Scott GK MacLeod's Blog, page 45

October 1, 2020

Oncosperma tigillarium: World Univ & Sch partnering with edX! * Thank you for doing the math here, and seeing the potential regarding WUaS and edX Online Campus. As you know, WUaS seeks to offer online CC-4 MIT-centric VALUE degrees, and thus be able to se

World Univ & Sch partnering with edX!

Scott MacLeod <sgkmacleod@worlduniversityandschool.org>9:58 AM (29 minutes ago)

to Matthew, Larry, bcc: Marissa, bcc: cameron.kaubris, bcc: cmcgarity

Dear Matthew, and Larry,
Thank you for your email, and I hope this finds you well too. I've moved Marissa, Cam and Carolina to BCC to keep them in the loop for this emailing.
Regarding WUaS Research, and your
"Research: The McGovern Brain Institute is a research arm that develops the Pedagogy of edX Online Campus. You can read more about their research and findings, here."

World University & School is going to move gradually with research - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Research (and planned inter-lingually in all 7,117 known living languages, and interculturally, regarding regions in all ~200 countries at WUaS, and regarding brain research by students from in front of their computer screens too) - and in exploring collaborating with the MIT McGovern Brain Institute.

Regarding your
"Summary of Partnership: To establish a partnership with edX, we have an agreement process to decide together the scope of the initial roll-out for students. In this stage, we decide how the reimbursement process will be directed and the discovery process for students finding edX courses.

Following the agreement, we will launch by selecting programs/courses that best fit your learners, implementing the discovery process for students to find courses, and connecting the data back to you to monitor progress and assist learners through programs."

Would it be possible for edX Online Campus to give WUaS an unofficial estimate or bill for 50 students, and if the number of students in January 2021 goes above the bill, then for the next 50 - i.e. how much is it going to be? - so that WUaS has time to seek the funds?
Perhaps the discovery process for WUaS students could also be informed by WUaS plans to license in the state of CA with BPPE, and then concurrently to become accredited with WASC Senior, as these agencies both transition to an online learning model - and for both Bachelor and Ph.D. degrees.
Regarding your
"Next Steps: As the agreement is the next hurdle, here are a few questions we need to answer to move forward: a) How will the reimbursement process work between WUaS and edX?
b) How soon after enrollment can WUaS secure funds for edX Online Campus Courses?c) Will a Purchase Order be necessary from edX to state offices?"
a) World University and School seeks for the billing to go through WUaS from state offices (and potentially via WUaS's G Suite for Education - for WUaS students from all ~200 countries, and in their 1st languages eventually), so not through bills from edX to states' parties, for example. b) WUaS will wait until we see what the arrangements will be - but if possible WUaS would seek to transfer money to edX Online Campus by the end of WUaS 4 month terms (April, August, December), and well before if possible, since WUaS may have to bill country by country, state by state, and county by county in all ~200 countries. c) A Purchase Order from edX to state offices, or vice versa, will not be necessary, since, again, World Univ & Sch seeks for the money from state offices to go through WUaS.
Could edX find a small funding source for WUaS re G Suite for Education?
Thank you for doing the math here, and seeing the potential regarding WUaS and edX Online Campus. As you know, WUaS seeks to offer online CC-4 MIT-centric VALUE degrees, and thus be able to seek reimbursement from state offices per student per term, similar to what on-the-ground MIT asks for tution (around $55,000 per year). Thank you.
Sincerely, Scott

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- 415 480 4577- http://scottmacleod.com
- CC World University and School - like CC Wikipedia with best STEM-centric CC OpenCourseWare - incorporated as a nonprofit university and school in California, and is a U.S. 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt educational organization.

Out of the Office Re: Your edX Online Campus InquiryInbox

Carolina McGarity9:58 AM (44 minutes ago)

to me

Hello,

Thank you for your email! I am out of the office until October 5th. If this is an urgent matter, please reach out to customersuccess@edx.org.
Best regards,Carolina

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Matthew GuschingSep 26, 2020, 9:59 AM (5 days ago)

to me, Larry

Hello Scott,
I hope my note finds you well - thank you for your email and your questions. I have moved Cam and Marissa to BCC to protect their inbox as they have advisory roles with WUaS and will not be focused on our initiative directly.
Research: The McGovern Brain Institute is a research arm that develops the Pedagogy of edX Online Campus. You can read more about their research and findings, here.
Summary of Partnership: To establish a partnership with edX, we have an agreement process to decide together the scope of the initial roll-out for students. In this stage, we decide how the reimbursement process will be directed and the discovery process for students finding edX courses.
Following the agreement, we will launch by selecting programs/courses that best fit your learners, implementing the discovery process for students to find courses, and connecting the data back to you to monitor progress and assist learners through programs.
Next Steps: As the agreement is the next hurdle, here are a few questions we need to answer to move forward: How will the reimbursement process work between WUaS and edX?
How soon after enrollment can WUaS secure funds for edX Online Campus Courses?Will a Purchase Order be necessary from edX to state offices? Thanks again and please let me know if you have any questions.
Best,
Matthew

Matthew GuschingMon, Sep 21, 1:12 PM (10 days ago)

to me, Marissa, Larry, cameron.kaubris

Hello Scott,
Thank you for your emails and for selecting a time today. I am available to speak at 2pm PST and I look forward to connecting then. During our call, we can schedule additional meetings as necessary for this week.
Thank you again and talk soon.
All the best,
Matthew --
Book a time to speak with me
Matthew GuschingAccount Representative Phone: 617.253.2966
141 Portland Street, 8th Floor
Cambridge, MA 02139

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Your edX Online Campus InquiryInbox

Marissa DePaolo <mdepaolo@edx.org>Thu, Sep 10, 8:46 AM

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Hello Scott GK,First, a sincere thanks for your interest in partnering with edX! As an MIT and Harvard-founded nonprofit, over the last 8 years edX has leveraged our founders and 18 of the global top 20 schools to democratize education through Massive Open Online Courseware.
If you would like additional information about how our content library is being leveraged in the current global environment by hundreds of other educational institutions, please use this link to book a mutually convenient time.
If your interest is in creating or uploading your own courses, please visit Open edX.
Looking forward to your response,Marissa
Marissa DePaoloSales Development Representative

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Javan slow loris: Peter Norvig's Lego Institute, and WUaS plans for WUaS Home Robotics, - and since WUaS is now carrying Lego Robotics' kits officially ... * * Seseorang menambahkan email Anda sebagai email pemulihannya * * Peter Norvig - PS CC-4 MIT OCW-c

Peter Norvig's Lego Institute, and WUaS plans for WUaS Home Robotics, and since WUaS is now carrying Lego Robotics' kits officially ...

LI2: Lego Institute for Lego Investigation

https://norvig.com/LI2/

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17793594

https://www.businessinsider.com/googles-peter-norvigs-funny-website-2014-9

See, the Lego Robotics' kits here in the WUaS Educational Services' Store -

http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html

* *

Peter (Norvig), I am wondering if I should be concerned with this notice from Google....

