text: Philosophy overview faculty program organizations after graduation Philosophy Major The philosophy curriculum for majors emphasizes the study of the history of philosophy and provides the opportunity to reflect on principal philosophical areas. Philosophy electives are organized under five headings: (a) Logic, (b) History of Philosophy and Regional Philosophies, (c) Moral / Political / Social / Cultural Philosophy, (d) Metaphysics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Language and Philosophy of Science, and (e) Special Topics / Independent Study and Research. A student who majors in philosophy must take (1) the requirements of the core, (2) a course in logic (PHL 310 or PHL 311 or PHL 312), (3) two courses in the history of philosophy (to be chosen from PHL 320, PHL 321, PHL 322, and PHL 323), (4) three semesters of the one-credit Philosophy Colloquium (PHL 376-79), and (5) five additional philosophy electives. Philosophy Minor A student wishing to minor in philosophy must complete five courses in philosophy, at least one of which must be a philosophy elective (PHL 310-399). All philosophy electives except PHL 490-499 are open to non-majors. Most electives in philosophy may be taken as soon as PHL 201 has been completed. Philosophy Courses Core Courses PHL 100: What is Philosophy? PHL 101: Philosophical Foundations of Western Thought PHL 201: Philosophical Perspectives on the Human Situation PHL 301-303: Ethics PHL 301: General Ethics PHL 302: Issues in Ethics PHL 303: Great Traditions in Ethics PHL 400-419: Seminars in Philosophy PHL 400: Self-Knowledge, Cosmopolis and Transcendence PHL 401: Philosophy and Politics, East and West PHL 402: Romance, Myth and Logos: A Philosophical Study of the Structures of Meaning PHL 403: Heroism and the Human Spirit PHL 404: On Education PHL 406: Limitation and Transcendence in the Human Condition PHL 407: Ethics, Art and Literature PHL 408: Philosophy and Revolution PHL 409: Philosophy, Faith and Mystic Union PHL 410: Health, Society and the Law PHL 412: Philosophy and Architecture PHL 413: Movies, Remarriage, and Unknownness PHL 414: Existentialism: Playwright Philosopher G. Marcel PHL 415: Theologies and Philosophies of Liberation PHL 416: Between Experience and Knowledge PHL 417: Located Knowledges PHL 419: Philosophy and the Environment PHL 480-489: Special Topics for Senior Studies Philosophy Electives Logic PHL 310: Informal Logic PHL 311: Introduction to Formal Logic PHL 312: Symbolic Logic History of Philosophy and Regional Philosophies PHL 320: Survey of Ancient Philosophy PHL 321: Philosophic Thought of the Middle Ages PHL 322: History of Modern Philosophy PHL 323: Nineteenth-Century European Philosophy PHL 324: Philosophies of Judaism PHL 325: Asian Philosophy PHL 326: U.S. Latina Thought PHL 327: Philosophy in the United States PHL 328: Existentialism PHL 329: Freud and Philosophy PHL 330: Postmodern Thought PHL 331: Contemporary Continental Thought Moral / Political / Social / Cultural Philosophy PHL 340: Philosophy of Art PHL 341: Philosophy and Literature PHL 342: Studies in Philosophy and the Theatre: Ancient Greek PHL 343: Philosophy and the Theatre: Transition to Modernity PHL 344: Art and Politics PHL 345: Issues in Medical Ethics PHL 346: Ethics and the Nurse PHL 347: Ethics and the Health Professions PHL 348: Social and Political Philosophy: Historical PHL 349: Social and Political Philosophy: Contemporary PHL 350: Philosophy of Law PHL 351: The Moral Assessment of Global Political Studies PHL 352: Critical Theory and Technological Society PHL 353: Latin American Social Philosophy PHL 354: Philosophy and the Social Sciences PHL 355: The Anatomy of Cruelty PHL 356: Philosophy of the Body PHL 357: The Social Production of Space PHL 358: Philosophy of Race Metaphysics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Language and Philosophy of Science PHL 360: Questioning the Existence of God PHL 361: Evil, Freedom and God PHL 362: Theory of Knowledge PHL 363: Analytic Philosophy PHL 364: Philosophy of Science Special Topics / Independent Study and Research Courses PHL 376-379: Philosophy Colloquium PHL 380-389: Special Topics in Philosophy PHL 390-399: Independent Study PHL 490-499: Research in Philosophy Core Courses PHL 100. WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY? (1). What is philosophy? The word "philosophy" means the love of wisdom. But what is the love of wisdom? Philosophy, far from being anti-religious or belonging to any single political outlook, is found in every world religion and in every political outlook. Everywhere, at every time, people search for wisdom and care about questions of truth, goodness or meaning. In this course, we study some of the most basic questions of philosophy, reading classic or good extracts of written philosophy, and exploring some of our own writing, too. (This course, offered during the summer, is open only to West Genesee High School students through their Renaissance Program for pass/fail credit.) PHL 101. PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF WESTERN THOUGHT (3). This course explores the nature of philosophical inquiry through a consideration of the writings of major figures in the history of Western thought up to 1650. Philosophers to be considered will include Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas and Descartes. Some effort will be made to reflect on the world views these philosophers represent, the cultural assumptions and values (e.g., ethnocentrism, gender and