Finished Phase Three!

Finally. Unfortunately, nothing much has changed for the other fifty gazillion things since my last post...

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Sundae:
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Everything Else:

Microsoft Office ClipArt or my camera xD

Organic Food Packaging

Finally finished the packaging!


Now all that's left to do is the advertisement, the two writeups, the media essay, the media text, the personal response, the bio presentation...... aw, Shaq-a-cat. I'm doomed, aren't I?

Celebrate spring by spreading the cure!

EDIT: To those wondering, here's what's gonna go down:

FOOD. Refreshments in the form of Sandwiches provided by the Royal Canadian Legion Hall!

LIVE MUSIC. Courtesy of our swingin' retro live band, Blue Ice, and featuring the Scarborough Historical Museum's Youth-Run Jazz Band. Prepare for a real HOE-DOWN!

DRESSED TO THE NINES. Girls in pretty dresses & handsome boys in suits--yes, this is a semi-formal event!

DOOR PRIZES. Feel like you want to walk away with something? Want to be rewarded for dressing up? Glad to receive some cool things just for being charitable? We've got lots to give away!

SILENT AUCTION. And, if you want to be more giving (and get some even cooler stuff), prepare for a kickin' silent auction! Featuring gift baskets, pricey coupons, and beautiful artwork from some of our sponsors!

THAT WARM FUZZY FEELING. Keep in mind that all proceeds (yes, even profits from the bar that will be available) will be going towards charity! The majority will go towards the Leprosy Mission Hospital in Naini, India and proceeds made at the the cash bar will go towards the Royal Canadian Legion.

WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT

On Saturday, May 22nd, 2010, from 7:00 pm to 12:00 am, come to the attend the Spring Fling Charity Social to help spread the cure of leprosy!

The Social is a semi-formal charity event hosted by Patricia D'Silva, a 16-year-old humanitarian from Toronto, Ontario. All proceeds from the sale of tickets and items auctioned at the event will go towards funding the Leprosy Mission Hospital in Naini, India.

A LITTLE BACKGROUND  

Last summer, Patricia went on her own dime to volunteer at the Leprosy Mission Hospital in Naini, India. There, she learned the truth about leprosy worldwide. 

Leprosy is a well-known disease that dates back to biblical times. Although modern-day medical breakthroughs have found a cure for the disease, it is still very prevalent in developing countries. Leprosy sufferers often don't have the funds to pay hospital fees and some simply do not have access to well-equipped, proper medical facilities. 

On top of that, there is still a significant amount of social stigma attached to the disease. It is neither sexually transmitted nor highly infections and in fact, almost 95% of people are naturally immune. However, the social stigma attached to the disease still remains an obstacle to self-reporting and early treatment. Sometimes, even after the patients have been treated, they cannot return to their homes because they have been ostracized.

The Leprosy Mission is a global nonprofit charity that supplies facilities to spread the cure of leprosy in developing regions of the world. The Naini Hospital is one hospital in the Leprosy Mission network. While the Hospital receives some funds from the Leprosy Mission, these funds are not nearly enough to cover the cost of supplies and equipment. The donations the Mission receives in general must be spread worldwide to various branches of the organization.

The Hospital's finances are further strained by the influx of patients it must accommodate every day. Not only does the Hospital treat leprosy patients, it also acts as a general treatment facility for hundreds of other patients. These patients arrive from all over Northern India because the Naini Hospital is the only clinic for miles with clean equipment, proper supplies, and formally educated physicians.

After working with the doctors at the Naini Leprosy Mission Hospital, Patricia decided that she wanted to do something to help out the Hospital. So she returned to Canada with aspirations to start a charity and raise funds for the Hospital. 

The Spring Fling Charity Social will be the first major fundraising event Patricia has planned. She hopes to reach her goal of $1000, on top of the costs of planning the event.

THE SPRING FLING DETAILS

To keep a position on Patricia's event-planning staff, I've designed a flyer for the Social. Details for the event can be seen below. Hope to see you there!

Yay Dissection!

Edit: Nevermind. According to Shifa, who just did the dissection exam today (all eleventh-graders do the same exam), you won't need to know the functions of the parts on the exam. Still won't be any reproductive organs because we didn't focus on that body system & almost everyone got a male pig.

After taking a peek at some of the pigs of various groups in the morning bio class, I managed to get down the locations/descriptions of most of the parts.

Mily and Christina have two other versions of this, so if you're feeling like being an overachiever, feel free to cross-reference all three versions...

Anywho, here you go:

Page One

Page Two

Mr Darling's Chance Calculator Algorithm!

