Sunday, December 4, 2016

Vistablet Vt Realm driver Fix

    Many artists who use a graphics tablet have a "Vistablet VT Realm  Graphics Tablet" have been running into a problem with their drivers and user interface for the tablet. The company website is down and has been for quite some time so finding drivers to make the tablet work properly are somewhat difficult to say the least.. I have found an easy and simple solution which will upgrade your tablet to have pressure sensitivity, tilt and macro keys, restoring the functionality of your tablet.

    The solution was discovered when a friend of mine bought a Tooya X Graphics Tablet for a gift, and discovered aside from the name of his tablet, it was the same as mine....  This lead to us installing the software onto my PC just to see if it would change anything..  Eureka !!!

    We did first uninstalled the old software, and installed the new software (without the tablet connected to the PC)... Once the software was installed, we connected my Vistablet VT Realm Graphics Tablet, and adjusted the settings in the user interface. The results where outstanding.. Three years I have had a graphics tablet but was not using it to its full potential because the updated drivers were not available from the manufacturer or anywhere for that matter... The difference in having pressure sensitivity is night and day!   See images below for example.

                               (Top before driver installation and pressure sensitivity adjustment)


 (Bottom after the installation of the new drivers From Tooya X)



    So in conclusion, if you have the Vistablet VT Realm Greaphics Tablet, you can use the Tooya X drivers to get it working properly.. I have made it easier for you by providing a link to the drivers:
http://www.penpowerinc.com/download.asp?series_sn=104

Good luck and I hope this solution also works for you as well as it did me.

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

first amendment protections of buskers and artists

This is a list of Court cases, news articles and other information pertaining to busking, street art, and performance art and the protections granted by the constitution.

First off we have the wikipedia page on us case laws for buskers.. this information helped me to learn a great deal about busking and the law and pointed me in the right dirrection to find other cases... It  wont work in court but could lead to things that will. usually this is enough to get most officers to back down from citing you for busking.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busking_(U.S._case_law)

2nd we have a newsletter about art at the market which discusses how buskers fought for their rights in St Augistine Florida http://artinthemarket.blogspot.com/2011/03/win-for-artists-everywhere.html

3rd we have an article written about artist Stephen Write who has several court cases concerning art.. His cases will also on this list as the information within is very pertinant to busking .  http://www.humortimes.com/8291/delivering-gift-of-art-back-to-america/

4th  we have the california lawyers for the arts web page///
they can not help with criminal cases but maybe able to help with civil cases concerning busking. https://www.calawyersforthearts.org/
5th  is a news article about busking in reno, and how the court gives the cities laws the brushoff http://web.archive.org/web/20140929083626/http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/court-gives-brushoff-to-citys-rules-on-street-sale-of-art

6th  is a news article  in the San Diego City Beat about busking in san diego, which also goes into details about first amendment rights and constitutional protections of buskers and artists. http://sdcitybeat.com/article-12100-its-busk-or-bust-for-san-diego-street-performers.html

7th  is a fox 5 san diego  news story about busking in san diego and breifly mentions constitutional protections of buskers http://fox5sandiego.com/2015/02/11/street-performs-claim-harassment-by-san-diego-police/

8th is also a news story from fox 5 san diego  about how the Waterfront park was considering changing the rules concerning first amendment protectied activities.. This also briefly mentions buskers constitutional protections. http://fox5sandiego.com/2015/06/09/county-considers-free-speech-regulation-at-waterfront-park/

9th  Berry vs the City of New York III
This is a court case about first amendment rights and busking: It basically explains that an artist has the right to display and sell his or her art in the public Forrum as art qualifies as exrpressive materials.  http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-2nd-circuit/1182584.html

10th  Turley vs the city of New York :  this case concerns music and music levels...
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-2nd-circuit/1374333.html

11th  White vs the city of Sparks, Nv  :  This case is again about art in the public Forrum... It basically states that an artist has the right to display and sell his or her art in the public forrum and that sales of art does not remove the artists from the ambit of protection granted by the first amendment of the us consitution. http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-9th-circuit/1300114.html

12th, this case  Lee Davenport Vs Alexandria Virgina, is about music, and volume levels as well as a muscians first amendment protections:
http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/710/148/40897/

13th, is the buskers rights and advocates web page which has a case about Golstien vs Nantucket which is also a court case concerning musicians  http://www.buskersadvocates.org/saalegalCtGoldstein.html

14th  Perry vs the city of los angelos  is about a muscian who busks and sells cds of his music...  and the fact that both performance of music and the sales of original cds are both protected by the first amendment http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-9th-circuit/1246214.html

15th is an aclu case about buskers winning in honolulu https://www.aclu.org/news/aclu-wins-artistic-expression-lawsuit-behalf-waikiki-street-performers?redirect=cpredirect/10909

