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Nearshoring – The Fast Path and Short Cut to AI Deployment

March 13, 2018

Any way you look at it, AI is complex. There’s so much that’s involved in developing smart solutions, and as they continue to get more and more sophisticated, it’s only going to get harder. So, what’s a company to do? It’s clear that you can’t avoid the AI revolution, nor should you try to.

Smart apps are cropping up everywhere. From personal assistants like Amazon’s Alexa and Google Home, to the Roomba vacuuming your rug or self-driving cars, AI applications seem to be everywhere we turn.

They’re not just making our lives easier, but businesses are benefiting from AI too, with greater productivity and customer service, as well as new insights that lead to better decisions — in areas ranging from manufacturing, financial services, and insurance to retail and healthcare.

Now, organizations are developing AI apps that can predict future behaviors, such as the expected value of a customer, the probability of customer churn, the likelihood of a customer getting behind in payments, or even defects in medical products before they go to market.

On a grander scale, hospitals are using AI to address major issues such as identifying the latest cancer treatments and research to best meet a patient’s needs based on individual markers and other patterns, tracking the potential spread of infectious diseases, identifying potential security risks during the airport security screening process using facial recognition and AI software, and much more.

Staying competitive

The companies that don’t focus on AI will be left behind. Forbes noted that companies with strong infrastructure investment, senior-level buy-in and clear goals, are gaining profit margins ranging from 3-15 percent based on the McKinsey Global Institute Study, and discussion paper, Artificial Intelligence, The Next Digital Frontier.

So, what does that mean for businesses really of all sizes? It means the time to act is now. AI requires constant refining and attention to produce quality results. It requires lots and lots of data – the more the merrier – in order to train the AI software to learn, and companies need dedicated data engineers to collect, prepare and maintain this data. Then specialized data scientists are needed to develop algorithms based on the data, and continually test and refine them to improve outcomes.

If that sounds like a lot, that’s because it is. It’s tough for companies, especially mid-sized ones, to dedicate these types of resources to develop a strong AI program. And even if you wanted to and had the capital, time and focus to commit to an in-house AI program, there are very practical obstacles in your way. In addition to recommended investment in a GPU-based server to efficiently process the complex algorithms, there is a real shortage of data scientists.

And the challenges don’t stop there. AI development typically involves more than hiring data engineers and scientists. Many AI programs today rely on crowds to identify patterns in images to help train the software for image recognition. While most use public data sets, such as Amazon Mechanical Turk, it can take time to get results and the algorithms don’t always perform as well as those from private crowds, which rely on trained individuals to identify the specific data-sets you need.

For all those reasons it doesn’t make sense to do it alone; not when there are many service options to consider.

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How do you decide where to turn for help? It’s best to find a service provider that has capabilities across the AI development spectrum, from helping you identify the problem, collect and organize the training data, build algorithms and experiment with them, to designing and deploying applications, and providing ongoing maintenance and continuous improvement.

The last one – ongoing maintenance and continuous improvement – is just as important as all the others, since AI isn’t the type of application that you can develop and walk away from, or update once or twice a year – rather it requires ongoing vigilance to continue to perform effectively and learn.

AI is driving renewed interest in nearshoring

Unless you are a huge firm with lots of disposable income to build your own AI infrastructure – the GPU servers, the dedicated data scientists and private crowds – most firms understand that it makes sense to deploy AI as a service – paying as you go for the development of specific algorithms.

While service firms are in high demand to meet this new AI need, many firms are turning to nearshoring for the cost-savings and efficiency it enables. Nearshore providers offer the same capabilities that mainland U.S. firms offer, but at a more reasonable price point. For example, billing rates of software developers based in Puerto Rico are typically 30-50 percent lower than their mainland U.S. counterparts, with the same – or even higher – quality.

With proximity to the mainland, nearshorers can provide the same convenience, communication and fast turnaround that companies are used to. By nearshoring to Puerto Rico, companies gain the added benefits of a highly, educated skilled and trained workforce who are U.S. citizens, speak the same language, and have a shared culture and high standards, as well as a deep understanding of their customers’ business environment. Puerto Rican firms follow industry best practices and U.S standards in all of their software development, including ISO 27001 guidelines for an information security management system to ensure security of their customers’ data and intellectual property.

