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Overnight Camp Half-Blood at Cornell University

The World’s First Overnight Camp Half-Blood

(ages 12-17, July 2-15)

QUESTS solve global challenges at Cornell University! Capture the Flag! 10th Season Celebration! The world’s first & only overnight Demigod training facility. Faculty contextualize current events in Ancient Cultures & Civilizations, Greek Mythology & Language, Anthropology with hands-on learning: STEM, Design Thinking, Art, Creative Writing, New Music, Theatrical Combat

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The World’s First Overnight Camp Half-Blood

(ages 12-17, July 2-15)

We are looking forward to your child joining us commencing in July, 2023 on the spectacular campus of Cornell University in the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York.  Your next step will be to register on our website (www.campdemigod.org) and pay the $195 application fee as part of your registration.  After a video call interview with the directors, you will be provided with a link to pay the remaining tuition (two weeks = starting at $3300 which can be paid over a 2 part payment plan).  Tuition covers all unlimited meals, housing, instruction, guest lectures, mentoring, supervision, transportation fees during camp, materials, and recreation fees. Does not include transportation to and from the camp.   Transportation by Charter Bus.

Tuition does not include semi-private instruction topics based on your child’s interests: Advanced Technologies (Creative Tech), Music Composition, Martial Arts, Fine Art, Film Making, Creative Writing, Group Innovation Seminars and ESL. Parents may also purchase merchandise, such as, additional and delux sword & personalized costume materials, Camp Store Credit (to buy Drachmas: Greek Money), and more! $195 nonrefundable deposit, unless you require financial aid.

Please call Drs. Anne & Steve Berman for any questions at 650-283-5440.

Each summer, we create a community of like-minded campers and staff mostly from word of mouth.  Therefore, we invite you to share the poster above with your child’s school and social media to receive $50 in camp store credit for every person who applies from your community.

Recognizing the emotional and physical impact that the pandemic has had on all of us, we all believe that socialization in a welcoming, creative, intellectually stimulating, and positive environment is invaluable. DIGIVATIONS’ focus this summer, consistent with the Creative Founder, Jacob Berman’s, vision in establishing a positive environment where every person feels like they are members of one large empathetic and kind family with the goals of creating a better world will continue to prevail especially since the Camp and XGENS UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals Institute are small, offering personalized instruction.  Please visit a sample institute weekly schedule.

We believe that this cohort will, as in the past nine seasons, establish new life long friendships, enjoy themselves applying new knowledge and talents creating impactful and novel art, music and other immersive STEM innovations, write short stories, plays and theatrical works, and role play as their favorite literary or media characters from the Percy Jackson Series, Fandom Realms, and/or representatives of different countries or those in the wizarding world of Harry Potter.

DIGIVATIONS’ hopes are that its Camps and Academy Programs will invigorate the campers and students enabling them to embrace the summer months with unfettered energy preparing them for a continued successful academic year in the Fall. DIGIVATIONS intends to accomplish its mission by “suspending disbelief” and empowering each camper and student to discover and unlock a new sense of awareness and self-confidence through the transformative strengths of its NASA award winning STEM+ARTS+HUMANITIES+KINESTHETIC curriculum. 

Our Cornell University facilities are top notch.  DIGIVATIONS INSTITUTE offers multiple theaters/stages, dance and yoga studios, LEGO/robotics space, media arts space, Innovation laboratory and Trading Room, fine art and music class rooms, art galleries, concert halls,  college and town libraries, Innovation Classes in the Great Hall inspired by Hogwarts Castle, tennis courts, baseball fields, soccer fields, basketball courts, volleyball courts, archery ranges,  and a stunning Lake just steps from the campus. We will be staying in brand new dormitories on a 200 year-old campus, students sleep in air-conditioned doubles and triples.  

For a moment, imagine that a quest occurs in the connectome, a parallel world where the fundamental laws of physics perhaps don’t always cooperate, traveling through an Einstein-Rosen Bridge, hoping in and out of multiverses where characters of different Fandoms share their knowledge and special gifts, and so much more. Consider that campers and students will learn Design Thinking to reimagine a more sustainable world, and apply concepts ranging from Artificial Intelligence and advanced computing, Bioengineering, Biomimicry, Genetics, Intelligent Infrastructure and Transportation, Quantum Physics, among many other fields, and generate artistic works including music, innovative prototypes, as well as diverse literary works and performances, which collectively architect blueprints, if not actual, solutions to societies’ grand challenges. Of course, the campers and students will enjoy basking and convening in the beauty of nature which surrounds each campus in the unparalleled Finger Lakes Region of New York State.

