This document summarizes Donald Hall's presentation on baseball and the meaning of life at the 17th Annual Baseball in Literature and Culture Conference. Hall discusses how childhood experiences with baseball teams can form strong lifelong attachments through neural structures in the brain. He references writers like Roger Angell and Richard Ford who have discussed how baseball can offer life lessons, though it is ultimately just a game. The document reflects on how baseball connects generations of American males and families through shared experiences at the ballpark.
Spring training & the perennial renewal of lifeOsopher
This document summarizes an upcoming conference on baseball literature and culture to be held in Murfreesboro, Tennessee in April 2015. It includes the schedule for Session B2 which focuses on baseball and spirituality, with three presentations on related topics. It also includes several excerpts and quotes related to baseball, spirituality, and the renewal of life that comes each spring with the start of a new baseball season.
This document provides information about 9 stories by contemporary American fiction writer Chris Crutcher that have previously been banned or restricted. It summarizes each story in 1-2 sentences, noting themes of unflinching realities, compelling characters, humor, and banned book experiences. The document promotes a breakfast group with Crutcher to discuss his works focusing on courage, truth, and compassion through challenging topics.
This document provides recommendations for books readers might enjoy if they like a particular book. It lists books organized by themes like friendship issues, mysteries, adventures, and fantasy worlds. For each primary book, it recommends 2-4 similar books in terms of themes, characters, and reading level along with details about available books in series. It also provides instructions for library staff to find read-alike recommendations using the Titlewave and OPAC cataloging tools.
This document provides summaries of and recommendations for several non-fiction and fiction books for children and young adults. It was written by Julie Tomlianovich of the South Central Kansas Library System and focuses on highlighting titles published in 2012 that would be of interest to readers and libraries. The document includes brief summaries of 15 non-fiction books and 12 fiction chapter books, with information on each book's title, author, publisher, price and recommended grade level.
This document provides summaries and recommendations for 20 children's books. It includes the title, author, a brief 2-3 sentence description of the plot or topic of each book, and sometimes notes on awards won or characteristics like being funny. The document is meant to help readers choose some books to read from the list.
William Golding's books have a common theme of the battle between human nature and civilization. His most famous books, Lord of the Flies and The Spire, both illustrate humanity's capacity for evil when structure and morality break down. Lord of the Flies shows British boys committing murder when left without adult supervision, while The Spire depicts a church community revealing their true immoral nature as the dean's ambitious construction leads to suffering. Golding believed that everyone has a choice in revealing either their civilized or barbaric human nature.
Michael Jackson Please Wait... provides biographical information about Michael Jackson including his birthdate, birthplace, parents, height, interests, idols, favorite foods, films, and more. It discusses his background, career highlights including influential albums like Thriller, and films he appeared in such as The Wiz and Moonwalker. The document contains photos and details about Jackson's life and illustrious music career.
Spring training & the perennial renewal of lifeOsopher
This document summarizes an upcoming conference on baseball literature and culture to be held in Murfreesboro, Tennessee in April 2015. It includes the schedule for Session B2 which focuses on baseball and spirituality, with three presentations on related topics. It also includes several excerpts and quotes related to baseball, spirituality, and the renewal of life that comes each spring with the start of a new baseball season.
This document provides information about 9 stories by contemporary American fiction writer Chris Crutcher that have previously been banned or restricted. It summarizes each story in 1-2 sentences, noting themes of unflinching realities, compelling characters, humor, and banned book experiences. The document promotes a breakfast group with Crutcher to discuss his works focusing on courage, truth, and compassion through challenging topics.
This document provides recommendations for books readers might enjoy if they like a particular book. It lists books organized by themes like friendship issues, mysteries, adventures, and fantasy worlds. For each primary book, it recommends 2-4 similar books in terms of themes, characters, and reading level along with details about available books in series. It also provides instructions for library staff to find read-alike recommendations using the Titlewave and OPAC cataloging tools.
This document provides summaries of and recommendations for several non-fiction and fiction books for children and young adults. It was written by Julie Tomlianovich of the South Central Kansas Library System and focuses on highlighting titles published in 2012 that would be of interest to readers and libraries. The document includes brief summaries of 15 non-fiction books and 12 fiction chapter books, with information on each book's title, author, publisher, price and recommended grade level.
This document provides summaries and recommendations for 20 children's books. It includes the title, author, a brief 2-3 sentence description of the plot or topic of each book, and sometimes notes on awards won or characteristics like being funny. The document is meant to help readers choose some books to read from the list.
William Golding's books have a common theme of the battle between human nature and civilization. His most famous books, Lord of the Flies and The Spire, both illustrate humanity's capacity for evil when structure and morality break down. Lord of the Flies shows British boys committing murder when left without adult supervision, while The Spire depicts a church community revealing their true immoral nature as the dean's ambitious construction leads to suffering. Golding believed that everyone has a choice in revealing either their civilized or barbaric human nature.
Michael Jackson Please Wait... provides biographical information about Michael Jackson including his birthdate, birthplace, parents, height, interests, idols, favorite foods, films, and more. It discusses his background, career highlights including influential albums like Thriller, and films he appeared in such as The Wiz and Moonwalker. The document contains photos and details about Jackson's life and illustrious music career.
SociAbility: Social Media for Persons with DisabilitiesZaid Shopeju
This document summarizes social media tools that can benefit persons with disabilities. It discusses Facebook, which allows users to connect and share content, as well as create pages for organizations. Twitter is described as a micro-publishing system where users post short messages called tweets. The document also outlines some Twitter tools like TweetDeck for managing multiple accounts, BufferApp for scheduling tweets, and Paper.li for curating tweets in a newspaper format. Instagram is also briefly mentioned. The presentation aims to guide users on social media and demonstrate how its tools can benefit persons with disabilities.
Socrates believed that the meaning of life was attaining the highest form of knowledge, which was the idea of good. According to Socrates and his pupil Plato, the idea of good is the source from which all good things and just things derive their value. The document also encourages celebrating life with music, songs, and dance. It suggests meditating and living a life of awareness while staying blessed, happy, and inspired. It advocates spreading joy and serving others, recognizing that all people are interconnected.
