Monday, 6 October 2008

Dillard Reference Research updated


Explain the reference and what is important about it as Dillard relates her story.

The Field Book of Ponds and Streams by Ann Haven Morgan (Ch. 16) OR Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals by Frederick H. Pough (Ch. 25) = Lauren

Ft. Pitt [additional Pittsburgh history] = Devin
Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers = Chrissy
American Standard Corporation [background] (pp. 8-9) = Jesse
Jean Arp style furniture (35) = Alyssa Z.
Calder sculpture (8, 35, 213) = Taylor
Gaugin’s Fatata te miti [art] (35) = Seth
Edgerton Avenue (33) --Richland Avenue (66) --Reynolds Street (45)= Peter
Frick Park (Ch. 10) = Chris T.
Lake Erie—summer cottage of Grandparents Doak (Ch. 13) = Sarah
The Field Book of Ponds and Streams by Ann Haven Morgan (Ch. 16) OR Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals by Frederick H. Pough (Ch. 25) = Lauren
Cotillion and Debutante process (Ch. 17 and 32) = Kelly
Orange Street Cars in Pittsburgh (Ch. 19) = Hunter K.
Ralph Kiner (68) and Roberto Clemente (220-1) [baseball players] = Hunter H.
For a tribute to Clemente, visit this site.
“trollish” Pirates’ fate in the ‘50s (97) = C.J.
Bill Mazeroski and 1960 World Series: Pirates vs. Yankees (99 and 229) = Kyle
Wayne Terwilliger (110)= Chris B.
Tamiami Trail (111) = Tanner
Reddy Kilowatt (102) = Alyssa G. Try this Reddy Kilowatt web site.
French and Indian Wars [history] (Ch. 21) = Logan
Sid Caesar (140) = Jon
Polyphemus moth (160) = La Rue's slides (see below class web page calendar)
Rhinocerous beatle (163) = Collin
Sewickley Country Club (Ch. 32) = Stella
Andrew Carnegie (Ch. 35) --
Man Walking sculpture (212-3) -- See illustration above.

Annie now. Where is Waldo Annie? = Alex

Tuesday, 30 September 2008

Tell us when you had a Eureka insight or Christopherian experience

“Just as Christopher Columbus challenged the notion that the earth is flat by sailing ‘beyond the edge’ and thereby showing its curved shape…” (Armstrong, p. 152).

•Seeing something differently than what you expected…
•A change in the way you look at the world or how the world appears to you…
•Some sort of revelation, Eureka-aha, epiphany…


One of my most arresting experiences was seeing my first dump. We were in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on vacation during the summer. Dad and a friend were driving around with a couple of us boys.
We stopped at a dump outside of town. I'd never seen a dump before nor had I ever thought about what happened to trash, et al. (I must therefore have been quite young.)
The day was warm, sunny, and bright. Lovely green trees surrounded the dump. What we saw was utterly grotesque in my eye.
It was so ugly I couldn't comprehend it. There was so much trash it almost made me sick. Of course, it stunk. It seemed senseless.
I remember trying to ask Dad where it came from and why it had to be here. He answered, but not to my satisfaction. I couldn't stomach his answers. I urged him to leave soon.

Feb. 4, 1999—Crossing the Great Plains in a car is much better than by horse, but it's still a tedious trip. I've wondered how the pioneers maintained their sanity. Some years ago on a road trip back to the Midwest (with those wide-open spaces that give one time to think), I passed the time change line someplace in Nebraska and began to wonder when time zones were devised. I knew from a sunset table I had for bird hunting that each degree of longitude equated to 15 minutes of sunlight. Yet a degree of longitude was 30 or 60 miles and farther than anyone travelling by covered wagon could cover in a day.
So when did time zones become necessary? About the time that one could notice a change in the sun, actually lack of movement if moving west. When did people start moving fast enough to be concerned if they were experiencing the day at the same rate as others? The earliest technology that transported people that fast was the train. So I figured time zones were instituted about 1860 when there was a transcontinental railroad moving people east to west or west to east faster than the sun moved across the sky and the day time would be noticeably different from the time one got on the train to the time one got off.

