tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87323492489548488202024-03-14T03:22:54.568-04:00Online Course AnnouncementsSubscribe to get the announcements delivered by email every day!Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.comBlogger2755125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732349248954848820.post-34970685539440315222021-05-07T01:00:00.081-04:002021-05-08T12:11:39.259-04:00Final Announcements for ... forever :-)Well, people, here we are. <b><i>The end of Spring semester</i></b>. For many of you, the end of your OU undergraduate career: <b>CONGRATULATIONS</b> to all you graduating seniors! And, for me, retirement after a 22-year career at OU. I am hoping we are all going to have a beautiful summer, seeing what new adventures life brings next.<div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QW9AVTJgxqs/YJSTdnMSzqI/AAAAAAACdHk/TigduXOAv8AgK-hD1qFG_6TDiPskg853QCLcBGAsYHQ/s620/Congratulations-GIF-Image-for-Whatsapp-and-Facebook-3.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="301" data-original-width="620" height="194" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QW9AVTJgxqs/YJSTdnMSzqI/AAAAAAACdHk/TigduXOAv8AgK-hD1qFG_6TDiPskg853QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h194/Congratulations-GIF-Image-for-Whatsapp-and-Facebook-3.gif" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Some information about finishing up the class:</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Check your blogs for comments.</b> People have been leaving comments on blog posts and blog comment walls up until the last day of class, including Friday morning, so you might take a look at the comments on your blog to see if you find anything new.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Comments from me</b>. I think I managed to comment on every Portfolio and Storybook story that people turned in, but last week was really hectic, so if you were expecting comments back from me and did not receive them, just let me know! (And my apologies if I did lose something in the last week shuffle; it was hectic for everybody, including me, ha ha.)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Reid's Survey</b>. Some people have also been adding stories and other cool stuff to their projects here at the end, so if you had a favorite project, you might want to take a look and see if there is anything new (<b><a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/w/page/29572862/mfstorybooks">Myth-Folklore</a></b> and <b><a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/w/page/29572887/iestorybooks">Indian Epics</a></b>). For example, <b><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/summummaximumapologi/epilogue">Reid added this very cool survey</a> </b>to his Storybook site, so you can vote on which afterlife Atticus should choose! Here's a screenshot; if you read any of Atticus's afterlife adventures, maybe you will want to go vote:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GmUvUj7I_Qg/YJSSWC8z52I/AAAAAAACdHc/zOkK2vtzz-oZulgahr58l1jr-y9_mgbxwCLcBGAsYHQ/s417/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-05-06%2Bat%2B9.05.00%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="417" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GmUvUj7I_Qg/YJSSWC8z52I/AAAAAAACdHc/zOkK2vtzz-oZulgahr58l1jr-y9_mgbxwCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-05-06%2Bat%2B9.05.00%2BPM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><b>Grades</b>. I filed grades in the Banner System on Friday afternoon. Again, congratulations to everybody on your good work! I know this semester was a really hard one, and everybody can be proud of the work you did for this class.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>Tiny Tales: contributions still open!</b> I'm working on the microfiction anthology right now. On Saturday, I'll be adding in the story people gave me on Thursday and Friday, and I hope to finish editing on Sunday so I can publish the book on Monday (I'll send around an email to everybody when it's ready). That means if you want to send me your 100-word fiction(s) on Saturday, I can still include them! You might get some ideas from looking at the draft so far: <b><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/17yGqkNFHkEM06OX3k35m1zMozzU0rmPuadG_RNmcx2o/edit">book draft</a></b>. Just send me an email with your contribution(s), <b><i>plus the author credit you prefer: name, initials, pseudonym, or anonymous</i></b>; all options are good.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1RMfIs8kdTo/YJSRhIxyxCI/AAAAAAACdHU/oZgcdTM2lN0-6aksHgYC4swBUVVkAXvCQCLcBGAsYHQ/s638/Spring%2B2021.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="638" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1RMfIs8kdTo/YJSRhIxyxCI/AAAAAAACdHU/oZgcdTM2lN0-6aksHgYC4swBUVVkAXvCQCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Spring%2B2021.jpeg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>Course Evaluations</b>. The window is open at <a href="http://eval.ou.edu/">eval.ou.edu</a>, and your feedback is really important, especially for the online course program. The only reason these online courses exist is because students find them valuable: your support for online courses matters! This is my last semester teaching at OU, but of course I hope the online course program will continue (I am a believer in the power of online courses), and if you want to see online courses offered in the future, this is a chance for you to share your thoughts about that.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="101" data-original-width="341" height="117" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X4-pjcooYjQ/WiS04C_lqgI/AAAAAAAB5mY/_N8Kal656bUB7aTzG2z34esI_l1ib23CwCLcBGAs/s400/logo.png" style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #992211; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; font-weight: 700; position: relative;" width="400" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>And, last but not least, I want to express my appreciation to everybody for sticking with this class during yet another pandemic semester and doing such good work on all your projects and stories. I have had a wonderful last semester here, and it is all because of your generosity and creativity in your work: <b>THANK YOU.</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">~ ~ ~</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>I thought you might enjoy this amazing video of Eric Whitacre's virtual choir, composed of thousands of voices singing together to tell a beautiful story of hope and change: <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8oDnUga0JU&index=2&list=PLrWYQjLLbXch0237GoEPpkJ3UM5jReF9v">Fly to Paradise</a></b>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y8oDnUga0JU?list=PLrWYQjLLbXch0237GoEPpkJ3UM5jReF9v" width="400"></iframe><br /><br /><div style="text-align: start;">And in the spirit of summer-coming-soon of course I have to share this Maati Baani - Vidya Vox video: <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4Fu0n8Hx40">Summer Love</a></b>.</div><div style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p4Fu0n8Hx40" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">As always, see the</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia" target="_blank">Online Myth India Twitter stream</a></b> for more...</div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">(I'll still be tweeting there even after I finish at OU)</div><div><br /></div></div>
Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732349248954848820.post-6233890057549501492021-05-06T01:00:00.080-04:002021-05-06T01:08:11.960-04:00Thursday, May 6Today is <strong>Thursday of Week 15</strong>. It is the <b><i>last full day of class</i></b>, and I hope everybody will be able to finish up! (The class is over tomorrow, Friday, at noon.) Here is a link to all of <b><a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/week15">this week's assignments</a></b>, and if you have any questions about finishing, let me know!<br /><br /><strong><em>Class Procedures and Reminders</em></strong><br /><br /><b>Story Lab: Microfiction</b>. There's a <b><a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/w/page/131033472/storylab6">Story Lab option</a></b> for this week, and if you have not looked at the microfiction options, it's not too late to give that a try; perhaps you will write something you want to include in the class anthology! <a href="http://Anthology.LauraGibbs.net">Here is last semester's anthology</a><div><br /><b>Friday noon</b>. The class will be over on Friday at noon. When you have the points you need (410/A, 360/B, 320/C), you can <b><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeoBZPHpCHTZS5tHjzJBRDZg8wgxd-KePOpGAS-eQonBqFglg/viewform">fill out this form</a></b> to let me know you are done. And remember, the Week 14 project feedback and blog comments items are available there in the Week 15 module too; it would be great if you want to do those so that people can get some comments on their stories even at this late moment in the semester.<br /><br /><strong>Project stack</strong>. Yesterday I worked most of the day on the microfiction anthology; I'll be sharing that around with people today, hoping you will contribute. So that means the stack is still large; I still have a few new stories in there to read. As always, you can <a href="https://goo.gl/fajODr">check the stack</a> to make sure I received your email.<br /><br /><b><i>The following items are for fun and exploration:</i></b><br /><div><br /></div><div><strong>Blog Stream</strong>. A cute gif from the check-in-and-connect Padlet about how the semester has FLOWN by:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OdVHXf97QeM/YJMy579dAmI/AAAAAAACdGg/8aBDW0xsNDEoC8F9gKduG5etaPGhwso1wCLcBGAsYHQ/s500/Flying-Kittens-Soar-Through-THe-Sky-On-This-Beautiful-Sunshine-Filled-Day.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="273" data-original-width="500" height="219" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OdVHXf97QeM/YJMy579dAmI/AAAAAAACdGg/8aBDW0xsNDEoC8F9gKduG5etaPGhwso1wCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h219/Flying-Kittens-Soar-Through-THe-Sky-On-This-Beautiful-Sunshine-Filled-Day.gif" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Here's a fun video from Vox: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ISOK-XtvYs&index=13&list=PLrWYQjLLbXcjuA88ZGrH_ZcJpQZ6xGyOY&t=0s">Why knights fought snails in medieval art</a>.<br /><br /><div align="center"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6ISOK-XtvYs" width="400"></iframe><br /><br /></div>And a First Nations Literacy video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etn92Ms8plo&t=0s&index=2&list=PLrWYQjLLbXcjuA88ZGrH_ZcJpQZ6xGyOY">The Ojibway Creation Story</a>.<br /><br /><div align="center"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Etn92Ms8plo" width="400"></iframe></div><b><br /></b>This is an unusual word from mythology: <a href="http://writingwithaesop.blogspot.com/2015/07/words-from-mythology-syringe.html">SYRINGE</a>. It comes from Greek syrinx, which refers to a tube or pipe, including a musical pipe, and that Greek word goes with a story about a nymph named Syrinx (Σύριγξ).<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VfjkdVbGDs8/VZ8VeBKBNtI/AAAAAAABco4/zaxM_Parglo/s1600/1200px-Godecharle_Pan_poursuivant_Syrinx%2B%25281%2529.jpg" style="background-color: white; color: #771100; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="258" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VfjkdVbGDs8/VZ8VeBKBNtI/AAAAAAABco4/zaxM_Parglo/s400/1200px-Godecharle_Pan_poursuivant_Syrinx%2B%25281%2529.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="400" /></a><br /><br /></div>And musical fun from Maati Baani: <a href="http://ouocblog.blogspot.com/2014/07/indian-music-maati-baani-funky-pawa.html">Funky Pawa</a>.<br /><br /><div align="center"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/12cMhgZ6SVY" width="400"></iframe><br /><br /></div>Choosing names is often an important part of telling a story, and here are some charts that show <a href="http://writingwithaesop.blogspot.com/2016/03/whats-in-name.html">name popularity over time</a>.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="252" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jaPfdKUC9GE/Vu4SGzxjbOI/AAAAAAABlcQ/rfbY0wdjYj87SMZkLEQl_CAOVYUnkhCZQ/s400/girls.gif" style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #992211; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; position: relative;" width="400" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="252" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kM_O8ukKSnI/Vu4SURYQStI/AAAAAAABlcU/ZRtax9RLSGUcdtq6ZfkSiGBDoOXyxbXow/s400/ku-bigpic%2B%25281%2529.gif" style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #992211; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; position: relative;" width="400" /><br /><br /></div>And if you're feeling overwhelmed with homework, maybe <a href="http://ouclassannouncements.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-dog-ate-my-homework.html">your dog can help</a>.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="297" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8V7NFmtFNf4/VDCaN1qdjJI/AAAAAAABRug/B0lE0pjQyxQ/s1600/14%2B-%2B1.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #992211; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; font-weight: 700; position: relative;" width="400" /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><b><i>These are some items from the announcements back in Week 9:</i></b></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Something from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNw7RIOY7SA&index=71&list=PLrWYQjLLbXcjuA88ZGrH_ZcJpQZ6xGyOY&t=0s">Crash Course about trees</a>:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iNw7RIOY7SA" width="400"></iframe></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Some advice for writing, specifically for scientific writing: keep it short! <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2014/02/03/270680304/this-could-have-been-shorter">This could have been shorter</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ypNc1z5vDGk/YGuQObfF3aI/AAAAAAACcco/YhhWqS0kaEIkYxftDUGKtH1yGOjziMJmQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1160/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-05%2Bat%2B6.32.26%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="866" data-original-width="1160" height="299" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ypNc1z5vDGk/YGuQObfF3aI/AAAAAAACcco/YhhWqS0kaEIkYxftDUGKtH1yGOjziMJmQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h299/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-05%2Bat%2B6.32.26%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><div>Positive thoughts from Grant Snider: <a href="https://twitter.com/grantdraws/status/1323627369358385154">Optimism</a> (<a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/El539O4X0AMPXN8?format=jpg&name=medium">larger view</a>).</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5CXBH9lsBas/X6HHMJxMjrI/AAAAAAACYYo/l_QgskwaL_QYy278FOOeNiP_LzI2G79IwCLcBGAsYHQ/s507/El539O4X0AMPXN8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="507" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5CXBH9lsBas/X6HHMJxMjrI/AAAAAAACYYo/l_QgskwaL_QYy278FOOeNiP_LzI2G79IwCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/El539O4X0AMPXN8.jpeg" /></a></div></div><br /><b>May 6</b>. On this day in 1940, John Steinbeck won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel, <b><i>The Grapes of Wrath</i></b>. You can find out <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Steinbeck">more about Steinbeck</a></b>, and <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grapes_of_Wrath">more about the novel</a></b>, at Wikipedia. You can <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljrdelGu_3Y">listen to the novel at YouTube</a>:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ljrdelGu_3Y" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>And if you want to learn more about the dustbowl and what it meant for Oklahoma and neighboring states, I highly recommend the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYOmjQO_UMw&list=PLzkQfVIJun2Kl_ZEVTYA-qXlloRYQP3kv&index=1">Ken Burns documentary, Dustbowl</a>.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MYOmjQO_UMw" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><em>Check out the <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia">Twitter stream</a></strong> for information and fun stuff during the day, or <strong><a href="http://ouclassannouncements.blogspot.com/search/label/current1">click here</a></strong> for the previous week's announcements.</em><br /><div><em><br /></em></div></div>
</div>Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732349248954848820.post-73788298125595670432021-05-05T01:00:00.058-04:002021-05-05T19:47:49.121-04:00Wednesday, May 5Today is <strong>Wednesday of Dead Week</strong> (Week 15). Here is a link to <b><a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/week14">this week's items</a></b>. All the assignments are ready to go; no need to wait! I hope you will be able to finish the class today or tomorrow; <b>the class is over on Friday at noon</b>. If you have any questions about that, let me know!<br /><br /><strong><em>Class Procedures and Reminders</em></strong><br /><br /><strong>Project Stack</strong>. Yesterday I read through all projects from people who are not done with the class yet, and today I'll start sending back comments to those of you who are already done with the class. As always, you can <a href="https://goo.gl/fajODr">check the stack</a> to make sure I received your email.<br /><br /><b>Course Evaluations</b>.The window is open at <b><a href="http://eval.ou.edu/">eval.ou.edu</a></b>, and your feedback is really important, especially for the online course program .The only reason these online courses exist is because students find them valuable: your support for online courses matters! This is my last semester teaching at OU, but of course I hope the online course program will continue (I am a believer in the power of online courses), and if you want to see online courses offered in the future, this is a chance for you to share your thoughts about that.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jwdhcFMFFoI/XANJ6cac2AI/AAAAAAAB_6k/kpLgJg7eKxE5dBGeeIIcHOYB1_BdK2gsACLcBGAs/s1600/eval.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="101" data-original-width="341" height="117" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jwdhcFMFFoI/XANJ6cac2AI/AAAAAAAB_6k/kpLgJg7eKxE5dBGeeIIcHOYB1_BdK2gsACLcBGAs/s400/eval.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><i>The following items are for fun and exploration</i></b>:<br /><br /><b>Blog Stream</b>. A very cool Wikipedia Trail from Dalton: <a href="https://dtownz15.blogspot.com/2021/05/week-14-wikipedia-trails-from-brahma-to.html">From Brahma to Mahavidya</a>, which are the aspects of the goddess, Devi, as you can see here:<div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lgfqEv5U89A/YJHhf5iAKiI/AAAAAAACdGE/agRxgYkiJ-MO0N9A41dDLXhxk233xd_qwCLcBGAsYHQ/s559/Dasha_Mahavidya.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="559" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lgfqEv5U89A/YJHhf5iAKiI/AAAAAAACdGE/agRxgYkiJ-MO0N9A41dDLXhxk233xd_qwCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Dasha_Mahavidya.jpeg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>For some music, another beautiful Maati Baani video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmrnks_SHcE&index=14&list=PLrWYQjLLbXcgrXmMv-KUrUGlxq-rWCvim&t=0s">Jao Priya</a>.<br /><br /><div align="center"><iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rmrnks_SHcE" width="400"></iframe><br /><br /></div>And here's a story from India: Rahu-Ketu, the <a href="http://iereadingguides.blogspot.com/2018/01/yesterdays-twitter-rahu-and-ketu.html">Eclipse Demon</a> (you can <a href="http://iereadingguides.blogspot.com/2018/01/yesterdays-twitter-rahu-and-ketu.html">click here for a transcription</a> of the story).<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="480" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o6aBfPLZT6k/WlgOSvs8zfI/AAAAAAAB6wM/Id9Kk8f23q0SkO9vfRltgBEHS47cJklCQCLcBGAs/s1600/ack.gif" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; color: #3254bb; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="400" /></div><b><br /></b>This is a Cherokee storyteller, Robert Lewis, talking about <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=othiWKn0trU">The First Fire</a>.<br /><br /><div align="center"><iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/othiWKn0trU" width="400"></iframe><br /><br /></div>And here's a surprising English word from Greek mythology: <a href="http://writingwithaesop.blogspot.com/2015/07/word-from-mythology-morphine.html">MORPHINE</a>, which takes its name from the god Morpheus.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bHGad7hiEqQ/Vbg5e0H2z0I/AAAAAAABc8E/BACvL1lwWC4/s1600/Luca_Giordano_009.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #992211; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; position: relative;" /></div><br />Some inspiring thoughts by the great fantasy writer, <a href="http://writingwithaesop.blogspot.com/2015/10/neil-gaiman-angels-dreams-and-hope.html">Neil Gaiman</a>.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ljuY7wzKaeU/Vg3fTMzeE0I/AAAAAAABfTo/RwYq-zeO1pM/s1600/1801316_864504970269183_2352771728726034005_o.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #992211; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; position: relative;" width="400" /></div><br />Did you get a good night's sleep last night? Here's some information about <a href="http://oulbh.blogspot.com/2018/02/when-your-brain-doesnt-sleep.html">sleep and the brain</a> (and you can <a href="http://oulbh.blogspot.com/2018/02/when-your-brain-doesnt-sleep.html">click here for a transcription</a> of the infographic).<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="876" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-x8hrjPEB5ys/WoopneC_5kI/AAAAAAAB7TQ/O9rJYPvSbE8qCmjRbiaJwf2E6K9En304ACLcBGAs/s1600/SleepDeprivationbrain.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; color: #3778cd; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><b><i>These are some items from the announcements back in Week 9:</i></b></div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>Another lovely comic from <a href="https://twitter.com/grantdraws/status/1319325873619820548">Grant Snider</a> (<a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ek8v2xTXgAEV5FJ?format=jpg&name=900x900">larger view</a>): </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jHa7_MbL3fc/X5IuTpmh6eI/AAAAAAACYQI/3bwhbtoXXqg6QrY76oLtoM7iYo95THvTACLcBGAsYHQ/s484/Ek8v2xTXgAEV5FJ.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jHa7_MbL3fc/X5IuTpmh6eI/AAAAAAACYQI/3bwhbtoXXqg6QrY76oLtoM7iYo95THvTACLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Ek8v2xTXgAEV5FJ.jpeg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div>Something about monsters from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0T3gpfH_-w&index=73&list=PLrWYQjLLbXcjuA88ZGrH_ZcJpQZ6xGyOY&t=0s">Crash Course</a>:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/r0T3gpfH_-w" width="400"></iframe></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>And perhaps you have heard of Cerberus, the three-headed hound of hell in Greek mythology? Well, here is puppy Cerberus! :-)</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OEVql9V9Iqg/YFpdmLdlSrI/AAAAAAACcKE/mChZBeHC5pAgiMvndc0SCnfnAoS1QY6kACLcBGAsYHQ/s800/DxxkjndWkAAMIQ0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OEVql9V9Iqg/YFpdmLdlSrI/AAAAAAACcKE/mChZBeHC5pAgiMvndc0SCnfnAoS1QY6kACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/DxxkjndWkAAMIQ0.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Plus a cat to inspire your reading (via <a href="https://twitter.com/sudesna_ghosh/status/1269272838516674562">Sudesna Ghosh</a>) if you are doing a reading item today:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2HSzKWWTSXg/Xt2xOKoPzwI/AAAAAAACWFQ/nrMgOJ6zODYhYxYFJHFVCyVKqq3s8lYCQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/EZ1c6KNXQAAFjZQ.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="401" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2HSzKWWTSXg/Xt2xOKoPzwI/AAAAAAACWFQ/nrMgOJ6zODYhYxYFJHFVCyVKqq3s8lYCQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/EZ1c6KNXQAAFjZQ.jpeg" /></a></div></div><br /><div><b>May 5: Cinco de Mayo</b>. In Mexico, the Cinco de Mayo holiday is not a national holiday (it is celebrated mainly in the state of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puebla"><b>Puebla</b></a>, in east-central Mexico), but in other countries, especially the United States, Cinco de Mayo has become an important holiday to celebrate Hispanic cultural heritage and traditions. You can read more about the holiday in this <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinco_de_Mayo">Wikipedia</a></b> article, which is also the source for this great image of a children's Cinco de Mayo parade in Minnesota:<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332121316397324434" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uekyjQXowno/Sf-AFiMmmJI/AAAAAAAACe0/r1UQ_Ze9JXg/s400/563px-Cinco26.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #992211; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; font-weight: bold; height: 400px; line-height: 20.79px; margin: 0px auto 10px; position: relative; width: 376px;" /></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Some <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmgk-KBjsbE">chill music</a> for a Cinco de Mayo celebration:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Pmgk-KBjsbE" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe></div><div><em><br /></em></div><br />
<i>Check out the <a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia">Twitter stream</a> for information and fun stuff during the day, or <a href="http://ouclassannouncements.blogspot.com/search/label/current1">click here</a> for past announcements.</i><br />
