http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Wed, 22 May 2013 23:16:18 PDT Wed, 22 May 2013 23:16:18 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=565820 In this lecture, accompanied by amusing illustrations, author and activist Barbara Ehrenreich delivers a powerful critique of the all-American faith in optimism and positive thinking. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=565887 The Story of Stuff is an illustrated lecture by author and environmental activist Annie Leonard that examines the environmental and social repercussions of the U.S.s consumer culture. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=565976 This clip from the documentary film The Smartest Guys in the Room, based on the best-selling book by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind, examines the rise of Jeffrey Skilling, the CEO of Enron. Skilling is shown to be a brilliant but ruthless man who believed that he and Enron stood at the peak of a Darwinian food chain, justifying whatever action was necessary to keep them there. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=368839 This site has 5 minute tutorial videos on how to do pretty much anything from making homemade morzella, technical how to's, to parenting skills. Excellent resource for every of all ages. There are 21 categories, each containing hundreds of quick "How to" videos. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=81117 In the directory one will find a paper I have written which focuses upon the force propelling all life forms. My paper only "scratches the surface," and any type of constructive criticism of my treatise on the nature of life by people of your caliber would be welcomed. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=287930 This lesson introduces users to the basics of argument recognition, analysis, evaluation, and construction by means of a flash presentation. Exercises, answers to the exercises, and a handbook summarizing the main points of the lesson are included. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=379016 This is part one of a presentation covering the basics of argumentative analysis. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=90795 interdisciplinary education project for undergraduates http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=280379 The author offers reflections on specific questions mathematicians and philosophers have asked about the infinite over the centuries. He examines why explorers of the infinite, even in its strictly mathematical forms, often find it to be sublime. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=378726 This is a Camtasia presentation-learning object serving to introduce students of philosophy to alternative ways of viewing our relationship to water.