland.part1.rar
https://nitroflare.com/view/4430D4CE3A40936/The_Great_Tours_Iceland.part2.rar

[Slon]

TTC - Rediscovering the Age of Dinosaurs
Released 11/2022
MP4 | Video: h264, 1280x720 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz, 2 Ch
Genre: eLearning | Language: English | Duration: 24 Lessons (10h 11m) | Size: 8.3 GB


[center]
Journey to Jurassic times

[/center]
Imagine a world in which creatures roaming the land included giant, sharp-toothed predators, swathed in 8-inch, downy feathers; plant-eating behemoths longer than blue whales; and fantastic creatures with horns and spikes radiating from their heads. This is the world of the distant past, our world in the age of dinosaurs.

Dinosaurs fascinate people of all ages and backgrounds. These fabulous beasts quasi-mythical in their remoteness from us, yet with physical remains that are startlingly real are many people s first brush with science. After two centuries of systematic study, dinosaurs are icons of natural history, and live on in popular culture through movies and other appearances in media and art.

What do these incredible animals have to tell us? What can we learn from them, about our planet, and about ourselves?

Dinosaurs take us into a primeval world that is radically different from the biosphere we know. They allow us to dig in to geological time, the vast expanse of hundreds of millions of years that encompasses their epoch and recounts the deep history of life on Earth. They acquaint us with terrestrial life forms on an astonishingly massive scale, and studying their extinction reveals insights about our own place in the story of life on Earth.

In the 24 lectures of Rediscovering the Age of Dinosaurs, you will take a deep dive into the dinosaurs world and into some of the most extraordinary wonders of nature our planet has ever produced. Your guide is professor and field paleontologist Kristi Curry Rogers of Macalester College, a celebrated dinosaur researcher whose globe-spanning work has included discovering and naming two new dinosaur species.

Travel into Earth s Deep History

In recent decades, a revolution within paleontology known as the Dinosaur Renaissance has transformed the study of dinosaurs, upending longtime assumptions, revealing misconceptions about them, and shedding new light on many mysteries surrounding these enigmatic animals. These new scientific currents reveal remarkable facts about the creatures of the dinosaurs age

Contrary to portrayals in Jurassic Park and other movies, the running speed of Tyrannosaurus rex would have been about the same as a healthy human runner.
Pterodactyls (giant flying reptiles) could have the wingspan of an F-16 jet and, astoundingly, may have stayed aloft for months at a time, without touching down to Earth.
The dinosaurs extraordinary biological success and longevity was made possible by happenstance; ancient events of mass extinction, the survivors of which were poised to take advantage of empty ecological niches.
Recent discoveries reveal that many dinosaurs evolved colorful feathers, an adaptation that had nothing to do with flight, but was later used conveniently as some small dinosaurs took to the air.
Highly resonant nasal chambers and head crests on some species strongly suggest that dinosaurs vocalized, singing or trumpeting to their mates and rivals.
Studies of dinosaur growth and body temperature indicate that, in important ways, they were metabolically more similar to birds and mammals than to other reptiles.
Explore these and other revelations about prehistoric life and travel to rich fossil sites in Madagascar, the United States, Argentina, China, Mongolia, and beyond, for a spirited and detailed look at dinosaur paleontology in the field. Along the way, you will explore the incredible range and diversity of dinosaur species and make an in-depth examination of the cutting-edge methods that are enriching and deepening knowledge of these most extraordinary of creatures.

As an additional feature, this exciting course focuses on the age of dinosaurs, but not only on the dinosaurs themselves. You ll also encounter a rich spectrum of other amazing animals that coexisted with the dinosaurs, from the marine and flying reptiles that are often incorrectly called dinosaurs to the profusion of strange and extraordinary birds, mammals, and terrestrial reptiles that shared the dinosaurs ecosystems. These enthralling lectures bring the dinosaurs and their fellow creatures out of the museum and reframes them as the living, breathing animals they were animals that have more in common with us than we might ever have imagined.

Encounter Our Planet s Most Astonishing Creatures

In these richly illustrated lectures, you ll travel across 165 million years of Earth s history, uncovering the lives of the dinosaurs and their relatives, and the developing work of the scientists who study them, through topics, such as

A Spectacular Diversity of Species. Comprising 900 known dinosaur species, get to know the two major taxonomic groups of Saurischia, including the famous, fearsome predators, many of which were feathered, and the giant, long-necked plant eaters, and Ornithischia, containing numerous herbivores, with a huge range of unusual body types and striking physical features.
Wonders of Dinosaur Discovery. Delve deeply into the remarkable fossils that record and reveal the dinosaurs world and contemplate the rare and complex process by which organic material is fossilized; investigate the environments and ecosystems where fossils are found, the types of geologic materials that contain them, and how scientists find and date dinosaur remains.
Remarkable Behavior and Lifestyles. Discover how these phenomenal creatures ate and digested food, through details of their teeth, jaws, and bones; learn how their growth rates resulted in the massive sizes of some dinosaurs; what science reveals about their mating and intraspecies behavior, how they nested and cared for their young, how they adapted to different climates; and the harsh toll that living took on their bodies and bones.
The Dinosaur Renaissance. Take stock of recent developments that have revolutionized dinosaur paleontology including revelatory evidence that led to the reclassification of birds as dinosaurs; observe how the use of microscopy, CT scans, geochemical analysis, and isotope profiles reveal minute details of dinosaurs sensory capacities, locomotion, diets, geographic range, thermoregulation, and more.
Outlandish Anatomical Features and Their Uses. Find out about the bizarre anatomy of many dinosaur species; from meter-long claws and feathered tails to pompadour-like head crests, clubbed tails, bony frills, dorsal sails, horns, spikes, and beaks; see what purposes these strange attributes served, sometimes encompassing multiple uses.
Amazing Creatures That Lived alongside the Dinosaurs. Take the measure of the range of picturesque animals that shared the dinosaurs ecosystems, from the huge marine reptiles that terrorized the deep to the first airborne vertebrates; from giant winged reptiles to tiny, graceful flyers; as well as herbivorous crocodiles, carnivorous amphibians, and a colorful menagerie of ancient mammals.

Witness the Miracle of Evolution

Throughout the lectures, Professor Curry Rogers shows herself to be an inspired, captivating, and highly articulate guide, combining on-the-ground tales of great fossil finds with richly detailed lore about the dinosaurs, and reflections on the species she s spent her remarkable career studying.

