Thursday, October 28, 2021

Cappadocia Chimneys in Göreme, Turkey: Mt Tamalpais and little hills above low clouds, Marin county, SF Bay Area * * Waiting for an email invitation from Harvard to talk there, or similar, makes much sense (re the upcoming Harvard university Smartphone Symposium on F 11/5/21, - http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2021/10/uluru.html?m=0 - which I'm planning to attend online, but probably not with being able to try out the waterproof Wearables and Smartphones effectively, for Actual-Virtual Harbin Hot Springs' Ethnographic field research) .. * ... WUAS Corporation waited until we got a 3 year tax bill from the CA FTB before paying 800 per year plus late fees and penalties totally on 10/26/21, totaling $2930.98 (instead of 2400 total, paid annually) ... and engagement with the state of California as a kind of 'tax bill as invitation' to network together financially ... Go figure. ... * Meditation world every morning first thing upon rising centering and central (Yogically ... & re ethical attune-ment as individual somehow too, - philosophically even, NtQuaker silent Meeting sitting-wise too and abolition-wise ) ... Seeking to study meditation further in Harbin's warm pool and scientifically * * * "All the Blue Bonnets are Over the Border" is a lovely 6/8 march tune, to work on musically, on the Scottish Small Pipes :)


Mt Tamalpais and little hills above low clouds

Scott MacLeod sgkmacleod@gmail.com

Attachments9:47 AM (1 hour ago)
to JaneJohnClaudiaLarryPinSandyMainakMaitreyi
Ma, Pin, John, Larry, Kim, All, 

Waiting for an email invitation from Harvard to talk there, or similar, makes much sense (re the upcoming Harvard university Smartphone Symposium on F 11/5/21, - http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2021/10/uluru.html?m=0 - which I'm planning to attend online, but probably not with being able to try out the waterproof Wearables and Smartphones effectively, for Actual-Virtual Harbin Hot Springs' Ethnographic field research)  .. 

... WUAS Corporation waited until we got a 3 year tax bill from the CA FTB before paying 800 per year plus late fees and penalties totally on 10/26/21, totaling $2930.98 (instead of 2400 total, paid annually) ... and engagement with the state of California as a kind of 'tax bill as invitation' to network together financially ... Go figure. ...

Sitting on the garden patio with Mt Tam beautiful in the distance (see pic), and 2 or 3 tops of forested hills as islands above low clouds, in the foreground, both spires of the Golden Gate Bridge very clear and visible ... Beautiful morning ... My meditation world every morning first thing upon rising centering and central (Yogically ...  & re ethical attunement as individual somehow too, - philosophically even, NtQuaker silent Meeting sitting-wise too and abolition-wise ) ... Seeking to study meditation further in Harbin's warm pool and scientifically with Wearables beyond the inner releasing action as a measurable biological response (re 'The Relaxation Response' book from 1972). 

Thanks for talking last night, Ma. Communicating with you helps focus my mind, bodymind beneficially ...

Took a multivitamin capsule or pill with iron this morning and eyes are not fuzzy (but it"s also morning) ... As an ovo lacto vegetarian, iron, & vitamin B 12 are potentially lacking in my diet ... And I think the other nutrients are helpful too. Seeking to take one with iron on Sundays and a different multivitamin daily otherwise again (seems not to be harmful too :) Experimenting on self (a Yogic India idea too) based on experience may be working ... difficult or possibly impossible to find the scientific literature about evidence for and against multivitamins in 2021 to parse the signal from the noise :) curious about aging reversal genetic drug therapies and capsules in these regards in the future too.

Abolitionally yours, Scott




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Mt Tamalpais and little hills above low clouds



Scott MacLeod <sgkmacleod@gmail.com>

Attachments

9:47 AM (1 hour ago)

to Jane, John, Claudia, Larry, Pin, Sandy, Mainak, Maitreyi


Ma, Pin, John, Larry, Kim, All, 

Waiting for an email invitation from Harvard to talk there, or similar, makes much sense (re the upcoming Harvard university Smartphone Symposium on F 11/5/21, - http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2021/10/uluru.html?m=0 - which I'm planning to attend online, but probably not with being able to try out the waterproof Wearables and Smartphones effectively, for Actual-Virtual Harbin Hot Springs' Ethnographic field research)  .. 

