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John M. Scott with Mrs. James G. Eagle
No full textJohn M. Scott and Mrs. James G. Eagle make final plans for the Book and Author luncheon at Hotel Texas. Fort Worth Star-Telegram Morning March 22, 1964.https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/specialcollections_startelegram1960s/2428/thumbnail.jp
Generic Issues in Teaching Anthologies: Simms and the Example of Walter Scott
Get PDFPart of a symposium discussing the neglect of William Gilmore Simms in college-level English courses. Charts the relative neglect, and recent return, of Walter Scott\u27s work in successive editions of the Norton Anthology of English Literature. Proposes that the inclusion of an author in the teaching canon for college literature courses depends not only on literary or ideological criteria, but also on the author writing characteristic material in a classroom-friendly genre such as the short story, essay, or short poem
A planning study for the William G. Scott House in Richmond, Indiana
No full textThe William G. Scott House in Richmond, Indiana was built c. 1885 for William G. Scott and his wife, Clara A. Robie McCoy. Mr. Scott, who was a successful executive at the prosperous steam engine manufacturing company Gaar, Scott & Co., was hailed as having one of the most prominent and beautiful homes within the city. The Scott family occupied the house until Mr. Scott's death in 1897, and the property was passed down to several Scott family descendants. In 1921, Richmond's local chapter of the Knights of Columbus purchased the Scott House and converted the building into their clubhouse. The Knights of Columbus continue to own and occupy the property today.The Knights of Columbus made several significant changes to house over the past eighty-two years, including installing a ceramic tile floor on the first floor, creating a Lodge Room on the third floor, remodeling the basement and the kitchen, and building a modern 5,000 sq. ft. meeting hall on the west side of the house. After the new meeting hall was constructed, the Knights of Columbus utilized the new addition most often, rather than the old clubhouse, and the historic Scott House was left vacant and allowed to slip into disrepair.Today, the Knights of Columbus use the Scott House to host "Tea Room Luncheons" featuring traditional Victorian menu items and local entertainment to revitalize public interest in historic architecture and generate funds for the future rehabilitation of the Scott House. The organization is also exploring future uses for the property and identifying additional fundraising opportunities, in hopes of rehabilitating the Scott House and restoring the property to its original elegance and grandeur.The Planning Study for the Scott House contains a history of the property, illustrations, elevation and floor plan drawings, building condition assessments, recommended treatment methods, and suggested maintenance practices. For further reference, the author's building assessment forms and annotated assessment drawings, and the Secretary of the Interior Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties are included as appendices.This project was primarily an academic exercise and intended to help the author learn the process of evaluating the condition of a building, proposing treatment methods and maintenance practices, and writing a preservation planning study. In addition, the report is intended to serve as an outline and reference guide for Knights of Columbus to help direct the organization with the future rehabilitation, preservation, and maintenance of the William G. Scott House.Thesis (M.S.H.P.)Department of Architectur
Belonging and not belonging : understanding India in novels by Paul Scott, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and V.S. Naipaul.
No full textPhDThis thesis is essentially about the "how" and "why" of the Indian
experience as documented in novels by Paul Scott, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
and V S Naipaul. The study points to the difficulty of arriving at any
conclusive definition of the country and its people. I show that
differences in attitudes, responses or behaviour are both overt and
subtle, and depend upon whether the writer or the character identifies
with the situation or community with which he or she interacts. It is
the individual's sense of belonging or not belonging to his or her own
group - be this along racial, cultural or gender lines - that accounts
for the differing perspectives evident in these novels. The points-of-
view of the outsider and the insider can therefore be seen as
mutual comments upon the other.
Since the struggle between belonging and not belonging becomes acute
when the old meets the new, focus is centred on communities
experiencing change. These include the British in India, West-Indian
Indians and westernised Indians. Despite their differences, all three
communities share similar reasons for either an acceptance or
rejection of the 'Other'. The thesis argues that the need for
emotional stability compels allegiance to the traditional group, while
the desire for individuality encourages surrender to the new. The
former nurtures a sense of belonging while, it is argued, that the
latter is perceived as the hallmark of those who do not belong.