Seseorang menambahkan email Anda sebagai email pemulihannya

oogle <no-reply@accounts.google.com>Tue, Sep 29, 7:14 PM (2 days ago)

to Helianth

IndonesianEnglish Translate messageTurn off for: Indonesian Google

Seseorang menambahkan Helianth@gmail.com sebagai email pemulihannya

31fahriali@gmail.com ingin menjadikan alamat email Anda sebagai email pemulihannya.

Jika Anda tidak mengenal akun ini, ada kemungkinan alamat email Anda ditambahkan secara keliru. Anda dapat menghapus alamat email dari akun tersebut. Putuskan hubungan email

Scott MacLeod <helianth@gmail.com>9:24 AM (21 hours ago)

to Peter, Scott, Scott, Larry, Govind, Ed, Tym, Pin, Sri, Jayni, Kyle, tito, Juan, Yuping-CASPA, Info, mazumdarp, Peter, Marisol, Rohit, Rohit

Peter, I am wondering if I should be concerned with this notice from Google. I'm assuming that if someone in the Indonesian language adds my email address as their back up, that they won't be able to use the backup email, because they don't have the password to it. What else could this email be about, I wonder? I'm going to ignore this unless you or Google suggest otherwise. I hope this finds you well. How are you doing? Thank you, Scott
PSCC-4 MIT OCW-centric wiki World Univ & Sch is developing, and WUaS is in the process of partnering with edX Online Campus for free-to-students' online licensing (in CA) and accrediting Bachelor's degrees (then Ph.D.s) beginning in January (for 3rd undergraduate class). And the WUaS Press / WUaS Corporation - and regarding planning for coding for all 7.8 billion people on the planet, each a Wikidata Q-item # or similar Wikidata Pin # - is also seeking to develop a related platform for our WUaS Educational Services' Store, which is now officially carrying Lego Robotics (regarding, too, your Lego Institute) ... https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/09/vaquita-phocoena-sinus-minutes-for-19.html - and even regarding UBI experiments to distribute a single cryptocurrency backed by most of ~200 countries' central banks (post Euro in 19 out of 28 nation states, and backed by their central banks, and post US dollar, which is a de facto international currency already). WUaS is also seeking to develop a related platform for our Academic Press at World Univ & Sch - https://www.amazon.com/author/scottmacleodworlduniversity - planned with machine translation in all 7,117 known living languages for the related WUaS bookstore/computer store/robotics' store / hospital technologies' distributor - in each of all ~200 countries and in their official and main languages - both online and on-the-ground - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html - which again is officially carrying 3 Lego Robotics' kits, (but which are only currently purchasable by students and people in the USA).
Scott - https://www.youtube.com/user/WorldUnivandSch

Scott GK MacLeodPresident, CEO, Founder, Professor

Best STEAM CC-4 OCW-centric wiki World Univ & Sch -
worlduniversityandschool.org
https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch

The WUaS Press / Corp and WUaS Educational Services' Store -
http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html
https://twitter.com/WUaSPress
Thank you, Peter!

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSchLanguages - World Univ: https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod https://twitter.com/WUaSPress
https://twitter.com/TheOpenBand
https://twitter.com/HarbinBook
https://twitter.com/scottmacleod

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- World University and School
- http://worlduniversityandschool.org
- 415 480 4577- http://scottmacleod.com

- CC World University and School - like CC Wikipedia with best STEM-centric CC OpenCourseWare - incorporated as a nonprofit university and school in California, and is a U.S. 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt educational organization.

Scott MacLeod <helianth@gmail.com>

9:24 AM (21 hours ago)

to Peter, Scott, Scott, Larry, Govind, Ed, Tym, Pin, Sri, Jayni, Kyle, tito, Juan, Yuping-CASPA, Info, mazumdarp, Peter, Marisol, Rohit, Rohit

Thank you, Scott

CC-4 MIT OCW-centric wiki World Univ & Sch is developing, and WUaS is in the process of partnering with edX Online Campus for free-to-students' online licensing (in CA) and accrediting Bachelor's degrees (then Ph.D.s) beginning in January (for 3rd undergraduate class). And the WUaS Press / WUaS Corporation - and regarding planning for coding for all 7.8 billion people on the planet, each a Wikidata Q-item # or similar Wikidata Pin # - is also seeking to develop a related platform for our WUaS Educational Services' Store, which is now officially carrying Lego Robotics (regarding, too, your Lego Institute) ... https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/20... - and even regarding UBI experiments to distribute a single cryptocurrency backed by most of ~200 countries' central banks (post Euro in 19 out of 28 nation states, and backed by their central banks, and post US dollar, which is a de facto international currency already). WUaS is also seeking to develop a related platform for our Academic Press at World Univ & Sch - https://www.amazon.com/author/scottma... - planned with machine translation in all 7,117 known living languages for the related WUaS bookstore/computer store/robotics' store / hospital technologies' distributor - in each of all ~200 countries and in their official and main languages - both online and on-the-ground - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/A... - which again is officially carrying 3 Lego Robotics' kits, (but which only currently purchasable by students and people in the USA).

Scott

- https://www.youtube.com/user/WorldUni...

Scott GK MacLeod

President, CEO, Founder, Professor

Best STEAM CC-4 OCW-centric wiki World Univ & Sch -

worlduniversityandschool.org

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch

The WUaS Press / Corp and WUaS Educational Services' Store -

http://worlduniversityandschool.org/A...

https://twitter.com/WUaSPress

Thank you, Peter!

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch

Languages - World Univ: https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod

https://twitter.com/WUaSPress

https://twitter.com/TheOpenBand

https://twitter.com/HarbinBook

https://twitter.com/scottmacleod

- Scott MacLeod - Founder & President

- World University and School

- http://worlduniversityandschool.org

- 415 480 4577

- http://scottmacleod.com

- CC World University and School - like CC Wikipedia with best STEM-centric CC OpenCourseWare - incorporated as a nonprofit university and school in California, and is a U.S. 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt educational organization.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World%27s_25_Most_Endangered_Primates

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javan_slow_loris

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Nycticebus_javanicus

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September 29, 2020

Catharanthus roseus: Sal Khan - 'free world class education for anyone anywhere' is Khan Academy's mission * * World Univ & Sch's mission is as broad, - planning to code for 7.8 billion people on planet - at You at WUaS - https://wiki.worlduniversityandsc

I heard the very impressive

Sal Khan

(https://www.khanacademy.org)

- here today at -

~ MIT Solve ~

https://solve.mit.edu/events/solve-challenge-finals-2020

and he mentioned Khan Academy's amazing mission -

'free world class education for anyone anywhere'

Sal reports many laerners using Khan Academy too ... and as an entrepreneur especially.