Basic skills courses offered by the directorate for lifelong learningKijt
- The Directorate for Lifelong Learning oversees adult basic skills provision in Malta, including literacy, numeracy, ICT, and foreign language courses.
- Teachers are recruited through a public call and must have an MQF level 6 qualification. They receive continuous professional development training.
- Quality assurance coordinators monitor classes and provide feedback to help course coordinators.
- Learners receive ongoing feedback and compile portfolios. They do a standardized assessment to certify acquiring the necessary level.
Catering street and noodles in suzhou (蘇州美食街和湯麵)Chung Yen Chang
Suzhou-style noodles emphasize the soup, which can be white or red. White soup uses basic ingredients like chicken and pork bone, while red soup adds meat stock for richness. Noodles are topped with items like fried eel paste, smoked fish, and river shrimp. Authentic noodle houses in Suzhou serve noodles according to orders like heavy or light toppings and thick or thin soup. Famous noodle shops introduce traditional methods of crossing the bridge to keep toppings and soup separate.
The document discusses the meaning of life from different perspectives. It outlines that Aamna Abbasi will discuss the purpose of life, Ali Awan will discuss a meaningful life, and Ali Muslim will discuss a valuable life. It explores life as a deep philosophical question with no agreed upon answer and different views among individuals. Finally, it examines perspectives that the purpose of life is to worship God or achieve happiness, and that finding meaning involves living presently and removing obstacles for others.
This document discusses bridging the digital divide for people of all abilities through accessible information and communication technology (ICT) and assistive technology. It notes that 15% of the world's population lives with a disability. The document provides an introduction to a book that gives an overview on disability and digital inclusion through case studies on using accessible ICT to support people with disabilities in areas like employment, banking, tourism and education. The author believes that collaborative efforts can help make ICT universally accessible, enabling the rights of people with disabilities.
Relational art focuses on human interactions and connections rather than objects. It offers experiences instead of material goods. The meaning of a relational artwork is elaborated collectively through social contexts and audience engagement. Relational art creates interactive experiences and encounters that are open-ended and resist closure. It serves as a model for possible authentic human social interactions and aims to foster inter-human relationships rather than a symbolic private space.
Pay Equity is "Comp"licated | New Rules, New Reporting and Responding to the ...America's Job Exchange
America's Job Exchange is thrilled to be hosting our partners from the national law firm of Jackson Lewis. Laura Mitchell, Affirmative Action & OFCCP Practice Group at Jackson Lewis P.C. will be discussing the hot topic of Pay Discrimination. President Obama made eliminating the gender "pay gap" his top civil rights enforcement priority. At his direction, EEOC recently proposed for the first time that employers annually submit detailed pay, gender and race data for all employees. The reporting will begin in 2018 and will be used to initiate systemic pay investigations against employers throughout the country. Add to that increasing pay discrimination litigation, a wave of new, aggressive state fair pay laws and growing pressure from activist investors on companies to guarantee "pay equality," which have quickly changed the "pay game."
Introduction to the philosophy of the human personThess Isidoro
This document provides an introduction to a philosophy of the human person course. It covers several key topics:
- The human person in their environment, and how humans were created to live in harmony with nature. Respect for the environment is discussed.
- Freedom of the human person, including lessons on free will, voluntary actions and their consequences, and arguments for and against freedom of the will.
- Intersubjectivity, which examines human relationships and interactions between people.
Various learning activities are suggested such as poster making, travelogue creation, and recycling projects to reinforce the lessons. The document outlines rationales, objectives and content for each topic area.
Disability Etiquette: Everything You Wanted to Know, But Are Afraid to AskAmerica's Job Exchange
The document discusses disability etiquette and provides information for employers on hiring and accommodating individuals with disabilities. It defines disability, discusses common misconceptions and assumptions, and provides guidance on interviewing, accommodations, and etiquette for different types of disabilities including visual, mobility, hearing, and developmental. Reasonable accommodations are defined as changes that allow individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions and enjoy equal employment benefits.
Whether you’re fooled by a push/pull door or you unexpectedly run into an academic lecturer outside of class, the best advice we can give you? Embrace the awkward! We’ve put together the most common awkward student moments you’re likely to run into during university life and added some handy tips on how to embrace them.
This document summarizes several factors that can lead to interpersonal attraction according to social psychology research: physical appearance/beauty, personality, proximity, and similarity. Studies discussed found that people tend to see attractive, beautiful people as more desirable and competent. Additionally, having a warm, kind, or exciting personality is attractive to others. Proximity, or spending time near others, increases comfort levels and likelihood of attraction. Similarity in characteristics and interests between people also reduces conflicts. Reciprocated liking and gaining the approval of someone who was initially unimpressed can be especially rewarding.
Low self-esteem affects the way you see yourself, do your job, and relate with the people around you. Learn to overcome it with these quick tips.
More themed slides: https://slideshop.com/Themed-Slides
Twenty-Sixth Annual Conference
Baseball in Literature and Culture,
March 24, 2023 (Postponed from July 7-9, 2022); On the campus of Ottawa University, Ottawa, Kansas
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Buck O'Neil recalls a story Satchel Paige told him about visiting Drum Island in Charleston, South Carolina, where slaves were once auctioned. When they arrived at the site, Paige and O'Neil said nothing for about ten minutes, contemplating their ancestry and the history of slavery. Paige then said "Seems like I've been here before," indicating he felt a deep connection to that painful history, showing a side of himself that was deeper than most people realized.
Who cares?
Reflections on caring about baseball, sports, life, the universe, everything… and why we should...
