Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Natural Arch, Tirumala hills (India): SOFT COPY - now I see on a larger-than-my-smartphone's screen that you're asking about my new book "Light, Float, Sit, #Watsu ~ Virtually: Bodymind Electricity Sings to Me at Harbin Hot Springs & Other Traveling Poems" for translation in the WUaS Press * * * a possible model for developing World University and School in all ~200 countries' official and main languages, - and even in all 7,117 known living languages? :))


soft copy ~ my new book "Light, Float, Sit, Watsu ~ Virtually ..."


Hi Prasanth, 

Thank you for your Twitter inquiry about a soft copy. And now I see on a larger-than-my-smartphone's screen that you're asking about my new book "Light, Float, Sit, Watsu ~ Virtually ..."

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'Light, Float, Sit, #Watsu ~ Virtually: Bodymind Electricity Sings to Me at Harbin Hot Springs & Other Traveling Poems' (book) is AVAILABLE ! :)
Paperback – January 1, 2021 by @SGKMacLeod (Author)
https://amazon.com/dp/0578834685
~ http://amazon.com/author/scottmacleodworlduniversity ~
@WUaSPress (@WorldUnivAndSch)

While I need to look at the copyright information further, I'm thinking even in terms of you developing Tamil language World Univ & Sch, and the WUaS Press, and even possibly a book that could be sold in Tamil Nadu. And how could we further develop Google Translate into Tamil in the process, and then how best to set up a publishing process from digital to paper (like KDP Amazon) for WUaS itself, in Tamil Nadu and in the Tamil Language WITH TRANSLATION with machine learning using GOOGLE TRANSLATE for example. 

It could be great to possibly both publish this at the WUaS Press in Tamil, as well as print and distribute this in Tamil Nadu - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html. I'm including Larry Viehland here who is the chair of the Board at WUaS, and also the CFO for his thinking too. 

If you were interested in translating this, or something like this, I'm wondering about first just sending you a single poem from this book, for translation experimentation. And then I wonder too about exploring possibly something like my 10 or 20 favorite poems from all 4 of my books for translation into a book in Tamil language for sale on paper in Tamil Nadu. Thoughts about all of this?

Would you be interested in exploring some of this further? 

Thank you!

Sincerely, 
Scott



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Prasanth KP

7:22 PM (2 hours ago)
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I'm interested in sir



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Scott MacLeod sgkmacleod@worlduniversityandschool.org

9:16 PM (46 minutes ago)
to Larry, Zalmat, Koh, Sri, Prasanth
Great, Prasanth, (and Larry, and All)!

Thank you, Prasanth, for your interest in translating some of my new book of poetry "Light, Float, Sit, Watsu ~ Virtually" (2021) re your "I'm interested in sir" email earlier. 

Light, Float, Sit, #Watsu ~ Virtually: Bodymind Electricity Sings to Me at #HarbinHotSprings & Other Traveling Poems' (book) is AVAILABLE ! :)
Paperback – January 1, 2021 by @SGKMacLeod (Author)
https://amazon.com/dp/0578834685
~http://amazon.com/author/scottmacleodworlduniversity ~
@WUaSPress (@WorldUnivAndSch)


Let's get the WUaS Press started in GDocs - which seems to be such a GREAT platform to develop a new press in. 

Here's the book's first poem, and Google Translate - https://translate.google.com/ - as a little step toward translating it: 

Light, Float, Sit


Light

lights

Harbin

harmony 

in one, waters warm, 

immense, immersion, milieu d’eau.



Float

flies 

in warm

watery 

ease-me-in present, 

a gift of flight in fluid d’eau, 

where freedom finds releasing in among hug nude friends. 



Sit,  

roots

around,

touch all cells, 

water pool food

intimate naked yes exchange, 

of mind body suit seamlessly freeing we who connect under stars, skies, Harbin-wise.


http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2013/09/swimming-iguana-email-to-cynefin-and.html



Am thinking it might be good regarding my 4 poetry books as 'products' in the Tamil language potentially, to keep them 'whole' (rather than choose my favorite 10-20 poems for example, and compile these into a new volume). And we can work out the further steps to the WUaS Press in GDocs re printing to paper etc later!