TODAY @ 3:30pm ET: Solve Challenge Finals Livestream

Today is the day! The closing plenary of Virtual Solve Challenge Finals will be livestreamed here on our website TODAY from 3:30-5:30pm ET. Log on to experience inspiring speakers, groundbreaking announcements, and a reveal of the 2020 Solver teams:

A fireside chat between Sal Khan, Founder & CEO of Khan Academy, and Anya Kamanetz, NPR Education Correspondent, on the future of learning and social entrepreneurship

https://solve.mit.edu/events/solve-challenge-finals-2020

How many people are using WUaS? ... am seeking for many in collaborating with edX Online Campus beginning this January ...

(Is Khan Academy too testing oriented? Who knows re engagement of students toward free-to-students' online degrees?, - and in thinking about World Univ and Sch).

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World Univ & Sch's mission is as broad, - planning to code for 7.8 billion people on planet - at You at WUaS - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/You_at_World_University ...

and adds

CC-4 MIT OCW-centricity in its 4 current languages, for free to students' online Bachelor, Ph.D., Law, MD, and IB high school degrees,

wiki schools in all 7,117 known living languages, for open teaching and learning,

so anticipates wiki teachers and learners among all 7.8 billion people

WUaS academic and creative open wiki subjects, planned in all 7,117 languages -
https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Subjects
...
https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Nation_States (planned in ~200 countries each a major online MIT OCW-centric university in countries' official / main languages - and offering online Bachelor, Ph.D., Law, M.D. and I.B. high school degrees from home).

https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Languages (planned in 7,117 known living languages, each a wiki school for open teaching and learning)

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch
https://twitter.com/WUaSPress

https://twitter.com/scottmacleod
Languages - World Univ: https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod

https://twitter.com/HarbinBook
https://twitter.com/TheOpenBand

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And you'll find World Univ & Sch's mission here -

https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/World_University_Foundation

Mission:

World University and School's mission is free education, courses, and degrees in all known languages. World University and School (http://worlduniversityandschool.org - like Wikipedia with best CC-4 OpenCourseWare) seeks also to facilitate all levels of teaching and learning through open, editable wikis. WUaS plans to accredit at the university and high school levels to offer online degrees and diplomas in all countries' main languages. WUaS’s wiki will involve open and editable teaching and learning but also non-editable courses prepared under a Creative Commons’ license. WUaS will facilitate the use of free CC courses as credits toward degrees. Due to the rapid spread of broadband worldwide, WUaS plans to make this accessible to underserved parts of the world and to poor people everywhere. WUaS will explore the possibility of using universal translators to extend the project automatically to any language with time.

World Univ & Sch's Youtube channel -

https://www.youtube.com/user/WorldUnivandSch

And here are WUaS's 15 planned revenue streams - https://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com/2020/04/15-planned-wuas-revenue-streams-both.html - on both wings.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catharanthus_roseus

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September 28, 2020

Longcomb sawfish genova: WUaS News Q&A Livestream M 9/28/20 10a PT i) Vaquita porpoise: MINUTES from 9/19/20, ii) Partnering with edX Online Campus iii) 1/1/21 planning https://youtube.com/user/WorldUnivand... https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/20...

WUaS News and Q & A i) Partnering with edX Online Campus, ii) 9/19/20 MINUTES, iii) 1/1/21 planning
https://youtu.be/uZXK7ocOYs8

edX's Research - and in the McGovern Brain Institute
https://www.edx.org/about/research-pedagogy

WUaS News Q&A Livestream M 9/28/20 10a PT i) Vaquita porpoise: MINUTES from 9/19/20, ii) Partnering with edX Online Campus iii) 1/1/21 planning https://youtube.com/user/WorldUnivandSch/live - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/09/vaquita-phocoena-sinus-minutes-for-19.html To talk with & take part: info@ worlduniversityandschool.org
@WUaSPress @WorldUnivAndSch~

WUaS News Q&A Livestream M 9/28/20 10a PT i) Vaquita porpoise: MINUTES from 9/19/20, ii) Partnering with edX Online Campus iii) 1/1/21 planning https://t.co/ibNwG8v48n https://t.co/is1ZF4kkQ2 To talk with & take part: info@ https://t.co/N22Ucd0wg2 @WUaSPress @WorldUnivAndSch~
— WorldUnivandSch (@WorldUnivAndSch) September 28, 2020

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1310610525638676480?s=20

Am very glad to announce that WUaS is proceeding with the next steps in partnering with edX Online Campus for January 2021 - see the email from Matthew at edX in the Minutes above. This should allow you to take VERIFIED courses, Shahbaz - and toward a 4 year free-to-students' Bachelor degree.

And my 'Society and Information Technology' course - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/InfoTechNetworkSocGlobalUniv.html - begins in mid-October, Shahbaz and Rohit - 8:30 pm India Time on Tuesdays and Fridays probably - in group video. Please join this if you can, and in anticipating January's edX courses at WUaS.

If any of you would like to join today's conversation in Jitsi video conferencing, streaming to Youtube Livestream (and recorded there too), please let me know. (Shahbaz, and Rohit, meeting today would be a good preamble to "Society and Information Technology" course, but I realize it may already be too late at night in India).

World Univ & Sch cheers,
Scott
https://www.youtube.com/user/WorldUnivandSch

From last week:
World Univ & Sch News and Q & A - 21 Sept 2020
https://youtu.be/IsBrCEdfCk8

https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/09/asian-emerald-cuckoo-agenda-news-for.html

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/species-profiles/pristis-zijsron/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longcomb_sawfish

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September 27, 2020

Utricularia: Big @WorldUnivAndSch project as an inspiring #Stanford with #UU #Friendly #Quaker #NtF INSPIRED caring, in best of these envisionings, newly even partly in 1 #RealisticVirtualEarth / #VirtualReality will benefit many - with people leArning & t

Good to be free, and to explore developing a great online set of universities and wiki schools, in a realistic virtual earth even, from a new potential domicile, - and in a digital mask from a bathtub in a developing realistic virtual Harbin Hot Springs even.