Presented at the Baseball in Literature and Culture Conference hosted by Ottawa University, March 29, 2019
This document provides an overview of a conference presentation about Vin Scully's legendary career as a baseball broadcaster from 1950 to 2016. It discusses Scully's humble beginnings with the Brooklyn Dodgers and his unmatched longevity broadcasting for the Dodgers in Brooklyn and Los Angeles until his retirement at age 88. The presentation explores Scully's equanimous style, his reluctance to make himself the focus, and his ability to craft human stories within his play-by-play descriptions. It references Scully's most famous calls and quotes that exemplify his poetic narration and storytelling abilities. The presentation examines how Scully helped cultivate meaning and appreciation for the game through his broadcasts.
"No Justice in This World": David James Duncan's "The Brothers K" -- presentation, 25th anniversary meeting of the Baseball in Literature and Culture conference, originally scheduled for April 3, 2020... postponed to July 16, 2021
“Character(s) of the game: virtue, integrity, and eccentricity in our pastime” -- 26th annual conference on Baseball in Literature and Culture, on the campus of Ottawa University, Ottawa KS... slideshow UNDER CONSTRUCTION, conference postponement announced June 2022, new date tba (probably Mar/Apr '23)
SociAbility: Social Media for Persons with DisabilitiesZaid Shopeju
This document summarizes social media tools that can benefit persons with disabilities. It discusses Facebook, which allows users to connect and share content, as well as create pages for organizations. Twitter is described as a micro-publishing system where users post short messages called tweets. The document also outlines some Twitter tools like TweetDeck for managing multiple accounts, BufferApp for scheduling tweets, and Paper.li for curating tweets in a newspaper format. Instagram is also briefly mentioned. The presentation aims to guide users on social media and demonstrate how its tools can benefit persons with disabilities.
Socrates believed that the meaning of life was attaining the highest form of knowledge, which was the idea of good. According to Socrates and his pupil Plato, the idea of good is the source from which all good things and just things derive their value. The document also encourages celebrating life with music, songs, and dance. It suggests meditating and living a life of awareness while staying blessed, happy, and inspired. It advocates spreading joy and serving others, recognizing that all people are interconnected.
Basic skills courses offered by the directorate for lifelong learningKijt
- The Directorate for Lifelong Learning oversees adult basic skills provision in Malta, including literacy, numeracy, ICT, and foreign language courses.
- Teachers are recruited through a public call and must have an MQF level 6 qualification. They receive continuous professional development training.
- Quality assurance coordinators monitor classes and provide feedback to help course coordinators.
- Learners receive ongoing feedback and compile portfolios. They do a standardized assessment to certify acquiring the necessary level.
Catering street and noodles in suzhou (蘇州美食街和湯麵)Chung Yen Chang
Suzhou-style noodles emphasize the soup, which can be white or red. White soup uses basic ingredients like chicken and pork bone, while red soup adds meat stock for richness. Noodles are topped with items like fried eel paste, smoked fish, and river shrimp. Authentic noodle houses in Suzhou serve noodles according to orders like heavy or light toppings and thick or thin soup. Famous noodle shops introduce traditional methods of crossing the bridge to keep toppings and soup separate.
The document discusses the meaning of life from different perspectives. It outlines that Aamna Abbasi will discuss the purpose of life, Ali Awan will discuss a meaningful life, and Ali Muslim will discuss a valuable life. It explores life as a deep philosophical question with no agreed upon answer and different views among individuals. Finally, it examines perspectives that the purpose of life is to worship God or achieve happiness, and that finding meaning involves living presently and removing obstacles for others.
This document discusses bridging the digital divide for people of all abilities through accessible information and communication technology (ICT) and assistive technology. It notes that 15% of the world's population lives with a disability. The document provides an introduction to a book that gives an overview on disability and digital inclusion through case studies on using accessible ICT to support people with disabilities in areas like employment, banking, tourism and education. The author believes that collaborative efforts can help make ICT universally accessible, enabling the rights of people with disabilities.
Relational art focuses on human interactions and connections rather than objects. It offers experiences instead of material goods. The meaning of a relational artwork is elaborated collectively through social contexts and audience engagement. Relational art creates interactive experiences and encounters that are open-ended and resist closure. It serves as a model for possible authentic human social interactions and aims to foster inter-human relationships rather than a symbolic private space.
Pay Equity is "Comp"licated | New Rules, New Reporting and Responding to the ...America's Job Exchange
America's Job Exchange is thrilled to be hosting our partners from the national law firm of Jackson Lewis. Laura Mitchell, Affirmative Action & OFCCP Practice Group at Jackson Lewis P.C. will be discussing the hot topic of Pay Discrimination. President Obama made eliminating the gender "pay gap" his top civil rights enforcement priority. At his direction, EEOC recently proposed for the first time that employers annually submit detailed pay, gender and race data for all employees. The reporting will begin in 2018 and will be used to initiate systemic pay investigations against employers throughout the country. Add to that increasing pay discrimination litigation, a wave of new, aggressive state fair pay laws and growing pressure from activist investors on companies to guarantee "pay equality," which have quickly changed the "pay game."
Introduction to the philosophy of the human personThess Isidoro
This document provides an introduction to a philosophy of the human person course. It covers several key topics:
- The human person in their environment, and how humans were created to live in harmony with nature. Respect for the environment is discussed.
- Freedom of the human person, including lessons on free will, voluntary actions and their consequences, and arguments for and against freedom of the will.
- Intersubjectivity, which examines human relationships and interactions between people.
Various learning activities are suggested such as poster making, travelogue creation, and recycling projects to reinforce the lessons. The document outlines rationales, objectives and content for each topic area.
Disability Etiquette: Everything You Wanted to Know, But Are Afraid to AskAmerica's Job Exchange
The document discusses disability etiquette and provides information for employers on hiring and accommodating individuals with disabilities. It defines disability, discusses common misconceptions and assumptions, and provides guidance on interviewing, accommodations, and etiquette for different types of disabilities including visual, mobility, hearing, and developmental. Reasonable accommodations are defined as changes that allow individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions and enjoy equal employment benefits.
Whether you’re fooled by a push/pull door or you unexpectedly run into an academic lecturer outside of class, the best advice we can give you? Embrace the awkward! We’ve put together the most common awkward student moments you’re likely to run into during university life and added some handy tips on how to embrace them.
