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M 3/30/26 & 4/6/26 & open @WorldUnivAndSch #WUaSNewsAndQA & #WUaSWeeklyBusinessMeeting Agenda & News
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Your Voice Making Public Comments that Matter in Federal Policy (February 24, 2026)
https://youtu.be/nSwBGMpQRAA
with Professor Matsudaira, formerly inaugural Chief Economist at the Department of Education
'2. Deploy the full federal toolkit.'
https://www.urban.org/urban-
... to potentially begin to accredit free World University and School first for students in the USA (BUT also for students in the other 200 countries - just as students come from all over the world to go to MIT partly because of its accreditation with NECHE - building on CC-4 licensed (which says WUaS can 1) share, 2) adapt it, 3) but non-commercially). ...
Thoughts, ideas, ways to proceed, Heather Perfetti, President of Middle States Commission on Higher Education in Philadelphia, and Professor Matsudaira, formerly Deputy Under Secretary and inaugural Chief Economist at U.S. Department of Education - https://www.linkedin.com/in/
Revolutionizing Education with Machine Learning and AI
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Hindu Kush mountains: Recording of 3/23/26 @WorldUnivAndSch #WUaSNewsAndQA & #WUaSWeeklyBusinessMeeting #TaiwanWorldUnivAndSch ~ * (was - M 3/23/26 & 3/30/26 open @WorldUnivAndSch #WUaSNewsAndQA & #WUaSWeeklyBusinessMeeting Agenda & News)
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Great to meet you on Tue March 17, 2026 at Stanford Hoover Institute at the AI Productivity & Jobs' panels, and thanks to you, and Google Senior Vice President James Manyika, for your card :
Julie Wong
Executive Engagement Lead
Research, Labs, Technology and Society
188 The Embarcadero
SF, CA 94105
510 725 5075
juliewong@google.com
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Ypsilopus zimbabweensis (orchid): How possibly @WorldUnivAndSch to explore engaging #GoogleResearch to build out #ClinicalTrialLLMs Randomized Controlled Trials RCTs? * *
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Berkeley Claremont Public library M March 23, 2026 - Vivek Hutheesing
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Dear Vivek,
(https://www.linkedin.com/in/
Thanks for your emails as well. I looked at your App briefly before your emails. World Univ & Sch in a #GrowWithGoogleWUaS program, and in seeking to code for all 7.9 billion people on the planet, each a Wikidata PIN # from here - https://wiki.
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Just emailed a 2nd time regarding #GrowWithGoogleWUaS's Julie Wong Google Executive Engagement Lead, Research, Labs, Technology and Society, which you'll find here toward the bottom (and had BCC-ed Pin and Ed too with this) - https://scott-macleod.
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What are 10 great Indian novels inspired by Yoga, possibly comic, along the lines of Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard?
Yoga in novels question - What are 10 great novels from India that are potentially inspired by Yoga Asana, 8 limbs of Yoga, Patanjali's Yoga, possibly comic, and along the lines of "Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard" by Kieran Desai?
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Finding novels that capture the specific blend of whimsical satire, spiritual absurdity, and the structured philosophy of Yoga found in Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard is a delightful challenge.
While many Indian novels touch on spirituality, these ten selections specifically lean into the "limbs" of Yoga—from the physical discipline of Asana to the ethical constraints of Yama and Niyama—often through a lens of irony, comedy, or social critique.
1. The Guide by R.K. Narayan
This is perhaps the closest spiritual cousin to Desai’s work. It follows Raju, a tour guide who, through a series of comic misunderstandings, is mistaken for a holy man. It explores the Niyamas (internal disciplines) and the unintended path to Samadhi (enlightenment) with a sharp, dry wit.
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Karen Brennan - Start with Questions: The Classroom as Design Studio & "Start with Questions" Book Party at HGSE - AND to Apply to
#WUaSMultimediaHospitalRoom in #RealisticVirtualEarth #ForAgingReversal #ForLongevity too?
Thanks @Karen_Brennan All for
"Start with Questions" Book Party @ HGSE
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SwQ: The Classroom as Design Studio
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#WUaSMultimediaHospitalRoom in #RealisticVirtualEarth #ForAgingReversal #ForLongevity too?
