Class Procedures and Reminders
Project Stack. As always, the project stack is HUGE on Monday. While you are waiting on comments back from me about your assignment, you can check the stack to make sure I received your email.
Congratulations to Stalder! I am pleased to announce that Stalder has completed the class this weekend; he got started early, and he worked a couple of weeks at a time, and now he is all done. It's the power of working ahead and doing some extra credit too! (Since he did a lot of extra commenting, a lot of you probably know Stalder from comments on your blog posts.)
The following items are for fun and exploration:
Blog Stream. It's always fun to see where the Wikipedia Trails lead, and here's one from Jack's blog (I shared his Twine game last week); this Trail goes from the Mahabharata to Mahatma Gandhi, via Vyasa:
Free Book Online. Today's free book is The Flame Tree and Other Folklore Stories from Uganda by Rosetta Baskerville.
Free Audiobook. Today's free audiobook is The Talking Thrush and Other Tales from India by William Crooke and W. H. D. Rouse with illustrations by W. H. Robinson
Featured Storybook. This Storybook is inspired by a holiday called Karva Chauth: Lifelong Devotion: Tales of Love at Karva Chauth. Karva Chauth is an Indian holiday in which women honor the power of love in their lives. In this Storybook, you will spend the holiday with Sita, Ahalya and Radha as they reflect on their dramatic love lives.
Myth Video. Here is another flood story from Crash Course: Yu the Engineer and Flood Stories from China.
Myth Item. And here is a great proverb from China: Your fingers can’t be of the same length.
Growth Mindset Cats. This cat recommends being open to new things: Genius means you like to explore.
And here's a coffee thought to start your week: Coffee Flowchart.
This video focuses on Morning Habits.
Event on Campus. You can visit the Sam Noble Museum to see the Hall of World Cultures. On Mondays the museum is open 10AM-5PM, and admission is free for OU students (details).
February 25: George Harrison. Today marks the birthday of George Harrison in 1943; he died in 2001. You can read about his life and career in this Wikipedia article. Today is my birthday too, and when I was growing up I always felt special because I shared my birthday with one of the Beatles. Here is a recording of George Harrison performing Om Hare Om: Gopala Krishna:
Here is an interview with Ravi Shankar and George Harrison about one of their collaborative projects: Chants of India.
This recording is from that album; it is a version of the ancient Mangalam mantra:
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