AI software is a critical investment, but fast becoming a necessity for companies who must remain competitive, improve customer relationships and elevate their decision making and profitability. In an age when “build-your-own,” is being replaced with “as a service,” nearshoring is gaining renewed traction as a speedy vehicle to get on the AI fast track.

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Lawmakers wrestled with a panoply of complications as Congress rolled into Washington this week after the summer recess. In particular, congressional Republicans fret a misstep could expose them to a political contagion just two months before the election.

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Aleda Roth, a professor in supply chain management at Clemson University took WYFF News 4 Investigates grocery shopping to show how much food comes from China.

Roth pointed out a package of Cascadian Farm organic edamame.  The package has a picture of a farm printed on the front.

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"We try our best to source all our products from the U.S, but due to crop growing conditions and the shortage of organic edamame growers/farmers, we will source from outside the U.S.  Our products are certified organic by USDA accredited certifiers and produced in compliance with the USDA's National Organic Program. In addition, as a global food company, everywhere we do business, we apply the same stringent safety and quality standards. We have extensive food safety procedures and practices in place throughout our supply chain and we regularly review the qualifications and practices of these vendors through assessments and audits."

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We did not hear back from Chicken of the Sea and Seapoint Farms.

Roth said food labels can be deceiving.  She recommends looking for a label that says "product of USA."  She said, even if a label reads "distributed by the USA" or "made in the USA," it doesn't mean the ingredients come from the U.S.

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Microsoft has built a Linux-based operating system for datacenter switches. Does this mean a Microsoft Linux distribution is just around the corner? Um... no.

Microsoft has built a Linux-based cross-platform operating system for running network devices like datacenter switches.

Company officials provided information about that operating system, known as Azure Cloud Switch (ACS), in a September 17 blog post. Microsoft also demonstrated ACS at the recent SIGCOMM conference in August, showing off the work it is doing around providing a standards-based way to write to application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) that are inside devices like datacenter switches.

(Microsoft's architectural diagram of ACS is embedded above in this post.)

So does this mean a Microsoft Linux distribution will be available users in the not-too-distant future? In spite of headlines you may have read claiming that's the case, the answer is no.

ACS is built around the Open Compute Project's Switch Abstraction Interface (SAI), which is the standards C application programming interface for programming ASICs. It's software for running network devices like switches. The Open Compute Project accepted the SAI specification -- contributed by Microsoft and other contributors including Mellanox, Dell, Broadcom, Cavium, Barefoot, and Metaswitch -- in July 2015.

ACS is for internal use only, a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed when I asked. ACS is the showcase for Microsoft's approach toward disaggregating switch software from switch hardware. The company is contributing the code for ACS to the Open Compute Project.

Microsoft joined the Open Compute Project (OCP) in 2014, and is a founding member of and contributor to the organization's SAI project. The OCP is a foundation created by Facebook in 2011 that publishes open hardware designs intended to be used to build datacentres relatively cheaply.

When Microsoft joined OCP, company officials said Microsoft would be contributing to the project its Microsoft cloud server specification -- a 12U shared server chassis capable of housing 24 1U servers -- as well as releasing its Chassis Manager under the open-source Apache licence

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The second edition of the International Property Handbook provides Deloitte’s view on real estate market conditions across the 21 countries attracting the highest volume of investment around the globe. Drawing on our global network of expertise, it includes a range of data and commentary, from key deals in each of the largest markets, through current prime yields, to a detailed comparison of entry and exit tax rates.

Key results include:

  • Total investment volumes were up in the US, broadly flat across Europe, and down in Asia Pacific
  • Investment is more concentrated in the largest countries. Only 12 of the top 21 countries saw y/y growth, against 15 earlier in 2015
  • REITs and other listed vehicles have become the most active net investors
  • Prime office yields have continued to fall in most markets – in some cases by 75bps
  • Poland had the highest share of foreign investment (over 80%) followed by the Netherlands. Taiwan and China had the lowest
  • The strongest growth in overall investment was seen in South Korea and Norway where volumes more than doubled y/y
  • The most liquid markets over the year to Sep 2015 were Norway (15% transacted), followed by Spain, Ireland and Australia

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Davis Gallery to Unveil Newest Exhibitions

Reber ArtTo kick off the 2018 semester, the Davis Gallery at Houghton House will unfold two of its newest exhibitions, “Sacred Thunder” by Barry Darling and an installation by Stephen Reber. The opening reception for both works will take place on Friday, Jan. 26 from 6 to 8 p.m.