As a compelling frame to the story, the lectures shed fascinating light on the larger trajectory of evolution, in its myriad and remarkable forms. Using knowledge and data from comparative anatomy, developmental biology, genome studies, and the fossil record, you ll trace the extraordinary story of the shared ancestry among Earth s fauna. Here, you ll learn that one group of scaly, cold-blooded reptiles led to mammals, and another to dinosaurs and birds. And you ll grasp why the huge, sail-backed reptile Dimetrodon, in the former group, is more closely related to us than it is to any dinosaur.

Finally, you ll explore the devastating extinction event that ended the age of dinosaurs and paved the way for the diversification of a plethora of new fauna and flora, leading to modern birds, reptiles, mammals, and humanity.

Through Professor Rogers multi-layered commentary, enriched by stunning imagery of the creatures of the prehistoric past, Rediscovering the Age of Dinosaurs offers you a breathtaking view of the panorama of life on our planet.

Code:

https://anonymz.com/?https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/rediscovering-the-age-of-dinosaurs

Code:

https://rapidgator.net/file/b72ff059c6e4979f816241e4f403c913/Rediscovering_the_Age_of_Dinosaurs.part1.rar
https://rapidgator.net/file/494488538a62ceb9a7fcb4fcad0ba91c/Rediscovering_the_Age_of_Dinosaurs.part2.rar

Code:

https://nitroflare.com/view/27F9E0346DD8C7E/Rediscovering_the_Age_of_Dinosaurs.part1.rar
https://nitroflare.com/view/AB1CCEC2430633C/Rediscovering_the_Age_of_Dinosaurs.part2.rar

[Slon]

TTC - The Power of Storytelling with Ari Shapiro
Released 11/2023
MP4 | Video: h264, 1280x720 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz, 2 Ch
Genre: eLearning | Language: English | Duration: 12 Lessons ( 6h 20m ) | Size: 5.3 GB


[center]
Stories are one of the most fundamental aspects of the human experience. They seize our attention, help us make meaning, allow us to better understand ourselves (and others), and offer new perspectives on the world. But how do you make a story do all that? As a New York Times best-selling..

[/center]
As a New York Times best-selling author and award-winning host of NPR s All Things Considered, Ari Shapiro knows the power of storytelling better than most. He s covered wars in Iraq, Ukraine, and Israel. He s sat down with celebrated authors and struggling families. He s reported from migrant caravans on the ground and press pools aboard Air Force One. And the longer he s worked in the field, the more convinced he s become of storytelling s primal importance.

Stories are about more than information, he says. They re an opportunity to foster understanding. That s why, whether you re a journalist or some other kind of storyteller, thinking deeply about storytelling, and working to make your stories come alive for the audience, is so worthwhile.

In The Power of Storytelling with Ari Shapiro, this master of the craft reveals the storytelling secrets he s learned over the course of his storied career as a reporter and performer. From finding a good story and choosing the right characters to conducting interviews and even delivering a story effectively out loud, the skills and techniques in these 12 fascinating lessons are a powerful toolkit for all kinds of storytellers at all levels of experience. This is a one-of-a-kind chance to get behind the microphone with a world-class journalist; to peer over his shoulder as he discovers and shapes some of his most memorable stories; and to learn how a great story, well-told, has the power to touch the hearts and minds of complete strangers.

Go behind the Scenes of Ari s NPR Stories

How does one succeed at storytelling? What makes one story memorable and another forgettable? How can a single story elicit deep emotional responses in an audience?

These are just a few of the questions that serve as the launchpad for Ari s helpful strategies on powerful storytelling. While no story is guaranteed to thrill everyone, your chances of telling a memorable story increase when you employ certain techniques and follow certain rules.

Journalistic stories are grounded in facts and current events, Ari explains, but nobody will remember them if they re just the facts. Stories are about more than information. Working to make your stories come alive for the audience is so worthwhile.

And what better way to see these techniques and rules in action than through Ari s own journalism? Each lesson in The Power of Storytelling with Ari Shapiro takes you behind the scenes of some of Ari s most powerful news stories. For example

Pacing. While reporting on millions of Venezuelans migrating a 250-mile journey into neighboring Colombia, Ari had to be careful not to lull listeners to sleep but to keep them enthralled. To do so, he consciously varied the pacing of his story. To hit his audience with the emotional gut punches these migrants were enduring, he had to slow down and let the audience absorb what they d just heard.
Connection. In 2008, while in Houston covering Hurricane Ike, Ari met a mother and adult daughter, Linda and Evelyn, looking for a generator to help power a breathing machine for Linda s adult son, Mike. Ari followed them throughout the day, knowing that in Evelyn and Linda he d found relatable characters trapped in a high-stakes situation characters his audience would not only want to spend time with but would want to root for.
Transparency. When Ari visited the Poland-Ukraine border at the beginning of Russia s invasion of Ukraine in March 2022, he and his team arranged an interview with a family of Ukrainian refugees. Before the interview, he and his team sat down to explain how they would approach the conversation. He wanted to ensure his interview subjects knew they were in control of the discussion.
Improvisation. During a 2014 interview about Ferguson, Missouri, where demonstrations and violence followed the security officer killing of Michael Brown, Ari came prepared with questions. But one of the main reasons Ari considers this story so powerful and effective is that, when it came time to interview the mayor of Ferguson, James Knowles, he let his questions go. (Ari reveals the exact moment he set his script aside, and what happened next.)
Borrow from Ari s Storytelling Toolkit

The Power of Storytelling with Ari Shapiro is a chance for you to pore over Ari s own tried-and-true toolkit for memorable storytelling. With Ari s engaging and empowering lessons, you ll gain the confidence to use these tools toward whatever story it is you re trying to tell, from a news report to a novel to a public performance. As you go, you will learn

Don t Be Afraid to Vary the Emotional Palette. Think of a good story like a good dessert There s not just one sweet note but a little bit of tartness or saltiness to offset the sugar. Moments of humor, surprise, and delight are worth including in even the saddest story because they keep it moving in unexpected directions and make it multidimensional. Just like life.
When in Doubt, Work from a Template. Organizing your material into a story can be daunting, but you don t need to invent a structure from scratch. Instead, work from tried-and-true templates. You can tell your story chronologically, or from two perspectives, or even start at the end and jump back in time to explain how we got there.
Always Think about Your Audience. Keeping your audience at the forefront of your mind when telling stories will guide you toward more meaningful tales and will also help you figure out what to include in your story (and what to leave out).
Tap into the power of archetypes. There s a reason that humans have been telling the same kinds of stories for millennia: Familiar characters have a deep pull on our psyche. If you re telling stories about large, abstract ideas, you don t need to reinvent the wheel. Instead, try finding an archetype (the hero, the trickster) to build a story on.
Whether you want to tell great stories yourself, or simply want an insider s look at how great stories come into being, The Power of Storytelling with Ari Shapiro is an engaging, insightful, and unforgettable learning experience.

