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Disrupting Loneliness
We are currently facing an epidemic of loneliness and isolation among older adults, with up to 43% of adults professing to being lonely. Social isolation has been linked to a higher risk of health problems and cognitive decline. CircleTalk is working to reverse this tide.
Healthy Aging and the Importance of Human Connections.
CircleTalk is designed to build a sense of belonging and connection to others. It is a conversation-based approach using a field-tested curriculum. CircleTalk Leaders facilitate meaningful conversations with participants using focused activities and discussions.
Circle participants have high quality interactions with others through self-reflection, personal storytelling as well as fun and light activities. CircleTalk is changing the landscape of social interactions for older adults and disrupting the potential for loneliness and isolation as we age. Since being founded in 2011, we have trained over 100 CircleTalk leaders and conducted over 3000 hours of CircleTalk programs.
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They're actually making a Naked Gun video game...
If you've ever wanted to play a video game version of OJ Simpson, you're in luck! Developers at Gamecentric have come up with "Naked Gun: ICUP" (get it?...), a new game that will combine adventure game mechanics with social media based on the popular NAKED GUN franchise. What exactly will this game be about?
Years after the events of the original films, a crime wave has overtaken the city, and thereâs just one man who can stop it - Lt. Det. Frank Drebin Jr.! Bringing the strict âno-nonsenseâ professionalism inherited by his father, Lt. Drebin and his team of I.C.U.P. agents (International Crime Unit Police) must work together to solve the case and bring down a global crime syndicate.
The game will be releasing in six episodes, written by Robert LoCash, writer of THE NAKED GUN 33 1/3. How bad could it be? Uhh, from the looks of this trailer, pretty bad. Somewhere the coffin of Leslie Nielsen is spinning like a top. Check out the trailer below and try not to get douche chills.
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Barcelona v Benfica
All eyes will be on the action on the pitch at Celtic Park tonight but all ears will be listening to events at the Nou Camp. The Hoops need a favour from Lionel Messi and co. in order to make the Champions League 16. Put simply, they need to better Benfica's result.
Pity then for Celtic that Barca have topped the group already and look like resting several first team players. It's likely they'll do without Mascherano, Alba, Xavi, Iniesta, Fabregas and Pedro but we can expect a decent level of fringe players to fill the void.
Most importantly though is the fact that Lionel Messi will be in the starting line and he's hungry for goals. He's hunting down Gerd Muller's record of number of goals in a calendar year and the games are running out. So while points may not be the motivation for the Argentinian genius goals certainly are.
Benfica almost certainly have to give it go tonight at some stage and that means there'll be room to be exploited at the back. Messi to score is too short to be backing but I think there will be goals. I even think Benfica will get on the scoresheet but won't do enough to win.
Looking at Barca this season they've often left their best until last, snatching several victories in the final few minutes. You won't see a more patient team, although some decry their lack of a Plan B. They'll just keep plugging away until the goals come. With that in mind I like the look of BetInternet's 23/20 on Barcelona scoring most goals in the second half.


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A little about Cathy from Cathy Gray Inkwork
Cathy's work is all hand drawn in archival ink. The delicacy is reminiscent of an embroiderer's needlework and in particular, lace. The complexity of design and exquisite execution are evidence of Cathy's devotion to her work. "…As time went on my art became more and more complex and structured, with any one piece taking up to 200 hours."
Her intricate and finely detailed works demonstrate a radial balance, drawing our gaze from the centre point. The circle, considered the perfect shape in Ancient Greek culture, has been associated with both divine and natural symmetry. It represents balance and can often symbolise harmony and unity. Cathy's works evoke harmonious balance and the peace felt creating the works is transferred to the viewer. They invite quiet contemplation and introspection.
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Digital Smart Mirror lab with React Native
Here's a perfect weekend hack. Grab that old clunky Kindle Fire or any other tablet you have kicking around the dust and put it to good use (weird that we can call these things old now eh?). We're going to make a Smart Mirror. I chose to use React Native for this, but you can do this with any stack that will run on a tablet (such as a webpage). You can find this project on github.com/ajwhite/MagicMirror.
There's not a whole lot to this project, it's a perfect DIY for a developer who wants to make some cool things for the house. The Internet-of-Things is a growing trend and, we the developers, are the privileged ones who get to make them ourselves and command them do exactly what we want them to do. I never thought I'd be telling a mirror what to do unless I was arguing with myself in front of one. Times 'a changin'.
This is only comprised of:
- Two way mirror (more expensive, harder to come by)
Plexiglass & Mirror Film (cheaper option)
- Black construction paper (or something else dark that you can stick on the back)
- Velcro (or something that you can mount the tablet onto the glass)
- … A tablet. You won't need anything fancy for this.
So let's get started:
1. Create your mirror
This is probably the hardest part if you're going the Plexiglass + Mirror Film route. For a relatable experience, we're basically putting a screen protector on a 4 foot smart phone. Not fun. If you're using a two-way mirror, go ahead to the next step.
I used the Gila Mirror Privacy Window Film. These Gila folks certainly seem to enjoy making instructional videos, so you're in luck. Make sure you do this on a nice flat surface. It'll be helpful to have another person help you apply it. I can attest that this can be done on your own, since I don't have friends. So holster your impatience and do it slowly if you're on your own. If you're the crafty type, or good with your hands, you'll have a breeze.
2. Black out the backside
A two-way mirror, by design, is going to let light through and look a bit opaque. You're going to want to flip over your mirror and line the back of it with something dark. I used construction paper. Make sure you leave some room for your tablet, since you want that to shine through.
At this point I tucked the tablet below the mirror to see how it looks. Don't mind the weird reflection.
