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8 Awesome Websites to Take Free College Courses Online. The sites below offer free online college level classes to anyone willing to spend the time on them. Each differ – some have all of the materials online and some may want you to purchase (borrow?) A textbook to follow along with. Each of them offers complete courses with only one thing missing: the credit for the coursework to put towards a matriculated degree.

MIT OpenCourseware Massachusetts Institute of Technology was a pioneer in offering online college courses and they still have the most diverse and in-depth collection of classes available anywhere. Their online offering is an archived version of real courses that have been taught at MIT, and you may need to purchase the textbook to follow along with the class. Carnegie Mellon OpenLearning Carnegie Mellon, based in Pittsburgh, PA, has a variety of courses available for anyone online. Khan Acadamy Salman Khan began putting videos on YouTube to help with tutoring a cousin. University of California at Berkeley Stanford University iTunesU. The Teachers who got the Last Laugh - Funniest Corner. My Birthday was AWESOME!!! My birthday was AWESOME - I promise you that this was the BEST birthday I have ever had! So, as promised - here is a glimpse at our Random(ish) Acts of Kindness! 1 - We left our mailman a yummy box of girl scout cookies and a note thanking him for bringing us our mail!

2- At the top of our neighborhood sits Fire Station #4 - we have been fortunate enough to never need their services, but I assure you that I sleep better at night knowing how close they are. We took them a plate of home made cookies and muffins with a hand written note from Xander that said "Thank you for helping our community.

" 3 - About a mile from our house sits an assisted living facility that we drive past daily - we have never been in. This was one of our favorites - she just LOVED Xander - she hugged and hugged on him. 4 - Many of you are familiar with the great saga that is known as the Coach's truck. 5 - We took two vases of flowers (picked out by Xman) to the hospital. 17, 18, and 19 - Popped into the bookstore. 74 Of The Tiniest, Most Tasteful Tattoos Ever. Bible | To Love, Honor and Vacuum. Usually I write about marriage, but I took a detour recently to compile a list of my 50 favourite Bible verses. After all, if we want our relationships to go well, we need God at the center of them.

So let’s learn more of God’s Word! I’ve put together this list of the 50 Bible verses I think are wonderful to memorize. Of course, these aren’t the ONLY great verses in the Bible, and you may have your own favorites that aren’t here. That’s fine! But I thought it was important to start somewhere, and so I put this list together. I know many families want to memorize verses together, but they don’t know where to start. Why not make little memory verse cards out of 3×5 cards, and keep them at the dinner table? I chose these because they’re a cross-section of doctrine, promises, and comfort. God Genesis 1:1 Wall Decal Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders.

Isaiah 40:28 Do you not know? Salvation Revelation 3:20 Here I am! Assurance. Prrrum - Zumba w/ Eva Brammer. Lots of Jokes - Did You Know? Q. Why do men's clothes have buttons on the right while women's clothes have buttons on the left? A. When buttons were invented, they were very expensive and worn primarily by the rich. Since most people are right-handed, it is easier to push buttons on the right through holes on the left. Because wealthy women were dressed by maids, dressmakers put the buttons on the maid's right! And that's where women's buttons have remained since. Q. A. Q. A. Q. A. Q. A. Q. A. Q. A. Q. A. Q. A. Mary liked this a lot and when returned to Scotland (not a very good idea in the long run), she took the practice with her. Q. A. Q. A. مصطفى سويف: لا مستقبل للإبداع فى زمن الإخوان.. وما يمارسه السلفيون ضدنا «قهر» (حوار) هربت من سعار السياسة المحموم، وطنينها المخترق الآذان، وغبارها المؤذى للعيون إلى ظل شجرة معرفة، ومن صقيع الليالى الباردة إلى دفء عقل كبير، هو عقل الدكتور مصطفى سويف، رائد علم نفس الإبداع، أحد فروع علم النفس الـ37.

في محطة هذا الرجل، الإبداع يئن ويعانى الحصار والخوف. وأنا لا أبغى من حواراتى الصحفية إلا «الإضافة» لذهن قارئ فى زمن التهم «فيس بوك وتويتر» أوقات الناس، فصارت العقول ضحلة، والزمن ضحلاً، والكتاب الورقى ينزف. وعندما أتلفت حولى أجد طحناً ولا أحصد غلة، وأجد صراخاً، ولا أعرف قضية، وأجد خلافات ولا أحصل على اتفاق واحد يتيم. أردت أن أثقب- بكل تواضع- هذا العقم وذلك الجمود، فالثقافة تراجعت وانحسرت ومعارض الكتاب صارت نزهة أسرة بأطفالها، ودور النشر صارت تغامر بكتب جديدة فى سوق متقلبة، أردت أن أتزود بقطرات من نبع فكر يعيش فى زماننا بصمت العلماء، فطاف فى ذهنى اسم مصطفى سويف. كان يجلس حاضر الذهن- رغم العمر- يتناوب على تمريضه اثنان من الممرضين، طلبا منى قبل أن أفتح فمي، ألا أرهقه وأعطيه راحة بضع دقائق، كل ثلث ساعة، وقد امتثلت للطلب.

■في البدء.. ماذا يفعل الزمن بنا؟ ■هل للضغوط البيئية آثار سلبية؟ د. Personal History In Depth.