What Will You Learn?
Learn the questions all storytellers should ask themselves before starting a story

Discover the right (and wrong) questions to ask people during sensitive interviews

Examine time-tested strategies for figuring out the main character of your story

Get helpful tips on finding the personal perspectives inside large, abstract stories

Boost your confidence at telling one of your stories before a live audience

Code:

https://anonymz.com/?https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/the-power-of-storytelling-with-ari-shapiro

Code:

https://rapidgator.net/file/7a51bda347451922d8cd5ab980cd02b2/The_Power_of_Storytelling_with_Ari_Shapiro.part1.rar
https://rapidgator.net/file/6862e541bdf125ab55f760f56bea5a7d/The_Power_of_Storytelling_with_Ari_Shapiro.part2.rar

Code:

https://nitroflare.com/view/DC7BEED1A8E0982/The_Power_of_Storytelling_with_Ari_Shapiro.part1.rar
https://nitroflare.com/view/2324941F4ADF43A/The_Power_of_Storytelling_with_Ari_Shapiro.part2.rar

[Slon]

TTC - Secrets of the Occult
Released 11/2022
MP4 | Video: h264, 1280x720 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz, 2 Ch
Genre: eLearning | Language: English | Duration: 24 Lessons (11h 50m) | Size: 9.9 GB


[center]
The term occult most often evokes images of the dark and sinister. Shadowy adepts performing magical rituals with dubious intentions and questionable ingredients. The devil himself may be in attendance. Yet, occult really just means hidden

[/center]
From spirituality to politics and science, the occult has had an astonishing influence on the human experience across the centuries. Perhaps, it may surprise you to learn that everyday activities like attending church services or reading your daily horoscope fall under the wide umbrella of the occult. As you will see in the 24 illuminating episodes of Secrets of the Occult, the mystic and obscure are threaded through our ordinary lives in more ways than you may realize.

This revealing course is taught by Richard B. Spence, a Professor Emeritus at the University of Idaho. It covers a wide array of subjects and experiences that address the occult and stretch from the ancient world to the 21st century. According to Professor Spence, Occultism posits that we inhabit a limited spectrum of reality within a much larger one. We re arguably surrounded by a larger world that we normally can t see, or touch, or knowingly interact with. This larger world is hidden or occulted from us. However, the beliefs and practices broadly referred to as occultism aim to reveal, access or even control elements of this hidden world. Throughout these episodes, you will uncover these hidden elements and consider what these revelations have to say about our perception of the world.

Mysteries of the Ancient World

The occult is as old as humanity itself; we have found evidence of spiritual practices and magical rituals in art and artifacts that date back as far as the Ice Age. Sometimes, the occult is used to build and maintain power. Other times, it is a path to knowledge or enlightenment for ordinary individuals. Either way, it s nothing new. Looking back to the ancient world, you will trace many stories, practices, and belief systems that influenced future generations in crucial and surprising ways.

For example, you will consider the roots of modern science through the lens of ancient and early modern occultism. Alchemists were not just about turning lead into gold. The real goal was their own transformation into a higher state of being. And another occult practice, astrology, would inform the development of astronomy and our search for answers in the stars would produce amazing new discoveries. After all, there was very little separation, if any, between science and the occult before the transformations of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment and even then, the occult maintained a closer connection to science and scholarship than you might think.

You will also see how ancient beliefs thread their way through history and continue into modern life. Whether we treat them as fiction or reality, many of these occult elements tell us something about the human psyche and our need to reach out into the universe for help, comfort, and understanding, or to uncover hidden dangers. Consider

Why do millions of people chop down an evergreen tree and place it in their homes every Christmas?
How do you tell the difference between an angel and a demon?
Can positive thinking or speaking desires aloud alter the course of our lives through the power of intention?
Why has the term witch hunt become synonymous with baseless or vindictive persecution?
Who determines when a practice or symbol is part of an accepted religious observance or when it crosses into the realm of the occult?
Do some people really possess the ability to communicate with the dead?
You will explore these and many other questions as you uncover the hidden symbols, rituals, beings, and doctrines of occultism from their ancient origins to their contemporary influences.

The Power of the Occult

The occult isn t something that only takes place in midnight graveyards or among creepy cultists. As you will discover, it surrounds us everywhere and influences our daily lives in ways so familiar that we don t even think about them. English occultist Aleister Crowley once defined magic as the use of will to effect change. So, whether we are using the power of positive thinking or turning to the higher power invoked by institutions like Alcoholics Anonymous, humans often turn to an invisible source of strength and ability to help guide us through our troubles and achieve our greatest desires.

While the occult, at least in the modern world, has often been associated with rebels and outsiders, it has also long been a means of acquiring and maintaining power for religious and political ends that have deeply affected millions of people. One of the most notorious assertions of occult influence is the theory of Nazi occultism, drawn from the regime s fascination with symbols and arcane knowledge that some high-ranking members believed would aid in their quest to conquer Europe. The symbols and alleged mystical practices of the Nazis were often appropriated from other occult traditions. Like the swastika. Some even believe that the Nazis were themselves the tools of dark, occult forces.

Fascination with the occult has frequently been used by charlatans and grifters to cheat believers out of their money and their peace of mind. Separating the sincere practitioners from those out to defraud gullible or desperate victims is difficult and some individuals including famous figures like Harry Houdini crusaded to debunk occult practices and protect people from con artists.

With such a questionable history, it can be difficult to separate the genuine believers from the frauds and criminals. Yet, by looking at the occult with all its positive and negative elements, you will be able to get a richer and more comprehensive understanding of its powerful influence and even its potential truths.

As Above, So Below

As Professor Spence reiterates throughout Secrets of the Occult, good and evil are matters of intent. The occult has a long-standing reputation for moral ambiguity, and many associate esoteric beliefs and practices with outright evil. But the occult casts a wide net that includes deeply rooted cultural practices and surprisingly modern concepts. As you explore this world of hidden mysteries and magical undertakings through an impartial lens, you will be introduced to fascinating alternative ways of perceiving the world around you.

These episodes, while mostly focused on Western occultism, demonstrate that the occult is both universal and timeless. It s also infinitely adaptable. That means the occult isn t some artifact of the past. It always adapts. It exists today, and will continue to do so, ever evolving.