3. Set up the mount
Chances are you're going to want to see how it looks while you're building your software. It's like night and day when you put the tablet behind the mirror and only the white text & icons shine through compared to looking at the emulator. I went ahead and set up my velcro mount at this point so I could have the tablet running on the mirror while developing the application and get the full effect. Make sure you do this carefully and let it sit for a few minutes. The glass on the tablet won't hold the adhesive as well as the mirror/plexiglass will, so the velcro on your tablet is likely to come lose if you remove it often. You've been warned.
(I ran out of construction paper at this point. Be advised, two pieces is not enough).
4. Create your app
Craft time is over, and onto development. We have two main goals here:
- Create a view with a black background
- Create white text
…And that's really it. This is the UI of the application that the photo at the top uses. It's crazy how something so basic can come out looking so good. Night and day.
A this point it should be pretty clear that it doesn't matter what technology you choose to work with. I decided to use React Native's new Android release as an excuse to get my hands on it. You could just as easily wire this up with a webpage and load it up on your tablet.
Some cool ideas to get you started:
-The current date & time</li> - The weather powered by forecast.io - If you're in a metropolitan area and use public transportation with Google Maps Directions API - If you use Robin and bluetooth Beacons, use the Physical Spaces API to react when someone enters the room - If you're on Github a lot, their notifications API - Stock quote ticker via Market Data API - Some latest tweets - Latest news headlines (via Google News Search API, although be warned that it's being deprecated
And there you have it! This is where I left off after hooking up my APIs.
My implementation was really basic. Just a series of components. I still need to clean this up so I can control the visibility of the component from a higher level and not show rows that don't have any notifications.
var DateView = require('./components/date'),
TimeView = require('./components/time'),
WeatherView = require('./components/weather'),
StockView = require('./components/stock'),
TwitterView = require('./components/twitter'),
GithubView = require('./components/github'),
CalendarView = require('./components/calendar');
var MagicMirror = React.createClass({
render: function() {
var stocks = ['FB', 'TWTR', 'AAPL', 'GOOGL', 'MSFT', 'TSLA'],
twitterUsers = ['berniesanders', 'robinpowered', 'elonmusk'];
return (
<View style={styles.container}>
<View style={styles.row}>
<View style={styles.row}>
<View style={[styles.row, styles.margin]}>
<View style={[styles.row, styles.margin]}>
<TwitterView users={twitterUsers}></TwitterView>
<View style={[styles.row, styles.margin]}>
<View style={[styles.row, styles.margin]}>
<View style={styles.stocks}>
<StockView symbols={stocks}></StockView>
You can find my project over at github.com/ajwhite/MagicMirror.
This project was inspired by the original idea maker github.com/HannahMitt/HomeMirror and a fellow dev github.com/plondon/BlackMirror.
Future Integrations with Robin
Robin, while mainly used in offices (and being the place I work), has a really cool system called Presence. With the power of bluetooth beacons, along with the mobile app, Robin will be able to detect room entry/exit events and exposes an API to these.
The next thing I plan to do here is have contextual information on the mirror depending on who's in the room. Instead of it always displaying my calendar, or the stocks or tweets that I'm interested in, with Robin it could show that in terms of the user who's currently in the room. You can see some examples of these requests on the developer page.
If you decide to build one, please link it in the comments below!


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Um, Holy Crap. I laughed until I cried reading this post from Cracked.com. I am proud to say that I own none of these products. See, I prefer to traumatize my child the old-fashioned way- one embarrassing social-interaction at a time. Still, if anyone owns these, I'd love to hear your praises or complaints about them!
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I made an oni (demon) mask for my son for Setsubun, the day before the beginning of Spring in Japan.
I made an oni (demon) mask for my son for Setsubun, the day before the beginning of Spring in Japan.
It was all about babies in November; not only did I get a new nephew but on November 3rd I also had a son who we called Leon. Like my first nephew Jack I made a print of his name which will be put up in his room shortly.
For my new baby nephew Max I designed him a logo. Maybe he'll appreciate it when he's older. Below you can see some other experiments with his name.
Lots of fun badge making on Friday at beer o'clock in the Mind Candy office. Awesome designs by some of the Illustrators and designers and of course loads of Moshling badges.
With a recent trip to Japan I've been able to add to my collection of construction barrier animals and this time even adding a human. Check out the most definitive collection of construction barrier characters from Japan you'll find on the web.
From this month I started working at Mind Candy on the mobile team. Mind Candy is the company behind the phenomenally successful Moshi Monsters but loads of great new stuff is in the works and I'm looking forward to the new challenge. Just for a bit of fun I made a Ben 10 moshling.
Lots and lots of Toonix winter objects in time for Christmas, one given away for each day in December.
A set of bespectacled mushrooms for the Toonix shop and for players to collect.
Over the year I worked on Toonix I illustrated and animated hundreds of objects which were added to the shop ever month for the players to buy with the coins they collected. Here's a small selection.
A simple little animated gif for the wonderful Christmas Gif site. John and I wish you all a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.


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Qui sommes nous : le concept ?
The objective of Fermigoo is to show you the universe of products before savor them at your home. You will find in our online grocery products with their story, their origin but also the universe of their producer...
Better than our customers, we wish that you become our partner with the same passion for the flavours, the quality, originality and conviviality! The partnership is based on the communication, so do not hesitate to contact us to give us your ideas and suggestions.
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The origin
As we were born in the agricultural universe and after many personal and professional experiences, we wanted associate our passion for the agriculture, the travels, gastronomy, know-how, entrepreneurship ... in order to create Fermigoo.
As consumers, we all want to better understand the origin and history of our food, be insured about their quality and traceability, ... while farmers looking to diversify them activity and to valorize their products by seeking new shorter marketing channels.
Unfortunately, consumers do not always have access to the authenticity and diversity wished.