... WUAS Corporation waited until we got a 3 year tax bill from the CA FTB before paying 800 per year plus late fees and penalties totally on 10/26/21, totaling $2930.98 (instead of 2400 total, paid annually) ... and engagement with the state of California as a kind of 'tax bill as invitation' to network together financially ... Go figure. ...

Sitting on the garden patio with Mt Tam beautiful in the distance (see pic), and 2 or 3 tops of forested hills as islands above low clouds, in the foreground, both spires of the Golden Gate Bridge very clear and visible ... Beautiful morning ... My meditation world every morning first thing upon rising centering and central (Yogically ...  & re ethical attune-ment as individual somehow too, - philosophically even, NtQuaker silent Meeting sitting-wise too and abolition-wise ) ... Seeking to study meditation further in Harbin's warm pool and scientifically with Wearables beyond the inner releasing action as a measurable biological response (re 'The Relaxation Response' book from 1972). 

Thanks for talking last night, Ma. Communicating with you helps focus my mind, bodymind beneficially ...

Took a multivitamin capsule or pill with iron this morning and eyes are not fuzzy (but it"s also morning) ... As an ovo lacto vegetarian, iron, & vitamin B 12 are potentially lacking in my diet ... And I think the other nutrients are helpful too. Seeking to take one with iron on Sundays and a different multivitamin daily otherwise again (seems not to be harmful too :) Experimenting on self (a Yogic India idea too) based on experience may be working ... difficult or possibly impossible to find the scientific literature about evidence for and against multivitamins in 2021 to parse the signal from the noise :) curious about aging reversal genetic drug therapies and capsules in these regards in the future too.

Abolition-ally yours, Scott

http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2021/10/svartifoss-iceland_01887283290.html





Tweet of thanks to Bob Harrington MD chair of Stanford Medicine ... Re hypertension thinking ...

Thanks, @HeartBobH for https://twitter.com/HeartBobH/status/1453546730452967424?s=20 Will check blood pressure at next MD appt. Found too:
Fitness Tracker Smart Watch for Blood Pressure +
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Fitness-Tracker-Smart-Watch-Waterproof-Heart-Rate-Monitor-Blood-Pressure-Pedometer-Calorie-Counting-Fitness-Watch-Band-for-Android-IOS-System/337676576
High Blood Pressure
https://www.drweil.com/health-wellness/body-mind-spirit/heart/high-blood-pressure-hypertension/
Lower Blood Pressure Without Drugs
https://www.drweil.com/blog/bulletins/lower-blood-pressure-without-drugs/~

https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1453587343688957953?s=20





Good afternoon, Ma! How are you? How is your week going? 🙂Am thinking about the Harvard Smartphones, Wearables, Health Symposium on F 11/5/21 I'm doing with a 1 slide presentation online ... and the Fitbit 5 health monitor wristlet, but also regarding this Walmart Fitness Tracker Smart Watch ... http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2021/10/cappadocia-chimneys-in-goreme-turkey.html?m=0 ... My father, Dad, GKM MD, took a half aspirin a day late in life re hypertension ... and I would like to learn more about my own blood pressure with such a device from Walmart even. ... and maybe which could also be a useful scientific wristlet for measuring meditation, regarding blood oxygen levels, in the Harbin Hot Springs' warm pool in some versions in the future 🙂 Hoping you have a great weekend, Ma!



Fitness Tracker Smart Watch, Waterproof Heart Rate Monitor Blood Pressure Pedometer Calorie Counting Fitness Watch Band for Android&IOS System

$10.65

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Fitness-Tracker-Smart-Watch-Waterproof-Heart-Rate-Monitor-Blood-Pressure-Pedometer-Calorie-Counting-Fitness-Watch-Band-for-Android-IOS-System/337676576



Wrist Pulse Oximeters: How Can Athletes Use This New Tech?https://www.triathlete.com › Gear › Tech & Wearables

Dec 1, 2020 — Pulse oximeters are a non-invasive way to measure your blood oxygen levels with the help of an emitter and sensors built into the device. “A ...

https://www.triathlete.com/gear/tech-wearables/wrist-pulse-oximeters-how-can-triathletes-use-this-new-tech/



Can you measure blood oxygen on your wrist?

