...Kathleen Merrill Campanolo quotes Smithson’s 1972 footnote about the Spiral Jetty “the land or ground from the site is placed in the art, rather than the art placed on the ground.” Spiral Jetty was created by Robert Smithson in 1970. This earthwork is located at Rozel Point, on the Great Salt Lake. There have been many who argue that earthworks are not art, they are destructive to the land. In this paper I plan to argue the polar opposite, sure in some cases other earthworks have caused destruction, however, the focus in this essay is the Spiral Jetty a beautiful ephemeral work of art that Smithson built as his own memorial. Paraphrasing Clark Lunberry, Spiral Jetty is compiled of rocks in various sizes that are carefully constructed to create a large spiral quite long, and flattened enough to create a path, winding its way out into the lake. Due to the location of this earthwork, it is most often experienced through photography. Lunberry continues on by quoting Roland Barthes, the Spiral Jetty is “a temporal hallucination, so to speak, a modest, shared hallucination”. This work does a fantastical job at fascinating the mind, from the way reflections of light on...
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...A. “Spiral Jetty” by Smithson As it is mentioned in the “Troublemakers”, artists, such as Smithson, were trying to find a bigger and different canvas and material for their art. They used cranes as their brush and land or earth as their canvas. This choice of material gave them an opportunity to work on a super large scale. Along with these respectful materials, the large-scale artwork creates an “awe”. Also, the spiral form that Smithson chose for his art piece is a spiritual and mystic form. There is no ending to a spiral which relates it to the spirit and existence. I am not sure why Smithson chose it, but when I look at “Spiral Jetty”, I think about the definition of the spiral in that way. In addition, this piece is like a path that spectator cannot totally perceive it while walking on it unless he gets toward the end. On that moment, it is hard to have a true perception of the beginning. So, I would say in “Spiral Jetty”, the lack of full perception also might result in “awe”. B. “Munich Depression” by Michael Heizer...
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...Software Develpoment Models Elizabeth Hicks Strayer University IT 106 Dr. Hines June 3, 2013 Software Development Models A software lifecycle model is a standardized format for planning, organizing, and running a new development project. Hundreds of different kinds of models are known and used. Some of these include waterfall, code and fix, spiral, rapid prototyping, unified process, agile methods extreme programming, and COTS. Many are minor variations on just a small number of basic models. It is important to survey the main types of model and to consider how to choose between them. A lifecycle model is a description of the sequence of activities carried out in an SE project, and the relative order of these activities. . By changing the lifecycle model we can improve and/or trade off development speed, product quality, project visibility, administrative overhead, risk exposure, and customer relations. Here is a quick overview along with some advantages and disadvantages of five different lifecycles. The waterfall model is the classic life cycle model. It is widely known, understood, and used. In some respect the waterfall is the “common sense” approach. It was introduced by Royce in 1970. Advantages include that they are easy to understand and implement, that they are widely used and known, and that it reinforces good habits: define-before-design, and design-before-code. It identifies deliverables and milestones, its document driven, and works well on mature products...
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...The Moment that changed my life My life was a mess. I was going down roads no man should be traveling. I didn’t care what happened to me or what happened to anyone around me. The only reason I went to work was because I needed money to have fun later that night. My life was a downward spiral and no matter what people said to me, It didn’t matter. I was a waste of space, a burden on everyone around me. I was bored and I was going to have a great time even if that time great time included me hurting everyone around me. There I was working one random Thursday in April when I happen to look out into the restaurant and saw a memory of mine that was sitting at table 52. I asked my friend Kory to ask her if her name was Jessica. Jessica was a friend of mine from middle school. We lived on the same block but we kind of lived our own lives, she had her friends and I had mine, occasionally we would hang out and have fun but nothing more than that. As the years moved on so did we, she went her way in life and I went mine. After Kory came back with the news that it was her, I built up enough courage to go talk to her. It was the usual talk for people of haven’t seen each other for over ten years, awkward at first but comfortable after awhile. Before they left and after a few margaritas we exchanged phone numbers. I found out that she was recently divorced and had a three year old daughter named Blaise. After a few days she called me because she was tired of waiting on me to call. For...