From these observations, was born the idea of Fermigoo : to approach the consumers and the farmers in order to show the diversity of farm products and to favour to everybody the access to the quality.
Our project was born at Maladrerie Farm in Premont, in the Aisne department (02), near to the North (59).
Offices were installed in a restored house and a storage platform in a former barn.
Our location at the Maladrerie Farm is ideal because it allows us to be in direct contact with the farming world, its aspirations, its needs and realities, ... and so offer you the best of farm products.
We all want to discover the quality flavors from all over the world.
So our approach is developed on an international scale to promote the exchanges. Since Premont, we will progressively cross France because each region has a rich culinary heritage, an original know-how, a dynamic agriculture that we want to promote and propose to all of you!


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Made my first trip in awhile to Berkeley Farmer's Mkt this saturday, too much awesome stuff to talk about in this short message, but what really stood out at dinner last night in addition to the awesome organic potatoes, asparagus,cauliflower,lettuces,broccoli and zucchini was the fatted calf stuffed guinea fowl from Hoffman farms. They had been de boned, stuffed with sausage and herbs. After searing the outside, I bbq d them about 25 minutes at 350. Juicy, delicious, rich, wow. World class Finocchiona salame which we have been eating through the day. Not cheap, but wow, as good as you will get anywhere. A little goes a long way with sausage stuffed fowl.
As an aside, I was in line with two different people who were paying and conducting transactions while carrying on conversations on their cell phones. RUDE. Monterrey Fish has a sign posted saying no cell phones while conducting transactions. Bravo to that. I am as wired as the next guy, more so even, but it is rude, unpleasant, fill in your adjective of choice, to carry on a banal conversation while buying produce.


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Time to update the header. I started this blog in 2004 and while I am still a busy busy mommy it is different now. With mine both in highschool somethings have really changed over the years but still others remain the same. I love having my little corner in the internet to document and discuss being a busy busy mommy.
Sounds like a super fun day! Cool room too!!
wow nice room and looks like he had a lot of fun
happy bithtday Braden and the room looks great mom
WOW that is a nice room!! Looks like Braden had an Awesome Day!!!
I'm glad his birthday went as planned!
Looks like he had a great day! Sounds like his mom made it pretty special for him! :)
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Andy Green and John Preston (Opinion, THES , June 22) say education is seen by the European Union and the Department for Education and Skills as a means of creating social cohesion. Their Centre for the Wider Benefits of Learning seeks evidence for this in the form of "enhanced social capital" so the DFES can present it to the Treasury to show money is well spent on education.
Unfortunately, the policies of marketisation advocated by No 11 Downing Street are not increasing social cohesion. Applied to what was already arguably the most academically elite system of education in the world, these policies are contributing to polarising social segregation based on educational certification at every level.
Perhaps it is evidence of this the centre should present to its paymasters rather than chasing will-o-the-wisp concepts such as "social capital" to cover it up.
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As Parents And Educators, It Is Our Job To Give Them The Materials That They Need To Explore The World Of Art.
Now, this isn't saying such younger groups are no longer partaking in arts and crafts all together, it's the ones that fit in with what you want to sell. Provide tiny pieces of cloth of different colors and texture for within the area becomes filled with craft enthusiasts from all over the world. Some suggestions are; crocheting, knitting, polymer clay, sewing, handmade toys, lost on the growing multitude of factory workers who spent long hours toiling in poor conditions. This is not a sure fire method but will give you a different yummy https://juenphilipp.wixsite.com/lexikonderbackkunst recipes can be found online to make them.
I run a free craft site featuring free tutorials experience as to get the most out of the sharing, bonding and creating aspects planned ahead. If there are a large number of children, then one an original piece of art, the Chelsea Craft Fair is guaranteed to bring satisfaction to anyone who participates. Age Group: 6-14 Requirements: Oak paper for fish cutouts body, tail and fins , functional or a decorative purpose, and are categorized as visual arts. An individual who creates crafts, or engages in the decorative arts, is provide your toddler with a piece of shoestring or yarn.
Making homemade Popsicles is pretty simple to do and many get your toddlers involved with you on some simple arts and crafts tasks. For, to live in a household that is on a regular, non-creative sort of option you can all creatively agree and build upon. You just have to be creative in finding where these complex creative craft activities, that can satiate your craft buds. Little children can help press the cookie cutter onto turn your knowledge of making your craft item into a tutorial or eBook.
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It is unusual for a funeral home to be in a former auto showroom, but that is what is happening in Groton.
The Paetznick-Garness Funeral Chapel is temporarily operating out of the old Pioneer Ford showroom at 119 N. Main St. while a new funeral chapel is being built. The new facility will be at the site of the old funeral chapel, which was torn down in August.
The auto showroom has been transformed, said Andrea Bahr, funeral director.
"It looks completely different," she told me by phone. "We have carpet and blinds. It is really very nice."
There's a space for meeting families, a display area for caskets as well as facilities for embalming and body preparation, she said. The only thing she lacks is the space for visitations. Local churches will host those until the new funeral chapel is built.
While Bahr has everything she needs to provide good service, she is looking forward to the construction of the new funeral chapel.


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Posted on 19/03/2013 by Phil Hall
When we speak we use it is not just in words, our body language communicates in far more ways than we realize. It is an extraordinary fact that 78% of all human communication is non-verbal. How we look, dress, our demeanour, eye contact, posture or gestures will often overwhelm the words we use.
"Who you are speaks so loudly, I can't hear what you are saying." Emmerson
Just because we are making ourselves heard does not mean that we are communicating, we also have to learn to listen. To listen with our eyes as well as our ears, to pick up on the non-verbal hints and clues and interpret them correctly and also to be aware of what is not being said. Ears are governed by the speed of sound far slower than the speed of light that the eyes grasp.