The Blood Oxygen app can allow you to measure the oxygen level of your blood on-demand directly from your wrist, providing you with insights into your overall wellness. Measurements taken with the Blood Oxygen app are not intended for medical use and are only designed for general fitness and wellness purposes.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211027


 

The Relaxation Response

Herbert Benson, M.D. Harvard University

https://www.brighamandwomensfaulkner.org/assets/Faulkner/headache-center/documents/relaxation-response.pdf



HEALTH & MEDICINE

Relaxation response proves positive

"Relaxation-response techniques, such as meditation, yoga, and prayer, could reduce the need for health care services by 43 percent, according to a study at Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) that looked at participants in a relaxation-response-focused training program.

Previous studies have shown that eliciting the relaxation response — a physiologic state of deep rest — not only relieves stress and anxiety, but also affects physiologic factors such as blood pressure, heart rate, and oxygen consumption."


https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/10/relaxation-response-proves-positive/




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Scott MacLeod <sgkmacleod@gmail.com>

Oct 27, 2021, 12:59 PM (22 hours ago)

to Timothy


Congrats on your work anniversary, Tym!!! 28 years at the US State Department! 

How are you doing? 

(Interesting Harvard medical school Smartphones, Wearables and Health conference on 11/5/21 which abstract was accepted, and here's the first draft of the 1 slide presentation - http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2021/10/uluru.html?m=0 - which is Harbin and brainwave headset research focused:)

Warm regards, Scott 

(the WUaS Corp just got its very first tax bill ... allowing us to begin to grow! :)

http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2021/10/Ceropegia%20stapeliiformis%20Minutes%20for%20101621%20W.html




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Founder, President, CEO & Professor

World Univ & Sch (WUaS) - PO Box 442, Canyon, CA 94516 

1) non-profit World University and School - http://worlduniversityandschool.org  

2) for profit general stock company WUaS Corporation in CA - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html


(o) 415 480 4577 - sgkmacleod@worlduniversiryandschool.org 

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Hi Tym,

How are you? Just checking in again. Apologies again for including you in that WUaS Monthly Business Meeting Minutes for 10/16/21 yesterday with other Reedies. Will seek to share these Minutes with Reed College folks in BCC in the future.


Here attached is a nice little checking-in pic -

Mt Tamalpais and little hills above low clouds PXL_20211028.jpg


And you might enjoy this, to my mother, and other friends, just now - 

Waiting for an email invitation from Harvard to talk there, or similar, makes much sense (re the upcoming Harvard university Smartphone Symposium on F 11/5/21, - http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2021/10/uluru.html?m=0 - which I'm planning to attend online, but probably not with being able to try out the waterproof Wearables and Smartphones effectively, for Actual-Virtual Harbin Hot Springs' Ethnographic field research)  .. 

... WUAS Corporation waited until we got a 3 year tax bill from the CA FTB before paying 800 per year plus late fees and penalties totally on 10/26/21, totaling $2930.98 (instead of 2400 total, paid annually) ... and engagement with the state of California as a kind of 'tax bill as invitation' to network together financially ... Go figure. ...

Sitting on the garden patio with Mt Tam beautiful in the distance (see pic), and 2 or 3 tops of forested hills as islands above low clouds, in the foreground, both spires of the Golden Gate Bridge are very clear and visible ... Beautiful morning ... My meditation world every morning first thing upon rising centering and central (Yogically ...  & re ethical attune-ment as an individual somehow too, - philosophically even, NtQuaker silent Meeting sitting-wise too and abolition-wise ) ... Seeking to study meditation further in Harbin's warm pool and scientifically with Wearables beyond the inner releasing action as a measurable biological response (re 'The Relaxation Response' book from 1972). 

Thanks for talking last night, Ma. Communicating with you helps focus my mind, bodymind beneficially ...