I've created some beginning documents below, but won't share access with you quite yet, until we work out a translation and publishing process little further. 

Regards, 
Scott
As this web site develops - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html - I'm hopeful WUaS can develop this WUaS Press and WUaS Bookstore in Tamil on a new platform experimentally, and possibly sell your translation of my book from this even. 


Translating from MacLeod Light Float Sit Watsu Virtually 2021 original manuscript - 6 x 9 w ISBN


Tamil language: MacLeod Light Float Sit Watsu Virtually 2021 original manuscript - 6 x 9 w ISBN
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MblIoR0uBcAR64MHf2fXt2MTFHFBt-dX/view?usp=sharing


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January 6, 2021 


Hi Prasanth, Larry, Imad, Koh, Sri Lanka WUaS,


Developments of a new WUaS Press in the Tamil language are underway, I think, and in GDocs - and thanks to Prasanth furthering this conversation. 

And Prasanth, and All, 
here's our conversation about starting a new online Tamil language world Univ & Sch in Tamil Nadu (in my daily blog post from today, jan 6, 2021) - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2021/01/karthigaipoo-gloriosa-flower.html - including regarding free speech, for ex., and with some of the important ideas at the top. (And could I ask you please not to call me sir, and perhaps whenever you're about to write sir, substitute for the 'IR' the letters "COTT" for Scott - thank you! ... As I see this, calling people Sir for you is a cultural practice, and for me I think we're equals, and people, and I'm wary of names or titles like 'Sir' - perhaps it's a Quaker or a Gandhian thing" )

Exciting to be developing both a Tamil language WUaS Press, as well as WHOLE Tamil language World University and School, and regarding planning our WUaS platforms for this - and even with Tamil speaking people that Prasanth knows of (toward bottom of blog post above).  

Thank you Prasanth, and All! Shall we begin to call a Google Meet meeting of the Tamil speakers - https://twitter.com/Prasanth0Nature/status/1346230969917870080?s=20 (what would be some good times, Prasanth?) - and even so that this could approach could become a possible model for developing World University and School in all ~200 countries' official and main languages, - and even in all 7,117 known living languages? :))

Namaste, 
Scott


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Prasanth KP

Wed, Jan 6, 4:53 PM (3 days ago)
to me, Larry, Zalmat, Koh, Sri
Noted.


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Prasanth KP

Wed, Jan 6, 5:12 PM (3 days ago)
to me
Scott, If we connect together with Central Institute of Indian Languages  (https://www.ciil.org/)  it will be easy to make all courses in all Indian Languages.

For Tamil Language, it's good that we working together with 
Tamil Virtual Academy (http://www.tamilvu.org/), 
Tamil University (www.tamiluniversity.ac.in),
Kaniyam Team (http://www.kaniyam.com/),
Karky Research Foundation (https://www.karky.in/karefo/).


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Scott MacLeod sgkmacleod@worlduniversityandschool.org

Wed, Jan 6, 5:27 PM (3 days ago)
to Larry, Zalmat, Koh, Sri, Prasanth
Excellent, Prashant! 

WUaS is seeking to translate the MIT OCW courses TO THE edX platform, in part, with skill and excellence, - AND to create academic careers for faculty and staff in Tamil - and even with comparison of learning by students of MIT OCW (for STEM) BETWEEN LANGUAGES as academic studies. WUAS is also seeking to offer our WUaS undergraduates (Tamils esp) edX courses later this year.

 This translation from MIT OCW into Tamil language on an open edX platform for free university degrees in Tamil is an involved process, and WUaS must raise money for this initial partnering with edX, and then later probably for an Open edX platform (https://open.edx.org/marketplace-category/service-partners/ - which also costs money, and WUaS has tried one of these starter kits), and WUaS's focus is first partnering with edX for English courses. 