This document summarizes several factors that can lead to interpersonal attraction according to social psychology research: physical appearance/beauty, personality, proximity, and similarity. Studies discussed found that people tend to see attractive, beautiful people as more desirable and competent. Additionally, having a warm, kind, or exciting personality is attractive to others. Proximity, or spending time near others, increases comfort levels and likelihood of attraction. Similarity in characteristics and interests between people also reduces conflicts. Reciprocated liking and gaining the approval of someone who was initially unimpressed can be especially rewarding.
Low self-esteem affects the way you see yourself, do your job, and relate with the people around you. Learn to overcome it with these quick tips.
More themed slides: https://slideshop.com/Themed-Slides
Twenty-Sixth Annual Conference
Baseball in Literature and Culture,
March 24, 2023 (Postponed from July 7-9, 2022); On the campus of Ottawa University, Ottawa, Kansas
The Rise of Teen Depression - Free Essay Example | PapersOwl.com. Depression Causes and Treatment Essay Example | Topics and Well Written .... Stirring Teenage Depression Essay ~ Thatsnotus. Essay about depression - Top Dissertations for Smart Students. Great Depression Essay Sample. Argumentative Essay On Depression. Depression and Biological Factors Dissertation Example | Topics and .... 70 Best Depression Essay Topics + [Depression Essay Titles & Examples .... Great Depression Essay (24/25) | Year 12 HSC - Modern History | Thinkswap. Great depression essay topics - StartupSource.caStartupSource.ca. Persuasive Essay: Essays on depression. 014 Essay On Depression Example Research Paper Outline Great Definition .... Biological Causes Of Depression Essay. Causes of the Great Depression Essay | Essay on Causes of the Great ....
Buck O'Neil recalls a story Satchel Paige told him about visiting Drum Island in Charleston, South Carolina, where slaves were once auctioned. When they arrived at the site, Paige and O'Neil said nothing for about ten minutes, contemplating their ancestry and the history of slavery. Paige then said "Seems like I've been here before," indicating he felt a deep connection to that painful history, showing a side of himself that was deeper than most people realized.
Who cares?
Reflections on caring about baseball, sports, life, the universe, everything… and why we should...
Presented at the Baseball in Literature and Culture Conference hosted by Ottawa University, March 29, 2019
This document provides an overview of a conference presentation about Vin Scully's legendary career as a baseball broadcaster from 1950 to 2016. It discusses Scully's humble beginnings with the Brooklyn Dodgers and his unmatched longevity broadcasting for the Dodgers in Brooklyn and Los Angeles until his retirement at age 88. The presentation explores Scully's equanimous style, his reluctance to make himself the focus, and his ability to craft human stories within his play-by-play descriptions. It references Scully's most famous calls and quotes that exemplify his poetic narration and storytelling abilities. The presentation examines how Scully helped cultivate meaning and appreciation for the game through his broadcasts.
"No Justice in This World": David James Duncan's "The Brothers K" -- presentation, 25th anniversary meeting of the Baseball in Literature and Culture conference, originally scheduled for April 3, 2020... postponed to July 16, 2021
“Character(s) of the game: virtue, integrity, and eccentricity in our pastime” -- 26th annual conference on Baseball in Literature and Culture, on the campus of Ottawa University, Ottawa KS... slideshow UNDER CONSTRUCTION, conference postponement announced June 2022, new date tba (probably Mar/Apr '23)
The Picked Individuals Of God Remain In JesusMclean55Mclean
The document discusses several topics including:
1. A quote from George Bernard Shaw about enjoying life and not taking oneself too seriously.
2. Information about an online business called The Funeral Program Site that provides templates and products for funeral programs.
3. Brief mentions of American painter Andrew Wyeth and artist Andy Warhol.
Healthy Minds, Flourishing Lives: A Philosophical Approach to Mental Health a...Osopher
Honors College lecture, April 8, 2024. Phil Oliver, Dept of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Middle Tennessee State University
"Healthy Minds, Flourishing Lives: A Philosophical Approach to Mental Health and Happiness"
Why I Love Baseball - powerpoint slide showOsopher
27th annual Baseball in Literature and Culture Conference presentation: "Why I Love Baseball"...
(complementing and contrasting with Joe Posnanski's eponymous book)
The document discusses Aristotle's views on friendship and happiness. It summarizes that for Aristotle, true friendship is based on mutual respect for each other's virtues, and that friends want the best for one another. Aristotle believed that happiness means finding purpose to realize one's potential while becoming the best version of oneself. The document also notes that Aristotle distinguished three types of friendship: those based on pleasure, utility, and virtue.
"Promoting Happiness, Demoting Authority: Richard Rorty's Pragmatic Turn Revisited"/"Pragmatism and the Pursuit of Hope and Happiness"... presented Feb.25-26, 2022, American Philosophical Association Central Division, Palmer House Chicago--William James Society/Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy (SAAP)
"The Spirit of Modern Philosophy" Revisited: A Committed Jamesian Reconsiders Royce (Again, at the William James Society session at the APA Central DIvision meeting in Chicago, 2.26.20.
The document discusses the climate crisis and efforts to address it. It notes that 2019 was the second hottest year on record, closing out the hottest decade, according to NASA and NOAA. While some weather events can't be attributed to climate change, the trends of increasing temperatures and extremes are clear signs of human impacts. Young activists led by Greta Thunberg are bringing new urgency to calls for action. However, convincing climate change skeptics may not be the most effective strategy; instead, efforts should focus on mobilizing the majority already concerned about climate change to demand policy changes.
This document summarizes a presentation given at a conference on the life and work of Josiah Royce. The presenter, a longtime committed Jamesian, reconsiders his view that a Jamesian cannot also be a Roycean. He acknowledges his presentation is a first draft of examining this assumption. He looks to the seasoned Royceans in attendance for guidance. The presenter discusses how he originally viewed Royce's philosophy negatively compared to James's pragmatism. However, he notes being drawn to reexamining Royce after reading books that discussed Royce in a more positive light and caught his attention. The presenter aims to explore possible common ground between Royce and James.