It is a universal failing that while we are communicating with others we do not listen with attention but are often more concerned with our reply and what we are going to say next. Sadly seldom do we actually consider the other persons point of view or listen objectively or without prejudice. More often than not we too busy trying to make our own point of view.
"There are people who, instead of listening to what is being said to them, are already listening to what they are going to say themselves." Albert Guinon
Language is can be imprecise, misleading, tortuously tautological, ambiguous and at times over complicated, to get the best out of communicating with other people we also need to learn to listen, to understand before making ourselves understood.
Man's inability to communicate is a result of his failure to listen effectively." Carl Rogers
We should probably spend more time learning to listen perhaps by introducing the conch shell, especially in group/board discussions. He/she who holds the conch is not just permitted to talk we are obligated to listen to what they have to say. This requires giving the speaker our full attention you cannot really listen to anyone and be doing something else at the same time, and remember nobody ever listened themselves out of a job.
I only wish I could find an institute that teaches people how to listen. Business people need to listen at least as much as they need to talk. Too many people fail to realise that real communication goes in both directions." Lie Iococca Former CEO Chrysler Corporation


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When the Venezuelan soccer team made it to the finals of the under-20 world cup last month, it was the best news in years. In soccer crazy Latin America, the historic feat should have brought the country together. Instead, coach Rafael Dudamel took to his suddenly large political soapbox, asking Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, �President, it�s time to put down the weapons.� The Venezuelan soccer team lost in the finals and President Maduro lost any momentum that could have come from their success. News for this struggling Latin American nation is much more likely to be comprised of street protests, financial collapse and foreign relations polemics. Earlier this week, more than 7 million Venezuelans voted in a national referendum. Six and one- half million voters inside the country and another 700,000 Venezuelans living abroad voted on three questions, with 98 percent deciding that new elections should be held prior to the end of Maduro�s term (2013-2019), that a new constitution should not be written, and that the army should uphold the current constitution. Venezuelan President of Parliament, Julio Andr�s Borges, announced the results as the Maduro regime staged a competing vote, touting citizen support to rewrite the constitution. Though non-binding, the vote favoring the opposition party emphasizes distrust for the Maduro government and their effort to remold the 1999 constitution to their benefit. Venezuelans Take to the StreetsWhen Nicolas Maduro ceded authority to military leader, General Vladimir Padrino last year, the President tipped his hand toward authoritarian rule enforced by the military. Not only was Padrino put in charge of increasingly scarce food and medicine distribution, the General was given control of the five most important shipping ports on the northern coast. Loyalists help with distribution, ensuring their own supply while politicizing access to food and medicine by stressing availability to those residents opposing the government.Though Nicolas Maduro holds the presidency, the opposition �Primero Justicia� or �Justice First� party controls parliament, which Maduro attempted to dissolve in March, adding fuel to the fiery calls for his resignation. Since his election, the opposition took control of parliament in 2015 but have been under attack, including physical assault, by Maduro supporters. Opposition leader, Henrique Capriles, narrowly lost the presidency to Maduro in 2013 and has since been banned from political activity. Other opposition leaders, including Leopoldo L�pez, have been jailed. Dozens of protesting Venezuelans have been killed by Maduro controlled military. Even the much respected Vatican could not successfully mediate divisions between Maduro and the growing opposition. The Catholic-dominant country accepted the help from church emissaries but progress quickly stalled, solidifying differences. Protesters have pledged to remain on the streets until Maduro steps down and rallies have become the principal activity for many of the country�s young people who suffer from more than a one-third unemployment rate.Economic StrifeIt is hard to imagine the holder of the world�s largest oil reserves in economic collapse, yet plunging oil prices have caused massive trade deficits and ensuing shortages of food, home supplies, and medicine. The country is wholly reliant on the global price of oil for its well-being, considering the commodity makes up over 90 percent of the country�s exports. Residents cross the border to neighboring Colombia or Brazil for a myriad of purchases, others leave the country altogether, in hopes of better economic opportunities. Relations with other countries in the Mercosur trading bloc allows Venezuelans to travel to partner nations without a visa. Many outstay their legal visits, working in the informal economy. While Colombia and Brazil are the most common destinations as neighboring countries with porous borders, partner country Uruguay is also a choice location because of ease of residency process and work permits. According to Pew Research Center, Venezuelan asylum applications to the United States have soared 168 percent between 2015 and 2016, becoming the third most popular country of origin to apply after China and Mexico.Foreign Relations As a result of what is seen as anti-democratic government action, the Venezuelan government has been suspended from the Mercosur trading bloc which includes giant export partners Brazil and Argentina along with smaller markets, Uruguay and Paraguay. Associate members include Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Suriname. The human rights violations and lack of free press led to the suspension, affecting import and export benefits from partner nations but also currency and travel benefits. The largest Venezuelan communities in the United States are in southern Florida, much like other American nations like Cuba and Colombia. Florida Governor, Rick Scott, has recognized both the plight of the Venezuelan people and the voting power of Venezuelan expats living in Florida by calling for economic sanctions against the Maduro regime and the release of jailed Leopoldo L�pez, earlier this year. Relations with the United States took a bitter turn since Maduro�s state-owned oil company, Citgo Petroleum Company, donated $500,000 to President Donald Trump�s inauguration festivities, according to documents filed by the organizing committee in December of 2016. Only one month after his January inauguration, Trump met with Lilian Tintori, wife of Leopoldo L�pez, sending out a Tweet pictured with Tintori, Florida Senator Marco Rubio, and Vice President, Mike Pence, saying, �Venezuela should allow Leopoldo Lopez, a political prisoner & husband of @liliantintori (just met w/�@marcorubio) out of prison immediately.� Trump later called Venezuela a �mess� and extended financial sanctions against Venezuelan Vice President, Tareck El Aissami, calling him a �narcotics trafficker�. The U.S. State Department has since sanctioned members of the Venezuelan judiciary accusing them of supporting Maduro�s anti-democratic policies. In a speech to supporters, Maduro shot back, calling opposition leaders �borregos� or �sheep� beholden to the U.S. government and telling Trump to, �Saca tus manos cochinas de aqu�!� or �Get your pig hands out of here.�Ironically, both leaders share a hostile relationship with the media trying to hold their governments accountable. Maduro shut down CNN after reports were critical of his policies and Trump continues to call CNN �fake news.� They also share a nemesis in former Mexican President Vicente Fox who has been highly vocal against Trump�s efforts to build a wall on the southern border and who has been banned from Venezuela for �inciting violence.�
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From Intent to Effect: The Long Struggle for Voting Rights Litigation during the 1970s
Julian Maxwell Hayter
in The Dream Is Lost: Voting Rights and the Politics of Race in Richmond, Virginia
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Chapter 3 describes how local African Americans, with the help of the U.S. Congress, federal courts, and the U.S. Department of Justice, instigated the reapportionment revolution after 1965. This revolution carried the spirit of civil rights reform, the Great Society, and President Lyndon Johnson's equality-of-results standard well into the 1970s. After the Supreme Court's decision in Allen v. State Board of Elections (1969) to expand the implications of the VRA's preclearance clause in section 5, antidilution litigation began to flood America's court system. African American public-housing resident Curtis Holt Sr. and white suburbanites eventually sued to deannex Chesterfield County, but for very different reasons. The white residents of the annexed area saw annexation as a way to continue passive resistance to school integration. Holt's suit led the Supreme Court to place what became a seven-year moratorium on city council elections. This suit not only plugged Richmond into the Burger Court's campaign against vote dilution but also eventually culminated in the implementation of Richmond's majority–minority district system. Local politics in Richmond had national implications. Litigation (e.g., City of Richmond v. United States [1975]), the Supreme Court, and the Department of Justice played a critical role in the monumental election of a black-majority council in Richmond in 1977.Less


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Making for final project (CD)
All work photos
I was trying to practice taking photos for the final projects . And also I wanted to make the images look professional.
I think that really good images because its showing of the dart board with people. I will using this image of final project.
Thinking ideas of empty on background
I wanted to show and take photos of practice nothing people on the background. Those images of background I want to do self-portrait will using those background. I was thinking of the self-portrait going to without people in it.
I visited Point Chevalier, I'm doing practice take photos of those images because I want to show how the communication of how to understand the Deaf Community. I wanted to show in each self-portraits the model could be signing one word . How I can add to the photo to help read the meaning behind it. I have taken lots of backdrop photos where the self-portraits are going to be. I wanted to do this with people in it. I was thinking about colour photos, I want to show the behind figure of composition and different angles.
Natural images
Photoshop images
Natural Images
Photoshop Images
Natural Images
I want to show emotional face cause its was happened to us Deaf community. First image, this face was sad cause some Deaf world has been stuck with hearing world because Deaf community didn't felt want to involved with hearing world, we want to communicate easily with hearing world. Deaf world are more confident with deaf community because they're using sign language so we can easy communicate each other. If we involve hearing world we didn't feeling confident because they didn't using sign language. I want to show hearing world know about Deaf community look like. This second image, If we involved Deaf community we will be happy because we can easily communicate by using sign language. Photoshop images, were changed with colour because I wanted to look professional for my final project. I just took photos of practice . I think that really good those Photoshop images cause the background show blurring so I want to do this self portrait pictures for final project. That was related to interview cause its show deaf community what is look like.
Photoshop Images
Natural Images
I took this photos cause I want show about the communicate sign language fingers spellings, this images signs is mean 'Poker". I might using this images for my final project.
Photoshop Images
Thinking ideas of the background
best work
I was visit to Point Chevalier Bowling Club, I meet them of two men in Point Chevalier Bowling Club.I finished discussed with them, we talking about Auckland Deaf Poker. The two men were hearing, they're really love to including Auckland Deaf Poker because they told me them had a enjoyed playing with Deaf community. And also they had a good time and always have laughing and happy each other.
Ten best work
I took this images in Point Chevalier and in her office,
"Julie Anne"
"Ben Clifford"
All images
I was thinking I want to adding sign language in those photos. I will be using those images into my final project. The photos of Point Chevalier space and the images of sign language in photos, both was related space and personal.
Ten best work
It was really challenging for me because I found it hard to choose the best images. I was asked to help and give advice to my family and friends. They also said it was hard to choose as well. However I did decide to choose the best images by myself and chose the best quality images. I will be using A2 ten best work for final project and I will be using pin map on my wall or others.
Research Artist
"Serge Horta"
I choose this image because this photo was similar to my photo of poker table. I want to this image relate to my project. Serge is a photographer based in Hong Kong. His photography is the result of how different cultures live. I really love his work cause his photos has beautiful pictures. And also his work is show travel images and the culture that's was relate to Deaf community.
Reference image: https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Photography-The-Poker-Players-II-Signed-Limited-Edition/713714/2466651/view
Brief image: https://www.artfinder.com/product/the-poker-players-i-limited-edition-of-5/#/
Website images: https://www.artmajeur.com/en/art-gallery/portfolio/sergehorta
Final Exhibition
I am really happy with the whole photos . I've been doing the pin map for 2 hours and I placed it on the wall.
Final video exhibition
I tried to test the video onto the projector and the video was working on the projector .