Big @WorldUnivAndSch project as an inspiring #Stanford with #Unitarian Universalism #Friendly #Quaker #NtF INSPIRED caring, in best of these envisionings, newly even partly in 1 #RealisticVirtualEarth / #VirtualReality will benefit many - with people leArning & teaching & connecting from their homes

Big @WorldUnivAndSch project as an inspiring #Stanford with #UU #NtFriends #Quaker INSPIRED caring, in best of these envisionings, newly even partly in 1 #RealisticVirtualEarth / #VirtualReality will benefit many - with people leArning & teaching & connecting from their homes
— WorldUnivandSch (@WorldUnivAndSch) September 27, 2020

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1310296647201484801?s=20

https://twitter.com/TheOpenBand/status/1310295994160934912?s=20

https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1310299279743803392?s=20

https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/status/1310295939500765184?s=20

https://twitter.com/WUaSPress/status/1310296369941209093?s=20

https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1310296900797521921?s=20

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1310296647201484801?s=20

Big @WorldUnivAndSch project as an inspiring #Stanford with #UU #Friendly #Quaker #NtF INSPIRED caring, in best of these envisionings, newly even partly in 1 #RealisticVirtualHarbin #VirtualReality will benefit many - with people leArning & teaching & connecting from their homes
— HarbinBook (@HarbinBook) September 27, 2020

https://twitter.com/HarbinBook/status/1310296168304242688?s=20

https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1310295639675170822?s=20

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utricularia

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Published on September 27, 2020 14:21

buttercup (R. flammula): What I've been reading - 9/27//20 week - Black Lives Matter - Black Books Matter

What I've been reading this week through Sunday, 9/27/20

and also much from Twitter, and see, for example (esp. re-Tweets):

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/
https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/
https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/
https://twitter.com/WUaSPress/
https://twitter.com/HarbinBook/
https://twitter.com/TheOpenBand/

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Coronavirus Su 9/27/20 Black Lives Matter

Pandemic has altered the landscape of college life
By Deirdre Fernandes Globe Staff,Updated September 26, 2020,
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/09/26/metro/pandemic-has-altered-landscape-college-life/

Why is it called "herd" immunity? And why shouldn't we "simply put our faith in the immunity of our herd?" In a short, fascinating article in The Lancet,
@MITanthropology
Prof Stefan Helmreich and
@HarvardChanSPH
Prof David Jones answer both questions. http://bit.ly/HerdHistory
https://twitter.com/MIT_SHASS/status/1309146332767162369?s=20

PERSPECTIVES|THE ART OF MEDICINE| VOLUME 396, ISSUE 10254, P810-811, SEPTEMBER 19, 2020
PDF [338 KB]

A history of herd immunity

David Jones
Stefan Helmreich
Published:September 19, 2020DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31924-3

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31924-3/fulltext

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- 415 480 4577- http://scottmacleod.com
- CC World University and School - like CC Wikipedia with best STEM-centric CC OpenCourseWare - incorporated as a nonprofit university and school in California, and is a U.S. 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt educational organization.

*Coronavirus Sa 9/26/20 Black Lives Matter

Economic Fallout From COVID-19 Continues To Hit Lower-Income Americans the Hardest
Half of adults who say they lost a job due to the coronavirus outbreak are still unemployed
https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2020/09/24/economic-fallout-from-covid-19-continues-to-hit-lower-income-americans-the-hardest/

Fact check: 'Kingdom of God' comment by SCOTUS contender Amy Coney Barrett lacks context in meme
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/09/24/fact-check-amy-coney-barrett-quote-missing-context-viral-meme/3496107001/

Satellite images show how thousands of mosques have been razed to the ground in China
https://www.dn.se/varlden/satellitbilder-visar-hur-tusentals-moskeer-jamnats-med-marken-i-kina/

Climate protests by the end of the terrainThe last pub reopensThe end of the terrain has occupied a house in the village of Keyenberg, which is threatened by the lignite attack. Local residents are happy about the protests. KATHARINA SCHIPKOWSKIhttps://taz.de/Klimaproteste-von-Ende-Gelaende/!5716773/

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- Scott MacLeod - Founder, President & Professor
- World University and School- http://worlduniversityandschool.org
- 415 480 4577- http://scottmacleod.com
- CC World University and School - like CC Wikipedia with best STEM-centric CC OpenCourseWare - incorporated as a nonprofit university and school in California, and is a U.S. 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt educational organization.

*Coronavirus F 9/25/20 Black Lives Matter

Why virtual runs are indispensable for me right now
https://www.welt.de/sport/fitness/plus216442310/Lauflegende-Uta-Pippig-Weshalb-virtuelle-Laeufe-in-dieser-Zeit-so-wertvoll-sind.html

Virtual jogginghttps://youtu.be/qaRcmy61Oyg

Amy Coney Barrett interviewhttps://youtu.be/0HMAHnT-y7c

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Coronavirus Th 9/24/20 Black Lives Matter

A new survey says white support for Black Lives Matter has slipped. Some historians say they’re not surprised
Earlier this summer, thousands of Americans spilled into the streets in anguish. Now white engagement has slackened among some groups, especially Republicans. 8:14 p.m.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/09/24/metro/new-survey-says-white-support-black-lives-matter-has-slipped-some-historians-say-theyre-not-surprised/

Google services go down in some parts of USGoogle users experienced a widespread service disruption Thursday evening, including the company’s email, YouTube, and Google documents services.https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/09/24/business/google-services-go-down-some-parts-us/

Photo: Henrik Montgomery / TTRegistration now opens for this autumn's university entrance exam Starts at 07 - but places are very limited and the search pressure is high.https://www.dn.se/ekonomi/nu-oppnar-arets-anmalan-till-hogskoleprovet/

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* Coronavirus W 9/23/20 Black Lives Matter

Soon end to late parties: "It is not wise"[image error]The pubs in London are crowded, but from Thursday they must close at 10 pm Photo: Alex Lentati / AP

Rapid transmission and stricter rules in the UK. But in central London, there is a party and congestion before Thursday, when the pubs have to close at 10 pm. "It is not wise. It is not in the pubs that the infection spreads, ”says a bartender to SvD.

[image error]Gunilla von HallUpdated 13:31
LONDON. In central London the evening is balmy, it is packed on the terraces and in many pubs and restaurants.
People sit outside drinking beer and sipping wine, without mouth guards. Talking, laughing, joking, sitting close, kissing and hugging - even though it is only hours after the government's warnings about the increased spread ofhttps://www.svd.se/snart-slut-pa-sena-kvallar-borde-gjort-som-sverige

(Quite a contrast between article above and below ...)

Boston ‘very close’ to moving into red category for coronavirus transmission, Walsh saysBoston could soon find itself in the state’s red category for communities at the highest risk of coronavirus transmission, Mayor Martin J. Walsh told reporters Wednesday.https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/09/23/metro/boston-very-close-moving-into-red-category-coronavirus-transmission-walsh-says/

Hobbies for Finns to start during the coronavirus pandemicLIFESTYLE 23 SEPTEMBER 2020
As the coronavirus scourge continues to wreak havoc all over the world, millions of Finns have been forced to stay at home. As much fun as suddenly finding ourselves thrust into the apocalypse is, it stands to reason that we may need a little bit of inspiration regarding what to do with all our new-found free time, as with all these precautionary measures comes boredom.
https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/lifestyle/18103-hobbies-for-finns-to-start-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic.html

Maine lifts restrictions on travelers from MassachusettsMaine has lifted restrictions on travelers from Massachusetts that had required the visitors to produce a negative coronavirus test or quarantine for two weeks.https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/09/23/nation/maine-lifts-restrictions-travelers-massachusetts/