So let's focus on the wiki side of WUaS first in the Tamil language, and Tamil people who are interested in free MIT OCW-centric Bachelor degrees and speak English can begin this May 1 or September 1 in the 4-year process. 

Please wiki-add the Tamil resources you shared to the WUaS Tamil wiki in English for now.

Thanks and regards,
Scott


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Prasanth KP

Wed, Jan 6, 5:32 PM (3 days ago)
to me, Larry, Zalmat, Koh, Sri
Sure, will do that. 


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Scott MacLeod sgkmacleod@worlduniversityandschool.org

Wed, Jan 6, 5:34 PM (3 days ago)
to Prasanth
Prasanth, 

Great ... And ... 

I am sending you 1Ï€! Pi is a new digital currency developed by Stanford PhDs, with over 10 million members worldwide. To claim your Pi, follow this link https://minepi.com/sgkmac and use my username (sgkmac) as your invitation code.

Scott


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Prasanth KP

Wed, Jan 6, 5:43 PM (3 days ago)
to me
Thanks, I'll check it out! 


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Scott MacLeod sgkmacleod@worlduniversityandschool.org

Wed, Jan 6, 5:53 PM (3 days ago)
to Prasanth
You're welcome, Prasanth! Share it with your friends too.

Eventually WUaS is seeking to explore distributing a single cryptocurrency in all 200 countries via UBI experiments for all 7.8 billion people on planet (and even to eliminate poverty). 

Did you read about this in the WUaS Annual Meeting Minutes - 

All the best,
Scott 


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Prasanth KP

Wed, Jan 6, 6:23 PM (3 days ago)
to me
I will, Scott...


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Scott MacLeod sgkmacleod@worlduniversityandschool.org

Wed, Jan 6, 6:24 PM (3 days ago)
to Prasanth
Great, thanks! 


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Prasanth KP

Wed, Jan 6, 10:38 PM (3 days ago)
to me
I will consider it.


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Scott MacLeod sgkmacleod@worlduniversityandschool.org

Wed, Jan 6, 10:43 PM (3 days ago)
to Prasanth
Thank you, Prasanth! 

Tamil language World Univ & Sch -  
https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2021/01/karthigaipoo-gloriosa-flower.html (and will add recent Stanford Mine Pi conversation)

Tamil language WUaS Press - 

Are you exploring either of these?

World Univ & Sch cheers, 
Scott


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Prasanth KP

Wed, Jan 6, 10:55 PM (3 days ago)
to me
Thanks, I'll check them out. 


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Prasanth KP

Thu, Jan 7, 4:08 AM (2 days ago)
to me
Scott, please share your project details for Translation work of Courses in all Indian Languages with me. 


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Hi Prasanth,


With a time horizon of 2025-2035 re technologies, AI and machine learning, and machine translation of courses, as well as hiring faculty and staff in all Indian languages, here are some early attempts which inform my thinking and planning (and with which WUaS is working) -


https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/translated-courses/ (with a 10 language history over 20 years, I think)




STEM, quality and enjoyment of MIT OCW into Indian languages are key aspects of the translation process at WUaS.

On WUAS wiki side, anyone interested could begin translating a CC-4 MIT OCW course in a subject they want to learn, and in GDocs for example, and then teach it too. Google Translate is a good starting technology.

Sincerely, Scott


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Prasanth KP

Jan 7, 2021, 8:34 AM (2 days ago)
to me
Thanks a lot.  I forwarded it to
National Translation Machine