racial biases) oper ative in these world views and the effects of these assumptions on philosophical thinking. PHL 201. PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN SITUATION (3). This course examines a variety of interpretations of the human situation, drawn from the following categories: (1) the Western intellectual tradition since 1650; (2) contemporary thought; and (3) non-Western thought (e.g., Eastern, African, Latin American). Issues pertaining to (a) gender and the human situation and (b) race and the human situation will also be considered. PHL 301-303. ETHICS (3). These courses investigate the philosophical foundations of normative ethics in an effort to clarify the status of moral values in human life. The topics considered in these courses include the study of moral concepts, the characteristics of moral reasoning and the nature of moral responsibility. (Any one of these courses satisfies the third year core requirement in ethics.) PHL 301. GENERAL ETHICS (3). This course investigates the nature and kinds of values that affect the quality of human life. It examines the basis of moral responsibility, the notions of good, right and ought, as well as the special characteristics of moral reasoning. Within the time available, specific types of conduct are examined as morally good or bad, in the light of the grounds of goodness discovered and the method of reasoning found appropriate to moral judgment. Prior to registration, faculty teaching sections of this course will publish an appropriate syllabus to help guide students in their choice of courses. Prerequisites: PHL 101, 201. PHL 302. ISSUES IN ETHICS (3). This course attempts to investigate the ethical dimension of the human condition by focusing on a specific set of ethical problems or by focusing on a particular perspective of special interest to those carrying on the investigation. This course might well include such issues as capital punishment, euthanasia and the qual ity of the environment. It might also study various questions and problems that arise when one considers issues of gender and race. Prior to registration, faculty teaching sections of this course will publish an appropriate syllabus to help guide students in their choice of courses. Prerequisites: PHL 101, 201. PHL 303. GREAT TRADITIONS IN ETHICS (3). This course aims at an understanding of the activity of making moral judgments or affirming one value or set of values over another . At issue are, typically, the meaning of the words spoken when people make ethical assertions, the possibility of justifying or proving the truth of such assertions and the implications of discovering situations in which the ethical dimension is problematic. Integral to this course is a study of these questions in the light of the great traditions of ethical thinking as they have come to light in the various wisdom literatures. Prior to registration, faculty teaching sections of this course will pub lish an appropriate syllabus to help guide students in their choice of courses. Prerequisites: PHL 101, 201. PHL 400-419. SEMINARS IN PHILOSOPHY (3). A selection of integrative seminars designed to investigate the presuppositions, structures and images that underlie the human attempt to understand and participate in the world. Each seminar will focus on a theme of general scope and significance and, in so doing, will enable students to come to a reflective understanding of their own assumptions and values in the context of what they have encountered in their previous years of study. Emphasis will be placed on student discussion and active integration of material through written work and class presentations. PHL 400 (PGS 409). PHILOSOPHY SEMINAR: SELF-KNOWLEDGE, COSMOPOLIS AND TRANSCENDENCE (3). This course pays close attention to our own historicity. Each participant will make a conscious attempt to be authentic in responding to the question, "Who am I?", and to engage the question of the meaning of their own identity and existence in relation to the cosmos, transcendence and society. The selected readings and pedagogy employed will serve as a maieutic - midwife - in the Socratic sense: inspiring the student to articulate who he or she is, and how he or she ought to live with others, care for the earth, and collaborate in originating creative healing social and environmental structures. In this connection we will engage the significance and implications of the following phenomenon: "to equip an animal with intelligence constitutes not only the possibility of culture and of science but also the possibility of every abomination that has occurred in the course of human history." PHL 401 (PGS 422). PHILOSOPHY SEMINAR: PHILOSOPHY AND POLITICS, EAST AND WEST (3). What is the relation between free thought and the society where it originates and is expressed? Is that relation necessarily hostile? Is this hostility a Western phenomena, or is it found in the Eastern traditions as well? Can philosophy and politics ever get along? This seminar is a cross-cultural, comparative study of the relation between philosophy and the political. It is aimed in two directions: "horizontally" - that is, we will read comparatively the founding thinkers in Chinese philosophy (Confucius and his disciples) and their U.S. "disciples" (Emerson, Thoreau) - and "vertically" - that is, we will compare the use of Emerson's thought in contemporary U.S. culture with the use of Confucian teaching in contemporary Chinese culture. The seminar will help you decide