On a more serious note, returning to the practical and logistical world, the next step is for us to meet each other over video call.  This is a great time for your child to ask any questions and for us to understand what they hope to get out of the experience:   https://calendly.com/digivations/campdemigodinterview

When your student is accepted, you will be asked to fill out a questionnaire through our ACTIVE system, sign several forms Waiving and Releasing DIGIVATIONS’ Liability, as well as, among others, a Code of Conduct Form, digitally, including a medical form and waiver. In this regard, we will attach a vital medical form entitled “2023 DIGIVATIONS CAMP DEMIGOD INSTITUTE & DIGIVATIONS XGENS MEDICAL INFORMATION AND WAIVER AND RELEASE OF LIABILITY.” We will need you as the Parent/Guardian to sign the form and have your family doctor sign it as well. We require all the forms returned to us one week before the Camp and Academy commences, along with your child’s COVID-19 proof of completed vaccination card and negative Covid test. 

We also need your child/youth to bring all the original forms to Camp and provide them to Leadership.  Your child/youth will not be allowed into Camp without receiving the signed originals of all Forms.

Warmest Regards,

Dr. Steven and Anne Deane Berman, Ph.D., Founders

Jacob Berman (Cornell University 2025)

A Welcome Message from 9 year old Jacob (from 2013)

Facebook: DIGIVATIONS XGENS & DIGIVATIONS CAMP DEMIGOD INSTITUTE

Insta: cpdemigod

Phone: 360-543-5641 or 604-628-9825

Dr. Steve’s Cell: 650-441-5100

Dr. Anne’s Cell: 650-283-5440

www.campdemigod.org & www.xgens.org

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Sharks Defender Made the Right Choice 12 Years Ago – Deep Pacific Sharks – Blogs

As a child, Joakim Ryan was a good tennis player. So good that I came second in my age category (12) when I lived in Sweden. But in 2005, he returned to New Jersey and was faced with a choice: follow in the footsteps of his mother Katarina and break into professional tennis, or follow his dream and continue playing hockey. “My wife wanted him to play tennis because it is was her game, and he was good at it,” said Joachim’s father Bill Ryan. “But I knew he wanted to play hockey.”

Joakim followed his heart: “I played tennis when I was younger. Who knows where that would take me,” he said. — But I always wanted to play hockey and I am very glad that I chose this sport. It’s great that my parents let me do what I wanted,” he continued. “My mother didn’t put pressure on me. Of course she wanted me to keep playing tennis. She told me about it. But she added that this is my life and my decision.”

The future Sharks defenseman got his love for hockey from his father.

Bill Ryan, who played lacrosse in the University of New Hampshire NCAA Division I, put his skates on Joakim before he was two years old. Bill just skated, holding his son so that the blades of his skates glide over the surface of the ice. “That’s why I can’t straighten up,” Bill joked. “My back still hurts after I rolled it.”

When Joachim was two years old, to the surprise of his father, he began to skate on his own. “It was incredible,” Bill said. “Suddenly, he just started skating.”

Bill Ryan was an avid New York Rangers fan and raised his son to love the team. He bought a season ticket and started taking Joakim to matches when he was only four. “I remember when I was a child, this game just mesmerized me. I thought that this is exactly what I want to do when I grow up,” said Joakim.

Naturally, Joakim Ryan’s favorite player was defenseman, Hockey Hall of Famer Brian Leach, two-time Norris Trophy winner (1992, 1997), whose number (No. 2) is raised under the vaults of Madison Square Garden.

In 2012, the Sharks drafted Joakim Ryan (seventh round, 198 overall). After four years at Cornell University, he quickly established himself as one of the Barracuda’s top defensemen. Ryan didn’t make it to the San Jose squad after training camp, but when Paul Martin got injured, he was called up from the AHL. The team needed a left-handed defender to pair with Burns.

“It’s extremely important,” Peter DeBoer said of the mix of left-handed and right-handed defenders. “Especially with a guy like Burns who quits a lot. It will be difficult for a player who also throws from the right, because most of his work is to pass to Burns.

Ryan is in many ways similar to Paul Martin: he is good at picking up the puck, he can bring it in and out of the zone and does not rush to the net, preferring his direct duties to scoring points. That’s what Chewbacca’s partner should be like.

“He knows what he’s doing. So I just try to play my game, play positionally and do what needs to be done, ”Ryan said about the game paired with Burns.

Joakim made his NHL debut in the Sharks vs. Buffalo at the SAP Center. On the eve of the match, he called his parents and asked: “What are you doing tomorrow?”