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Monday, January 4, 2021

Arches National Park: Dear Anthony, Prasanth, Fritz, Universitians, (and greetings George Preston, my old Kimmerghame Housemaster at Fettes College in Edinburgh Scotland in 1977-1978), All, - "WUaS News, Q&A, and Conversation 1/4/21 (2021-01-04 at 10:02 GMT-8)" https://drive.google.com/file/d/168LdWxnwpfffVOZJGOoz10848AguOGm5/view * * PS PS Looked up some etymologies of the word 'harrow' re harrowing, re your great old alma mater, Anthony :) ... ... and straw boater hats are part of the school uniform? :) ... must learn more .... The above etymologies are quite non-specific to Harrow 1572 which was founded about 64 years before Harvard College 1636, the oldest school & university in the US, I think * * In 1969 – 1970, Anthony Willoughby ` "Watched Apollo 13 blast off from Cape Canaveral and started my hitch hiking career which took me through 45 fo the 50 states - most enjoyable year of my schooling as i was finally able to break out of the English mould for ever!" :) * * A great university, and high school (IB with Lego Robotics, from MIT OpenCourseWare on edX platform?), in your home ... and in your country, and your language - for free :), and wiki too :))?


A great university, and high school (IB with Lego Robotics, from MIT OpenCourseWare on edX platform?), in your home ... and in your country, and your language - for free :), and wiki too :))? 


Scott MacLeod sgkmacleod@worlduniversityandschool.org

1:12 PM (3 hours ago)
to Anthony, Fritz, Koh, Prasanth, George, Larry, Meeting, Info, Scott, Andrew
Dear Anthony, Prasanth, Fritz, Universitians, (and greetings George Preston, my old Kimmerghame Housemaster at Fettes College in Edinburgh Scotland in 1977-1978), All,  

Thanks so much for your conversation today in the 

"WUaS News, Q&A, and Conversation 1/4/21 (2021-01-04 at 10:02 GMT-8)" 

The Google Meet video conference video recording worked out, as a new first (for WUaS -  World Univ & Sch)! And glad you two, Anthony & Fritz, could both meet for the first time face-to-face, and it seems in communication with Doutzen Groothof (standtall.biz) in the Hague (whom it's interesting to learn of, from you both), and also involved in International Baccalaureate education potentially. (I lived with a Quaker family, the Kruegers, for 2.5 months at the end of my 13 months' time studying in Munich, Germany, in 1981-82, at LMU, in part, and through a Reed College program, with classrooms in Olympiazentrum).

Here, per our conversation, are two related Wiki World Univ & Sch subjects - 
Indigenous languages of the Americas - 

WUaS IB Diploma and Programme wiki subject page for starters - 
WUaS is planning to offer online IB programme in each of all ~200 countries, and in their main / official languages 

In terms of a kind of structure of and information about WUaS, both of the above wiki subjects are accessible here - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Subjects - but neither of these pages have much MIT OpenCourseWare (which eventually be for credit); check out some of the creative wiki subjects at WUaS too, and not just the Academic wiki subjects, which of course also are creative.

And here's the "JuryX" course from Harvard Law Emeritus Charles Nesson I mentioned, which I found inspiring in 2016, and which builds as a course most successfully on the edX platform, in my opinion, to give you some idea of what edX is about too (and with which WUaS is in the process of partnering): 


In what ways could WUaS with your visionary guidance Anthony build out 3 lower level and 3 upper level end of high school IB courses (for ages 16,17 and 18?) on the edX platform, using this course as a model, and which would be IB credentialed with students receiving an online IB diploma upon successful completion - eventually in all ~200 countries, and in their official and main languages? (Charlie Nesson is also deeply informed by the spirit of 1960s' freedom seeking movements, and is a very successful Harvard Law Emeritus Professor, re the freedom and success of the IB diploma).

Anthony, brainstorming-wise, in what ways could MIT OCW-centric WUaS get and matriculate Harrow student graduates beginning this May 1, 2021 or September 1, even - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrow_School - https://www.harrowschool.org.uk - and for free-to-students' online undergraduate 4-year Bachelor degrees (with initial licensing and accreditation in CA's BPPE and WASC) that are CC-4 MIT OCW-centric? Possibly 25- 50 and where the department of education in England - eg https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education or similar - might reimburse WUaS per student per year even, due to the CC-4 licensing? Free MIT-centric degrees for English students are good value! 

Far more than an edX course brainstorming-wise too, I wonder about creating a voluntary "Mapping the Territory" entree in Google SketchUp into the 'World University world' from something like this - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/You_at_World_University - planning brainstorming-wise for all 7.8 billion people on the planet, where everyone is a wiki teacher or learner, and in each of all 7,117 known living languages, and in all ~200 nation states / countries.

