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Maxine Mallach, dead at 86.
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Bruce I. Kodish Aug. 14, 2008.
Cognitive Education and Communication
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Frank Gastner Jul. 9, 2008.
The Calculus, Chapter 1 -- A "Feel" for the Subject
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The halls ring slightly with the ghosts that still remain. Is anyone still here? I heard from Steve Stockdale. He is reviving this old house in a very beautiful way that I admire greatly. He has made a presentation of GS for us to to read (...
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- Knoxville, Tennessee
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- Teacher
- If a teacher or student, what's your specialty or primary subject?
- Mathematics
- If a teacher or student, what level and what school?
- University level, Univ Tennessee, Knoxville
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- Writing -- Historic fiction. See: Hannah and Miriam on Amazon.com in the book section. Click on book cover picture, scroll down for readers comments. Search inside the book.
In production, Volume II -- Miriam and Joshua
In production, Freedom-- A peasant woman from the Ukraine escapes the pogroms of 1906 in Kiev. With her four children, she emigrates to America. Begins a new life.
In production. The Soul Fishers.
- If you could have a front row ticket to any sporting event, concert, theater, or event, what would you choose?
- Henry V, William Shakespeare -- Kenneth Branagh as Hal
- What well-known living persons would you like to meet during Happy Hour?
- Stephen Spielberg
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Holtzman - On Vision and Art
I remember very well the influence Harry Holtzman had on changing my fundamental “visual habits” of perception (GS, summer seminars, Millbrook, 1948, and Great Barrington, 1949). He would draw a simple “straight line” with charcoal on a blank white piece of artist’s sketching paper, and then asked us to describe what we saw.
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Posted on July 11, 2008 at 2:37pm —
Time-Binding Bound Too Tightly
Time-Binding Bound Too Tightly
by David (Levine) Linwood
I received the following piece from a former colleague, Professor Karla Foss, indicating when the “Bindings” might be a little too tight.
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“The U.S. Standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is four feet, eight-and-a-half inches. That’s an exceedingly odd number.
Why was that gauge used? Because that’s the way they buil… Continue
by David (Levine) Linwood
I received the following piece from a former colleague, Professor Karla Foss, indicating when the “Bindings” might be a little too tight.
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“The U.S. Standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is four feet, eight-and-a-half inches. That’s an exceedingly odd number.
Why was that gauge used? Because that’s the way they buil… Continue
Posted on May 25, 2008 at 1:01pm — 12 Comments
Robert Heinlein was at Summer 1949 Seminar in Great Barrington
Posted on May 19, 2008 at 6:00pm — 1 Comment
Comment Wall (32 comments)
- At 5:13pm on November 1, 2009,
l'm said…
- hi David,
I replied on your mail ad.
Hope it works ! Bye for now.
- At 9:08pm on September 25, 2009,
Bob Potter said…
- David,
Sorry about the time that slipped by since your letter and my initial wish to respond. We went to Alaska to visit our son and his greater family, then I came back with a two-doctor "plane disease" that has kept me down.Finally, tonight, when I tried to answer you, I was informed I couldn't answer directly but had to go thru thisisnot that, which I had forgotted the password for, etc. But here I am. Please send me your ordinary e-mail address, just in case. Also, if I check "send a Message," will it be seen by everyone on my small friends list, or only by you?
Bob Potter gnbpotter@optonline.net
- At 3:06pm on November 12, 2008,
Bruce I. Kodish said… - David,
Check my reply to your comment on the 'Homer Jean Moore, Jr' thread.
- At 6:59pm on August 20, 2008,
David Linwood said…
Ok, we have the famous Daffodil. Charlotte is on the periphery just out of camera range
- At 7:25pm on August 13, 2008,
David Linwood said…
- Sorry, picture with Marjorie and Daffodil too big to fit in here!
- At 7:22pm on August 13, 2008,
David Linwood said…
- Hi Bruce,
As to the cat, "Daffodil" -- it may very well be. I know my wife, Marjorie (Washburn) Levine was petting Daffodil in 8/53 -- our first visit back to Kendig after I returned from Korean War Service.
Looks like the man with cat (not a cat in a hat!)
has Daffodil also.
David
- At 7:03pm on August 13, 2008,
Bruce I. Kodish said…
- Your detailed description answers my question nicely and certainly qualifies as what I would call "debriefing," which I had understood him to do.
- At 1:57pm on August 13, 2008,
Bruce I. Kodish said…
- David, a question about Korzybski's presentations at the seminars where you worked with him.
I know that he had his assistant taking notes so he (the assistant) could give AK a 'flap' if he got 'lost' in his presentation after an extended 'footnote'.
Did Korzybski also have debriefing after a lecture where the assistant or others would comment on what he covered and how it went? I seem to recall reading or hearing this somewhere but can't recall where now. Or perhaps I'm hallucinating it. 8-)
Anyhow, what were your duties and what did you do at the seminars where you assisted Korzybski. Did you do anything that resembled such a debriefing on his lectures?
- At 9:29pm on August 6, 2008,
David Linwood said…
- Dear GS People,
An historical note. Ms. Maxine Mallach who just last year received the J. Talbott Winchell Award for her lifetime contributions in support of the Institute of General Semantics, has passed away at her home in Lime Rock, Connecticut. Her house is in easy walking distance to the Institute of General Semantics when the Institute was located in Lime Rock in the old Leonard Richardson mansion.
Maxine served faithfully from 1946 to 1973, first hired as a typist and assistant editor to the Director, Ms M. Kendig. In later years, after Charlotte Read had moved to the Columbia University area with her husband Alan Walker Read, and M. Kendig was feeling the onset of ill health and advancing old age, Maxine took on the role of Acting Director, with the aid of a few associates. She kept the General Semantics Bulletin and the Newsletter in publication, and served the Membership.
Maxine relates how Alfred Korzybski used to come visit with her father, Joseph Mallach, who was an aeronautical engineer and mathematician, and hold long conversations with him. "Mac" developed a great affection and admiration for Korzybski and was devoted to the promotion of the goals of the Institute, especially the GS education of k-12 aged children.
She died in her sleep, July 29, 2008, at the age of 86, after a short illness. A dozen people were present at the funeral celebration, including IGS member Bob Potter, who also received the J. Talbot Winchell Award, and a surviving nephew of Maxine, and household caretakers, were present at the funeral, held in Canaan, CT. Although Maxine was not religious -- in the absence of a Catholic priest, services were performed by a local "Eucharistic" Minister. Bob Potter relates that the weather was "absolutely perfect." He apologized for the GS-forbidden words -- but insisted the description was less than adequate.
Bob invites anyone interested in visiting Maxine's gravesite (as well as that of Korzybski, Kendig, and Gates) to contact him. He lives nearby in West Cornwall, CT, telephone
860-672-6191 or write to address: 337 Town Street, West Cornwall, CT 06796.
Sincerely,
David Linwood
dlinwood@bellsouth.net
PS. A thank you to Janet Manko, Editor of the Lakeville Journal, and close neighbor of Maxine, for her obituary and help with the final arrangements.
Also a big thank you to Bob Potter for his help. DL
- At 1:32pm on July 7, 2008,
Kathleen said… - I am not familiar with the name Pula...
I read Science and Sanity, Language in Thought and Action, and People in Quandaries...about 25 years ago. Currently, I have a little group of folks (9) that meets twice a month and we are reading Selections from Science and Sanity and Bruce's book, Drive Yourself Sane. It's been delightful to revisit GS with my little group and to realise how much 'stuck' with me from my earlier 'visit' to the GS alternate reality.
thank you for befriending me...the Kathleen of 7-7-08
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