Giving Blood
Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at Stanford Hospital, I got to know a little girl named Liz who was suffering from a rare and serious disease. Her only chance of recovery appeared to be a blood transfusion from her 5-year old brother, who had miraculously survived the same disease and had developed the antibodies needed to combat the illness. The doctor explained the situation to her little brother, and asked the boy if he would be willing to give his blood to his sister. I saw him hesitate for only a moment before taking a deep breath and saying, "Yes, I'll do it if it will save Liz." As the transfusion progressed, he lay in bed next to his sister. He looked up at the doctor and asked with a trembling voice, "Will I start to die right away?" Being young, the boy had misunderstood the doctor; he thought he was going to have to give his sister all of his blood.

Monday, 5 May 2008

Looking for Summer




Above Evergreen on the approach to Squaw Pass.

Friday, 11 April 2008

Connections Between Ivan and Viktor




Your Ticket to Discussion

1. Kendra—Numbers are used instead of names to make people seem less than human.
2. Nicky—The soup (from the bottom)
3. Rachel—They tried to stay in the middle of the crowd.
4. Kyle—They avoided trouble.
5. Lauren—To both, life is beautiful, as the movie of that title.
6. Sasha—Dehumanization.
7. Kelly--Sick bay was relief from work.
8. Joe--World War II involvements.
9. Mazie—Mindset of prisoners (psychological impact).
10. Lindsey—The prisoners loved rest and alone time.
11. Alyse—A sense of vulnerability; had no more control over their own lives.
12. Paul—Main character male. (This needs expansion or replacement.)
13. Alex—Guards act almost inhuman, so heedless of prisoners’ feelings. You can beat a number easier than a person.
14. Natalie—No outside help, so other prisoners became family.
15. Sara—Lack of sanitation.
16. Jen—Prisoners kept positive attitudes.
17. Mike G.—Reduce prisoners to level of animals.
18. Connor—Answered truthfully, but limited.
19. Saryn—Neither men wrote to their wives (So what relationship did they have?)
20. Andrew—Both narrators try to make life better for themselves, even in small ways.
21. Katie Col—Survivors of camps had similar outlooks on life which would influence life after prison.
22. Mike S.—Both find deeper meanings to life in harsh situations.
23. Aly—Control by guards and lack of concern for prisoners’ welfare.
24. Katie Com—Apathy as a defense mechanism.
25. Jena—Both have adapted to life in prison.

Monday, 7 April 2008

Section Summaries of Man's Search for Meaning, Part II



Assignment: Provide a summary of the section you signed up for. In your response, please include the number listed and the subtitle from the book with your name.

Part Two: Basic Concepts of Logotherapy
1. Paul "Will to Meaning"
2. Sasha "Existential Frustration"
3. Kendra "Noögenic Neuroses"
4. Alyse "Noö-Dynamics"
5. Mazie "The Existential Vacuum"
6. Sara "The Meaning of Life"
7. Andrew "The Essence of Existence"
8. Jennifer "The Meaning of Love"
9. Connor "The Meaning of Suffering"
10. Katie Com "Meta-Clinical Problems"
11. Saryn "A Logodrama"
12. Rachel "The (Super or) Supra-Meaning"
13. Lauren "Life’s Transitoriness"
14. Jena and Lindsey "Logotherapy as a Technique"
15. Kelly "The Collective Neurosis"
16. Kyle "The Critique of Pan-Determinism"
17. Katie Col "The Psychiatric Credo"
18. Mike "Psychiatry Rehumanized"
Postscript 1984
19a. Joe "The Case for Tragic Optimism"
19b. Natalie "The Case for Tragic Optimism"
20a. Alex "Afterward"
20b. Nicky "Afterward"
20c. Miche "Afterward"
20d. Aly "Afterward"

Thursday, 21 February 2008

Look at This


How does this illustration exhibit the theme of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich?