Friday, February 16

HAPPY FRIDAY! You have reached the end of Week 5! Here is a link to the class calendar; you can find both Week 5 and Week 6 there if you want to get a headstart on Week 6 now.

Class Procedures and Reminders

Success Tip: Always upload images. Sometimes it works to copy and paste images, but often it does not. If you get in the habit of uploading images to your blog posts, you won't run into any trouble. Here's how that works in Blogger: Upload Blog Post Images.

Project Stack. I'll definitely reply to all the Week 5 projects today, and I'll get through as many of the Week 6 assignments as I can. While you are waiting on comments back from me, you can always check the stack to make sure I received your email.

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog Stream. From Geoff's blog here is an incredibly detailed and exciting account of Hanuman's encounter with a sea monster: wow! Abyssal Struggle.

Myth Item. And speaking of monsters, here is a map of Monsters in America.

India Video: Here's some wonderful Maati Baani music for the weekend: Funky Pawa.

Myth Book Online: Today's free book is Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie. See the Freebookapalooza blog for links and the table of contents. I've used this book as a source for both the Indian Epics class and for Myth-Folklore. The illustrations are by Warwick Goble!

Proverb of the Day: Today's proverb is a fun one from Kashmir: If the bear had flour, would he not make bread? Find out more at the Proverb Laboratory.

Writing: Another example of how punctuation saves lives: Let's eat boys!

H.E.A.R.T.: And here's another Buddha Doodle from Molly Hahn: Shake it off! This is always good advice, especially if you had a rough week.

Growth Mindset: Today's growth mindset kitten is taking her time: Big change begins with small steps. You can find out more at the Growth Mindset blog.

Video: And here's a video to inspire your weekend: Live to Inspire: Dance.

Event on Campus: It's Skate into Spring at Walker-Adams Mall today from 3PM-8PM (details). Find out more about this and other events at the Campus Calendar online.

Chinese New Year. Today is the lunar New Year, the Year of the Dog in the Chinese zodiac. You can read more about the Chinese New Year tradition in this Wikipedia article. In the Chinese zodiac, the different animal years are also associated with different elements, creating a sixty-year cycle, and this is the year of the dog whose element is earth:

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