</div>Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732349248954848820.post-75806093007584848542021-05-04T01:00:00.062-04:002021-05-04T19:52:26.941-04:00Tuesday, May 4Today is <strong>Tuesday of Week 15</strong>; here's a link to <b><a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/week14">all the Week 15 items</a></b>. If you are doing the reading this week, you'll want to do the Reading A today per the usual schedule... and working ahead is definitely good too since this week is short, ending on Friday at noon.<br /><br /><strong><em>Class Procedures and Reminders</em></strong><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>Finishing the class</b>. When you have the points you need (410-A, 360-B, 320-C), you can fill out the "Finished" form that you will see in Canvas: you're all done! <div><br /></div><div><b>Week 14 comments/feedback</b>. The Week 14 blog comments and project feedback assignments are still available in Canvas; you'll see them at the top of Week 15, and they'll be available all week until Friday at noon. So, if you didn't get those done for Week 14, you can do them now if you want, and I'll be very grateful if you choose to do that: the commenting gets very ragged here at the end of the semester, and it's nice when people can get some comments on their work.<br /><br /><strong>Project Stack</strong>. I'm focusing right now on the items where people need comments back from me to do the Week 15 final revisions. I hope to get through the rest of those today, and then I'll move on to the rest of the items in the stack. Thank you for your patience with that different approach this week! Meanwhile, you can <a href="https://goo.gl/fajODr">check the stack</a> to make sure I received your form.<br /><br /><b><i>The following items are for fun and exploration</i></b>:<br /><br /><b>Blog Stream</b>. Charley has a wild <b><a href="https://indianepicscl.blogspot.com/2021/05/wikipedia-trail-from-animal-sacrifice.html">Wikipedia Trail</a> </b>that goes from "Animal Sacrifice in Hinduism" to "Brigitte Bardot," via the Gadhimai Temple of Kali in southern Nepal:</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-utMtSGOT-tQ/YJCV7SKbCVI/AAAAAAACdE8/yF7nRDMCEr8Zh2P-XIDQkegrBlrdWwnOACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Gadhimai_Temple_%25282%2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-utMtSGOT-tQ/YJCV7SKbCVI/AAAAAAACdE8/yF7nRDMCEr8Zh2P-XIDQkegrBlrdWwnOACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/Gadhimai_Temple_%25282%2529.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>A video for today from Crash Course: I'm sure you know Maui is the name of an island, but did you know he was a hero too? <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBB3RKazIj8&index=68&list=PLrWYQjLLbXcjuA88ZGrH_ZcJpQZ6xGyOY&t=0s">Ma'ui, Oceania's Hero</a>.<br /><br /><div align="center"><iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eBB3RKazIj8" width="400"></iframe></div><br />Plus here is some beautiful music from Maati Baani in India for some good feels during Dead Week: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lep43vaSDE&index=28&list=PLrWYQjLLbXcgrXmMv-KUrUGlxq-rWCvim&t=0s">Tore Matware Naina</a>.<br /><br /><div align="center"><iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3lep43vaSDE" width="400"></iframe><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>And some beautiful thoughts from the philosopher <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pokPdMxfWg&list=PLrWYQjLLbXci3kvG8y9IsC9hzVdD9miyo&index=32&t=0s">Alan Watts</a>, with music by Hans Zimmer (<i>Interstellar</i>): </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0pokPdMxfWg" width="400"></iframe></div></div><div align="center"><br /></div>This is an <a href="https://goproverbs.blogspot.com/2012/03/poster-rolling-stone.html">Estonian proverb</a> with a photo of one of the famous dwarves of Wroclaw in Poland: <i>The one who is not strong enough to lift the stone must roll it. </i>This is good advice for the end of semester: just keep rolling that stone!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FdqGCW2Nt08/W9U1SNXNuII/AAAAAAAB_kI/lV-LKNOVdS8NL_bO2w1ILoJtdxwJ0kEdgCLcBGAs/s1600/dwarf.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="693" data-original-width="659" height="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FdqGCW2Nt08/W9U1SNXNuII/AAAAAAAB_kI/lV-LKNOVdS8NL_bO2w1ILoJtdxwJ0kEdgCLcBGAs/s400/dwarf.jpg" width="380" /></a></div><br />And if you find yourself in a negative space, here are some tips for <a href="http://growthmindsetmemes.blogspot.com/2017/12/how-to-manage-negative-thoughts.html">managing negative thoughts</a>.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="773" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E61D0ZbnOuY/WjmZg-MUckI/AAAAAAAB56E/N_bAo90EKBEsawWsdEVshSkTORdG4tnQgCLcBGAs/s1600/how%2Bto-manage-negative-thoughts.jpeg" style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #119966; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 17.82px; position: relative;" width="400" /></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>For a visual illustration of some of these same ideas, check out <a href="https://www.grantsnider.com/">Grant Snider</a> on the trap of negative thinking (<a href="http://www.incidentalcomics.com/2015/07/negative-thinking.html">larger view</a>). It all depends on how you look at it!</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H0TgEWfAJcE/YFPwaPkaIdI/AAAAAAACcAU/Mzigw9GMvIUheYe0XPujw5u4PsvVXcyPwCLcBGAsYHQ/s631/NegativeThinking-web.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="631" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H0TgEWfAJcE/YFPwaPkaIdI/AAAAAAACcAU/Mzigw9GMvIUheYe0XPujw5u4PsvVXcyPwCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/NegativeThinking-web.jpeg" /></a></div></div><div><b><br /></b><div style="text-align: left;"><div><b><i>These are some items from the announcements back in Week 8:</i></b></div><div><br /></div></div><div>A PSA from India featuring divine examples to promote helmet safety: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33nl_KJT17w&index=60&t=0s&list=PLrWYQjLLbXcie5DuhgxacocxvQp_5pNIX">What Gods wear before they ride</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/33nl_KJT17w" width="400"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>Something cool for any fans of <a href="https://twitter.com/MissElli_FCProf/status/1317155705426563074">Outlander</a>: <a href="https://parade.com/1104952/paulettecohn/outlander-sam-heughan-narrates-folk-tale-how-to-listen/">Sam Heughan Wants to Tell You a Story</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WLDYGz-keNc/X4peAkiP3ZI/AAAAAAACYH0/QvfVRORs58AloPz6aGTWRKLxasgSbEl3ACLcBGAsYHQ/s686/Screenshot%2B2020-10-16%2Bat%2B10.57.43%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="685" data-original-width="686" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WLDYGz-keNc/X4peAkiP3ZI/AAAAAAACYH0/QvfVRORs58AloPz6aGTWRKLxasgSbEl3ACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/Screenshot%2B2020-10-16%2Bat%2B10.57.43%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VkK05OuFMw4" width="400"></iframe></div><b><br /></b><div>And finally, some typo humor from <a href="http://writingwithaesop.blogspot.com/2018/08/there-was-typo.html">Tom Gauld</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FSOBXZZT8Gk/W3j1UP4ojdI/AAAAAAAB-o8/NVp1z8G_iegv0PSg083pJN08se1Fir8igCLcBGAs/s1600/typos.jpg" style="background-color: white; color: #771100; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="343" data-original-width="563" height="242" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FSOBXZZT8Gk/W3j1UP4ojdI/AAAAAAAB-o8/NVp1z8G_iegv0PSg083pJN08se1Fir8igCLcBGAs/s400/typos.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>Star Wars Day</b>. Yes, May the Fourth has arrived... so, without further ado: <b><i>MAY THE FOURTH be with you! </i></b>You can read more about this Star Wars holiday at <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Day">Wikipedia</a></b>. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vKIuB2A0taA/WQqWQEgkLII/AAAAAAAB1w0/PCWPrW3DFssp8UpC0VzIXnxGPjiD9aKRgCLcB/s1600/maythefourth.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vKIuB2A0taA/WQqWQEgkLII/AAAAAAAB1w0/PCWPrW3DFssp8UpC0VzIXnxGPjiD9aKRgCLcB/s400/maythefourth.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And of course I have to share Tushar Lall's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0YHc0xKqJ8">India-themed Star Wars music</a>: </div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/G0YHc0xKqJ8" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><em>Check out the <a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia">Twitter stream</a> for information and fun stuff during the day, or <a href="http://ouclassannouncements.blogspot.com/search/label/current1">click here</a> for past announcements. </em></div></div><div><em><br /></em><em><br /></em></div>
</div>Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732349248954848820.post-71523323710658621552021-05-03T01:00:00.039-04:002021-08-19T21:38:53.753-04:00Monday, May 3Today is <strong>Monday of Week 15</strong> (a.k.a. Dead Week), the last week of the semester! Here is a link to <b><a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/week14">this week's assignments</a></b>.<div><i>Update</i>: You will see that the Week 14 blog comments and project feedback assignments are still available in Canvas; I have moved them to the top of Week 15. I made those still available so that if you missed those items and want to do them, you still can. It's very helpful if you want to do those because the commenting gets very ragged here at the end, and it's nice when people can get some comments on their work even at the very end of the semester like this.<br /><br /><strong><em>Class Procedures and Reminders</em></strong><br /><br /><b>Dead Week. </b>If you have not finished the class yet, you can use this week's assignments to get to your goal; the key thing is to make sure you complete all your work for the course <b><i>by Friday at noon</i></b>. As soon as you have the points you need (410-A, 360-B, 320-C), you are done. Just fill out the "Finished" form that you will find there in Canvas, and you are good to go!<br /><br /><b>Project Stack</b>. As always, you can <a href="https://goo.gl/fajODr">check the stack</a> to make sure I received your email. I'm focusing first on the assignments from people who are not done with class yet, starting with the new stories people turned in for Week 14, and then moving on to the other Week 14 and Week 15 assignments. Thank you for your patience while I work through the stack this week, focusing first on people who need comments back for their Week 15 project.<br /><br /><b><i>The following items are for fun and exploration</i></b>:<br /><br /><b>Blog Stream</b>. Someone added this super-adorable gif to the <a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/w/page/140950665/checkin">check-in-and-connect Padlet</a>: waving bye for the end of the semester!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JbfiqkPgU48/YI8PJD5K_FI/AAAAAAACc-k/7pUR_EmNPtEF8XeBoOVTzLfoQRy3v3GGQCLcBGAsYHQ/s498/aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYTEuZ2lwaHkuY29tL21lZGlhL205ZUcxcVZqdk41NkgwTVh0OC9naXBoeS5naWY.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="498" data-original-width="306" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JbfiqkPgU48/YI8PJD5K_FI/AAAAAAACc-k/7pUR_EmNPtEF8XeBoOVTzLfoQRy3v3GGQCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYTEuZ2lwaHkuY29tL21lZGlhL205ZUcxcVZqdk41NkgwTVh0OC9naXBoeS5naWY.jpeg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>This is a fascinating infographic about religion that shows the distinctive presence of Hinduism in India: <b><a href="https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/world-map-of-religions">World Map of Religions</a></b>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bCPGl5kJhfE/XJwdpCbLb_I/AAAAAAACDOc/y1UQ4fUHJfA5NFv8ycnEpEbI9Nh29lEdwCLcBGAs/s1600/980x.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="474" data-original-width="980" height="192" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bCPGl5kJhfE/XJwdpCbLb_I/AAAAAAACDOc/y1UQ4fUHJfA5NFv8ycnEpEbI9Nh29lEdwCLcBGAs/s400/980x.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />This is a Smithsonian video on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVZ8AHBHiC0&list=PLrWYQjLLbXcjuA88ZGrH_ZcJpQZ6xGyOY&index=34&t=0s">Native American Ledger Art</a>.<br /><br /><div align="center"><iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GVZ8AHBHiC0" width="400"></iframe><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Plus some thoughts from Grant Snider about keeping <a href="http://writingwithaesop.blogspot.com/2018/02/what-to-put-in-your-notebook.html">A Writer's Notebook</a>.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1145" data-original-width="1000" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ir5TLKJ4wFA/WnaGHIyxhnI/AAAAAAAB7Fc/nYz07c-Zu-E4vQabD1rBihpyJ6csaSYLACLcBGAs/s1600/14284_436775393_32900030.jpeg" style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #992211; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; position: relative;" width="400" /><br /><br /></div><b><i>These are some items from the announcements back in Week 7:</i></b><div><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div><div>Something very cool and weird from the <a href="https://twitter.com/BLAsia_Africa/status/1313896088164806656">British Library</a>: an art form called nari-kunjara, an elephant (kunjara) made of women (nari):</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HlESkGc3Z-s/X35ybjTeY2I/AAAAAAACX8w/0eXYw8TXAFEQcp_nb2fsSZ4vpPKzu0xuACLcBGAsYHQ/s1130/Screenshot%2B2020-10-07%2Bat%2B9.58.52%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="387" data-original-width="1130" height="138" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HlESkGc3Z-s/X35ybjTeY2I/AAAAAAACX8w/0eXYw8TXAFEQcp_nb2fsSZ4vpPKzu0xuACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h138/Screenshot%2B2020-10-07%2Bat%2B9.58.52%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KhdHdJs-y4U/X35yqKz1zrI/AAAAAAACX80/JjFekb4uvQEvxgw1_6BSNyBRb5WzuNSkgCLcBGAsYHQ/s822/EjvkVxMXcAIEio2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="537" data-original-width="822" height="261" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KhdHdJs-y4U/X35yqKz1zrI/AAAAAAACX80/JjFekb4uvQEvxgw1_6BSNyBRb5WzuNSkgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h261/EjvkVxMXcAIEio2.png" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div><div>Chris found this amazing statue of Bhima for his <a href="https://crtrulock.oucreate.com/indian_epics/blog/2021/03/10/reading-notes-tiny-tales-from-the-mahabharata-part-c/">reading notes post</a>. It's from Bali, in Indonesia, where the Mahabharata is extremely popular (both the Ramayana and the Mahabharata are well known beyond the borders of India).<br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rCSY5zLzpFA/YEqgxZ9iJpI/AAAAAAACb1g/Sq2hEM6JYhIfkUskBwfKKAauRzuknL-JQCLcBGAsYHQ/s564/Nusa-Dua_Bali_Indonesia_Statue-of-Bhima-01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="564" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rCSY5zLzpFA/YEqgxZ9iJpI/AAAAAAACb1g/Sq2hEM6JYhIfkUskBwfKKAauRzuknL-JQCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Nusa-Dua_Bali_Indonesia_Statue-of-Bhima-01.jpg" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>For your listening pleasure, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT3tIJzAkcc&index=78&list=PLrWYQjLLbXcjuA88ZGrH_ZcJpQZ6xGyOY&t=0s">talking drums of Africa</a>:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JT3tIJzAkcc" width="400"></iframe></div></div></div><em><div><em><br /></em></div><div><div style="font-style: normal;">And from Crash Course: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2se_zimj40&index=49&list=PLrWYQjLLbXcjuA88ZGrH_ZcJpQZ6xGyOY&t=0s">African Pantheons and the Orishas</a>.</div><div style="font-style: normal;"><br /></div><div style="font-style: normal; text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/J2se_zimj40" width="400"></iframe></div></div><div><em><br /></em></div><div><div style="font-style: normal;">Plus... <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWXNSkE3YEk&index=74&list=PLrWYQjLLbXcjuA88ZGrH_ZcJpQZ6xGyOY&t=0s">dragons</a>!</div><div style="font-style: normal;"><br /></div><div style="font-style: normal; text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SWXNSkE3YEk" width="400"></iframe></div></div><div><em><br /></em></div><div><span style="font-style: normal;">For fans of dragons and/or Latin: </span><a href="https://goproverbs.blogspot.com/2013/05/poster-dragon.html" style="font-style: normal;">A serpent, unless it devours a serpent, will not become a dragon</a><span style="font-style: normal;">. And for those of you who have studied Latin: </span><em>Serpens, ni edat serpentem, draco non fiet</em><span style="font-style: normal;">.</span><br style="font-style: normal;" /><br style="font-style: normal;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jISpx5dq20g/W8_M6ws-eyI/AAAAAAAB_h4/76dg2AUGRYE_zFFEVlc-A57HHkqqiczDACLcBGAs/s1600/dragon.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="380" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jISpx5dq20g/W8_M6ws-eyI/AAAAAAAB_h4/76dg2AUGRYE_zFFEVlc-A57HHkqqiczDACLcBGAs/s1600/dragon.jpg" /></a></div></div><div><em><br /></em></div><div><b style="font-style: normal;">May 3: Pete Seeger.</b><span style="font-style: normal;"> Almost one hundred years ago today, on May 3 of 1919, Pete Seeger was born, and he left this world just a few years ago, in 2014. You can read more about Pete Seeger's career in this </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Seeger" style="font-style: normal;"><b>Wikipedia</b></a><span style="font-style: normal;"> article, and I've included two videos here: a concert performance by </span><b style="font-style: normal;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcbqCssiBUc&index=5&list=PLrWYQjLLbXch0237GoEPpkJ3UM5jReF9v">Peter Seeger and Arlo Guthrie</a></b><span style="font-style: normal;"> (son of Woody Guthrie), and a recent video from </span><b style="font-style: normal;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezyd40kJFq0&list=PLrWYQjLLbXch0237GoEPpkJ3UM5jReF9v&index=131">Amnesty International</a></b><span style="font-style: normal;"> with Peter Seeger performing the Dylan classic,</span><i> Forever Young.<br /></i><br style="font-style: normal;" /></div><br /></em><em>Check out the <a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia">Twitter stream</a> for information and fun stuff during the day, or <a href="http://ouclassannouncements.blogspot.com/search/label/current1">click here</a> for past announcements. </em></div><div><em><br /></em></div>
</div></div>Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732349248954848820.post-80665749033070438942021-05-01T01:00:00.065-04:002021-05-02T16:32:53.319-04:00WEEK 14 WEEKEND: Last weekend of class!It is now the <b>WEEK 14 WEEKEND</b>. So that means it is also the last weekend (!), since this class is over on Friday, May 7, at noon. Here is a link to <b><a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/week14">Week 14</a></b> and also to <b><a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/week15">Week 15</a></b>. I hope you can finish up the class this weekend in order to have next week free to prepare for finals in your other classes. Here's more info about <a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/w/page/44034097/gradingchart">finishing up in this class</a>.<br /><br /><strong><em>Class Procedures and Reminders</em></strong><br /><br /><strong>Project stack</strong>. I replied to all the Week 13 projects on Friday, but there were some Week 14 and Week 15 items I did not get to; those will be at the top of the stack on Monday. As always, you can <a href="https://goo.gl/fajODr">check the stack</a> to make sure I got your project.<div><br /></div><div><b>Making your plan to finish up</b>.<i> (repeat announcement) </i>I hope everybody has a plan in place for the end-of-week Week 14 items plus any Week 15 items you need to reach your goal for the end of the semester (410 A, 360 B, 320 C). This is the last weekend of class, so if you normally do most of your work for the class on the weekends, try to get as much done this weekend as you can.<br /><br /><strong><i>The following items are for fun and exploration</i></strong>:<br /><br /><b><a href="http://bloglines.mythfolklore.net/">Blog stream</a></b>. This is from a Portfolio site rather than from a blog: Drew recorded a reading of his story and then included that audio in the webpage. It sounds great! Take a listen: <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/drewstories/story-2">John and Alex in Unsimulated Purgatory</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A4eqk0aFptI/YIxzIww7MaI/AAAAAAACc0s/eGcbWjB6I-Un5coIoQp3VMSm3ZG4-BTXgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1070/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-30%2Bat%2B5.13.58%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="524" data-original-width="1070" height="196" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A4eqk0aFptI/YIxzIww7MaI/AAAAAAACc0s/eGcbWjB6I-Un5coIoQp3VMSm3ZG4-BTXgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h196/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-30%2Bat%2B5.13.58%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">If you want to read your story and include the recording in your webpage or blog post, here's the <a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/w/page/12763893/techtips#VIDEO">SoundCloud Tech Tip</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div><strong><i>These are some items from the announcements back in Week 6:</i></strong><br /></div></div><div><strong><i><br /></i></strong></div><div><div>Something gorgeous from India: a famous statue of Shiva's bull, Nandi, in Andhra Pradesh, then and now:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qKDOqyGcVrg/YDwaXtOswpI/AAAAAAACbq8/2seRIytKKQcml4rkgXOK0N6-VzMAPJ2tgCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-02-28%2Bat%2B5.33.32%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="203" data-original-width="400" height="203" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qKDOqyGcVrg/YDwaXtOswpI/AAAAAAACbq8/2seRIytKKQcml4rkgXOK0N6-VzMAPJ2tgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h203/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-02-28%2Bat%2B5.33.32%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q8zCE5JtyxI/YDwbF5HWJwI/AAAAAAACbrI/-A9b0SZZBkkqMIXqkbEZdl0flH5TzpMZACLcBGAsYHQ/s639/EvKKCMBU4AEnHTm.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="469" data-original-width="639" height="294" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q8zCE5JtyxI/YDwbF5HWJwI/AAAAAAACbrI/-A9b0SZZBkkqMIXqkbEZdl0flH5TzpMZACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h294/EvKKCMBU4AEnHTm.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vivnicPBwd4/YDwaRyYgJfI/AAAAAAACbq4/hqHaI03RTtYRgU4ayXrhIbLaMOkhHUZCQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/EvKKCbnVgAQZcHQ.jpeg" style="color: #0000ee;" width="400" /></div><div><br /></div><div><div>More gorgeous art from India: a <a href="https://twitter.com/cherishDcherry1/status/1366567748130627586">winged female deity</a>, appx. two thousand years old:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qfB44ukusAs/YD7I4rju8HI/AAAAAAACbs0/jgKrOYnZOW073Q89HUlSIo9UpWPkRIp4ACLcBGAsYHQ/s400/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-03-02%2Bat%2B6.22.16%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="73" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qfB44ukusAs/YD7I4rju8HI/AAAAAAACbs0/jgKrOYnZOW073Q89HUlSIo9UpWPkRIp4ACLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-03-02%2Bat%2B6.22.16%2BPM.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yyKw970AWEE/YD7JAeNsoII/AAAAAAACbs4/8gQ6W9AXTK4x5RVdvCSUUTa3Fc63FsKJQCLcBGAsYHQ/s473/EvcFekUUcAAJe8c.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="473" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yyKw970AWEE/YD7JAeNsoII/AAAAAAACbs4/8gQ6W9AXTK4x5RVdvCSUUTa3Fc63FsKJQCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/EvcFekUUcAAJe8c.jpeg" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div>Some <a href="https://twitter.com/HWarlow/status/1365996294318268419">electricity giants</a> in Iceland :-)</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4avyT73SXeU/YD1pl8257EI/AAAAAAACbsI/iEt7coiGjDgeCfKxVW7RZTEewQXGO00BACLcBGAsYHQ/s1122/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-03-01%2Bat%2B5.23.53%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="862" data-original-width="1122" height="308" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4avyT73SXeU/YD1pl8257EI/AAAAAAACbsI/iEt7coiGjDgeCfKxVW7RZTEewQXGO00BACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h308/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-03-01%2Bat%2B5.23.53%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div>Some of you in Myth-Folklore read the Iliad earlier this semester; here are the <a href="https://twitter.com/ancientlyric/status/1205312155102277634">opening lines read in ancient Greek</a>:</div><div><br /></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="und">sung in Ancient Greek. (Homer, Iliad 1.1-56)<br /><br />μῆνιν ἄειδε θεὰ Πηληϊάδεω Ἀχιλῆος<br />οὐλομένην, ἣ μυρί᾽ Ἀχαιοῖς ἄλγε᾽ ἔθηκε,<br />πολλὰς δ᾽ ἰφθίμους ψυχὰς Ἄϊδι προΐαψεν<br />ἡρώων, αὐτοὺς δὲ ἑλώρια τεῦχε κύνεσσιν<br /><br />Sing wrath, Goddess:<br />wrath of Achilles, son of Peleus... <a href="https://t.co/t0J00ztjTb">pic.twitter.com/t0J00ztjTb</a></p>— Ancientlyric (@ancientlyric) <a href="https://twitter.com/ancientlyric/status/1205312155102277634?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2019</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><div><div><br /></div><div>Inspiration if you have reading to do this weekend; it's a quote from Tyrion Lannister, a character in George R. R. Martin's Game of Thrones: <a href="http://oulbh.blogspot.com/2017/12/books-are-better.html">Books are better</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><br /></div><div><img border="0" data-original-height="422" data-original-width="1000" height="168" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WzQI3yRlzGE/WjrtVLaHj-I/AAAAAAAB59M/Nq7-bhx6lfc3ZYtwLmtOm9Qxgzt3l2qJwCLcBGAs/s400/tyrion.jpeg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; color: #3778cd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></div></div><div><br /></div><div>And here are not one but two videos with the Game of Thrones theme done in Indian style: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHqXHWRFwbo">Mumbai Dhol Tasha Cover</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll4fn73Uy1w">Rishab Rikhiram</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yHqXHWRFwbo" width="400"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ll4fn73Uy1w" width="400"></iframe></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div>Check out the <a href="https://twitter.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1366449816042102787">very long Twitter thread</a> for SO MANY VIDEOS of classical music in cartoons: wow!</div><div><br /></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">THREAD: Lots of us learned classical music from watching old cartoons, so I’m going to identify the pieces that frequently popped up.<br /><br />One of the most recognizable is Franz Liszt’s “Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2,” performed by those great piano virtuosos Bugs Bunny and Tom & Jerry. <a href="https://t.co/SmyKbMpw3e">pic.twitter.com/SmyKbMpw3e</a></p>— Vincent Alexander (@NonsenseIsland) <a href="https://twitter.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1366449816042102787?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 1, 2021</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><div><div>This is a cartoon about the perils of the cursive alphabet: <a href="http://writingwithaesop.blogspot.com/2015/12/the-perils-of-cursive.html">demons and lemons</a>! Plus an example from real life: demons for sale!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LPWzdAtdun8/V7vCwJe4AHI/AAAAAAABtDo/NsLRruUxKbAdGKBvieY8ogJaWNUzNGPlwCLcB/s400/ClGIfPZVYAAERTc_zps12m17ukf.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #992211; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; position: relative;" width="400" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="869" data-original-width="663" height="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9OPardRXino/WjgNrshCHhI/AAAAAAAB51g/WKSlTwvFTwE8sxuzvMVr5831nyqFFj7iQCLcBGAs/s400/lemons.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #992211; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; position: relative;" width="305" /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div><div>And here's some hieroglyphic humor: <a href="http://writingwithaesop.blogspot.com/2013/12/emojis-as-hieroglyphics.html">Emojis as Hieroglyphics</a>.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><img border="0" height="313" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-79RgI_ovi_I/VJjrz6Z7NlI/AAAAAAABVKI/qfZmp7zmvjY/s1600/11.08.14%2B-%2B1.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #992211; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; position: relative;" width="400" /></div><div><br /></div><div>And a video from PBS: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRNVf-1M7xQ&list=PLrWYQjLLbXcgngLlqAJxoILEwXFaNrLVC&index=39&t=0s">Can You Speak Emoji?</a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vRNVf-1M7xQ" width="400"></iframe></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Finally, just for fun, here's Goodnight, Moon re-imagined for the pandemic: <a href="https://twitter.com/chris_harrod/status/1310008765190676482">Goodnight, Zoom</a>...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5tpt-tNVckM/X3EvGagamuI/AAAAAAACXyY/GM8BPNXkMK0rBzhxz7YmmRKCkpo1m520QCLcBGAsYHQ/s777/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-09-27%2Bat%2B8.31.38%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="777" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5tpt-tNVckM/X3EvGagamuI/AAAAAAACXyY/GM8BPNXkMK0rBzhxz7YmmRKCkpo1m520QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-09-27%2Bat%2B8.31.38%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><div><i>Check out the <a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia">Twitter stream</a> for information and fun stuff during the day, or <a href="http://ouclassannouncements.blogspot.com/search/label/current1">click here</a> for past announcements. </i></div></div></div></div><div><i><br /></i></div>Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732349248954848820.post-36430445964911632982021-04-30T01:00:00.045-04:002021-04-30T17:08:09.506-04:00Friday, April 30Today is <strong>Friday of Week 14</strong>. Yes, it really is Friday again! Here is a link to <b><a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/week14">Week 14</a></b> and also to <b><a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/week15">Week 15</a></b>. If you can finish up the class either today or over the weekend, that will give you time next week to prepare for finals in your other classes. Here's more info about <a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/w/page/44034097/gradingchart">finishing up in this class</a>.<br /><br /><strong><em>Class Procedures and Reminders</em></strong><br /><br /><strong>Project stack</strong>. I made good progress on the stack yesterday, and I should be able to reply to the rest of the Week 13 items today, plus as many of the Week 14 and Week 15 items as I can. Meanwhile, you can <a href="https://goo.gl/fajODr">check the stack</a> to make sure I got your project.<div><br /></div><div><b>Making your plan to finish up</b>. I hope everybody has a plan in place for the end-of-week Week 14 items plus any Week 15 items you need to reach your goal for the end of the semester (410 A, 360 B, 320 C). The class is over a week from today, on Friday, May 7, at noon, so if you normally do most of your work for the class over the weekend, make sure you build that into your plan. This weekend is the last weekend of the semester for this class!<br /><br /><strong><i>The following items are for fun and exploration</i></strong>:<br /><br /><b><a href="http://bloglines.mythfolklore.net/">Blog stream</a></b>. I thought this was so cool: for reading notes about Gaia and the whole idea of the Earth Goddess, Nhan included this animated gif of the earth in motion! <b><a href="https://nhanvu320.blogspot.com/2021/04/reading-notes-week-14-gaias-secret-part_27.html">Gaia's Secret</a></b>.<div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3NH1Z0sIh6Y/YItI1aPG8wI/AAAAAAACc0g/S2Y9-Oc4ATM_cEN-daVy9eO80cI4RhuVwCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/Rotating_earth_%2528large%2529.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3NH1Z0sIh6Y/YItI1aPG8wI/AAAAAAACc0g/S2Y9-Oc4ATM_cEN-daVy9eO80cI4RhuVwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Rotating_earth_%2528large%2529.gif" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia">Twitter stream</a></b>. Some gorgeous <a href="https://twitter.com/Chemburstudio/status/1133748327432896513">Durga art</a> from India: the goddess versus the water-buffalo demon.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z5y8xdqW67w/X8m36qEZecI/AAAAAAACYww/Lx0pY1cBonQBksCIpE2-Tys1st-3wG36QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1311/Screenshot%2B2020-12-03%2Bat%2B11.15.20%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="345" data-original-width="1311" height="105" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z5y8xdqW67w/X8m36qEZecI/AAAAAAACYww/Lx0pY1cBonQBksCIpE2-Tys1st-3wG36QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h105/Screenshot%2B2020-12-03%2Bat%2B11.15.20%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cDO7vgeTwtA/X8m4DIZcSKI/AAAAAAACYw0/C5hEG49Eg7YgzCOJUydM-3FzSr7JcDMBQCLcBGAsYHQ/s680/D7viE4jUEAAFX1V.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="680" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cDO7vgeTwtA/X8m4DIZcSKI/AAAAAAACYw0/C5hEG49Eg7YgzCOJUydM-3FzSr7JcDMBQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/D7viE4jUEAAFX1V.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><div>And if you're facing a time-crunch at the end of the semester, here's a fun <a href="http://oulbh.blogspot.com/2015/12/resource-procrastination-humor.html">procrastination flowchart</a> (<a href="https://i.imgur.com/Z26CLfj.jpeg">larger view</a>):</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-psToOMwyy1w/UpohOlEE6rI/AAAAAAAA76U/2jrNtLR03-g/s1600/procras400.