The document provides details from a visit to the Scopes Festival and Trial re-enactment in Dayton, Tennessee on July 21, 2018. It describes the scenic drive to Dayton and notes that while the atmosphere was festive, it lacked some of the elements from the original 1925 event. Photos and descriptions are included of the courthouse, statues of Darrow and Bryan, and interactions with locals still wrestling with the town's legacy in the evolution debate.
Coming Back: Rick Ankiel's "Yips" and the Power of PerseveranceOsopher
Rick Ankiel was a promising young pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals who suffered from an undiagnosed condition called "the yips" where he lost the ability to throw strikes. He spent several years in the minors working with sports psychologist Harvey Dorfman before reinventing himself as an outfielder and continuing his MLB career. Dorfman helped many athletes overcome mental blocks through confrontation and making them confront hard truths about themselves. Ankiel credits Dorfman and the book he recommended, All the Pretty Horses, with helping him regain his confidence and perseverance.
This document contains memorials for three dogs - Angel (2006-2017), Phoenix (1995-2009), and Lilli (2002-2015). It describes each dog as a faithful friend and companion who enjoyed walking thousands of miles with their owner over many years until reaching an old age. Both Phoenix and Lilli were said to have cheated death multiple times during their lives. The owner expresses that they will never forget any of these three dogs.
This document outlines a course titled "The Human Journey to Cosmopolitanism" being offered in the spring of 2017. The two-session block course will examine human migration and the contributions it has made to interweaving cultures and the development of world citizenship. Readings include chapters from Spencer Wells' "The Journey of Man" and Kwame Anthony Appiah's "Cosmopolitanism" to discuss how migration has increased globalism and challenged nationalism. The document also provides several quotes about human history, genetics, and the interconnectedness of all people as citizens of the world rather than individual nations.
Happiness: A Free Person's Worship/Sunday Assembly NashvilleOsopher
The document discusses several topics related to happiness and spirituality without religion:
1. It discusses Bertrand Russell's views on achieving happiness without religion, and summaries a student's positive experience visiting the Sunday Assembly, an atheist congregation.
2. It then summarizes several findings from research on happiness, such as money having less impact on happiness than expected, experiences providing more happiness than possessions, and kindness increasing well-being.
3. The document closes by discussing philosopher William James' views on spirituality and delight, and quotes him advocating focusing on life's possibilities rather than dwelling on its insecurities.
The document provides information about an upcoming study abroad course in England in July 2017, including an informational meeting on October 26th and a study abroad fair on November 9th. It also provides details on how to apply for pre-approval for the course and find scholarship opportunities through the education abroad office.
This document contains multiple excerpts and passages from Stoic philosophers discussing key concepts in Stoicism such as tranquility, indifference, negative visualization, controlling one's interpretations and judgments, focusing on virtue over external things, and maintaining equanimity through difficult circumstances. The excerpts promote cultivating calmness and resisting anxiety through accepting what is beyond one's control, examining one's thoughts and judgments, and finding contentment from within rather than through external things.
1) French intellectuals are skeptical of happiness, seeing it as uninteresting and preferring passion and suffering.
2) However, Albert Camus said we must imagine Sisyphus, condemned to repeat pushing a boulder up a mountain for eternity, as happy.
3) Matthieu Ricard discusses Buddhist perspectives on cultivating happiness through developing kindness, compassion, and mental training like meditation. Happiness comes from the mind rather than external factors and circumstances.
This document discusses several myths about happiness through summaries of research findings and quotes from experts and philosophers. It addresses the following myths:
1. Happiness is either genetic or not - while genetics play a role, research shows people can become happier through commitment and effort.
2. Happiness is a destination - lasting happiness has more to do with behaviors and mindset than life circumstances. Positive emotions increase resilience and life satisfaction over negative emotions.
3. People always adapt to their set point - while adaptation occurs, it can be slowed through actively appreciating experiences and using novelty.
4. Negative emotions always outweigh positive - positive emotions protect from consequences of negative emotions over time.
5. Happ
A presentation to the Middle Tennessee State University chapter of Students for Environmental Action (SEAofMTSU), in celebration of Earth Week 2016, April 21, 2016.
Medical Materialism, Health, and the Pursuit of HappinessOsopher
"Medical Materialism, Health, and the Pursuit of Happiness - reflections on healing and happiness" - a talk to the Student National Medical Association, Middle Tennessee State University December 3, 2013
Presentation to the 18th annual "Baseball in Literature and Culture" conference, April 5, 2013, held at Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro TN
A workshop hosted by the South African Journal of Science aimed at postgraduate students and early career researchers with little or no experience in writing and publishing journal articles.
This presentation was provided by Steph Pollock of The American Psychological Association’s Journals Program, and Damita Snow, of The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), for the initial session of NISO's 2024 Training Series "DEIA in the Scholarly Landscape." Session One: 'Setting Expectations: a DEIA Primer,' was held June 6, 2024.
How to Fix the Import Error in the Odoo 17Celine George
An import error occurs when a program fails to import a module or library, disrupting its execution. In languages like Python, this issue arises when the specified module cannot be found or accessed, hindering the program's functionality. Resolving import errors is crucial for maintaining smooth software operation and uninterrupted development processes.
A review of the growth of the Israel Genealogy Research Association Database Collection for the last 12 months. Our collection is now passed the 3 million mark and still growing. See which archives have contributed the most. See the different types of records we have, and which years have had records added. You can also see what we have for the future.
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How to Make a Field Mandatory in Odoo 17Celine George
In Odoo, making a field required can be done through both Python code and XML views. When you set the required attribute to True in Python code, it makes the field required across all views where it's used. Conversely, when you set the required attribute in XML views, it makes the field required only in the context of that particular view.