whether East and West are incommensurable culturally, or whether they share the quarrel between free thought and society - that is, whether it is free thought and society that are fundamentally incommensurable. PHL 402. PHILOSOPHY SEMINAR: ROMANCE, MYTH AND LOGOS: A PHILOSOPHICAL STUDY OF THE STRUCTURES OF MEANING (3). Whether through a poem, a philosophical reflection, a piece of music or work of art, whether through falling in love, the power and challenge of one's life's vocation or a meandering boat ride up the Merrimac River, each of us has experienced the sublime state of meaningfulness. Some may have also experienced, in the evaporation of such meaning, the specter of meaninglessness. This course brings the tools of philosophical analysis to bear upon the phenomenon of meaning or meaningfulness. Through careful phenomenological study of the richly variated "family" of meaning-structures, each participant is provided with an opportunity for a critical understanding of the nature of humankind's engagement with meaningfulness. The course is predicated upon a presumed intimacy between our concern with meaning and the phenomenon romance. Thus, the distinctive but intertwined roles of mythos and logos in the creation of romance will serve as thematic threads into the investigation of meaning. The purpose of this experience is to afford each participant a greater appreciation of the birth and death of meaning, the manner in which it sustains us, and the full-blown range of its opportunity. PHL 403. PHILOSOPHY SEMINAR: HEROISM AND THE HUMAN SPIRIT (3). This seminar will involve varied readings from world literature, augmented by some extra readings from philosophy and psychology in search of responses to the question, "What makes a person great?" Of central concern will be the issue of the nature of the heroic; we will also be concerned with some other philosophical problems which arise in connection with this question (such as: the problem of evil; personal identity; determinism, free will and fatalism; death; the mind-body problem and the problem of other minds; philosophical anthropology and philosophical psychology as well as some phi losophy of psychology; philosophical analysis of religious experience). PHL 404. ON EDUCATION (3). You may have been in education most of your life, yet what is education? Let's consider the nature of education, especially how to cultivate your humanity, to develop you as a whole, human being. How can education produce wisdom, maturity, or growing throughout life? Joining the history of educational thinking with contemporary questions, the course gives you the opportunity to reflect on your schooling and to find ways to learn throughout life. PHL 406. PHILOSOPHY SEMINAR: LIMITATION AND TRANSCENDENCE IN THE HUMAN CONDITION (3). We can learn a great deal about the human condition from the struggles of human beings coping with the loss (or threat of loss) of aspects of experience that many of us take for granted most of the time: personal freedom, health and well-being, integrity and dignity, mobility, cultural stability, economic security. Looking at diverse cultural, historical and personal contexts (colonial Africa, American slavery, the Holocaust, the current AIDS crisis, physical disability), this course will explore the human being's struggle to find new sources of meaning and strength under conditions of profound challenge and limitation. An encounter with human differences as well as an exploration of what human beings have in common, the course also hopes to provide students with an opportunity to reflect philosophically on their own lives and the challenges they have met or will be faced with in the futu re. Assigned material will consist of short stories, novels, autobiographies, and films. PHL 407. PHILOSOPHY SEMINAR: ETHICS, ART AND LITERATURE (3). Investigations into questions concerning the relations between philosophical theories of ethics and actual works of art, including novels, paintings, plays, poetry and films, have recently been increasing. This course explores the thesis that philosophical theories of ethics, which state their case at a high level of generality, must be complemented and/or completed by detailed, individual case studies. It challenges students to bring human actions, their own and others, into relief through casting the lights of rival theories of ethics upon them. It works to reveal the differing social consequences of the adoption and/or truth of this or that theory of ethics for everyday life. Selected works of art are studied to determine what is gained and what is sacrificed in particular lives by putting trust in this or that theory. Finall y, the course explores various philosophical questions concerning the expression of values in art and in literature. PHL 408. PHILOSOPHY SEMINAR: PHILOSOPHY AND REVOLUTION (3). This course will examine connections between philosophical discourse and radical transformative practices in politics, culture, the economy and society. It will consider whether and how philosophical discourse contributes to the enlightenment necessary for revolutionary and liberatory transformations of the established order, or, alternatively, whether and how it becomes an obstacle to those transformations. Some of the ideas studied will include Plato's conception of philosophy as liberation from the imprisonment of the cave, modern and post-modern conceptions of social revolution and its likelihood, desirability, relation to human liberation