Gerald Deskin (January 10, 1929 - March 9, 2004) was a clinical child psychologist, marriage and family therapist. He was credited with the founding of The Learning Center Foundation, a non-profit foundation dedicated to research and the diffusion of knowledge for assisting those with learning disabilities, especially dyslexia, in children. The Learning Center was founded in 1967 and continues to run as non-profit foundation in Encino, California. In its nearly four decades existence, The Learning Center has assisted many tens of thousands of children from the Los Angeles area.
He was also the co-author of "The Parent's Answer Book: Over 101 Most-Asked Questions About Your Child's Well-Being."
Dr. Deskin was a member of the Health Disaster Team of the American Red Cross and played an active role in "Project Rebound" in Los Angeles after the 1994 Northridge earthquake.
He was also the co-author of "The Parent's Answer Book: Over 101 Most-Asked Questions About Your Child's Well-Being."
Dr. Deskin was a member of the Health Disaster Team of the American Red Cross and played an active role in "Project Rebound" in Los Angeles after the 1994 Northridge earthquake.
The Scratchware Manifesto is a statement of purpose, written by several video game developers in the summer of 2000. Their intent was to call out those companies and individuals they claimed were harming the video game industry with their questionable business practices and development policies, hopefully bringing a new generation of game development and developers into the industry with the right ideas in mind; to create glorious, moving pieces of entertainment; and to develop games in a fashion that has been lost in the last 5 years.
The Scratchware Manifesto is supposedly a document in the public domain, free to use and add to by anyone intent on spreading the word.
Scratchware is a term coined in the Scratchware Manifesto in reference to video games. If the game has original content, offers great gameplay and replayability, has a professional look, is bug free, costs $25 or less for the complete program, and was made by three people or less, it is scratchware.
The Scratchware Manifesto is supposedly a document in the public domain, free to use and add to by anyone intent on spreading the word.
Scratchware is a term coined in the Scratchware Manifesto in reference to video games. If the game has original content, offers great gameplay and replayability, has a professional look, is bug free, costs $25 or less for the complete program, and was made by three people or less, it is scratchware.
The Humanities Truck is an experimental mobile platform for collecting, exhibiting, preserving, and expanding dialogue around the humanities in and around the Washington, D.C. area. This project was devised by Dan Kerr, director of American University’s public history program, and initially funded through a generous grant of $225,000 from the Henry Luce Foundation. The grant supported the purchase and customization of the truck, the technology for community documentation and exhibition, supplies, website development, and project staffing.
The Humanities Truck is fitted with a recording studio, mobile workshop space, and a gallery for pop-up exhibits that features built-in speakers, a flat screen television, a roll-down screen and projector, and even an outside exhibit wall. The truck’s exterior was designed by Carly Thaw, a recent AU graduate. Keynote speaker Eugene M. Tobin, senior program officer for the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, called on colleges and universities to "collaborate with surrounding communities to tackle issues of local as well as national significance."
October 19-21, 2018 was American University’s All-American Weekend. As part of the Golden Eagles Reunion, the Humanities Truck partnered with the American University archives to present the on the AU quad Friday, October 19th. Archivists Leslie Nellis and Austin Arminio collaborated with the Humanities Truck team to create the exhibit. In addition to numerous captioned photos, a slideshow of nostalgic photographs played while an infamous speech by Hubert Humphrey sounded throughout the grounds. Oral history interviews of several alumni were conducted during the exhibition.
On November 2-3, 2018, the Humanities Truck participated at the (formerly known as the Annual Conference on D.C. History), which is a collaboration between the Historical Society of Washington, D.C., George Washington University, DC Public Library, and DC Office of Public Records. The conference theme was Mobility, Migration, and Movement. The Humanities Truck popup exhibit “Whose Downtown? The Past and Future of the CCNV Shelter” was created from Director Dan Kerr‘s research on homelessness, which was relevant to the conference theme. Visitors were invited to watch a documentary playing on the outside screen, look at photos and story panels inside the truck, listen to oral histories playing on the inside speakers, and peruse printed documents. This exhibit offered something for everyone interested in learning about housing tensions in DC, homelessness, the Community for Creative Non-Violence shelter, and Mitch Snyder.