Darling is a Visual Arts Program Assistant Professor at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, N.Y. and serves as the director of the Department of Art at Henninger High School in Syracuse.

“Through visual poetics defined within intensely layered colors and playful engagements, Darling’s compositions have a richness that evoke emotion and exude a depth of wonder, inciting beautiful contemplation,” according Darling’s artist statement.

Reber, whose work will be featured in the Solarium Gallery at Houghton House, lives and works in Chicago as a teacher for The School of the Art Institute. “Through duplication and mimicry, Reber creates works that address American identity, desire and innovation,” the artist’s statement says.

Both exhibits will remain open through Friday, Feb. 23. The Davis Gallery is open Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. and Saturday from 1:30– 4:30 p.m. The gallery is closed on Sundays and holidays.

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International Nodebots Day

Yesterday the local JavaScript user group had an International Nodebots Day event. I took my daughter. It was a lot of fun, I highly recommend doing that kind of thing with your kids.

My kid also gave me a conundrum this week. She had an idea for an app, that she was wanting me to make. I haven't programmed for Android, and I haven't programmed Java in a long time. So, I may be learning that too, or make a decision between that and this. So....

As for what I have done this week. Nothing, but I have gotten my tablet up and running again. So, I'm hopeful that it will continue to cooperate.

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This is an advantage for Javascript as the interepreter is built in to most browsers and all of the major ones.

However, I would recomend and IDE if you are intending to code. An IDE, or Integrated Development Environment, tend to have certain functionality that is helpful for programming.

Of particular use is syntax highlighting and autocomplete. Syntax highlighting changes how the text is displayed. Keywords, variables, strings all show up in different colors, fonts, etc. This makes it easier to understand what is happening in the code. Autocomplete offers suggested words based on the meters typed so far, the words coming from the context of the code and keywords. This helps with spelling of variable names, for instance. In an interpreted language, such a misspelling would break the program and be difficult to find.

I'm not sure if this installment was as helpful as I would hope.

Sunday, July 24, 2016

Summer Break

So, I had started an update when the tablet I was working on decided to stop working. I decided to give it a couple days to run out of juice to see if it would reset. It did, then went back to a blank screen after I started the first app. So, boo.

The update I had started was about how little I had done. I need to make this a bigger priority, or decide it's not going to be a priority.

I still want to learn JavaScript, and I still think that this it's the way to keep me accountable, but is this the time to do it?

In fact I just showed to myself that it is trivial to move the script to it's own file, by copying the code to a separate file and removing it from the html file. I'm not completely happy with it because I have references to html objects in the code, it will be a rewrite to remove those.

What I have learned so far.

Some of this is stuff I have known, but it is stuff I have learned to this point.

There are two types of programming languages (plus machine language which is written in a form a computer can understand). Languages are either compiled or interpreted. Compiled languages are written in a human readable form and then compiled into a machine readable form one time, creating an executable that will be run when necessary. Interpreted languages are written in a human readable form and then interpreted at run time into machine readable form, and will be interpreted every time the code is run.

The advantage of compiled languages is the executable tends to be faster and smaller in memory. The disadvantage is that the program will have to be recompiled to target a different architecture (PC, Mac, mobile) which may also require some changes in the program as well.

The advantage of interpreted languages, also commonly called scripting languages, is that they can be run, often without change, on many platforms. The disadvantage, is the programs can be larger and slower and often are limited in their ability to access the hardware of the machine.

That was then. Now there are languages that are compiled and interpreted, like Java. Also some languages are transpiled, written in one language and the transpiled into another language, often JavaScript.

The advantage of a language that is compiled to a bytecode and then that bytecode is interpreted on the machine is speed closer to a compiled language and the ability to run on any machine. Disadvantages include a limit to access to the hardware.