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; color: #3778cd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" /></div><div><br /></div><div><strong><i>These are some items from the announcements back in Week 5:</i></strong><br /></div><div><strong><i><br /></i></strong></div><div><div>A great cartoon from <a href="https://twitter.com/grantdraws/status/1309849013538238465">Grant Snider</a> (see a <a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ei2EtHJWoAMLyLV?format=jpg&name=900x900">larger view</a>):</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ezDH4GGXKPY/X2_4Zk5xHKI/AAAAAAACXxE/MqTKonXjAEMH5xiRiYBepgHDbENOyR8SwCLcBGAsYHQ/s875/Screenshot%2B2020-09-26%2Bat%2B10.26.19%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="179" data-original-width="875" height="81" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ezDH4GGXKPY/X2_4Zk5xHKI/AAAAAAACXxE/MqTKonXjAEMH5xiRiYBepgHDbENOyR8SwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h81/Screenshot%2B2020-09-26%2Bat%2B10.26.19%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DNu4VMjU8wo/X2_46fH9amI/AAAAAAACXxM/3Bmn7Ogk4-MIqDAYgao076EXMu8rBVVpwCLcBGAsYHQ/s466/Ei2EtHJWoAMLyLV.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DNu4VMjU8wo/X2_46fH9amI/AAAAAAACXxM/3Bmn7Ogk4-MIqDAYgao076EXMu8rBVVpwCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Ei2EtHJWoAMLyLV.jpeg" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>And I thought this was hilarious: <a href="https://twitter.com/WrtrStat/status/1309530867535147008">hypnotic llama</a>!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a3TZrYavBSo/X26iPBDlIXI/AAAAAAACXvs/NwMA5D6-TLsYxAesB-05e8tBUynHdFlSQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1212/Screenshot%2B2020-09-25%2Bat%2B10.06.17%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="372" data-original-width="1212" height="122" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a3TZrYavBSo/X26iPBDlIXI/AAAAAAACXvs/NwMA5D6-TLsYxAesB-05e8tBUynHdFlSQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h122/Screenshot%2B2020-09-25%2Bat%2B10.06.17%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r0H-_Jp2H40/X26iatlvUFI/AAAAAAACXvw/WuibhubLQVIdKZJbZvAQjHEGVEHCOkCqACLcBGAsYHQ/s756/EixjYjFX0AE-y5P.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="756" height="225" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r0H-_Jp2H40/X26iatlvUFI/AAAAAAACXvw/WuibhubLQVIdKZJbZvAQjHEGVEHCOkCqACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h225/EixjYjFX0AE-y5P.png" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>Plus a video about <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmpDK-8ib2Y&index=77&list=PLrWYQjLLbXcjuA88ZGrH_ZcJpQZ6xGyOY&t=0s">mythical languages from Crash Course</a>:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qmpDK-8ib2Y" width="400"></iframe></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>And a writing video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry-NYbMEbgc&list=PLrWYQjLLbXcgngLlqAJxoILEwXFaNrLVC&index=11&t=0s">Grammar Lessons with Food</a>. Watch out for the man-eating chicken!</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ry-NYbMEbgc" width="400"></iframe></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><div>With a very cool <a href="http://writingwithaesop.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-15-punctuation-marks.html">punctuation infographic</a>; yes, the comma has too much to do, which is why it can be confusing about when to use, or not use, a comma. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="216" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WTkATx_PpFI/U-GkXQop44I/AAAAAAABO18/rgvvV6A1hz8/s1600/Infographic_Punctuation1.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #992211; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; position: relative;" width="400" /></div></div><div><br /></div><div>And yet another example of how <a href="https://twitter.com/MrsEdenELA/status/1309179924595564546">punctuation saves lives</a>:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UTFZYGR1ItY/X21TfPSLHQI/AAAAAAACXug/xjZ70IP1KDoX_cbh17iZbN6wYAwl7hxWACLcBGAsYHQ/s953/Screenshot%2B2020-09-24%2Bat%2B10.17.15%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="125" data-original-width="953" height="53" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UTFZYGR1ItY/X21TfPSLHQI/AAAAAAACXug/xjZ70IP1KDoX_cbh17iZbN6wYAwl7hxWACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h53/Screenshot%2B2020-09-24%2Bat%2B10.17.15%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i8C5fXUHFXY/X21TZ2TrUiI/AAAAAAACXuc/webL2ZbV4Z01kGcE5DU1YyLNb2eUqFH_ACLcBGAsYHQ/s512/EiskM9jXcAEzlJc.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="383" data-original-width="512" height="299" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i8C5fXUHFXY/X21TZ2TrUiI/AAAAAAACXuc/webL2ZbV4Z01kGcE5DU1YyLNb2eUqFH_ACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h299/EiskM9jXcAEzlJc.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><b>April 30: Walpurgis Night</b>. The night of April 30 is celebrated as Walpurgis Night in many countries of northern and central Europe, often with bonfires late into the night. The holiday is associated with magic and witchcraft, and it thus shows up in the Harry Potter books, where the Death-Eaters are referred to as the "Knights of Walpurgis." You can read more at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walpurgis_Night">Wikipedia</a>, and here the witches of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjUV-byB8ls">Wolfshagen im Harz</a> in Germany doing their Walpurgis dance; find out more here: <a href="https://www.amandalinettemeder.com/blog/witch-dance-the-wolfshger-hexenbrut-peter-fox-and-the-new-dance-craze">The Witch Dance</a>.<br /><br /><div align="center"><iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BjUV-byB8ls" width="400"></iframe><br /></div></div><div><br /><div><br /><i>Check out the <a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia">Twitter stream</a> for information and fun stuff during the day, or <a href="http://ouclassannouncements.blogspot.com/search/label/current1">click here</a> for past announcements.</i></div></div></div><div><i><br /></i></div>
</div>Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732349248954848820.post-74107710680008996562021-04-29T01:00:00.071-04:002021-05-05T19:47:56.754-04:00Thursday, April 29Today is <strong>Thursday of Week 14</strong>. Here is a link to <b><a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/week14">Week 14</a></b> and a link to <b><a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/week15">Week 15</a></b> also. That's all that's left of the semester! You can see how all the dates work here in the <b><a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/w/page/13815947/calendar">class calendar</a></b>.<br /><br /><strong><em>Class Procedures and Reminders</em></strong><br /><br /><b>Story Lab: Week 14 and 15</b>. For both this week and also next week, you can choose to do a new Story post at your blog, or you can do a Story Lab. If you have not looked at the microfiction options, I'd recommend giving that a try! You can learn about microfiction, or write your own, or revise some microfiction you wrote earlier.<div><br /><strong>Project Stack</strong>. If you turned in something before 9PM on Sunday, you should have gotten comments back from me, and I'll keep working on the Sunday items today. As always, you can <a href="https://goo.gl/fajODr">check the stack</a> to make sure I received your project.<div><br /><strong><i>The following items are for fun and exploration</i></strong>:<br /><br /><b><a href="http://bloglines.mythfolklore.net/">Blog stream</a></b>. Kat was reading the Kalevala unit in the Myth-Folklore class this week, and she included this gorgeous painting in her reading notes: <a href="http://katheroine.oucreate.com/reading-notes/week-14-reading-notes-vainamoinen-and-aino/">Väinämöinen and Aino</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RFfpPUCr9mA/YInY6Wj--PI/AAAAAAACcz0/ZOzqJGQWmAkWRIi5aZv3f6C_QkJpB1bvACLcBGAsYHQ/s994/Joseph_Alanen_-_Neiet_nietten_nenissa%25CC%2588.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="994" height="308" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RFfpPUCr9mA/YInY6Wj--PI/AAAAAAACcz0/ZOzqJGQWmAkWRIi5aZv3f6C_QkJpB1bvACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h308/Joseph_Alanen_-_Neiet_nietten_nenissa%25CC%2588.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia">Twitter stream</a></b>. Something new from the ever-wonderful <a href="https://twitter.com/grantdraws/status/1387055004872331264">Grant Snider</a> (<a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ez_PEVlWYAIjPGr?format=jpg&name=large">larger view</a>):</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CofjYivMRCY/YInZQn39aPI/AAAAAAACc0A/GpIqjLjSSUo6Ecgkud08PmTLh4gVS9G6QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1754/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-28%2Bat%2B5.52.55%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="436" data-original-width="1754" height="100" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CofjYivMRCY/YInZQn39aPI/AAAAAAACc0A/GpIqjLjSSUo6Ecgkud08PmTLh4gVS9G6QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h100/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-28%2Bat%2B5.52.55%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7WWw7-P-_Mw/YInZbT-0xII/AAAAAAACc0M/vhw0T4QAb2Ylk-OgbWfAIyNjyRM5BocCACLcBGAsYHQ/s500/Ez_PEVlWYAIjPGr.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7WWw7-P-_Mw/YInZbT-0xII/AAAAAAACc0M/vhw0T4QAb2Ylk-OgbWfAIyNjyRM5BocCACLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Ez_PEVlWYAIjPGr.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>If you are doing research for end-of-semester projects, this item might be useful; it's an OU Library tool for online browsing and research: <a href="http://www.oudaily.com/news/ou-libraries-adds-browser-extension-to-simplify-access-to-library-resources-regardless-of-physical-location/article_87dfa9b6-34f8-11eb-bab5-0fde23bf8807.html">Library Browser Extension</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1eocclwJvEY/X8hDwzYhmwI/AAAAAAACYwE/KaXrG9KCRMsyOOmsaTXZYYTLfJ2aIAE5wCLcBGAsYHQ/s627/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-12-02%2Bat%2B8.46.56%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="575" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1eocclwJvEY/X8hDwzYhmwI/AAAAAAACYwE/KaXrG9KCRMsyOOmsaTXZYYTLfJ2aIAE5wCLcBGAsYHQ/w366-h400/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-12-02%2Bat%2B8.46.56%2BPM.png" width="366" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Here's a gorgeous <a href="https://twitter.com/AmitGuha2020/status/1334201039898238976">Brahma sculpture</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnapore">Medinipur in West Bengal</a>:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Here's a cool animated gif with the zodiac wheel of the year!</div><div><br /></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">A wheel-shaped diagram featuring the 12 signs of the zodiac, from a 14th-century manuscript of the Breviari d'Amor (<a href="https://twitter.com/BLMedieval?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BLMedieval</a> Yates Thompson MS 31, f. 48v): <a href="https://t.co/xd1jIWJRpV">https://t.co/xd1jIWJRpV</a> <a href="https://t.co/hlgzDMy2LX">pic.twitter.com/hlgzDMy2LX</a></p>— Calum Cockburn (@CCockburn2) <a href="https://twitter.com/CCockburn2/status/1334179859829022724?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2020</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Plus some wisdom from <a href="https://twitter.com/tinybuddha/status/1333550141656211458">Tiny Buddha</a>:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U48xD-ogKsI/X8hFLIPYkYI/AAAAAAACYwY/OpC0PIrIEgoUvGSxMZheU-E-G9id2vkJACLcBGAsYHQ/s680/EoG4yO1XYAAt_O6.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="680" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U48xD-ogKsI/X8hFLIPYkYI/AAAAAAACYwY/OpC0PIrIEgoUvGSxMZheU-E-G9id2vkJACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/EoG4yO1XYAAt_O6.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><i>And here are some highlights from back in Week 4 of the semester:</i></strong><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><i><br /></i></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div>For those of you who are into gaming, check out these <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/551072?platform=hootsuite">ancient polyhedral dice</a>!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EqqR0ECi72c/YC20J4EJRHI/AAAAAAACbe0/rbU2k3-XEhEwlmMmzgjaKs5iIRtWvYVLgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1138/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-02-17%2Bat%2B7.25.34%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="258" data-original-width="1138" height="91" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EqqR0ECi72c/YC20J4EJRHI/AAAAAAACbe0/rbU2k3-XEhEwlmMmzgjaKs5iIRtWvYVLgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h91/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-02-17%2Bat%2B7.25.34%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zvyTVLZ5PFc/YC20bDqOGeI/AAAAAAACbe8/zisWMaKI-TQJzJKH_8Vaj_14OBWXVCGCQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1114/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-02-17%2Bat%2B7.27.05%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1114" height="385" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zvyTVLZ5PFc/YC20bDqOGeI/AAAAAAACbe8/zisWMaKI-TQJzJKH_8Vaj_14OBWXVCGCQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h385/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-02-17%2Bat%2B7.27.05%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div>And I thought <a href="https://twitter.com/Geistb0t/status/1306214172158562304">this tweet</a> was hilarious; I have this feeling about my writing all the time. I have a great idea and then... well...</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g46QalCyV4U/X2LKoL6KPxI/AAAAAAACXmg/s07ay7_aZ6U4ZZKV81KKQ6OkGbVtJYOgQCLcBGAsYHQ/s760/Screenshot%2B2020-09-16%2Bat%2B10.31.21%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="523" data-original-width="760" height="275" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g46QalCyV4U/X2LKoL6KPxI/AAAAAAACXmg/s07ay7_aZ6U4ZZKV81KKQ6OkGbVtJYOgQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h275/Screenshot%2B2020-09-16%2Bat%2B10.31.21%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div>Plus some breathing recalibration for this stressful time of the semester: <a href="http://oulbh.blogspot.com/2017/01/slow-three-seconds.html">practice slow breathing</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2cFYt3JGRtI/WHBmi8zfBwI/AAAAAAAByc8/sqCAzc_msYQUFXxvcCRIP_Jvv_irl8wKwCLcB/s1600/breathclock.gif" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; color: #3778cd; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div><b>April 29</b>. Today is the birthday of the Indian artist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_Ravi_Varma">Raja Ravi Varma</a>, who was born in 1848. Below you can see his depiction of <a href="http://ouocblog.blogspot.com/2015/07/image-of-day-rama-builds-bridge.html">Rama building the bridge to Lanka</a>, and you can check out the <a href="http://ouocblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Varma">Indian Epic Images</a> blog for more of Varma's work.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Li6y6zvJjyg/Va7rSs2_0pI/AAAAAAABcx4/ikEHl7oGMkw/s1600/ramabridge.png" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.098) 1px 1px 5px; color: #bb5321; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here is a video about restoring Varma's old paintings:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2y49xDY_1eM" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe></div><em><br /></em></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><i>Check out the <a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia">Twitter stream</a> for information and fun stuff during the day, or <a href="http://ouclassannouncements.blogspot.com/search/label/current1">click here</a> for past announcements. </i></div>
</div>Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732349248954848820.post-82432376086007843982021-04-28T01:00:00.044-04:002021-05-04T19:52:43.698-04:00Wednesday, April 28Today is <strong>Wednesday of Week 14</strong>. Here is a link to <b><a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/week14">Week 14</a></b>, plus a link to <b><a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/week15">Week 15</a></b>. More information about the schedule here: <a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/w/page/13815947/calendar">class calendar</a>, along with information about <a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/w/page/44034097/gradingchart">finishing up the class</a>. Let me know if you have any questions about any of that. :-)<br /><br /><strong><em>Class Procedures and Reminders</em></strong><br /><br /><strong>Project Stack</strong>. If you turned in something before noon on Sunday, you should have comments back from me, and I'll keep working on the Sunday items today. Meanwhile, you can always <a href="https://goo.gl/fajODr">check the stack</a> to make sure I received your project.<div><br /></div><div><b>Semester countdown</b>. Yes, the semester really is coming quickly to its end, with less than 10 days now until the end of this class. I made a countdown clock (<a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/w/page/128626506/countdown">it's a tech tip</a>) that counts down to the end of the semester:</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="tickcounter" data-id="2526247" data-type="countdown" style="height: 100px; margin: 0px auto; width: 400px;"><a href="//www.tickcounter.com/countdown/2526247/class-countdown" title="Class countdown:">Class countdown:</a><a href="//www.tickcounter.com/" title="Countdown">Countdown</a></div><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, pjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//www.tickcounter.com/static/js/loader.js"; pjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, pjs); }(document, "script", "tickcounter-sdk"));</script></div><div><br /><strong><i>The following items are for fun and exploration</i></strong>:<br /><br /><b><a href="http://bloglines.mythfolklore.net/">Blog stream</a></b>. Some of you in Myth-Folklore are reading classic European fairy tales this week, and Rachael found this lovely Cinderella (Aschenputtel) fountain to include in her notes: <a href="https://acesapart.blogspot.com/2021/04/reading-notes-brothers-grimm-crane-part.html">Reading Notes: Brothers Grimm</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zE4V43eBqms/YIiCd65Z7uI/AAAAAAACcyg/L81-2TNCNOMXn-tvOtTyIkXWgNi8ZUISgCLcBGAsYHQ/s922/1200px-Ma%25CC%2588rchenbrunnen_Aschenputtel.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="782" data-original-width="922" height="339" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zE4V43eBqms/YIiCd65Z7uI/AAAAAAACcyg/L81-2TNCNOMXn-tvOtTyIkXWgNi8ZUISgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h339/1200px-Ma%25CC%2588rchenbrunnen_Aschenputtel.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia">Twitter stream</a></b>. An amazing work of <a href="https://twitter.com/Archite_India/status/1331657554036920321">sculpture from India</a>:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vzt2z8fWzjA/X8b1fRTV0ZI/AAAAAAACYuM/F3oiddR-EfcC5laQNMTHpIIYeBbmincaACLcBGAsYHQ/s881/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-12-01%2Bat%2B9.00.56%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="401" data-original-width="881" height="183" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vzt2z8fWzjA/X8b1fRTV0ZI/AAAAAAACYuM/F3oiddR-EfcC5laQNMTHpIIYeBbmincaACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h183/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-12-01%2Bat%2B9.00.56%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--XsxD6VshL8/X8b1ngLE9gI/AAAAAAACYuU/4FL2gtnQChsKlcj-UqPiNYHvmuC91SzEQCLcBGAsYHQ/s473/Enr_fNzXYAMiHea.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="473" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--XsxD6VshL8/X8b1ngLE9gI/AAAAAAACYuU/4FL2gtnQChsKlcj-UqPiNYHvmuC91SzEQCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Enr_fNzXYAMiHea.jpeg" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div>Words from wisdom from <a href="https://twitter.com/theawkwardyeti/status/1333576754028548099">Awkward Yeti</a> for your impulsive heart:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-usM_Tc3Rw5g/X8b15z5kn-I/AAAAAAACYug/uijwSF6YslUClZXQlRUDPYZJVXM2RB6AwCLcBGAsYHQ/s700/EoHQ_QDXcAcgtaY.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="583" data-original-width="700" height="334" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-usM_Tc3Rw5g/X8b15z5kn-I/AAAAAAACYug/uijwSF6YslUClZXQlRUDPYZJVXM2RB6AwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h334/EoHQ_QDXcAcgtaY.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>And something lovely from <a href="https://twitter.com/dinoman_j/status/1333860673789497348">Dinoman</a>:<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sm5ewA8Ki6w/X8b2HxLbW-I/AAAAAAACYuk/fMKkq42jtl08yjAVsn9HG66ehjRwQbZ5wCLcBGAsYHQ/s900/d.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sm5ewA8Ki6w/X8b2HxLbW-I/AAAAAAACYuk/fMKkq42jtl08yjAVsn9HG66ehjRwQbZ5wCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/d.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><i><div style="font-weight: bold;"><strong><i><br /></i></strong></div><b>And here are some items from back in Week 3 </b>(I'm featuring an earlier week each day in the announcements as we finish up)<b>:</b></i><br /><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>An image from Luda's Storybook research post on Indian goddesses and the Coronavirus. Find out more at <a href="https://ludasepicjourney.blogspot.com/2021/02/topic-research.html">Luda's blog post</a>... and check out <a href="http://ouclassannouncements.blogspot.com/2021/04/tuesday-april-27.html">Hanuman carrying an oxygen tank</a> in yesterday's announcements too.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eHl9vyb0YHs/YCb5_LxveQI/AAAAAAACbYA/GSz1velOhcALfdDIn17l8A8cW-WDDU95QCLcBGAsYHQ/s541/goddessofcontagion.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="541" height="198" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eHl9vyb0YHs/YCb5_LxveQI/AAAAAAACbYA/GSz1velOhcALfdDIn17l8A8cW-WDDU95QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h198/goddessofcontagion.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Here's a <a href="https://theconversation.com/indias-goddesses-of-contagion-provide-protection-in-the-pandemic-just-dont-make-them-angry-139745">Conversation video</a> that goes with it:</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GVlCtWEV6FM" width="400"></iframe></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>This is a fun cartoon from <a href="https://twitter.com/fowlcomics" target="_blank">Fowl Comics</a> about the hard work that it takes to develop your art:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h2n1ECQLU74/X1rh-blSnyI/AAAAAAACXdk/DBLL0wD4yKgiHdFa22OzGfWWrDKGZ-YUgCLcBGAsYHQ/s999/Ehk1ORvWoAYUAag.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="800" height="500" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h2n1ECQLU74/X1rh-blSnyI/AAAAAAACXdk/DBLL0wD4yKgiHdFa22OzGfWWrDKGZ-YUgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h500/Ehk1ORvWoAYUAag.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div>For more inspiration, here is a wonderful StoryCorps video about <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okF5UGpivR8&index=24&t=0s&list=PLrWYQjLLbXcinSlIDzuKWSxh_XzkZP0_b" target="_blank">astronaut Ron McNair</a> (yes, the McNair Scholars program is named in his honor):</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/okF5UGpivR8" width="400"></iframe></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>Finally, some punctuation humor: <a href="https://twitter.com/SofiaAjram/status/1302392868447936517" target="_blank">The Demicolon</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YDxxwna-wlc/X1rjt2fVQlI/AAAAAAACXdw/5LkujFsIjXA2UiH3N77ChoszYJUVt_6AQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/EhMHYxxWkAAPfZa.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1198" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YDxxwna-wlc/X1rjt2fVQlI/AAAAAAACXdw/5LkujFsIjXA2UiH3N77ChoszYJUVt_6AQCLcBGAsYHQ/w399-h400/EhMHYxxWkAAPfZa.jpeg" width="399" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><b>April 28: Terry Pratchett</b>. Today is the birthday of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Pratchett">Terry Pratchett</a>, one of my own favorite authors, best known for his <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discworld">Discworld fantasy series of novels</a>. After being diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's, Pratchett died in 2015; you can find out more about his life and career at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Pratchett">Wikipedia</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="590" height="236" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-B7HKIfI_oBE/WqYIxYKGH2I/AAAAAAAB76Q/7YkG1UtRj6Y4sRQqBZOdFXNJEmn90DcXgCLcBGAs/s400/Dead-66-Sir-Terry-Pratchett-Alzheimers-Research-Trust-563535.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #992211; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; font-weight: 700; position: relative;" width="400" /></div><br />This image comes from an obituary: <a href="https://literaturerun.wordpress.com/2015/03/13/we-love-you-terry-pratchett-2/">We Love You, Terry Pratchett</a>.<br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="547" data-original-width="547" height="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wU0Ru5iUQ5A/WqYIlBnBiOI/AAAAAAAB76M/99V7nYz4qlUcA3ECFAX-SYfQ_J7tfS4iwCLcBGAs/s400/terry-pratchett.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #992211; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; font-weight: 700; position: relative;" width="400" /></div><br />Here is a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0d0-bUrNF4">BBC news tribute</a> on his passing:<br /><br /><div align="center"><iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/P0d0-bUrNF4" width="400"></iframe></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><i>Check out the <a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia">Twitter stream</a> for information and fun stuff during the day, or <a href="http://ouclassannouncements.blogspot.com/search/label/current1">click here</a> for past announcements. </i></div>