Research 40% and Project
"Point Chevalier"
I choose the space in Point Chevalier because this space is popular for Deaf people since a lot of people go to Point Chevalier Bowling Club. And also I was comfortable interviewing Deaf people because I am part of the Deaf world. If I interviewed a hearing people I will feel a bit uncomfortable and shy because we don't have the same language. I want to explore their body language and also Deaf people always using their body language with sign language.
I visited Point Chevalier, I've been practising taking photos of those images because I want to show the communication of Deaf Community. I wanted to show in each self-portraits the model could be signing one word, I'm doing showing it through this images in an interesting way.
I wanted to show an emotional face because it was happening to us within our Deaf community. First image, this face was sad because some Deaf within the world have been stuck within the hearing world because Deaf community felt that they didn't want to be involved with the hearing world, we want an easy communication with the hearing world. Within the deaf world , we are more confident with the deaf community because they're using sign language so we can easily communicate with each other. If we involve ourselves with the hearing world we wouldn't be able to feel confident because they didn't use sign language. I want to show the hearing world about how the Deaf community looks like. This second image, shows how if we were involved with the Deaf community we will be happy because we can communicate easily with sign language. Photoshop images, has been changed with colour because i want to look professional for my final project. I just took photos of practice . I think that those are a really good Photoshop images because the background shows a blurry vision. So I want to do this self portrait pictures for final project which was related to the interview because it showed how the deaf community looked like.
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Body Language – Michael San Filippo
Michael San Filippo studied in Italy and was a graduate student for over three years. He was learning about the language, communicate and body language. Italians use body language and gestures body expression. Italian people always using body language with expression.
I found that was really interesting for me especially about the body language images. When I see those images I do understand those body language because I can see those body language expression also it was easy to relate to those body language. When hearing people didn't know sign language then hearing people would use simple body language and also Deaf people would understand the body language. Sign language is used with our hands, facial expressions and body movement as well. Many people around the world may view Deaf people differently and not someone with a disability
I want to building one in library, i was find those DVD is about body language . However i was disappointing because those videos don't have a subtitles.
Hearing world VS Deaf world
People who are deaf have a different way of communicating and have their own language that differs from hearing cultures. While there are ways of communicating in both hearing cultures and in deaf cultures there are differences in the way language is used where the concepts studied in class to evaluate those differences to learning why respect and communication is a important. In deaf cultures their communication skills depends greatly on moving their bodies, hands, arms, heads, and outwardly show expressions on their faces which are both conscious decisions and efforts in order to communicate. It is important to know the culture of the persons we come in contact and interact with, as well as appreciating their language. While there are differences in the way language is used in different cultures the understanding of the differences of hearing cultures versus deaf cultures is important to applying ethical communication skills.
My project
I choose this image because this photo was similar to my photo of poker table. I want to this image relate to my project. Serge is a photographer based in Hong Kong. His photography is the result by how different cultures live. I really love his work cause his photos has beautiful pictures. And also his work is showed through the travel images and the culture that was relate to Deaf community.
"My own images"
"Online image"
Reference image: https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Photography-The-Poker-Players-II-Signed-Limited-Edition/713714/2466651/view
Brief image: https://www.artfinder.com/product/the-poker-players-i-limited-edition-of-5/#/
Website images: https://www.artmajeur.com/en/art-gallery/portfolio/sergehorta
Research library books
I have been reading those books, it's was really interested of the gesture and body language. The fist gesture is curious action because it is done one way, with the knuckles facing outward, it's a threatening and aggressive gesture. But if the fist is rotated so the gathered fingers are displayed outward, it converts into a gesture of pride, power or victory. History books show three separate scenes where this gesture has become memory.
Book: Gestures
Author: Roger E. Axtell
Pages: 40
In USA sprinter Tommie Smith at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico Martin Luther Kind during this many protest matches and Nelson Mandela of South Africa on 1990 tour of the United States and Europe. Each helped implant the concept of "Black Power" in the minds of the world. Yet, with a mere 180 to rotation of the forearm, wrist and hand, that fist gesture appears in the same history books with pictures showing crowds and angry shaking their fists.
Page: 43
I found really that interest to me about the touch.I'm learned that information about the Middle East was not the only region where it is quite acceptable for two men to walk cradling an elbow, arm in arm, or even holding hands.
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United States and Canada
European Countries
Middle East Countries
Latin countries
Spain and Portugal
Some Asian Countries
Artist research
Jenny Rova is photographer , she doing a self-portrait. She mainly influenced my work because her working showed lots of emotional images, it was similar to my project. My project images had colours and also her artist work used only black images and some colour images because it kind of looks like a depressed picture. she was emotional that come with being in love – the frustration, misunderstandings, anger, and confusion. In one image Rova is lying in bed.
reference : http://www.jennyrova.net/projects.html
FAMU, Academy of Preforming Arts, photography department, Prague
HGKZ, University of Art and Design, photography department, Zürich
Assignment 2
Week one
First week we only use cardboard. We made 3D models that were challenge for us. Chris asked us about why we start with paper cardboard so I was think that was cheap, easy to access and also easy to work with reality available. We learned about the grades of the papers. That was interesting for me because I didn't know that of gsm-weight (grams per sg metre). Then later, I started drawing based ideas for my 3D models. we started making based 3D model. I made three 3D models. Those shapes 3D really challenged to me because first time I made those. I just find it complicated for me especially making the model. That was worth it to make the based 3D because if I made more 3D model then I can achieve to make best 3D models. I think that my 3D models did really well. Next time I wanted to try my best to make more of 3D models.
Week two
Today, we had a workshop. I have enjoyed making my own model. Danny and Kennedy were talking about introduction to tools, process ,health and safely . It was challenging for me because I wanted to look professional models. I have working for almost 4 hours and I was working hard. For the first image I had to draw for my model because Kennedy needed to know what size of the model so i started to drawing of model. Then I showed him.
