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Errion's Capstone #WarmOurWorld

Posted by Errion Holness in Capstone on

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This year for my final SLA capstone, I decided to crochet a few hats and a scarf to donate to CHOP. This was a really cool thing to do because not only was I able to learn how to crochet and teach some of my peers, it sort of felt like a social experiment. In a day and age where everything is changing so rapidly, it’s hard to assume who’s going to be doing what. Many people are going out of their ways as activists to break down social constructs in order for people to freely express themselves and be comfortable while doing so. I’ve been knitting basic rectangular scarves on and off again since the 4th grade. Ever since then and even now, people would jokingly call me a grandma or old lady for knitting and crocheting. I’ll usually laugh along with them without a care in my mind. I personally appreciate those women older than me who were patient and willingly to teach me these creative stitching methods. I think that this could be an important skill to have if you wanted to stretch your entrepreneurial skills and sell your products or just to make winter hats yourself and save money. I personally enjoyed crocheting because it relaxed me and was so easy to do and easy to travel with.

  1. https://www.loveknitting.com/us/tegan-baby-hat-with-top-knot-knitting-pattern-by-julie-taylor

    1. Knot, Tegan, and Tegan Knot. "Tegan Baby Hat With Top Knot Knitting Pattern By Julie Taylor". LoveKnitting. N.p., 2017. Web. Apr. 2017.

    2. This article is from Loveknitting.com. This website gives out knitting ideas from random people who are willing to share their own techniques. This article is particularly about instructions on knitting a baby’s hat. There is a 4 page instruction page. It was donated to the website by Julie Taylor for beginners. This is great for my capstone since I will be both knitting and crocheting hats for babies at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

  2. http://www.headhuggers.org/patterns/cpatt03.htm

    1. "Head Huggers: Crochet Pattern: Double Crochet Hat Pattern". Headhuggers.org. N.p., 2017. Web. Apr. 2017.

    2. The article is from the website headhuggers.org. There is a list of instructions for me to learn how to crochet this specific hat pattern. Ms. Leaness is going to teach me how to read those stitches. This stitch will give my hats a unique look to show my effort into creating these hats.

  3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cq9ivY-FAw&t=54s

    1. "Make An Easy Crochet Hat". YouTube. N.p., 2017. Web. Apr. 2017.

    2. This is a Youtube video instructing me an easy way to crochet a hat. Youtube is filled with videos of all forms. There is a wide range of instructional videos, especially for beginners of crocheting. It’s free and anyone with a camera and a computer can submit a video.

  4. http://www.chop.edu/conditions-diseases/care-baby-delivery-room

    1. "Care Of The Baby In The Delivery Room | Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia". Chop.edu. N.p., 2017. Web. Apr. 2017.

    2. This is the website for The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, CHOP. This is the place where I will be donating my hats to.

Green Top Landscaping - Model Desk - Errion and Epifanio

Posted by Errion Holness in Botany · Aziz · y1 on
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Our project was about us becoming a Green Design company aimed at creating furniture items convenient for your home or classroom. We aim to keep it simple and realistic. For our client, we researched important items deemed necessary for a classroom since she is a teacher. We concluded that we could build her a desk. The only suggestion was that we included her favorite colors which were cobalt blue, goldenrod yellow and purple.We were able to include a shade of yellow on the sides and blue on the acrylic.  

Before we began to build the desk, we brainstormed and mapped out what we'd need with a blue print. The blue print showed the amount of pieces of wood we'd need and their sizes. We also included where these pieces would go. 

We created a space in the desk where the plant would contain a moderate temperature, space and shelter. The plant will be able to grow and vine itself around the legs of the table while sitting comfortable flat on the ground. It should still be able to obtain sunlight from an angle through the acrylic. 

Nature and technology can connect greatly because it speeds up the process of the plant growth or aesthetic of the technology. 

I believe Epi and I worked great together. We communicated well and greatly brainstormed what we'd like the outcome to be. I think we could've planned out our classes and planned in a timely order of what was needed. I feel that that way we would've put in a little more detail into the table.

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Stats Research Paper

Posted by Errion Holness in Statistics · Isakowitz · B on

Errion Holness

Statistics

Research Paper

Ms. I


Does the life expectancy of a Chilean man depend on how many children his wife may have?


As tragedy ends, men live longer. Tragic events in a country will lower the amount of children. When people begin to  discriminate less, fight less, and unify together, they live longer. I looked at and researched 1 country using the internet and a Gapminder graph. But, does this all tie in together. I’m going to explain some vital points in each data point.