Yes, I made an algorithm for "love." But in my defense, so did a lot of female-targeted magazines! This little toy was originally made to be a feature in the now-dead fourth edition of Miscellanea Magazine. Unfortunately, my laptop went kapoof shortly before school started and it was never fixed. The articles were taken out of the hard drive but by then the Hell known as Grade Eleven had already begun so I had neither the time nor the energy to go around and finish formatting all the articles.


If you'd like to see all of them, here's a link to the .ZIP Archive.


And now, preeeeeeeeeesenting MR DARLING'S CHANCE CALCULATOR ALGORITHM! This took ages to format; all those arrows.... -shudder-

It would be convenient if you first find out whether you're as close to the object of your affections as you think. And keep in mind that Honesty is the Best Policy: be brutally honest, just to be safe--it's better to get a pleasant surprise than shattered, illusions, no?

Enjoy!

See this Algorithm in Full Size! 

The Age of Innocence

Last week, I was trying to finish a photojournalism assignment to create a one-photo documentary essay. I chose the social issue of the declining age of innocence in today's youth: they are being exposed to sex, drugs, and violence at ages that used to be absolutely unacceptable for exposure to these things.

Here's the picture I ended up getting:

Today, I was surfing the web and found some absolutely appalling things. Specifically, articles on the incredibly revealing and simply inappropriate things parents are allowing their children to wear these days. Frankly, I'm not a parent--I'm a child myself in many ways--but it doesn't stop these things from disgusting me. Whatever happened to parental responsibility?

One example is this prom dress. It's rather revealing, so I won't post up the actual picture but you get the point. It's shocking, isn't it? That dress was shot with the model wearing it backwards. (Perhaps for shock purposes?) Here's the actual dress--and it's not much better.

The dress is designed to fit girls as young as 14 or 15. Even the design company's CEO admitted that he wouldn't dream of letting his own daughter wear it but, "from a businessman's perspective", he's still willing to market it. It's currently one of the top 20 prom dress designs in America.

I thought that would be the extent of these kinds of things. Apparently, it's not.

Abercrombie and Fitch recently released child thongs. Yes, you heard right. Child thongs. Thongs with phrases like "eye candy" and "wink wink" printed on them! And they fit children within the age range of 8 to 10 perfectly.

According to the company's spokeperson, Hampton Carney, "It's cute and sweet and fun." Ridiculous.

Want more soul-rotting filth? Why not look up "Little Miss Hooters" and "pimp and ho child costumes"?

Little Miss Hooters:

The contest is for girls 5 and under, and will require they be dressed in little orange spandex shorts, and a tied up Hooters t-shirt.

Pimp and Ho Costumes:

Charity Social gets underway!

Oh my gosh, what a hectic week.

Patricia's Leprosy Mission Charity Social planning is going full-blast! We've managed to secure a  banquet hall (The Royal Canadian Legion Hall) for the event (to be held on May 22nd!) and I've been ordered to roll out the tickets and flyers. :)

Luckily, I've already had the tickets designed a couple weeks ago, but my weekend was dedicated to the flyers! In the spirit of spring, I've come up with two designs: one blue/green portrait-oriented flyer and a red landscape flyer. Blue/Green for Spring and Red for the colour of our campaign! I'm actually quite proud with what came out--I even have a slogan for them! "Celebrate spring by spreading the cure!" I'm sure Hulme would be proud of the alliteration there.

Here are some shots of the flyers as of now:

Flyer One -  Blue/Green for Spring! The carnation (originally red) was chosen as the logo of this campaign because it symbolizes Charity.

Flyer Two - Red to match the ticket. Fonts, etc. were all chosen to match the ticket.

All in all, I'd say it was a pretty productive weekend. :)

Oh, and speaking of Hulme--our last English class before the break was a hoot! In the spirit of April Fool's Day, we staged a legendary, and very Gifted, surprise for the teachers that came by. With Patricia and Christina at the door to convince Mr. Hulme to stay outside the classroom as long as possible, the rest of the class worked to upturn ALL the desks!

Our Classroom - We turned the tables on Mr. Hulme with the chair backs resting on the floor and the desk balanced precariously sideways. Then, we had everyone sit in them that way! (Disregard Saravanan. He was being a sourpuss. Also take note of Cate taking pictures and UkeBilly/Basshew providing entertainment.)

Mr. Hulme sent Mr. Fenty to check on us (and what a surprise he got!), and when he came back to class, he was so amused that he left again to bring back the drama teachers to see! Ms. Barnes commented that our class was much more interesting than her English class.

Christina, Chris, and Patricia - Bugs on a wall...

The next twenty minutes was spent delaying our Media Issues presentations by taking very trippy pictures of everyone sideways. We looked like butterflies pinned to a wall!

Colin - Hard at work...or is he?

It was one of those days when "Gifted" was more blessing than curse.