4 Wheel Off Road - February 2010
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Thursday, October 6, 2011
Popes and the Papacy: A History
Popes and the Papacy: A History
Course No. 6672 (24 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture) | English | AVC1 710x478 29fps | MP3 128Kbps 48Khz | 5.44Gb
Taught by Thomas F. X. Noble | University of Notre Dame | Ph.D., Michigan State University
The papacy is the oldest continuously functioning institution in the world. Developed c. A.D. 30 when Jesus invested his disciple Peter with the authority to create a church, the Bishops of Rome grew their organization from a small flock of persecuted worshipers to a religion that counts one-sixth of the world's population as members.
Over the last 2,000 years, the papacy has had an enormous influence on the world stage in religious, geopolitical, legal, social, artistic, and cultural matters. Today, more than a billion Roman Catholics throughout the world look to the pope for guidance and leadership.
Yet in spite of the papacy's enormous influence, how much do you really know about this ancient and powerful institution?
* How exactly are popes chosen?
* What kinds of men have been included among the 265 who have borne the title?
* What happened during the Great Schism and the decades of the Avignon Popes?
* Is the Catholic Church really as wealthy as has been claimed?
* What was the influence of the some three dozen antipopes who have laid claim to the papal office?
* Was there really a female pope?
* Why has the papacy proved so durable throughout history?
These and many other questions are answered in Popes and the Papacy: A History, a course designed to illuminate for Catholics and non-Catholics alike this remarkable institution. Taught by Professor Thomas F. X. Noble, a scholar and instructor who has spent more than 30 years engaged in scholarly studies of popes and the papacy, these 24 lectures give you priceless insights into the dramatic history of the papal office and the lives of the men who represented it.
Explore Four Unique Histories
"To study the history of the papacy is actually to follow four histories at once," notes Professor Noble at the start of the course. Throughout Popes and the Papacy, you follow four critical strands of papal history over the course of 2,000 years.
* The History of the "Petrine" Idea: Taking its name from Peter, supposedly the first pope, the Petrine Office is how we talk about the theories behind the study of how and why the Catholic Church is organized as it is (what theologians call ecclesiology.)
* The History of an Institution: The Catholic Church has one pope at a time (albeit sometimes there have been two or more men claiming to be the legitimate pope!), but the papacy is an institution that transcends time. We are familiar with separating presidents from the presidency; so too will you learn to distinguish popes from the papacy.
* The History of Popes and Antipopes: You also follow the serial biography of 265 popes—some holy, some wicked, some efficient, some incompetent, some learned, some simple, some visionary, some narrow-minded—and the more than 30 antipopes from 217 to 1447.
* The History of Western Civilization: In some ways, the history of the papacy is a mirror of the history of Western civilization; at every great moment in history, the popes were there as participants, promoters, or critics. Viewing Western civilization through a papal lens provides you with unique perspectives on historical events like the fall of the Roman Empire, the Renaissance, World War II, and the collapse of Communism.
Encounter History's Great Popes
In Popes and the Papacy, you discover the stories of the numerous men who defined the papacy, starting with its founder, Peter, and traveling through the current pope, Benedict XVI, elected in April of 2005. While some popes were remarkable, interesting, impressive, and memorable, others were regrettable. Others still were forgettable.
Professor Noble, the Robert M. Conway Director of the Medieval Institute and Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame, offers thoughts on why particular popes attract our attention and key insights into the legacies of their leadership.
Course No. 6672 (24 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture) | English | AVC1 710x478 29fps | MP3 128Kbps 48Khz | 5.44Gb
Taught by Thomas F. X. Noble | University of Notre Dame | Ph.D., Michigan State University
The papacy is the oldest continuously functioning institution in the world. Developed c. A.D. 30 when Jesus invested his disciple Peter with the authority to create a church, the Bishops of Rome grew their organization from a small flock of persecuted worshipers to a religion that counts one-sixth of the world's population as members.
Over the last 2,000 years, the papacy has had an enormous influence on the world stage in religious, geopolitical, legal, social, artistic, and cultural matters. Today, more than a billion Roman Catholics throughout the world look to the pope for guidance and leadership.
Yet in spite of the papacy's enormous influence, how much do you really know about this ancient and powerful institution?
* How exactly are popes chosen?
* What kinds of men have been included among the 265 who have borne the title?
* What happened during the Great Schism and the decades of the Avignon Popes?
* Is the Catholic Church really as wealthy as has been claimed?
* What was the influence of the some three dozen antipopes who have laid claim to the papal office?