The new "Mister Corona" is leaving the stage again
https://www.nzz.ch/schweiz/der-neue-mister-corona-verlaesst-die-buehne-bereits-wieder-ld.1578184

U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 200,000, On Track to Double by Year’s End
https://www.democracynow.org/2020/9/23/headlines/us_coronavirus_death_toll_tops_200_000_on_track_to_double_by_years_end

Doctors' representatives consider the Corona warning app to be ineffective
https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/live206935325/Coronavirus-Aerztevertreter-halten-Corona-Warn-App-fuer-wenig-wirksam.html

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* Coronavirus Tu 9/22/20 Black Lives Matter

Mass. reports 143 new confirmed coronavirus cases, 11 new deathsThe seven-day rate of positive tests stayed steady at 0.8 percent, which is the lowest observed figure for that metric. 56 minutes agohttps://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/09/22/nation/mass-reports-143-new-confirmed-coronavirus-cases-11-new-deaths/

‘She’s a fighter’: 102-year-old woman survived both 1918 flu and COVID-19Mildred Geraldine “Gerrie” Schappals, a 102-year-old Worcester native, has survived not just one, but two global pandemics.https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/09/22/metro/shes-fighter-102-year-old-woman-survived-both-1918-flu-covid-19/

School summit:Laptops for teachers, otherwise not much newIs that Merkel's high pressure with which the schools are made corona-proof? And why has the digital pact moved so little? Questions and answers about digitization
By Parvin Sadighhttps://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/schule/2020-09/schulgipfel-corona-krise-digitalpakt-kanzleramt-kultusminister-angela-merkel

PandemieGesundheitssenatorin berät mit Bezirken über neue MaßnahmenVor allem in der Innenstadt steigen die Zahlen der Corona-Infektionen zum Teil drastisch. Noch ist unklar, ob in den Stadtteilen demnächst unterschiedliche Regeln gelten.Christine Dankbar, 22.09.2020https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metropole/gesundheitssenatorin-beraet-mit-bezirken-ueber-neue-massnahmen-li.106822

Color code for travel: to a European map updated every week
https://www.lesoir.be/326817/article/2020-09-22/code-couleur-pour-les-voyages-vers-une-carte-europeenne-mise-jour-chaque-semaine

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Coronavirus M 9/21/20 Black Lives Matter

The United Nations at 75: Indispensable or irrelevant?
https://www.csmonitor.com/Daily/2020/20200918

Tour de France: yellow, white, polka-dot, the multicolored coronation of Tadej Pogacar on the Champs-Elysées
Irishman Sam Bennett triumphed in the sprint on Sunday in Paris. He won the unique distinctive jersey - the green - escaping the Slovenian, who left this 107th edition with the three tunics.https://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2020/09/20/tour-de-france-2020-jaune-blanc-a-pois-le-sacre-muticolore-de-tadej-pogacar-sur-les-champs-elysees_6052958_3242.html

Coronavirus: epidemic is spreading faster than testing capacityMore than 13,000 contaminations were recorded two days in a row. The prefect of the Rhône is to announce additional preventive measures on Monday. The Haute Autorité de santé recommends using saliva tests for people with symptoms.https://www.lesechos.fr/economie-france/social/coronavirus-lepidemie-setend-plus-vite-que-la-capacite-de-test-1244132

MADRIDMany poorer people from Madrid are angry: why is their neighborhood closed?In the Madrid working-class neighborhood of Vallecas, they have also noticed: the new local lockdowns mainly affect the poor.https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2020/09/20/schande-dat-deze-plek-op-slot-gaat-a4012884

California:"We finally want to take a deep breath again"Kaija Richter has lived in California with her family for twelve years. Forest fires are part of everyday life, but the current situation reminds them of the apocalypse.Minutes: Doreen Reinhard 192 commentshttps://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/2020-09/kalifornien-waldbraende-usa-klimakrise-protokoll

Emmys:"Schitt's Creek" wins all seven major comedy awardsAt the virtual presentation of the television awards, the family series clears the comedy section. The German Maria Schrader wins an Emmy for best director.https://www.zeit.de/kultur/film/2020-09/emmys-fernsehpreis-verleihung-schitts-creek-maria-schrader

JapanOld, older, the oldest: Kane Tanaka breaks all records at the age of 117Tanaka is the oldest living person in the world. She once said that she had absolutely no desire to die.
09/20/2020JapanAlt, älter, am ältesten: Kane Tanaka bricht mit 117 Jahren alle RekordeTanaka ist der älteste lebende Mensch der Welt. Aufs Sterben habe sie überhaupt keine Lust, sagte sie einmal.20.09.2020https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/politik-gesellschaft/alt-aelter-am-aeltesten-kane-tanaka-bricht-mit-117-jahren-alle-rekorde-li.106371

Coronavirus: How a student blogger who 'knows nothing' about statistics set up Scotland's most popular Covid tracker site
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18731744.coronavirus-meet-travelling-tabby---student-blogger-behind-scotlands-popular-covid-tracker-site/

Photo: TT and facsimile from The Sun.Here, Tegnell is hailed as a hero abroad
Foreign media fluctuate in coverage of the Swedish strategy • Sweden stands out.https://www.dn.se/sverige/utlandska-medier-svanger-i-bevakningen-om-den-svenska-strategin/

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buttercup (R. flabellaris): What I've been reading - 9/20//20 week - Black Lives Matter - Black Books Matter https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/20...buttercup (R. filaria): What I've been reading - 9/13//20 week - Black Lives Matter - Black Books Matter https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/20...

buttercup (R. eschscholtzii): What I've been reading - 9/6//20 week - Black Lives Matter - Black Books Matterhttps://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/20...

buttercup (R. cymbalaria): What I've been reading - 8/30//20 week - Black Lives Matter https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/09/buttercup-r-cymbalaria-what-ive-been.html
buttercup (R. circinatus): What I've been reading - 8/23/20 week - Coronavirus - Black Lives Matter https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/20...
buttercup (R. cassubicifolius): What I've been reading - 8/16/20 week - Coronavirus + BlackLivesMatter + Black Books Matter https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/20...buttercup (R. carinthiacus): What I've been reading - 8/9/20 week - Coronavirus + BlackLivesMatter + Black Books Matter
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buttercup (R. californicus): What I've been reading - 8/2/20 week -Coronavirus - Black Lives Matter
https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/08/buttercup-r-californicus-what-ive-been.html

buttercup (R. bullatus): What I've been reading - 7/26/20 week - Coronavirus + BlackLivesMatter + Black Books Matter
https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/07/buttercup-r-bullatus-what-ive-been.html

buttercup (R. bulbosus): What I've been reading - 7/19/20 week - Coronavirus + BlackLivesMatter + Black Books Matter https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/07/buttercup-r-bulbosus-what-ive-been.html

