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The Wise One Once said: “The Journey of a thousand miles begins with one step” (Ch. 63 of the Tao de Ching) “Awareness” (After you read this perspective, your entire perspective will shift to a “knowing” and new “understanding” of the way.)

S= k log W : The Measure of Disorder (and Coping) | The Wise One once said…

http://thewiseoneoncesaid.com/2012/06/27/s-k-log-w-the-measure-of-disorder-and-coping/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy_in_thermodynamics_and_information_theory

Entropy in thermodynamics and information theory

There are close parallels between the mathematical expressions for the thermodynamic entropy , usually denoted by S , of a physical system in the statistical thermodynamics established by Ludwig Boltzmann and J. Willard Gibbs in the 1870s, and the information-theoretic entropy , usually expressed as H , of Claude Shannon and Ralph Hartley developed in the 1940s. Shannon, although not initially aware of this similarity, commented on it upon publicizing information theory in A Mathematical Theory of Communication .

Aldous Huxley’s Most Beautiful, LSD-Assisted Death: A Letter from His Widow

http://www.openculture.com/2012/10/aldous_huxleys_most_beautiful_lsd-assisted_death_a_letter_from_his_widow.html Just over a year ago, we featured a clip of an interview with Laura Archera Huxley , widow of British dystopian novelist and noted psychedelic drug enthusiast Aldous Huxley.

650 Free Online Courses from Top Universities

http://www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses Get free online courses from the world’s leading universities. This collection includes over 700 free courses in the liberal arts and sciences. Download these audio & video courses straight to your computer or mp3 player. Note: you can find a new collection of certificate-bearing courses here . Humanities & Social Sciences Archaeology
http://tolzoh.blogspot.com/2012/06/top-40-useful-sites-to-learn-new-skills.html The web is a powerful resource that can easily help you learn new skills. You just have to know where to look. Sure, you can use Google, Yahoo, or Bing to search for sites where you can learn new skills

Top 40 Useful Sites To Learn New Skills

http://www.artofmanliness.com/2012/02/28/4-basic-life-lessons-from-basic-training/

4 Basic Life Lessons From Basic Training

<img class="aligncenter wp-image-23097" title="boot" src="http://content.artofmanliness.com/uploads//2012/02/boot.jpg" alt="" width="463" height="381" /> Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Mike Inscho.
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Humanities

By Alisa Miller Even those without top notch grades can now go to Ivy League schools. With the the availability of open courseware classes coming out of some of the finest schools in America, the range of subjects is astounding.

100 Free Online Ivy League Courses You Should Take Just for Fun | Eduk8

http://www.advantageedu.com/blog/2008/100-free-online-ivy-league-courses-you-should-take-just-for-fun/