Today it was just Kate and I because Stuart was absent. We made pretty big changes to the supplies in the project and fixed the hook issue! We added four new supplies to the project: 2 washers, 2 carabiners, 2 flat ropes, plastic tubing and 2 eye screws. Also I found a place where I got the pulleys for free, so I gave my partners back their money! Now here is the set up of the new Stretcher- The eyespots are screwed into the wood on opposite sides. Then you hook the carabiners through the hole part of the eyespot. Connected to the carabiners are the pulleys. Now at the end of the rope the foot hole is covered in plastic tubing so the users do not get rope burn. Also the handle is now wooden. Another thing is the rope and pulleys appear small, but since they are used for sailing they can actually withstand quite a bit of resistance. Now onto the hook issue!

Instead of using hooks we are going to use two pieces of flat rope and two washer. I do not know the exact size of washer and the flat rope I am going to be using because I found them randomly in my house. We are going to attach the flat rope to the wood and slide the rope over the door. Then you will slide the washer onto the rope, tie a knot, and close the door. This will actually make the project easier to move than the hooks! Since Stuart was out and we made some pretty big changes we emailed her, so we hope she will not be completely lost when we get back from the break. Over the break Kate, me and my dad will hopefully start and maybe finish construction so we can see if it is going to work out. 

Today Stuart, Kate and I worked on, collaborated, and finished our status update slideshow/keynote thing. I also learned how to use keynote in terms of “jazzing up” slides. Which was a huge accomplishment for me because I could not figure out how to work it last week! So I had Stuart and Kate airdrop their presentation to me, so I could put them all in one key not presentation. In terms of my slide, I finally added the picture to my slide about the items needed for my slides. (It is just a collage of all of the supplies) Another thing we did was rehearse to see when each of us were going to be speaking. We also rehearsed because we have never done a presentation were our body language and stuff like that is going to be graded and with all of us hating public speaking, this is a HUGE issue. Also we are trying decide on a hook. One of the ideas I think we are going with a statistic about injuries caused by not stretching properly and if that doesn’t get the audiences attention (which it probably won’t) I will then add a video of tumbling from people like Whitney or Britni Love (youtube them)they are some of the best tumblers ever and people who see people flipping there bodies usually start paying attention.

Today Stuart, Kate, and I worked on our update presentation. We decided for each of us to do at least two slides on different subjects, so each of could have specific speaking parts. Kate is doing tips and benefits of stretching and Stuart’s slides are about our calendar due dates and how we got and intend to use the money. My two slides are talking about the supplies and construction of The Stretcher. The first slide of mine is the supplies were we are going to show all the supplies and what we are doing to get them. For example, how I have some of the supplies in my dad’s barn and how we are ordering online. We are going to talk about how we are getting the money in Stuart’s slide. The second slide is talking about how we are going to construct The Stretcher and how it is going to  be put all together. The picture below shows my slides, but they are not finished for I must add my pictures and jazz it up a bit.

 Today, Stuart and I (Kate became sick earlier today) talked about money, our model issue, a new issue about the hooks that are in this project, and a little bit about our end of the year presentation. On the money subject we all brought our money for this week, excluding Kate of course because she was absent. My group decided it would be good to have a person model the correct ways to use The Stretcher so I asked a friend of mine, Mikaela Albrick to model for us. Now on the to the hook subject, I realized we forgot to look for a hook to hold the project up. We found one that may work, but there is a chance it may not work. If the the hook does not work out I will most likely construct one out of wood. We talked about the presentation and how we should do somewhat of a public service announcement by telling people to never stretch cold, and to do aerobic   exercises such as a slow jog before stretching and specifically before using The Stretcher.