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...Groupthink restricts creativity and independent thinking. Lots of research has been done in regards to group think. Group think helps you accomplishing task that individuals can’t. There are eight symptoms of group think. Illusion of Invulnerability, Collective Rationalization, Illusion of Morality, Excessive Stereotyping, Pressure for Conformity, Self-Censorship, Illusion of Unanimity, and Mindguards. When we think of group think, the eight symptoms will come into play. I think back on our desert survival exercise, and can recall where each of the symptoms was addressed. Illusion of Invulnerability you will take extreme risk that you wouldn’t normally do as an individual. In regards to the desert exercise, as a group we took more risk, and felt more secure with our decisions as a group. Collective Rationalization will make you come up with excuses about your decision, and be able to explain away any warnings someone would have about your information addressed. I remember discussing why we were picking certain items, and rationalizing our ideas in our desert exercise. Illusion of Morality means that you ignore danger and take risk. What usually happens in this step, the group does not consider all options, and they strive for agreement. I can see where this symptom came in play. At first, the group didn’t consider the dangers of traveling verses staying at the wreck site during the exercise. Excessive Stereotyping is basically having negative stereotypes about people...
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...Castillo 1 Kara Castillo C. Somin English 1A 19 September 2012 A handle on life In the downward spiral of life, Kevin Castillo is loosing almost everything that he values like a trophy. His almost perfect job and sweetheart girlfriend was being tossed in a juggle. The Castillo family is becoming worried and concerned about their once bright shining star. Kevin was a part of a tight knit and loving family that would always be there for him in a heartbeat. He chooses the opposite road to success and makes a path of his own. He doesn’t realize how much help the Castillo family is throwing at him; help that could change the way he feels and renew his way of life. Kevin Castillo, at age twenty-three, is going through depression refusing all help from the people that care about him. No matter what choices come his way he always chose the worst one possible. Kevin never arrived on time for his high status job that took him two years to receive. He didn’t understand how serious arriving on time was to his boss. Kevin worked in a business office that was always spotless and shiny when you walked in. It was a blinding white right as your eyes opened in the room. He was an assistant to a tailored vice president that kept everything in the perfect place. His boss had a schedule for every detail of his life, and Kevin didn’t realize that he was ruining his boss’s routine. Since Kevin received this job, he had not done much to keep it. He is continuously lazy with his...
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...Functionality Paper Angela Ramsey HCS 433 Melinda Joyet July 2, 2012 Functionality Paper What is functionality? According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, functionality is “the quality or state of being functional.” This definition is usually reserved for computers. What does functionality mean in medical terms? According to The Free Dictionary’s Medical dictionary, function is defined as “the special, normal, or proper physiological activity of an organ or part; to perform such activity.” What happens when someone loses functionality? This paper will address that question. The statement “often a loss of function will begin a so-called downward spiral in the life of an elderly person, affecting his or her independence and quality of life” will also be addressed. (Course materials, syllabus, U o P.) Significance of Loss of Function Young adults do not think twice about walking to the mailbox, reading the newspaper, or fixing a cold drink or hot meal. Many older adults may also take these for granted. However, for some adults aged 65 or older, even standing can be difficult. Some of the difficulty older adults have in performing daily activities can be attributed to “normal” losses of muscle strength and changes people go through as a part of aging. According to Greiner, et al, “loss of activities in daily living refers to the inability to perform a function within the range considered to be normal for independent living.” This can include bathing,...