Exploiting Artificial Intelligence for Empowering Researchers and Faculty, In...Dr. Vinod Kumar Kanvaria
Exploiting Artificial Intelligence for Empowering Researchers and Faculty,
International FDP on Fundamentals of Research in Social Sciences
at Integral University, Lucknow, 06.06.2024
By Dr. Vinod Kumar Kanvaria
ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 42001, and GDPR: Best Practices for Implementation and...PECB
Denis is a dynamic and results-driven Chief Information Officer (CIO) with a distinguished career spanning information systems analysis and technical project management. With a proven track record of spearheading the design and delivery of cutting-edge Information Management solutions, he has consistently elevated business operations, streamlined reporting functions, and maximized process efficiency.
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Baseball and the Meaning of Life
1. Baseball and the Meaning of Life
Baseball in Literature and Culture
17th Annual Conference
Middle Tennessee State University
March 30, 2012
2. James Phil Oliver
Department of Philosophy
Middle Tennessee State University
P.O. Box 73
Murfreesboro, Tennessee 37132
==
307B James Union Building
615-898-2050
poliver@mtsu.edu
"Delight Springs" -
http://delightsprings.blogspot.com/
"Up@dawn" –
http://osopher.wordpress.com/
3. Follow me, @osopher, on Twitter -
(http://twitter.com/OSOPHER)
But of course,
"You don't have to follow me.
You don't have to follow anybody."
-Brian Cohen
6. Two years ago I presented “From Gibson to
McGwire” here. I was worried about how
the presence in the dugout of their new
steroidally-enhanced hitting coach might
interfere with the purity of my ancestral
devotion to the Cards. How would it play
with my own innocent openness to baseball
experience and meaning?
I’m pleased (but should I be?) to report that Big Mac’s greybearded visage did not in
any memorable way dilute my pleasure at the team’s improbable late-season run to
their 11th World Series championship in 2011.
7.
8. And now find I have no problem contemplating the post-Albert era in St. Louis either.
So, the game really is much larger than any "star" performer.
But still I worry: Is my team loyalty admirable, or is this precisely the knee-jerk “my
country right or wrong” attitude I routinely condemn in politics? Maybe we’ll have
time to discuss that.
But for whatever reason, healthy or not, I don’t feel as alienated or jilted as some …
9. Look, as it turns out Albert Pujols was just an intelligent, attractive but ultimately
sour girlfriend. Let me explain. Your entire world revolves solely around her, and
everyone can see it except for her. You give her fancy gifts, tell her what she needs
to hear, go to one fast food restaurant to get her chicken strips then another because
"they have better fries," and join a gym to be the man she wants you to be rather
than the one who you are simply to make her feel the kind of special love you think
she deserves. But the secret is that she doesn't want the love. She wants the proof.
She doesn't want to hear that you love her; she wants to hear how much.
Even worse, she wants to remind you how lucky you are to have her. When that
turns dangerous is when you then struggle to maintain your relationship --
stepping up your game, buying fancier gifts, working extra hard just to not lose
pace, and losing yourself to make her happy and to keep her from looking at other
dudes. When that turns tragic is not when she leaves, but rather when you
convince her to stay. A relationship which requires you to prove your love is not a
relationship worth preserving.
The worst part of yesterday is that Albert Pujols tacitly told us that we are not in
his league. The best part of yesterday is that Albert Pujols tacitly proved to us that
we aren't.
Anaheim, you can have her. Just tell her to please not text us.
10. “The best thing to do if you’re going to lose a legend or three…”
(Pujols, LaRussa, Duncan)
“StL, a city that loves its Cards no matter who fills the uniforms…”
Freese: “That’s never going to happen again. But you have to turn
the page. People have short memories. And so do we.”
CBS Sports “Card Tricks” 3.9.12
11. Team Loyalty , childhood indoctrination, neuroscience
It‘s probably more accurate to say that team loyalty of this sort begins with
youthful enchantment. You got thrown together by circumstance with a magical
team — maybe one that happened to be doing well when you were a kid or one
that featured the sort of heroes children are wise to revere. You lunged upon
the team with the unreserved love that children are capable of.
The team became crystallized in your mind, coated with shimmering emotional
crystals that give it a sparkling beauty and vividness. And forever after you feel
its attraction. Whether it‘s off the menu or in the sports world, you can choose
what you‘ll purchase but you don‘t get to choose what you like.
The neuroscientists might say that, in 1969, I formed certain internal neural
structures associated with the Mets, which are forever after pleasant to
reactivate. We have a bias toward things that are familiar and especially to
those things that were familiar when life was new: the old house, the old
hometown, the people, smells and sounds we knew when we were young.
David Brooks
12. That sounds about right. For Brooks it was
the ‗69 Mets, for me the ‗67 Cards.
I left Missouri more than three decades
ago, and have even occasionally
experimented with temporary shifts of
allegiance.
But the team with the birds
perched on bats is still
magical for me, when
nothing else is.
13. Before I say another word, let me hasten to remind us all that it’s only a game.
Richard Ford wrote a very nice foreword to Roger Angell’s 2003 collection Game Time , in
which he noted that
Many people take it too seriously and
need to be told to lighten up… life’s
lessons can’t be taught very well by
overpaid twenty-two year olds…
14. That said, Angell has been dispensing meaningful baseball
wisdom for decades.
For instance:
Baseball always remains a
fraction beyond our reach.
Despite the sabermetric leap ,
it is irreducible and crazily
difficult to predict.
New Yorker blog,Oct. 30.2011, “That Series”
15. And that‘s true of our elusive quest for life‘s
largest meanings, too.
―I didn‘t hardly think about life at all ‗til I was
65 or 70,‖ says one old spectator in New
Gerontium (aka Sarasota) to another, in
Angell‘s hearing.
Plato said we shouldn‘t encourage anyone
to philosophize before their fifth or sixth
decade. I don‘t agree, but the game‘s pace
and rhythm definitely reward the grandstand
reflections of those who‘ve lived.
16. Like this guy. In 1989, Donald Hall was
diagnosed with Colon cancer,
but he eventually went into
remission. His wife Jane
Kenyon was diagnosed with
Leukemia in 1994 and she
passed away in 1995.