buttercup (R. austro-oreganus): What I've been reading - 7/12/20 week - Coronavirus + BlackLivesMatter + Black Books Matter https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/07/buttercup-r-austro-oreganus-what-ive.html
buttercup (R. auricomus): What I've been reading - 7/5/20 week - Coronavirus + BlackLivesMatter + Black Books Matterhttps://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/07/buttercup-r-auricomus-what-ive-been.html

buttercup (R. asiaticus): What I've been reading - 6/28/20 week - Coronavirus + BlackLivesMatter + Black Books Matter https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/buttercup-r-asiaticus-what-ive-been.html
buttercup (R. arvensis): What I've been reading - 6/21/20 week - Coronavirus + BlackLivesMatter + Black Books Matter https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/buttercup-r-arvensis-what-ive-been.html

buttercup (R. aquatilis): What I've been reading - 6/14/20 week - Coronavirus + BlackLivesMatter https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/buttercup-r-aquatilis-what-ive-been.html
buttercup (R. amplexicaulis): What I've been reading - 6/7/20 week - + George Floyd + BlackLivesFirst https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/buttercup-r-amplexicaulis-what-ive-been.html
buttercup (R. alismifolius): What I've been reading - 5/31/20 week - Coronavirus https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/buttercup-r-alismifolius-what-ive-been.html
buttercup (R. aestivalis): What I've been reading - 5/24/20 week - Coronavirus https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/buttercup-r-aestivalis-what-ive-been.html
buttercup (R. acris): What I've been reading - 5/17/20 week - Coronavirus https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/buttercup-r-acris-what-ive-been-reading.html
buttercup (R. acraeus): What I've been reading - 5/10/20 week - Coronavirus https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/buttercup-r-acraeus-what-ive-been.html

buttercup (R. aconitifolius): What I've been reading - 5/3/20 week - Coronavirus https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/buttercup-r-aconitifolius-what-ive-been.html
buttercup (R. acaulis): What I've been reading 4/26/20 week - Coronavirus https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/buttercup-ranunculus-acaulis-what-ive.html

buttercup (R. abortivus): What I've been reading - 4/19/20 week - Coronavirus https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/buttercup-ranunculus-abortivus-what-ive.html
buttercup (R. abnormis): What I've been reading - 4/12/20 week - Coronavirus https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/buttercup-ranunculus-abnormis-what-ive.html

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GREG MANKIW'S BLOGRandom Observations for Students of EconomicsSUNDAY, JUNE 07, 2020What I've been watchingOver the past week, I have watched the six-part HBO miniseries The Plot Against America , which came out in March. It is based on the 2004 Philip Roth novel of the same title and tells an alternative history in which FDR is defeated in 1940 by the fascist-sympathizing Charles Lindbergh through the eyes of a Jewish family living in Newark, NJ. Compelling story, well acted. It is the best piece of television I have seen in years.
http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2020/06/what-ive-been-watching.html

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranunculus_flammula

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ranunculus_species
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September 26, 2020

Vaquita porpoise: Minutes for 19 Sep 2020 open Monthly Business Meeting at World Univ & Sch AND WUaS Corporation / WUaS Press

Minutes for 19 Sep 2020 open Monthly Business Meeting at World Univ & Sch:

- https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/09/vaquita-phocoena-sinus-minutes-for-19.html

(Agenda and News - https://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com/2020/09/agenda-news-for-open-world-univ-sch.html

- https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/09/asian-emerald-cuckoo-agenda-news-for.html).

Minutes

World Univ & Sch, in taking the next steps of partnering with edX Online Campus, is seeking to matriculate undergraduate students for free-to-students' online Bachelor degrees on or around 1 January 2021.

Regarding partnering with edX Online Campus, World University and School has met twice this past week with edX Online Campus in MIT Zoom video conferencing, once on Monday for an hour, with Matthew Gusching and Cameron Kaubris, and once on Wednesday for 45 minutes with Matthew and Carolina McGarity. Thanks to edX's Marissa DePaolo for helping to facilitate this. Here's the current development in terms of partnering:

Hello Scott,

I hope my note finds you well - thank you for your email and your questions. I have moved Cam and Marissa to BCC to protect their inbox as they have advisory roles with WUaS and will not be focused on our initiative directly.
Research: The McGovern Brain Institute is a research arm that develops the Pedagogy of edX Online Campus. You can read more about their research and findings, here.
Summary of Partnership: To establish a partnership with edX, we have an agreement process to decide together the scope of the initial roll-out for students. In this stage, we decide how the reimbursement process will be directed and the discovery process for students finding edX courses.
Following the agreement, we will launch by selecting programs/courses that best fit your learners, implementing the discovery process for students to find courses, and connecting the data back to you to monitor progress and assist learners through programs.
Next Steps: As the agreement is the next hurdle, here are a few questions we need to answer to move forward: How will the reimbursement process work between WUaS and edX?
How soon after enrollment can WUaS secure funds for edX Online Campus Courses?Will a Purchase Order be necessary from edX to state offices? Thanks again and please let me know if you have any questions.
Best,
Matthew (edX For Business)

Matthew GuschingAccount Representative Phone: 617.253.2966
141 Portland Street, 8th Floor
Cambridge, MA 02139

Scott MacLeod will teach 'Society and Information Technology' - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/I... - beginning in mid-October to WUaS 2nd matriculated undergraduate class, potentially on Tuesdays and Fridays at 8am Pacific Time, 8:30 pm India Time.

WUaS Medicine -

there are now 7.8 billion people in the world re WUaS #AvatarBotElectronicMedicalRecords

Thanks to the Stanford Biodesign Buildathon for the opportunity to seek to create 1 App for #WYSIWIG #AvatarBotElectronicMedicalRecords - https://twitter.com/hashtag/AvatarBot... - for 7.8 billion people in ~200 countries (and regarding 'WUaS Medical Schools' - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool... and 'You at WUaS' - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool... - for ex.), in a single #RealisticVirtualEarthForGenetics - https://twitter.com/hashtag/Realistic... - and /Genetics too, for example.

See, too - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/20...

https://twitter.com/HarbinBook/status...

Project ECHO psychiatry ?

https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/20...

Asylum online - and in conjunction with Friends Hospital, and regarding collaborating in a 3 year lecture series too?

Asylum at home? re @WorldUnivAndSch with Friends/Quakers, & Psychiatry resources, regarding - https://asylumprojects.org/index.php/...… (which 'lecture' word I just edited). WUaS is seeking to facilitate the development of online psychiatry (language-focused & Quaker / All too) #WUaSPsychiatry ~

https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/stat...

https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/status...

https://twitter.com/HarbinBook/status...

Online MD psychiatry planned @WorldUnivAndSch >https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool... (psychiatry for #QuakerMeetings from Friends' Hospital

https://friendshospital.com 215-831-4600 https://asylumprojects.org/index.php/...… #NontheistFriends) #CoronaVirusCOVID19 Psychiatry > https://psychiatrictimes.com/psychiat...… #WUaSPsychiatry ~

https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/status...

