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Ijustice Avery Capstone

Posted by Ijustice Avery in Capstone · Giorgio/Shagin · Wed on Friday, May 11, 2018 at 10:10 am

Baseball has always been a big part of my life, so I wanted my capstone to have something to do with baseball. After some thinking I decided to have a youth baseball clinic to try to give the new young players things to work on to make them better players. I organized it so I could have a younger group which consisted of kids from grades 3-5 and an older group which consisted of kids from grades 6-8. After deciding what my capstone would be and who it would be open to, there was a long process that followed so my capstone would be complete.

First, I had to find a spot to hold my event. My old baseball coach has an indoor baseball facility so I felt like that would be the best place to have it. To let people know about my capstone I had to do some advertising. I thought it would be best for me to make a flyer and pass it out to various teams and parents. I did some research and found out when teams would be practicing and where. After I gathered this information I went around to these practices and gave my flyer to team coaches and parents and I explained what my event would consist of. I also had people myself included post about the event on social media. After the advertising aspect of my capstone was complete, the organizing part had to start. I had to design what I would be doing in my event. I did some research and found some good drills for youth players and I found a way to incorporate them into my event. I realized that with all the things I would be doing it would be a lot for one person to handle. So I asked some of my friends who play baseball to help me run the event. I continued to advertise for my event until the week before I held it. After all of that the only thing that I had to do was hold my event.

Capstone Annotated Bibliography

“5 Tips For Running A Great Baseball Camp.” Baseball Brains, 21 Nov. 2016, www.baseballbrains.net/5-tips-for-running-a-great-baseball-camp/.

This source could be very helpful for the organization part of my clinic. It basically tells you the steps to follow to hold successful baseball clinic or event. Some of the things it told me to do was get plenty of people committed to help you during your event, do not over price it, reach out to baseball organizations in your area to promote the event, plan out every part of your event and know how much time you have. I find that this source is reliable because the organization that wrote this article holds baseball clinics of their own.

“10 great hitting tips for youth baseball players.” Youth1, 13 Mar. 2017, youth1.com/baseball/1144317823-10-great-hittingtips-youth-baseball-players#.

This sources provides information on hitting. Hitting is going to be one of the focus points in my baseball clinic so this source can be very useful. I could teach the player everything I know on hitting and give them some tips from this source. This source can also tell me what to look for in a hitter swing. Any small cretics can be crucial in a hitters swing. Hitting a baseball in one of the hardest things to do in sports so with any tips and drills will be very useful for a hitter.

Aacap. Children And Sports, www.aacap.org/aacap/families_and_youth/facts_for_families/Facts_for_Families_Pages/Children_And_Sports_61.aspx.

This source focuses on all the positive things that children gain from playing sports. I choose this source because it provides information that relates to my capstone and I would like to learn as much as I can about the positive and negative effect that sports has on children just to get a better understanding of my topic. This source also talks about how the parents have to be involved with their child’s sports career. A parent or parents plays a very important role in their child’s development in sports

“Defensive Linup Strategies For Youth Baseball.” PRO TIPS by DICK'S Sporting Goods, 11 May 2017, protips.dickssportinggoods.com/sports-and-activities/baseball/defensive-lineup-strategies-for-youth-baseball.

I found this source very useful because it talks about what to look for in a player to fill each position in the field and where to put them in the batting lineup. This can help me point out things in players that I see and I could give them advice on where I think they would fit best on a baseball field. This source focuses on the defensive end of baseball. My clinic is going to be mostly on fielding and hitting so this source will come in handy.

Miner, Julianna W. “Why 70 percent of kids quit sports by age 13.” The Washington Post, WP Company, 1 June 2016, www.washingtonpost.com/news/parenting/wp/2016/06/01/why-70-percent-of-kids-quit-sports-by-age-13/?utm_term=.a369c1641bd3.

This source talks about why kids usually quit sports by the time they are a teenager. I choose this source because the things that this article says are the things I should try to avoid. According to this source one of the main reasons kids quit sports is because it is not fun because it is not designed to be. With that being said I want to try to make my clinic serious but also have fun parts. I think this will be a very good learning experience for the kids and also for myself.

“Nutrition tips for youth baseball players, families.” Triple Crown Sports News, www.triplecrownsportsmedia.com/nutrition-tips-for-youth-baseball-players-families/.

This source will be useful because it will help me with the teaching aspect of my baseball clinic. This source focuses on the nutrition of youth athletes. This could also be a learning experience for me. Teaching the young players about nutrition, drills, fitness, and the mental aspect of the game could also help me and the way I play. I could use some of the things I teach to improve my game.

GraphX, http://coyote6.com Coyote6. “One Reason So Many Youth Baseball Players Are Injured.” Baseball Think Tank, 22 Sept. 2017, baseballthinktank.com/one-reason-so-many-youth-baseball-players-are-injured.

I selected this source because this source talks about how most youth players get injured. It also talks about how to prevent injuries for youth players. I think this source will be useful because not only do I want to run drills and help kids with their baseball skills but I also want to teach them new things and how to take care of their bodies and stay healthy. I want to teach them certain stretches for the parts of the body that baseball stresses the most. This source provides very quality information on how youth athletes get hurt and how to prevent injuries.

“Preseason Training for Youth Baseball Players : Strength & Conditioning Journal.” LWW, journals.lww.com/nsca-scj/Fulltext/2013/06000/Preseason_Training_for_Youth_Baseball_Players.9.aspx.

This source provides me with a scheduled training routine that would be helpful for youth baseball players. The workouts that are provided focus on one specific body part or muscle group related to baseball each day. For example you train your rotator cuff on monday, then on tuesday you train your legs. This source also provide you with some drills you could do to get your arms stronger so you can throw harder. These all are things that I could use or mention in the baseball clinic that I will hold. I found this source very helpful because it really relates to what I would be teaching.

Thomas, Jessica L. Youth sport programs: an avenue to foster positive youth development. areas.fmh.utl.pt/~arosado/Repositorio/ficheiros/LONGTERM/Ref11.pdf.