Now, transpiling, is a completely different issue. Much like human languages, computer languages affect how you think and how you can express things. So if you need to do certain things, it might be easier to write it in a different language, then transpile it to the language needed. These are usually done with languages designed to transpile, for example CoffeeScript and TypeScript both transpile into JavaScript.

I did not think I would end up writing this much about languages alone, so I will try and put more of what I have learned in future updates. I am a little reluctant to make such a promise, though, for some reason (-cough- -cough- complex math -cough-).

Sunday, June 26, 2016

Busy couple of weeks. End of school. Plus a little bit of loss of direction. Plus a lot of fear about the next steps.

I think some of it is a sense of accomplishment. I mean I accomplished a goal, that's all I need to do right?

So, things that have happened...

I tried out Cloud 9, which is a cloud based IDE. I think I like it. I even got some functionality out of it on a tablet. And it has GitHub connectivity built in. The git command are all done through a terminal, which means I have to learn those commands I bypassed using the GitHub desktop app.

Speaking of GitHub desktop app. It stopped working on my Windows 10 box. Getting nowhere troubleshooting that.

I have read some training stuff, but I don't know that I'm finding the right stuff yet. I have found a course that makes a to-do app. Maybe that will cover what I need.

I will try and get back on schedule. See you next week.

Sunday, June 5, 2016

Slow Week

I did not do much this week. I did add division to the operations done on my complex page. I also made the imaginary number (i) italics. It is how its supposed to be written.

I will probably focus on training materials this week.

Monday, May 30, 2016

JavaScript In My Learning Project

I have created a webpage with JavaScript on it!!!

Let me just say, I have learned a lot this week (read, so many mistakes, so many).

As I have stated previously, I have decided to use GitHub as a repository for my code. I am a big believer in versioning, and this also allows any who want to view what I have written. This means I have a profile page at WyerByter.

Then I found another advantage. GitHub has what are known as GitHub pages. The idea is that an individual, organization or project can have a webpage with information about themselves. So, I have set that up. My User page is With my learning website underneath at There you will find a link to my first page with JavaScript. Added. The page with the Javascript is doing basic math with complex numbers. I promise I will post something explaining complex numbers, they aren't as complex as you think. I will get to the fractal post as well, but I will do the complex numbers first as most fractals are done with complex numbers.

What did I learn? Well, a lot of git. I already knew that creating repositories was easy (that's so last week), but I found out that creating branches is just as easy. Committing code is also easy, just do yourself a favor and write commit comments that mean something (not something I learned this week, but a good rule of thumb). Pull requests are even easy to create, though not necessarily easy to complete. I realize that a lot of this may not make sense if you do not know anything about version control, so I have already posted a list of definitions

I also learned some interesting things about JavaScript. I put the code for this page within the html for the page, this means a loss of most of the intellisense that Visual Studio Code was giving me for .js files. Either that or I still have some to learn on setting up the environments for Visual Studio Code.

I learned that I can do Git commits directly from the Code application, which is convenient.

I also learned that if you specify the type of the script in the script tag, make sure you have it right, and "javascript" is not the same as "text\javascript" which is correct.

Also, spelling is important. Very important.

Sunday, May 29, 2016

Version Control Made Easy... Or Hard, Not Sure Which.

For those not familiar with version control, version control is something that it's used to keep track of a project and the changes that are made. This way previous versions can be gotten to if errors are introduced, to easy multiple people working on the same files, or for other reasons. In the situation that I am discussing this the files are primarily code files, but they don't have to be.

Most of my experience so far is with Microsoft's version control systems SourceSafe and Team Foundation Server (TFS). However, Git is slightly cheaper (free), with web based hosts that are also cheap (free) like GitHub. I am used to how TFS works, I am learning how Git works. The differences in Git leads to a slightly different vocabulary. And those that don't know version control won't know the terms anyway.

For convenience sake I will put several definitions here for those with questions.

A repository is a project and all associated files and all their versions.

A branch is an independent group of files, often a copy of all project files, but not necessarily. The master branch is the main branch of the repository and usually considered "the code" or "the source". Most other branches will be copies of the master branch allowing the code to be edited without effecting the master branch.