WUaS Law

WUaS seeks to facilitate identity verification in all European countries regarding GDPR, and in all ~200 countries and official languages, each a Wikidata Q-item # and regarding Stanford Law CodeX's Ramona Welk (https://law.stanford.edu/2020/09/16/c...

Thank you for your reply to my question: "How do you see identity verification of subjects (DSAR) developing differentially between Europe re GDPR, and, conceptually, re America? Could you see on the horizon a standardized verification process that would be legal in Europe, (and even in most of all ~200 countries?)" I'm interested in exploring building out identity verification even re Wikidata Q-tiem #. In developing MIT OCW-centric wiki World University and School, WUaS would like to plan to code for all 7.8 billion people on the planet, in all ~200 countries (https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/se...). How might we focus this with regard to the GDPR, and your presentation?

6 WUaS is seeking 50 students from the following 8 World Univ & Sch's in January (and from other countries too) to matriculate in English in January 2021, and to send the edX purchase order (1 PO or invoicing) for all of these countries potentially to the US State Department, and let State seek reimbursement from these countries, and for students in the remaining approximately 198 countries, for 4 years' free-to-students' online Bachelor degrees (and soon thereafter Ph.D. degrees).

Sri Lanka WUaS - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool... in the Sinhala language - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool...)
Poland WUaS - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool... in the Polish language - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool...)
Greece WUaS - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool... in the Greek language
Germany WUaS - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool... in German
Peru WUaS - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool... in Spanish, Quechua and Aymara +
India WUaS - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool... in the Hindi, and the 22 scheduled or official languages in India)
Scotland WUaS - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool...
USA WUaS - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool...

Yes, ....

Sri Lanka WUaS (Rifai) are you in communication with all the faculty of the 52 courses you sent - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/20... ?

Could they eventually become translators of MIT OCW into WUaS Open edX in the Sinhala language - and to adapt MIT OCW in their fields of expertise regarding these courses even?

WUaS Press / WUaS Corporation

WUAS is planning to code for all 7.5 billion people for UBI experiments - as wiki teachers and learners - to alleviate poverty, and to facilitate wiki open teaching and learning, regarding free universal wiki education for the people (in addition to free, highest quality best STEAM CC-4 OpenCourseWare centric degrees at WUaS, for matriculating students at World Univ & Sch).

WUaS will explore collaborating further with the state of California, its Stockton UBI experiment, and even regarding emerging Silicon Valley Long-Term Stock Market, - and WUaS corporation listing there, regarding a single cryptocurrency in most of ~200 countries' official and main language

The 5th book in WUaS Press - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/A... - is due out this autumn (not yet machine translated into any languages)

Alexandra

Alexandra (Orellana) Orellana - Vlachakis

Executive Director at Chicago Public Schools

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandra...

Sr. Enterprise Manager

Company Name LEGO Education Full-time

Dates Employed

May 2019 – Sep 2020

Location Greater Chicago Area

What an amazing new role for you, Alex - and coming out your Lego role! Congratulations, and let's stay in touch re you being the executive director of the Chicago Public School system, and World Univ & Sch's plans for online 'WUAS Home Robotics' schools in all ~200 countries' official languages. Best regards, Scott (http://worlduniversityandschool.org/A... and https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool...)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaquita

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September 25, 2020

Monotropa uniflora: Piobaireachd (classical bagpiping music) and BEAUTY (philosophically even)? * Beauty in Piobaireachd re these "Guidelines for Practicing a Musical Instrument" - http://scottmacleod.com/GuidelinesPra... ... brain

Piobaireachd (classical bagpiping music) and BEAUTY (philosophically even)

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Taylor, good 'to PIobaireachd' with you last night :)
Regarding
Abeauty and Piobaireachd? - re these Ma & Marsalis' Guidelines for Practicing a Musical Instrument - http://scottmacleod.com/GuidelinesPracticingMusicalInstrument.htm ...

All apart from what I'll coin as 'Piobaireachd philosophy,' here are a definition and some thoughts/connections about beauty (re Ma & Marsalis, initially) and Piobaireachd ...

... so here's a definition of beauty: "a combination of qualities, such as shape, color, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses, (especially the sight)" (which sight aspect could relate to kilts and the Scottish kit of Piobaireachd players?)

Beauty re these "Guidelines ... " - http://scottmacleod.com/GuidelinesPracticingMusicalInstrument.htm ... brainstorming-wise:

2 never make a sound without hearing it first; hear it in your mind.
4 join feelings into your music when you feel bad, to integrate your feelings with your mind and body.
5 Relax and practice slowly.
7 Practice expressively.
Be serious – invest yourself expressively.

10 Think for yourself.
Don’t become a robot, but don’t dismiss what you’re taught.

12 Look for connections. (Make the social aspect of practicing regenerative - S.M.)
Music washes away the dust of everyday life from your feet.

and ...
Bsynthesize all 4 Piobaireachds in CoP Yellow Tutor Vol. 4 together in your bodymind into 'one computer program' for playing all 200-300 'major' Piobaireachds (and not just the form underlying "The Company's Lament"? :) ... would take 'deep listening' and internalization :)

and ...
Cexploring the Dixon manuscript may be a fascinating way to bring into circulation again new great tunes ...
"William Dixon manuscript - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org › wiki › William_Dixon_manuscript

The William Dixon manuscript, written down between 1733 and 1738 in Northumberland, is the oldest known manuscript of pipe music from the British Isles, and the most important source of music for the Border pipes"

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dixon_manuscript

... and even regarding - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Scottish_smallpipes_and_borderpipes - with Scottish smallpipes not only emerging from GHB music (for me), but also emerging from Northumbrian and borders' piping ...

But how too to find the most lyrical tunes, in general, to each of our ears? ... Write an algorithm for this (with echoes of brilliant Tufts' Anthropology Prof. Nick Seaver's work on the culture of algorithm and recommender systems ... and now there's some similar in Google Tensorflow

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Monotropa uniflora: Piobaireachd (classical bagpiping music) and BEAUTY (philosophically even)?

Taylor, good 'to PIobaireachd' with you last night :)
Regarding
Abeauty and Piobaireachd? - re these Ma & Marsalis Guidelines - http://scottmacleod.com/GuidelinesPracticingMusicalInstrument.htm
All apart from what I'll coin as 'Piobaireachd philosophy,' here are a definition and some thoughts/connections about beauty (re Ma & Marsalis, initially) and Piobaireachd ...

Here's a definition of beauty: "a combination of qualities, such as shape, color, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses, (especially the sight)" (which sight aspect could relate to kilts and the Scottish kit of Piobaireachd players?)