Whether you accept occult perspectives as possible truth or reject them as desperate fantasy, the occult still has something to say about our relationship to the world, and even to reality itself. Science has solved many of the great mysteries of the universe, and yet, there are still so many questions left unanswered. Could some of these answers be found in the realm of arcane knowledge and mystic beliefs? What can the occult teach us about the universe and our place in it? With this journey through the occult across the ages, you will get the chance to pull back the curtain shrouding these mysteries and decide for yourself.

What Will You Learn?
Survey the influence of the occult from the ancient world to the 21st century and see how the mystic and obscure are threaded through our ordinary lives in more ways than you may realize

Dig into the influence of the occult on culture high and low and its influence on politics, science, and technology.

Explore topics such as the creation of a golem, the evil eye, wealth-generating techniques, love spells, necromancy, and monsters, including an alleged werewolf

Investigate witchcraft, examine occult places, and uncover the secret language and occult powers of symbols

Ponder a connection between occultism and UFOs

Scrutinize charlatanism in occult matters

Code:

https://anonymz.com/?https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/secrets-of-the-occult

Code:

https://rapidgator.net/file/0b6bc150f338d0539afbfab868e0b9e5/Secrets_of_the_Occult.part1.rar
https://rapidgator.net/file/04bbe74a5d17e93588387297d41b3f59/Secrets_of_the_Occult.part2.rar

Code:

https://nitroflare.com/view/FF2B1B8924C941B/Secrets_of_the_Occult.part1.rar
https://nitroflare.com/view/1B679F7BB9584E2/Secrets_of_the_Occult.part2.rar

[Slon]

TTC - The Power of Mind over Body
Released 7/2023
MP4 | Video: h264, 1280x720 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz, 2 Ch
Genre: eLearning | Language: English | Duration: 12 Lessons (5h 45m) | Size: 4.7 GB


[center]
Have you ever worried yourself sick? Maybe you went through an especially devastating breakup, and your chest started to hurt. Or maybe a flight you were really hoping to be on got delayed and you spent the next few hours at the airport medicating a nasty migraine...

[/center]
Have you ever worried yourself sick? Maybe you went through an especially devastating breakup, and your chest started to hurt. Or maybe a flight you were really hoping to be on got delayed and you spent the next few hours at the airport medicating a nasty migraine. Far from coincidence, all of this happens because the body and the mind are intimately intertwined. How the brain interprets our thoughts, moods, and life experiences has a measurable sometimes devastating impact on our physical health. Everything from gut health to how we experience pain can depend on something as simple as our expectations and past experiences. But don t worry. Just like you can stress yourself into being sick after a breakup or a delayed flight, it is equally possible to harness the brain-body connection to both feel and fare better.

In The Power of Mind over Body, unpack the science behind the brain-body connection and explore the cutting-edge therapies that claim to reduce pain, slow disease, and eliminate fatigue, not via pharmaceutical or surgical intervention but simply by targeting how a person thinks and feels. Your expert is Jo Marchant, an award-winning science journalist and speaker who has spent her career studying the brain and the role it plays in physical health. With her background in genetics and medical microbiology, she has taken a topic as complicated as the human brain and designed 12 clear, concise, and informative lectures that will change the way you think about disease; your body; and, more generally, about physical health.

Together with Jo, you will examine the chemistry and physiology of the placebo effect. You will explore the mechanics of pain What does it mean to hurt on a biological level? You will study a series of real-world experiments that measure the impact of mindsets on pain, fatigue, stress, and disease progression, getting to know a cast of scientists from Fabrizio Benedetti to Ted Kaptchuk who are doing pioneering but maligned and underfunded work in the field. You will work through prospective solutions that harness the brain-body partnership for the better, such as psychogastroenterology, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), comfort talk, and mindfulness. And you will discuss what it would actually take for modern medicine to embrace the body-mind connection and to build a medical system that handles disease holistically.

Behind the Mind-Body Connection

Before exploring the ways in which you can take advantage of and benefit from the mind s powerful role in physical health and wellness, it is important to understand the science. How do drugs, placebos, pain, and chronic fatigue function electrically, biologically, chemically? And what, if anything, have we learned from years of research both old and new, familiar and unfamiliar? Before we can treat ourselves and others by capitalizing on the muscle of the mind before we can call for a health revolution that spotlights therapies harnessing the power of thoughts, feelings, social circumstances, and expectations we first must understand how our brain communicates with and regulates body systems.

Using years of Jo s own research as a springboard, you will spend time getting to know the scientists, doctors, and psychologists doing vital work on the brain s contribution to physical health and disease, working through a cadre of studies on drug and placebo therapy, immunity, pain management, altitude sickness, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and so much more. You will define and apply key concepts like predictive coding to understand how the brain interprets the world around itself. And you will be able to talk authoritatively about how your thoughts, feelings, and perceptions impact function across all systems digestive, cardiovascular, lymphatic, and everything in between.

Thinking Healthy

After working through the basic science, turn your attention to therapies. How, that is, can everyday people take advantage of the mind-body link to treat pain; slow disease progression; ease fatigue; improve physical fitness; and live better, longer, healthier lives overall? Unsurprisingly, you will find that a lot of it boils down to targeting our mindsets, our social circumstances, our expectations, the way we think about and approach illness, even if terminal or completely debilitating. In 12 lectures, you will investigate the real impact and efficacy of therapies such as

Placebos. The expectation of treatment can sometimes be more powerful than the treatment itself. You will examine current research on placebos to see how we can trick and train our immune systems into more effectively managing pain and slowing disease.
Talk Therapy. Our overall mood, if unpleasant, can wreak havoc on our body systems both immediately and in the long term. In just a few lectures, you will look closely at talk therapy techniques that target mood to see how they can not only make patients feel better mentally, but also alleviate potentially debilitating physical ailments like chronic fatigue and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
Palliative Care. Even if a person is terminally ill, there are ways to improve their quality of life and even extend it up to years in hospice care and it has nothing to do with conventional drugs. Take some time to figure out why a good palliative care regimen matters, even if the intention is not to cure or even treat sick patients.
Mindfulness. Mindfulness as a technique is all the rage right now, but how beneficial is it really? Investigate meditation therapy in its most basic form, paying special attention to its impact on inflammation, pain, and even brain structure.
Virtual Reality. Technology has come a long way, especially in medicine. Dive into innovative VR techniques that compliment how our brain works naturally to treat patients who are sick, tired, or in constant pain.
Hypnosis. Though ridiculed as a quack therapy, hypnosis can have practical use in medicine. You will determine what so-called comfort talk can do for pain and surgical patients.
Round out the course by considering what comes next. What does a mind-body revolution in medicine and care actually look like? How can we get skeptical health professionals and funding bodies to take pioneering research in the field seriously? What do we have to do to convince patients battling chronic fatigue or plagued by gastric distress not to throw away conventional medicine drugs, surgery, rest, rehab but to supplement it with therapies that target their mindsets, expectations, and moods? With a better understanding of the crucial relationship of the mind and the body, the future of medicine may lie in finding ways to optimize the balance of the two not only in medical settings, but in everyday life, as well.