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The path to #ScottishIndependence in next ten years - and re Scotland WUaS too?
The path to #ScottishIndependence in the next ten years?
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How could free-to-students' #ScotlandWUaS @WorldUnivAndSch https://wiki.
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Hi Ma, Chris, Pin, Ed, all
,Just texted this to some of you -
Hi Ma, Pin, Ed, how are you this Wednesday? Ma? Pin? Ed? Pin, do you explore Yoga daily? Might you be mediating these days, Ed - Yoga-wise even? (And my having met you, Ed, through your first wife who was taking a Yoga class I was teaching at All Souls' Episcopal Church in the Haight Ashbury in the mid 1990s). Might Ma you be helping the Longwood physical therapy person (& might s/he/they even get credentialed for this through Yoga Alliance in Virginia or similar?) do Yoga poses with slightly hippy from the '60s & '70s and from England and artist and poet and Unitarian like you Chris Michaels? ... !and as we may live to 150 and well beyond:) with hippy & artist Yogini Angela Farmer's first 4 videos - https://angela-victor.com/who/
... Seeking at Yoga too World University and School to #GrowWithGoogleWUaS - AND SEE ... Tue 3/24/26 Ypsilopus zimbabweensis orchid blog post - http://scott-macleod.
for longevity genetics in a #RealisticVirtualEarth #forGenetics, for vaccines, for RCTs randomized controlled trials, and #forYogaAsana ... Exploring further in this Saturday's Restorative Yoga Explorations ... Stay tuned... Thoughts, questions, suggestions? Fondly, Scott
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Karomia gigas: Greetings, Christian Acemah, from Friendly-informed free wiki World University and School building on MIT OCW in 7 languages, and Swahili, Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya WUaS in Swahili and pot for free WUaS degrees online from home, in Swahili with many STEM WUaS degrees
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letter to #SwahiliSpeaking Ugandan #Quaker #OlneyFriendsSchoolHead #ChristianAcemah2001 https://scott-macleod.
abt beginning #STEMwuAs @WorldUnivAndSch in #SwahiliWUaS :https://wiki.
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Starts of
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Dear Christian (Acemah - cacemah@olneyfriends.org), Bob (Brockwell, and mainoffice@olneyfriends.org), & Lloyd (Guindon, Pendle Hill Quaker Center for Study and Contemplation),
A Friendly Quaker query :
How best to grow free World University and School in Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya and in Swahili and with a significant STEM focus emerging from WUaS building on MIT OCW in 7 languages - https://opencw.aprende.org/
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#WUaSunivs @WorldUnivAndSch may reach out to #KenyaYearlyMeetingQuaker -https://www.fwcc.directory/
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How best in the #SwahiliLanguageWUaS building on #MITOCW in 7 languages to grow #TanzaniaWUaS https://wiki.
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Gemini AI -
Where is Swahili spoken ?
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Brahma Kamal (Saussurea obvallata): "Restorative Yoga class on Saturdays (and as we may live to 150 and well beyond:)? * Might you be asking Gemini AI - https://gemini.google.com/ - Yoga and 8 limbs of Yoga questions regarding possibly living to 150 years of age and wll beyond, and with aging reversal and extreme longevity genetic drug therapies emerging, FDA approved (by 2050??, and see: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?
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Dear Dick (Robb MD, possibly posthumously, also a professor in Harvard Medical School), Unitarian Us' Chris Michaels and Ma/Janie, Annie, Alden, Sandy, George and Maitreyi (both professors in Harvard Medical School too), Peter (Norvig Stanford AI), Marlynn Wei MD JD (author of "The Harvard Medical School Guide to Yoga: 8 Weeks to Strength, Awareness, and Flexibility"), Doortje (Van Kooten), Vivek (Hutheesing, - "Meditation and Yoga" your father said ... from India to the world as its greatest 'exports' - great (at around the 57 minute mark - https://vivekhutheesing.com/
Yoga greetings! Tomorrow Sat 3/28/26 for an exploratory "Restorative Yoga class on Saturdays (and as we may live to 150 and well beyond:)" ??? ... and at
around 8 am Pacific Time all together individually - or around 8 am in your time zone?? I've added this Yoga exploration here to "Brahma Kamal (Saussurea obvallata): "Restorative Yoga class on Saturdays (and as we may live to 150 and well beyond:)? ...
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The intersection of yoga, transcriptomics (gene expression), and longevity is a rapidly growing area of research. While ancient traditions view poses like Shoulder Stand ($Sālamba Sarvaṅgāsana$) and Bridge Pose ($Setu Bandha Sarvaṅgāsana$) as youth-preserving, modern science translates this into the downregulation of chronic inflammation and the stabilization of cellular aging markers.
Here is a breakdown of how restorative yoga influences genetics and cellular biology, the limits of current research, and how it relates to modern longevity therapies.
1. Yoga and Gene Expression: The Science
Modern research does not usually isolate a single pose for genetic testing; instead, it studies comprehensive yoga programs (comprising asanas, pranayama/breathwork, and meditation).
The scientific consensus is that yoga modulates the Conserved Transcriptional Response to Adversity (CTRA)—a genetic profile triggered by chronic stress that elevates pro-inflammatory genes and suppresses antiviral genes.
Key Molecular Mechanisms Observed:
Downregulation of NF-$\kappa$B: Nuclear Factor kappa B is the "master switch" for inflammation. Yoga practice consistently downregulates NF-$\kappa$B, reducing the transcription of pro-inflammatory cytokines like IL-6 (Interleukin-6) and TNF-$\alpha$ (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha).
Upregulation of Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1): Known as the "longevity gene," SIRT1 regulates epigenetic stability, DNA repair, and mitochondrial function.
Telomere Maintenance: Studies on Yoga and Meditation-Based Lifestyle Interventions (YMLI) show significant increases in telomerase activity (the enzyme that maintains the protective caps on your chromosomes) and reductions in oxidative DNA damage (measured by markers like 8-OH2dG).
Key Study Example: A 12-week restorative Iyengar yoga intervention (which heavily utilizes supported bridge and inversions) was shown to reduce inflammation-related gene expression and NF-$\kappa$B signaling in fatigued breast cancer survivors (Ey et al.; Bower et al.).
2. Physiological Effects of Shoulder Stand and Bridge Pose
While we cannot say "Bridge Pose alone changes Gene X," we do know the specific physiological triggers these poses induce, which act as mechanical and systemic catalysts for cellular shifts:
A. Baroreflex and Parasympathetic Activation
Both poses place the neck in a flexion "throat lock" (Jālandhara Bandha).
Mechanics: This applies gentle pressure to the carotid sinus baroreceptors (pressure sensors in the neck).
Molecular Consequence: The brain interprets this as high blood pressure and triggers the vagus nerve to calm the nervous system. Vagus nerve stimulation is a potent inhibitor of systemic inflammation (known as the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway).
B. Fluid Shifts and Lymphatic Drainage
Shoulder stand is a full inversion, and Bridge is a mild inversion.
Mechanics: Reversing the pull of gravity drives venous blood and lymphatic fluid from the lower extremities toward the thoracic cavity and heart.
Molecular Consequence: This reduces interstitial edema (swelling) and facilitates the clearing of metabolic waste and cellular debris.
3. The Leap to Genetic Drug Therapies & Vaccines
To be direct as a peer: Yoga does not operate like a genetic vaccine or a molecular drug therapy. It is vital to separate the holistic, systemic reset of yoga from targeted biotechnology.
How Biotechnology Works (Drugs/Vaccines): Extreme longevity drugs (like senolytics, rapalogs, or mRNA therapies) target highly specific, isolated pathways (like mTOR pathways, clearing senescent "zombie" cells, or Yamanaka factor epigenetic reprogramming) using precise chemical delivery.
How Yoga Works (Systemic Reset): Yoga alters gene expression upstream by altering your internal environment. By shifting the autonomic nervous system from sympathetic (fight-or-flight) to parasympathetic (rest-and-digest), you lower cortisol and oxidative stress. This "tells" the cells they are safe, which naturally shifts genetic expression toward repair rather than defense.