To clone a repository means to copy the entire repository to your local machine. This allows the code to be worked on with out needing to maintain a network connection.

To commit code means to persist the changes in the local repository, making them the "official" latest version.

To do a push is to sync a local repository with the main repository. This step is necessary due to the detached nature of the local repository in Git.

A pull request is a request to include changes that have been made in one branch in another.

A merge is the process of comparing changes made in two locations to determine which changes need to be included and which can or need to be dropped. It is possible for multiple people to make changes to the same file and those changes to conflict.

If you have any question please feel free to ask. I realize that this may not cover everything that some might want to know.

Sunday, May 22, 2016

Weekend Update

I want to clarify, my personal goal is to post something at least every weekend with what I have done that week. However, I expect some weekends I won't be able to work, so I am asking you to keep me accountable for every other week.

As for what I have done. I have created a webpage. Not a website, still thinking about that.

If you want to see it I have decided to host my code on GitHub. My First Website.

It's not pretty and it doesn't do anything but display some text, but enjoy.

As far as hosting goes, I am beginning to look for something. I have heard of SquareSpace, and Hover. Also, I have seen ads for Google. Please leave a comment with your favorite host, especially if they are friendly to code.

I hope to get that fractal post out this week.

Sunday, May 15, 2016

What I'm doing (Not the Fractal Post)

So what am I doing? Learning JavaScript, I thought I was clear on that. Oh, more detail. I'm not completely sure, I thought I was clear on that. I have at least one JavaScript book, particularly Thinking in JavaScript by Aravind Shenoy. I have access to Pluralsight. There are lots of sites online that have stuff.

The big idea is to create a website and iterate though several versions of the same basic program. The first a quick and dirty make it work. Then see if I can implement changes to ensure that blocking doesn't occur. Then maybe try and offload the calculations on the server. (Fractals, post coming, hint it's a lot of calculations).

In the end I expect to host it on the web so others can point and laugh. There are a number of things I have to figure out.

Saturday, May 14, 2016

This time I mean it!

Okay, so I'm going to try this again.

I have decided to try and get in to JavaScript development, specifically web and Node.js?

Do I know what I'm doing? No, I'm not even sure I know what I'm getting into.

Why JavaScript? Node.js d'uh. Clarification, I recently got my hands on a quad copter, and there is in the local developer community that has a meetup for robots. Robots need to be programmed, my quad copter can be programmed. This meetup for robots is Node.js based. Also, the local developer community has a Slack channel, and from that I have found that there is a demand in the area for JavaScript developers. I guess I'm just looking for something new and this presented itself. Plus, if I have something on the web, then I can say I did something? Right?

Now a little about my self. I have been a professional developer for over 12 years, and programming for much longer than that. I have programmed in Pascal, FORTRAN, COBOL, BASIC and Java. I have been paid to program in C++, C#, Visual Basic, VBA, SQL and even a little JavaScript (JSON).

As you can see, I have a broad experience with programming languages. I have gotten to the point where I can troubleshoot and even code simple things just by Googling the language or getting a book. Most of the time I find I just need the vocabulary, the syntax is very similar from language to language. Especially in the languages descended from C.

So the hard part is finding a project to do. I find I learn better if there is a goal in mind. But that is the issue, I haven't known what to do, but I'm giving up that and doing my favorite types of projects - fractals.

What are fractals? Well, that will have to be another post.

What are you using? That is a very good question. I'm not sure. I currently have Notepad++, Sublime, Atom and Visual Studio Code installed. If you have suggestions on what to use or tools or tips for the above applications, let me hear them in the comments. I will also need a domain registrar and (maybe) hosting, if I am to let you see my code. Again, any wisdom you have will be greatly appreciated.

The goal going forward will be at least one post every other week. We'll see how that goes!