I’m focusing on the South American country of Chile. The color green represents the South American continent. The graph is on a linear scale with the y axis as the life expectancy of a male and the x axis is the amount of babies per woman. The x decreases as the y increases. There is a negative correlation while the graph is on a linear scale. The Gapminder data is from the United Nations and the World Population Prospects. The bubbles are based on the population size. As the graph moves, it begins with a sharp left turn after 10 years and proceed up the Y - axis. At this time, the amount of children women are having is decreasing over time.


Chile was trying to transition into a democracy. In the late 80s through early 90s, they were trying desperately to become a united country. According to Freedomhouse.org, the people peacefully held protests, created unions and political parties. This led to a steady increase in Chilean male lives. Although, women were having less children due to many factors such as them not being respected as much as men or a growing obesity rate.


An article by the World Heart Federation (WHF) claimed that, “In Chile, a survey showed that obesity rose from 6 % to 11% in men and from 14% to 24% in women in just 4 years.” It also went on to connect obesity in Latin American women leading to dangerous cardiovascular diseases along with other risk factors of smoking and hypertension. The WHF also pointed out cardiovascular diseases as the leading cause of death in Latin America. Therefore, women die after being subject to these dangers. Although, the article also pointed out and said, “As we have mentioned above, this increase in obesity levels affect women more than men. Indeed, they tend to sacrifice their health for that of their family, surviving on unhealthy foods while trying to feed their families with better ones.”


According to some 2012-13 Gallup polls, 32% of Chilean women are likely to say they’re treated with respect. 60% of Chilean women answered no when asked if “they believe that women in their country were treated with respect and dignity” 61% of latin americans overall claimed that women aren’t treated with respect and dignity.  This may have been a contributing factor to Chilean female obesity because an article by Drexel University hinted at signs of a Compulsive Eating disorder. It said that “They frequently suffer from low self-esteem and depression, hoping food will fill the void, or at least help them escape from feelings of stress, anxiety and anger. Compulsive Eating involves addictive behavior with food.”


In conclusion, I don’t think the life expectancy of a man relates to the amount of children his wife may have. I Although, countries will have their major events, it affects the population as a whole and nothing partially. It’s very difficult to separate the country's event problems from the whole population into gender specific categories. My question was sort of broad because of the extensive data I’d need in regards to fertility rates, male careers, and more.


Video Link: https://www.wevideo.com/view/843714453



https://freedomhouse.org/sites//files/inline_images/Chile.pdf

http://drexel.edu/counselingandhealth/resources/students/body-image/

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2000/03/aninat.htm

www.world-heart-federation.org/fileadmin/user_upload/documents/Advocacy/Resources/Region_and_country-resources/Obesity%20and%20children%20obesity%20in%20Latin%20America.doc

http://www.gallup.com/poll/178427/respect-dignity-women-lacking-latin-america.aspx


Stop Illegal Waste Dumping - PSA

Posted by Errion Holness in Environmental Science · Aziz · D on
Our video includes Inquiry, Research and Action! It begins with the 2 girls in the beginning noticing how the random mattresses are dumped in random places. Next, the guy is sort of reflecting on how there needs to be action, then, proceeds to research a way to remove the junk. Lastly, the young lady (me) proceeds to you should be looking for aka the signs of Illegal waste dumping. In our group, I helped a lot in structure and organization. I also recorded and edited a good portion of the video. I think that I did well with I could have edited the video better and added better, clearer scenes with subtitles. I liked our brainstorming sessions on what we could do to depict our topic. I also liked actually recording scenes and collaborating.

DAPL - Students Standing with Standing Rock

Posted by Errion Holness in Environmental Science · Aziz · D on

Research and summarize updates about Standing Rock and Dakota Access Pipeline. Make use of social media to gather information.

  1. How are people using social media to fight for social justice in this particular situation?

    1. Tweeting, Hashtags, Checking in and Live streaming on Facebook

  2. Research hashtags people have been using.

    1. #NoDapl, #StandingRock, #Waterislife, #NativeAmericans, #NorthDakotaPipeline #BoycottSunoco

  3. How effective are these methods of action?

    1. They’re helping people spread awareness of the situation. They don’t have to even leave their home to check in to Standing Rock. They won’t find who are actually at the protest to protect the protestesters.

  4. What is environmental justice and role does social media play in fight environmental justice?

    1. EJ is when every is treated fairly no matter  their race, income, ethnicity, etc. Anybody is able to post on social media regardless of their backgrounds.

  5. What do you think can improve the strategy?

    1. The strategy can be improved by people actually creating barriers in their own cities. I mean that people should boycott companies that supported this project and show them how much of a negative impact their decisions can have.



Read: Norway's Largest Bank Sells Assets in Dakota Access Pipeline Company.  (Links to an external site.)