This source provides information about the positive and negative effects of sports on the youth. With my capstone revolving around kids and sports I thought it would be a good thing for me to read about what kids turn to and what pushes them away about sports. I found it very useful how the author of this article went into detail on the positives and negatives that kids encounter while playing sports. To be specific they mentioned Emotional psychological development, social development, adult influences, program design, intellectual development, and many more factors.

TroskyBaseball247. “TroskyBaseball247.” YouTube, YouTube, www.youtube.com/user/TroskyBaseball247/videos.

For my capstone this source could be very useful. It is a youtube channel named “TroskyBaseball247.” The channel is run by coach Nate Trosky who is a baseball instructor. The channel consist of a lot of baseball drills and workouts that I could use in the clinic that I will hold for my capstone. This doesn’t only help me by providing me with things that I can use in my clinic but it also helps me on how to present and explain those drills and only things to the player that will participating in my baseball clinic

Sandra Watson Capstone

Posted by Sandra Watson in Capstone · Giorgio/Shagin · Wed on Friday, May 11, 2018 at 12:43 am

For my capstone project, I explored multiple genres of creative writing. For the first part of the year, I wrote a small play where I collaborated with the students of Science Leadership Academy to come up with a performance even though we didn't get to the performance, the students of Science Leadership Academy helped me better understand playwriting and the work that goes into it. It also helped me build a small community within SLA that helped me better understand the genre of playwriting. In the middle of the year, I researched monologues where I wrote several monologues as a response to a tv show 13 reasons why. The end of the year I created a poetry book called Hope this helps which also is my final product. I went through numerous genres of creative writing and it was a hard long and stressful process because when it comes learning about different creative styles, you need to know that it will require a lot of your time. Even though exploring different creative writing styles was a little difficult and time-consuming. I learned a lot about myself and the genres. I learned that playwriting isn't just writing its visualizing, and monologues aren't just stories their personalities and poetry isn't just symbolism, it's a story. Capstone can be found in the multimedia section Bibliography : W, H. “How to Create Rehearsals .” Prezi.com, 24 Jan. 2014, prezi.com/ahx9d3v5xfoq/chrome-extensionbpmcpldpdmajfigpchkicefoigmkfalcviewsap/. This source provides information about how a director can set up rehearsals for them to effective. This source also provides information about things directors should do during rehearsals to create a safe open space for the cast. I selected this source because it is important that I know how to set up rehearsals for my play to be effective. and because the more information the better I can make the experience. I found this source useful because it helped me fill in the blanks of what I was missing. One limitation is that the source didn't go into details and was very general with information. . State , Gordan. “The Standard Stage Play Format .” Play Formatting , ptfaculty.gordonstate.edu/lking/CPF_play_formatting2.pdf. This source provides information about play format and also specifics about stage directions and stage description format. I selected this source because when writing a play it is important to have the correct typing so every one i cast can follow. I found this source useful because it helped me put my play in correct family. The limitation was that it didn't have authors connected and it seemed a bit random . “How to Format Your Script.” Playwrights' Center, 16 Nov. 2017, pwcenter.org/playwriting-toolkit/how-format-your-script. This source I personally think is amazing because it doesn't just go into the format of the play but goes into how to word things so that your cast will understand what tone it is in your play. This source also provides a lot of in tone, format, how to write descriptions and correct punctuations. The source doesn't really have any limitations because it is so detailed and helped me correct the smaller stuff in my play. “Chapter 4.” Playwriting 101: Story Development, www.playwriting101.com/chapter04. This source provides information about story development and how you can further push the story and goes through a step to step process how you can go from a strong beginning to strong end. I selected this source because to me story development is everything because no one is interested in s story without a strong plot and a climax and a debrief and I wanted to know the most effective way to do this. “Lazy Bee Scripts Formatting Stage Directions.” Formatting Stage Directions, www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/Publishing/StagePub/PlayDirections.aspx. This source provides information about how to format stage directions because stage directions are important. Letting your cast know when they are supposed to exit and enter can make a strong impact in your play. I chose this source because I want my stage directions to be clear and concise and I knew the best way was to research a place that knew how to do that best.. I found this source very useful because unlike the other sources it just focused on stage directions ,speech directions and cues, and location spots. I didn't know there were so many ways to do stage directions and so this helped get me a better idea of how to tell people where to go. The only limitation of this source is that it didn't give great examples. Tips For Writing Better Characters Into Your Screenplay.” Noam Kroll, noamkroll.com/5-tips-for-writing-better-characters-into-your-screenplay/. The source provides information about characters and how to make them stronger in your play. It also provides information on how to write them in your play to make sense. I selected this source because I want all my characters to have a very strong presence and this source seemed to be the best one to learn how to apply that. I found this source useful because I learned and modified my characters to have stronger emotion Fleming, Grace. “Write Interesting and Effective Dialogue With These Tips.” ThoughtCo, www.thoughtco.com/writing-story-dialogue-1857652. This source provides information on how to write dialogue so that it seems realistic and simple. I picked this source because a play is nothing but dialogue so making sure that it has a strong impact is very essential. SO I looked and used this source so that I can make dialogue in my play stronger. It was useful because I was able to apply this information to my project. . Transitioning . www.playwriting101.com/chapter14. This site provides information on how to transtion from one site to another. It also provides on information on how to make your transitions and effective. I used this site because it was helpful o somethig I have been struggling on for a very long time. IT also was really good at making it simple. . “Writing Dialogue Examples: 7 That Work.” Now Novel, 4 Dec. 2017, www.nownovel.com/blog/writing-dialogue-examples/. This source provides information also on dialogue. It provides information how it to cut the has.e I think that this source was useful because it showed me a new outlook o dialogue and shows specific ways on how to write dialogue. I used this information to make my dialogue make more sense .

Capstone can be found in the multimedia section

Bibliography :

W, H. “How to Create Rehearsals .” Prezi.com, 24 Jan. 2014, prezi.com/ahx9d3v5xfoq/chrome-extensionbpmcpldpdmajfigpchkicefoigmkfalcviewsap/.