and, finally, contemporary treatments of the relation between revolution, on the one hand, and neocolonialism, violence, patriarchal society, racial oppression and class exploitation, on the other hand. PHL 409. PHILOSOPHY SEMINAR: PHILOSOPHY, FAITH AND MYSTIC UNION (3). This seminar explores the concept of divinity developed in a contemporary project in philosophical theology. It then moves on to a consideration of the notion of religious faith as expressed by various authors in a biblical tradition. Finally, it inves tigates what it means to directly experience God by analyzing the several states of mystic union articulated by some of the great mystics. PHL 410. PHILOSOPHY SEMINAR: HEALTH, SOCIETY AND THE LAW (3). The historical development of western ideas of health, disease and illness will be studied from the perspective not only of philosophy, but also of medicine and psychiatry, psychology, religion, sociology, economics and the law. The seminar will explore the development of concepts of mental illness, dementia and mental "retardation", as well as the definition of sexual preferences and "perversions" as diseases, and the role of international groups, such as the World Health Organization, in the social construction of definitions of human health. Prerequisites or corequisites: PHL 101, 201, 302. PHL 412 (URB 412). PHILOSOPHY SEMINAR: PHILOSOPHY AND ARCHITECTURE (3). This course will examine philosophical issues raised by the practice of architecture – the relationship between space and place, the concept of "home," the boundary between "art" and "science," the demand that art reflect "our time," and the nature of the city. Beginning from some basic background in the history and language of architecture, the seminar will examine how philosophical questions arise from the everyday concerns of the architect. The course is taught concurrently with a seminar in the architecture school at Syracuse University and will involve weekly interaction with architecture students. PHL 413. PHILOSOPHY SEMINAR: MOVIES, REMARRIAGE, AND UNKNOWNNESS (4). This course will explore the familiar human cycle of disappointment and desire for change in oneself through examining a series of classic Hollywood and recent foreign films, in conjunction with readings in philosophy and literature. The films are concerned with marriage – marriage as a possibility to be reinvented with one's spouse, or alternatively as a possibility to be foregone in favor of some other, more private ideal. The work of the course will draw from philosophical and literary texts (chiefly by Stanley Cavell, but including works by Emerson, Locke, Nietzsche, Freud, Henry James, Shakespeare, and others) as well as from classic and recent Hollywood and foreign films (Moonstruck, Philadelphia Story, Now Voyager, Breaking the Waves, and others). PHL 414. PHILOSOPHY SEMINAR: EXISTENTIALISM: PLAYWRIGHT PHILOSOPHER G. MARCEL (3). This seminar integrates philosophy and drama by concentrating on the plays and philosophical essays of French existential thinker Gabriel Marcel. Marcel inquired into the meaning of life by appealing to the dramatic imagination; and his philosophical reflection clarified questions and themes that his theater first brought to light – e.g. I-Thou, interpersonal relationships, commitment, belonging, being and having, creative fidelity and hope vs. despair. PHL 415 (REL 415). PHILOSOPHY SEMINAR: THEOLOGIES AND PHILOSOPHIES OF LIBERATION (3). This seminar will provide the opportunity for students to examine philosophical and theological traditions of social and political liberation in the Americas. Special consideration will be given to reflections on gender, race, and class that occur in the theological and philosophical works we read. The convergence of theory and social praxis in ecclesial based communities, as well as the politicization of Latin American philosophical thought as a response to the Cuban Revolution challenge will be studied. and ecosystems will be examined. An important topic will be the nature and extent of value, particularly intrinsic value, in the natural world. Several important environmental issues will also be discussed, including obligations to future generations, population problems, and economics versus the environment. PHL 416. PHILOSOPHY SEMINAR: BETWEEN EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE (3). When one is questioned about the origin of her knowledge, she must refer to her experience. This course explores more precisely just what the tie is between one's experiences and one's knowledge. For, despite the familiarity of this association, the bond between experience and knowledge remains illusive. Through some enjoyable exercises in literary analysis and historical/autobiographical works, we will address three different relationships between experience and knowledge: scientific, social / cultural / historical, and phenomenological. PHL 417. PHILOSOPHY SEMINAR: LOCATED KNOWLEDGES (3). This course will be an exploration of the ethical and epistemological consequences of social location. Is your understanding of the world and your ability to move responsibly in it impacted by your race, gender, class, or sexuality? As you finish your final year at Le Moyne, we will reflect on how you have been prepared to promote justice in a diverse society. PHL 419. PHILOSOPHY SEMINAR: PHILOSOPHY AND THE ENVIRONMENT (3). This course provides a broad perspective on environmental ethics. Many theories of environmental ethics will be considered, including