</div>Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732349248954848820.post-8625219943984366402021-04-27T01:00:00.075-04:002021-05-03T20:17:35.697-04:00Tuesday, April 27Today is <strong>Tuesday </strong><b>of</b><strong> Week 14</strong>. Here is a link to <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/8732349248954848820/8793243230128336084#">Week 14</a> and also <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/8732349248954848820/8793243230128336084#">Week 15</a>. It's now European reading in Myth-Folklore, with more free choice reading in Indian Epics. I hope you will enjoy this week's reading!<br /><br /><strong><em>Class Procedures and Reminders</em></strong><br /><br /><b>Project Stack.</b> As always you can <a href="https://goo.gl/fajODr">check the stack</a> to make sure I received your project. Yesterday, I replied to all the projects from last week, and today I'll start working on the Saturday items.<br /><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Eval.ou.edu</b>. The course evaluations are available now at <b><a href="http://eval.ou.edu/">eval.ou.edu</a></b>. Your feedback is especially important right now as the university is trying to decide what aspects of online courses are useful for the future (not just during a pandemic).<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qFTzbqbrhIw/Xp5OoNL1UII/AAAAAAACU3A/PBk8XZnbEKgtOWh8wL6ra0yjLtUesBrEgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/logo%2B%25281%2529.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="101" data-original-width="341" height="118" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qFTzbqbrhIw/Xp5OoNL1UII/AAAAAAACU3A/PBk8XZnbEKgtOWh8wL6ra0yjLtUesBrEgCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/logo%2B%25281%2529.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><strong><i>The following items are for fun and exploration</i></strong>:<br /><br /><b><a href="http://bloglines.mythfolklore.net/">Blog stream</a></b>. There are a lot of fun social media generators tools online, and Connor used one to create a Mahabharata story: <a href="http://connormcneely.com/week-13/fake-social-media-generator/">Fake Social Media Generator</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A7RSyqAWNcs/YIbkYtDq_GI/AAAAAAACcxk/FGBS2jQl-PIP73O7y5JR1OCftvUdAs1ZACLcBGAsYHQ/s1024/aHR0cDovL2Nvbm5vcm1jbmVlbHkuY29tL3dwLWNvbnRlbnQvdXBsb2Fkcy8yMDIxLzA0L3plb29iLmNvbV82OXc1NDNhb3NyX3Bob3RvLTQzMngxMDI0LnBuZw.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="432" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A7RSyqAWNcs/YIbkYtDq_GI/AAAAAAACcxk/FGBS2jQl-PIP73O7y5JR1OCftvUdAs1ZACLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/aHR0cDovL2Nvbm5vcm1jbmVlbHkuY29tL3dwLWNvbnRlbnQvdXBsb2Fkcy8yMDIxLzA0L3plb29iLmNvbV82OXc1NDNhb3NyX3Bob3RvLTQzMngxMDI0LnBuZw.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia">Twitter stream</a></b>. Some good <a href="https://twitter.com/tiffanyshlain/status/1333585273590927361">pandemic advice</a> via the New York Times: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/02/well/mind/election-anxiety-stress-relief-calm.html?referringSource=articleShare">10 Ways to Calm Down</a>... and also good advice for what can be a stressful time of the semester too:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O2vyQ7F6fa4/X8XC013xMTI/AAAAAAACYtI/4cL3OYV20sotoGPXIq5clogHb-6TPv6gQCLcBGAsYHQ/s611/Screenshot%2B2020-11-30%2Bat%2B11.12.46%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="611" height="319" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O2vyQ7F6fa4/X8XC013xMTI/AAAAAAACYtI/4cL3OYV20sotoGPXIq5clogHb-6TPv6gQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h319/Screenshot%2B2020-11-30%2Bat%2B11.12.46%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>And from <a href="https://twitter.com/scroll_in/status/1333523699300003849">Scroll.in</a>, a fascinating piece that involves Ravana (a character familiar to everyone in Indian Epics): <a href="https://scroll.in/magazine/975003/how-to-destroy-enemies-and-walk-on-water-according-to-old-indian-magic-texts">Indian magic texts</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TB41YSh_nGU/X8XDu9qBK-I/AAAAAAACYtQ/y8OtL0jGsWILdq3rtEtrLRMQ3eHnTuq0wCLcBGAsYHQ/s755/Screenshot%2B2020-11-30%2Bat%2B11.16.40%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="755" data-original-width="700" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TB41YSh_nGU/X8XDu9qBK-I/AAAAAAACYtQ/y8OtL0jGsWILdq3rtEtrLRMQ3eHnTuq0wCLcBGAsYHQ/w371-h400/Screenshot%2B2020-11-30%2Bat%2B11.16.40%2BPM.png" width="371" /></a></div></div><br /><div><div>Plus some advice from the world of proverbs: <a href="https://goproverbs.blogspot.com/2012/03/poster-full-cup.html">The fuller the cup, the sooner the spill</a>. Don't keep your cup too full... literally and metaphorically! :-)</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/0bg82RuMoSS-qWVWSPEyuVeZDtHxlxM1COL_zjAyUlYwLOdDCVVZyXQElDiG3L65h_3d4ZqvQQoOPpWUVJ7qCV4MZxAZ23rAitlk9Jk=s0-d" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" width="400" /></div></div><div><br /></div><div>And don't sweat the mistakes: that's <a href="https://goproverbs.blogspot.com/2012/03/poster-they-make-erasers.html">why they make erasers</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/zW1qZqdM0IR_Bo2rMyUdjYVIYljSKv766Qy3nht8HEys1vJYQnbLTPt0dwlugyuZV3qMP11QyKoSISwanIK4jKh88i2UAd6yzhQFt38=s0-d" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" width="400" /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b><i>And here are some items from Week 2 of announcements, back again just for fun:</i></b></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Something beautiful from one of my favorite cartoonists, Ricardo Siri, a.k.a. <b><a href="https://twitter.com/linierscartoon/status/1357209414705512448">Liniers</a></b>. Reading as yoga! (<a href="https://twitter.com/linierscartoon/status/1357209414705512448">larger view</a>)</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PT9yd4ba80E/YByQx3KI9zI/AAAAAAACbOU/YrQNUw1L7e8o4TdOWVLk1D3pQsXE4-qDwCLcBGAsYHQ/s980/EtXGxNoXYAARjqA.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="339" data-original-width="980" height="139" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PT9yd4ba80E/YByQx3KI9zI/AAAAAAACbOU/YrQNUw1L7e8o4TdOWVLk1D3pQsXE4-qDwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h139/EtXGxNoXYAARjqA.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div>And here is some procrastination humor from the classic pair of tortoise-and-hare as imagined in the world of <a href="https://twitter.com/PDLComics/status/1235982771652198406">Poorly Drawn Lines</a>. (<a href="https://twitter.com/PDLComics/status/1235982771652198406">larger view</a>)</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QwSCKhHvidA/YByR1eCCt5I/AAAAAAACbOo/aDJabGHtmQYymmdUNmsdXmODRr2BejJjwCLcBGAsYHQ/s700/EScXi28UEAACp7E.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="700" height="351" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QwSCKhHvidA/YByR1eCCt5I/AAAAAAACbOo/aDJabGHtmQYymmdUNmsdXmODRr2BejJjwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h351/EScXi28UEAACp7E.png" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>And here's a thought to inspire your writing: <a href="http://writingwithaesop.blogspot.com/2017/12/start-writing.html">Just start writing!</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="592" data-original-width="693" height="341" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-l3F6hmszzmg/WkgQ10KOWmI/AAAAAAAB6jk/UlagwTlAAM87P8LPdgS5_Oeqf-K7xJZSQCLcBGAs/s400/startwriting.jpeg" style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #992211; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; position: relative;" width="400" /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>April 8: </b><b>Hanuman Jayanti</b>. Today is the festival of Hanuman Jayanti, which commemorates the birth of the monkey-god Hanuman. You can find out more about Hanuman at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanuman">Wikipedia</a>. The image below is a greeting card for Hanuman Jayanti, showing Hanuman as he carries the Medicine Hill... and follow Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23hanumanjayanti&src=typd&f=live&vertical=default">#HanumanJayanti</a> for more.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" height="289" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454045797197066882" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uekyjQXowno/S7CpwXqksoI/AAAAAAAAElM/XooJtBcTgRc/s400/Screen+shot+2010-03-29+at+9.22.21+AM.png" style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #992211; display: block; font-weight: 700; height: 289px; margin: 0px auto 10px; position: relative; width: 400px;" width="400" /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">This is a terrible time for India right now, and many people are tweeting their hopes that Hanuman will bring medicine to<a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23hanumanjayanti%20covid&src=typed_query&f=live"> save people from the COVID</a>:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IQmOW3P0Pn4/YIeZXq6V41I/AAAAAAACcx0/Q2fJ2oFshQAMrWOV4p3QTKxFvCyPHm1KQCLcBGAsYHQ/s676/Screenshot%2B2021-04-27%2B12.55.13%2BAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="415" data-original-width="676" height="245" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IQmOW3P0Pn4/YIeZXq6V41I/AAAAAAACcx0/Q2fJ2oFshQAMrWOV4p3QTKxFvCyPHm1KQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h245/Screenshot%2B2021-04-27%2B12.55.13%2BAM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4NWWQPu6Adc/YIeZQwhKyGI/AAAAAAACcxw/3tMkBRpgzzkVM9q4ryujyAqCvmZFk1-_QCLcBGAsYHQ/s680/Ez9GJimVkAIEbrR.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="680" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4NWWQPu6Adc/YIeZQwhKyGI/AAAAAAACcxw/3tMkBRpgzzkVM9q4ryujyAqCvmZFk1-_QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/Ez9GJimVkAIEbrR.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here's a video about the holiday:</div><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YvYzkqMueBQ" width="400"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">Plus a video in honor of Hanuman by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swC1kOHQGu8">MC Yogi and Krishna Das</a>:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/swC1kOHQGu8" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe></div><div><br /><i>Check out the <a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia">Twitter stream</a> for information and fun stuff during the day, or <a href="http://ouclassannouncements.blogspot.com/search/label/current1">click here</a> for past announcements.</i></div>
</div></div>Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732349248954848820.post-27053906040703847872021-04-26T01:00:00.047-04:002021-05-02T16:32:59.990-04:00Monday, April 26Today is <strong>Monday of Week 14</strong>. I hope you had a wonderful weekend! Here is a link to <b><a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/week14">Week 14</a></b>, plus a link to <b><a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/week13">Week 13</a></b> if you are using the grace period this morning... and a link to <b><a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/w/page/88125112/week15">Week 15</a></b> if you are ready to use any of those assignments to finish up.<br /><br /><strong><em>Class Procedures and Reminders</em></strong><br /><br /><b>Last week of class. </b>Yes, this is it: Week 14 is the last full week of class, although there is also a Week 15 with a complete range of assignments too, but Week 15 runs just through Friday, May 7 at noon. So, make sure you make good use of this week and have a plan in place for finishing up.<br /><br /><strong>Project Stack</strong>. As usual, the stack is big on Monday, and I'll be working through the projects in the order turned in. Meanwhile, you can <a href="https://goo.gl/fajODr">check the stack</a> to make sure I received your project.<br /><br /><strong><i>The following items are for fun and exploration</i></strong>:<br /><br /><b><a href="http://bloglines.mythfolklore.net/">Blog stream</a></b>. All kinds of good microfiction happening in people's blogs; here's one from Isha about a would-be trickster wolf: <b><a href="https://ishapatell.blogspot.com/2021/04/week-14-storylab-microfiction-heart-of.html">The Heart of a Wolf</a></b>.<div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GTOJBO1JYfA/YIWOzvC-mNI/AAAAAAACcuk/LuMFuSWKfm841wSQ4n7YTnmBkhrN1HzVQCLcBGAsYHQ/s386/6970857977_836fa6c42f_b.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="258" data-original-width="386" height="268" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GTOJBO1JYfA/YIWOzvC-mNI/AAAAAAACcuk/LuMFuSWKfm841wSQ4n7YTnmBkhrN1HzVQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h268/6970857977_836fa6c42f_b.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div><b><a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia">Twitter stream</a></b>. From <a href="https://twitter.com/scroll_in/status/1333075747745845249">Scroll.in</a>, something about the Buddhist jatakas (which were a reading option for both classes; Isha'a microfiction above is inspired by a jataka story): <a href="https://scroll.in/article/978670/the-burmese-harp-and-the-tales-of-the-buddhas-previous-lives">The Burmese harp and the tales of the Buddha’s previous lives</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pgS-944gZlc/X8Rk4zMFmhI/AAAAAAACYso/vx1DYEsKYj4Xo5ZTRkp_KQheIsiLjrbsQCLcBGAsYHQ/s834/Screenshot%2B2020-11-29%2Bat%2B10.19.34%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="661" data-original-width="834" height="318" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pgS-944gZlc/X8Rk4zMFmhI/AAAAAAACYso/vx1DYEsKYj4Xo5ZTRkp_KQheIsiLjrbsQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h318/Screenshot%2B2020-11-29%2Bat%2B10.19.34%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>From the <a href="https://twitter.com/librarycongress/status/1332414167513489410">Library of Congress</a>, a poem by Joe Dale Tate Nevaquaya (Comanche/Yuchi)... yes, recorded in Norman! Here he read his poem: <a href="https://loc.gov/item/2020785223/?loclr=twloc&loclr=fbloc">In the Field</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bTgD-pjmNGI/X8RmT8_x-FI/AAAAAAACYsw/zCpTjlJ6SfopiBNaPF64cuWF80A_mq09gCLcBGAsYHQ/s696/Screenshot%2B2020-11-29%2Bat%2B10.25.48%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="696" height="368" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bTgD-pjmNGI/X8RmT8_x-FI/AAAAAAACYsw/zCpTjlJ6SfopiBNaPF64cuWF80A_mq09gCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h368/Screenshot%2B2020-11-29%2Bat%2B10.25.48%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>The <a href="https://twitter.com/dinoman_j/status/1332761138719838210">end-of-semester paradox</a>!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eSbjHmX07Uw/X8RjhoDZsNI/AAAAAAACYsg/zgVoZdGROxQdb3qPX60gGeHUZHSfpxrfgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1075/Screenshot%2B2020-11-29%2Bat%2B10.13.33%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="626" data-original-width="1075" height="233" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eSbjHmX07Uw/X8RjhoDZsNI/AAAAAAACYsg/zgVoZdGROxQdb3qPX60gGeHUZHSfpxrfgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h233/Screenshot%2B2020-11-29%2Bat%2B10.13.33%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>And remember: <a href="https://twitter.com/oulingclub/status/1067805744202944519">finished is better than perfect</a>!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="779" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sAny_lPPymY/XALU1GA03FI/AAAAAAAB_6A/BVFFym51IWcwVJt3uW6StjSgJcrxzonsgCLcBGAs/s400/horse.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; color: #4d469c; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="385" /></div><div><br /></div><div><i><b>And here are some items from the first week of announcements, back again just for fun:</b></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>Some thoughts to inspire you from the writer <b><a href="http://writingwithaesop.blogspot.com/2018/01/i-want-people-to-imagine.html">Neil Gaiman</a></b> about the power of imagination:<div style="text-align: center;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="540" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YH3MHzecYuo/Wlq_QuI67KI/AAAAAAAB6w0/l0s7FKeGMCojHFyQ9KpzCaAZSbhF4n2_ACLcBGAs/s1600/14284_435112946_32704811.jpeg" style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #992211; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; position: relative;" width="400" /></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Power of imagination is what brings us Coffee-Superhero (from <b><a href="https://twitter.com/theawkwardyeti/status/1298639158454386689">Nick Seluk</a></b>):<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7Lw1Odw3WiU/X0hxKxAX9GI/AAAAAAACXSU/eVd-iFNos2wPFvK2a4yykFM-ywGo3xe8gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/coffee.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7Lw1Odw3WiU/X0hxKxAX9GI/AAAAAAACXSU/eVd-iFNos2wPFvK2a4yykFM-ywGo3xe8gCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/coffee.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>And, yes, memes are about imagination too. <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Zyswk07vg&list=PLrWYQjLLbXcgngLlqAJxoILEwXFaNrLVC&index=42&t=0s">Are LOLCats and Internet Memes Art?</a> </b>(no surprise: I think the answer is YES!)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/b9Zyswk07vg" width="400"></iframe></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>For some musical encouragement, here's Shakira: <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6rP-YP4c5I&index=15&t=0s&list=PLrWYQjLLbXcinSlIDzuKWSxh_XzkZP0_b">Try Everything</a></b>.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/c6rP-YP4c5I" style="text-align: start;" width="400"></iframe></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>April 26: Jet Li</b>. Today is the birthday of Jet Li, a Chinese martial arts master and film star, who was born in 1963. Happy Birthday, Jet Li! You can read more about Jet Li's life and career in this <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_Li">Wikipedia</a> article. Jet Li has made some wonderful movies with mythological and legendary themes. For children and adults alike, there is <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Forbidden_Kingdom">The Forbidden Kingdom</a></i>, in which he plays the Monkey King (and the Silent Monk), with Jackie Chan as his costar.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ydPuK8CIoFw/WuEY7GMwPGI/AAAAAAAB8s8/MaHne3CsIiwtPEr984giqLhZbLkFf2d4QCLcBGAs/s1600/2454798917_46564c48de.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="500" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ydPuK8CIoFw/WuEY7GMwPGI/AAAAAAAB8s8/MaHne3CsIiwtPEr984giqLhZbLkFf2d4QCLcBGAs/s400/2454798917_46564c48de.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2o9rv1SN1HY" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div><div><i>Check out the <a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia">Twitter stream</a> for information and fun stuff during the day, or <a href="http://ouclassannouncements.blogspot.com/search/label/current1">click here</a> for past announcements. </i></div></div><div><i><br /></i></div>
</div>Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732349248954848820.post-2015018573642795132021-04-24T01:00:00.059-04:002021-04-30T17:08:17.263-04:00Saturday, April 24<b>HAPPY WEEKEND! </b>It's the weekend of <b>Week 13</b>. Here is a link to <a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/week13">Week 13</a>. For those of you are working ahead to finish up, here's a link to <a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/week14">Week 14</a>, plus a link to <a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/w/page/88125112/week15">Week 15</a> too.<br /><br /><strong><em>Class Procedures and Reminders</em></strong><br /><br /><b>Microfiction for extra credit</b>. I would like to encourage everybody to give the <b><a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/w/page/103903731/week14#extra">microfiction option a try for extra credit</a></b> if you have time this weekend, or to do that as a Story Lab in Week 14. Next week I'll start setting up an anthology book we can publish together for anyone who is interested in that; here's the <b><a href="http://Anthology.LauraGibbs.net">Anthology</a></b> the Fall semester students created. I hope we can do something like that again in these final weeks of the semester!<br /><br /><b>Project Stack</b>. As people turn in projects, I'll update the stack periodically so you can <a href="https://goo.gl/fajODr">check the stack</a> to make sure I got yours. Then on Monday I'll start replying to the assignments in the stack based on the order in which they were turned in.<br /><br /><strong><i>The following items are for fun and exploration</i></strong>:<br /><br /><b><a href="http://bloglines.mythfolklore.net/">Blog stream</a></b>. People share such great inspirational memes and gifs at their blogs and in the Padlet; I really liked this one from Lauren's famous last words post: <a href="https://mythologicalscribbles.blogspot.com/2021/04/famous-last-words-getting-ready-for-my.html">Getting Ready For My Future</a>.<div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MXEDkKF7ovQ/YIN_kvzxBrI/AAAAAAACcr4/Mg1qtYPwersD2NgWooEu694OsNRTxEYCACLcBGAsYHQ/s330/Words-of-encouragement-ourmindfullife.com-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="245" data-original-width="330" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MXEDkKF7ovQ/YIN_kvzxBrI/AAAAAAACcr4/Mg1qtYPwersD2NgWooEu694OsNRTxEYCACLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Words-of-encouragement-ourmindfullife.com-1.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia">Twitter stream</a></b>. This is from <a href="https://twitter.com/mattcstock/status/1385593074772893705">Matt Stock</a>, librarian in OU's Fine Arts Library, sharing some student art that they've installed in the library:</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1q6P2yDwBZE/YIOATREwLQI/AAAAAAACcsA/ifnigUPrOXoUuDzfcH4RCm1VNJ1zvcvMQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1316/Screenshot%2B2021-04-23%2B10.19.35%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="436" data-original-width="1316" height="133" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1q6P2yDwBZE/YIOATREwLQI/AAAAAAACcsA/ifnigUPrOXoUuDzfcH4RCm1VNJ1zvcvMQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h133/Screenshot%2B2021-04-23%2B10.19.35%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PjSVUEIfqc4/YIOAxI3bvbI/AAAAAAACcsM/Su9XkmyCw38jNrYf3PgyaJFSfm7IytCCwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1037/1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1037" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PjSVUEIfqc4/YIOAxI3bvbI/AAAAAAACcsM/Su9XkmyCw38jNrYf3PgyaJFSfm7IytCCwCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/1.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YVAakQYGK5Q/YIOAxPhvaHI/AAAAAAACcsI/Bv2_lqONnro6xGgksRQFANpT0jiZJNpjwCLcBGAsYHQ/s653/2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="653" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YVAakQYGK5Q/YIOAxPhvaHI/AAAAAAACcsI/Bv2_lqONnro6xGgksRQFANpT0jiZJNpjwCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/2.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div><div>Here's an Uncle Pai quote from ACK Twitter:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jzG4GleMrf0/X1wn_xFeSbI/AAAAAAACXeo/P2_ZTVDmzPQw3iyRgpZgvEUu9LoLsq3AgCLcBGAsYHQ/s695/Screenshot%2B2020-09-11%2Bat%2B9.43.27%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="156" data-original-width="695" height="90" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jzG4GleMrf0/X1wn_xFeSbI/AAAAAAACXeo/P2_ZTVDmzPQw3iyRgpZgvEUu9LoLsq3AgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h90/Screenshot%2B2020-09-11%2Bat%2B9.43.27%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CEDiINz3ABc/X1wn7VK2drI/AAAAAAACXek/f-E5c0kFwhE1i7taLUDW3b4Cl-LYZD9ZQCLcBGAsYHQ/s680/EhpGl-dU4AE0DWR.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="680" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CEDiINz3ABc/X1wn7VK2drI/AAAAAAACXek/f-E5c0kFwhE1i7taLUDW3b4Cl-LYZD9ZQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/EhpGl-dU4AE0DWR.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>And a lovely essay about creative integration that I saw in the <a href="https://twitter.com/aeonmag/status/1304555439670145027" target="_blank">Aeon</a> Twitter feed: <a href="https://psyche.co/ideas/to-be-creative-chinese-philosophy-teaches-us-to-abandon-originality" target="_blank">To be creative, Chinese philosophy teaches us to abandon ‘originality’</a> by Julianne Chung.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r8RbWUP3OIY/X1wm-cfbOoI/AAAAAAACXeU/RgoaB9TNAoIAG5_1gGFKmjjmiwAxE10sQCLcBGAsYHQ/s704/Screenshot%2B2020-09-11%2Bat%2B9.39.32%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="498" data-original-width="704" height="283" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r8RbWUP3OIY/X1wm-cfbOoI/AAAAAAACXeU/RgoaB9TNAoIAG5_1gGFKmjjmiwAxE10sQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h283/Screenshot%2B2020-09-11%2Bat%2B9.39.32%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div>There are old Latin proverbs, and also modern ones, like this saying that Rowling invented for as a motto for Hogwarts: Never tickle a sleeping dragon. <i>Draco dormiens numquam titillandus</i>.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vMmlhpJKWPk/WH7ZxADM4oI/AAAAAAABy6s/TJD55QSA5ZEAkNz9yz2PjWp5kfSf6QI0gCLcB/s1600/sleepingdragon%2B%25281%2529.jpg" style="background-color: white; color: #771100; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="301" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vMmlhpJKWPk/WH7ZxADM4oI/AAAAAAABy6s/TJD55QSA5ZEAkNz9yz2PjWp5kfSf6QI0gCLcB/s400/sleepingdragon%2B%25281%2529.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Here's a fun video for Saturday night (spent with a book): <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6zcIFUvdJ0&list=PLrWYQjLLbXci3kvG8y9IsC9hzVdD9miyo&index=33&t=0s" target="_blank">Unread Book</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/J6zcIFUvdJ0" width="400"></iframe></div><div><br /></div>A wonderful quote from <a href="http://oulbh.blogspot.com/2016/06/a-mind-needs-books.html" target="_blank">Game of Thrones</a>: <i>A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone if it is to keep its edge. That is why I read so much.</i><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1D8tPcfo5Kw/V3LYbAedhKI/AAAAAAABpcY/fTKZrgqknJc-u9i31ILjhOwQI-JuckvggCLcB/s400/ZqMzHlT.png" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; color: #3778cd; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></div><div><br /><div><div><div><div><b>April 24: Library of Congress</b>. Saturday is the birthday of the Library of Congress! The Library was created in the year 1800 when President John Adams signed a law to appropriate $5,000 to purchase "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress." Find out more at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress">Wikipedia</a>. This shows the <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/travelationship/16648434502/sizes/l/">Reading Room</a>:</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UfSVab4YnTI/Wt_XIfWixhI/AAAAAAAB8rs/49L2dN96ywkJwxLUuWaw7CrtdAjqxqATgCLcBGAs/s1600/Dbi_XidWkAAyHYu.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="465" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UfSVab4YnTI/Wt_XIfWixhI/AAAAAAAB8rs/49L2dN96ywkJwxLUuWaw7CrtdAjqxqATgCLcBGAs/s1600/Dbi_XidWkAAyHYu.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">And <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63Ze_bpATac">here's a video</a></b>:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/63Ze_bpATac" width="400"></iframe></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><div><div><b>April 25: Marconi</b>. Sunday marks the birthday of Guglielmo Marconi in 1874, one of the great pioneers of radio. And here's a video about the greatness of radio: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uOw490gAxg">Gardner Campbell on Radio Redux</a> (I was in the audience for this one, so one of the people you hear cheering when he talks about DS106 Radio would be me).</div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div align="center"><iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1uOw490gAxg" width="400"></iframe></div></div><div><em><br /></em></div></div><br /><i>Check out the <a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia">Twitter stream</a> for information and fun stuff during the day, or <a href="http://ouclassannouncements.blogspot.com/search/label/current1">click here</a> for past announcements. </i></div></div>
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Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732349248954848820.post-44000829177004755962021-04-23T01:00:00.067-04:002021-04-29T19:52:42.000-04:00Friday, April 23Yes, you made it to another <b>FRIDAY</b>. It is the end of <a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/week13">Week 13</a>. For those of you are working ahead to finish up, here's a link to <a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/week14">Week 14</a>, plus a link to <a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/w/page/88125112/week15">Week 15</a> too.<br /><br /><strong><em>Class Procedures and Reminders</em></strong><br /><div><div><br /></div><div><strong>Project Stack</strong>. Yesterday I replied to all the projects turned in on Sunday, today I'll get to the rest of the Week 12 items in the stack, plus as much of the Week 13-14-15 items as I can too. As always, you can <a href="https://goo.gl/fajODr">check the stack</a> to make sure I received your project form. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Mix-and-match</b>. As you finish up the class, you can mix-and-match any of the remaining assignments to get to your goal (410 A, 360 B, 320 C), so you can focus on what you are most interested in, whether that is working on your project, or more reading, microfiction, exploring the extra credit... whatever combination works best for you.<br /><br /><strong><i>The following items are for fun and exploration</i></strong>:<br /><br /><b><a href="http://bloglines.mythfolklore.net/">Blog stream</a></b>. I'm having so much fun looking at different microfiction experiments people are writing in their blogs; here is Jennifer's take on three different water goddesses: <a href="https://jdbmf.blogspot.com/2021/04/week-13-microfiction-story-water.html">Water Goddesses from Different Cultures</a>, including Mazu, goddess of Chinese sailors, shown here:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cTo0-bWP4O8/YIIvynEUiJI/AAAAAAACcrc/HzCbVHWWwx8uT9Bp_qideZUeOO_IS2QZgCLcBGAsYHQ/s809/goddess.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="809" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cTo0-bWP4O8/YIIvynEUiJI/AAAAAAACcrc/HzCbVHWWwx8uT9Bp_qideZUeOO_IS2QZgCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/goddess.jpg" /></a></div><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia">Twitter stream</a></b>. There was lots of great stuff at Twitter for Earth Day, and here's something from Amar Chitra Katha comics:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W-URaQH8fQU/YIIwV0jDO2I/AAAAAAACcrk/NBKi_lrN2yQ13cPpAEkv0JpI_53GmDBIACLcBGAsYHQ/s1088/Screenshot%2B2021-04-22%2B10.26.18%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="557" data-original-width="1088" height="205" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W-URaQH8fQU/YIIwV0jDO2I/AAAAAAACcrk/NBKi_lrN2yQ13cPpAEkv0JpI_53GmDBIACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h205/Screenshot%2B2021-04-22%2B10.26.18%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wkWDP-awMGM/YIIwdm4FPjI/AAAAAAACcro/rcXa2BMLRkEGuA1aCET_93OjUNvfDRIVwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/EzjmDrVUYAAbwSH.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wkWDP-awMGM/YIIwdm4FPjI/AAAAAAACcro/rcXa2BMLRkEGuA1aCET_93OjUNvfDRIVwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/EzjmDrVUYAAbwSH.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And here's Gurdeep planting seeds of joy for spring:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Hello Spring! <a href="https://twitter.com/GurdeepPandher?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GurdeepPandher</a> plants seeds of positivity with some Bhangra: <a href="https://t.co/A2x9xnUeDP">https://t.co/A2x9xnUeDP</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HelloSpringCBC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HelloSpringCBC</a> <a href="https://t.co/eKp8h6s39V">pic.twitter.com/eKp8h6s39V</a></p>— CBC Arts (@CBCArts) <a href="https://twitter.com/CBCArts/status/1384885916855058435?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 21, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Something beautiful from India: <a href="https://twitter.com/hemantsarin/status/1329524246339469313">Panchmukhi (Five-Faced) Shiva</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Plus a gorgeous <a href="https://twitter.com/JohanOosterman/status/1329557714935091200">Noah's Ark</a>:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-du0gtsaLv3A/X7cv8AZPqqI/AAAAAAACYo4/7lG9SArGnF8NhPMc6NZapcwSDwyfp2t9wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1089/Screenshot%2B2020-11-19%2Bat%2B9.52.45%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="1089" height="156" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-du0gtsaLv3A/X7cv8AZPqqI/AAAAAAACYo4/7lG9SArGnF8NhPMc6NZapcwSDwyfp2t9wCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h156/Screenshot%2B2020-11-19%2Bat%2B9.52.45%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-piC5XsifSR0/X7cvrzSN4WI/AAAAAAACYow/7xT5yt7DUP8Rc1x2FFi203BHLunAlAjZwCLcBGAsYHQ/s838/EnOJarwXUAAhyqO.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="838" data-original-width="736" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-piC5XsifSR0/X7cvrzSN4WI/AAAAAAACYow/7xT5yt7DUP8Rc1x2FFi203BHLunAlAjZwCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/EnOJarwXUAAhyqO.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And speaking of Noah, a Crash Course video on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrTXHeSHGSE&index=56&list=PLrWYQjLLbXcjuA88ZGrH_ZcJpQZ6xGyOY&t=0s">Flood Legends of the Americas</a>:</div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GrTXHeSHGSE" width="400"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>If you're feeling short of time, you can probably relate to this <a href="https://twitter.com/theawkwardyeti/status/1329461579201601537">Awkward Yeti</a> cartoon (<a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EnMyQh8XcAE8IR0?format=jpg&name=small">larger version</a>):</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EvhObNnf7w4/X7cxyokB2aI/AAAAAAACYpU/Jwc4ugmxv0AybSaZNA2jn3uOP7DKUvF6wCLcBGAsYHQ/s679/EnMyQh8XcAE8IR0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="556" data-original-width="679" height="328" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EvhObNnf7w4/X7cxyokB2aI/AAAAAAACYpU/Jwc4ugmxv0AybSaZNA2jn3uOP7DKUvF6wCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h328/EnMyQh8XcAE8IR0.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>And some music for the weekend: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6d6Yo3DwVI">Heal The World - Child Prodigy cover</a> produced by Maati Baani:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/h6d6Yo3DwVI" width="400"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">April 23: World Book Day</span>. Today is the traditional anniversary of the deaths of two of the world's great writers: the English playwright and poet <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a>, and the Spanish novelist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_de_Cervantes">Miguel de Cervantes</a>, author of <span style="font-style: italic;">Don Quixote</span>, who both died in 1616. For this reason, the day April 23 has been declared by the United Nations as World Book Day, a celebration of reading and writing. You can read more about World Book Day in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Book_and_Copyright_Day">Wikipedia</a> and at the <a href="http://www.unesco.org/culture/bookday/">UNESCO website</a>, and you can follow the action at <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23WorldBookDay&src=typed_query&f=live">#WorldBookDay</a> too.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uekyjQXowno/Se-9kgDj2qI/AAAAAAAACa4/ttOaL3HpC6Y/s1600-h/wbd2002_cmyk.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327685318980393634" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uekyjQXowno/Se-9kgDj2qI/AAAAAAAACa4/ttOaL3HpC6Y/s400/wbd2002_cmyk.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 340px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 340px;" /></a><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The oldest books in India and south Asia were palm-leaf manuscripts, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q72KDDMnjp4">this video</a> shows how to make one: </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q72KDDMnjp4" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe></div></div></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Check out the <a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia">Twitter stream</a> for information and fun stuff during the day, or <a href="http://ouclassannouncements.blogspot.com/search/label/current1">click here</a> for past announcements.</i></div></div>
Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732349248954848820.post-42448512861206906412021-04-22T01:00:00.089-04:002021-04-28T17:45:32.014-04:00Thursday, April 22Today is <b>Thursday</b> of <b>Week 13</b>. Here is a link to <a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/week13">Week 13</a> and also to <a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/week14">Week 14</a> if you're working ahead... which I highly recommend, especially if you are nearing your goal for the end of the class!<br /><br /><strong><em>Class Procedures and Reminders</em></strong><br /><br /><i style="font-weight: bold;">My schedule today</i>. I'll be away from my office for most of the morning and early afternoon, so that means I'll be slow to reply to any emails during that time, but I should be back at work in the later afternoon. :-)<br /><br /><b>Storytelling!</b> Week 13 is a storytelling week, which means that for many of you today is storytelling day... and for at least some of you this may be your last story for the semester: I hope you will feel inspired and have fun! (In Weeks 14 and 15, there's the Story Lab or the story option for both of those weeks coming up.)<br /><br /><strong>Project Stack</strong>. If you turned in your project before 6PM on Sunday, you should have comments back from me now, and I'll keep working on the Sunday projects today. You can always <a href="https://goo.gl/fajODr">check the stack</a> to make sure I received your project form.<br /><br /><strong><i>The following items are for fun and exploration</i></strong>:<br /><br /><b><a href="http://bloglines.mythfolklore.net/">Blog stream</a></b>. I always enjoy seeing Wikipedia Trails, and here is what Preston found starting from Moche Culture which took him to Peru: <a href="https://ptepics.blogspot.com/2021/04/wikipedia-trail-from-moche-to-marinera.html">Wikipedia Trail from Moche to Marinera</a>. This is the city of Trujillo in Peru on the Moche River:<div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jBA4vXdWazg/YIDYaGlcgUI/AAAAAAACcrQ/IA0SbhvJTHEXp8Oj7MaWAgv69yLZl6qGQCLcBGAsYHQ/s619/Trujillo_Peru_Collage.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="619" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jBA4vXdWazg/YIDYaGlcgUI/AAAAAAACcrQ/IA0SbhvJTHEXp8Oj7MaWAgv69yLZl6qGQCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Trujillo_Peru_Collage.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia">Twitter stream</a></b>. Something ULTRA-HILARIOUS from Twitter: "women yelling at cat" meme... in <a href="https://twitter.com/archaeologyart/status/1383042508767248396">Greek style</a>!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TPpAPzf9Tr0/YIDW9-xjpnI/AAAAAAACcq4/ot3OOp_JPuAy8fzP3iyFy-CADiOO0gaAACLcBGAsYHQ/s718/Screenshot%2B2021-04-21%2B9.52.32%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="647" data-original-width="718" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TPpAPzf9Tr0/YIDW9-xjpnI/AAAAAAACcq4/ot3OOp_JPuAy8fzP3iyFy-CADiOO0gaAACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h360/Screenshot%2B2021-04-21%2B9.52.32%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">And so much beautiful <a href="https://twitter.com/AmitGuha2020/status/1384978144084496387">art for Ramanavami</a> yesterday:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-53r93g3a3DE/YIDXUPvg8II/AAAAAAACcrA/UH9e_tRzum8adv9_IXwP82mCzIL7xhMUgCLcBGAsYHQ/s715/Screenshot%2B2021-04-21%2B9.54.11%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="359" data-original-width="715" height="201" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-53r93g3a3DE/YIDXUPvg8II/AAAAAAACcrA/UH9e_tRzum8adv9_IXwP82mCzIL7xhMUgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h201/Screenshot%2B2021-04-21%2B9.54.11%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GT7pIhBBbck/YIDXk-8mVkI/AAAAAAACcrI/Sdnvv3kgGlYfmzuIuZDQ9Rk-2-sBDtxSACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/EzhuSE5WYAE1zEi.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="461" data-original-width="640" height="288" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GT7pIhBBbck/YIDXk-8mVkI/AAAAAAACcrI/Sdnvv3kgGlYfmzuIuZDQ9Rk-2-sBDtxSACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h288/EzhuSE5WYAE1zEi.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>From a Google expert at Twitter, <a href="https://twitter.com/alicekeeler/status/1328926909959430145">Alice Keeler</a>, news of a Google experiment: <a href="https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Song-Maker/">song-maker</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KrXbSQmXLRA/X7XNtfnuaSI/AAAAAAACYnk/i7hKio1OzRgdsAG9ZqegvotP0WNu9CUogCLcBGAsYHQ/s666/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-11-18%2Bat%2B8.42.24%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="657" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KrXbSQmXLRA/X7XNtfnuaSI/AAAAAAACYnk/i7hKio1OzRgdsAG9ZqegvotP0WNu9CUogCLcBGAsYHQ/w395-h400/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-11-18%2Bat%2B8.42.24%2BPM.png" width="395" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">To inspire your writing, a cartoon from another one of my favorite cartoonists, Dave Coverly, a.k.a. <a href="https://www.speedbump.com/">Speedbump</a>.</div><div><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IiTM-QTr0-Y/X7XRK2rNMmI/AAAAAAACYn8/NnQPcGG_Aj8_uWOsWvTZtusBFS623b2BACLcBGAsYHQ/s446/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-11-18%2Bat%2B8.56.51%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="446" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IiTM-QTr0-Y/X7XRK2rNMmI/AAAAAAACYn8/NnQPcGG_Aj8_uWOsWvTZtusBFS623b2BACLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-11-18%2Bat%2B8.56.51%2BPM.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div><span>Something soothing and beautiful from YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_S_cN2re4g&feature=youtu.be">10 Hours of Relaxing Oceanscapes</a>.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/t_S_cN2re4g" width="400"></iframe></span></div><div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><div style="color: black;"><div><b>April 22: Earth Day.</b> Today is Earth Day, a holiday that has been observed on April 22 since back in 1970. You can read about this holiday in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Day">Wikipedia</a>. Perhaps take an <a href="https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2021/04/15/quiz-earth-day-environmentalism/">Earth Day Quiz</a>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lawF_OpYbTc/YIDUr1-_dFI/AAAAAAACcqo/bTICm1iG9iEIt_N51bFngWh3kYdEiTR3QCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/21%2BEarthDay2021_banners.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="187" data-original-width="400" height="188" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lawF_OpYbTc/YIDUr1-_dFI/AAAAAAACcqo/bTICm1iG9iEIt_N51bFngWh3kYdEiTR3QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h188/21%2BEarthDay2021_banners.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>For this class, we've saved some paper. Based on the amount of writing and number of students, I would estimate that we have saved about 9000 pages, or 18 reams of paper, this semester. So, by working online like this, <a href="http://www.conservatree.com/learn/EnviroIssues/TreeStats.shtml">we have saved a tree</a>! You can follow all the <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23EarthDay&src=typd&f=live&vertical=news">#EarthDay news at Twitter</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327316479960638946" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uekyjQXowno/Se5uHPojZeI/AAAAAAAACaw/smS5LZ57IZ4/s400/paper-stack.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #992211; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; font-weight: bold; height: 285px; margin: 0px auto 10px; position: relative; width: 380px;" /></div></div></span></div><div><br /></div><div>One of the most famous movements in defense of trees is the Chipko Movement in India. Find out more about Chipko at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipko_movement">Wikipedia</a>. Here they are<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Big_chipko_movement_1522047126.jpg"> defending trees in 1973</a>:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k8C6p_xJvFg/YIDVWHPg5rI/AAAAAAACcqw/_kC-u5hggcY-Pgf4pgpMYT4YvQUCiY5DgCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/1200px-Big_chipko_movement_1522047126.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="204" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k8C6p_xJvFg/YIDVWHPg5rI/AAAAAAACcqw/_kC-u5hggcY-Pgf4pgpMYT4YvQUCiY5DgCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/1200px-Big_chipko_movement_1522047126.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>And here's a Maati Baani video in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK20KAgNG-8">defense of the Aarey Forest</a> in Mumbai:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uK20KAgNG-8" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><br /><i>Check out the <a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia">Twitter stream</a> for information a</i><i>nd fun stuff during the day, or <a href="http://ouclassannouncements.blogspot.com/search/label/current1">click here</a> for past announcements. </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732349248954848820.post-84421947422086495152021-04-21T01:00:00.067-04:002021-04-27T17:18:17.192-04:00Wednesday, April 21Today is <strong>Wednesday of Week 13</strong>. Here is a link to <b><a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/week13">Week 13</a></b>, plus <b><a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/week14">Week 14</a></b> if you are working ahead and/or mixing-and-matching as you finish up the class. And yes, any combination of assignments you want to use to finish the class is good! All the points go into the same total in Canvas. <a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/w/page/44034097/gradingchart">Details about that here</a>. <br /><br /><strong><em>Class Procedures and Reminders</em></strong><br /><br /><strong>Project Stack</strong>. If you turned in a project before 11AM on Sunday, you should have comments back from me now, and I'll keep working on the Sunday assignments today. As always, you can <a href="https://goo.gl/fajODr">check the stack</a> to make sure I got your project.<div><br /></div><div><b>Finishing-up plan</b>. With just this week plus Weeks 14 and 15 left in the semester (the class is over on Friday, May 7, at noon), it would be good to have your plan in place, especially if you are trying to finish up next week in order to have "dead week" in this class. If you have questions about any of that, just let me know!<br /><br /><strong><i>The following items are for fun and exploration</i></strong>:<br /><br /><b><a href="http://bloglines.mythfolklore.net/">Blog stream</a></b>. Landon wrote a "Johnny-Cake" story and he found a perfect image to use for that! Here's his story: <a href="https://lcrblogs.blogspot.com/2021/04/week-13-story-cake-that-came-to-life.html">The Cake That Came to Life</a>. Watch out for those living cakes!<br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fAEzNDkik3E/YH9850qtN8I/AAAAAAACcqY/_npG-8EUUL4MoYtv4XBEdVdndLi9lmBkgCLcBGAsYHQ/s483/CookiePuss2008.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="483" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fAEzNDkik3E/YH9850qtN8I/AAAAAAACcqY/_npG-8EUUL4MoYtv4XBEdVdndLi9lmBkgCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/CookiePuss2008.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia">Twitter stream</a></b>. And here's the epic struggle of <a href="https://twitter.com/SixStinkyCats/status/1384401589398605826">Cat versus Godzilla</a>:</div><div><br /></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"Shadow" vs. Godzilla. <br /><br />🎥 IG SixStinkyCats <a href="https://t.co/pPeE1pZVnG">pic.twitter.com/pPeE1pZVnG</a></p>— The 'Six Stinky Cats' Gang (@SixStinkyCats) <a href="https://twitter.com/SixStinkyCats/status/1384401589398605826?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><div>Plus a video from one of my favorite Indian writers: <a href="https://twitter.com/IndiaIFA/status/1382301939338158082">Samhita Arni</a>!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YqHj86XSbyk/YH9_1jJ1lsI/AAAAAAACcqg/Oqx3sVjUc0gJ9M8lyIMVh4aCZ40MNLvbACLcBGAsYHQ/s984/Screenshot%2B2021-04-20%2B9.28.27%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="984" height="224" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YqHj86XSbyk/YH9_1jJ1lsI/AAAAAAACcqg/Oqx3sVjUc0gJ9M8lyIMVh4aCZ40MNLvbACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h224/Screenshot%2B2021-04-20%2B9.28.27%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XcN9HG2QehA" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>I am such a fan of old books, and here's something via <a href="https://twitter.com/gutenberg_org/status/1328791360539922435">Project Gutenberg</a>, all about <a href="https://boingboing.net/2020/11/17/the-magnificent-early-age-of-book-covers.html">The magnificent early age of book covers</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oZtGjiUmSHU/X7SZPby2GOI/AAAAAAACYmU/mYBq_a2vDckGGILsgApXIltSCEmMv9TqgCLcBGAsYHQ/s722/Screenshot%2B2020-11-17%2Bat%2B10.46.22%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="704" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oZtGjiUmSHU/X7SZPby2GOI/AAAAAAACYmU/mYBq_a2vDckGGILsgApXIltSCEmMv9TqgCLcBGAsYHQ/w390-h400/Screenshot%2B2020-11-17%2Bat%2B10.46.22%2BPM.png" width="390" /></a></div><br /><div>Plus a beautiful door from Egypt <a href="https://twitter.com/met_egyptianart/status/1328769809337765897">via the Met</a>: </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xvn8efP_Grc/X7SZ2Dk2gTI/AAAAAAACYmc/wwd3vYkRUr8RoLZ-QBg6nznkPYikYC-AACLcBGAsYHQ/s588/Screenshot%2B2020-11-17%2Bat%2B10.48.58%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="588" height="140" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xvn8efP_Grc/X7SZ2Dk2gTI/AAAAAAACYmc/wwd3vYkRUr8RoLZ-QBg6nznkPYikYC-AACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h140/Screenshot%2B2020-11-17%2Bat%2B10.48.58%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zV8e9sPo8K8/X7SaBpeiDTI/AAAAAAACYmg/YaMhlsaqIbA8cVuEmNRJH_YdxzfwjUlBACLcBGAsYHQ/s644/door.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="644" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zV8e9sPo8K8/X7SaBpeiDTI/AAAAAAACYmg/YaMhlsaqIbA8cVuEmNRJH_YdxzfwjUlBACLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/door.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And some beautiful art from <a href="https://twitter.com/ssharadmohhan/status/1328691732175675392">Mughal India</a>: animals! (<a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EnB2FfgVgAE-lyc?format=jpg&name=large">larger view</a>)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f6M2yAupaGY/X7SaaChTuNI/AAAAAAACYmo/D-N_L4mK6z8-2b11ITMCwKd6Evm6ymzUwCLcBGAsYHQ/s595/Screenshot%2B2020-11-17%2Bat%2B10.51.32%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="595" height="203" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f6M2yAupaGY/X7SaaChTuNI/AAAAAAACYmo/D-N_L4mK6z8-2b11ITMCwKd6Evm6ymzUwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h203/Screenshot%2B2020-11-17%2Bat%2B10.51.32%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nBOEQ9bs6yQ/X7SaiuYT-iI/AAAAAAACYms/k6w3X3wy3owt1ENu_dobo1KBBBEDFgWCgCLcBGAsYHQ/s529/animals.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="529" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nBOEQ9bs6yQ/X7SaiuYT-iI/AAAAAAACYms/k6w3X3wy3owt1ENu_dobo1KBBBEDFgWCgCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/animals.jpeg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>And here's a word from India might surprise you: <b>PUNCH</b>. It comes from the word for "five" in Hindi (cognate with Greek penta- as in Pentagon) because, traditionally, there were five ingredients in punch. <b><a href="http://writingwithaesop.blogspot.com/2013/01/sanskrit-word-in-english-punch.html">More about punch</a></b>.</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="286" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cVjIMdSwCZQ/WLTSksgAqKI/AAAAAAAB0cE/wZ6E6oGyQMEC-Yc-wxIR-uL0ZRLOfWCgQCLcB/s400/Screenshot%2B2017-02-27%2Bat%2B8.29.01%2BPM.png" style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #992211; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; position: relative;" width="400" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Plus another food word from mythology: <b>CORNUCOPIA</b>, the horn-of-plenty in Latin, which is connected to both Greek and Roman mythology. <b><a href="http://writingwithaesop.blogspot.com/2017/05/word-from-mythology-cornucopia.html">More about cornucopia</a></b>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2gVY4wniOJk/WQp1YAMSjcI/AAAAAAAB1wM/bMdeIoAfiyIW66Ft6zMzTMK_4eDIj63ZgCLcB/s400/14067430249_02811f223b_z.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #992211; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; position: relative;" width="400" /></div><div><br /></div><div>And here's a fun Crash Course video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEjvhTHNx3s&index=69&list=PLrWYQjLLbXcjuA88ZGrH_ZcJpQZ6xGyOY&t=0s">Mythical Caves and Gardens</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XEjvhTHNx3s" width="400"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><b>April 21: </b><b>Ramanavami.</b> Today is the holiday of Rama-Navami, which marks the birthday of Rama, avatar of the god Vishnu. Here is a <a href="https://twitter.com/dhirenvasoya/status/1117232205384888322" target="_blank"><b>Ram Navami greeting card</b></a>, and you can see lots more at the <b><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ramnavami?src=hash&f=live&vertical=default">#RamNavami hashtag at Twitter</a></b>.<br /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 18.9px;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bIa84d8ZH4g/XLKIENj0wDI/AAAAAAACDrQ/oS_EriMmlYk8ngLiA2V3Dgl8U3W_gcm2gCLcBGAs/s1600/D4E0wpiWkAAT-Ey.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bIa84d8ZH4g/XLKIENj0wDI/AAAAAAACDrQ/oS_EriMmlYk8ngLiA2V3Dgl8U3W_gcm2gCLcBGAs/s400/D4E0wpiWkAAT-Ey.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>And here's a wonderful <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH8TdMaLOwI">video about the Ramayana</a>... in sign language!</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gH8TdMaLOwI" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><i>Check out the <a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia">Twitter stream</a> for information and fun stuff during the day, or <a href="http://ouclassannouncements.blogspot.com/search/label/current1">click here</a> for past announcements. </i></div>
Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732349248954848820.post-31652344423419438552021-04-20T01:00:00.052-04:002021-04-27T17:18:17.192-04:00Tuesday, April 20Today is <b>Tuesday</b> of <b>Week 13</b>. (Yes, it really is Week 13... which still just seems hard to believe!) Here's a link to <a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/week13">Week 13</a>, and also a link to <a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/week14">Week 14</a> for those of you who are working ahead.<br /><br /><strong><em>Class Procedures and Reminders</em></strong><br /><br /><b>Week 13 Reading</b>. It's more stories from the <b><a href="http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/p/weeks-12-13.html">British Isles</a></b> in Myth-Folklore, and the free choice continues in <b><a href="http://iereadingguides.blogspot.com/p/weeks-12-15-explore.html">Indian Epics</a></b>: epics, jatakas, or other Indian stories. I hope you will enjoy the reading this week and find something really good to use for the storytelling; for many of you, this Week 13 story might be your last story post of the semester!<br /><br /><strong>Project Stack</strong>. Yesterday I replied to all the projects turned in on Friday, and today I will be working on the Saturday projects, and hopefully starting on the Sunday items too. Meanwhile, you can <a href="https://goo.gl/fajODr">check the stack</a> to make sure I received your project.<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><strong><i>The following items are for fun and exploration</i></strong>:<br /><br /><b><a href="http://bloglines.mythfolklore.net/">Blog stream</a></b>. Here is a truly beautiful item from the blog stream: Cheyenne has had her baby! She updated <b><a href="https://ctitsworth.blogspot.com/2021/01/introduction-all-about-me.html">her Introduction post</a></b> to share the good news. So adorable!</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YSY0B5nmkc4/YH3yD5-vCmI/AAAAAAACcok/LmxShJNXDhoTj0xzvFiOkRe4pOqoEPCxACLcBGAsYHQ/s752/Seb.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YSY0B5nmkc4/YH3yD5-vCmI/AAAAAAACcok/LmxShJNXDhoTj0xzvFiOkRe4pOqoEPCxACLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Seb.jpeg" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia">Twitter stream</a></b>. An IMPORTANT message from <a href="https://twitter.com/GoddardHealthOU/status/1384178047499194372">OU Health Services</a>: have you been vaccinated? (I'm getting my second Pfizer today!). Find out more about vaccination appointments available through OU Health Services: <a href="https://www.ou.edu/healthservices/COVID-19/COVID-Vaccines">OU COVID Vaccine Updates</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zUDV4Otsf0U/YH32QM9mMSI/AAAAAAACcos/pzDwfLGowUotXtN-DAfeQwFmY0F7UawXwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1770/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-19%2Bat%2B5.28.49%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="1770" height="145" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zUDV4Otsf0U/YH32QM9mMSI/AAAAAAACcos/pzDwfLGowUotXtN-DAfeQwFmY0F7UawXwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h145/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-19%2Bat%2B5.28.49%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Fo0ebAVgA1Q/YH5d5WDRydI/AAAAAAACcpU/NOhLkFpSD9UD58q20GP_znG55uxXcjdxwCLcBGAsYHQ/s884/1617979957916.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="884" height="91" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Fo0ebAVgA1Q/YH5d5WDRydI/AAAAAAACcpU/NOhLkFpSD9UD58q20GP_znG55uxXcjdxwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h91/1617979957916.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>From one of my favorite Twitter streams, the <a href="https://twitter.com/PostalMuseum/status/1328432417095503874">Postal Museum</a> (stamps are art!):</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K1RprEEPtSo/X7M0cvv8PxI/AAAAAAACYlM/J926VjlmQ8IzRKNqi58JT0le57QxfGnjQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1145/Screenshot%2B2020-11-16%2Bat%2B9.24.10%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="1145" height="118" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K1RprEEPtSo/X7M0cvv8PxI/AAAAAAACYlM/J926VjlmQ8IzRKNqi58JT0le57QxfGnjQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h118/Screenshot%2B2020-11-16%2Bat%2B9.24.10%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fcXJ0tilhK8/X7M0km1DMjI/AAAAAAACYlQ/jdVfyG7uFD0VuFhuv0Ubti3Pd4hZAOPsACLcBGAsYHQ/s680/Em-JzbbXcAA9HJl.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="449" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fcXJ0tilhK8/X7M0km1DMjI/AAAAAAACYlQ/jdVfyG7uFD0VuFhuv0Ubti3Pd4hZAOPsACLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Em-JzbbXcAA9HJl.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And something mythological in <a href="https://twitter.com/Marilyn_Res/status/1328323224711606272">New York City</a>:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--Ezsoo-lBfc/X7M1CYAhSPI/AAAAAAACYlc/kKwb6yLgl3EfIMO8rGTw12dX9mGefexawCLcBGAsYHQ/s773/Screenshot%2B2020-11-16%2Bat%2B9.26.42%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="773" height="349" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--Ezsoo-lBfc/X7M1CYAhSPI/AAAAAAACYlc/kKwb6yLgl3EfIMO8rGTw12dX9mGefexawCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h349/Screenshot%2B2020-11-16%2Bat%2B9.26.42%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And from <a href="https://twitter.com/scroll_in/status/1328354890779910144">Scroll.in</a>, an article about Vinayaki: <a href="https://scroll.in/magazine/848991/vinayaki-the-lesser-known-story-of-the-elephant-headed-goddess-the-female-avatar-of-ganesha">the female avatar of Ganesha</a>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bxXzPKK64ck/X7M1igxH8eI/AAAAAAACYlk/Jlia3ImmAbAERqN11L7OXxmCwvFdb0wFQCLcBGAsYHQ/s761/Screenshot%2B2020-11-16%2Bat%2B9.28.01%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="761" height="381" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bxXzPKK64ck/X7M1igxH8eI/AAAAAAACYlk/Jlia3ImmAbAERqN11L7OXxmCwvFdb0wFQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h381/Screenshot%2B2020-11-16%2Bat%2B9.28.01%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And a traditional dance from Assam in India:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The Dahal Thungri dance is a spectacular war dance of the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/bodo?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#bodo</a> community in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Assam?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Assam</a>, perform to seek the blessings of the Almighty before the men set out for war. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EkBharatShreshthaBharat?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EkBharatShreshthaBharat</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/prahladspatel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@prahladspatel</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/secycultureGOI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@secycultureGOI</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/PMOIndia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PMOIndia</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/PIBCulture?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PIBCulture</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/pspoffice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@pspoffice</a> <a href="https://t.co/pACeU47bRO">pic.twitter.com/pACeU47bRO</a></p>— Ministry of Culture (@MinOfCultureGoI) <a href="https://twitter.com/MinOfCultureGoI/status/1328208677157838849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 16, 2020</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div></div><br />A comic from <a href="https://twitter.com/grantdraws/status/1328379423406632960">Grant Snider</a> about books and bookshelves (<a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Em9OiAzW8AME8oj?format=jpg&name=large">larger view</a>): I like the optical illusion "impossible" bookcase!</div><div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9VeEstGfFI0/X7M3RKaLSGI/AAAAAAACYlw/aqC6Srj34JchMsC1xBVIL0o4GzJxPAnygCLcBGAsYHQ/s668/Em9OiAzW8AME8oj.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9VeEstGfFI0/X7M3RKaLSGI/AAAAAAACYlw/aqC6Srj34JchMsC1xBVIL0o4GzJxPAnygCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Em9OiAzW8AME8oj.jpeg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>April 20: Odilon Redon</b>. Today marks the birthday of the French symbolist painter Odilon Redon in 1840. If you have never seen his paintings, take a look: they are marvelous! You can see a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odilon_Redon#Gallery">gallery at Wikipedia</a>. Here is his painting called <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1914_Redon_Zyklop_anagoria.JPG">The Cyclops</a>:<br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LIHeLLc7wcU/VTRxRduAf9I/AAAAAAABY8w/E60-lai__sU/s1600/1914_Redon_Zyklop_anagoria.JPG" style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #992211; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13.86px; position: relative;" width="400" /></div><br /></div><div>And here is a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0LSI1hBo90">video about this painting</a>:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/L0LSI1hBo90" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>Plus a video of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiTxw02d6s0">other works by Redon</a>:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xiTxw02d6s0" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe></div></div><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><i>Check out the <a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia">Twitter stream</a> for information and fun stuff during the day, or <a href="http://ouclassannouncements.blogspot.com/search/label/current1">click here</a> for past announcements.</i></div></div></div></div></div>
Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732349248954848820.post-45161867311212002262021-04-19T01:00:00.072-04:002021-04-25T11:40:27.455-04:00Monday, April 19Today is <strong>Monday of Week 13</strong>. No kidding: Week 13 already! Here is a link to <b><a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/week13">Week 13</a></b> and also <b><a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/week12">Week 12</a></b> for those of you who are using the grace period this morning. You can find Weeks 14 and 15 on the <b><a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/w/page/13815947/calendar">class calendar</a></b>.<br /><br /><strong><em>Class Procedures and Reminders</em></strong><br /><br /><strong>Project Stack</strong>. As always, you can <a href="https://goo.gl/fajODr">check the stack</a> to make sure I received your project. My goal today is to reply to all the projects that were turned in before the weekend, and hopefully I can start in on the projects people turned in on Saturday also.<br /><div><br /></div><b>Week 13-14-15</b>. With just three weeks left in the semester, I would urge everybody to have a plan in place for finishing up, making sure to get to your goal (410 A, 360 B, 320 C) by the end of Week 15. Hopefully you can finish up even sooner so that you can have time off in this class to prepare for your final exams in other classes. <b><a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/w/page/44034097/gradingchart">More about finishing the class here</a></b>, and if you have any questions about that, let me know! <br /><br /><strong><i>The following items are for fun and exploration</i></strong>:<br /><br /><b><a href="http://bloglines.mythfolklore.net/">Blog stream</a></b>. I'm excited to see all the different microfictions people are writing; Landon did one about a new kind of Disney World hero! <a href="https://lcrblogs.blogspot.com/2021/04/microfiction-battle-of-lifetime.html">The Battle of a Lifetime</a>.<div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wOCzcp6Djx8/YHyGmqL0OwI/AAAAAAACcno/9V8oBwVTdn8PUblOhRhAN9Rbw80_qaSegCLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/viruses-2058340_1280.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1280" height="250" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wOCzcp6Djx8/YHyGmqL0OwI/AAAAAAACcno/9V8oBwVTdn8PUblOhRhAN9Rbw80_qaSegCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h250/viruses-2058340_1280.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia">Twitter stream</a></b>. For those of you who are into games, here's a game artifact from the Roman Empire:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m4fmKU0Ba90/YHyJQ7rL2rI/AAAAAAACcoI/t8fgWZaaSloexC1n1_NwDFTYWHcheXzKACLcBGAsYHQ/s1067/Screenshot%2B2021-04-18%2B3.31.25%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="608" data-original-width="1067" height="228" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m4fmKU0Ba90/YHyJQ7rL2rI/AAAAAAACcoI/t8fgWZaaSloexC1n1_NwDFTYWHcheXzKACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h228/Screenshot%2B2021-04-18%2B3.31.25%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PNdTnKupeqk/YHyJVoFfR_I/AAAAAAACcoM/SheTQvJ_LpYQ7ezndwiZSVWNf9If4BS9QCLcBGAsYHQ/s564/EzKOaWFVEAsOXxr.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="564" data-original-width="390" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PNdTnKupeqk/YHyJVoFfR_I/AAAAAAACcoM/SheTQvJ_LpYQ7ezndwiZSVWNf9If4BS9QCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/EzKOaWFVEAsOXxr.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>And here's a hero cartoon from the wonderful <a href="https://twitter.com/linierscartoon/status/1382029724973686789">Liniers</a>: a dragon-slaying hero! (<a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ey30tYCW8AMrdD6?format=jpg&name=medium">larger view</a>) <i>I'm a dragon-slayer. ~ I've never seen a dragon. ~ I'm that good!</i></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PxfHHS7WzT8/YHyIVrH2wfI/AAAAAAACcoA/j7XKk8ef6rMGur0-JXwFC8cwK4riVcHdQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1030/Screenshot%2B2021-04-18%2B3.28.01%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="584" data-original-width="1030" height="226" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PxfHHS7WzT8/YHyIVrH2wfI/AAAAAAACcoA/j7XKk8ef6rMGur0-JXwFC8cwK4riVcHdQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h226/Screenshot%2B2021-04-18%2B3.28.01%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>And a Shiva statue from South Africa, via a wonderful <a href="https://twitter.com/Arthistorian18/status/1327991401460629504">Indian art Twitter account:</a></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CDc1NdpwbLw/X7HYKbQjT4I/AAAAAAACYkI/aURstCxmi849WrO6yMsQ0D5OsPsJTTrtQCLcBGAsYHQ/s859/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-11-15%2Bat%2B8.37.31%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="494" data-original-width="859" height="230" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CDc1NdpwbLw/X7HYKbQjT4I/AAAAAAACYkI/aURstCxmi849WrO6yMsQ0D5OsPsJTTrtQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h230/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-11-15%2Bat%2B8.37.31%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_RcbH2iDIy4/X7HYTixowBI/AAAAAAACYkM/eNqwDCoSqmEmLJ5ClgYfF2JdeRlhCmqOwCLcBGAsYHQ/s519/Em35IlDVQAAUYzz.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="519" data-original-width="399" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_RcbH2iDIy4/X7HYTixowBI/AAAAAAACYkM/eNqwDCoSqmEmLJ5ClgYfF2JdeRlhCmqOwCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Em35IlDVQAAUYzz.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Here's a beautiful <a href="https://twitter.com/mfaboston/status/1383782374681452548">Maitreya Buddha</a>: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R7m__vddAEs/YHyHUyllIOI/AAAAAAACcnw/a74D8FZmqoIVn_oH7ouIRcF2UOZFyFIAACLcBGAsYHQ/s1109/Screenshot%2B2021-04-18%2B3.22.56%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="632" data-original-width="1109" height="228" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R7m__vddAEs/YHyHUyllIOI/AAAAAAACcnw/a74D8FZmqoIVn_oH7ouIRcF2UOZFyFIAACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h228/Screenshot%2B2021-04-18%2B3.22.56%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z3-8TyVMws4/YHyHZAsNJVI/AAAAAAACcn0/gg8gPGVaqccQAlKYECe-MeiAr0-I9xnFgCLcBGAsYHQ/s669/EzQuvCRVcBo30SD.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z3-8TyVMws4/YHyHZAsNJVI/AAAAAAACcn0/gg8gPGVaqccQAlKYECe-MeiAr0-I9xnFgCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/EzQuvCRVcBo30SD.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And here's a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAGRZcI-FS8">video about the Maitreya Buddha</a> featuring the Dalai Lama:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wAGRZcI-FS8" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">From <a href="https://twitter.com/FairyTalesEtc/status/1328080333565276160">Atlas Obscura</a>, the surprising origin of the name California: <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/california-etymology-black-queen?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=30c4d65a6e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_11_13&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f36db9c480-30c4d65a6e-74169113&mc_cid=30c4d65a6e&mc_eid=9369cd3c72">California Is Named for a Griffin-Riding Black Warrior Queen</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uO1Q4eg0RxE/X7HbO2jcoUI/AAAAAAACYkw/q4NeVMIe-VwiLlRzNa-hYcqhFEQe3kb9ACLcBGAsYHQ/s770/Screenshot%2B2020-11-15%2Bat%2B8.51.05%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="686" data-original-width="770" height="356" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uO1Q4eg0RxE/X7HbO2jcoUI/AAAAAAACYkw/q4NeVMIe-VwiLlRzNa-hYcqhFEQe3kb9ACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h356/Screenshot%2B2020-11-15%2Bat%2B8.51.05%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And a reminder that order really can emerge out of chaos... you just need some good vibrations:</div><div><br /></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">A visual demonstration of the power of sound to create order out of chaos. <a href="https://t.co/9zVSyi0ujg">pic.twitter.com/9zVSyi0ujg</a></p>— Ted Gioia (@tedgioia) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedgioia/status/1327511170190864384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 14, 2020</a></blockquote></div><div><div><br /></div><div>And some <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkOU3qIxclE&list=PLrWYQjLLbXci3kvG8y9IsC9hzVdD9miyo&index=29&t=0s">thoughts on positivity</a>:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OkOU3qIxclE" width="400"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><b>April 19: Oklahoma City Bombing</b>. Today is the anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing. You can read more about that terrible event at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing">Wikipedia</a>. The image below shows <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oklahoma_City_memorial.jpg">the memorial</a>:<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Vv3EZBWxhkc/VTMahhLkWlI/AAAAAAABY6g/B8vhVXxPrE0/s1600/800px-Oklahoma_City_memorial.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #992211; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13.86px; position: relative;" /></div><br />And here is a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A-ICA3YE3I">video about the Survivor Tree</a>, which is a beautiful testimony to life that goes on: <br /><br /><div align="center"><iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8A-ICA3YE3I" width="400"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><i>Check out the <a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia">Twitter stream</a> for information and fun stuff during the day, or <a href="http://ouclassannouncements.blogspot.com/search/label/current1">click here</a> for past announcements.</i></div></div></div>
Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732349248954848820.post-20880297745119052362021-04-17T01:00:00.075-04:002021-04-23T21:54:39.634-04:00WEEK 12 WEEKEND: April 17-18Yes, it's the weekend at last: the <b>weekend of Week 12</b> is here. You can finish up your <b><a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/week12">Week 12</a> </b>stuff this weekend, and you can find all the other weeks at the <b><a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/w/page/13815947/calendar">class calendar</a></b>. Take a look and see if you are close to finishing the class; that can be a good energy boost for working ahead and doing some extra credit now.<br /><br /><strong><em>Class Procedures and Reminders</em></strong><br /><br /><b>Microfiction extra credit</b>. A lot of people did some microfiction writing for the Story Lab this week, and I'm hoping you will want to contribute some of those stories to a class anthology. There's a <a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/w/page/103903727/week12#extra">Microfiction extra credit option</a> available every week, so if you want to try writing some microfiction this weekend, please do! Plus there are lots of microfiction experiments in the comment randomizer too.<br /><br /><strong>Project Stack</strong>. On Friday I managed to reply to all the Week 11 projects in the stack, but there were a lot of Week 12 and Week 13 projects that I did not get to; those will be at the top of the stack on Monday! Meanwhile, you can <a href="https://goo.gl/fajODr">check the stack</a> to make sure I received your project.<br /><br /><strong><i>The following items are for fun and exploration</i></strong>:<br /><br /><b><a href="http://bloglines.mythfolklore.net/">Blog stream</a></b>. There is always good stuff in the blog stream AND at the class Padlet. If you haven't done that <b><a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/w/page/103903727/week12#extra">check-in-and-connect extra credit option</a></b>, I highly recommend it. You can see the Padlet in Canvas too. People have been adding such fun stuff!<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oBk2YJuD-qA/YHoruZZ2noI/AAAAAAACcmU/zOn0-dbQYgkE1bSW1im4rZRKbyPdWAJ_ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-16%2Bat%2B8.28.17%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1122" data-original-width="2048" height="219" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oBk2YJuD-qA/YHoruZZ2noI/AAAAAAACcmU/zOn0-dbQYgkE1bSW1im4rZRKbyPdWAJ_ACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h219/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-16%2Bat%2B8.28.17%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia">Twitter stream</a></b>. As someone who uses way too many exclamation marks, I could definitely relate to this tweet:</div><div><br /></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Dear person,<br /><br />I hope this email finds you well! Here is my reply to the question you asked! Everything ends with an exclamation point so I seem friendly!<br /><br />Here is one sentence ending in a full stop to show that I am not unhinged.<br /><br />Many thanks!<br />Ryan</p>— ryan bamsey (@OhChickenBalls) <a href="https://twitter.com/OhChickenBalls/status/1382678474402504708?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><div><br /></div><div>And here is some <a href="https://twitter.com/RebeccaCaprara/status/1382111658110296065">writing advice from a second-grader</a>:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IGwa8CTtHBw/YHouaYxcimI/AAAAAAACcmc/MBAj1U2wvRIOyL-O81R9rkM9VnETbm82gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1744/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-16%2Bat%2B8.39.57%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="1744" height="144" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IGwa8CTtHBw/YHouaYxcimI/AAAAAAACcmc/MBAj1U2wvRIOyL-O81R9rkM9VnETbm82gCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h144/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-16%2Bat%2B8.39.57%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FgNXvu6lCW8/YHoujiAY2LI/AAAAAAACcmg/6JFvBUQQXbQnd-DlJNkrA_VQBeX_d3dBACLcBGAsYHQ/s523/Ey4-6akWgAINpdI.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="523" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FgNXvu6lCW8/YHoujiAY2LI/AAAAAAACcmg/6JFvBUQQXbQnd-DlJNkrA_VQBeX_d3dBACLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Ey4-6akWgAINpdI.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Some Indian art: it's a beautiful <a href="https://twitter.com/Chemburstudio/status/1327698640131956736">Vishnu-and-Lakshmi riding on Garuda</a>.<div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eKJfnHVPImY/X7CbGfY3XiI/AAAAAAACYjI/RHPu7VE0C0AI3OjFKn8MWJpIx1xOPG_aACLcBGAsYHQ/s671/Screenshot%2B2020-11-14%2Bat%2B10.04.56%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="671" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eKJfnHVPImY/X7CbGfY3XiI/AAAAAAACYjI/RHPu7VE0C0AI3OjFKn8MWJpIx1xOPG_aACLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Screenshot%2B2020-11-14%2Bat%2B10.04.56%2BPM.png" /></a></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div>An <a href="https://twitter.com/Pythika/status/1327180754334457856">incantation bowl</a> from Jewish Babylonia; find out more at Aeon: <a href="https://aeon.co/essays/what-should-be-done-with-the-magic-bowls-of-jewish-babylonia">Magic bowls of antiquity</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rkJpxq2Tu_s/X69cTnM-mKI/AAAAAAACYh8/sGtAI_uYTjcX83WHfGCXMkkD9-JTL2G6gCLcBGAsYHQ/s597/Screenshot%2B2020-11-13%2Bat%2B11.25.01%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rkJpxq2Tu_s/X69cTnM-mKI/AAAAAAACYh8/sGtAI_uYTjcX83WHfGCXMkkD9-JTL2G6gCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Screenshot%2B2020-11-13%2Bat%2B11.25.01%2BPM.png" /></a></div><div><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Some of you may be listening to Child Ballads about Robin Hood in Myth-Folklore, and here's the old folk ballad Tam Lyn in a remarkable new version by Benjamin Zephaniah (<a href="https://tam-lin.org/versions/zephaniah.html">lyrics here</a>): </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7bIvFg5fXUM" width="400"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>For comparison, here's a more traditional version of that ballad (<a href="https://tam-lin.org/versions/mitchell.html">lyrics here</a>):</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/c3yTEUnyYDA" width="400"></iframe></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>This is a lovely video about dancing... and about creative expression in general: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUtuviUWqoY&list=PLrWYQjLLbXci3kvG8y9IsC9hzVdD9miyo&index=31&t=0s">Live to Inspire: Dance</a>.</div><div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OUtuviUWqoY" width="400"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>Plus a beautiful <a href="https://twitter.com/BuddhaDoodles/status/1327309088481566722">Buddha Doodle</a> from Molly Hahn:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Gmq2Hydj_OA/X69btMZ1g2I/AAAAAAACYh0/5bwApgWKMtgofKmSaxbuxqXSxPvECUhHACLcBGAsYHQ/s722/Screenshot%2B2020-11-13%2Bat%2B11.22.46%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="665" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Gmq2Hydj_OA/X69btMZ1g2I/AAAAAAACYh0/5bwApgWKMtgofKmSaxbuxqXSxPvECUhHACLcBGAsYHQ/w369-h400/Screenshot%2B2020-11-13%2Bat%2B11.22.46%2BPM.png" width="369" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>April 17: Benjamin Franklin</b>. Today marks the anniversary of the death of Benjamin Franklin in the year 1790; he was born in 1706. You can find out more at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin">Wikipedia</a>. There is also a delightful bit of Latin verse composed in Franklin's honor by the French statesman Turgot: <i>Eripuit caelo fulmen, sceptrumque tyrannis</i>, "He ripped the lightning from the sky, and the sceptre from the tyrants." The painting below shows "Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky," by <a href="http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/57044.html">Benjamin West</a> (Philadelphia Museum of Art).<br /><div><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QWOQA9rKh4Q/VLnpJMyDGNI/AAAAAAABWc4/z9Oh-suOkoU/s1600/1958-132-1-CX.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QWOQA9rKh4Q/VLnpJMyDGNI/AAAAAAABWc4/z9Oh-suOkoU/s1600/1958-132-1-CX.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>April 18: Moreau</b>. Today marks the death in 1898 of the great French painter, Gustave Moreau; he was born in 1826. Moreau is famous for his paintings on subjects taken from classical mythology, and you can read about his life in this <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_Moreau">Wikipedia</a> article. One of his most famous paintings shows <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/symb/ho_21.134.1.htm">Oedipus and the Sphinx</a>:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RxpK3XMOoRk/WPV4sJlD2yI/AAAAAAAB1V0/fiuWoPq9Lx0ShArVugQYt09MVqtt57w0QCLcB/s1600/OEDIPUS.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RxpK3XMOoRk/WPV4sJlD2yI/AAAAAAAB1V0/fiuWoPq9Lx0ShArVugQYt09MVqtt57w0QCLcB/s1600/OEDIPUS.jpg" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here is a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAHafsmrBQI">video of his paintings</a>: </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uAHafsmrBQI" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><i>Check out the <a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia">Twitter stream</a> for information and fun stuff during the day, or <a href="http://ouclassannouncements.blogspot.com/search/label/current1">click here</a> for past announcements.</i></div></div>
</div>Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732349248954848820.post-1212532765570849322021-04-16T01:00:00.022-04:002021-04-22T21:56:09.031-04:00Friday, April 16<b>It's....... FRIDAY!</b> You have reached the end of <strong>Week 12!</strong> Here is a link to <a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/week12" style="font-weight: bold;">Week 12</a>, and you can find all the coming weeks on the <b><a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/w/page/13815947/calendar">class calendar</a> </b>if you are working ahead (highly recommended as always).<div><br /><strong><em>Class Procedures and Reminders</em></strong><br /><br /><strong>Project Stack</strong>. Yesterday, I replied to all the projects turned in on Sunday, and today I'll finish all the Week 11 projects in the stack, plus as many of the early Week 12 and Week 13 assignments as I can. You can <a href="https://goo.gl/fajODr">check the stack</a> to make sure I received your assignment.</div><div><br /><b>Finishing the class.</b> Several more people have finished the class, which is always great to see! As soon as you reach your goal (410 A, 360 B, 320 C), you can fill out the "Finished!" form in Canvas to let me know you are done. I would urge you to make a plan for the rest of the semester (the end of Week 12 plus Weeks 13-14-15) so you will know you are on track to get to your target, and if you have any questions about that, let me know.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="1176" height="186" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vkBhQheACFw/YGzQI57KjGI/AAAAAAACccw/BY8K3grA5SwM3l8lpqHgs6NBVZdy0baiwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h186/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-06%2Bat%2B5.17.39%2BPM.png" style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #992211; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; font-weight: 700; position: relative;" width="400" /></div><br /><strong><i>The following items are for fun and exploration</i></strong>:<br /><br /><b><a href="http://bloglines.mythfolklore.net/">Blog stream</a></b>. Many of you now know Savannah, since she is in both classes — here's <a href="https://savsmyth.blogspot.com/">her Myth blog</a> and <a href="https://savsepics.blogspot.com/">her India blog</a> — and I wanted to share an announcement from her: the Scandals finale will be this weekend, and the tickets for the virtual showing go on sale today at 5PM (the in-person tickets are sold out). You can find out all about it: <a href="https://www.stubwire.com/event/soonerscandalsonlineviewing/soonertheatre/norman/23464/">CAC Scandals tickets</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w7K_Rjv9Wgc/YHjYSEjxEII/AAAAAAACcmE/gjj5qLbyXpU-avwunQ3KqC18vlTDuA3jACLcBGAsYHQ/s932/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-15%2Bat%2B8.19.59%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="176" data-original-width="932" height="75" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w7K_Rjv9Wgc/YHjYSEjxEII/AAAAAAACcmE/gjj5qLbyXpU-avwunQ3KqC18vlTDuA3jACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h75/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-15%2Bat%2B8.19.59%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_K5u51yp3y4/YHjYSBDK1CI/AAAAAAACcmI/diDCT_xmobEKC9SKvVgqNzzox5e4bfttgCLcBGAsYHQ/s756/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-15%2Bat%2B8.19.16%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="496" data-original-width="756" height="263" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_K5u51yp3y4/YHjYSBDK1CI/AAAAAAACcmI/diDCT_xmobEKC9SKvVgqNzzox5e4bfttgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h263/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-15%2Bat%2B8.19.16%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia">Twitter stream</a></b>. Something helpful from <a href="https://twitter.com/OU_Libraries/status/1326283715966808066">OU Libraries</a>: they have an <a href="https://libraries.ou.edu/content/ask-us">Ask-Us online chat</a> to help you with library resources.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-20UAdFzfC6E/X63wS4kS9UI/AAAAAAACYg8/6NEdCDg9zfMm1gaFQoNQC7t3uSveUCD1ACLcBGAsYHQ/s468/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-11-12%2Bat%2B9.32.06%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="392" data-original-width="468" height="335" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-20UAdFzfC6E/X63wS4kS9UI/AAAAAAACYg8/6NEdCDg9zfMm1gaFQoNQC7t3uSveUCD1ACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h335/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-11-12%2Bat%2B9.32.06%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>And everyone knows I am a fan of tiny stories, so here's one in fewer than fifty words that I saw at Twitter:</div><div><br /></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Old joke: bar at an SF convention. <br /><br />"Nice costume."<br /><br />"Not a costume, I'm from the Time Patrol."<br /><br />"Really? What do you do?"<br /><br />"Prevent evil."<br /><br />"How come you didn't kill Hitler?"<br /><br />"We had to have him long enough to prevent Thomson."<br /><br />"Who's Thomson?"<br /><br />"You're welcome."</p>— John Barnes, probably not the one you thought (@JohnBarnesSF) <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnBarnesSF/status/1382407003322998788?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><div><br /></div><div>Some new music from Nirali of Maati Baani:</div><div><br /></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Check out my take on Chhap Tilak Sab Chheeni ❤️<br />Full Song : <a href="https://t.co/AEk0kMVRPr">https://t.co/AEk0kMVRPr</a> <a href="https://t.co/tRhzhGFrjI">pic.twitter.com/tRhzhGFrjI</a></p>— MAATIBAANI (@maatibaani) <a href="https://twitter.com/maatibaani/status/1382662101064290309?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><div><br /></div><div>And a wonderful video from Joy Harjo, U.S. Poet Laureate, born in Tulsa, and a member of the Mvskoke Nation:</div><div><br /></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Tune in ✨now✨ for Native Poet Laureate <a href="https://twitter.com/JoyHarjo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JoyHarjo</a> & Layli Long Soldier on Harjo's signature project Living Nations, Living Words!<a href="https://t.co/7zYutpe1Rs">https://t.co/7zYutpe1Rs</a></p>— Chicago Humanities (@chihumanities) <a href="https://twitter.com/chihumanities/status/1382482551604920325?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><div><br /></div><div>For pandemic insomnia, something from <a href="https://twitter.com/grantdraws/status/1326902895997050881">Grant Snider</a> (<a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EmobH0sXEAI0KsN?format=jpg&name=small">larger view</a>):</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kYUyezFiWtk/X63v0I0Q_SI/AAAAAAACYg0/5ABiOjqWLEY9AlxzPYk7ZudLFhxHhyh9wCLcBGAsYHQ/s602/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-11-12%2Bat%2B9.29.30%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="602" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kYUyezFiWtk/X63v0I0Q_SI/AAAAAAACYg0/5ABiOjqWLEY9AlxzPYk7ZudLFhxHhyh9wCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-11-12%2Bat%2B9.29.30%2BPM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Plus some words for today, starting with a word from Greek mythology: <b>CHAOS</b>. The Greek word is khaos, χάος. In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_(cosmogony)">the ancient Greek story of creation</a>, the world originally was a void without form or shape, a "gap" between heaven and earth. <a href="http://writingwithaesop.blogspot.com/2014/03/word-from-mythology-chaos.html">Find out more</a>.<div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IFOOwqEoFrk/UxQCG-VXONI/AAAAAAABAww/BjL-T7Fz4Hk/s1600/Lotto_Capoferri_Magnum_Chaos.jpg" style="background-color: white; color: #771100; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="386" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IFOOwqEoFrk/UxQCG-VXONI/AAAAAAABAww/BjL-T7Fz4Hk/s1600/Lotto_Capoferri_Magnum_Chaos.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Here's a word from India that has become part of English: <b>CALICO</b>, a corrupted pronunciation of the name of the city of "Calicut" on the Malabar coast of India, where "calico" fabric was made. The bright colors of calico cloth then lent their name to the tricolor cats now called calico cats. <a href="http://writingwithaesop.blogspot.com/2013/01/indian-word-in-english-calico.html">Find out more</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><img border="0" height="225" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ItOgLNjzGD8/UpGD56LOoJI/AAAAAAAA7ro/8zrEjrAKLoM/s400/calicocat.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #992211; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; position: relative;" width="400" /></div><div><br /></div><div>And speaking of languages, here's a video about <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5mZ0R3h8m0&index=54&list=PLrWYQjLLbXcgngLlqAJxoILEwXFaNrLVC&t=0s">Elvish and Dothraki</a>:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/a5mZ0R3h8m0" width="400"></iframe></div><div><br /><div><b>April 16: Charlie Chaplin</b>. Charlie Chaplin was born on this day in 1889; he died in 1977. You can read more about his remarkable life and career at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin">Wikipedia</a>. His older films are in the public domain, which means you can watch them online for free: <a href="http://www.openculture.com/2011/12/free_charlie_chaplin_films_on_the_web.html">65 Chaplin films online</a>. Here is a clip from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Circus_(film)">The Circus</a>, the first film for which he won an Academy Award:<br /><br /><div align="center"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_0a998z_G4g" width="400"></iframe><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8gFvMMN6SfM/WtQXviQ1hII/AAAAAAAB8lc/iYuelflVumwt_bOuQHMieJ0eofglJF5lgCLcBGAs/s1600/circus.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8gFvMMN6SfM/WtQXviQ1hII/AAAAAAAB8lc/iYuelflVumwt_bOuQHMieJ0eofglJF5lgCLcBGAs/s1600/circus.jpg" /></a></div></div><br /><br /><i>Check out the <a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia">Twitter stream</a> for information and fun stuff during the day, or <a href="http://ouclassannouncements.blogspot.com/search/label/current1">click here</a> for past announcements.</i></div></div></div></div>
Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732349248954848820.post-78188055191465192852021-04-15T01:00:00.061-04:002021-04-21T21:31:39.837-04:00Thursday, April 15<div>Today is <strong>Thursday of Week 12</strong>. Here is a link to <b><a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/week12">Week 12</a></b> and also <b><a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/week13">Week 13</a></b> for anybody working ahead (always a good strategy!).</div><div><br /><strong><em>Class Procedures and Reminders</em></strong><br /><br /><div><div><b>Story Lab: Microfictions</b><i> (repeat announcement). </i>This week is another Story Lab week, and if you haven't tried a microfiction option, I hope you will consider those options. Maybe you will write something you want to contribute to the class anthology; I've seen so many great microfiction stories go by in people's blogs, and I'm sure we could make a good book together like the students did last semester (<b><a href="http://Anthology.LauraGibbs.net">Fall book</a></b>). So you can <a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/w/page/131033472/storylab6#micro">use the Story Lab this week</a> if you want to learn about microfictions or maybe try writing some of your own. (My goal is to put the book together during Weeks 14 and 15 so that it will be ready by the end of the semester.)</div><div><br /></div><strong>Project Stack</strong>. If you turned in a project before 9PM on Sunday, you should have comments back from me now, and I will keep working on the Sunday assignments today; I will try to reply to all the Sunday items today. Meanwhile, as always you can <a href="https://goo.gl/fajODr">check the stack</a> to make sure I received your project.<br /><br /><strong><i>The following items are for fun and exploration</i></strong>:<br /><br /><b><a href="http://bloglines.mythfolklore.net/">Blog stream</a></b>. And in the spirit of microfiction, here are two great ones from Kenzie in Myth-Folklore: <b><a href="https://myth-folk-class.blogspot.com/2021/04/week-12-story-lab-microfiction-two-more.html">Two More Fictional Stories</a></b>... one of them is a 25-word hint fiction: <br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NKoWr0BgI5s/YHdmQLvnvuI/AAAAAAACclg/a4AL999v8b49xhPdKXYwg0fklNWzTfReACLcBGAsYHQ/s852/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-14%2Bat%2B6.01.18%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="746" data-original-width="852" height="350" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NKoWr0BgI5s/YHdmQLvnvuI/AAAAAAACclg/a4AL999v8b49xhPdKXYwg0fklNWzTfReACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h350/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-14%2Bat%2B6.01.18%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia">Twitter stream</a></b>. Check out this super-cool Zodiac Man from <a href="https://twitter.com/HistAstro/status/1382039679843848198">History of Astronomy</a>:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yFihdJaHCAo/YHdmqEJllhI/AAAAAAACclo/DJ500Qx-SpUtSUm0ha3kw5jGIs0fKSAKQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1772/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-14%2Bat%2B6.03.08%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="814" data-original-width="1772" height="184" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yFihdJaHCAo/YHdmqEJllhI/AAAAAAACclo/DJ500Qx-SpUtSUm0ha3kw5jGIs0fKSAKQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h184/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-14%2Bat%2B6.03.08%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YxhPXxGviBA/YHdm0qkodGI/AAAAAAACcls/AfPthSgYq0sMEvPeAnDLzqdSHDcuwmnHwCLcBGAsYHQ/s729/Ey39nGwWQAcGK_K.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="729" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YxhPXxGviBA/YHdm0qkodGI/AAAAAAACcls/AfPthSgYq0sMEvPeAnDLzqdSHDcuwmnHwCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Ey39nGwWQAcGK_K.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In this video you can see <a href="https://www.cabinet.ox.ac.uk/lunar-tool#/media=8135">the book in action</a>:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/346797198" width="400"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>An ancient Indian myth showed up in the <a href="https://twitter.com/ACKComics/status/1326423239426453509">ACK Twitter</a> stream: <a href="https://www.amarchitrakatha.com/mythologies/ila-the-genderfluid-deity/">The Genderfluid Deity</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eDaEMmLLpYg/X6yXUmNGa-I/AAAAAAACYgY/7Fp2j6Mo4QMZizCFwQjdAAQ6w2h2EtjEACLcBGAsYHQ/s468/Screenshot%2B2020-11-11%2Bat%2B9.00.10%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="399" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eDaEMmLLpYg/X6yXUmNGa-I/AAAAAAACYgY/7Fp2j6Mo4QMZizCFwQjdAAQ6w2h2EtjEACLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Screenshot%2B2020-11-11%2Bat%2B9.00.10%2BPM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Plus <a href="https://twitter.com/ABRAMSbooks/status/1271555633763028992">Grant Snider</a> has some lovely thoughts about being stuck in a book:</div><div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hsYjN_-qbwA/XuV8RFKG-7I/AAAAAAACWOU/eEEDKKvy5ugLJl-7PJk8A8ItogQMo2jtgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="446" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hsYjN_-qbwA/XuV8RFKG-7I/AAAAAAACWOU/eEEDKKvy5ugLJl-7PJk8A8ItogQMo2jtgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/1.jpeg" /></a></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>For those of you reading about King Arthur in Myth-Folklore this week, an Arthurian video from Crash Course: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik3Y4Oq6TwU&index=65&list=PLrWYQjLLbXcjuA88ZGrH_ZcJpQZ6xGyOY&t=0s">Galahad, Perceval, and the Holy Grail</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ik3Y4Oq6TwU" width="400"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Something lovely from Molly Hahn at <a href="https://twitter.com/BuddhaDoodles/status/1326602850655494144">Buddha Doodles</a>:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TpKfuOa4agg/X6yZThw36sI/AAAAAAACYgg/arLDTQWUOT8gHR3klgqUQJBcGA7q_BW2gCLcBGAsYHQ/s800/EmkKNLuWMAESjZr.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TpKfuOa4agg/X6yZThw36sI/AAAAAAACYgg/arLDTQWUOT8gHR3klgqUQJBcGA7q_BW2gCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/EmkKNLuWMAESjZr.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>April 15: da Vinci</b>. Today marks the birthday in the year 1452 of the remarkable Leonardo da Vinci, who was a genius in math, science and engineering, as well as being a famous artist. You can read about his remarkable life and career in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci">Wikipedia</a>. Here's a TED video by Siegfried Woldhek: <b><i><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/siegfried_woldhek_shows_how_he_found_the_true_face_of_leonardo/transcript?language=en">The Search for the True Face of Da Vinci</a></i></b>.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4Ne7EYoCX_o?list=PLrWYQjLLbXch0237GoEPpkJ3UM5jReF9v" width="400"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>You probably know his "Vitruvian Man," so here's a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMsaFP3kgqQ">TED video</a> about that, and Vitruvian Man also has a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitruvian_Man">Wikipedia article</a> of its own:<br /><br /><div align="center"><div style="margin: 0px;"><iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aMsaFP3kgqQ" width="400"></iframe><br /></div><div style="font-family: tinos; margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: tinos; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-znCEvBO3IWk/WtLAJ-w3nYI/AAAAAAAB8k4/XY0THXf36IkOFQGjlSg38XR3THp8XBVdgCLcBGAs/s1600/565px-Da_Vinci_Vitruve_Luc_Viatour.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="400" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-znCEvBO3IWk/WtLAJ-w3nYI/AAAAAAAB8k4/XY0THXf36IkOFQGjlSg38XR3THp8XBVdgCLcBGAs/s1600/565px-Da_Vinci_Vitruve_Luc_Viatour.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: tinos; margin: 0px;"><br /></div></div></div><div>And then... there is <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=vitruvian+cat&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS932US932&sxsrf=ALeKk035-X2UfO8KuR1sh8epdvir7JU0ag:1618437247984&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiM74bK3P7vAhW7KVkFHY5rBV0Q_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1261&bih=661">Vitruvian Cat</a>, like this <a href="https://www.cafepress.com/mf/22515294/vitruvian-cat-da-vinci-spoof_magnets">kitchen magnet</a> at CafePress: </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vQVwrbqBEw4/YHdlNAz8IvI/AAAAAAACclY/FLzKaOPzuIsQx-LJ-Zm5LMCmS8tBGgQmQCLcBGAsYHQ/s544/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-14%2Bat%2B5.56.15%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vQVwrbqBEw4/YHdlNAz8IvI/AAAAAAACclY/FLzKaOPzuIsQx-LJ-Zm5LMCmS8tBGgQmQCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-14%2Bat%2B5.56.15%2BPM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><i>Check out the <a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia">Twitter stream</a> for information and fun stuff during the day, or <a href="http://ouclassannouncements.blogspot.com/search/label/current1">click here</a> for past announcements.</i><br /></div><div><i><br /></i></div></div>
Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732349248954848820.post-36569310783096652762021-04-14T01:00:00.051-04:002021-04-20T20:24:33.296-04:00Wednesday, April 14Today is <strong>Wednesday of Week 12</strong>. Here is a link to <b><a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/week12">Week 12</a></b>, plus a link to <b><a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/week13">Week 13</a></b> for those of you who are working ahead. All the Canvas week modules are open and available: Week 12, 13, 14, and 15; <b><a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/w/page/13815947/calendar">details here</a></b>.<br /><br /><strong><em>Class Procedures and Reminders</em></strong><br /><br /><strong>Project Stack</strong>. If you turned in something before noon on Sunday, you should have comments back from me, and I'll keep working on the Sunday items today. Meanwhile, you can <a href="https://goo.gl/fajODr">check the stack</a> to make sure I received your project.<br /><br /><div><b>Story Lab: Microfictions</b>. This week is another Story Lab week, and if you haven't tried a microfiction option, I hope you will consider those options. Maybe you will write something you want to contribute to the class anthology; I've seen so many great microfiction stories go by in people's blogs, and I'm sure we could make a good book together like the students did last semester (<b><a href="http://Anthology.LauraGibbs.net">Fall book</a></b>). So you can <a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/w/page/131033472/storylab6#micro">use the Story Lab this week</a> if you want to learn about microfictions or maybe try writing some of your own. (My goal is to put the book together during Weeks 14 and 15 so that it will be ready by the end of the semester.)</div><div><br /><strong><i>The following items are for fun and exploration</i></strong>:<br /><br /><b><a href="http://bloglines.mythfolklore.net/">Blog stream</a></b>. And for a microfiction idea, check out this Dungeons-and-Dragons themed pair of stories from Connor: so cool! <b><a href="http://connormcneely.com/week-11/microfictions/">Enter the Arena and Reward for the Champions</a></b>. With custom art <a href="https://www.instagram.com/countessdecrepe/?hl=en">CountessDeCrepe (Regan Swift)</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y1a7I8YYZ2Q/YHYPwjw6dTI/AAAAAAACcks/mRLgapQ4PdMljBOFbtLAPw42QPTb3RIMQCLcBGAsYHQ/s485/Garus-Rock-Throw-1267x1536.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="485" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y1a7I8YYZ2Q/YHYPwjw6dTI/AAAAAAACcks/mRLgapQ4PdMljBOFbtLAPw42QPTb3RIMQCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Garus-Rock-Throw-1267x1536.jpeg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia">Twitter stream</a></b>. A genius bit of mythological humor: <a href="https://twitter.com/benjancewicz/status/1381957604608458755">Zeus and Poseidon</a>!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qN59Wk0e-Q4/YHYQgsnmfCI/AAAAAAACck0/gHsiCr2zoVIEoO7sTsAVFYAGLQUyh2NJQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1314/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-13%2Bat%2B5.42.57%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1116" data-original-width="1314" height="340" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qN59Wk0e-Q4/YHYQgsnmfCI/AAAAAAACck0/gHsiCr2zoVIEoO7sTsAVFYAGLQUyh2NJQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h340/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-13%2Bat%2B5.42.57%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">And some words of wisdom from one of my favorite writers, <a href="https://twitter.com/PhiBetaKappa/status/1381978045108654085">Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni</a>:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z9-7tPuXfKw/YHZ3v52ODwI/AAAAAAACck8/CeHBIKAv6eEeh6W2xu8SfxZriTPRRGNbQCLcBGAsYHQ/s830/Screenshot%2B2021-04-14%2B1.03.29%2BAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="367" data-original-width="830" height="176" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z9-7tPuXfKw/YHZ3v52ODwI/AAAAAAACck8/CeHBIKAv6eEeh6W2xu8SfxZriTPRRGNbQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h176/Screenshot%2B2021-04-14%2B1.03.29%2BAM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Tdp9ZRxV7Vg" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>This is an online exhibit at the Smithsonian's <a href="https://twitter.com/SmithsonianSec/status/1326254420087148545">Museum of the North American Indian</a>: <a href="https://americanindian.si.edu/americans/#">AMERICANS</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tTj-FZGMnRk/X6tQ9e9MP2I/AAAAAAACYfs/gFssdCjGsRgnn64XApd8ziSPLqM2XzhnACLcBGAsYHQ/s464/Screenshot%2B2020-11-10%2Bat%2B9.46.23%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="464" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tTj-FZGMnRk/X6tQ9e9MP2I/AAAAAAACYfs/gFssdCjGsRgnn64XApd8ziSPLqM2XzhnACLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Screenshot%2B2020-11-10%2Bat%2B9.46.23%2BPM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Very cool video from the <a href="https://twitter.com/MuseeLouvre/status/1326238860565737478">Louvre Museum in Paris</a>:</div><div><br /></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Au Louvre ! ✨<br />🗝 Have you ever watched closely "The Ship of Fools" of Bosch?<br /><br />The theme recalls the poem "The Ship of Fools" (1494) by the German author Sebastien Brant, which is a satire on human society.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LouvreChezVous?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LouvreChezVous</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MuseumFromHome?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MuseumFromHome</a> <a href="https://t.co/DRfSAAkh3Y">pic.twitter.com/DRfSAAkh3Y</a></p>— Musée du Louvre (@MuseeLouvre) <a href="https://twitter.com/MuseeLouvre/status/1326238860565737478?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 10, 2020</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><div><br /></div><div>And a video from <a href="https://twitter.com/MinOfCultureGoI/status/1325309575046848513">Ministry of Culture in India</a>:</div><div><br /></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Sattriya dance form is a powerful medium for the propagation of the Vaishnava faith introduced by Srimanta Sankaradeva. It integrates art and Bhakti through music, dance, and drama. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EkBharatShreshthaBharat?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EkBharatShreshthaBharat</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/prahladspatel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@prahladspatel</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/secycultureGOI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@secycultureGOI</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/PMOIndia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PMOIndia</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/PIBCulture?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PIBCulture</a><a href="https://twitter.com/pspoffice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@pspoffice</a> <a href="https://t.co/Lf02Qdk4Jw">pic.twitter.com/Lf02Qdk4Jw</a></p>— Ministry of Culture (@MinOfCultureGoI) <a href="https://twitter.com/MinOfCultureGoI/status/1325309575046848513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 8, 2020</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><div><br /></div><div>Some thoughts on critical thinking from <b><a href="https://twitter.com/grantdraws/status/1275796847639113731">Grant Snider</a> </b>(<a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EbSKGHsWsAAc5a7?format=jpg&name=large">larger view</a>):</div><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WVcGxgKFXZM/XvVvFX-KjWI/AAAAAAACWcs/04QfoSGes4UXJlRw88PphmzRvLr7McY6ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/EbSKGHsWsAAc5a7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WVcGxgKFXZM/XvVvFX-KjWI/AAAAAAACWcs/04QfoSGes4UXJlRw88PphmzRvLr7McY6ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/EbSKGHsWsAAc5a7.jpeg" /></a></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Plus some advice from <b><a href="https://twitter.com/theawkwardyeti/status/1279808578442924035">Awkward Yeti</a></b>: Brain is not sure, but Heart knows that watching butterflies is a good way to spend the day.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9QPBtnz2itg/XwUr7hkdirI/AAAAAAACWp8/Zy5JmTyuXzQjw5WaExS7yB9B9c-1lpwhQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/EcLLGHnWsAA1NOy.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="679" data-original-width="680" height="398" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9QPBtnz2itg/XwUr7hkdirI/AAAAAAACWp8/Zy5JmTyuXzQjw5WaExS7yB9B9c-1lpwhQCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/EcLLGHnWsAA1NOy.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>And for your viewing and listening enjoyment, a gorgeous video about Indian farmers from Maati Baani: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peJBclONWOA&index=3&list=PLrWYQjLLbXcgrXmMv-KUrUGlxq-rWCvim&t=0s">Saccha Mitr, True Friend</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/peJBclONWOA" width="400"></iframe></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div><b>April 14: Ramana Maharshi</b>. Today marks the anniversary of the death in the year 1950 of the great Indian guru, Sri Ramana Maharshi. You can read more about his life and career in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramana_Maharshi">Wikipedia</a>, which also has a section of <a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ramana_Maharshi">quotations</a> from his works and teachings:<br /><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7f2gzwIq3n8/XpUP5w779TI/AAAAAAACUws/cOyY1ofBh3U0dMi783M_rMg7lclLEjQMACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/EU9ucqdWsAAFgKL.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="691" data-original-width="1013" height="272" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7f2gzwIq3n8/XpUP5w779TI/AAAAAAACUws/cOyY1ofBh3U0dMi783M_rMg7lclLEjQMACLcBGAsYHQ/s400/EU9ucqdWsAAFgKL.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div>Here is a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVYv9ktilQw">documentary</a> about Ramana Maharshi if you are curious to learn more:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hVYv9ktilQw" width="400"></iframe></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><i>Check out the <a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia">Twitter stream</a> for information and fun stuff during the day, or <a href="http://ouclassannouncements.blogspot.com/search/label/current1">click here</a> for past announcements.</i><br /></div><div><i><br /></i></div>
Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732349248954848820.post-65111092424292651002021-04-13T01:00:00.083-04:002021-04-20T20:24:33.296-04:00Tuesday, April 13Today is <b>Tuesday</b> of <b>Week 12</b>. Here is a link to <a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/week12">Week 12</a>, plus <a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/week13">Week 13</a> for anyone who is working ahead. You can see the <a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/w/page/13815947/calendar">rest of the calendar here</a>; just four weeks to go! <br /><br /><strong><em>Class Procedures and Reminders</em></strong><br /><br /><strong>Project Stack</strong>. Yesterday I replied to all the projects that were in the stack on Friday last week, and today I'll start working on the projects people turned in on Sautrday. As always, you can <a href="https://goo.gl/fajODr">check the stack</a> to make sure I received your project.<div><br /></div><div><b>Mix-and-match</b>. As you make your plan to finish up in these remaining weeks, you can definitely mix-and-match, using the assignments you find most useful and/or fun. So if you enjoy the reading, feel free to jump on ahead and do reading from Weeks 13-14-15 now, or if you like working on your project, you can focus on that. Any combination of points that gets you to your goal is good (410 A, 360 B, 320 C), and if you have questions about that, just let me know!<br /><br /><strong><i>The following items are for fun and exploration</i></strong>:<br /><br /><b><a href="http://bloglines.mythfolklore.net/">Blog stream</a></b>. This is actually from the class Padlet; the theme of feeling sleep-deprived comes up repeatedly, and I thought these two gifs that people had shared there were so cute! You can <a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/w/page/140950665/checkin">jump in at the Padlet</a> anytime. :-)</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iBZctZmeM5Y/YHTsjaY6v8I/AAAAAAACcjg/xM-9FyvW_XoLtOJ0aH9vwoDHCNsnrzmJACLcBGAsYHQ/s405/aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYTEuZ2lwaHkuY29tL21lZGlhL0h3bURaYUk0WUVlWjIvZ2lwaHkuZ2lm.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="228" data-original-width="405" height="180" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iBZctZmeM5Y/YHTsjaY6v8I/AAAAAAACcjg/xM-9FyvW_XoLtOJ0aH9vwoDHCNsnrzmJACLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h180/aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYTEuZ2lwaHkuY29tL21lZGlhL0h3bURaYUk0WUVlWjIvZ2lwaHkuZ2lm.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jQNCAE_RW50/YHTsvWhB4GI/AAAAAAACcjk/TiGbTZInLqEmvZ3RFbuQr1DnPQdhwwMHQCLcBGAsYHQ/s480/aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYTIuZ2lwaHkuY29tL21lZGlhLzJiVXFlejFWbE9DSW5PWkxUcC9naXBoeS5naWY.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="270" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jQNCAE_RW50/YHTsvWhB4GI/AAAAAAACcjk/TiGbTZInLqEmvZ3RFbuQr1DnPQdhwwMHQCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYTIuZ2lwaHkuY29tL21lZGlhLzJiVXFlejFWbE9DSW5PWkxUcC9naXBoeS5naWY.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div><b><a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia">Twitter stream</a></b>. If you are out and about, you can still see the <b><a href="https://www.travelok.com/listings/view.profile/id.5278/subevent.7078?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=museum&utm_content=museum">Spiro Mound exhibit</a></b> up at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ahz9NKmfiLc/YHTuTGFpb3I/AAAAAAACckQ/5PLYONKQiY0nLYMf1GVIZenn6BMqLSZYQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1180/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-12%2Bat%2B9.04.53%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1144" data-original-width="1180" height="388" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ahz9NKmfiLc/YHTuTGFpb3I/AAAAAAACckQ/5PLYONKQiY0nLYMf1GVIZenn6BMqLSZYQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h388/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-12%2Bat%2B9.04.53%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Some gorgeous <a href="https://twitter.com/Zeelaf01/status/1380976918057472001">art from India</a>; people in the Indian Epics class will recognize Jatayu here, trying to rescue Sita from Ravana:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XtUzR39dRJc/YHTtKhkmK6I/AAAAAAACcjw/MotM6NVFfPAKpHAMPJnZ7D9UDsE9alddgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1744/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-12%2Bat%2B8.59.47%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="442" data-original-width="1744" height="101" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XtUzR39dRJc/YHTtKhkmK6I/AAAAAAACcjw/MotM6NVFfPAKpHAMPJnZ7D9UDsE9alddgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h101/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-12%2Bat%2B8.59.47%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--GGalb-AT68/YHTtN-itS3I/AAAAAAACcj0/PNhn4oTpah0wd4uwwF8YUcNeh0VKNuWdgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Eyo3L08VIAIW4de.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--GGalb-AT68/YHTtN-itS3I/AAAAAAACcj0/PNhn4oTpah0wd4uwwF8YUcNeh0VKNuWdgCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Eyo3L08VIAIW4de.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Also from India: a lovely flower saluting the elephant-headed god, <a href="https://twitter.com/TNSubbaRao1/status/1378899368443449345">Ganesha</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4gk5M63kJBw/YHTthAZ9wSI/AAAAAAACckA/FLRtQhZWGYIsgG_2BmPknI2aVpTxhO5QgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1312/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-12%2Bat%2B9.01.24%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="1312" height="198" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4gk5M63kJBw/YHTthAZ9wSI/AAAAAAACckA/FLRtQhZWGYIsgG_2BmPknI2aVpTxhO5QgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h198/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-12%2Bat%2B9.01.24%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xQ-IS5fKORI/YHTtlZl40mI/AAAAAAACckE/Y1DC7vX9uGEe493d5kd6VrSW0BZjAr2pwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1024/EyLVqtDUUAECV7Z.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="521" data-original-width="1024" height="204" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xQ-IS5fKORI/YHTtlZl40mI/AAAAAAACckE/Y1DC7vX9uGEe493d5kd6VrSW0BZjAr2pwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h204/EyLVqtDUUAECV7Z.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And I saw this Navajo video thanks to Cassie Gilman at OU:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Amazing! Navajo skateboarder goes viral, uses social media platforms to share cul... <a href="https://t.co/No4QMF0CSV">https://t.co/No4QMF0CSV</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/YouTube?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@YouTube</a></p>— Cassie Gilman (@cassiegilman) <a href="https://twitter.com/cassiegilman/status/1380643093788123139?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 9, 2021</a></blockquote></div><div><div><br /></div>Here's <a href="https://twitter.com/cdivakaruni/status/1267284447377920000">some inspiration</a> for getting to the end of the semester: <i>O snail, climb Mount Fuji, but slowly, slowly!</i><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-olkHgllQCvU/X6oA2cBpjeI/AAAAAAACYfc/4Iypfo54umw9jFMHsz-vCjATV_ufOO1qwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/EZZMefsXsAAfKfN.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="471" data-original-width="640" height="295" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-olkHgllQCvU/X6oA2cBpjeI/AAAAAAACYfc/4Iypfo54umw9jFMHsz-vCjATV_ufOO1qwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h295/EZZMefsXsAAfKfN.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>And a video with a similar message: the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLeUvZvuvAs&index=20&t=0s&list=PLrWYQjLLbXcinSlIDzuKWSxh_XzkZP0_b">power of yet</a>!</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XLeUvZvuvAs" width="400"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Ramadan. </b>Yesterday evening at sundown marked the beginning of the Muslim celebration of Ramadan, which is a month of fasting and prayer that culminates in the festival of Eid al-Fitr which takes place on the evening of May 12 this year. You can find out more about Ramadan at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramadan">Wikipedia</a>, and here's an <a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ey0DhL9VoAQL-R-?format=jpg&name=large">infographic from OU Student Affairs</a> (click that link for a larger version):</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ajmrjhnviPQ/YHTuv89NEuI/AAAAAAACckY/LVAJ_PLsIfM7XZX0qeWBf0XpXZsGnoQHACLcBGAsYHQ/s1172/Ey0DhL9VoAQL-R-.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1172" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ajmrjhnviPQ/YHTuv89NEuI/AAAAAAACckY/LVAJ_PLsIfM7XZX0qeWBf0XpXZsGnoQHACLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Ey0DhL9VoAQL-R-.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">And here's <a href="https://twitter.com/HoudaElyazgi/status/1381653986219020290">another helpful infographic</a> (click link for the larger version).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-faDj5IrjZAI/YHTvJwbBGJI/AAAAAAACckg/n_tfoJPo-YolrG4QbIsjwb5OmHi8F6kRgCLcBGAsYHQ/s912/Eyye-eOWUAE6E_A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="912" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-faDj5IrjZAI/YHTvJwbBGJI/AAAAAAACckg/n_tfoJPo-YolrG4QbIsjwb5OmHi8F6kRgCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Eyye-eOWUAE6E_A.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><i>Check out the <a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia">Twitter stream</a> for information and fun stuff during the day, or <a href="http://ouclassannouncements.blogspot.com/search/label/current1">click here</a> for past announcements.</i><br /></div><div><i><br /></i></div></div></div>