This source provides information about how a director can set up rehearsals for them to effective. This source also provides information about things directors should do during rehearsals to create a safe open space for the cast. I selected this source because it is important that I know how to set up rehearsals for my play to be effective. and because the more information the better I can make the experience. I found this source useful because it helped me fill in the blanks of what I was missing. One limitation is that the source didn't go into details and was very general with information.

. State , Gordan. “The Standard Stage Play Format .” Play Formatting , ptfaculty.gordonstate.edu/lking/CPF_play_formatting2.pdf.

This source provides information about play format and also specifics about stage directions and stage description format. I selected this source because when writing a play it is important to have the correct typing so every one i cast can follow. I found this source useful because it helped me put my play in correct family. The limitation was that it didn't have authors connected and it seemed a bit random

. “How to Format Your Script.” Playwrights' Center, 16 Nov. 2017, pwcenter.org/playwriting-toolkit/how-format-your-script.

This source I personally think is amazing because it doesn't just go into the format of the play but goes into how to word things so that your cast will understand what tone it is in your play. This source also provides a lot of in tone, format, how to write descriptions and correct punctuations. The source doesn't really have any limitations because it is so detailed and helped me correct the smaller stuff in my play.

“Chapter 4.” Playwriting 101: Story Development, www.playwriting101.com/chapter04.

This source provides information about story development and how you can further push the story and goes through a step to step process how you can go from a strong beginning to strong end. I selected this source because to me story development is everything because no one is interested in s story without a strong plot and a climax and a debrief and I wanted to know the most effective way to do this.

“Lazy Bee Scripts Formatting Stage Directions.” Formatting Stage Directions, www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/Publishing/StagePub/PlayDirections.aspx.

This source provides information about how to format stage directions because stage directions are important. Letting your cast know when they are supposed to exit and enter can make a strong impact in your play. I chose this source because I want my stage directions to be clear and concise and I knew the best way was to research a place that knew how to do that best.. I found this source very useful because unlike the other sources it just focused on stage directions ,speech directions and cues, and location spots. I didn't know there were so many ways to do stage directions and so this helped get me a better idea of how to tell people where to go. The only limitation of this source is that it didn't give great examples.

Tips For Writing Better Characters Into Your Screenplay.” Noam Kroll, noamkroll.com/5-tips-for-writing-better-characters-into-your-screenplay/.

The source provides information about characters and how to make them stronger in your play. It also provides information on how to write them in your play to make sense. I selected this source because I want all my characters to have a very strong presence and this source seemed to be the best one to learn how to apply that. I found this source useful because I learned and modified my characters to have stronger emotion

Fleming, Grace. “Write Interesting and Effective Dialogue With These Tips.” ThoughtCo, www.thoughtco.com/writing-story-dialogue-1857652.

This source provides information on how to write dialogue so that it seems realistic and simple. I picked this source because a play is nothing but dialogue so making sure that it has a strong impact is very essential. SO I looked and used this source so that I can make dialogue in my play stronger. It was useful because I was able to apply this information to my project.

. Transitioning . www.playwriting101.com/chapter14.

This site provides information on how to transtion from one site to another. It also provides on information on how to make your transitions and effective. I used this site because it was helpful o somethig I have been struggling on for a very long time. IT also was really good at making it simple.

. “Writing Dialogue Examples: 7 That Work.” Now Novel, 4 Dec. 2017, www.nownovel.com/blog/writing-dialogue-examples/.

This source provides information also on dialogue. It provides information how it to cut the has.e I think that this source was useful because it showed me a new outlook o dialogue and shows specific ways on how to write dialogue. I used this information to make my dialogue make more sense

Noah Marant Capstone

Posted by Noah Marant in Capstone · Giorgio/Shagin · Wed on Thursday, May 10, 2018 at 8:42 pm

Abstract:

My project was to take photographs around the city of Philadelphia and see if I can find any highly littered places to photograph. After that I would report them to Philly 311 and then they get a crew to clean that area that I took the picture of. What I did at first was think of a place in this big city and how I was going to get there. I thought about all these things for a really long time and decided that i'm going to do them whenever I feel like it. The best thing would be better for me to not schedule too much because of the work I have at school. I looked online for the most polluted areas in Philadelphia but couldn't find anything on the subject other than Philly 311 which only had information of where trash is being reported so I stopped looking online altogether. I how I was going to get to my preferred locations we're just walking so I could get a better look at the area's better than a car or trolley. Then I decided that rather than using my expensive rebel XL canon camera I was going to use my iPhone 6 camera because it would feel more natural taking a picture from your phone then an expensive camera not many people have expensive cameras and they don't carry them around that much but they carry their phones so it feels more natural taking a photograph with my phone.

slideshow of photographs i took

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vSTh9vEF1MwKqDfJXzueA-BDqQvkeHmLdHMvehvrwH4kZi9wTyLJPBwtbxTzK-54XX6woJoVoF84clS/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000

Jacob Rivera Capstone

Posted by Jacob Rivera in Capstone · Giorgio/Shagin · Wed on Thursday, May 10, 2018 at 8:30 pm

This capstone was definitely interesting, especially since this is my first and only year in Science Leadedership Academy. At first, I just wanted to make a website, however I couldn't come up with the content that would be on it. Eventually, I thought about something I been wanting to start up. Being that I'm a self proclaimed sneakerhead, and I have been wanting to make customs, I decided to keep the website idea, except use it to display the main piece of the project, the custom pair of shoes. The main goal of this project was to take an everyday item that all of us have, and use it to create bold statements and designs, giving the sneaker a deeper meaning and purpose than just stepping in shit. There was also lots of personal goals driving me to complete the capstone. I plan to make money thorugh passive income in the future, and the knowledge of creating a website is very important, especially for starting buisiness'. Sneaker customization has also been something I've been wanting to get into, so that alone motivated me to push through this project. Most of the time spent during the capstone was making the website and sketching ideas. It did get challenging at some points, especially coming up with ideas, but all I knew was that I wasn't going to make a played out Supreme custom. What I did to get an idea is set a theme that is very relevant to my life right now. I waa raised in Brooklyn, I've lived in Philly for almost a year now and I have been enjoying it. So I figured that showing love to both cities would be a great theme since it correlates with my life story. Click the link to view the website. Be sure to log into your SLA email to view the site. If you can't access it, two words: LOG IN. Click the link to view the website. Be sure to log into your SLA email to view the site. If you can't access it, two words: LOG IN. https://sites.google.com/scienceleadership.org/jlr-capstone/home?authuser=1