animal rights, biocentric, ecocentric, deep ecologist and religion-based theories. Special emphasis will be placed on environmental ethics as a critique of the anthropocentrism in traditional ethics. Various methods of extending moral consideration to nonhuman organisms, species and ecosystems will be examined. An important topic will be the nature and extent of value, particularly intrinsic value, in the natural world. Several important environmental issues will also be discussed, including obligations to future generations, population problems, and economics versus the environment. PHL 480-489. SPECIAL TOPICS FOR SENIOR STUDIES (3). These courses allow students to fulfill their requirement for a senior seminar in philosophy in new ways. The specific thematic focus and approach of each course, as well as the genre of texts and cultural materials employed will vary. Philosophy Electives Logic PHL 310. INFORMAL LOGIC (3). An introduction to critical thinking, this course focuses on developing skills in evaluating and constructing arguments. Fallacy detection and analysis will be of central concern. The inf luence and importance of gender and culture on argument, both as product and as process, will also be stressed. PHL 311. INTRODUCTION TO FORMAL LOGIC. (3). Students will have the opportunity of discovering and exploring the structure and interrelations of the various kinds of propositions that occur in deductive reasoning. Logic will be presented as applying t o the actual world incidentally, but to possible types of order explicitly. Propositional logic, predicated logic, classes and relations will be part of its content. Quantified expressions will be studied. Some attention will also be given to the non-deductive processes of the scientific method and the analysis of probabilities. Throughout the course there will be a wide selection of problem-solving challenges. PHL 312. SYMBOLIC LOGIC (3). Building upon a foundation of an introductory course in logic, this course will examine the construction and comparison of axiomatic systems. It will study the propositional calculus that is developed in Principia Mathematica and the axioms and theorem of Boolean class calculus. Duals, para doxes, multivalue logic, and modal logic will be included in the content of this course. It will included opportunities for developing problem-solving skills. Prerequisite: PHL 311. History of Philosophy and Regional Philosophies PHL 320. SURVEY OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY (3). A study of the development of Greek and Roman philosophy. This course aims at the formation of a sympathetic insight into the foundations of Western thought. Major items include the reflection of ancient philosophers upon the nature of the physical universe, the role of human beings in society and the nature of morality. PHL 321. PHILOSOPHIC THOUGHT OF THE MIDDLE AGES (3). A survey course in the development of the philosophic foundations of Medieval humanism. The major thinkers from Augustine to William of Ockham will be examined through both primary and secondary sources with special emphasis on the themes that unify the speculative thought of this rich period. PHL 322. HISTORY OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY (3). A survey of Western philosophical thought from Descar tes to Kant. The course traces the main lines of development of continental rationalism and Anglo-Saxon empiricism, culminating in the attempt at a synthesis in the transcendental philosophy of Kant. PHL 323. NINETEENTH-CENTURY EUROPEAN PHILOSOPHY (3). A survey of European thought after Kant. This course will focus on the rise and fall of idealism, the rise of positivism, and historico-materialist as well as existential reflections on culture, society and the human sciences. Figures studied may include Fichte, Schelling, Hegel, Feuerbach, Marx, Comte, J. S. Mill, Dostoevsky, Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard and Nietzsche. PHL 324 (REL 383). PHILOSOPHIES OF JUDAISM (3). An examination of a variety of Jewish phil osophical tendencies as responses to fundamental crises and challenges. The course will focus on several paradigmatic philosophies of Judaism in terms of the following: (a) the human person (philosophical anthropology); (b) revelation and obligation; (c) theology; and (d) Jewish identity and existence. The influence and importance of gender and culture in the development of these philosophies will also be stressed. PHL 325 (PGS 335). ASIAN PHILOSOPHY (3). An examination of the main philosophical traditions of India and the Far East: Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. This course will focus upon mysticism as a primary determinant of Eastern thought and will seek to place these philosophies in their historical and cultural setting. PHL 326 (PGS 342/GWS 343). U.S. LATINA THOUGHT (3). U.S. Third World women in general and Latinas in particular have raised important philosophical questions that have enriched philosophical and feminist considerations about the nature of the self, reality, knowledge and politics. This course will involve a close reading of a number of philosophical and literary texts by U.S. Latinas from a number of different social locations. PHL 327. PHILOSOPHY IN THE UNITED STATES (3). This course examines the development of philosophical thought in the United States from the colonial period to the middle of the twentieth century. The main emphasis falls upon the rise of pragmatic philosophy, as