In 2006 he became U.S. poet
laureate.
President Obama awarded him
the National Medal of Arts in
2010.
17. His poem, "Baseball,― included
in The Museum of Clear Ideas
(1993), is the poet‘s ode to the
great American pastime and is
structured around the sequence
of a baseball game, with nine
stanzas of nine lines each.
Hall is passionate for the Sox.
Hall on the Red Sox, 2004
Hall‘s poem ―The Coffee Cup‖
New Yorker podcast: Hall looks out his
window
18. “The meaning of life”…The topic
sounds pretentious and vague and even
a little comical, and although I’ve
actually taught a course called “The
Meaning of Life” I probably wouldn’t
have proposed it for this year’s
conference if I hadn’t happened to be
reading Donald Hall at the very
moment when I received Ron Kates’s
email.
19. Hall now lives alone in the ancestral New Hampshire farmhouse he shared with
Kenyon for many years. He wrote about that experience recently.
20. Generation after
generation, his family‘s
old people sat at this
window to watch the
year. There are beds in
this house where babies
were born, where the
same babies died eighty
years later. After a life of
loving the old, by natural
law the writer turned old
himself.
Read more
21. The Baseball Players
BY DONALD HALL
Against the bright
grass the white-knickered
players tense, seize,
and attend. A moment
ago, outfielders
and infielders adjusted the catcher twitched
their clothing, glanced a forefinger; the batter
at the sun and settled rotated his bat
forward, hands on knees; in a slow circle. But now
the pitcher walked back they pause: wary,
of the hill, established exact, suspended while
his cap and returned;. abiding moonrise
lightens the angel
of the overgrown
garden, and Walter Blake
Adams, who died
at fourteen, waits
under the footbridge
22. Ah, the game! The game!
But what of the meaning of life…
Baseball connects American males
with each other, not only through
bleacher friendships and neighbor
loyalties, not only through barroom
fights, but most importantly
through generations.
D. Hall, “Baseball and the Meaning of Life,” in
The Complete Armchair Book of Baseball
23. Right… but if you’ve seen “Field of
Dreams”…
or read Doris Kearns Goodwin on
growing up in Brooklyn…
or hung out at my house, you’d strike
“males” from that statement.
24. The little girl in Field of Dreams, you’ll recall, can see the ghostly “baseball men” her
father sees. Both see with innocent eyes. The absence of cynicism, the openness to
experience and meaning, couldn’t be clearer.
But, that film’s reach far exceeded its grasp, meaning-wise. James Earl Jones’s famous
speech (“This field, this game, reminds us of all that was once good and that could be
again” etc.) earned one of Roger Angell’s shorter bursts of eloquence.
“Get a grip.”
25. Dewey’s “continuous human community” John Dewey
Philosopher
Educator
Class of '79
―The things in civilization we most
prize are not of ourselves. They
exist by grace of the doings and
sufferings of the continuous
human community in which we
are a link.
Ours is the responsibility of
conserving, transmitting,
rectifying and expanding
the heritage of values we have
received, that those who come
after us may receive it more solid
and secure, more widely
accessible and more generously
shared than we have received it.‖
A Common Faith
26. Dewey's antipathy for spectator theories of
knowledge did not block his acute perception
of "the sources of art in human experience
[that] will be learned by him who sees how the
tense grace of the ball-player infects the
onlooking crowd. . . ."
27. Dewey's critics charge him with an obsessive instrumentalism, but he
understood well enough what William Carlos Williams called the "spirit of
uselessness― which for some of us can drench an afternoon or evening at the
ballpark, or a morning in the garden, in delight.
The crowd at the ball
game
is moved uniformly
by a spirit of
uselessness
which delights them —
all the exciting detail
of the chase
and the escape, the
error
the flash of genius —
all to no end save
beauty
the eternal – (continues)
28. "When my revered friend and
teacher William James wrote
an essay on 'A Moral
Equivalent for War' (sic), I
suggested to him that
baseball already embodied all
the moral value of war, so far
as war had any moral value.
He listened sympathetically
and was amused, but he did
not take me seriously enough.
All great men have their
limitations.― Morris Raphael Cohen
29. OUR judgments
concerning the worth of
things, big or little,
depend on the feelings
the things arouse in us.
The spectator's judgment is sure to miss the root of the
matter, and to possess no truth.
―On a Certain Blindness in Human Beings‖
30. The solid meaning of life is
always the same eternal
thing,—the marriage,
namely, of some unhabitual
ideal, however special, with
some fidelity, courage, and
endurance; with some
man's or woman's pains.
—And, whatever or
wherever life may be, there
will always be the chance for
that marriage to take place.
―What Makes a Life Significant‖
31. Keeping score:
This year I read the best
example of literary
baseball fiction I’ve seen
in ears, The Art of
Fielding. It’s about
baseball the same
way Moby Dick‘s about a
fish.
Actually it is about that, too. But also about “Aparicio Rodriguez”
and the Tao of playing shortstop, of working to achieve mastery,
of learning the meaning of humility, of pursuing a dream with
courage and persistence and pain. It’s about the value and joy of
practice practice practice.
Art of Fielding
32. Every baseball fanatic of years who contracted this blessed affliction in
childhood understands "the thrill of the grass," the ripple of pleasure and
anticipation and the promise of happy absorption that comes with that first
glimpse of outfield through the grandstand tunnel.
33. “Go Cubs Go”
JUNE 16 2011. Chicago, my kind of town. Why do I only go
every thirty-nine years? I actually think I appreciated it
more this time, through the extended perceptions of my
younger traveling companions.
Wrigley in '72 was not
nearly the "religious
experience" of Monday
night, when a capacity
crowd rose yet again in
the 7th inning to give
spirited, full-throated, un-
ironic voice to our real
national anthem. Harry's
been gone for several
years, but only in body.
34. Then, the improbable 1-0 win against the 1st-place
Brewers sealed, there was this victory anthem. Younger
Daughter, a Cubs fan by choice, was in heaven. We all
were.