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...Introduction Organizations must learn how to build and implement systems to remain competitive. Software that is built correctly can support agile organizations and can transform as the organization and its business transforms. Software that effectively meets client’s needs will help an organization become more productive and enhance decision making. Software that does not meet client’s needs may have a damaging effect on productivity and can even cause a business to fail. Employee involvement along with using the right implementation methodology when developing software is critical to the success of an organization History The Systems Life Cycle (SLC) is a type of methodology used to describe the process for building information systems, intended to develop information systems in a very deliberate, structured and methodical way , reiterating each stage of the life cycle. The systems development life cycle, according to Elliott & Strachan & Radford (2004), " originated in the 1960s, to develop large scale functional business systems in an age of large scale business conglomerates. Information systems activities revolved around heavy data processing and number crunching routines" . Several systems development frameworks have been partly based on SDLC, such as the Structured Systems Analysis and Design Method (SSADM) produced for the UK government Office of Government Commerce in the 1980s.Eversince, according to Elliott (2004), " the traditional...
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...Caragh Tiernan Drama Lit Lab 11am 9-24-14 First Draft Ajax by Sophocles is a greek tragedy that follows the downward spiral of Ajax a disgraced greek warrior who after killing the Greeks livestock and descending into madness, decides to take his life and the aftermath of this concerning Ajax’s burial. Theater of War is a project helmed by Bryan Doerries which brings Ajax to war veterans and their families in the hopes it will become a cathartic, safe place for soldier to feel comfortable working through their post war problems. Since the idea of “shell shock” arouse after the first world war there has been a great deal of awareness brought to the topic. Now present day thanks to the many different methods and programs (theatre of war) soldiers have became increasingly more mature in handling the effects and change caused by war. Ajax serves as a good cautionary tale, a clear outline of what not to do and how not to react. A big motivation in Ajax’s suicide is his loss of honor, it is so devastating to him that he feels his only way to escape is to take his own life. “A great man must must live in honor or die an honorable death.”(Ajax, 28) Many soldiers struggle after war because they feel they’ve lost a part of themselves or their identify entirely. Because of their actions or what they have seen they feel some shame or guilt. Though Ajax’s circumstances might have been different, he failed to learn that it is possible to move on from who you used to be or how you once...
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...they always have to beat their peers or family. * Lose-Win: The Doormat Question: How can a lose-win mindset affect a person? * Having the attitude of a lose-win person allows people to walk all over them like a doormat. It’s basically putting other people before you. It will allow a person to have low expectations and began to compromise with standards continually. * Attitudes of Lose-Win people: - Keeping their feelings inside - Allow people to walk all over them - Let other people have the spotlight instead of you - Being a “yes” person * Lose-Lose: The Downward Spiral Question: What is the downward spiral? * This type of attitude of people wanting each other to lose is not good. Most of these people are jealous of another person and just want to be like them, so they’ll try to bring that person down not knowing that they are bringing their selves down as well. It’s just a downward spiral that both parties are going to encounter. * Win-Win: The All-You-Can-Eat Buffet Question: How can I have a Win-Win mindset? * Having a win-win attitude is having the balance of being both nice and tough all at once. People who have this type of mind set believe that everyone can win...
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...against him. The poet exhorts the youth not to wait to reject him until after these other, less important, sorrows have passed. At least if he is rejected now, his other problems will pale into insignificance. Sonnet 90 continues directly from the previous sonnet, which ended, "For thee, against myself I'll vow debate / For I must ne'er love him whom thou dost hate." In the final couplet of Sonnet 89, the word "hate" proves a shocking contrast to the speaker's usual use of the word "love," and it is echoed here in the line one of Sonnet 90: "Then hate me when thou wilt; if ever, now." In the conventions of the sonnet, "hate" means a beloved's disdain more than the modern-day meaning of the word. This sonnet also continues the downward spiral of loss and wretchedness that began with the sense of a final separation in Sonnet 87: "Farewell, thou art too dear for my possessing." However, the reality of the separation is up in the air. It is unclear whether it has already occurred, or whether it is impending. The use of the word "if" in line 9: "If thou wilt leave me," suggests that it is not even certain whether the fair lord has decided finally on the separation; it might be the case that the poet is worrying over a suspicion. The imagery of a war is used to convey the speaker's feelings concerning losing his love in addition to all the troubles that already plague him. He is already under siege by "the spite of fortune," and...