exemplified in the writings of Charles Sanders Pierce, William James and John Dewey. Other traditions such as Puritanism and Transcendentalism are considered, along with readings dealing with race and gender issues. PHL 328. EXISTENTIALISM (3). An examination of existentialist views on human choice, personal commitment and subjectivity. This course will study the relationship between self and world as well as the existentialist notion that the meaning of that relationsh ip is always open; it will explore the existentialist view that the gap between self and world is unbridgeable. The ambiguity and/or the absurdity of human life will be considered by means of a sustained reflection on existentialist philosophical, literary and cinematic works. PHL 329. FREUD AND PHILOSOPHY (3). An investigation of Freud's contributions to philosophy. The course will be divided between an intensive examina tion of texts from the founder of psychoanalysis (The Interpretation of Dreams, Beyond the Pleasure Principle, Moses and Monotheism, etc.) and readings of philosophical interpretations and evaluations of Freud. Topics covered may include the therapeutic claims of psychoanalysis, Freud and politics, psychoanalysis and the arts (literature, etc.) and psychoanalysis and feminist theory. PHL 330. POSTMODERN THOUGHT (3). This course conc entrates on European thinkers from 1870 to present. Themes include the role of the unconscious, the imagination, and desire in the creation of values and the presentation of knowledge. PHL 331. CONTEMPORARY CONTINENTAL THOUGHT (3). An exploration of developments in German, French and North American continental philosophy since the 1950s, with an emphasis on current issues and debates. Topics discussed may included the critiqued of humanism, deconstructionism, psychoanalysis, post-structuralism, European feminism and critical theory. Moral / Political / Social / Cultural Philosophy PHL 340. PHILOSOPHY OF ART (3). Why do we call some things beautiful and others not? And why do we often disagree? Is "This is beautiful" never more than an opinion, or can it be true? If it can't be true, then are works of art meaningless? If they aren't meaningless, how do we know what they mean? This course will examine these and related questions through careful reading and discussion of classic and contemporary writings in the philosophy of art. Visual artists, musicians, dancers, actors and creative writers should find it especially valuable, as will anyone who likes to think about art. PHL 341. PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE (3). This course will explore the various literary and philosophical dimensions of the imagination in order to appreciate how poets, novelists and philosophers have interpreted the world we live in through the ages. Representative works from the English Renaissance to the present will be analyzed and discussed. PHL 342 (THR 333). STUDIES IN PHILOSOPHY AND THE THEATRE: ANCIENT GREEK (3). This course offers one a study of the intimate weave between the development of ancient Greek philosophy and that of ancient Greek theatre. Through careful analysis of both philosophic and theatrical texts, one is afforded a richer and more sophisticated sense of the genealogical/conceptual/cultural interdependence of both genres of wisdom literature. Set within a phenomenological resurrection of the political and religious realities that nurtured to life such philosophical artistry, the study will walk through the great pillars of classical theatre, tragedians and comic playwrights both, as well as those of classical philosophy (Plato and Aristotle). PHL 343 (THR 332). PHILOSOPHY AND THE THEATRE: TRANSITION TO MODERNITY (3). A philosophical exploration into the nature of theatre, this course would attempt to elucidate the richly theatrical dimensions of daily life. A careful interweaving of selections from the theatre (both classical and modern) and selections from the philosophical literature, will afford students the opportunity to enhance their appreciation of the artistry of the theatre as well as the theatrical artistry of life. The thesis which underlies the study is that meaningful life requires the presense (in one's life) of the fictive (i.e., the theatrical). Central to the development of this thesis will be the philosophical theory of the "as if" of Hans Vaihinger. PHL 344. ART AND POLITICS (3). This course uses art manifestos and a variety of current works in both art and philosophy to examine and question the relation between art and politics. We will ask whether this relationship is necessary, desirable, or detrimental to art, or for that matter, politics. PHL 345. ISSUES IN MEDICAL ETHICS (3). Using a practical, context-specific approach that is sensitive to the philosophical, scientific, social, legal and economic dimensions that shape and define the field of bioethics, this course is devoted to a detailed study of ethical issues debated in the health professions. Specific topics will vary, but may include some of the foll owing: death and dying, the medicines, choices in reproduction, presymptomatic testing for genetic disease, AIDS and social justice, allocation of medical resources, and access to health care. Open only to students in the Physician Assistant Studies Program. PHL 346. ETHICS AND THE NURSE (3). Using a practical, context-specific approach that is sensitive to the philosophical, scientific, social, legal and economic dimensions that shape and define the field of bioethics, this course