What Will You Learn?
Look at what the research says about how to ease pain

Find out how to improve the outcome of surgery

Discover how to reframe stressful life challenges so that they work for us instead of against us

See how approaches such as mindfulness and simply having friends can protect us from disease

Explore how having meaning in life and experiencing awe can create profound physical effects

Code:

https://anonymz.com/?https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/the-power-of-mind-over-body

Code:

https://rapidgator.net/file/177e38a251f980fbf5f56be0851867bf/The_Power_of_Mind_over_Body.rar

Code:

https://nitroflare.com/view/E5B312C5CED16F7/The_Power_of_Mind_over_Body.rar

[Slon]

TTC - The Great Tours: Civil War Battlefields
Released 11/2022
MP4 | Video: h264, 1280x720 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz, 2 Ch
Genre: eLearning | Language: English | Duration: 15 Lessons (7h 31m) | Size: 6.1 GB


[center]
Explore the Civil War right where it was fought

[/center]
On October 3, 1889, a 42-gun salute rang out from the national cemetery at Gettysburg. Addressing the crowd gathered at one of the most important battlefields of the American Civil War, General Joshua L. Chamberlain observed, In great deeds something abides. On great fields something stays.

In the decades following the Civil War, the number of monuments dedicated on the war s battlefields rapidly increased. But as the number of monuments increased, so did the meaning of the fields. Veterans came to honor the sacrifices made by their comrades, to celebrate their own valor, to mark the lines of battle, and to try and arrive at moments of reconciliation. Even today, tourists from across the country (and the world) come to Civil War battlefields to learn how such battles were waged and how historical participants made meaning of such horrible violence and killing.

No book can capture what it meant at that time to stand along the crest of Marye s Heights in Fredericksburg and look down upon the vast plain stretching to the Rappahannock River. No speech can evoke the spectacle of the crater at Petersburg, where Union troops exploded four tons of powder under Confederate lines, or the intensity of the scene at the parlor of the McLean House at Appomattox Court House, where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant. To see the ground and the locations where such momentous events in American history occurred, to stand on them with your own two feet, helps to make clearer sense of the war that tore a nation apart.

Noted Civil War historians Caroline E. Janney, the John L. Nau III Professor in History of the American Civil War at the University of Virginia, and Peter S. Carmichael, the Robert C. Fluhrer Professor of Civil War Studies at Gettysburg College, know all too well the power of place in history. For them, battlefields are a veritable extension of the classroom. They afford unique opportunities to answer a host of questions, such as

Why did Civil War soldiers fight the way they did?
What tactical philosophies did commanders employ?
How did soldiers make sense of what unfolded around them?
How did individual experiences shape the nature of the war?
In The Great Tours: Civil War Battlefields, these two renowned experts invite you to join them on the virtual battlefield for an examination of how the Civil War was fought. In 15 lectures, presented in chronological order of the timeline of the battles, you ll visit 11 sites that take you to a greater understanding of many of the war s renowned campaigns. It s an immersive tour of the places and moments that show the viewer what was happening during each battle and the objectives for the battle, while also explaining how the military engagement fit into the overall strategy of the campaign. Whether you re well-versed in Civil War battles or entirely new to this period of history, The Great Tours: Civil War Battlefields offers fresh insights and new stories to review.

Walk the Landscape of the Civil War

More than all the letters, memoirs, and newspaper reports tracing the events of the Civil War, it s the battlefields themselves, where Union and Confederate soldiers fought and died, that best connect us to a war that tested the promise of democracy and ensured both the end to slavery and the preservation of the Union. The wins and losses and near defeats and all-out routs were either shaped by the politics of the area or, in turn, helped shaped them.

The Great Tours: Civil War Battlefields focuses on the unique role of the Eastern Theater in the conflict, stretching from Virginia into Maryland and southern Pennsylvania. It served as the geographic area in which the Army of the Potomac, the major Union Army of the Eastern Theater, and the Army of Northern Virginia, of the Confederate States of America, fought.

Throughout these lectures, you ll join Professors Janney and Carmichael on virtual walks through key locations at some of the war s most iconic battlefields.

Bull Run: The war s first major battle took place on July 21, 1861, 30 miles southwest of Washington at Manassas Junction, which, prior to the war, had been little more than a stop along the Orange & Alexandria Railroad and the Manassas Gap Railroad. That summer, however, the railroad junction took on important military significance for both sides as a convenient line over which to transport troops and supplies for the war effort. A second battle at this critical location would occur in late August 1862, when Confederate forces would once more drive the Union army from the field.
Antietam: In September 1862, the Confederate army under General Robert E. Lee gathered on high ground near Sharpsburg, Maryland, above Antietam Creek. Despite his knowledge of Lee s plans, Union officer General George B. McClellan let precious time slip by and waited to launch an attack, inadvertently allowing Lee time to get some 30,000 troops in place (with one division back in Harpers Ferry). The resulting battle, on terrain that obscured Confederate formations, is considered the bloodiest day in the entire Civil War.
Gettysburg: What is perhaps the most iconic battle and battlefield of the Civil War is the topic of three lectures in The Great Tours: Civil War Battlefields. It s an immersive experience that takes you through the landscape of what would become a redemptive moment for the Army of the Potomac, only days after General George Gordon Meade assumed command of it. You ll also get the opportunity to walk along one of the most important infantry assaults in American history: Pickett s Charge.
Petersburg: In the trenches surrounding this Virginia city, General Ulysses S. Grant had General Robert E. Lee s Army of Northern Virginia cornered in the early summer of 1864. A promising end to the stalemate came in late July, when a Pennsylvania regiment tunneled more than 500 feet from behind Union lines to place four tons of black powder under the Confederate position. The massive explosion tore open the Confederate lines, but a bungling Union attack failed to exploit the opportunity.
Hear Hallowed Stories from Hallowed Ground

One way that historians can better understand the nature of war is through the words and experiences of the soldiers who survived the fighting at battlefields. Throughout The Great Tours: Civil War Battlefields, you ll hear stories from the individuals who walked the hallowed grounds of the Eastern Theatre of the Civil War.