</div>Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732349248954848820.post-85965674126256035322021-04-12T01:00:00.051-04:002021-04-19T17:08:33.346-04:00Monday, April 12Today is <strong>Monday of Week 12</strong>. Here is a link to <b><a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/week12">Week 12</a>, </b>and you can use the <b><a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/w/page/13815947/calendar">class calendar</a></b> to access Weeks 13-14-15 (plus <b><a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/w/page/103903725/week11#project">Week 11</a></b> if you are using the grace period this morning).<br /><br /><strong><em>Class Procedures and Reminders</em></strong><br /><br /><b>Week 12 begins!</b> That means the <b><a href="http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/p/weeks-12-13.html">British and Celtic units</a></b> begin in Myth-Folklore, and <b><a href="http://iereadingguides.blogspot.com/p/weeks-12-15-explore.html">reading of your choice</a></b> in Indian Epics (please contact me if you have questions about that or would like some recommendations). I hope you will enjoy this week's reading!<br /><br /><strong>Project Stack</strong>. As always, the stack is huge on Monday! I will start with the projects that were turned in last week on Friday, working through the projects in the order they were turned in. Meanwhile, you can <a href="https://goo.gl/fajODr">check the stack</a> to make sure I received your project.<br /><br /><strong><i>The following items are for fun and exploration</i></strong>:<br /><br /><b><a href="http://bloglines.mythfolklore.net/">Blog stream</a></b>. It's always exciting to see when someone does a story on a topic no one has done before, so I was excited to see a story about the rakshasi Trijatha in Rebecca's blog: <b><a href="https://bookworm-musician.blogspot.com/2021/04/week-12-story-trijathas-ramayana.html">Trijatha's Ramayana</a></b>.<div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mu-OKRr2bgU/YHNdz8cLwWI/AAAAAAACci4/hnrR_Gps6yQG4o0dW-JYJEok4V4DL0JJQCLcBGAsYHQ/s534/738px-Sita_Sarama_Chit_chat.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mu-OKRr2bgU/YHNdz8cLwWI/AAAAAAACci4/hnrR_Gps6yQG4o0dW-JYJEok4V4DL0JJQCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/738px-Sita_Sarama_Chit_chat.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia">Twitter stream</a></b>. Tom Gauld does such great cartoons at the intersection of science and fantasy, like his new <a href="https://twitter.com/martiansoil/status/1380424345256931336">Rover</a> series (<a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EyhAoAdWQAEpTtU?format=jpg&name=900x900">larger view</a>):</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xZmL-xN-Amk/YHNeeCqLWFI/AAAAAAACcjA/xmpPP952DRw8OrWKvogGJqIXHH0dM9wmgCLcBGAsYHQ/s800/EyhAoAdWQAEpTtU.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="800" height="255" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xZmL-xN-Amk/YHNeeCqLWFI/AAAAAAACcjA/xmpPP952DRw8OrWKvogGJqIXHH0dM9wmgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h255/EyhAoAdWQAEpTtU.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>And here's <a href="https://twitter.com/dinoman_j/status/1380605701375033344">Dinoman</a> on the work/break paradox!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v317hRzpDPQ/YHNfEwv2_RI/AAAAAAACcjI/8sMjVm7U1d0ObBGjSkMkd1n0D7T3ouPWACLcBGAsYHQ/s400/Screenshot%2B2021-04-11%2B4.40.23%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="215" data-original-width="400" height="215" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v317hRzpDPQ/YHNfEwv2_RI/AAAAAAACcjI/8sMjVm7U1d0ObBGjSkMkd1n0D7T3ouPWACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h215/Screenshot%2B2021-04-11%2B4.40.23%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Something gorgeous from <a href="https://twitter.com/CBPolt/status/1325565548386787328">ancient Scythian culture</a>; you can read more about the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kul-Oba">Kul Oba barrow</a> at Wikipedia:</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hoPjSKpZQAw/X6iit5cEqFI/AAAAAAACYeg/yiDOQzEMASUCyWneHHTL5wiLKUvj2FEigCLcBGAsYHQ/s779/Screenshot%2B2020-11-08%2Bat%2B8.59.48%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="779" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hoPjSKpZQAw/X6iit5cEqFI/AAAAAAACYeg/yiDOQzEMASUCyWneHHTL5wiLKUvj2FEigCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/Screenshot%2B2020-11-08%2Bat%2B8.59.48%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>And check out this <a href="https://twitter.com/amitabhk87/status/1325280120278450176">musical architecture</a> in Hampi, India:</div><div><br /></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Only in India! Phenomenal music from the pillars of Vittala temple at Hampi ! <a href="https://t.co/9QVTwrobSb">pic.twitter.com/9QVTwrobSb</a></p>— Amitabh Kant (@amitabhk87) <a href="https://twitter.com/amitabhk87/status/1325280120278450176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 8, 2020</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><div><br /></div></div><div>Some of the world's oldest board games come from India, and here's a cool article from <b><a href="https://twitter.com/fredericlecut/status/1264653269688778753">Scroll</a></b>: <b><a href="https://scroll.in/article/961376/the-art-of-solitude-a-traditional-telugu-version-of-ludo-is-helping-bring-a-semblance-of-normalcy">The Art of Solitude: A traditional Telugu version of Ludo</a></b>.</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UTfbeojA_rQ/Xssy1rHJ2dI/AAAAAAACVtw/wvHkR7TE-5cwq4VyYJAWNjzLHcYuONYHQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screenshot%2B2020-05-24%2Bat%2B10.51.33%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="662" data-original-width="769" height="343" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UTfbeojA_rQ/Xssy1rHJ2dI/AAAAAAACVtw/wvHkR7TE-5cwq4VyYJAWNjzLHcYuONYHQCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/Screenshot%2B2020-05-24%2Bat%2B10.51.33%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>And speaking of games, here is some art from the Smithsonian turned into <b><a href="https://blog.library.si.edu/blog/2020/05/07/puzzles/#.X6imS47Yq5f">jigsaw puzzles</a></b>: so pretty, and so fun!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J33wW3T4gd8/X6imbp29oDI/AAAAAAACYeo/zxbTJKkCmUsPsLtWaae3-YMVpdhaXTcOgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1655/Screenshot%2B2020-11-08%2Bat%2B9.14.53%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="1655" height="191" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J33wW3T4gd8/X6imbp29oDI/AAAAAAACYeo/zxbTJKkCmUsPsLtWaae3-YMVpdhaXTcOgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h191/Screenshot%2B2020-11-08%2Bat%2B9.14.53%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FeO-7tqEpUw/X6imtewOgMI/AAAAAAACYew/8mb4l2aXabU9pGT6vPBPIrogrcpqpY4AQCLcBGAsYHQ/s596/planteetsesappl00Gras_0093-688x1024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="596" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FeO-7tqEpUw/X6imtewOgMI/AAAAAAACYew/8mb4l2aXabU9pGT6vPBPIrogrcpqpY4AQCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/planteetsesappl00Gras_0093-688x1024.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Absolutely amazing <a href="https://twitter.com/scroll_in/status/1274477129887911936">Turkish art</a>: <a href="https://scroll.in/video/810237/as-this-artist-paints-vincent-van-gogh-s-the-starry-night-on-water-you-simply-cannot-look-away">Vincent Van Gogh's 'The Starry Night' on water</a> ... here's the video:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4dKy7HNU4vk" width="400"></iframe></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>April 12: Ugadi</b>. The Indian New Year holiday of Ugadi is being celebrated on April 12 in some places today, and in other places it will be celebrated on April 13. You can read more at <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugadi">Wikipedia</a></b>, and follow the<b><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=ugadi&src=typd&f=live&vertical=default"> Ugadi hashtag</a></b> at Twitter to see how people are celebrating. In India, as in the U.S., people are social-distancing, but people will still be drawing rangolis and other festive activities at home I'm sure. Here's a <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp3PGJoa60E&feature=youtu.be">rangoli for Ugadi</a></b>:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Vp3PGJoa60E" width="400"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And here's a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75sCKiOdF14">quick video</a>:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/75sCKiOdF14" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><i>Check out the <a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia">Twitter stream</a> for information and fun stuff during the day, or <a href="http://ouclassannouncements.blogspot.com/search/label/current1">click here</a> for past announcements.</i><br /></div><div><i><br /></i></div>
</div>Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732349248954848820.post-8246320430149513782021-04-10T01:00:00.074-04:002021-05-05T20:07:11.894-04:00WEEK 11 WEEKEND: April 10-11It's the <b>WEEKEND</b> of <strong>Week 11</strong>. Happy Weekend! Here is a link to <b><a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/week11">Week 11</a></b> ... and if you are ready to start Week 12, here's that link also: <a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/week12" style="font-weight: bold;">Week 12</a>, along with a link to the <b><a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/w/page/13815947/calendar">class calendar</a></b> if you are working ahead, plus the <b><a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/w/page/44034097/gradingchart">progress chart</a> </b>so you can make sure you are on track as the semester starts winding down.<div><br /><strong><em>Class Procedures and Reminders</em></strong><br /><br /><b>Project Stack</b>. I'll try to update the stack periodically over the weekend, so you can <a href="https://goo.gl/fajODr">check the stack</a> to make sure I received your assignment. On Monday, I'll start replying to the assignments in the order turned in, starting with the assignments that were still in the stack on Friday.<div><br /></div><div><b>Finishing up the class</b>. A few more people finished the class last week, which is great to see! It's always nice to finish this class early if you have intense end-of-semester stuff to do in other classes. I'd encourage everybody to make a plan for finishing up, and if you have any questions about that, let me know.<br /><br /><strong><i>The following items are for fun and exploration</i></strong>:<br /><br /><b><a href="http://bloglines.mythfolklore.net/">Blog stream</a></b>. It's so fun seeing the microfiction experiments that people are trying... like this fun one from Tyler: <b><a href="https://readerofepics.blogspot.com/2021/04/week-12-lab-microfiction-new-beginnings.html">New Beginnings</a></b>. It's a combination of looking ahead but also blending in wacky details from the past (see her author's note for details).</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--u7lA_2icAE/YHDOgoauMQI/AAAAAAACcgs/-YLxymLBd7YFdqMEUdPX4-zD8bgwCLl3QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/moving.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="218" data-original-width="320" height="272" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--u7lA_2icAE/YHDOgoauMQI/AAAAAAACcgs/-YLxymLBd7YFdqMEUdPX4-zD8bgwCLl3QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h272/moving.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia">Twitter stream</a></b>. I noticed this lovely India item in <a href="https://twitter.com/brainpicker/status/1324893595254616065">Brain Pickings</a>: <a href="https://www.brainpickings.org/2020/11/06/trees-rustle-tara-books/">The Secret Life of Trees</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2oSNJs90F6I/X6YbUMPDeXI/AAAAAAACYbY/VP2sRH26-Mw0x6ctXQc_xwV4gFCteTInACLcBGAsYHQ/s1140/Screenshot%2B2020-11-06%2Bat%2B10.56.54%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="344" data-original-width="1140" height="121" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2oSNJs90F6I/X6YbUMPDeXI/AAAAAAACYbY/VP2sRH26-Mw0x6ctXQc_xwV4gFCteTInACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h121/Screenshot%2B2020-11-06%2Bat%2B10.56.54%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mrBoWg02ud4/X6YbtkNbOoI/AAAAAAACYbk/1fRFvhjOx1w7F9nqM6Vvv2W3mZXwbPX3gCLcBGAsYHQ/s533/The-Antler-Tree.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mrBoWg02ud4/X6YbtkNbOoI/AAAAAAACYbk/1fRFvhjOx1w7F9nqM6Vvv2W3mZXwbPX3gCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/The-Antler-Tree.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div>This is a beautiful Twitter hashtag: <b><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MuseumMomentOfZen?src=hashtag_click" target="_blank">#MuseumMomentOfZen</a></b> ... and here's a Zen Moment item from <b><a href="https://twitter.com/LACMA/status/1261468164459806720" target="_blank">LACMA</a></b>:<br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-81AHq-B2XUg/Xr9pPeel4RI/AAAAAAACVYk/mBlM_9QeeMEnB3rOUJ0rfQhREW3WYM8EwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/EYGim18X0AQ6D6j.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="411" data-original-width="900" height="182" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-81AHq-B2XUg/Xr9pPeel4RI/AAAAAAACVYk/mBlM_9QeeMEnB3rOUJ0rfQhREW3WYM8EwCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/EYGim18X0AQ6D6j.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>And just to blow your mind: a backwards clock (it's <a href="https://twitter.com/weird_hist/status/1266887141575069696">in Bolivia</a>). Weird time for a weird world!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yRJ8RnGqFVM/X6Yfz2NIORI/AAAAAAACYcE/horNU6OXJtUcVN0mt0WimTji0RNhzWSNQCLcBGAsYHQ/s680/EZTjJDeX0AIiYM0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="357" data-original-width="680" height="210" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yRJ8RnGqFVM/X6Yfz2NIORI/AAAAAAACYcE/horNU6OXJtUcVN0mt0WimTji0RNhzWSNQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h210/EZTjJDeX0AIiYM0.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Plus a great cartoon about pandemic time from <a href="https://twitter.com/theawkwardyeti/status/1325098863900971009">Awkward Yeti</a>:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7yeI5mCThps/X6dmD42UcPI/AAAAAAACYdY/BarYUlMdlzcex5Uca2iWX60GRAT3qg2rgCLcBGAsYHQ/s680/EmOyPprXIAMBPfJ.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="678" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7yeI5mCThps/X6dmD42UcPI/AAAAAAACYdY/BarYUlMdlzcex5Uca2iWX60GRAT3qg2rgCLcBGAsYHQ/w399-h400/EmOyPprXIAMBPfJ.jpeg" width="399" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And an <a href="https://twitter.com/samhaselby/status/1325190618314756096">essay on the Mahabharata</a> by Sanskrit scholar Audrey Truschke: <a href="https://aeon.co/essays/the-indian-epic-mahabharata-imparts-a-dark-nuanced-moral-vision">The living Mahabharata</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5X3jBy1TVO0/X6dkoC7y8bI/AAAAAAACYdQ/VhuXyAM5UX4vdwiApjZZNL5iTJ4uxgk2ACLcBGAsYHQ/s707/Screenshot%2B2020-11-07%2Bat%2B10.22.20%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="659" data-original-width="707" height="373" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5X3jBy1TVO0/X6dkoC7y8bI/AAAAAAACYdQ/VhuXyAM5UX4vdwiApjZZNL5iTJ4uxgk2ACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h373/Screenshot%2B2020-11-07%2Bat%2B10.22.20%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Plus modern Greek mythology: the classical myth of Jason and vengeful Medea... as <a href="https://twitter.com/ahencyclopedia/status/1325218977451106304">Social Medea</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JgiZ24-1pk4/X6di8hz3zII/AAAAAAACYc4/ni-vJRXW6vY5dQRH6ovsRsrwpKnorVrRQCLcBGAsYHQ/s503/EmQBB-1U0AggJ_K.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="503" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JgiZ24-1pk4/X6di8hz3zII/AAAAAAACYc4/ni-vJRXW6vY5dQRH6ovsRsrwpKnorVrRQCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/EmQBB-1U0AggJ_K.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div>Here's a TED-Ed video about <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7cIc7IAN6U">Jason and Medea</a>:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/M7cIc7IAN6U" width="400"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><b>April 10</b>. Today marks the birthday of Montague Summers in 1880, an English clergyman and writer known for his books on werewolves, witches, and vampires. You can learn more about his life and career at <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montague_Summers">Wikipedia</a></b>, and you can find his book <b><a href="http://www.sacred-texts.com/goth/vkk/">The Vampire: His Kith and Kin</a></b> online. In addition, he translated the Latin <b><a href="https://www.sacred-texts.com/pag/mm/index.htm">Malleus Maleficarum</a></b>, a 15th-century manual for witch hunters. Here is the title page of a <b><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:J._Sprenger_and_H._Institutoris,_Malleus_maleficarum._Wellcome_L0000980.jpg">Latin edition of the Malleus</a></b>:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FLVtdz-XSp8/XK09LEcB-xI/AAAAAAACDpM/MyLVmd5rOGoVSqkqyAPJPyhLlv5ml5NlgCLcBGAs/s1600/sprenger.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FLVtdz-XSp8/XK09LEcB-xI/AAAAAAACDpM/MyLVmd5rOGoVSqkqyAPJPyhLlv5ml5NlgCLcBGAs/s1600/sprenger.jpg" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>April 11: Margaret of Navarre</b>. Today is the birthday of the French writer Margaret, Queen of Navarre, in the year 1492. You can read about her remarkable life and career at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguerite_de_Navarre">Wikipedia</a>, and selections from her book <a href="http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/07/myth-folklore-unit-heptameron-of.html">The Heptameron</a> will be one of the reading options coming up in the Myth-Folklore class! Here is <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marguerite_d%27Angoul%C3%AAme.jpg">her portrait</a>:<br /><div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Tinos; margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: both; font-family: Tinos; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0xQcHp6jHGY/XK6HW9SfRmI/AAAAAAACDpo/COCoTZaKzJwQectADh4hN6TypvLQj0r0wCLcBGAs/s1600/Marguerite_d%2527Angoul%25C3%25AAme.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="481" data-original-width="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0xQcHp6jHGY/XK6HW9SfRmI/AAAAAAACDpo/COCoTZaKzJwQectADh4hN6TypvLQj0r0wCLcBGAs/s1600/Marguerite_d%2527Angoul%25C3%25AAme.jpg" /></a></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Tinos; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div></div></div>This <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5fM3cURrns">video</a> provides a quick introduction to her work; it's a promo for what sounds like a great class!</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/T5fM3cURrns" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><i>Check out the <a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia">Twitter stream</a> for information and fun stuff during the day, or <a href="http://ouclassannouncements.blogspot.com/search/label/current1">click here</a> for past announcements.</i></div></div>
</div>Laura Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994025992373244815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732349248954848820.post-68406699733002673512021-04-09T01:00:00.062-04:002021-05-05T20:07:11.894-04:00Friday, April 9<b>At last....... FRIDAY! </b>You have reached the end of <a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/week11">Week 11</a>, and you can access future weeks on the <a href="http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/w/page/13815947/calendar">class calendar</a> if you are working ahead in order to finish this class early. I hope you are looking forward to a great weekend!<br /><br /><strong><em>Class Procedures and Reminders</em></strong><br /><br /><b>Stories for the randomizer</b>. I'll update the randomizer to add in the new stories later today, so there will be lots of new stories in the randomizer for your Week 11 blog comments. Thanks to everybody for the new stories this week!<br /><br /><strong>Project Stack</strong>. If you turned in your project on Sunday, you should have gotten comments back from me, and I should be able to get through the rest of the stack by the end of the day today. As always, you can <a href="https://goo.gl/fajODr">check the stack</a> to make sure I received your project.<br /><br /><strong><i>The following items are for fun and exploration</i></strong>:<br /><br /><b><a href="http://bloglines.mythfolklore.net/">Blog stream</a></b>. I noticed this post because of the beautiful dragon painting, and when I clicked to look I saw that Jennifer has two dragon stories here side by a side, a Chinese legend and a Japanese legend. Very cool! You can see the stories here: <a href="https://jdbmf.blogspot.com/2021/04/week-11-story-two-dragon-myths-from-two.html">Two Dragon Myths</a>.<div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jAAnZhWDngM/YG-3vD5ZmOI/AAAAAAACcfw/B-q512rC6HYGo15pYf5XWb-D9kg1ZMFfACLcBGAsYHQ/s900/900px-Hokusai_Dragon.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jAAnZhWDngM/YG-3vD5ZmOI/AAAAAAACcfw/B-q512rC6HYGo15pYf5XWb-D9kg1ZMFfACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/900px-Hokusai_Dragon.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div><b><a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia">Twitter stream</a></b>. One of my favorite myth-fantasy book series is the <a href="https://twitter.com/readriordan/status/1379901800652898314">Aru Shah / Pandava series</a> by Roshani Chokshi... the fourth book just came out, and you can snag the first three books in the series for just 99 cents each as part of the promotion for the new book; highly recommended, especially for any fantasy fans in the Indian Epics class: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07HJZK7QN?ref_=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_tkin&binding=kindle_edition&tag=dpw001-20">99 cent Pandava series</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LQTyAxcNMow/YG-4wP1sOII/AAAAAAACcf4/1-8_3cANQBEwJIQa00ZSFEvFyOYHe7VagCLcBGAsYHQ/s443/Screenshot%2B2021-04-08%2B10.13.27%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="443" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LQTyAxcNMow/YG-4wP1sOII/AAAAAAACcf4/1-8_3cANQBEwJIQa00ZSFEvFyOYHe7VagCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Screenshot%2B2021-04-08%2B10.13.27%2BPM.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G2l2GZN0i-Q/YG-5QijG4eI/AAAAAAACcgA/uLfOYbU7Dc0wH91Cbf9tcHLtvGqe391SQCLcBGAsYHQ/s369/B1Z4yh0WTRS._SY300_.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="369" height="325" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G2l2GZN0i-Q/YG-5QijG4eI/AAAAAAACcgA/uLfOYbU7Dc0wH91Cbf9tcHLtvGqe391SQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h325/B1Z4yh0WTRS._SY300_.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>And here's an <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j8QAr6XhpE">interview with the author</a>:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3j8QAr6XhpE" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>From <a href="https://twitter.com/frome_maude/status/1380102250790535168">#FolkloreThursday</a> yesterday, here's a fairy legend about eating rowan berries:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NiCYjTA-xCs/YG-63XU_iII/AAAAAAACcgI/1WPuqy1VdMg_wtBPVkgfnt4_qNfNqAdlACLcBGAsYHQ/s399/Screenshot%2B2021-04-08%2B10.22.50%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="399" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NiCYjTA-xCs/YG-63XU_iII/AAAAAAACcgI/1WPuqy1VdMg_wtBPVkgfnt4_qNfNqAdlACLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Screenshot%2B2021-04-08%2B10.22.50%2BPM.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-niW25Kx5J-4/YG-67NX4cSI/AAAAAAACcgM/H_17Gn4Z4GsM4hdv0ay-96msjkXVZs1AACLcBGAsYHQ/s596/EycbrjfW8AItRi7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="596" data-original-width="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-niW25Kx5J-4/YG-67NX4cSI/AAAAAAACcgM/H_17Gn4Z4GsM4hdv0ay-96msjkXVZs1AACLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/EycbrjfW8AItRi7.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Plus a fascinating article about trying to imagine stories from the distant past: hunter-heroines! <a href="https://phys.org/news/2020-11-early-big-game-hunters-americas-female.html">Early big-game hunters of the Americas were female</a>.<div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nzCWmcyDQWM/X6S5dEXz9AI/AAAAAAACYac/9NCluhaAJoAU-BeUJdZRMiLMT4UwB04XACLcBGAsYHQ/s709/Screenshot%2B2020-11-05%2Bat%2B9.47.24%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="702" data-original-width="709" height="396" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nzCWmcyDQWM/X6S5dEXz9AI/AAAAAAACYac/9NCluhaAJoAU-BeUJdZRMiLMT4UwB04XACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h396/Screenshot%2B2020-11-05%2Bat%2B9.47.24%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Another great cartoon from <b><a href="https://twitter.com/theawkwardyeti/status/1260936855064850437" target="_blank">Awkward Yeti</a></b> with heart and brain (<a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EX-_Xb1XQAAZRWd?format=jpg&name=medium">larger view</a>):</div></div><div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-plugEggZ3g0/Xr4Y4P-5eEI/AAAAAAACVWM/dk-_9iKMWV8CGDpmtmT5a_dsRRHZTQ9PQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/EX-_Xb1XQAAZRWd.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="984" data-original-width="1200" height="327" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-plugEggZ3g0/Xr4Y4P-5eEI/AAAAAAACVWM/dk-_9iKMWV8CGDpmtmT5a_dsRRHZTQ9PQCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/EX-_Xb1XQAAZRWd.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Plus something beautiful from <b><a href="https://twitter.com/grantdraws/status/1260678691857805317" target="_blank">Grant Snider</a> </b>(<a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EX7TdaeWoAIebMs?format=jpg&name=900x900">larger view</a>):<br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lkGk9njIkho/X6S85DcYxpI/AAAAAAACYa4/jJZVbKYWmFwvzT6j4rlNeAQjBA-DmPbIgCLcBGAsYHQ/s900/sunrises.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="836" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lkGk9njIkho/X6S85DcYxpI/AAAAAAACYa4/jJZVbKYWmFwvzT6j4rlNeAQjBA-DmPbIgCLcBGAsYHQ/w371-h400/sunrises.jpeg" width="371" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>And something from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNw7RIOY7SA&index=71&list=PLrWYQjLLbXcjuA88ZGrH_ZcJpQZ6xGyOY&t=0s">Crash Course about trees</a>:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iNw7RIOY7SA" width="400"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;"><div><b>April 9: Tom Lehrer</b>. Today, April 9, is the 93st birthday of<b> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Lehrer" target="_blank">Tom Lehrer</a></b>, born in 1928, an American mathematician and composer of some very funny satirical songs. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TOM LEHRER! Here's one of his science songs: <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGM-wSKFBpo" target="_blank">The Elements</a></b>.</div></div><div style="text-align: start;"><div><br /></div></div><div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zGM-wSKFBpo" width="400"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: start;">And here's one of his mythological songs: <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xfv6iXvbJ4" target="_blank">Oedipus Rex</a></b>.</div><div style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z6rKrO5iLZs" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe></div><div><br /></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><i>Check out the <a href="https://twitter.com/OnlineMythIndia">Twitter stream</a> for information and fun stuff during the day, or <a href="http://ouclassannouncements.blogspot.com/search/label/current1">click here</a> for past announcements. </i></div></div></div></div></div>
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