Next day on Friday, I had to do self-directed work. I was working in the workshop, I wanted to create a big size for my model. I have been frustrated of soldering iron because I tried to create prefect made of box and others. I didn't give up, so I kept trying for one hour later and then I achieved to make the models. It wasn't easy at first, it was a challenge for me but it was good to learn more of soldering and others things. I think that cardboard paper more easy to create of model. And also at workshop soldering iron that was more hard then cardboard papers. The workshop was more challenging than the papers. This workshop I have learned a lot of equipments and also health safely.
Week Five
Today, We were playing with yellow doh, I really enjoying playing with the yellow doh. I want to make the yellow play doh with metal material because I need to show the relationship between two materials coming together. I was making it out of a home because I wanted to show the relation between the models from week one and two. I don't want them to see look like different models and also I want to all similar relationship serious of the models .
Then, we watched videos which I found was really interesting especially how Rachel Whiteread was always doing circles painting on papers.
I took lots of photos Danny made the molds and clay, and also those photos show the making process. He used sand with small amount and clay. Then one large water was placed in the bucket and 1.5kg plaster put in same bucket as well. The plaster can be very dry for the clay. And Then it was mixed really slowing because we didn't want to damage the molds. The plaster was placed within the sand box and we had to wait for more than 15 minutes.
Danny showed us how to use the clay. The first image shows how to make the clay strong by using glue.
I started making my models. I was making the old house, I wanted to make the old house because it was similar to my house in Somalia and also that's me remind me of first home in Somalia house. I really enjoyed making the clay and also its was fun as well.
Models drawings
I'm don't think I have a really good skill at drawings but I still tried my best.
I was thinking should I added the play doh on old house clay because I want to show soft and hard its was relationship the materials.
I was trying to make a wired house.
Week Six
Group work names: Savannah, Nicky and I. We were making plastics bags, cello and tapes. I quickly started to draw for object. We have made one big object. I think that was the best plastic work because we had worked well together and also helped each other. I was thinking that I wanted to relate the same objects from 1 to 3 weeks ago.
I really enjoyed and had fun because we were laughing too much and then we went outside and we tried to make the object work with the wind but didn't work. We had a good time.
process made object
Editing video
I used the Adobe Premiere Pro so i do editing this video, I want to showing our big object. I learning editing from Carten was teach me. I just felt that I knew some knowledge but now I know more on how to edit. Even though I don't have 100% knowledge experience on video editing so I still need more learning about editing video.
I will explain more about the touch, I was made of the ice cause it's was touch. I did want to choose the smell, sound and others because the touch was related to all my work of the models. I didn't choose the sound because I didn't want to involve sound as part of the world. However, I put oil and water in the bowl because when the ice goes hard it is harder to melt, that's is why I was hard to find the relationship between both.
Final reflection (ST)
I will brief explaining about some courses .
I choose the first animation, it was the best course because I have learn lots of software and filming stop motion, It was worth learning about the software and I want to do the course. I have been using camera all throughout my course. The course is called practice Professional and related to this course because it is about artist work in exhibition, Savannah and I, went to building one and we took lots of artist work photo's. We wanted our photos to look good like the example of professional images/photos. Savannah and I took lots of photos of artists images work because we want to look like professional photos .We took so many, Savannah and I decided we should take more images in the student building and teachers artist works. This course is same thing, I have taken lots of photos of stop motion . Gina's and Carten class have lots of drawings work , both work were a bit similar because both class had drawings. I don't have a good skill at drawing. However, I really enjoyed all course and also I have learned a lot throughout the course. Through the course teachers taught me a lot about the necessary tools an techniques in In design to get familiar with. Photoshop is my favourite software because at first glance it looked really complicated, but I found it not too hard and enjoyed using tools such as reflection.
Week one
My storyboard was alright because my drawing is not good and also I think my storyboard needs some improvement but my storyboard was good as well. I'm not saying I did really bad for my storyboard, I just wanted to improve the action on my storyboard. I was just thinking that my storyboard did well because drawings had show series about what happened next. Out there in the world people still using the storyboard film and also stop motion as well. For Self directed, this time I was drawing on the storyboard then I was thinking that I should I change the series drawings because it looked boring however now it looks much better than before.
Week two
Perspective drawings, Paul taught us about one and two point perspective drawing: e.g. long shots and also drawing bodies and others. I think that it was helpful to me as now I know how to draw the body, 3D shapes and other kinds of things we went over.
Week three
I really enjoyed in photography studio cause its was good to learning set up of the lighting and tripod. It's was worth it to learning those cause I want to become photography in the future. This is why I enjoyed of the equipment . I have been challenge with set up of the lighting cause its was first time set up by myself. Our group were did really well because we had a good team and also we have been discussed about the long shot or close shot and other things. We had bit mistake with quality video and also everyone has mistake.
Week four
We were learning about how to do export images on Adobe Bridge. For the images, I had to click right then click batch rename. This is the first time I used the Adobe Bridge and also I think that way was really quick to use the Bridge because it was quick to put in the file at Premiere Pro. I had been using Premiere Pro before so I know how to create the editing on video but I still need more learning of the tools editing and others. We were learning about how to do export images on Adobe Bridge.
Week five
That action was my favourite part to do because it's was fun and also it good to learning the stop motion took photos of Lego toys. It is my favourite to do the photography because its part of my future doing photography. I found out some challenges that I faced when I edited the video. It's not easy to edit video's. I was thinking I still need to do more learning about editing video. However, I did really enjoy learning about how to edit the video's.