I'll add the above video here to my blog entry from December 29, 2020 (beginning with Eastern screech owl) - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/12/eastern-screech-owl.html - where our previous email communications until today are, and to a new blog post from today.
 
Looking forward to further communications about all of this, and thank you so much Anthony & Fritz for joining the conversation today!

Sincerely, 
Scott

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Looked up some etymologies of the word 'harrow' re harrowing, re your great old alma mater, Anthony :) ... 



... and straw boater hats are part of the school uniform? :)

... must learn more .... The above etymologies are quite non-specific to Harrow 1572 which was founded about 64 years before Harvard College 1636, the oldest school & university in the US, I think.




Good morning, Anthony, & World University community!

Thank you for your email, Anthony, and looking forward to seeing some you all in about 30 minutes from now.

As a heads' up, I'm exploring for the first time ever the possibility of recording today's Google Meet (and may try live streaming additionally in the future) - 

How to record or live stream with Google Meet
https://youtu.be/ONyV40J_KZM

to - https://www.youtube.com/user/WorldUnivandSch - and -  

WUaS zQ 2nd channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdURAADdLc9ctxnbismtXzQ -  

Cheers, and see you soon (in 30 minutes at 10 am Pacific Time),
Scott


Dear Anthony, Prasanth, Fritz, Universitians, 

In just over ... hours from now, at 10am Pacific Time, I'm glad to write that Anthony Willoughby of the Nomadic School in England, may be joining us tomorrow, with Fritz in German, and Prasanth in south India, our 2nd WUaS prospective GRADUATE student this autumn. With Anthony we may be talking about - 'Territory Mapping for Educators' ... https://youtu.be/Kb9fYkFDQtU - and developing IB high schools in all ~200 countries' official languages, and with CC-4 MIT OCW for high school - https://ocw.mit.edu/high-school/ - and WUaS Home Robotics - https://twitter.com/hashtag/WUaSHomeRobotics?src=hashtag_click - since WUaS Educational Services' Store is an authorized carrier of the 3 Lego Robotics' kits - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html. The Google Meet URL is here, and please just click on it to join at 10 am PT:


In 1969 – 1970, Anthony Willoughby  
"Watched Apollo 13 blast off from Cape Canaveral and started my hitch hiking career which took me through 45 fo the 50 states - most enjoyable year of my schooling as i was finally able to break out of the English mould for ever!" :) ~ https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-willoughby-a2757511/ 

See you on Monday!

All the best, Scott
You can see some correspondence about this here - 



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- Scott MacLeod - Founder, President & Professor

- World University and School

- 415 480 4577

- 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. 

 


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Dear Anthony, Prasanth, Fritz, Universitians, 

In just over ... hours from now, at 10am Pacific Time, I'm glad to write that Anthony Willoughby of the Nomadic School in England, may be joining us tomorrow, with Fritz in German, and Prasanth in south India, our 2nd WUaS prospective GRADUATE student this autumn. With Anthony we may be talking about - 'Territory Mapping for Educators' ... https://youtu.be/Kb9fYkFDQtU - and developing IB high schools in all ~200 countries' official languages, and with CC-4 MIT OCW for high school - https://ocw.mit.edu/high-school/ - and WUaS Home Robotics - https://twitter.com/hashtag/WUaSHomeRobotics?src=hashtag_click - since WUaS Educational Services' Store is an authorized carrier of the 3 Lego Robotics' kits - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html. The Google Meet URL is here, and please just click on it to join at 10 am PT:


In 1969 – 1970, Anthony Willoughby 

"Watched Apollo 13 blast off from Cape Canaveral and started my hitch hiking career which took me through 45 fo the 50 states - most enjoyable year of my schooling as i was finally able to break out of the English mould for ever!" :) ~ https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-willoughby-a2757511/ 


See you on Monday!

All the best, Scott
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