Addison Zheng Capstone

Posted by Addison Zheng in Capstone · Giorgio/Shagin · Wed on Thursday, May 10, 2018 at 8:24 pm

Abstract:

For my capstone, I am doing is an essential drive for homeless teens in Philadelphia. Knowing how bad the statistics are right now, I wanted to help my community out. For the past couple of months, I have been telling my friends and families about my capstone and how I’m planning to step up in the Philadelphia community to help teen that are less fortunate. My friends and families have donated as much as $150 towards my capstone and they donated essentials like paper towel, tissue, soap, shampoo, and more. For the money I receive and continue to receive, it’s going to towards to more essentials due to the face there are a bunch of teens that are in need. What I did was I went to BJ’s and Walmart where I bought a bunch of stuff that was listed on the email that the organization have given me. Everything was hard when the capstone was first introduced because I didn’t know what to do but after I had my first idea (Clothes drive) I soon began to realize that it wasn’t going to work out. Then I quickly turned to an essential drive because I knew it was going to be much easier and more useful. Throughout this project I want people to learn that they can be the reason why we can make a change in the Philadelphia community.

Digitalize

Bibliography:

City of Philadelphia

Office of Homeless Services, Office of the Mayor. “City Releases Comprehensive Report on Youth Homelessness in Philadelphia | Office of Homeless Services.” City of Philadelphia, 15 Nov. 2017, beta.phila.gov/2017-11-15-city-releases-comprehensive-report-on-youth-homelessness-in-philadelphia/.

There are about 570 teen ages from 13 to 25 who were counted as being homeless. Nearly 30% of them has been in foster or been in a juvenile justice system. 78% of the teens graduated high school or they received a GED. For females teen more than 3rd of them were a mother or pregnant. These are the main cause on why teens are considered being homeless. There has been solutions to end teen homelessness which was led by Chapin Hall, who led ‘Voices of Youth Count.’ Philadelphia is the 22nd cities who was teamed up with Chapin and his efforts on ending it.

Generocity

7 things you should know about homelessness in Philly By Tony Abraham / staff. “7 Things You Should Know about Homelessness in Philly.” Generocity Philly, 13 June 2016, generocity.org/philly/2016/05/24/homelessness-facts-poverty-youth-government/.

In Philadelphia, about 400,000 people were living below the poverty line in 2015. In 2016, about 42 youth were found living on their own, no housing, no shelter. Teen homelessness is very serious in Philadelphia, every 1 out of 20 high schooler in Philadelphia has experienced homelessness. It’s gets worse, when child that are in foster care right now because when they get out of the system they will about 42% of the children that will become homeless. Teen homelessness has raised during the past years because the Philadelphia Covenant House (PCH) “doesn’t have the right service to meet the need.” How this is being used in my capstone is I can tell people the reality of teen homelessness and make sure people are aware of this issue.

Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania

“PEC Releases Report on Homeless Youth in Philadelphia.” Housing Alliance of PAorg, housingalliancepa.org/pec-releases-report-on-homeless-youth-in-philadelphia/.

One out of every twenty school in Philadelphia has been homeless or has been kicked out of their home or they were run away. Due to the fact they are homeless the chances of them dropping out of school is high which can lead to being unemployed and will be homeless when they turn into an adult. People need to step up and be aware about this issue in Philadelphia. There has been data about ‘Youth Risk Behavior’ and it’s about behaviors during childhood and early adolescence. It shows that the teens will turn to “alcohol and drug use, tobacco use, sexual behaviors that leads to unintended pregnancy and infections, and etc.” People should be informed about this issue and they should promote positive well-being for this vulnerable population. How I would use this towards my capstone is I could use the data and show what teen homelessness can lead them into.

NBC 10

Lattanzio, Morgan Zalot Vince. “Homeless Youth: A Silent Epidemic.” NBC 10 Philadelphia, NBC 10 Philadelphia, 25 May 2016, www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Fighting-for

-a-Home-The-Silent-Epidemic-of-Youth-Homelessness-332250942.html.

There are many reason to teen homelessness it can be from, runaway, abuse, rejection, systemic issues, and foster-care where the system basically forced you out of the foster when turning 18 years old with little to no support. In 2014 youth homelessness were at large, 66% of teens stayed with friends, 22% slept outdoors, 8% at shelters, 2% subway station, and the other 2% are other. In 2014, 31$ millions were going towards homeless care program, but only $1.1 million were actually used for them. It’s hard to find teens that are homeless because they blend in with everyone. Most of the teens don’t like being called “homeless” because it just makes them feel some type of way, so they just hide it from people. How this will help my capstone is I could pull quotes from this article and use it for my presentation.

Project HOME

michaelgainer@projecthome.org. “Facts on Homelessness.” Project HOME, 4 Jan. 2018, projecthome.org/about/facts-homelessness.

The cause of homelessness in Philadelphia is because the lack of jobs. Philadelphia is 7 one of the highest in the nation in poverty rate. In Philadelphia other reasons why are homeless is because of ‘racial inequality’ it’s more likely for minorities (1.5X) and African American (3X) face homelessness. Lack of affordable health care in Philadelphia is always a reason why people are becoming homeless, due to the high prices. There are so many other reason why people are becoming homeless in Philadelphia. Solutions to homelessness is finding permanent supportive housing for people, having more jobs, and etc. How I’m going use this towards my capstone is using this information, there are some stats that I can use to add on to.

Voices of Youth Count

“Home.” Voices of Youth Count, voicesofyouthcount.org/.