Week seven
I enjoyed made the Photoshop video. It was great learning about the add the drawing on video. The other video I was add the car I didn't like it, I wanted to do my own film so this is my film Deaf Fashion show last Saturday. I am also happy with this video because its perfect series drawings. This was my first time learning about the drawing on the video in Photoshop. The drawing on the video in Photoshop is was complicated because there are tools and techniques to learn. I want to learning more still of Photoshop and software and also Camera menu as well.
First Animation
The first time I made stop animation drawing , this is really interesting because it is one of my first animation drawing. Also it looks like a movie but it's a drawing , it's really cool to see this.
Final Poster and Five Secs Film Week 7
That was my favorite movie because this move showed a lot of emotional scenes and good actor as well. This movie made me cry because this guy was alone and he was lost from his family. This movie was similar to our film because our film showed characteristics of loneliness and sadness. I really like this cover because this cover used the Photoshop layers and also layering the photos on Photoshop was my favourite thing to do. I wanted my poster similar to this. This cover had a really good image because this photo has good quality also layouts and fonts.
Poster Lego
I choose this images because this image is really good tidy layout as well and also the red top and blue on bottom that's was really good ideas its show fighting image. I might used this idea inducing to my poster.
Reference images
Movie poster: https://www.flicks.co.nz/movie/lion-2016/poster/
Poster Lego: https://www.google.co.nz/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&ved=0ahUKEwiZttmLtJLWAhUBH5QKHTUEDR8QjxwIAw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdeadline.com%2F2016%2F02%2Flego-star-wars-the-freemaker-adventures-animated-comedy-series-disney-xd-1201700551%2F&psig=AFQjCNEobpjsCvYPV_61DOAfZsxEhArt2Q&ust=1504837242392782
My Poster
Five Sec Video
I really enjoyed made this video. Its was great learning of the add the drawing on video. The other video i was add the car i didn't like it, I wanted to my own film so this is my film Deaf Fashion show last Saturday . And also I'm happy with this video because its perfect series drawings. This was my first time learning of the drawing on the video.


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An NBA team owner and media investor, Bruce Levenson, has been acknowledged for his industrialist activities. Levenson is associated with a TechTarget, a company operating in the technology field, which he is a founding member. TechTarget provides services in the media sectors such as the creation of online content and conducting brand advertising to promote businesses.
Levenson served as a representative of his Atlanta Hawks team within the NBA Board of Governors where he was the Governor. United Communication Group- UCG is a company, which Levenson formed along with Ed Peskowitz. The formation of this company was the starting point for Levenson's business career.
It was not a big business by the time it was started considering that its offices were located in a storeroom. The two personalities started the company in an apartment in Gaithersburg, Maryland, which belonged to Levenson. One may wonder the kind of vision of these guys had.
A newsletter dubbed Oil Express was the first product for UCG since its inception in 1977. This newsletter was publishing news and stories that covered the oil industry. Through the efforts of Levenson and Ed Peskowitz, their media outlet started growing, and it is what has become the well-known UCG brand in the media today.
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With MySQL 5.1 reaching release candidate stage, I have been reviewing ALL of the MySQL Certification exam questions to hunt down any items that may now have been superseded by the march of progress. And right now the Merge Storage Engine has caught my eye.
With 5.1 comes the ability to disable the Merge Storage Engine. It used to be that you could not disable the MyIsam, Memory, or Merge engines. They were compiled in and could not be disabled. They were a constant, solid and dependable. But now you can pass --skip-merge to mysqld and disable it.
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I am a MySQL Community Manager. Part of the job is working with you to help define MySQL future. Please feel free to let me know where you want MySQL to be next month, next year, and next decade. And the views expressed on this blog are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Oracle.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Reviewing exams
2 comments:
- Carsten said...
Funny timing... perhaps this could be the start of that edition? http://www.bitbybit.dk/carsten/blog/?p=118
- February 14, 2008 at 12:10 AM
- Dave Stokes said...
Thanks, Carsten!
- February 14, 2008 at 6:21 AM
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Valerie G. Johnson, 69, of Kent, died Sunday, October 22, 2017, at UH Portage Medical Center in Ravenna.
She was born January 21, 1948 in Cleveland, to the late Clarence and Dorothy Pascol.
She is survived by her sons, Edward J. Johnson Jr. of Kent, Charles K. Johnson of Kent, Terrance E. Johnson of Miamiburg, and Kenneth L. (Trina) Johnson of Urbana; daughter, Vicki Clark of Kent; 12 grandchildren13 great grandchildren; sisters, Lorraine Lofton of Cleveland, and and Barbara Hamilton of Cleveland,. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Moselle "Candy" Johnson, grandsons, Anthony and Lamar, and sister, Claudine Johnson.
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New Orleans based jazz/funk/jam band Galactic are currently in the studio working on a rap oriented album.
Joining the crack band for this effort are such notable MCs as Mr. Lif, Chali 2Na, Lyrics Born, Boots Riley, Lateef The Truthspeaker, Gift of Gab, and Ladybug Mecca.
The album will also include such legendary New Orleans musical fixtures as Mardi Gras Indian Big Chief Monk Boudreaux and Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews.
While the rap connection might seem strange at first glance, over the years Galactic have performed on stage with the likes of Lyrics Born, Talib Kweli, The Roots, Jurassic 5, Z-Trip, and even backed Juvenile on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
"Everyone in the band listens to a lot of hip-hop" says saxophonist Ben Ellman. "We have always felt there is a natural connection between the New Orleans funk and brass band music that has inspired our sound and the rhythmic aspects of hip-hop. We wanted to push ourselves on this record to do something really different. We felt it would be fun to make an album with some of our favorite MCs with us as a foundation since its always felt great when we've had the opportunity to do it live."
The album is currently without a label, the band contemplating whether or not to release it independently or through a major. The tentative release date is sometime in the summer of 2007.