  • Summarize and write your opinion to the article

    1. This article was about how a major Norwegian bank is backing out its investment into the Dakota Access pipeline. ETP may also miss their deadline to have their pipeline finished in order for the oil companies to use it. Contracts will be lost. One of the barriers that is stopping the pipeline from being finished is the permit they need to drill through the Missouri River. If the deadline is up, oil companies may have to back out of the project. This article shows the positive outcome of activism. When something is wrong it has to be known by everyone. The Norwegian bank got into its senses realizing the evils that it invested its money into. When something is wrong people will find justice and the evil doers will lose. The ETP is paying for their poor decisions by not being able to finish their beloved pipeline.

  • Seeing as that a big shot foreign company just divested from DAPL, what would you like to tell the American people to do? How can the American people and government create an environmentally just America? Be specific and explain why your suggestion is helpful in creating a just society.

    1. American people need to rise up against their ignorance. There are too many people shrugging things off just because it may not be their problem and that is very selfish. I know that I used to be like that. But, my education has led me to care more about our world and future together as a human race. I’d like Americans to read the headlines in the least to inform themselves of what may be going on in our world and to think within themselves of how can I make a difference for tomorrow. The government and people may need to collaborate and think of guidelines we need to sustain in our everyday lives. We need to work together in order to reach our goal of environmental justice.
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Mi Amor Primero

Posted by Errion Holness in SPANISH 2 - Moran - A on

Mi Amor Primero


Su zancada, su voz, su aroma están magnífico.

Mi Amor, Te Amo.

Yo miro su ojos, su cara, y su brazos.

Mi Amor, Te Amo.

Su risa, su energía, su masculinidad están precioso.

Mi Amor, Te Amo.

Mi amor, tú eres el primero.

Mi amor, tú estás magnífico.

Mi amor, tú estás precioso.

Mi amor, tú eres mi amor.


This is my spanish love poem about someone's thoughts on their first love.

Eulogy for maernal grandmother

Posted by Errion Holness in SPANISH 2 - Moran - A on
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Errion Holness

Spanish

Eulogy


The person that passed away was my grandmother, Etta Williams.This person probably would’ve meant alot to me if I actually knew her. I don’t really have any memories with her.I wanted to make these objects of remembrance for her because of what people have told me about her and how she was a nice, loving person. I never actually did anything in honor of her life.It reflects her because the part over her eyes showed for her blindness and the puffs on her head represents her hair and hat I seen her with in pictures of her.It opened up my mind by making me want to have a little memorial party of dead relatives probably once every 2 years.


Hola, Todos!

Me llamo Errion y Yo soy el nieta de mi abuela, Etta Williams. Ella es la madre de mi madre. Etta fue de St.Mary, Jamaica. Ella fue ciega con glaucoma. Mi abuela es muerto y enterrado. Yo estoy triste. Yo estoy en Filadelfia llevar a cabo ella legada. Yo te amo Ella.


Oral History Benchmark - Errion Holness

Posted by Errion Holness in African American History - Roy - X on
​Abstract :

I interviewed my grandmother, Phanseta Campbell. In my interview, My grandmother spoke dominantly of a man named Marcus Garvey. She talked on about how Garvey aimed to help the blacks and give them some insight on what they could do. He got into trouble for his actions. This includes the U.S. banning him from coming there.  My grandmother also spoke briefly on some important political men that cared for the poor Jamaican citizens.


Research :
There was a man named Alexander Bustamante. After becoming wealthy and then, returning to Jamaica, he began organizing different events created specifically for the poor people. He also wrote a whole series of letter to their local newspaper, The Gleaner. All of this lead him to be the founder of the Jamaican Labour Party. (JLP) Bustamante also is known as one of the "Founding Fathers" of Independent Jamaica. One of the reasons for that was because he was Jamaica's first chief minister.
Sources :
  • http://www.itzcaribbean.com/history_jamaica_bustamante.php
  • http://jis.gov.jm/heroes/sir-alexander-bustamante-2/
  • http://www.answers.com/topic/alexander-bustamante
Transcript :

Transcript

Date Recorded: May 16, 2014 Time: 5:51am


E.H. : Hi, My name is Errion Holness and I’ll be interviewing my grandmother, Phanseta Campbell.

E.H. : Okay, Um, Well we wanted to talk about how you experienced the Civil Rights Movement? Do you know anything that comes right at the top of your mind?

P.C.: Hmm? …(?) What am I going to say?

E.H. : What ever you know. What ever you feel thats like the first thing that everybody should know about the Civil Rights Movement in Jamaica.

P.C. : This now says that during the Civil Rights Movement, We are talking about somebody [that] you know in it.

E.H. : Eh hmm.