Tensions arise when both these needs demand to be met. What I show to
be ironic in this struggle between belonging and not belonging is that
those things which individuals overtly reject are often unexpressed
parts of their personal pysche. The barrier between "them" and "us" is
therefore very fragile
The Sebald Phenomenon: A New Volume of Essays on the Critical Historiography of W.G. Sebald
No full textDer englischsprachige Sammelband W. G. Sebald. History - Memory - Trauma, der die Beiträge einer internationalen Konferenz am Davidson College vom 13. - 16. März 2003 enthält, vertieft die literaturwissenschaftlichen Forschungen zum Werk W. G. Sebalds unter einer historiographischen Perspektive. Der Band eröffnet zugleich die neue Reihe "Interdisciplinary German Cultural Studies" im De Gruyter Verlag, die von Scott Denham, Irene Kacandes und Jonathan Petropoulos herausgegeben wird und zukünftig in interdisziplinären Ansätzen Themen der German Studies untersucht.W.G. Sebald. History - Memory - Trauma contains selected findings from an international conference held at Davidson College from 13-16 March, 2003 that explore critical interpretations of Sebald\u27s work from an historiographic perspective. The volume is the first in the new series "Interdisciplinary German Cultural Studies" released by De Gruyter Verlag and edited by Scott Denham, Irene Kacandes, and Jonathan Petropoulos
The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott /
No full textThe illustrations are albumen prints.Title vignette (mounted photograph of Walter Scott).Mode of access: Internet.Library's copy is inscribed on front free endpaper
Perspectives on object-centered learning in museums
No full textIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.Machine generated contents note: Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Contributors -- Part I Studying Learning with Objects in Contexts -- 1 The Role of Context in Children's Learning From Objects -- and Experiences -- Lynn Dierking -- 2 The Role of Objects in Active, Distributed Meaning-Making -- Shawn Rowe -- 3 Children Learning with Objects in Informal Learning -- Environments -- Scott G. Paris and Susanna E. Hapgood -- 4 The Authentic Object? A Child's-Eye View -- E. Margaret Evans, Melinda S. Mull, and -- DevereauxA. Poling -- 5 When the Object is Digital: Properties of Digital Surrogate -- Objects and Implications for Learning -- C Olivia Frost -- 6 Through the Garden Gate: Objects and Informal Education -- for Environmental and Cultural Awareness in Arboreta and -- Botanic Gardens -- David C Michener and IngerJ. Schultz -- 7 Epistemological Issues about Objects -- James VWertsch -- Part II Discipline-Based Explorations of Objects -- 8 Learning With, Through, and About Art: The Role of -- Social Interactions -- Barbara Piscitelli and Katrina Weier -- 9 Placing Objects Within Disciplinary Perspectives: Examples -- From History and Science -- Robert Bain and Kirsten M. Ellenbogen -- 10 Fostering an Investigatory Stance: Using Text to Mediate -- Inquiry with Museum Objects -- Susanna E. Hapgood andAnnemarie Sullivan Palincsar -- 11 Objects and Learning: Understanding Young Children's -- Interaction with Science Exhibits -- Leonie J Rennie and Terence P McClafferty -- 12 Reading Objects -- Christina E. van Kraayenoord and Scott G. Paris -- 13 Cloaking Objects in Epistemological Practices -- Leona Schauble -- Part m Conversations About Objects -- 14 Object-Based Learning and Family Groups -- Minda Borun -- 15 Maps, Globes, and Videos: Parent-Child Conversations -- About Representational Objects -- Maureen A. Callanan, Jennifer L.Jipson, and -- Monika Stampf Soennichsen -- 16 Pathways Among Objects and Museum Visitors -- KristineA. Morrissey -- 17 Objects of Learning, Objects of Talk: Changing Minds -- in Museums -- Gaea Leinhardt and Kevin Crowley -- 18 Leveling the Playing Field Through Object-Based -- Service Learning -- DeAnna Banks Beane and Myla Shanae Pope -- 19 The Object of Experience -- Sally Duensing -- Author Index -- Subject Inde
Diabetes self-management using online low carbohydrate support groups
No full textAdults diagnosed with type 2 diabetes experience derangements of carbohydrate metabolism and decreased sensitivity to insulin (e.g., carbohydrate intolerance) that lead to persistent hyperglycemia. Drastic restriction of carbohydrate intake (e,g,, about 20-50 grams per day) can rapidly improve glucose control. Sustainable dietary change such as carbohydrate restriction requires consistent and well-informed self-management. Ongoing support from family, friends, and peers—in-person or on-line—is a vital component of effective self-management. Social networking platforms (e.g., Facebook) host multiple support groups for adults with diabetes, including groups dedicated to very low carbohydrate dietary patterns for diabetes self-management.
The purpose of this study was to describe how adults with type 2 diabetes perceived the social support they receive from Facebook’s support groups focused on very low carbohydrate ketogenic diet (VLCKD) for diabetes self-management. Four Facebook support groups agreed to post invitations for interested members to link to an electronic PsychData questionnaire. The survey included three validated instruments (e.g., online social support, dietary satisfaction, and dietary routines) and four optional open-ended questions.
Respondents were 86% women, and the majority were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Women accessed the FBSG site more frequently than men and were slightly more satisfied with the social support interactions. The most important aspect of online social support groups was identified as belonging to a group of people with similar interests—like-minded people. The majority of respondents rated the benefits of the VLCKD as 5 (out of 5). Major themes in narrative responses to the question Why choose VLCKD? included: Research supported, effectiveness, results and health benefits, positive health markers, improved glycemic control, prevent complications, reduce or avoid medications and generally feel better.
Women rated the diet as slightly more burdensome than men, and acknowledged more challenging eating situations than men. It is possible that differences in family roles and responsibilities around health and eating influence women’s support needs for changes in eating patterns. Perhaps the way we structure dietary education and ongoing support (both in person and via social media support groups) should differ for women and men
Douglas G. Baird, Group 2
No full textDouglas G. Baird (right), the Harry A. Bigelow Professor of Law and dean of the Law School at the University of Chicago. He is pictured with Scott Turow, lawyer and author.
University of Chicago Photographic Archive, [apf1-11871], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.
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