Wulingyuan, China: Music, Gateway of India, Computer Musical Instruments, Lucia Popp singing Mozart's Queen of the Night, Practicing, J.S. Bach

Great! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vun2nEpgznY from Gateway of India, Mumbai Nov/Dec 1999 - Title according to order of performance should be " Vikku Vinayakam (Ghatam), Bhavani Shankar (Pakhwaj), SelvaGanes (Khanjeera) with U. Zakir Hussain (Tabla)" will add links for 3 new percussive instruments used in Carnatic south Indian music to WUaS's 'Raga' - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Raga subject :)

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Classical_Indian_Music


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George Lambro on iPad and Garageband ... http://mashable.com/2011/05/26/ipad-2-garageband-video/ ... adding to World Univ & Sch's Computer Music subject: ... pretty nice ... check out the other computer orchestras at WUaS ... http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/Computer_Music There are a lot! :)


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Check out Lucia Popp singing Mozart's Queen of the Night Aria on Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEzVNEqRlqw ... :0))


It's Maria Callas' picture ... :)


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Practicing an instrument growing up, and making this fun ... http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2011/05/purnululu-practicing-piano-growing-up.html :)


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J.S. Bach - Choral from Cantata No.147 ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNnz9ngsWcE ... While this is lovely, I probably won't add it to WUaS's Bach page - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach - and wait for those which are even more lovely :)














(http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2011/05/wulingyuan-china-music-gateway-of-india.html - May 31, 2011)

Havusu canyon, China: Harbin notes, Film there, Therapy

Harbin is almost cold this eve.


At the gate I saw both M & E ... . M just returned to Harbin yesterday to begin to work again at Harbin. M's energy is great, - solid, friendly, Lake County, California-steady, salt of the earth ...


nice big hug in the pool area with C who is originally from Germany (lived on Hawaii for 23 yrs with her biodynamically farming husband) as I walked in from the village path



in the pools relaxation response in lotus ... A little bliss only ... A fair number of male couples ....



saw the film 'Cashback' at 9 ... somewhat erotic British well done tale of a grocery clerk / artist / drawer of nudes who freezed time and saw the world differently then - particularly vis-a-vis beautiful naked women ... Love story ... interesting once again in light of thinking about primates ...



... vis-a-vis film I also wonder to what degree film is engaged as psychotherapy at Harbin where people - residents and visitors) use the myriad of narratives to explicate and put in perspective, and even co-constitute new ways of thinking about challenges or knotty problems in their lives. To what degree can & does someone like Ish, or a Harbin film chooser, show films specifically to this end, - in all its cultural indirectness eg who can know whom will see what film, what narratives within the film will have significance as therapy, or for understanding, etc. beyond the film-chooser and the 'passive' film recipients connection (eg Ish had a film in mind for this person, whether s/he sees it or not in the Harbin theater while visiting)


Harbin is a therapeutic place, and Ish is in a kind of fascinating role as lead therapist/head clinician, vis-a-vis its milieu, his knowledge of what's worked in the past, and the symbolic engagements he can make eg leaving the book 'The Quiet American' on a bench outside Fern, etc.



This film leads me to wonder In what ways might we go much further and create a kind of heaven or free space (vis-a-vis B, and with a lot of trust) we'd like to live in ...? How could Harbin grow in this way?



bed & sleep now
















(http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2011/05/havusu-canyon-china-harbin-notes-film.html - May 31, 2011)

Mount Wuyi, China: What ways might World Univ & Sch develop a course/degree focus specifically on ENJOYMENT / HAPPINESS for 18 yrs old overachievers?

World University & School is curious in what ways WUaS might,

as an experiment,

develop a course / degree focus specifically on enjoyment / happiness for 18 yr old overachievers,

matriculating in 2014.


In what ways could the 32 courses

(out of 400-ish? MIT OCW possibilities out of MIT's total 2,045 courses)

over the 4 years that students will take them,

be read / studied for more than 'flow' (Csikszentmihalyi),

but for happiness & bliss, as well,

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Beings_Enjoying_Life


http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Happiness

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Loving_Bliss_%28eliciting_this_neurophysiology%29


in learning critical thinking & 'knowledge about' a field/subject

(e.g. in chemistry,
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Chemistry

India,
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/India

French,
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/French

Humanities,
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Humanities

etc.).


How?


One way would be to ask 20 years old overachievers already attending MIT, Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Cambridge, etc.

what they love while studying and learning, and build on this? :)


Such an experiment could then inform much education at all levels.


... an online 'enjoyment / happiness' approach to a MIT education? :)

by finding the students who want to learn & focus,

who do so without conflict,

and then WUaS would add readings, discussions, problem sets and experiments in 32 courses (over 4 years) per student,

chosen by experienced MIT / great universities' faculty,

and build on this? ...


This approach makes sense.



Besides the degrees implicit in MIT Open Course Ware,

WUaS would like, for example, to add degrees in

ethnomusicology,
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Ethnomusicology


primatology,
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Primatology

China/Chinese History/Languages
(Reed added a Chinese Humanities aspect to its Humanities' program a few years ago)
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/China


India / Indian History /Languages from open course ware ... :)
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/India


and possibly Dialogue http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Dialogue















(http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2011/05/mount-wuyi-china-what-ways-might-world.html - May 30, 2011)

Longmen Grottoes: World University & School's budding Law School, Scottish Law, Nation States' Law, Constitutional, International and Internet Law

May add the BBC article on Nat Fraser's murder case reversal

"Nat Fraser wins appeal to quash murder conviction"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-13534802
(By Reevel Alderson, Home affairs correspondent, BBC Scotland, May 25, 2011)

to wiki World University & School's budding Law School
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Law_School

also here - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Courses ....

for the upcoming, online British / Scots' one/two Law Schools :)

(The Scottish legal system is old and independent relative to other legal systems on the British Isles).


Scots got political independence in 1997 after 300-700 years,

and after trying before that most recently in 1976-77 :),

and such independence helps further questions of Nation State-hood -
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Nation_States

at WUaS ...


(WUaS is planning around 50-100 accredited, free, online Law Schools - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wikiCourses - to see the beginnings of the current Law School in English, in and out of around 175 - 200 countries/nation states/places :)


WUaS's 50-100+ Law Schools will further define Nation State / Constitutional Law significantly ...

eg the Finns who head the WUaS Finnish Law School will probably talk a fair amount with the Swedes who head the WUaS Swedish Law School about what gets taught in the 3 year curriculum, etc ...

and the Turks with the Greeks ...

lots of talking ahead about education,

all the while 'editing this page' at these online, free WUaS Law Schools

for overachievers

... and the neighboring African states with Law Schools will talk with each other,

and the Welsh with the English with the Irish with the Scots ... Cornish, York and Manx, too?

The application system for schools will be akin to the UNESCO world heritage process ...


... since, eventually lawyers will be practicing in courts of law ...


And the Chinese with the Japanese & the Koreans,

the south Koreans with the north Koreans,

... all editing their Law Schools

with this paper, that court ruling, or this book ...

Concerning these WUaS online Law Schools,

Chinese lawyers will probably define their curriculum with the Japanese & Korean legal professors,

the south Koreans with the north Koreans, and the Turks with the Greeks ...

& all editing their Law Schools -




seems like WUaS may deal a lot with international legal accrediting bodies as well ...

makes sense,

and will create more great knowledge-oriented jobs,

and careers ...

yes, yes, yes ...



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Constitutional, international and internet law seem likely foci at WUaS ...











(http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2011/05/longmen-grottoes-world-university.html - May 29, 2011)

Huanglong pools, China: A Media Lab (like MIT's) online at wiki WUaS, in EVERY language?, Check out the English One, Is language itself a Media Lab?

A Media Lab (like MIT's) online at wiki WUaS -

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Media_Lab_at_World_University_and_School

in EVERY language? -

Check out the beginnings of the Media Lab at World University & School in English -

accessible here:
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Subjects ...


There's SO much digital innovation ahead :0)


... and all 3,000-8,000 of them {MEDIA LABS} might / will inform each other ...


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Is language itself a Media Lab?

... love it :)

oh ooh


yes, yes, yes ... :)



Check out and adhibit (engage) WUaS's

'Languages,'
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Languages


'Linguistics'
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Linguistics


and 'Media Lab at WUaS'
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Media_Lab_at_World_University_and_School


pages all accessible here at http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Subjects .


... will perhaps add this a WUaS focus to each of these pages, and in general ...


with an invitation to EXPERIMENT (as in a Lab)

by editing this page at WUaS
















(http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2011/05/huanglong-pools-china-media-lab-like.html - May 29, 2011)

Humberstone: How to create a 12x12 inch solar panel to power an 18 wheeler truck w a full load?, A solar car, A wiki solar page , Ph.D. creation?

How to create a 12x12 inch solar panel which will power an 18 wheeler truck carrying a full load, in a rainy Oregon winter?

Here's a solar car, the Sunnev - http://sunnev.com -

and related video:
Infinity Miles Per Gallon: Art Haines and the Solar Car

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0JNohHaqM4


... a wiki, SOLAR VEHICLE page for idea sharing
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Solar_Vehicle

... and a wiki, SOLAR page for related, idea sharing -
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Solar_Energy (or here /Subjects) .


Generating a lot more Ph.D.s like Stanford & UC Berkeley did in the IT (information technology) revolution, beginning in the 1950s & '60s -

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Courses#Free_Ph.D.s

is something World University and School is planning to do ...


and especially for solar energy, efficiency gains :)


















(http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2011/05/humberstone-how-to-create-12x12-inch.html - May 28, 2011)

Chiloé, Chile: Scientific Realism - Stanford Philosophy, How does consciousness work?, 'What is it like to be a bat?', Philosophy at WUaS

interesting essay on 'Scientific Realism' from Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy here now at World Univ & Sch's 'Science' subject -

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Science ...

