title: Use of video shadow for small group interaction awareness on a large interactive display surface

authors: Apperley, Mark

subjects: computer science

abstract: This paper reports work done as part of the Large Interactive Display Surface(LIDS) project at the University of Waikato. One application of the LIDS equipment is distributed meeting support. In this context large display surfaces are used as shared workspaces by people at collaborating sites. A meeting will start with a shared presentation document, typically an agenda document with summary and detail on agenda items as required. During the meeting, annotations will be made on the shared document, and new pages will be added with notes and drawings.
To prevent access collisions and generally mediate use of the shared space, mechanisms to provide awareness of actions of people at other sites are required. In our system a web camera is used to capture a low-resolution image of the person/people near the board on each side. Rather than transmit the image directly we compute a shadow/silhouette The shadow is displayed ‘behind’ other screen content. This provides awareness of position and impending write actions and allows intentional pointing to locations on the screen. It also has the advantages of being transmitted with low bandwidth, being relatively insensitive to low frame rates, and minimizing visual interference with the substantive data being displayed on the screen.

text: Use of video shadow for small group interaction awareness on a large interactive display surface This paper reports work done as part of the Large Interactive Display Surface(LIDS) project at the University of Waikato. One application of the LIDS equipment is distributed meeting support. In this context large display surfaces are used as shared workspaces by people at collaborating sites. A meeting will start with a shared presentation document, typically an agenda document with summary and detail on agenda items as required. During the meeting, annotations will be made on the shared document, and new pages will be added with notes and drawings.
To prevent access collisions and generally mediate use of the shared space, mechanisms to provide awareness of actions of people at other sites are required. In our system a web camera is used to capture a low-resolution image of the person/people near the board on each side. Rather than transmit the image directly we compute a shadow/silhouette The shadow is displayed ‘behind’ other screen content. This provides awareness of position and impending write actions and allows intentional pointing to locations on the screen. It also has the advantages of being transmitted with low bandwidth, being relatively insensitive to low frame rates, and minimizing visual interference with the substantive data being displayed on the screen.

year: 2003

title: Henry Hopper Adams: a Te Aroha miner who became a mine owner

authors: Hart, Philip

abstract: This paper describes the rise and fall of a self-made mining magnate. After a poor education, Henry Hopper Adams first became involved with mining, at Thames, when almost 17, although he later gave an even younger age. He quickly learnt the basic skills of mining, and by 1875 was a mining company director and in the late 1870s erected and managed batteries in addition to erecting bridges and water races; although describing himself as an engineer, he was an untaught one.
Having participated in the Te Aroha rush, he supervised the erection of its battery and then erected the first one at Waihi. Neither were successful, the former because of the absence of payable gold and the latter because of insufficient water power. At Waihi he made the first of many modifications to the machinery used in treatment plants. At Waiorongomai he erected the battery, water races, and tramway, but as the Battery Company that employed him gained increasing control over this field he was subject to frequent criticism for decisions that were outside his control. As the field declined, he managed more and more mines on behalf of this company.
As a leading figure in the Waiorongomai community, he did his best to assist it and to improve the battery. A visit to America to investigate new techniques led to his facilitating the purchase of the battery and many of the mines by the Te Aroha Silver and Gold Company, for which he worked as general manager for a time. When this company abandoned the field, he acquired its property in 1890, being confident that the district would produce payable ore. As well as owning the Waiorongomai battery and most of the mines, he diversified by also owning a timber mill, flax mills, and farms. 
Adams was the first man to trial the new cyanide process at Waiorongomai, starting with the tailings plant in mid-1892 and then the modified battery itself in that December. Despite the modifications he made subsequently, cyanide was not a success because of the presence of copper in the ore, and in 1894 the plant was moved to Karangahake. These unsuccessful ventures prompted him to seek financial assistance from the government. 
After leaving Waiorongomai in mid-1895, he managed mines and erected and managed batteries throughout most of Hauraki, becoming one of its leading mining figures. By the early twentieth century his efforts were focused in particular on Broken Hills (near Tairua) and Thames, where he tried to introduce large-scale developments, especially in its deep levels. He was assisted by a group of business associates, many of whom were friends, and who would not benefit by sticking with his increasingly unprofitable ventures. Having earlier accumulated considerable wealth, by the end of his life all his money had gone.

text: Henry Hopper Adams: a Te Aroha miner who became a mine owner This paper describes the rise and fall of a self-made mining magnate. After a poor education, Henry Hopper Adams first became involved with mining, at Thames, when almost 17, although he later gave an even younger age. He quickly learnt the basic skills of mining, and by 1875 was a mining company director and in the late 1870s erected and managed batteries in addition to erecting bridges and water races; although describing himself as an engineer, he was an untaught one.
Having participated in the Te Aroha rush, he supervised the erection of its battery and then erected the first one at Waihi. Neither were successful, the former because of the absence of payable gold and the latter because of insufficient water power. At Waihi he made the first of many modifications to the machinery used in treatment plants. At Waiorongomai he erected the battery, water races, and tramway, but as the Battery Company that employed him gained increasing control over this field he was subject to frequent criticism for decisions that were outside his control. As the field declined, he managed more and more mines on behalf of this company.
As a leading figure in the Waiorongomai community, he did his best to assist it and to improve the battery. A visit to America to investigate new techniques led to his facilitating the purchase of the battery and many of the mines by the Te Aroha Silver and Gold Company, for which he worked as general manager for a time. When this company abandoned the field, he acquired its property in 1890, being confident that the district would produce payable ore. As well as owning the Waiorongomai battery and most of the mines, he diversified by also owning a timber mill, flax mills, and farms. 
Adams was the first man to trial the new cyanide process at Waiorongomai, starting with the tailings plant in mid-1892 and then the modified battery itself in that December. Despite the modifications he made subsequently, cyanide was not a success because of the presence of copper in the ore, and in 1894 the plant was moved to Karangahake. These unsuccessful ventures prompted him to seek financial assistance from the government. 
After leaving Waiorongomai in mid-1895, he managed mines and erected and managed batteries throughout most of Hauraki, becoming one of its leading mining figures. By the early twentieth century his efforts were focused in particular on Broken Hills (near Tairua) and Thames, where he tried to introduce large-scale developments, especially in its deep levels. He was assisted by a group of business associates, many of whom were friends, and who would not benefit by sticking with his increasingly unprofitable ventures. Having earlier accumulated considerable wealth, by the end of his life all his money had gone.

year: 2016

title: An integral rite of passage: embedding the aesthetic in adventure education in the pursuit of wellbeing

authors: Wagstaff, Ruth

subjects: wellbeing

abstract: The context for this study was the implementation of an arts integrated unit examined through the lenses of wellbeing, adventure education, children’s spirituality and aesthetic experience. The author’s personal experiences as a holistic educator, connecting theory and practice in educational settings, informed the devising of the learning experiences incorporated into this contemporary ‘Rites of Passage’, arts integrated unit. They also informed the qualitative methods selected for this research. Students reported on their own and others’ perceived state of “wholeness” and completeness of experience and the New Zealand Maori concepts of “hauora” – mental and emotional, physical, social and spiritual wellbeing were examined. Qualitative analysis of the data revealed that a holistic, integrative approach to learning was valued by the students and contributed significantly to their experience of wellbeing and wholeness. The coded data was considered in terms of a heuristic clustering of responses around the relational categories of Self, Others and the Environment. Connection, Relationship and Belonging emerged as the most important themes and, unexpectedly, Inclusion emerged as an important consideration to the participants in this study. Creative and resilience-building learning activities, as within this ‘Rites of Passage” unit and the integral “Wilderness Camp”, are supportive of the health and wellbeing of young learners. Such learning opportunities provide for intra-personal and inter-personal development, and contribute to their sense of self, place, meaning and purpose.

text: An integral rite of passage: embedding the aesthetic in adventure education in the pursuit of wellbeing The context for this study was the implementation of an arts integrated unit examined through the lenses of wellbeing, adventure education, children’s spirituality and aesthetic experience. The author’s personal experiences as a holistic educator, connecting theory and practice in educational settings, informed the devising of the learning experiences incorporated into this contemporary ‘Rites of Passage’, arts integrated unit. They also informed the qualitative methods selected for this research. Students reported on their own and others’ perceived state of “wholeness” and completeness of experience and the New Zealand Maori concepts of “hauora” – mental and emotional, physical, social and spiritual wellbeing were examined. Qualitative analysis of the data revealed that a holistic, integrative approach to learning was valued by the students and contributed significantly to their experience of wellbeing and wholeness. The coded data was considered in terms of a heuristic clustering of responses around the relational categories of Self, Others and the Environment. Connection, Relationship and Belonging emerged as the most important themes and, unexpectedly, Inclusion emerged as an important consideration to the participants in this study. Creative and resilience-building learning activities, as within this ‘Rites of Passage” unit and the integral “Wilderness Camp”, are supportive of the health and wellbeing of young learners. Such learning opportunities provide for intra-personal and inter-personal development, and contribute to their sense of self, place, meaning and purpose.

year: 2011