As an example, from the recollections of a survivor of the Confederate bombardment at Gettysburg, a soldier wrote that the enemy fire was terrible beyond description; the air was full of shell hissing and bursting. They came so thick and fast there was no dodging them.

In another example, a soldier from South Carolina described the scene at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House: The trenches, dug on the inner side, were almost filled with water. Dead men lay on the surface of the ground and in the pools of water. The wounded bled and groaned, stretched or huddled in every attitude of pain. The water was crimsoned with blood.

These and other personal experiences testify to the horrors of war and add more layers of realism to what you ll learn about in these lectures.

Make Lasting Sense of America s Bloodiest War

As Professor Janney and Professor Carmichael guide you through The Great Tours: Civil War Battlefields, you will gain a better understanding of the battles that took place on the American soil of the United States, the bloodiest war in US history. You will gain a deeper appreciation for all that was lost and won by the soldiers who fought in the Civil War. Because of these historians, you ll come away inspired to visit (or revisit) the country s Civil War battlefields: the sunken lanes, commanding heights, and sweeping plains where so much violence occurred. Professor Janney and Professor Carmichael have each built their careers on researching the history of this epic conflict. As expressed in The Great Tours: Civil War Battlefields, their knowledge of the battles and the larger implications of the outcomes of the battles outcomes which influenced the trajectory of the United States as a nation makes this course more engaging and detailed than the self-guided tours at the battlefields, providing a great resource to watch before visiting in person.

What Will You Learn?
Learn how and why Civil War officers often deployed linear tactics on the battlefield

Discover how victories and defeats shaped political events in the Union and Confederacy

Explore the process by which Civil War battlefields become places of remembrance

Experience what the war was like for the soldiers fighting in the field in their own words

Consider why the contested legacy of the American Civil War still resonates today

Code:

https://anonymz.com/?https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/the-great-tours-civil-war-battlefields

Code:

https://rapidgator.net/file/c09e475c2569aa1baa5ef70c24984f97/The_Great_Tours_Civil_War_Battlefields.part1.rar
https://rapidgator.net/file/8d9821a96ef062ee5c2e15c6a549a10d/The_Great_Tours_Civil_War_Battlefields.part2.rar

Code:

https://nitroflare.com/view/54D7A54153D52EF/The_Great_Tours_Civil_War_Battlefields.part1.rar
https://nitroflare.com/view/4B5537BAB123B98/The_Great_Tours_Civil_War_Battlefields.part2.rar

[Slon]

TTC - The Power of Thought Experiments
Released 6/2023
MP4 | Video: h264, 1280x720 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz, 2 Ch
Genre: eLearning | Language: English | Duration: 24 Lessons ( 11h 54m ) | Size: 9.9 GB


[center]
Have you ever wondered what it means to be immortal? Or how you would act in a life-or-death situation? Or what would happen if you could travel back in time?

[/center]
If you ve ever thought about questions like these, you re already familiar with the world of thought experiments. Thought experiments are what if scenarios hypothetical situations that invite us to look rigorously at how we think and view the world.

In The Power of Thought Experiments, award-winning philosopher Daniel Breyer of Illinois State University takes you around the world and across intellectual traditions to explore the power of thought experiments from ancient Greece and China to contemporary science and philosophy. The course invites you on a diverse intellectual journey that will challenge the way you think by asking you to consider thought experiments that range from the mundane to the fantastic, not just for fun, but always with a discerning eye for why great thinkers considered them and what insights they reveal.

Professor Breyer s engaging teaching style, eye-opening perspectives, and amazingly detailed knowledge of this field make the lectures a multifaceted immersion in a remarkable arena of human thought.

In 24 enthralling lectures, you ll match wits with ancient thinkers like Aristotle, Ibn Sina, and Zhuangzi, as well as modern thinkers like Galileo, Hobbes, and Leibniz, all the way up to an astonishing array of contemporary philosophers and scientists, in a far-reaching look into thought experiments across the ages.

And, critically, you won t simply learn about influential thought experiments throughout history, you ll work through them in your own thinking, question them, challenge them, and evaluate what power they have to expand our minds and inform our lives.

Historic Thought Experiments

Try this thought experiment, from philosopher Robert Nozick: You have the chance to plug in to a virtual reality machine where you can experience anything you want. You can live the kind of life you ve only dreamed of, doing everything you ve ever wanted to do, with the people you love plugged in right alongside you. You ll even experience everything as absolutely real. The only catch? You must leave the real world behind. Would you plug in? Thought experiments are fascinating, fun to think about, and useful. They ve been used since ancient times by philosophers, scientists, and other thinkers to solve problems, reveal what s important to us, and help to understand ourselves and the world.

In this provocative and delightful course, you ll come to grips with a wide range of thought experiments from many traditions. A few of these mental voyages include

Seventeenth-century philosopher John Locke s thought experiment about a body exchange between a prince and another man, which obliges us to think deeply about what makes us the same people over time.
Albert Einstein s thought experiment, wherein, a giant elevator is accelerated through empty space, allowing us to explore what would happen under conditions that we can t produce yet, giving genuine insight into the natural world.
The well-known Trolley Problem that Philippa Foot first introduced in her 1967 paper that involved the two case studies of a trolley driver and a transplant, which demonstrated, perhaps surprisingly, that we tend to approve the idea of trading one life to save several lives in some situations while not in other situations.
Modern thought experiments about moral luck, which suggest that we have conflicting intuitions about whether we can hold people responsible for things that are out of their control.
Most thought experiments involve imaginary scenarios, which is why they are thought experiments. And, as influential philosopher Derek Parfit pointed out, We discover our beliefs are revealed most clearly when we consider imaginary cases. These beliefs also cover actual cases, and our own lives. By these means, thought experiments are of real value in revealing and challenging our deepest assumptions, beliefs, and thought processes.