Less than a day later, the Ryan family booked plane tickets and headed to the West Coast to support Joakim. However, not without incident: on the way to the airport, they got stuck in a traffic jam and a little late for the flight.

“My wife and I have different opinions about when to get to the airport,” Bill said. “I like to arrive before the opening, and she, when the plane is already on the runway.”

“I thought if we left at eight, there would be enough time,” Katarina added.

“I had time on the plane to realize that he was actually going to play in the NHL,” Bill said. “He dreamed about it and I am very happy for him, because he worked so hard to achieve the goal. ”

Katarina and Bill had already been to the SAP Center when Ryan was playing for the Barracuda, but as soon as the puck hit the ice, they realized that things were different in the NHL.

“I just couldn’t believe it,” Bill said, “we’ve been driving to San Jose most of the day and here I am sitting there watching him play against the Buffalo Sabers.

Joakim’s family stayed in town for the game against the Islanders and returned to New Jersey. But only to be on the road again in less than a week: Prudential Center , Barclays Center and Madison Square Garden . The first arenas of the Sharks’ five-match away series to the East.

Ryan with friends and family after the game in New Jersey.

Before the Bruins game, Bill remembered his son going there last season:

“When he was called up last year, he went with the team to Boston, went to breakfast and saw Joe Thornton,” Bill said. – Thornton said something like “Hey, kid, sit down to have breakfast with me. Joakim was probably just shaking then. I would be shaking if I were in his place.”

Contributed by Paul Guckle / San Jose Mercury News and Missy Zelinski / NHL.com

Photo: Josie Lepe / Bay Area News Group, Scott Dinn / Gettyimages.ru

#GoSharks

5 unusual note-taking techniques – T&P one of the key skills for academic success. How Bill Gates structures his notes, what the Cornell method is, and who promoted mind-mapping the most – “Theory and Practice” talks about five useful note-taking techniques for those who still prefer paper and pen.

Cornell method

Cornell University professor Walter Pauk developed his famous note-taking method in the middle of the last century. To use it, you first have to make the appropriate markup on A4 sheet. You need to draw two horizontal lines: one at the top to mark the place for the title and date, and the other at the bottom so that five or six sentences can be written below it, summarizing the content of the outline on this page. In the remaining middle part of the sheet, you need to draw another long vertical line dividing it into two unequal columns – the one on the left should be significantly narrower than the one on the right (it is recommended to make it a little more than six centimeters wide). While listening to a lecture or reading a textbook, take notes in your usual manner in a wide column. It is better to leave a little empty space between sentences so that there is an opportunity to add something else to them. After the lecture, fill in the left column – highlight the most important ideas, names, dates, formulate questions, and so on. And in the next 24 hours, you will also need to fill in the bottom field – in a few sentences, formulating the essence of your entries on this page.

This note-taking method is very popular in America, and some schools are even trying to make it mandatory. He encourages students to reread their notes, complete them and revise them. But, if the student does not return to his notes, there is, in general, no special benefit from such a design of the material.

You can read more about the Cornell method in the book How to Study in College by its creator, Walter Pauk, or watch this video tutorial.

The Bill Gates Method

In 2003, young entrepreneur Rob Howard met Bill Gates and, clearly impressed by the encounter, wrote a blog post about her. Perhaps what struck Howard’s readers the most was that during the negotiations, Bill Gates (for a moment, one of the wealthiest people in the world) took notes himself, by hand, and not in a laptop. Howard also describes a bit the way Gates structured the material. The sheet of his notebook was marked into squares, in each of which he wrote down a block related to a certain topic. For example, one of the boxes at the bottom of the sheet was dedicated to questions that Gates had during the negotiations. Some bloggers believe that Gates squares are a reworking of the traditional Cornell method and urge readers to customize the system for their own needs, and not just try to copy the style of the creator of Microsoft.

Mind-mapping

Mind-mapping is a popular writing technique, according to which you should always start in the middle of the sheet. In a circle or in a frame right in the center of the page, you need to indicate the main concept that will be discussed in the abstract. And then, with the help of branches in different directions, write down key words and ideas associated with it in new circles. If you’re going to use this method, it’s best to stock up on at least three different colors of pens to make the different branches more visible. The main popularizer of this technique was Tony Buzan, an English psychologist and TV presenter, who actively used the method of mental maps in the middle of 1970s in his TV show “Use Your Brain”. Today, brainstorming enthusiasts often resort to this method.

Sentence method

For those who are not yet ready to try new non-linear note-taking methods, we can advise the so-called sentence method. It is very similar to the standard transcription method – when you just try to record everything that the lecturer says on the sheet.