Voices of Youth Count (VoYC) is a national initiative designed to fill gaps scale of youth homelessness. They have been faced with runaway, unaccompanied homeless, and unstably housed. With the Voices of Youth Count, they are trying to end/ prevent this issue (youth homelessness). What they value is “transparency, integrated use of consistent, rigorous and mixed research methods, openness to broad community participation, authentic blending of diverse perspectives, and commitment to relevance.” How this will be helpful for my capstone is I can use this information for a slide in my presentation and explain how many people has already stepped up to work on this issue and what they are doing to fix/ find a solution to this.

YSI Youth Service INC.

Administrator. “Homepage.” YSI Philly, ysiphilly.org/.

The YSI Youth Service INC mission is to help children and families in Philadelphia, where they offer accessible quality services to at-risk children and families. They are dedicated to strengthening family unit, helping teens, and child safety. For over 60 years they have upheld a tradition of excellence, dedicated to meeting children that are in need and for families. They are also a non-profit organization where they don’t make money from this. How this will help my capstone is I can give away some clothes that I’ve saved up that I don’t wear anymore and items to them, knowing that it’s hard for them I want to at least make them feel they got a helping hand.

Matthew Yemola Capstone

Posted by Matthew Yemola in Capstone · Giorgio/Shagin · Wed on Thursday, May 10, 2018 at 7:43 pm

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For my capstone I decided to combine carpentry with little bits of economics sprinkled in. I build woodshop cabinets for personal use and documented the price of materials, tools used, and pricing of on the market cabinets. The goal of this was to try and figure out which is cheaper, building your own furniture vs. buying it? Going into this my initial thought was building your own would be cheaper at the expense of qualities I produced three cabinets using 2 seperate designs and compared their pricing to that of market cabinets that were a similar size. The construction of the cabinets was also taken into account as I tried to make them look very nice and this was a high factor in deciding if they were actually worth it or not.

The process was very simple consisting of mainly 3 parts. Research, construction, and reflection. Through this all I produced what I viewed to be usable cabinets that were made at an affordable price. After this I added together all the costs for production and compared these cabinets to that of purchasable ones. Ultimately the final verdict was very hard to make as there were more and more variables that appeared over time. It came down to actually how much you're producing being the biggest factor. The final decision was that buying cabinets off the market is ultimately better.

Bibliography

Seattletable, and JFP1213. “MÖCKELBY Bench - IKEA.” IKEA US/EN, IKEA, 30 Nov. 2017, www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/30348259/.

This source shows me the problem to the pricing of big stores. I think that the big stores should be less expensive. I think the big stores are bad, scammers. Who do scams on the costumer which is not good. Particle-board, which is what this bench is made out of, is not very much money. In fact, particle board is a really bad material that would only cost like 30 dollars or so. (check other source). So this bench shows that there is a significant price markup for like no reason. Which I could hopefully fix for the school, by creating benches and stools and chairs and maybe tables, at the price of the resources not the big companies which scam!

Steph, et al. “3/4 in. x 4 ft. x 8 ft. Particle Board Panel-ru1191248096000000a.” The Home Depot, 23 Jan. 2018, www.homedepot.com/p/3-4-in-x-4-ft-x-8-ft-Particle-Board-Panel-ru1191248096000000a/202518919?MERCH=REC-_-PIPHorizontal2_rr-_-100058485-_-202518919-_-N.

I used this source mainly for materials reason. I wanted to find what materials would be the best to use for their price. I needed to figure out what kind of wood I was going to use and what the reason was for best using that species of wood. However before I decided this I needed to figure out if using real wood was even worth it. The other option was to use manufactured wood, Mainly plywood or MDF. Pricing for manufactured wood is of course cheaper as it's not real and is cheaper to make. However this price comes at the cost of quality. I decided in the end that used real wood was the best option for me as it was still relatively cheap to use pine and it's easy to handle.

Dahl, Timothy. “How to Build a French Cleat Shelf to Hold Virtually Anything.” Popular Mechanics, Popular Mechanics, 14 Nov. 2017, www.popularmechanics.com/home/how-to-plans/how-to/g2340/how-to-build-a-french-cleat-shelf/.

I needed to know how I was going to hang my cabinets once I made them and I already had some ideas in my head. I had already decided on french cleats. mainly because of their strength and effectiveness, along with the fact that they are easy to install. While I have a basic understanding of how they work I haven't used them for an application that would be holding this much weight and needed to know that the best way to use them was. Ultimately it doesn't come down to cleats themselves but rather where they are hung and the way there hanging on. You simply have to make sure they are secured to a stud.

United States, Congress, Engineering Principles and Practices. “ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES for Retrofitting Flood-Prone Residential Structures .” ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES for Retrofitting Flood-Prone Residential Structures , FEMA.

https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/20130726-1506-20490-1062/fema259_front_matter.pdf

Now this source was used in a weird way. I didn't need my cabinets to be made flood proof nor did I plan on making the school flood proof. I used this source to look at the structures of houses and how they're built. I would use this to determine the placement of the cabinets along with gaining more knowledge on hanging them. I needed to know if there was any danger is using certain stud to hand the cabinets. This also gave me information on best placement of cabinets for potential house damage which wasn't what I needed but is something I incorporated into determining pricing. If you DIY cabinets you have more power to make them damage proof.

Lake, Matt. “Detectors Can Find Just the Right Spot to Drive That Nail.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 11 Apr. 2001, www.nytimes.com/2001/04/12/technology/how-it-works-detectors-can-find-just-the-right-spot-to-drive-that-nail.html.

This source was used to purchase a stud finder or use different methods to find studs. This is a small part of everything however it still is something you must buy if you want to DIY this. If you don't want to buy one thought there are different methods to use in finding a stud. You can tap on the wall and when it no longer sounds hollow there is most likely a stud. The issue with this though is to determine if there is a stud there or not, you must drill into the wall. If you feel force after drilling through the drywall then you've found a stud. If you don't feel this force then congratulations you just put a hole in your wall.

Todd. “Fusion 360 | Free Software for Students, Educators | Autodesk.” Autodesk 2D and 3D Design and Engineering Software, Fusion 360, www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/students-teachers-educators.