On December 1, 2018, Whitman-Walker Health held their 32nd annual Walk to End HIV, beginning in Freedom Plaza. Working in collaboration with the Humanities Truck, American University Public History master's student, Hannah Byrne, curated a mobile exhibit on the history of the Walk to End HIV. Byrne, the organizational archives assistant at Whitman-Walker, interviewed people whose "lives form the larger story of Whitman-Walker’s evolution." The exhibit was displayed at this year’s walk.
The Humanities Truck is fitted with a recording studio, mobile workshop space, and a gallery for pop-up exhibits that features built-in speakers, a flat screen television, a roll-down screen and projector, and even an outside exhibit wall. The truck’s exterior was designed by Carly Thaw, a recent AU graduate. Keynote speaker Eugene M. Tobin, senior program officer for the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, called on colleges and universities to "collaborate with surrounding communities to tackle issues of local as well as national significance."
October 19-21, 2018 was American University’s All-American Weekend. As part of the Golden Eagles Reunion, the Humanities Truck partnered with the American University archives to present the on the AU quad Friday, October 19th. Archivists Leslie Nellis and Austin Arminio collaborated with the Humanities Truck team to create the exhibit. In addition to numerous captioned photos, a slideshow of nostalgic photographs played while an infamous speech by Hubert Humphrey sounded throughout the grounds. Oral history interviews of several alumni were conducted during the exhibition.
On November 2-3, 2018, the Humanities Truck participated at the (formerly known as the Annual Conference on D.C. History), which is a collaboration between the Historical Society of Washington, D.C., George Washington University, DC Public Library, and DC Office of Public Records. The conference theme was Mobility, Migration, and Movement. The Humanities Truck popup exhibit “Whose Downtown? The Past and Future of the CCNV Shelter” was created from Director Dan Kerr‘s research on homelessness, which was relevant to the conference theme. Visitors were invited to watch a documentary playing on the outside screen, look at photos and story panels inside the truck, listen to oral histories playing on the inside speakers, and peruse printed documents. This exhibit offered something for everyone interested in learning about housing tensions in DC, homelessness, the Community for Creative Non-Violence shelter, and Mitch Snyder.
On December 1, 2018, Whitman-Walker Health held their 32nd annual Walk to End HIV, beginning in Freedom Plaza. Working in collaboration with the Humanities Truck, American University Public History master's student, Hannah Byrne, curated a mobile exhibit on the history of the Walk to End HIV. Byrne, the organizational archives assistant at Whitman-Walker, interviewed people whose "lives form the larger story of Whitman-Walker’s evolution." The exhibit was displayed at this year’s walk.
Ellisha Boie is a Ghanaian fashion designer, with brother Calvin bill who is widely known for creating the African Print designs with Western features, like African Print Bomber jackets, African Print emoji clothes, T-shirts and Sweatshirts.
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Career
Growing up in a fashion family where both his mother and ground mother were designers, ellisha and his brother got into designing at an earlier age and by 2014 they started their own fashion business. In 2015 he launched several Bomber jackets which Sold More than 5000 pieces online days upon its released. Ellisha have designed for Ghanaian singer Wiyaala, Raquel and the group fokn Bois In 2017, he released the MyRRH collection which featured football jersey and wedding gowns made from African prints
Awards & Nomination
In 2016, he was nominated for the Africa Youth Choice award in Nigeria
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Career
Growing up in a fashion family where both his mother and ground mother were designers, ellisha and his brother got into designing at an earlier age and by 2014 they started their own fashion business. In 2015 he launched several Bomber jackets which Sold More than 5000 pieces online days upon its released. Ellisha have designed for Ghanaian singer Wiyaala, Raquel and the group fokn Bois In 2017, he released the MyRRH collection which featured football jersey and wedding gowns made from African prints
Awards & Nomination
In 2016, he was nominated for the Africa Youth Choice award in Nigeria