is devoted to a detailed study of ethical issues in nursing. Specific topics will vary. Open only to students in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing. PHL 347 (CCM 408). ETHICS AND THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS (3). See course description for CCM 408. PHL 348. SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY: HISTORICAL (3). This course investigates central issues in social and political philosophy from ancient times through the 19th century. Specific issues may vary, but will include some of the following: attempts to design the ideal state, attempts to provide a moral justification for the actions of states (the problem of power vs. a uthority), philosophical foundations of individual property rights, principles limiting the scope of legitimate governmental actions, principles of just revolution. PHL 349. SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY: CONTEMPORARY (3). An examination of methodological and substantive issues in contemporary social and political philosophy. Methodological issues center around the question: "What sort(s) of arguments (if any) justify the existence of states?" Substantive issues center around the questions: "What state functions are morally permissible? Morally obligatory?" Some current social issues are examined in light of the theories discussed; e.g., moral limits (if any) on political dissent, income redistribution, covert non-compliance with laws. Prerequisite: PHL 301 or 302 or 303. PHL 350. PHILOSOPHY OF LAW (3). This is not a course in the study of law. It is a course designed to afford students who have an interest in the law (not necessarily professional) an opportunity to reflect on the philosophical presuppositions of the law and the philosophical problems that arise within the general domain of jurisprudence. Based on readings (historical and contemporary) written by both philosophers and jurists, the course typically addresses general theories of law, law and morality, judicial reasoning, and crime and punishment. Students should expect to do a great deal of linguistic analysis as well as some case study. PHL 351 (PGS 352). THE MORAL ASSESSMENT OF GLOBAL POLICIES STUDIES (3). This course consists of three main elements. The first is an overview of great traditions in ethics, with particular attention to their use in morally assessing actions. The second element is an investigation of the particularities of assessing public policies and endeavors, as contrasted with assessing the actions of individuals. The third element is the moral assessment of global policies and endeavors. These may include, but are not limited to: international aid, human rights versus cultural prerogatives, nuclear weapons policies, terrorism, international military interventions. PHL 352. CRITICAL THEORY AND TECHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY (3). An examination of modernity, rationality and technological society through the lens of the twentieth century critical theory movement (also known as the Frankfurt School). Emphasis will be upon (a) critical theory's relation to Hegelian and Marxist theories, (b) its reflections on the rise of positivism and "scientism" in epistemology, and (c) the distinction between instrumental reason and com municative rationality. Figures studied may include Adorno, Horkheimer, Benjamin, Marcuse, and Habermas. PHL 353 (PGS 353). LATIN AMERICAN SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY (3). This course will study some of the major philosophical trends in Latin America in the light of both the search for cultural identity and the discovery of difference in the heart of sameness. Therefore, it will also consider those philosophies of social change which (a) provide a critique of hegemonic ideologies, (b) try to rediscover the submerged validity of pre-conquest and non-Western world views and (c) seek a dialogical integration of the diversity of voices in Latin America. PHL 354. PHILOSOPHY AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES (3). A critical examination of certain assumptions, methods and goals of the social sciences, particularly with reference to ways of observing, describing and explaining human behavior. Issues raised are whether the social sciences can be sciences; the meaning an d possibility of "value-free" inquiry (the fact-value distinction); whether one can understand human activity without moral categories; the relation of the philosophical enterprise to that of the social sciences. These issues are studied as they present themselves in sociology, psychology, political science and anthropology. PHL 355 (GWS 321). THE ANATOMY OF CRUELTY (3). Drawing on a combination of philosophical texts and other genres (e.g., novels, films, TV shows), this course seeks to provide students with an opportunity to study contemporary constructions of cruelty and criminal violence. We will probe the central images and tropes that permeate contemporary depictions of cruelty and criminal violence, with an eye to discerning the philosophical sources, the socio-political contexts, and the political uses of these representations. 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Goals: Voyager 1 and 2 were designed to take advantage of a rare planetary alignment to explore the outer solar system. Voyager 2 targeted Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Like it's sister spacecraft, Voyager 2 also was designed to study the edge of our solar system beyond the planets.