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2017.07.08: Amsterdam. One of my friends/ Inkanyiso crew members was pushed downstairs by the Airbnb owner where we stayed. He threw their belongings out ... for few mins late checkout. She collapsed and ended up in hospital. She suffered internal injuries and bruises. Am so angry with this I couldn't even sleep. This is racism and can't be justified... violence on black bodies as you can see in this video. #racism #evidence #visualactivism #Amsterdam 😭😭😭😭😭😭😰... #lessthan24hours ago ... a young black female pushed and hurt by a white male who screamed in a Dutch language. #genderbasedviolence ... 📹 by #LeratoDumse @dumselerato of @dulovemedia

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Good Morning America speaks on low back pain

In March, a series of articles published by The Lancet made even more news when Good Morning America featured their findings in a TV segment. GMA summarized the recommendations as follows:

  1. Stay active.
  2. Educate yourself about low back pain and pain management. (To help you with this, check out my series on mind-body methods for managing pain.)
  3. Try superficial heat, spinal manipulation therapy (SMT), massage, and acupuncture. FYI, SMT = chiropractic.
  4. If #3 fails, try NSAIDs.

The Lancet articles posit that low back pain is the number one cause of disability in the world, but most cases are “nonspecific.” In other words, a specific cause (fracture, inflammatory processes, etc.) cannot be pinpointed. Their detailed recommendations for treatment of nonspecific low back pain are as follows:

  1. Avoid opioids.
  2. Decrease use of imaging, medication, and surgery. If all options (see #3) fail, the lowest effective dose of NSAIDs can be used for the shortest possible amount of time.
  3. Manage with self-care, physical and psychological therapies, SMT, and other complementary and alternative medicine.
  4. Because the brain starts to draw a connection between the presence of pain and disability, treatment should focus on reframing beliefs about pain and cultivating new behaviors in response to pain.

This is quite a glowing review of chiropractic and its powerful role in treating low back pain. It’s inspiring to see this system of health care make its rounds in the media, with increasing frequency, even though it comes across my desk a few months late (oops!).

Questions about low back pain or the article? Ask me in the comments, or at your next appointment.

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Monday, May 2, 2016

A little girl in a big wood

... a change of roles for this strongest girl in the world, Pippi Longstocking. Imagine being captured in a glass jar among giant plants! Not that it matters much to her - 'no problem' is her reaction.

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  1. Wow. This is adorable. I love your Pippi Longstock inspired project.

    Thanks for playing along with us at Stammpotique Designers Challenges.

  2. A really inspiration piece of inking and stamping Alice.

    It's a super card for our theme this month, many thanks for joining us at Fashionable Stamping Challenges.

    B x

  3. This is so clever and unusual, thanks so much for sharing with us at Stampotique. Sue xx

  4. This is such a great piece! I loved reading Pippi Longstocking books when I was little and this brought back a lot of happy memories. I also LOVE the concept and the encouraging message here. Your glass jar is so unbelievably realistic, too! Another amazing creation!

  5. Fabulous artwork, looks gorgeous and brings back some memories too! Thanks so much for joining us at Fashionable Stamping Challenges this time
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Portland Artist’s Work Featured at Gallery 625 in September

An exhibition exploring the majesty of trees will open September 7 at YoloArts’ Gallery 625 in Woodland. Sentiment: In Admiration of Trees will feature the mixed media works of Portland artist Jennifer Kapnek. The exhibition runs through October 2.

Kapnek is a native of New York City and is now a resident of Portland, Oregon. Actively involved in the Portland art scene, she is the president of the Urban Art Network, a non-profit organization dedicated to creating opportunities for local artists. The Urban Art Network has presented a street art gallery in the Pearl District on First Thursdays since 2000. Several times a year Kapnek visits northern California to visit friends and family, and explore. She has a personal goal of exhibiting outside of Portland at least once a year and became aware of YoloArts after applying for the Artful Plate several years ago, and more recently applying for a YoloArts gallery show.

Kapnek creates in her backyard studio, a converted shipping container. In her artist statement she describes her art.

“My work is purposefully uncomplicated. Acrylic on wood, primarily recycled. Simple trees in quiet, color drenched landscapes. I often introduce three dimensional elements, rough or broken edges and texture in my work. This body of work is the result of a natural progression. When I first began painting trees on wood, I was both excited, and uncertain if the simplicity of my aesthetic would resonate, but excitement led the way. It has been almost 20 years since I decided I would indulge in this pursuit as long as I loved what I was doing, and, I still do.”

