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The online World University and School bookstore is planning to be in the 6 United Nations' languages plus Portuguese, a lingua franca for a significant part of Africa, for the I.B. and bachelor degrees, to start, and perhaps eventually on the ground, as bookstore/computer store / informal student center / and possibly also as wired classroom for 40 people, in a nice neighborhood, perhaps near a Quaker Meeting, and in a major city (with a culture of learning?) of that language: Arabic -Tehran/Riyadh/Dubai? Chinese (Mandarin) - Beijing, English - London/Cambridge, French-Paris, Russian-Moscow/St. Petersburg, Spanish-Madrid?
The online World University and School bookstore is planning to be in the 6 United Nations' languages plus Portuguese, a lingua franca for a significant part of Africa, for the I.B. and bachelor degrees, to start, and perhaps eventually on the ground, as bookstore/computer store / informal student center / and possibly also as wired classroom for 40 people, in a nice neighborhood, perhaps near a Quaker Meeting, and in a major city (with a culture of learning?) of that language: Arabic -Tehran/Riyadh/Dubai? Chinese (Mandarin) - Beijing, English - London/Cambridge, French-Paris, Russian-Moscow/St. Petersburg, Spanish-Madrid?


The online WUaS bookstore / computer store will carry textbooks, books and other resources for MIT OCW and Yale OYC courses with video, as well as eventually computers.
The online WUaS bookstore / computer store will carry textbooks, books and other resources for MIT OCW and Yale OYC courses with video, as well as eventually computers.




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===Select Books===
===Select Books===


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===Select Channels===




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===Select Films===
===Select Films===


===Select Film Reviews===




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===Select Idea Competitions / Conversations / Dialogues===
===Select Idea Competitions / Conversations / Dialogues===


===Select Images, Infographics, etc.===




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===Select Maps===
===Select Maps===


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(See also editable World University and School's Museums' page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Museums).
(See also editable World University and School's Museums' page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Museums).


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===Select Quotes, Quotations, etc.===
===Select Quotes, Quotations, etc.===


===Select RSS Feeds===




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===Select References===
===Select References===


Menand, Louis. 2011. [http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2011/06/06/110606crat_atlarge_menand LIVE AND LEARN: Why we have college]. JUNE 6. New York, NY: The New Yorker.



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===Select Textbooks===
===Select Textbooks===


===Select Theses, Dissertations, Papers, etc.===




===Select Timelines===
===Select Timelines===


===Select Twitters===




===Select Video and Audio===
===Select Video and Audio===


===Select Video Conferences===




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WUaS International Baccalaureate Diploma and Programme: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_International_Baccalaureate_Diploma_and_Programme
WUaS International Baccalaureate Diploma and Programme: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_International_Baccalaureate_Diploma_and_Programme








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Admissions' Department: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Admissions_at_World_University_and_School
Admissions' Department: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Admissions_at_World_University_and_School

Flyer seeking degree-oriented, WUaS students: 'Quaker-informed World University & School seeks friendly, undergraduate students for free, online, MIT OCW-centric, bachelor’s degrees to apply in the autumn of 2013, for matriculation in autumn 2014' - http://scottmacleod.com/WUaSFriendsFlyerforProspectiveStudentApplicants.pdf - and accessible here, also - http://scottmacleod.com/WUaSNoticeArchive.html. WUaS holds open, electronically-mediated, hour-long, monthly business meeting on the second Saturdays at 9 am Pacific Time, in the manner of Quakers - email worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com if you'd like to participate.




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Bookstore / Computer Store (New & Used) at WUaS: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Bookstore_/_Computer_Store_%28New_%26_Used%29_at_WUaS
Bookstore / Computer Store (New & Used) at WUaS: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Bookstore_/_Computer_Store_%28New_%26_Used%29_at_WUaS


with educational electronics, as well;
with educational electronics, as well;
with musical instruments;
with musical instruments;
value pricing ... 2% below market, consistently;
value pricing ... 2% below market, consistently;
available via mail and electronically;
available via mail and electronically;


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WUaS International Baccalaureate Diploma and Programme: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_International_Baccalaureate_Diploma_and_Programme
WUaS International Baccalaureate Diploma and Programme: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_International_Baccalaureate_Diploma_and_Programme
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(probably in United Nations' languages only - Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, Russian, Spanish)
(probably in United Nations' languages only - Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, Russian, Spanish)





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===Item Number===
===Item Number===

Global ID and Multiple IDs - see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/New_sites_system




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Yahoo Groups' World University and School: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worlduniversityandschool/
Yahoo Groups' World University and School: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worlduniversityandschool/


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===Tutoring===
===Tutoring===





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==Free, group video conferencing==
''Free video conferencing''


iChat - http://www.apple.com/macosx/what-is-macosx/ichat.html
Google Video Conferencing - in Gmail




Zoom.us - http://zoom.us/
Skype - http://www.skype.com/




==Free video conferencing==
''Free, group video conferencing''


iChat - http://www.apple.com/macosx/what-is-macosx/ichat.html
AnyMeeting - http://l.anymeeting.com/homepage/




Google + Hangout - https://tools.google.com/dlpage/hangoutplugin
Skype - http://www.skype.com/




Zoom.us - Cloud HD Video Meetings - http://zoom.us/




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Wikispaces - http://www.wikispaces.com/
Wikispaces - http://www.wikispaces.com/


===Wikidata / Bots ===

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Bots




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Hardware Resource Possibilities: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Hardware_Resource_Possibilities
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World University Foundation: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Foundation
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