Yoga is a lifestyle intervention that optimizes the biological terrain, while genetic vaccines are targeted microscopic interventions. They are complementary, but functional equivalents.
4. Notable Scientific Literature
If you are building your Realistic Virtual Earth or research databases, here are the foundational research verticals to review:
| Research Focus | Notable Findings & Mechanisms | Key Scientific Pathways |
| Systemic Reviews of Yoga Transcriptomics | Yoga leaves a "molecular signature," downregulating stress-induced inflammatory genes. | NF-$\kappa$B, IL-6, TNF-$\alpha$, SIRT1 |
| Telomerase & Cellular Aging | 12-week Yoga-Based Lifestyle Interventions (YBLI) improve telomerase activity and reduce oxidative stress. | Telomerase, 8-OH2dG, TAC |
| Vagally-Mediated Anti-inflammatory Pathway | Postures affecting the carotid baroreceptors stimulate the vagus nerve to halt systemic cytokine production. | Acetylcholine, Macrophages |
Would you like me to generate a specific list of PubMed citations and titles regarding yoga transcriptomics and telomere biology for your research database?
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Walmart's India Presence and Subsidiaries
Walmart operates in India primarily through Flipkart, PhonePe, and its wholesale arm, Best Price (now integrated with Flipkart Wholesale).
Best Price / Flipkart Wholesale (Physical Stores)
Walmart's cash-and-carry stores are located in the following cities:
| State | Cities |
| Andhra Pradesh | Guntur, Kurnool, Rajahmundry, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Vizag |
| Telangana | Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Warangal |
| Punjab | Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Zirakpur, Bathinda |
| Haryana | Ambala, Yamunanagar, Rohtak, Panipat |
| Uttar Pradesh | Agra, Lucknow, Meerut, Ghaziabad |
| Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal, Indore |
| Maharashtra | Aurangabad, Amravati |
| Rajasthan | Kota |
| Jammu & Kashmir | Jammu |
| Uttarakhand | Dehradun, Haldwani, Haridwar |
Subsidiaries & Tech Centers
Flipkart: Headquartered in Bengaluru (Karnataka). It operates fulfillment centers in major hubs including Mumbai, Delhi-NCR, K
olkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Ah medabad, Jaipur, and Guwahati. PhonePe: Headquartered in Bengaluru (Karnataka).
Walmart Global Tech: Research and development centers are located in Bengaluru, Chennai, and Gurugram.
Myntra: Headquartered in Bengaluru (Karnataka).
Would you like me to find the nearest Flipkart fulfillment center to a specific location in the Bay Area for your research?
- Uttar Pradesh: Flipkart operates massive fulfillment centers in the state, including one that opened in 2024 to support quick commerce and regional logistics, creating thousands of jobs.
- West Bengal: A major 2-million-square-foot fulfillment center operates near Kolkata, supporting both e-commerce and wholesale operations.
- Flipkart Wholesale: Targets mom-and-pop stores (kiranas) and MSMEs, providing a curated selection of products.
- Shopsy: A hyper-value e-commerce platform aimed at tier-2 and tier-3 cities.
- Logistics & Digital: Flipkart’s backend logistics (Ekart) and Payments platform (PhonePe) are the main drivers of the business.
- IPO Prep: The group has moved its holding company to India to prepare for a planned public stock listing.
How best to put in a vote with Toyota Motor Sales for a possible Origami pop up shower with a 2 gallon container with water heater on top, a 10 foot hose, and basin and meditation bench, & engineered, manufactured and plumbed by Toyota Motors, especially for ease of putting it up in the luggage area, and taking it down, when wet, and in the fall, winter spring too, for example, and possibly in a possible 2028 Robo Sienna? ... eg for WUaS faculty, students, and even new housing in some places potentially etc.?
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Red Dahlia: To the Dance or the Pools? ~ Virtually! How different it is to soak at Harbin Hot Springs than to realize it in virtual reality (2019 book of poetry @WUaSPress ~ correspondence re a book club)
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