Kapnek works with arborists to identify tree branches in this collection of her artwork, “marrying tree branches to serene, color drenched fields” and returning verified branches to “their former selves.”

The opening reception, hosted by YoloArts’ board member Matt Lane, will be held from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Friday, September 7, during the downtown Woodland First Friday Art Walk. Music will be provided by Four Sax Only, a sax quartet playing jazz, pop and classical music with members Tom Hudspeth, Megan Spurlock, Ken Taylor, and Jim Zimmerman. Representatives of the nonprofit Woodland Tree Foundation, will be on hand to promote their upcoming fundraiser, Tunes for Trees, to be held at the Gibson House on October 6. A leaf art activity for all ages will be available during the reception.

Sentiment: In Admiration of Trees runs September 7 – October 2. Gallery 625 is located at 625 Court St. in Woodland, in Yolo County’s Erwin Meier administration building and is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and by appointment. For more information, contact YoloArts at 530-309-6464.


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Persons who are homeless are often seen, yet ignored; persons who are homeless often see others, yet avert their eyes. We believe art communicates across social divides - including those with homes and without - leading to increased human connections.

The project, I SEE YOU, has one essential goal: To increase the engagement of adults who are experiencing homelessness (or are low income), in the arts, offering a community arts experience in 8-week arts workshops in libraries located in Davis and West Sacramento, and Fourth & Hope in Woodland.

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Gallery 625: Second Floor

YoloArts' I SEE YOU project is funded by the James Irvine Foundation, the County of Yolo, and the California Arts Council.

For more information, contact Jenna Hans, YoloArts' Education Manager at jhans@yoloarts.org

Bringing Art Where It Isn’t

Danielle Whitmore, YoloArts’ executive director, tells a story about a student named Diana. When Diana — a pseudonym — was a student in a local continuation school, she wouldn’t even get out of bed to attend classes. It wasn’t that she was lazy. She was uncomfortable in school and had low self-confidence. It was only when she started … Continued

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California Humanities, a nonprofit organization, recently awarded the Yolo County Library a $5,000 Humanities for All Quick Grant for their “I Am Your Neighbor – A Tale of Two Cities” project, a collaboration with Yolo County Housing and YoloArts. “I Am Your Neighbor – A Tale of Two Cities” seeks to humanize the homelessness experience … Continued


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Industrial art has sprouted from sidewalks around York City. Here’s one: Yellow Farm Cat from the hands of Robert Machovec. Using parts from barns around York County, he used a shovel for the head and a pitchfork for the whiskers. The street art, on North George Street, signals the growing presence of artists in York’s downtown and bridges the craftsmanship from York County industrial and agricultural past with the creativity brought forth in York growing art community.

‘The Bay is more solidly frozen than I’ve seen it in the thirty years I’ve live(d) around here,’ Maryland resident Don McClure wrote on Facebook about the region where the Susquehanna River meets up with the Chesapeake Bay. It was a cold February when Don McClure, a photographer whose work ofen has appeared on YorkTownSquare, wrote this. March is starting that way, too.

Stephen H. Smith, in his YorksPast blog, is making wonderful contributions to our understanding of York County, Pa. In this graphic, he addresses a topic I’ve always pondered: Where actually was the canal at York Haven. Here he shows us – and in this Yorkspast post, he explains many things about the man-made waterway. The canal by-passed rapids in the Susquehanna River and fed commerce in York Haven and the lower Susquehanna starting in the late 1700s. Stephen gives this excellent summary: ‘The canal was about one mile long, hugging the York County bank of the Susquehanna River from the top of the Conewago Falls, downriver to two locks at the lower end, near present day York Haven; all required so that river traffic could negotiate the 19-foot drop of the Conewago Falls.’

Mention Jacks and you get memories. Jane Black captured this scene of the popular downtown York,Pa., retailer Jacks in the late 1970s. Barry Black, a regular commenter on my Facebook page, posted this winsome scene and noted that his wife worked for Jacks. She honed her artist’s skills at York Academy in the 1970s. Judy Bono also commented on Facebook that the Jacks Store, pointing to two connections. Jacks brought her to York for a buying job and later her husband, Richard Bono, served as architect for the building’s restoration.