2 never make a sound without hearing it first; hear it in your mind.
4 join feelings into your music when you feel bad, to integrate your feelings with your mind and body.
5 Relax and practice slowly.
7 Practice expressively.
Be serious – invest yourself expressively.

10 Think for yourself.
Don’t become a robot, but don’t dismiss what you’re taught.

12 Look for connections. (Make the social aspect of practicing regenerative - S.M.)
Music washes away the dust of everyday life from your feet.

and ... Bsynthesize all 4 Piobaireachds in CoP Yellow Tutor Vol. 4 together in your bodymind into 'one computer program' for playing all 200-300 'major' Piobaireachds (and not just the form underlying "The Company's Lament"? :) ... would take 'deep listening' and internalization :)

and ...Cexploring the Dixon manuscript may be a fascinating way to bring into circulation again new great tunes ...
"William Dixon manuscript - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org › wiki › William_Dixon_manuscript

... and even regarding - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Scottish_smallpipes_and_borderpipes - with Scottish smallpipes not only emerging from the GHB but also emerging from Northumbrian and borders' piping ...

But how too to find the most lyrical tunes, in general, to each of our ears? ... Write an algorithm for this (with echoes of brilliant Tufts' Anthropology Prof. Nick Seaver's work on the culture of algorithm and recommender systems ... and now there's some similar in Google Tensorflow https://twitter.com/npseaver/status/1308872685661888514?s=20 ... )

and ... DI'd like to be able to think & speak as remarkably as Princeton philosopher, and Humean, David Kellogg Lewis - https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/david-lewis/ - does philosophically, but regarding beauty and Piobaireachd, and maybe we can explore with time in conversation ... (since this Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article says he wrote in the field of aesthetics too, and here's the SEP article on 'beauty' - https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/beauty/ :)
... and here's something with David Lewis in the title from UC Davis Social Sciences (as a kind of expression of a 'California school of philosophy' even? ... I went to a Stanford conference on this a few years ago (in blog too))
A Philosophical Problem: From David Lewis to Signaling Networks
https://youtu.be/p-piKAKIZCQ

What Experience Teaches (David Lewis - 1981)https://youtu.be/BMLIdwT8OSU https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/09/great-swamp-national-wildlife-refuge.html

and ... ELooks like Siubhal (fingering movement) may have been misspelled in CoP Yellow Tutor, Vol. 4 -
Siubhal

A type of Piobaireachd variation, pronounced "shoo-al", similar to the Dithis. Consisting of a G gracenote to Low A, followed by the theme note. If the theme note is a B or C, it is accompanied by a D gracenote.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_bagpipe_terms

Let's explore further the Canntaireachd too for the siubhal :)

Thoughts, questions, ideas, suggestions?
Cheers, Scott

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Scott MacLeod <sgkmacleod@gmail.com>3:39 PM (3 hours ago)

to Taylor

So, Angus MacLellan and wee Donald MacLeod in comparison regarding some of the below and playing "The Company's Lament"? (And maybe we can find some examples of MacLeod playing Piobaireachd very differently, and when not instructing too:)

Some of the above Scottish small pipes' theory starts from the 'outside' of Piobaireachd playing culture ... and it would be interesting to develop further 'Piobaireachd philosophy' - as thinking about, and teaching and learning - re beauty for example, from the inside of this piping culture too :)
Some bios - Angus MacLellan (again?) and mentioning his relationship with wee Donald re as 'big Angus':) -

https://www.pipesdrums.com/article/angus-j-maclellan-1936-2013/

(My first set of highland bagpipes in the 1970s were Grainger and Campbell)
andPM Donald MacLeodhttps://projects.handsupfortrad.scot/hall-of-fame/pipe-major-donald-macleod-mbe/

Musical cheers, Scott

Taylor,
Re middle finger down in Piobaireachd for high As or high Gs:
... in listening to my skipping old Yellow Tutor CD again, I just heard Angus MacLellan say that the high G in Piobaireachd is always played with the middle finger down. And there's a considerable difference between playing a high G with and without a middle finger down (in Piobaireachd) ...
I had learned that 'the high A in Piobaireachd is always played with middle finger on chanter' - and found this here too;
"And the fingering isn't optional...but the high A fingering is optional it seems. I prefer the traditional (same as high G, middle finger down) but many players are opting for the light music high A nowadays. Don't know why."

http://forums.bobdunsire.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-66639.html
So, let's talk about this on Thursday further ... and regarding a 'tone question' for high G and high A, and playing Piobaireachd learning in part from the CoP Tutor ... and the tones we like, as well as what we want to learn further. (I'm not, for one, planning to compete on GHB in Piobaireachd, in any Highland Games for example, but I think tone and tuning ar very important on SSP too).

Cheers, Scott

Taylor,

You expressed interest in playing a jig for next week or soon. How about "Glasgow City Police Pipers" which is composed by PM Donald MacLeod, and is a really great tune too, - for the following week?
Here are 3 versions of sheet music digitally -
https://www.thebagpipeplace.com/the-average-piper-the-metronome/

https://youtu.be/Q89ahrJLFnA

& without grace noteshttp://abcnotation.com/tunePage?a=thesession.org/tunes/1181.no-ext/0001

(It's mentioned in this article - https://projects.handsupfortrad.scot/hall-of-fame/pipe-major-donald-macleod-mbe/ - and as is Duncan Johnstone, too, whom I think I've told you a bit about already, took a workshop with him in around 1982, and wrote a paper "Bagpiping in Scotland" on a tiny UNESCO ZIS stipendium).
Cheers, Scott

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HI Matthew, Carolina, Marissa, Larry and All,
Thanks so much for videoconferencing yesterday regarding partnering with edX Online Campus a second time this week, Matthew, - and thanks for the helpful information yesterday, Carolina, and great to meet you too.
What is, please, the MIT McGovern Brain Institute's edX research papers' website you mentioned you'd send me, Matthew?
Glad to see edX's 3rd mission is research, and World Univ & Sch seeks to develop this inter-lingually eventually especially since CC-4 MIT OCW is currently in 4 languages (https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/translated-courses/):
edX's Mission:
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Research is also one of about 12 main subject areas at World University - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Research (worlduniversityandschool.org), and it would be fascinating to focus this further in conjunction with the McGovern Brain Institute for example.
And what might be the next steps in WUaS partnering with edX Online Campus? And how further does such a partnership work from edX's perspective?

And Matthew, could you please share the 3 points you highlighted, particularly with Larry, and All, toward the close of our conversation on Monday - and regarding WUaS partnering with edX Online Campus further?
Thanks so much, Matthew and Carolina, and looking forward to checking out the edX research papers in particular.
Thank you, Scott
PSWUaS is seeking to plan for our matriculating students in all ~200 countries, and for our wiki Universitians in all 7,117 known living languages (and indeed for all 7.5 billion people as wiki teachers and learners here - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/You_at_World_University) regarding upcoming coding questions.
Thank you, Matthew, Carolina, and Marissa!

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