* Was there really a female pope?
* Why has the papacy proved so durable throughout history?
These and many other questions are answered in Popes and the Papacy: A History, a course designed to illuminate for Catholics and non-Catholics alike this remarkable institution. Taught by Professor Thomas F. X. Noble, a scholar and instructor who has spent more than 30 years engaged in scholarly studies of popes and the papacy, these 24 lectures give you priceless insights into the dramatic history of the papal office and the lives of the men who represented it.
Explore Four Unique Histories
"To study the history of the papacy is actually to follow four histories at once," notes Professor Noble at the start of the course. Throughout Popes and the Papacy, you follow four critical strands of papal history over the course of 2,000 years.
* The History of the "Petrine" Idea: Taking its name from Peter, supposedly the first pope, the Petrine Office is how we talk about the theories behind the study of how and why the Catholic Church is organized as it is (what theologians call ecclesiology.)
* The History of an Institution: The Catholic Church has one pope at a time (albeit sometimes there have been two or more men claiming to be the legitimate pope!), but the papacy is an institution that transcends time. We are familiar with separating presidents from the presidency; so too will you learn to distinguish popes from the papacy.
* The History of Popes and Antipopes: You also follow the serial biography of 265 popes—some holy, some wicked, some efficient, some incompetent, some learned, some simple, some visionary, some narrow-minded—and the more than 30 antipopes from 217 to 1447.
* The History of Western Civilization: In some ways, the history of the papacy is a mirror of the history of Western civilization; at every great moment in history, the popes were there as participants, promoters, or critics. Viewing Western civilization through a papal lens provides you with unique perspectives on historical events like the fall of the Roman Empire, the Renaissance, World War II, and the collapse of Communism.
Encounter History's Great Popes
In Popes and the Papacy, you discover the stories of the numerous men who defined the papacy, starting with its founder, Peter, and traveling through the current pope, Benedict XVI, elected in April of 2005. While some popes were remarkable, interesting, impressive, and memorable, others were regrettable. Others still were forgettable.
Professor Noble, the Robert M. Conway Director of the Medieval Institute and Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame, offers thoughts on why particular popes attract our attention and key insights into the legacies of their leadership.
Wisdom of History
Wisdom of History
Course No. 4360 (36 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture) | English | Xvid 640x432 29fps @541 | MP3 128Kbps | 5.24Gb
Taught by J. Rufus Fears | University of Oklahoma | Ph.D., Harvard University
Do the lessons passed down to us by history, lessons whose origins may lie hundreds, even thousands, of years in the past, still have value for us today?
Is Santayana's oft-repeated saying, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" merely a way to offer lip service to history as a teacher—or can we learn from it? And if we can, what is it that we should be learning?
Professor J. Rufus Fears believes that not only can we learn from history—we must. In The Wisdom of History, his newest course for The Teaching Company, he draws on decades of experience as a world-renowned scholar and classical historian to examine the patterns of history. Ignoring them, by choice or because we've never learned to see them, is to risk becoming their prisoner, repeating the mistakes that have toppled leaders, nations, and empires throughout time.
In this personal reflection on history, Professor Fears has taken on the challenge of extracting the past's lessons in ways that speak to us today, showing us how the experience of ancient empires like those of Rome and Persia have much to teach us about the risks and responsibilities of being a superpower. He shows how the study of those who left their impact on an earlier world—Caesar Augustus or Genghis Khan, George Washington or Adolf Hitler, Mahatma Gandhi or Josef Stalin—can equip us to make responsible choices as nations, citizens, or individuals.
You may not agree with everything Professor Fears says history teaches us—for example, that the desire for freedom and democracy is not shared by everyone and never has been—but that is fine with him, even desirable. For example, here's what he writes about the accompanying course bibliography:
"I have followed Lord Acton's dictum that it is the mark of an uneducated person to read books he or she agrees with. The educated person reads books he or she disagrees with. Thus I have frequently recommended books that disagree with me because these are the ones we find most stimulating."
The challenge Professor Fears poses, to seek such stimulation and examine history closely, is especially pertinent during the "ahistorical age" he says we live in—an era when too many people are willing to invest in a "dangerous delusion" that "science, technology, the global economy, and the information superhighway all make us immune to the lessons of history," and that "in an age of global economy, war and tyranny will become things of the past."
A Profound Challenge
This delusion, Professor Fears says, has become more dangerous in light of recent history.
"The terrorist attack on our country was a watershed for American history. 9/11 presented the United States with a challenge as profound as the American Revolution, the Civil War, and World War II. The Wisdom of History was conceived in my conviction that if America and its leaders are to meet that challenge, then we must learn and apply the lessons of history."