P.C. : Eh heh eh heh. Them pickney write it give me en nuh because mi forgot bout’ dem dey somethin. (Those kids gave me this to read because I don’t remember much about those things) [Editors note: She is referring to my cousins or her other grandchildren who helped her out and she is speaking in the Jamaican Dialect called Patois (Patwa).] Em hm, But This was Marcus Garvey, We talkin about you see.

E.H. : Em hmm

P.C. : Because he was one the men them [and] he was also in the politics business, too.

E.H. :Eh hmm

P.C. : Eh hm, But in this, So this was what he was saying, During the Civil Rights Movement Marcus Garvey was banned from the U.S. What? *in a high pitched voice*

E.H. : Mm, He was banned?

P.C. : Yes.

E.H. : Mm.

P.C. : That mean say he couldn’t come.

E.H. : Ohh.

P.C. : Them stop him from coming and You know why he was banned from the U.S. and was almost jailed.

E.H. : For what?

P.C. : For sending multiple letters to the black community stating that they should return to Africa because the white population will not accept them for their *corrects herself* the color of their skin.

E.H. : Ohh.

P.C. : Because they were black. You understand?

E.H. : Eh hmm

P.C. : He were sending to tell them say they don’t need [to] come or to go back to Africa because they will not be accepted here. [U.S] You Understand?

E.H. : Eh hmm Ohh Um

P.C. : So they find out say him was doing that

E.H. : Eh hmm

P.C. :[It] come to their attention the States Department *rambling while trying to read off of paper* informed the U.S. consulate general in Jamaica to refuse Garvey a visa [to] come back here. [U.S.]

E.H. : Ohh.

P.C. : That’s when they find out what he was doing.

E.H. : Eh hmm.

P.C. : Eh hm.

E.H. : So it was like both sides, U.S. didn’t want him and Jamaica didn’t want him.

P.C. : No. Eh eh U.S. [don’t] want him [to] come back because them find out what he was doing.

E.H. : Oh.

P.C. :You Understand?

E.H. :Eh hm

P.C. : Eh hm

E.H. :Ohh

P.C. : In Jamaica, Now they were banning him from coming up here. [U.S.]

E.H. : Em hm

P.C. : Em hm So they [not supposed to] give him no visa when him come a ahh… *loss of word* Because remember say Jamaica Visa place [is at] America *corrects herself* Jamaica. [That’s where you have to go] to get your visa.

E.H. : Eh hm

P.C. : Them refuse him from getting the visa to come back here because of what he was doing

E.H. : Mm hmm

P.C. : Mm hm

E.H. : And Can you remind me of what he was doing?

P.C. : Mm hmm. Sending letters. Writing the black people.

E.H. : Ohh.

P.C. : They are not to stay here and must go back to Africa because they don’t appreciate them here because of the color of their skin because they are black.

E.H. : Em hm True.

P.C. : Em hm That’s just it. *continues to read off of paper* To refuse.. Yes.. Jamaica to refuse Garvey a visa in view of his activities in political *struggles with word and handwriting* and race agitation of being temporarily detained by the U.S. immigration .

E.H. : Um, So Grandma, Let’s go into.. About You.. Um, In Jamaica Do you know of, without this, any other Civil Rights Leaders? That like really, help you guys back then?

P.C. : Eh mm I only know about Busta.

E.H. : Buster?

P.C. : I didn’t really know about Manley. [I know of] Bustamante and Manley. They were standing up for the poor citizens of Jamaica.

E.H. : Eh hm.

P.C. : Eh hm. Because they were political activists. People who were in the political arena.

E.H. : Eh hm.

P.C. : *rambles while reading paper again* So because of that now, Jamaican citizens were robbed of the opportunity to obtain a visa to be allowed in the U.S. You understand? Because of what Marcus Garvey did.

E.H. : Wait,  who were um refused? The black people?  

P.C. : The Jamaicans.

E.H. : Eh hm.

P.C. : Eh hm. Because of what Garvey was doing. The citizens of Jamaica were refused.

E.H. : Ohh. Okay

P.C. : At that time. Eh hm. Jamaican citizens were robbed of the opportunity to obtain a visa to be allowed in the U.S. You understand? .

E.H. : Yeah.

P.C. : Mm hm Mm hm

E.H. : Okay

P.C. : Because what he was doing was against the American government. You understand?

E.H. : Mm hmm.

P.C. : Cause he was advising the Africans that they should not.

E.H. : ..stay here.

P.C. : You understand?

E.H. : Mm hmm. Alright Grandma Thank You for giving me time

P.C. : Eh hm Baby, So that’s what I get to [tell] I never knew that much about these things.
Interview with Grandma
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