Here's the link itself - http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/scientific-realism/

Check out the 'Consciousness' subject at WUaS, as well, for a question interesting to scientific realism.


How does consciousness work?

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Consciousness


Tom Nagel expressed one fascinating aspect of this expression in his paper "What is it like to be a bat?"

http://organizations.utep.edu/Portals/1475/nagel_bat.pdf

also here in the Consciousness subject which you can access here:
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Philosophy












(http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2011/05/chiloe-chile-scientific-realism.html - May 28, 2011)

Srebarna, Bulgaria: Besides via the Loving Bliss Neurophysiology Eliciting page, How to Co-generate a Flourishing of Media about this Neurochemistry

Besides via the Loving Bliss Neurophysiology Eliciting page -

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Loving_Bliss_(eliciting_this_neurophysiology)

also here: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Subjects -

I'm curious how to co-generate a flourishing of media

(books, music, film, multimedia, programs)

which help create this neurochemistry,

naturally, easily & freely

(think MDMA, Mozart or the Grateful Dead),

and to begin to explore more richly what media might facilitate this already ...


I've added some of what works for me (above),

but there are so many qualities of this biology.


Why is there a seeming dearth

(as I see it)

of generative resources for eliciting loving bliss,

and especially pairbond-wise? :)











(http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2011/05/srebarna-bulgaria-besides-via-loving.html - May 27, 2011)

Pirin, Bulgaria: What will an online Pre-Med course look like?, (18 year olds, first class beginning in 2014), 'Liberal Arts' Reed/MIT

Beyond the WUaS first year required courses of

'Biology with a programming aspect' &

'Humanities,'

what will an online Pre-Med course look like,

drawing on MIT OCW courses -

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Medical_School ...

looking for overachieving students

(those students who might otherwise go to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, MIT, Stanford, Cambridge, et al.)


(18 year olds, first class beginning in 2014)

for this 'liberal arts' Reed/MIT on the Web

... 'edit this page' :)


Having engaged MIT OCW High School richly will be important for prospective students ...


WUaS Colleges and Medical Schools will be in many languages and countries, all online ...



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World University & School, too, seeks for its undergraduates, especially,

'excellence in teaching, critical thinking, mutual support and friendship among faculty and students'

('To Squier the Circle,' Reed magazine, June 2011:15 -
http://www.reed.edu/reed_magazine/articles/features/squier.html -
Les Squier was a favorite professor of mine, and these were his goals),

but now in the brand new mileu of information technologies,

and potentially from students' homes,

anywhere.


found the article online - I think that's me to the left of Les, circa 1980 ... :)




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Bill Gates on 'Why MIT matters' - http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/specials/mit150/Gates/ - will look to add to WUaS's Education subject page ...












(http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2011/05/pirin-bulgaria-what-will-online-pre-med.html - May 27, 2011)

Purnululu: Practicing the piano growing up (ages 6-12), unenjoyable, isolating, Kids' Practicing, Musical Instrument Playing as Dialogue?

Practicing the piano growing up (ages 6-12)

was a little unenjoyable

because it felt isolating at times

(but I'm glad I play a few Bach Inventions slowly & read music now) ...


Here are some guidelines for Practicing a Musical Instrument
from Wynton Marsalis & Yo yo Ma:
http://scottmacleod.com/GuidelinesPracticingMusicalInstrument.htm

(also here:
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Music).


How to add to these guidelines?

Pairbond & Troopbond
(http://scottmacleod.com/anthropology/determinism.htm)
(John Money 1988: 115)

around practicing

- e.g. kids & parents, etc. ?


How to turn practicing into a DIALOGUE,
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Dialogue

and now online?


In what ways can you,

for yourself,

generate virtual, fun experiences,

(in your own bodymind)

whether by turning on the Grateful Dead,

or watching a Mozart opera (buffa),

or generate fun experiences even while practicing a musical instrument,

and via a dialogue WITH the music,

or with a friend, musically,

online?


Can you turn a musical score into psychedelia

(richly imaginative, almost alive text:),

digitally & naturally,

and then rif with this :) ?



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About kids' practicing & playing a musical instrument,

I like the Ravi Shankar and Anoushka Shankar model
{http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj8zhJaktk4}

(who just played at San Francisco's Davies' Symphony Hall),

where Ravi probably brought Anoushka to music lessons (or something like this),

or taught her,

and they've now played together for decades ...

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Music

with an invitation to wiki-add teaching & learning resources,

and engage (adhibit),

also in a John Moneyian sense (see above), but musically :)


Ravi Shankar's music,

in particular,

can get pretty virtual for me (transcendent) ...

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Raga

... and we might teach, learn and play this online,

from home :)


Check out his Three Ragas (1957) :) ... (it's playing now here at home, as I write this)

and eventually from the Digital Public Library of America, which will partly emerge here:
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Library_Resources

?












(http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2011/05/purnululu-practicing-piano-growing-up.html - May 27, 2011)