36. Good Enough
FEB.24 2012. My old
teacher John Lachs delivered
this year‘s inaugural Berry
Lecture at Vanderbilt last night.
‖Why is Good Enough not Good
Enough for Us?‖ It was just as
I‘ve come to expect of his talks
through the years, thoughtful
and elegant and crisply
performed.
It spurned Platonism, the impossible and stultifying
―pursuit of perfection‖ which he said…
37. is not the search for something definite and well-known. The limits of human
capacity and the vagueness of the ideal make attainment of perfection
impossible, yet its lure ruins our satisfaction with what is clearly excellent and
therefore good enough.
This isn‘t the ―good enough‖ of Lake Wobegon, where things could always be
worse, but the genuine good of ἀρετή [aretê] that ought to be enough to fill our
hearts and entice our eagerness for the morrow. But most of us fall prey to
perfectionism at one time or another, and cheat ourselves of the life
satisfactions we‘ve earned.
38. After the talk I asked Lachs if
he‘d seen Moneyball. He
hasn‘t. But consider the case
of poor Billy Beane, Oakland
Athletics General Manager.
Incapable of relishing his small-market team‘s record-
setting win streak or his own unorthodox contributions to
that achievement, he‘s a ―perfect‖ illustration of Lachs‘s
thesis.
The A‘s didn‘t win the Big One at season‘s end, so the
perfectionist GM considered himself and his team a failure.
He couldn‘t give himself a moment‘s pause to mark and
remember their remarkable success.
39. Final Score: 0-0
JAN. 14 2012. I find myself thinking this morning about Lawrence Krauss and Billy
Beane, an unlikely pairing unless you spend as much time as I pondering the
mysteries of the universe and the diamond.
Krauss was on SciFri talking
about his new book, spun out
of his viral video, making the case
that there‘s enough something in
―nothing‖ to make a universe. Or
multiverses.
And Beane was in Moneyball, the
movie based on Michael Lewis‘s
book…
40. Beane, I think, at least as depicted in the film, is ultimately a sad
figure who can‘t celebrate his victories because he expects never to
suffer big defeats. His daughter‘s serenade is painfully accurate:
―You‘re a loser, Dad,‖ not because he loses but because he can‘t fully
accept his passing victories, can‘t ―enjoy the show.‖
Still waiting to win the last game? None of us wins the last game, it all
ends in a draw. Nothing-nothing.
So maybe what a fan needs most , to find meaning in baseball, is the
consolation of quasi-religion?
41. Annie Savoy's "Church of Baseball
I believe in the Church of
Baseball. I've tried all the
major religions, and most of
the minor ones. I've
worshipped Buddha, Allah,
Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, trees,
mushrooms, and Isadora
Duncan. I know things. For
instance, there are 108
beads in a Catholic rosary
and there are 108 stitches in
a baseball.
When I heard that, I gave Jesus a chance. But it just didn't
work out between us…
42. The Lord laid too much guilt on me. I prefer metaphysics to theology. You see,
there's no guilt in baseball, and it's never boring... which makes it like sex.
There's never been a ballplayer slept with me who didn't have the best year of
his career. Making love is like hitting a baseball: you just gotta relax and
concentrate.
Besides, I'd never sleep with a player hitting under .250... not unless he had a
lot of RBIs and was a great glove man up the middle. You see, there's a
certain amount of life wisdom I give these boys. I can expand their minds.
Sometimes when I've got a ballplayer alone, I'll just read Emily Dickinson or
Walt Whitman to him, and the guys are so sweet, they always stay and listen.
'Course, a guy'll listen to anything if he thinks it's foreplay.
I make them feel confident, and they make me feel safe, and pretty. 'Course,
what I give them lasts a lifetime; what they give me lasts 142 games.
Sometimes it seems like a bad trade. But bad trades are part of baseball - now
who can forget Frank Robinson for Milt Pappas, for God's sake? It's a long
season and you gotta trust it. I've tried 'em all, I really have, and the only church
that truly feeds the soul, day in, day out, is the Church of Baseball.
43. To each her own. But I think what a fan needs most, for meaning in baseball, is
not religion but patience. Time changes everything. It‘s worth waiting for.
44. "The game is a repository of age-old American verities . . .
and yet at the same time a mirror of the present moment."
Ken Burns
Baseball has always had an uncanny appeal to intellectuals
and poets, from Whitman ("I see great things in baseball")
on,…
Morris R. Cohen, Robert Frost, Bartlett Giamatti, Doris
Kearns Goodwin
Stephen Jay Gould, David Halberstam, Donald Hall,
Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
Bernard Malamud,, John Updike, William Carlos Williams…
45. Those creatively images in which a
swatting Ruth melds with an Aaron, Mantle,
Maris, Mays, or
McGwire demonstrate at some level how
this mere game can
encourage its devotees to slip the bonds of
time, in transient
green reveries.
46. The late Renaissance scholar and baseball
commissioner Bart Giamatti wrote with
unscholastic passion of the
inner fields of play where we mortals may
visit paradise
47. Transcendence may be unexpected and
surprising, or it may be
the object of methodical cultivation. My
delight in the game of
baseball, for instance, or in a particular
game, sometimes
catches me by surprise but on other
occasions has to be tracked
down like a shot lined deep into the gap.
48. The "national pastime" is public, and
frequently baffling,
but—with a respectful bow to documentary
artist Ken Burns5 --it
is a stretch to call it "large." It is only a
game; but then,
there are times when life is best played at,
too
49. F. Scott Fitzgerald was
just wrong when he called it "a boy's game,
with no more
possibilities in it than a boy could master, a
game" without
"novelty or danger, change or adventure."
50. Closer to the mark is
the observation that it "has been a
touchstone to worlds
elsewhere."6 But for me the transcendent
dimension of this game
is not "elsewhere," it is (as in Field of
Dreams) in my own back
yard.
51. trans-end-dance: the ability to move
beyond the end,
otherwise called the dance of death. -Peter
Ackroyd, The Plato Papers: A Prophecy