Alpacas such as those seen here on Shady Pine Farms in North Hopewell Township are relatively new to York County, Pa., soil. But as the desire for natural fibers has grown in America, this South American animal is increasingly seen around York County, a county that is no stranger to working in the carding, weaving and spinning business. In fact, a museum is opening to educate and observe York County’s long relationship with textiles.


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Bouquet of Flowers [Free Crochet Pattern]

This beautiful bouquet is an opportunity to add a few decors to your crochet skill at once. Roses, small flowers, leaves, branches – you create all bouquet or pick up only favorite elements and use them as an embellishment to blanket, pilllow and etc. Link to the free pattern is below.
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Five Thousand Years of Slavery

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Tragically even in the world of today, slavery still exists and wears many faces. FIVE THOUSAND YEARS OF SLAVERY provides the suspense and emotional engagement of a great novel. It is an excellent resource with a comprehensive historical narrative, firsthand accounts, maps, archival photos, paintings and posters, an index and suggestions for further reading. Much more than a reference work, it is a brilliant exploration of the worst - and the best - in human society.
Publisher: Toronto : Tundra Books, c2011
ISBN: 9780887769146
Branch Call Number: j306.362 GAN
Characteristics: 168 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cm
Additional Contributors: Willen, Janet
Alternative Title: 5000 years of slavery

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An Ohio teen accused of using Craigslist to lure victims, one of whom he killed, will be tried as an adult, reports Kim Palmer of Reuters.

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Purity in Patience

The peony doesn’t reveal its beauty to just anyone, only those who are truly dedicated can glimpse its rows. In a nursery it can take 5 to 7 years from planting a peony to seeing the very first flower in bloom. But once it gets going, it goes all out.

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The ASTOUND Summit: The Business of Audience Engagement

In October 2013, I co-facilitated a series of clinics with Suzanne Stein that were designed to help content producers explore the ways in which participatory design techniques could help identify, understand and engage audiences and other stakeholders.

Design research techniques

In support of the clinics, I adapted some of my ideaBOOST case studies for the Design Research Techniques website produced by Stein and the CFC Media Lab. The website is an evergreen resources of techniques that support audience/user/customer/stakeholder engagement throughout all stages of the innovation life cycle.

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Inter-Art Consultation Report

Inter-Arts Office Report on 2013 Consultations

Over the spring and summer 2013, I worked with Claude Schryer and the Canada Council’s Inter-Arts Office to design and report back on their consultation with the inter arts sector. In an operating context where much is changing and the future is in constant flux, the IAO wanted to better understand both the challenges and opportunities facing artists and arts organizations in this sector.  Thanks to Kirsten Thomas of 42ink Design for creating a beautiful report.

ideaBOOST: Audience Engagement Report

Screen Shot ideaBOOST report

In spring 2013, I conducted a series of case studies and prepared a report that looked at the audience engagement techniques employed by the first cohort of ideaBOOST, the CFC Media Lab’s digital entertainment accelerator. The report was funded by the Canadian Media Fund.

2020 Media Futures

2020 Media Futures

2020 Media Futures was a multi-industry strategic foresight project designed to understand and envision what media may look like in the year 2020; what kind of cross-platform Internet environment may shape our media and entertainment in the coming decade; and how our firms and organizations can take action today toward capturing and maintaining positions of national and international leadership.

Based on my cultural policy experience (with the Department of Canadian Heritage and the Canada Council for the Arts), I was happy to participate in this project while a graduate student in OCAD University’s Master of Design in Strategic Foresight and Innovation program. In addition contributing to workshops and the trends analysis, I conducted a series of interview with members of the entertainment industries and co-wrote the findings section of this report.

2020 Media Futures: Industry Interviews

2020 Media Futures industry interviews

In conjunction with the 2020 Media Futures Implications for Action Camp that took place in May 2011 to explore implications for the 2020 Media Futures scenarios, I co-produced, with OCAD U’s strategic innovation lab (sLab) and Sheridan Institute’s Screen Industries Research and Training Centre (SIRT) a series of video interviews with industry members attending the camp. Interviewees were asked to express their thoughts regarding opportunities, challenges and strategies for success in the face of internet-driven disruption.