Refine Your Powers of Thought and Reasoning

Throughout the 24 lectures of The Power of Thought Experiments, you ll investigate classic thought experiments on a spectrum of topics, such as

The Parameters of Ethics. You re faced with the choice of whether to save a drowning child. In this and other settings involving a person s power to prevent something bad from happening, learn how thought experiments have probed our notions of ethics and morality. Work through problems that look at what our moral obligations are to others and the limits of those obligations and consider situations that challenge our sense of what s right and wrong and what we should or shouldn t do.
The Boundaries of Identity. Across three lectures, grasp how thought experiments offer a valuable window into our conceptions of personal identity and selfhood. Through narratives where you undergo brain transplants, teletransportation, and sensory deprivation, reckon with questions concerning what defines or delimits the you you know yourself to be. Is identity necessarily related to the body? Where does the self begin and where does it end?
Schr dinger s Cat. Within quantum mechanics, take the measure of this famous thought experiment exploring superposition the notion that quantum phenomena seem to exist in different states at the same time. See how Schr dinger s scenario, which pictures a cat and a potentially lethal device within a steel chamber, uncovers a serious theoretical problem: according to the standard view of quantum theory, the cat in the chamber is both alive and dead.
Is Your Will Free? We think of ourselves as acting from free will. But is this the case? Examine this question, using thought experiments that explore the problem of how we make a choice when no single alternative seems better, or when we re torn between two choices. Assess whether such choices are truly free, or whether they re determined by prior or surrounding causes. Look rigorously at determinism and indeterminism vis- -vis will.
A Brush with Immortality. You ve taken a pill that allows you to live forever, in the healthiest possible state, with guaranteed freedom and prosperity, and the periodic option to cancel the deal. Witness how thought experiments have been used to explore the implications of such a condition, not as a fictional flight of fancy but as a means for investigating whether unlimited life is desirable, and what makes a (mortal) life truly worth living.
A Dazzling and Provocative Adventure

Throughout the course, Professor Breyer contextualizes the thought experiments at hand with incisive commentary on how they have been viewed, interpreted, and argued about through time, showing how thought experiments have influenced the history of science, philosophy, epistemology, ethics, psychology, law, and many other fields of knowledge.

Along the way, you ll gain vivid clarity on the power of thought experiments to open us up to new ways of thinking, to identify what we care about and what we truly believe, to stretch our imaginations, to help us investigate the world, and to advance the boundaries of knowledge.

Professor Breyer s compelling and wide-ranging presentation makes these lectures both illuminating and richly enjoyable. Join history s great thinkers in The Power of Thought Experiments for an extraordinary journey into your own mind.

What Will You Learn?
Consider landmark thought experiments by scientists like Galileo Galilei, Erwin Schr dinger, and Albert Einstein

Find out how imaginary cases can tell us something about how the world really is

Look at the relationship between a thought experiment and an actual experiment, and understand when a thought experiment is better

See how thinkers from different traditions, such as philosophers, economists, theologians, and mathematicians, have used thought experiments to explore issues

Delve into thought experiments with topics as wide-ranging as rational choice, moral responsibility, the good life, and identity

Code:

https://anonymz.com/?https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/the-power-of-thought-experiments

Code:

https://rapidgator.net/file/16f854bc3dca07497ddfe196daeeff76/The_Power_of_Thought_Experiments.part1.rar
https://rapidgator.net/file/e69a51d3b70ccc3c92c213b7ae27f1c6/The_Power_of_Thought_Experiments.part2.rar

Code:

https://nitroflare.com/view/FD08CE3E12B2990/The_Power_of_Thought_Experiments.part1.rar
https://nitroflare.com/view/1D09D250FF0E0EE/The_Power_of_Thought_Experiments.part2.rar

[Slon]

MasterClass - Prepare to Be Unprepared with Amy Poehler
Released 11/2023
MP4 | Video: h264, 1920x1080 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz, 2 Ch
Genre: eLearning | Language: English | Duration: 1h 16m | Size: 3.24 GB


[center]
Comedy icon Amy Poehler teaches you how improv principles can help you push past fear, find your people, and go all in on the life you want.

[/center]
From her time as a cofounder of Upright Citizens Brigade to her rise to fame on SNL and Parks and Recreation, Amy Poehler s been improv-ing her way into our hearts for decades. Now she takes the stage at MasterClass to help you be ready for anything with her nine improv principles. Turn up your confidence, push past fear, and roll with whatever life throws your way with Amy s unlicensed therapy.

Code:

https://anonymz.com/?https://www.masterclass.com/classes/prepare-to-be-unprepared

Code:

https://rapidgator.net/file/b1410c762506cde8f3d6f669fc1d9cfb/Prepare_to_Be_Unprepared_with_Amy_Poehler.rar

Code:

https://nitroflare.com/view/D5923676903DD64/Prepare_to_Be_Unprepared_with_Amy_Poehler.rar

[Slon]

MasterClass - Noam Chomsky Teaches Independent Thinking and the Media's Invisible Powers
Released 7/2023
MP4 | Video: h264, 1920x1080 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz, 2 Ch
Genre: eLearning | Language: English + Subs | Duration: 5 Lessons (41m) | Size: 1.8 GB


[center]
Renowned scholar, linguist, and political activist Noam Chomsky explores the dark side of media. Learn to cut through propaganda, defend against manipulation, and control what you consume.

[/center]
Dive into the invisible powers of media with Noam Chomsky. One of the most influential thinkers of our time, he s challenged the mainstream narratives of media, corporations, and governments for generations. Now he s connecting his long-standing theories to the issues we care most about today. Get his cutting insights into the powers and perils of social media, AI, and disinformation in a society set up to manipulate.

Code:

https://anonymz.com/?https://www.masterclass.com/classes/noam-chomsky-teaches-independent-thinking-and-the-media-s-invisible-powers

Code:

https://rapidgator.net/file/98fefa42542d8bc85a98cd9fa1982e1a/Noam_Chomsky_Teaches_Independent_Thinking_and_the_Medias_Invisible_Powers.rar

Code:

https://nitroflare.com/view/97FA87AFA78B6E3/Noam_Chomsky_Teaches_Independent_Thinking_and_the_Medias_Invisible_Powers.rar

[Slon]

MasterClass - Michael Pollan Teaches Intentional Eating
Released 11/2022
MP4 | Video: h264, 1920x1080 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz, 2 Ch
Genre: eLearning | Language: English + Subs | Duration: 13 Lessons (3h 19m) | Size: 8.6 GB


[center]
Acclaimed author Michael Pollan teaches you what he s spent decades researching: how to eat more ethically, healthfully, and sustainably.

[/center]
For more than 30 years, award-winning journalist Michael Pollan has explored the intersection of humans and nature including groundbreaking probes of the food we eat. Now the NYT bestselling author of The Omnivore s Dilemma teaches you how to ditch fad diets and eat with intention. From following food chains to fixing dinner, learn where your food really comes from and make choices that reflect what s important to you.