I wanted to use CAD for this project just to show that its easy to use and can even give you a slight edge in creating your own cabinets versus mass market cabinets. I decided on using fusion 360 because it's free to me and I already had a basic understanding of how it works. However after using it I discovered a variable I didn't account for. While the process of using it was easy and it definitely helps people with the building process I didn't take into account the price when its not free. It costs a lot and almost definitely puts mass market cabinets as a far cheaper buy.

"Figure 2f From: Irimia R, Gottschling M (2016) Taxonomic Revision of Rochefortia Sw. (Ehretiaceae, Boraginales). Biodiversity Data Journal 4: E7720. Https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e7720." doi:10.3897/bdj.4.e7720.figure2f.

https://www.nationalofficefurniture.com/resources/design-tools/price-lists

I needed to use something to get a general idea of pricing of market cabinets and what my competition was. This source was extremely valuable as it showed me how cabinets are priced based on all different things. It mainly though allowed me to pin my pine cabinets against other market pine cabinets. This allows me to have an even ground because the two products are so similar, materials wise. This source also allowed me to look into customization of market cabinets and how different feature influence the final price more than others. This gave me the ability to show which was a better option based on needs of the person.

Sawyer, Tom Y. "Statements of Profit and Loss and Cash Flow: Plan for Profits and Ready Money." Financial Modeling for Business Owners and Entrepreneurs, 2014, 231-54. doi:10.1007/978-1-4842-0370-5_11.

https://www.business.qld.gov.au/running-business/finances-cash-flow/managing-money/more-profit

This source was used to help me find the total price it would be to make the cabinets accounting for all the tools, materials, and other things used. Aside from that this was also used to help me try and minimize the amount of money I needed to spend while still producing the best quality work I can. The main thing this source helped me with though is determining the tools used and helped me control the price. The tools I used are very expensive and right off the bat they can cost more than a whole set of cabinets. This source though reminded me that you can use different far cheaper tools to produce similar quality work.

https://www.wwgoa.com/how-to-build-cabinets/

I had an idea of how to build cabinets but this source was the main thing I used in helping determine my final design and how I was going to put these together. This site caused me to change a lot in my design along with how I was choosing on holding everything together. This also forced me to look at how I would construct doors and connect them for the first time. I also had to consider the amount of weight these cabinets would be holding. While I originally thought the weight they hold would be exclusively apart of how I hung them, It also slightly about how they are held together. So i had to reconsider what I would put in these along with how much they can hold compared to market cabinets.

"Figure 2f From: Groom Q (2014) The Distribution of the Vascular Plants on the North Frisian Island, Amrum. Biodiversity Data Journal 2: E1108. Https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1108." doi:10.3897/bdj.2.e1108.figure2f.

http://scottmcgillivray.com/design-renovations/know-your-limits-diy-vs-contractor/

My final source was used to help determine if the person who was taking on the DIY challenge could actually handle it. While the price is still the biggest element that must be considered the person is the second biggest factor. Something could be extremely cheap but if the person isn't right they cant handle it and then buying your own market cabinets is better. This also made me consider the average tools that someone already has. So aside from personality, the other factors that the person should be evaluated on it experience and tools they already own. The tools they already own is a massive factor as it cuts a lot into price and the quality of the work.

Kate Kopf // Capstone

Posted by Kathryn Kopf in Capstone · Giorgio/Shagin · Wed on Thursday, May 10, 2018 at 7:26 pm

In a city, your stomping ground is anywhere you choose, but, my true stomping ground was always the small three block radius around my house. My childhood is full of memories from those few blocks so it only felt right to pay respect to it in my senior capstone. I wanted to not only say a final goodbye to where I grew up, but gather advice from the community I had been learning from since day one. After identifying my theme, a podcast seemed the best way to present the project. They not only act as the modern storyteller but are portable personal anecdotes that capture the organic voice of each subject. Even better, they can be listened to everywhere - especially walking through the very neighborhood my subjects spend their days.

That’s exactly how I imagine people listening to my final project - walking through my neighborhood, each house and episode holding a new story. I’ve learned a lot through this year in both technical aspects (editing audio, sharing podcasts, recording) and in storytelling (asking questions, casual interviewing, forming a narrative) but the lessons from my interviewees have been by far the most meaningful. I truly believe that each and every listener can benefit from what my neighborhood has to share. My short series covers ordinary people of my community but their lives and life advice are truly extraordinary. Each episode examines everything from The American Dream to the LGBTQ+ film industry and the monumental life lessons we can learn from it all. I’m Kate Kopf. Welcome to my Stomping Ground.

Bibliography: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WbRY3zU4C0pHMLTVduVuhuxlC7yCsxrF_jkpo0R_pgg/edit

Podcast Available on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, Overcast, and Linked Below.

Tom Wallison Capstone

Posted by Thomas Wallison in Capstone · Giorgio/Shagin · Wed on Thursday, May 10, 2018 at 7:14 pm

My capstone involved me going through the process of creating a novel. I learned the difficult research process that is involved in writing something that is realistic fiction. With my specific story, I wanted to create a story that reached into the absurd, with both character committing suicide, but still managed to maintain an air of realism. This was evident in my research, which included novels that were similar in nature but still didn't quite hit the mark according to critics. It also included empirical studies on mental illnesses, especially in teenagers, to see if the story I was telling could feel reasonable to the average reader. I came up with a story, and wrote a portion of it, which I showed to a variety of people, some even with experience with mental illness, and after some feedback from each of them, I am confident that I was able to create a story that managed to seem reasonable even through its absurdities. While it may have not become a totally complete story, this learning experience was incredible, and I've really understood the difficulties people face when writing.

Sample from Ruth

You look up to the roof of the school, and there you see Ruth standing on the edge, of which she throws herself off of.

You run towards her destination, thirty feet below her start. In your rush, you trip on some elevated sidewalk, and fall down fully, scraping your upper left arm and right hand deeply, tearing a hole in your pants. You hurriedly get yourself up and continue your sprint, but it is already far too late. When you make it to her, Ruth is simply a mess of limbs, no movement at all in her body. You take hold of her. On her head there is a dent, in the center of which there is a gash with her brain exposed, blood pouring out. Her eyes have rolled back into her head, one damaged to the point of where there is blood dripping down the outside corner onto her face and down her cheek.