Course No. 4360 (36 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture) | English | Xvid 640x432 29fps @541 | MP3 128Kbps | 5.24Gb
Taught by J. Rufus Fears | University of Oklahoma | Ph.D., Harvard University
Do the lessons passed down to us by history, lessons whose origins may lie hundreds, even thousands, of years in the past, still have value for us today?
Is Santayana's oft-repeated saying, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" merely a way to offer lip service to history as a teacher—or can we learn from it? And if we can, what is it that we should be learning?
Professor J. Rufus Fears believes that not only can we learn from history—we must. In The Wisdom of History, his newest course for The Teaching Company, he draws on decades of experience as a world-renowned scholar and classical historian to examine the patterns of history. Ignoring them, by choice or because we've never learned to see them, is to risk becoming their prisoner, repeating the mistakes that have toppled leaders, nations, and empires throughout time.
In this personal reflection on history, Professor Fears has taken on the challenge of extracting the past's lessons in ways that speak to us today, showing us how the experience of ancient empires like those of Rome and Persia have much to teach us about the risks and responsibilities of being a superpower. He shows how the study of those who left their impact on an earlier world—Caesar Augustus or Genghis Khan, George Washington or Adolf Hitler, Mahatma Gandhi or Josef Stalin—can equip us to make responsible choices as nations, citizens, or individuals.
You may not agree with everything Professor Fears says history teaches us—for example, that the desire for freedom and democracy is not shared by everyone and never has been—but that is fine with him, even desirable. For example, here's what he writes about the accompanying course bibliography:
"I have followed Lord Acton's dictum that it is the mark of an uneducated person to read books he or she agrees with. The educated person reads books he or she disagrees with. Thus I have frequently recommended books that disagree with me because these are the ones we find most stimulating."
The challenge Professor Fears poses, to seek such stimulation and examine history closely, is especially pertinent during the "ahistorical age" he says we live in—an era when too many people are willing to invest in a "dangerous delusion" that "science, technology, the global economy, and the information superhighway all make us immune to the lessons of history," and that "in an age of global economy, war and tyranny will become things of the past."
A Profound Challenge
This delusion, Professor Fears says, has become more dangerous in light of recent history.
"The terrorist attack on our country was a watershed for American history. 9/11 presented the United States with a challenge as profound as the American Revolution, the Civil War, and World War II. The Wisdom of History was conceived in my conviction that if America and its leaders are to meet that challenge, then we must learn and apply the lessons of history."
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Industrial Laser Solutions - 2009 November
Industrial Laser Solutions - 2009 November
PennWell | English | Pages: 102 | 2009 | PDF | RS & HF | 3 MB
Industrial Laser Solutions is a leading international resource for technology information on industrial laser materials processing. Industrial Laser Solutions is the only monthly publication devoted exclusively to global coverage of industrial laser applications, technology, and the laser market.
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PennWell | English | Pages: 102 | 2009 | PDF | RS & HF | 3 MB
Industrial Laser Solutions is a leading international resource for technology information on industrial laser materials processing. Industrial Laser Solutions is the only monthly publication devoted exclusively to global coverage of industrial laser applications, technology, and the laser market.
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Monday, October 3, 2011
Transworld Snowboarding Photo - Annual 2010 Transworld Snowboarding Photo - Annual 2010
Transworld Snowboarding Photo - Annual 2010
English | 108 pages | PDF | RS & HF | 27.10 Mb
Transworld Snowboarding Magazine: For the most complete coverage of the world of snowboarding, subscribe to Snowboarding, the number one snowboarding magazine in the world today. Its spectacular color photography and innovative graphics have attracted a broad range of loyal enthusiasts- from die hard veterans to first timers of all ages. Clear and concise instructionals help both the advanced and beginning boarders to improve their techniques
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English | 108 pages | PDF | RS & HF | 27.10 Mb
Transworld Snowboarding Magazine: For the most complete coverage of the world of snowboarding, subscribe to Snowboarding, the number one snowboarding magazine in the world today. Its spectacular color photography and innovative graphics have attracted a broad range of loyal enthusiasts- from die hard veterans to first timers of all ages. Clear and concise instructionals help both the advanced and beginning boarders to improve their techniques
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Sunday, October 2, 2011
Vegetarian Times - January 2010
Vegetarian Times - January 2010
87 pages | PDF | 20.2 MB
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87 pages | PDF | 20.2 MB
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