Lessons in this online class include
Rethink Your Relationship With Food
Confront Barriers to Intentional Eating
Discover Where Your Food Comes From
Field Trip: City Slicker Farms
Face the True Cost of Industrial Meat
Follow Food Rules
Eat Food
Not Too Much
Eat Mostly Plants
Balance Coffee and Sugar Consumption
Stir Up a Passion for Cooking
Celebrate the Communal Meal

Code:

https://anonymz.com/?https://www.masterclass.com/classes/michael-pollan-teaches-intentional-eating

Code:

https://rapidgator.net/file/d335784a275988828d3a740b61f43be2/Michael_Pollan_Teaches_Intentional_Eating.part1.rar
https://rapidgator.net/file/d6d6dbeb011980e6884107edc647579a/Michael_Pollan_Teaches_Intentional_Eating.part2.rar

Code:

https://nitroflare.com/view/ED2BD34D491D6B7/Michael_Pollan_Teaches_Intentional_Eating.part1.rar
https://nitroflare.com/view/7E33B385AF3C5E6/Michael_Pollan_Teaches_Intentional_Eating.part2.rar

[Slon]

MasterClass - Navigating Change with Jay Shetty
Released 11/2023
MP4 | Video: h264, 1920x1080 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz, 2 Ch
Genre: eLearning | Language: English | Duration: 1h 19m | Size: 3.36 GB


[center]
World renowned author and award winning podcast host Jay Shetty blends ancient wisdom with modern science to help you navigate life s only constant: change.

[/center]
World renowned author and award winning podcast host Jay Shetty has brought ancient wisdom to more than 25 million fans. Jay is a lifelong student of change and your guide to navigating it successfully. Along with renowned experts Katy Milkman, Maya Shankar, and David Kessler, Jay will teach you practices and methods you can use when change is difficult and overwhelming. You ll learn how to navigate change more successfully, embrace uncertainty, and improve your life.

Code:

https://anonymz.com/?https://www.masterclass.com/classes/navigating-change

Code:

https://rapidgator.net/file/34ba8677c87cc75d980b8092988230a3/Navigating_Change_with_Jay_Shetty.rar

Code:

https://nitroflare.com/view/A3D66E9B300C268/Navigating_Change_with_Jay_Shetty.rar

[Slon]

Masterclass - Essential Mediterranean Cooking
Published 3/2023
MP4 | Video: h264, 1280x720 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz
Language: English | Size: 1.71 GB | Duration: 1h 20m

Discovering Essential Techniques & Flavors



What you'll learn
Learn the right ingredients for an authentic Moroccan Hummus
Learn the right ingredients for an authentic Moroccan Tea
Enjoy the experience coming from a different country to your place
Enjoy the local taste of Moroccan tea
Learn the right ingredients for an authentic Moroccan Salad
Learn the right ingredients for an authentic Glazed Carrots
Learn the right ingredients for an authentic Tomato Ground Beef

Requirements
To fully reap the rewards of this course, students simply need a fervent passion for culinary arts and a keen interest in developing solid kitchen techniques.

Description
Dive into the captivating world of Mediterranean cuisine and elevate your culinary prowess with this comprehensive and engaging online course. Immerse yourself in a diverse selection of delectable recipes and techniques that define this renowned cuisine, and bring the essence of the Mediterranean to your very own kitchen.Embark on an unforgettable culinary adventure through the Mediterranean with this in-depth online masterclass. Designed for cooking enthusiasts of all levels, this course will provide the skills and knowledge needed to create a wide array of delightful dishes that showcase Mediterranean cuisine's rich flavors, unique techniques, and healthful benefits.In this course, you will:Discover how to prepare delicious Mediterranean dishes, including hummus, Moroccan tea, tomato mincemeat, salad, and glazed carrots.Gain invaluable insight into the techniques and ingredients that characterize Mediterranean cooking, enhancing your overall culinary expertise.Enjoy detailed video lectures, PDF ingredient lists, and step-by-step instructions for each recipe, ensuring a seamless and enjoyable learning experience.Participate in interactive Zoom discussions that delve deeper into each lecture and recipe, allowing you to clarify doubts and learn from fellow students.Watch a captivating promotional video featuring the instructor's overview of the course, its content, and the transformative journey you are about to embark on.Course Content:- Hummus - Master the art of making irresistibly creamy and flavorful hummus from scratch, complete with video demonstrations and a PDF ingredients list. - Moroccan Tea - Uncover the secrets to brewing the perfect cup of authentic Moroccan tea, accompanied by video instructions and a comprehensive PDF guide. - Tomato Ground Beef - Delight in the rich flavors of Tomato Ground Beef with expert guidance through video lectures and a detailed PDF ingredients list. - Moroccan Salad - Learn to create a delicious, refreshing salad featuring step-by-step video demonstrations and a handy PDF guide. - Glazed Carrots - Transform humble carrots into a mouth-watering side dish with expert tips, video tutorials, and a helpful PDF ingredients list.Enroll in this Masterclass today and unleash your inner Mediterranean chef!

Overview
Section 1: Fresh Moroccan Salad

Lecture 1 Ingredients

Lecture 2 Cutting your veggies

Lecture 3 Salad Seasoning

Section 2: Homemade Hummus

Lecture 4 Hummus Ingredients

Lecture 5 Cooking Prep

Lecture 6 Chickpeas cooked for your Hummus

Lecture 7 Mixing your Hummus for best consistency

Lecture 8 Dress your Hummus

Section 3: Tomato Ground Beef

Lecture 9 Introduction to the Recipe

Lecture 10 Ground Beef Ingredients

Lecture 11 Seasoning your Ground Beef

Lecture 12 Mixing spices for your Ground Beef

Lecture 13 Shape your Ground Beef Balls

Lecture 14 Tomato Sauce Ingredients

Lecture 15 Cooking your Tomato Sauce

Lecture 16 Cooking your Ground Beef Balls

Lecture 17 Topping Ideas

Lecture 18 Tasting your Dishes

Section 4: Glazed Carrots

Lecture 19 Ingredients

Lecture 20 Carrot Cutting technique

Lecture 21 Boiling and cooking Carrots

Lecture 22 Glazed Carrots Seasoning

Lecture 23 Tasting your Glazed Carrots

Section 5: Moroccan Mint Tea

Lecture 24 Introduction to the World of Tea

Lecture 25 Tea Ingredients

Lecture 26 Boiling Process

Lecture 27 Covering and Pouring your Tea

Lecture 28 Serve and Enjoy it

Students ready to learn about the variety of Moroccan cuisine and culture,Students ready to learn Essential Mediterranean Cooking

Code:

https://anonymz.com/?https://www.udemy.com/course/masterclass-essential-mediterranean-cooking/

Code:

https://rapidgator.net/file/4948476470c950c4b5cb4b1f3e097b92/Masterclass_Essential_Mediterranean_Cooking.rar

Code:

https://nitroflare.com/view/224DD1D77FE1FAB/Masterclass_Essential_Mediterranean_Cooking.rar