You lay her on your lap and hold her face. The blood from her eye and the gash in her head mix together. You cry out, first in disbelief, then again in horror, and then again in anger. The mixture of blood is joined by your tears as you sob deeply, disgusted by yourself. You are sure you could have prevented this if you had just done something different, something better. This was your fault, and you felt that grief immediately.

Bianca had stood up to come after you, but you had been quicker and she had stopped, so she was stalled behind you standing, stunned. She has never seen you like this before. She has no idea how to help.

Weeks pass. Ruth’s memorial service is on December 23rd. One portion is a private setting with an open casket, and the other portion is more public and had a closed casket. You are invited to and attended both. Bianca comes with you to the public viewing but chooses to exclude herself from the private one, which you don’t particularly mind. It is generally uneventful, at least any more so than funerals usually are. You grieve alongside the family, with exchanges of tears and condolences, and then all parties eventually depart.

The next day is December 24th: Christmas Eve. You spend this day with your own family. The world felt like a different place: emptier, but besides being blue for most parts of the day there is nothing unusual that happens.

On Christmas Day you spend it with your family in the morning and then spend the afternoon with Bianca. You have lunch together, talking about how your celebrations with your family had gone. You both talk about the gifts you’ve gotten. Your mood improves as the day goes on. You’re able to forget about and for the first time in a while, as Bianca lies on your shoulder in the backseat of a taxicab on its way to your home, with the sun being in a state of just giving enough light that the streetlamps don’t turn on, but dark enough that it’s clear the day is ending, you close your eyes and truly smile, actually feeling happy. The cab drops you off at your house, and Bianca exits with you and comes inside.

You’re both quickly to the living room and onto the couch. The place is temporarily yours, and you take full advantage of that with your method of physical interaction with Bianca. She eventually stops you, not out of disapproval, but out of the need for a break so she could procure something from her purse. She takes out a small blue rectangular box, which she hands to you, and inside is an analog watch. The clock face is white, with brown numbers and hands, and a silver wristband. As you look in awe, your mind eventually turns to horror as you realize that, in your grieving, you had neglected to get a gift for Bianca.

As you reluctantly tell her, she is visibly annoyed in her movements, but she at leasts acts understanding in the words she says. However, as you explain that it was your grief for Ruth that led you to forget, Bianca gets significantly more upset, and yells that you don’t care about her. You apologize, but tell her that having your best friend die in your arms could muddle up the life you otherwise knew. She tells you to stop being such a bitch about it, and it’s been enough time; get over it. She’s tired of always feeling like the second most important girl on your mind. You tell her she doesn’t understand, and wish she would be more empathetic. She explains that she wasn’t beaten up this long even when her mom died, so it’s not that she doesn’t understand, it’s that you’re weak. You let her know that you can’t imagine how awful a person someone would have to be to be so accepting of their own mother’s death. To this, she responds by striking you on the cheek with her nails, cutting your face, and you strike her back. Your hand slams on the side of her head and knocks her aside. With tears welling up her eyes, she lets you know how much of a faggot you are before kicking over a potted plant, running out of your home, and slamming the door behind her, leaving you standing with an upturned plant and a claw mark on your face.

Bibliography

Anderson, Laurie Halse. Speak. S.l.: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2018.

This novel tells a story of a young girl in high school was sexually abused and how she dealt with it. In my novel, there is also a high school girl who is sexually abused, and while I plan to have her deal with it in a different way than the character in this book dealt with it, the thought process of the girl in Speak will be useful, as I am both not a girl and I have never been sexually abused. It becomes difficult to personally relate with a character who is, so to have some sort of reference to how this girl dealt with it, keeping in mind that people deal with the same thing in different ways, is useful to writing such a character.

Asher, Jay. 13 Reasons Why. New York: Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Random House, 2017.

Over the past year, 13 Reasons Why has been the big boy of stories about depression. People seem to criticize it a lot for how unrealistic the story is. It’s too theatrical, and it seems like it’s trying to make a show out of a mental illness. The tragedy of losing a close friend doesn’t really seem as fleshed out as it could and probably should have been. In my story, I want to avoid these sorts of things. My novel will probably seem very theatrical; the characters go through some particularly extravagant events, so I’m constantly worried about trying to keep it as realistic as possible. 13 Reasons Why is very useful as a reference to making sure I don’t fall too far out of real life.

Green, John. Paper Towns. New York: Penguin Books, 2015.

One of the things I wanted to do when setting out to write this novel was to write a book that had a resolution that was not a traditional “happy ending”. In Paper Towns, there is a resolution, and the ending feels like an ending, but it’s certainly not the expected ending. The main characters, who we expected to meet back together and start a romance or something along those lines was far from what actually happened. Instead it’s more of a somber ending, where the story is over, so it’s a resolution, but it breaks expectations. That’s something I want to emulate in my writing.

Mathieu, Jennifer. The Truth About Alice. New York: Square Fish, Roaring Brook Press, 2015. =

In this novel, the main character “causes” the death of another character, but it was due to something she had limited control over, which was the irresponsibility of the other person, yet the main character feels guilty for the death. In my story, there will be a similar dynamic of the main character “causing” a death that he has limited control over, yet he feels mostly responsible and very guilty about it. I’ll use The Truth About Alice as a reference for the dynamic that I’m trying to create.

McCarthy, Cormac. No Country for Old Men. London: Picador, 2010.

This book inspired me to write a novel in the first place. I really enjoyed the storytelling style of both the book and the movie. They both use a minimalist style: there is the story, and that is it. There is no explanation as to why the story went the way that it did other than the logical conclusions that the reader made themselves. The events are described, using limited figurative language or attempts to call on emotion. There is no real explanation as to why things happened, leaving the reader to have to justify the events themselves. I really want to emulate that.

Niven, Jennifer. All The Bright Places. NY, NY: Ember, 2016.

