Wednesday, April 14, 2010

“Influence of American Indians on American philosophy ... - Nashville Tennessean” plus 3 more

“Influence of American Indians on American philosophy ... - Nashville Tennessean” plus 3 more

Influence of American Indians on American philosophy ... - Nashville Tennessean

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 12:38 PM PDT

"Creation and Liberation: The Ontology of American Indian Origins" is the title and focus of this year's Applied Philosophy Lyceum event at MTSU on Friday, April 16.

This free and open talk will be delivered by guest scholar Scott L. Pratt, chairman of the philosophy program at the University of Oregon, beginning at 3:30 p.m. in Room 304 of MTSU's James Union Building with an informal question-and-answer session and reception afterward.

"Professor Pratt has done substantial work on the ways in which the ideas and practices of peoples indigenous to North America have influenced American philosophy," said Michael Principe, MTSU philosophy professor. "His presentation at MTSU will focus on the significance of various creation stories as understood by American Indians."

Contact the Department of Philosophy at 615-898-2907.

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Duncan's philosophy wins pitching disciples - canada.com

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 01:35 PM PDT

When Chris Carpenter signed with the St. Louis Cardinals following the Toronto Blue Jays' decision not to give him a spot on their 40-man roster after the 2002 season, he considered himself "a guy who liked to throw hard, because I could. I didn't think all that much about pitching."

Former pitching coach Mel Queen and Blue Jays teammate Roger Clemens helped shape Carpenter, who had weapons aplenty and an unchallenged work ethic. The pieces were there, but the puzzle remained incomplete, and was complicated by shoulder surgery that cost Carpenter the 2003 season.

Advice offered by another former Blue Jays teammate, Woody Williams, helped Carpenter make his decision to sign with the Cardinals.

Williams came to the Cardinals in August 2001 via a trade with the San Diego Padres, who acquired him from the Blue Jays in 1998. He watched Carpenter win 12 games in 1998 while splitting time between the rotation and the bullpen in the New Hampshire native's first full major-league season. Williams, whose career got its second wind upon his arrival in St. Louis, bragged to friends that Carpenter possessed better stuff than Cardinals ace Matt Morris, the National League's leading winner in 2001 and an all-star the previous two seasons.

While Williams boasted to teammates about Carpenter, he told Carpenter about the benefits of working with Cardinals pitching coach Dave Duncan.

"He told me there was a plan behind everything, that he helped make guys better, that he gave you a plan of attack," Carpenter recalled.

He has evolved the past six seasons into one of the game's most dominant pitchers: a Cy Young Award winner in 2005, an ERA title winner last season, and, if not for a close vote in favour of the San Francisco Giants' Tim Lincecum, he would be a two-time Cy Young winner.

He is also a different kind of pitcher.

"Now everybody knows I'm either going to cut it, sink it or curve it," Carpenter said. "And if I'm able to execute my pitches, it really shouldn't matter."

No one, especially Duncan, credits the Cardinals' pitching coach and his right-hand man, bullpen coach Marty Mason, for Carpenter's talent.

Many, Carpenter included, credit Duncan for helping put together the talented pieces. Duncan's philosophy not only affects those already on the team's roster, but also those pitchers the team pursues, according to general manager John Mozeliak.

"Clearly, Dave has had a wide band of success with different types of pitchers. However, there does seem to be a consistent correlation with ground ball versus fly ball and pitchers that have the ability and the willingness to improve on their sinker," Mozeliak said.

Duncan is entering his 31st season as a major-league pitching coach and 28th as manager Tony La Russa's chief lieutenant. To La Russa, Duncan represents "the perfect pitching coach" because "there isn't any pitching problem you can present that he can't handle. I don't think every coach can say that."

Blunt and demanding, Duncan has evolved with the game. He freely admits seeking out few new friends within his coaching fraternity. Duncan and Mason operate on an island with their pitchers. Duncan's detailed records of every hitter the Cardinals have encountered and the reports and video forwarded to him by longtime video co-ordinator Chad Blair, the Cardinals' de facto advance scout, are his main tools.

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Hodes: We need a justice like Souter - Thehill.com

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 01:28 PM PDT

Rep. Paul Hodes (D-N.H.) on Wednesday lobbied President Obama to appoint someone to the Supreme Court along to lines of Hodes's former boss, Justice David Souter.

In an interview with The Hill, Hodes said the former New Hampshire Attorney General Souter, under whom Hodes served as assistant attorney general, has the right kind of judicial philosophy.

"I thought Justice Souter was a good model, as someone who came in expected to do one thing, but because of his judicial integrity and his understanding of the true role of a judge" turned out well, Hodes said.

Souter was appointed by the first President Bush 20 years ago and has disappointed conservatives by more often siding with the liberal wing of the court.

Hodes, who is running for Senate, said Souter's philosophy was "not the kind of activist Republican political approach that so many of the Bush nominees have adopted."

"He's a conservative Republican who's so conservative he's liberal, because he understands that the constitution protects individual rights as a bulwark against the potential oppressive poswer of the state," Hodes said.

Hodes said he views the constitution as a living document, but that the Supreme Court shouldn't be substituting for the legislature.

Hodes is uncontested in his primary. Another former state Attorney General -- Kelly Ayotte -- is battling a field of opponents on the GOP side.

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3 Responses to “Froma Harrop Column on Rise of ... - Ballot-access.org

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 12:52 PM PDT

Froma Harrop is a syndicated columnist whose work appears in 200 newspapers. Her most recent column focuses on the fact that independent candidates for Governor this year are doing very well in the polls in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Maine. Thanks to Peter Gemma for the link.

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