Took a multivitamin capsule or pill with iron this morning and my eyes are not fuzzy (but it"s also morning, and I'm also outside looking at both my smartphone and into the distance) ... As an ovo lacto vegetarian, iron, & vitamin B 12 are potentially lacking in my diet ... And I think the other nutrients are helpful too. Seeking to take one with iron on Sundays and a different multivitamin daily otherwise again (seems not to be harmful too :) Experimenting on self (a Yogic India idea too) based on experience may be working ... difficult or possibly impossible to find the scientific literature about evidence for and against multivitamins in 2021 to parse the signal from the noise :) curious about aging reversal genetic drug therapies and capsules in these regards in the future too.

Abolition-ally yours, Scott

http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2021/10/svartifoss-iceland_01887283290.html


How are you doing, checking-in wise? When are we going to check in again together to Harbin? In the springs, if we can? 

Warmest regards, Scott

http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2021/10/mount-rainier-abolition.html?m=0

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- Scott GK MacLeod  

Founder, President, CEO & Professor

World Univ & Sch (WUaS) - PO Box 442, Canyon, CA 94516 

1) non-profit World University and School - http://worlduniversityandschool.org  

2) for profit general stock company WUaS Corporation in CA - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html


(o) 415 480 4577 - sgkmacleod@worlduniversiryandschool.org 

(m) 412 478 0116 - sgkmacleod@gmail.com 


World Univ & Sch Innovation Research -  scottmacleod.com 

 



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Scott MacLeod

10:51 AM (47 minutes ago)

to stuart, Scott, Taylor


sounds good, Taylor, (Stuart), 

"All the Blue Bonnets are Over the Border" is a lovely 6/8 march tune, to work on musically! (Now how to play it as Stuart plays Light Music so wonderfully?). And it's in the CoP Green Tutor Vol 1 and in the Scots Guards Vol 1, I see.  ... regarding the Scottish independence vote next year too, I would think (but I don't know this cultural history that well) ... Stuart, what do you think? I don't know you're thinking about the Scottish Independence vote possible next year, but what are great Piping tunes that could somehow focus this voting? 

Piobaireachd recital of "The MacFarlane's Gathering" today as well?

Brainstorming-wise, how to write a 'rockin' tutorial book for playing 'Piobaireachding the Blues' - along the lines of either the CoP's 3-4 Tutorials, or PM Donald MacLeod's PIobaireachd video tutorials, which could also amount to a computer program with artificial learning to generate playable and lovely sheet music ... Tutorial books, re structure for learning, can be very helpful! (Stuart, how might you, brainstorming-wise, write a new kind of Tutorial book for teaching Piobaireachd with machine learning, based on what you've taught me already, I wonder)? 

Glad you had fun at the musical session in Auburn last night, Taylor ... (I am not a fox-hunting myself, re the tune your session musicians knew, for all of you to play together with Scottish small pipes ... rather seeking to connect naturally with a wonderful partner, and to begin to bear children ... a Harvard trained MD in her 20s perchance, and with some Scots' background even? :) )

I searched on ""All the Blue Bonnets are Over the Border" Stuart Liddell video" so as to be able to learn from Stuart directly, listening and feeling-wise, and playing with, but no videos came up :)

See you soon!

Cheers, Scott



also regarding ... 

A Scottish independence March, strathspey or reel for freedom (re abolition of English servitude practices) could be light music, or a bit heavy too. A jig or a hornpipe for the fling of it :) ... What do you think? What's the Scottish bagpiping music for the independence referendum possibly in 2022 I wonder ... that could help ... with prosperity for Scots into the centuries ahead ?:) https://www.newsweek.com/scottish-leader-nicola-sturgeon-weighing-independence-vote-country-2022-1590081 Collaborate with EU? What's the Light Music for this ;) ? See you soon.

Scott

http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2021/10/kilt-rock-isle-of-skye-scotland.html

http://scottmacleod.com/piping.htm

 

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- http://scottmacleod.com/piping.htm


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- (planned for all instruments in all 7,139 living languages, each a wiki page to begin)






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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Göreme

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

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