In this novel there are two troubled people, one male and one female, and they both are considering suicide by jumping off of a building, which happens to be the same building at the same time, but after a conversation, they both choose not to do so and they become friends. One of the characters in my novel does actually kill themselves by throwing themselves off of a building, and the main character feels very guilty because he feels like he hadn’t done enough to stop that. The fact that both of the characters in All The Bright Places are considering suicide and then are convinced not to by someone else shows that, if the main character had done more, maybe he could have saved his friend. Any evidence I can get that would justify the guilt the main character has for a death that is almost totally not his fault is something that I find useful.

Shen, X., X. Zhu, Y. Wu, Y. Zhou, L. Yang, Y. Wang, Q. Zheng, Y. Liu, S. Cong, N. Xiao, and Q. Zhao. "Effects of a psychological intervention programme on mental stress, coping style and immune function in percutaneous coronary intervention patients." PloS one. January 22, 2018. Accessed January 24, 2018. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29357358.

This is a study on the effects of therapy on depressed patients. The result is that therapy helps depressed people, which conceptually seems obvious, but one of the things I have learned through my research is that depression is very unpredictable. This basic understanding, while seemingly obvious and useless, is incredibly useful because the main character will end up very guilty for their friend’s death because he didn’t get her help. The fact that getting her help would have maybe saved her life makes the grief actually feel much more relevant and justified.

Smith, April R., Tracy K. Witte, Nadia E. Teale, Sarah L. King, Ted W. Bender, and Thomas E. Joiner. "Revisiting Impulsivity in Suicide: Implications for Civil Liability of Third Parties." Behavioral sciences & the law. 2008. Accessed January 24, 2018. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2597102/.

This article is on the liability of third parties, such as prisons and universities, in a person’s suicide. It speaks of this in a legal sense, and the prior understanding was that there was too little predictability in suicides, so there is not much those parties can do to prevent them. However, new information is showing that there generally is some sort of plan. One of the comparisons made was to that of an umbrella in a car: people include an umbrella in their car to plan for a rainy day, and generally don’t think about that plan until the day it actually rains. There is some event that leads to a final suicide, but that does not mean the act was fully impulsive. This serves as a sort of justification to the characters’ deaths, and the feeling of grief is reasonable as the plan of suicide was mentioned.

Vizzini, Ned. It's Kind of a Funny Story. New York: Hyperion, 2015.

In this novel, the main character is a young adult whose life seems to be falling apart. Things were fine, and then it seemed like all sorts of things just started to fail and it eventually drove him to wanting to kill himself. His response to this was to call a suicide hotline, and he got placed into a mental institution, and the story proceed from there. In my novel, I want to have a similar story of life seems fine, but then everything starts to fall apart and drives a character insane. The additional story inside of the mental institution is not particularly useful, but there are friendships that form between multiple troubled people, so that could be helpful.

"Major Depression." National Institute of Mental Health. Accessed January 24, 2018. https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/major-depression.shtml.

This sort of story that I’m writing seems to be told a lot. Depression in high school has plenty of novels written about it, almost to the point of thinking that there can’t possibly be that many stories to tell. However, this statistic shows that there is an enormous amount of adolescents that are depressed, justifying the story. While the outcome of the story is a little extreme, there are so many people in the world and so many of them are depressed that surely this story can happen at least once.

Tony Brown Capstone

Posted by Anthony Brown in Capstone · Giorgio/Shagin · Wed on Thursday, May 10, 2018 at 5:03 pm

For my capstone I made a speaker with interchangeable faceplates. The faceplates have different arrangements of speakers on them so they each produce a different sound. If your listening to music and you want more bass just change the faceplate or if the music your listening to would sound better with less bass just change it back. The faceplate with more bass would also sound nice if your watching Netflix on your computer. To my knowledge this is the first speaker of its kind.

These two pictures show the wood that I got cut at Lowes

Theses two pictures show the start of the box

K, Mike. “How Can an Underpowered Amp Damage Speakers???” AVForums, AVForums, 18 Sept. 2002, 5:49, www.avforums.com/threads/how-can-an-underpowered-amp-damage-speakers.47762/.

Arnyk. “Which Album (CD or Vinyl) Are You Listening to Now.” AVSForum.com, 4 Dec. 2013, 5:02, www.avsforum.com/forum/91-audio-theory-setup-chat/1467908-underpowered-vs-overpower-speakers-worse.html.

Team, Writing. “Subwoofer Enclosures.” Crutchfield, 5 Aug. 2013, www.crutchfield.com/S-qMSr1pAGYbW/learn/learningcenter/car/subwoofers_enclosures.html.

Little, Larry. “Sk10y.” AVSForum.com, 3 Dec. 2018, www.avsforum.com/forum/113-subwoofers-bass-transducers/1238901-sub-woofer-cut-off-frequency-setting.html.

Gordon, Whitson. “How to Properly Set Your Subwoofer's Volume (Without Shaking the Roof).” Lifehacker, Lifehacker.com, 8 Dec. 2015, lifehacker.com/how-to-properly-set-your-subwoofers-volume-without-sh-1506136549.

Jorin Gerveni Capstone

Posted by Jorin Gerveni in Capstone · Giorgio/Shagin · Wed on Thursday, May 10, 2018 at 3:42 pm

For my senior project, I was interested in finding the best way to efficiently host a sporting event. I did this by creating and hosting a 3v3 soccer tournament. I contacted soccer players at both SLA campuses to participate in this event. Soccer is my passion and by hosting this tournament, I took advantage of this opportunity to explore a possible future career as I will be pursuing Sports Management at Drexel University this upcoming fall. My mentor, Mark Johnson, has provided great help in the course of organizing and hosting this tournament. I have learned how to set milestones and complete objectives, how to advertise and most importantly how to host a successful event. Finding the perfect date and venue were the largest obstacles that I faced along the way. Relying on the recent inconsistent weather patterns complicated matters as well. On the other hand, I learned much more through my research and the success of my event. The participation and enthusiasm from SLA Center City students, SLA at Beeber students, and alumni made this capstone a success.

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