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...positive light and that child can be expected to live a successful life wherever they may go. In turn a non-balanced, stressful, and challenged child’s experience will not only affect their education portion of school but the social and emotional aspect as well. The emotional adjustment is a very important part of the child’s relationships with the teacher as well as the students. The child’s relationships will affect the whole educational process. Children who do not have a good rapport tend to have behavioral disturbances and educational downfalls. Those children commonly become our bully’s, delinquent’s, and school drop-outs. When behavior begins to go sour there are actions that the parents and school can take to reduce the downward spiral in the child’s life. Not often will the school and parents work together but when they do the results are typically at the top of the charts (Raver, 2003). Parents on their own can do a huge part of helping to shape their child’s social and emotion development that will go a long way in creating a thriving way of life (Santrock, 2010, pg 340). Schools also can take part on their own in shaping the child’s development by role playing and...
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...Waterfall Software Development Life Cycle Model The simplest software development life cycle model is the waterfall model, which states that the phases are organized in a linear order. A project begins with feasibility analysis. On the successful demonstration of the feasibility analysis, the requirements analysis and project planning begins. The design starts after the requirements analysis is done. And coding begins after the design is done. Once the programming is completed, the code is integrated and testing is done. On succeeful completion of testing, the system is installed. After this the regular operation and maintenance of the system takes place. The following figure demonstrates the steps involved in waterfall life cycle model. The Waterfall Software Life Cycle Model With the waterfall model, the activities performed in a software development project are requirements analysis, project planning, system design, detailed design, coding and unit testing, system integration and testing. Linear ordering of activities has some important consequences. First, to clearly identify the end of a phase and beginning of the others. Some certification mechanism has to be employed at the end of each phase. This is usually done by some verification and validation. Validation means confirming the output of a phase is consistent with its input (which is the output of the previous phase) and that the output of the phase is consistent with overall requirements of the system. The...
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...Descent Into Hell Who or what is Lilith and what is her role in the book? According to Charles Williams, Lilith is the apparition of all that one desires; she promises to give health, money, life, and even love but gives only false hope. She is the seductress, disguised as an old lady, who guards the grand gate of Gomorrah (Descent Into Hell 204). Williams describes Lilith as such, “Their enchantress sat there, the last illusion still with her, the illusion of love itself; she could not believe her breasts were dry. She desired infinitely to seem give suck; she would be kind and good, she who did not depend, on whom others had depended…” (207). She is not real love, but merely the chimera of love, and does not give true life. Williams further describes her, “She would not see and she would not go to the door because of that unacknowledged crowd, but she sat there, cut off from earth she had in her genius so long universally inhabited, gazing, waiting, longing for some of the living to enter, to ask her for oblivion and the shapes with which she enchanted oblivion” (207). She deceives people and gives them want they think they most desire; she traps people with their fantasies and then pulls them down into Hell (208). Lilith is portrayed as a weak, depressed old woman who guards the gate to Hades and who promises to care, nurture one’s soul, and to give what one desires. However, what she promises is actually void and empty; she really intends to starve and deprive people...
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...a student and caused me to reevaluate my perspective on the things that were important to me. I had heard that APWH was going to require a lot of work, but I was sure that it would be no different than any other honors level class that I had taken. I received an assignment to complete during the summer. I started the work, but it was so boring that I never finished the readings. When school started, and the teacher began to give daily quizzes based on the summer readings, I knew I was in trouble. I started to fall behind due to the amount of time required to complete each assignment. I knew I wasn’t off to a good start of the school year. My grade began to tank and I was unable to keep up with the pace of this class. The downward spiral of my grades in APWH affected my other classes also. As I spent more time trying to bring up my grade in this class, my grades began to suffer in my other classes. I decided to make a drastic change. I needed to quit playing football to focus on my classes. At the time, I was one of the star players on the Junior Varsity team. When I told the coach the reason why I was quitting the team during the middle of the season, I could tell right away that he didn’t agree with my decision. Instead of giving me support and encouragement, he decided to humiliate me. Before practice started, I had to tell my teammates that I was quitting....
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