16th is an article about spray paint art from the Maryland voluteer lawyers for the arts... This explains spray paint arts and first amendment rights http://mdvla.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/mdvla-artsbrief-spring2012.pdf

17th is also an article about the spray paint artist
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-09-18/news/bs-md-oc-artist-arrested-20110918_1_ocean-city-paint-spray

18th is Hunt vs city of los angelous about shea butter and how it can have first amendment protections... I know this is a strange case, but if shea butter is protected then pretty much anything a busker or artist does is definately protected . http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2011/03/22/09-55750.pdf

19th is about Magic Mike Berger vs the city of Seatle and is about ballon twisting and the constitutional protections granted by the first amendment http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-9th-circuit/1241365.html

20th is from the voluteer lawyers for the arts about street performers  http://vlaa.org/street-performers/

21st is alo for the volunteer lawyers for the arts  this is entitled know your rights http://vlaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Know-Your-Rights-2015.pdf

22nd  is the federal statues that might apply to police who are violating your first and 14th amendment rights... https://web.archive.org/web/20100914205918/http://www.fbi.gov:80/hq/cid/civilrights/statutes.htm     most important are these two laws.
(a) Title 18, U.S.C., Section 241
Conspiracy Against Rights

This statute makes it unlawful for two or more persons to conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person of any state, territory or district in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him/her by the Constitution or the laws of the United States, (or because of his/her having exercised the same).

It further makes it unlawful for two or more persons to go in disguise on the highway or on the premises of another with the intent to prevent or hinder his/her free exercise or enjoyment of any rights so secured.

Punishment varies from a fine or imprisonment of up to ten years, or both; and if death results, or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for any term of years, or for life, or may be sentenced to death.

(b) Title 18, U.S.C., Section 242
Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law
This statute makes it a crime for any person acting under color of law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom to willfully deprive or cause to be deprived from any person those rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution and laws of the U.S.

This law further prohibits a person acting under color of law, statute, ordinance, regulation or custom to willfully subject or cause to be subjected any person to different punishments, pains, or penalties, than those prescribed for punishment of citizens on account of such person being an alien or by reason of his/her color or race.

Acts under "color of any law" include acts not only done by federal, state, or local officials within the bounds or limits of their lawful authority, but also acts done without and beyond the bounds of their lawful authority; provided that, in order for unlawful acts of any official to be done under "color of any law," the unlawful acts must be done while such official is purporting or pretending to act in the performance of his/her official duties. This definition includes, in addition to law enforcement officials, individuals such as Mayors, Council persons, Judges, Nursing Home Proprietors, Security Guards, etc., persons who are bound by laws, statutes ordinances, or customs.

Punishment varies from a fine or imprisonment of up to one year, or both, and if bodily injury results or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire shall be fined or imprisoned up to ten years or both, and if death results, or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.

23rd  this  bit of information is about permitted street fairs and first amendment rights...  https://www.aclumich.org/sites/default/files/Petitioning%20Rights%20-%20Final.pdf  and  https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&rlz=1C1CHZL_enUS705US705&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=permitted+street+fair+public+forum  click this link above and the pdf will be top of the google search list and will help one learn about first amendment protections at permitted street fairs.  

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Friday, October 2, 2009

I or WE

For the longest time I only thought of myself, as I am, alone.
I thought that I was a singular being unattached to the rest of the world.
I thought I was outside of god and that god was outside of me.
everything in the world seams so distant through this view.
Then I learned that everything is connected, I realized that the science and history and religions all have a common goal, to teach us as a whole so that we may move forward and grow.
I discovered that each energy is everywhere in everything at all times, and in this i learned that I am not alone, that I am connected to everything and that god is not only inside of me, but that i am inside of god, and that through this I am as universal as the universe.
But knowing this I realize quickly that there is no I, no longer there is only we,
we are everything eternal, knowing all there is to know seeing all there is to see, feeling all there is to be, we discover ourselves through various points of perspective, which we see through the individuals, as I am one of those, but again I don't exist without the we.
But what are we?
how long have we been here?
where is it exactly that we are going?
The answers are all around us, and if we open ourselves we may hear them, we may see them we may know them, for the answers to our questions manifest almost as quickly as our questions,
and knowing that we are limitless says that we can make anything happen at any time through our will alone, this gives us a powerful feeling and in that the old ego rises up and we say something like, " I can do anything."
then we break free of our connection and we loose it all in a depression, and forget about the we and only think of the i, and in that we find nothing but solace and pain. We forget that we are eternal, we forget we are not alone, and we give into my fear. and in it all we find that there is no peace in this, and we find that we horde all we come acroos that we desire, and I realize that I am a singular being who wants to have things to taste things to hold things, and to expirince things, and in this I remember that I am a part of this all, and that I am connected and that I am not ouside of god or the universe that I am a essential part and in this I realize that we are everything eternal.