Accomplishments: Voyager 2 is the only human-made object to have flown by Neptune. In the closest approach of its entire tour, the spacecraft passed less than 5,000 km above the planet's cloud tops. It discovered five moons, four rings, and a "Great Dark Spot" that vanished by the time the Hubble Space Telescope imaged Neptune five years later. Neptune's largest moon, Triton, was found to be the coldest known planetary body in the solar system, with a nitrogen ice "volcano" on its surface. A gravity assist at Neptune shot Voyager 2 below the plane in which the planets orbit the sun, on a course which will ultimately take the spacecraft out of our solar system.

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Vonn takes win number 49 in St Moritz Downhill
If she was nervous after the downhill yesterday, this performance by Lindsey Vonn to record her 49th career World Cup win will have made the rest of the women nervous. HEAD World Cup rebel Lindsey Vonn was a massive 1.42 seconds ahead of the rest of the field as she grabbed the race by the scruff of the neck and laid out her intentions. Not even good friend Maria Hoefl-Riesch was able to live with the pace of the American and Hoefl-Riesch was happy enough with second place just ahead of Tina Weirather in third.
This eighth win of the season and second on the bounce was won on the lower half of the course. Vonn trailed Tina Weirather through the first split yet after that the gap between Vonn and the rest of the field just grew and grew. The fantastic weather was being matched by the almost faultless run of Vonn. "I thought I skied well yesterday. Today I stepped it up a little bit more," Vonn said, "When I crossed the finish line, I didn't know I would be that far ahead."
"Mostly I just tried to stay relaxed, I knew where I had to execute the line," explained Vonn on her run. And this is what she did.
The respect of the rest of the racers is there and Maria Hoefl-Riesch explained that "She skied perfect today again, I try to keep up with her, but at the moment it's really tough because she's so good. Maybe there will come a day when I can beat her again." On her own performance Hoefl-Riesch said: "It's a great result for me. I'm really happy, especially after yesterday," Hoefl-Riesch said. "It was a little more bumpy today, I'm glad the visibility was OK. It was still a really nice track." The result lifts her into third place in the season long standings.
With the record books showing that the next win will be her 50th, Vonn is just trying to stay relaxed and focus on the day to day things. "I'm trying not to think about it because I think that 50 is a pretty substantial point in my career. I'm trying to just stay focused on the race tomorrow; it's going to be a tough super combined," she explained.
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Simple question. When is it actually coming out? Tomorrow or on the 7th?
I've heard both.
In 49 states it's just basketball, but this is Indiana!
12:01 tonight
tomorrow. thanks CGG for starting the thread.
Post your GB name and XBOX360 name to get an invite.
I'll be leading the way this year. Everyone is welcome. Let's have some fun.
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The US is supposed to get it tomorrow (or midnight tonight),
"Nobody wants to play against Tyler Hansbrough NO BODY!" ~ Frank Vogel
"And David put his hand in the bag and took out a stone and slung it. And it struck the Philistine on the head and he fell to the ground. Amen. "
Want your own "Just Say No to Kamen" from @mkroeger pic? http://twitpic.com/a3hmca
ill be on around 1230 for whatecver
I'll join. Larry B1rd
pacer kstat and cgg all added. need pacer to accept invite.
hicks added just accept invite
I'm sure a lot stores will be soldout of the Bird covers by us.
I personally don't care. I'll get whatever's available in stock on my way home from work tomorrow.
In 49 states it's just basketball, but this is Indiana!
I'm in. MrCottageCheese on xbox. I'll be on around 12:30 tonight if anyone is trying to play.
You know I'm down.
Should I start the PS3 version of this thread?
Am I going to be the only one on that thread?
Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.
I have ps3 but I'm in australia and the game is not out until the weekend :>(
Let me know who all gets the PC version and wanna team up as well and/or have some get togethers in-game..
It SUCKS, cause if I remember right, doesn't the pc version get delayed a few weeks from the 360/ps3 release tomorrow?
"If my answers frighten you, then you should cease asking scary questions."
I'm Glazedham42 on xbox. What is the purpose of Gamebattles? Do I need to sign up for that too? Looks like maybe I need to? I've never heard of it until now.
I'm not perfect and neither are you.
Romans 3:23 For all have sinned,and come short of the glory of God. kjv
Ephisians 4: 32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. kjv
Xbox gamertag: kemosabe19
Should be picking my game up at 10am when Best Buy opens (Just got back from Venezuela and have been sick...must have had some bad water at a restaurant). Not sure I'll be able to play much 'cept weekends.
My offseason FA wishlist:
Sergio Rodriguez (backup pg)
Thomas Robinson (backup pf)
Andray Blatche (starting pf - replacing West)
Corey Brewer (starting sg/sf - interchangeable w/ PG)
you should report in to the ps3 thread too!


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This post was written for inclusion in the Family Size Blog Carnival hosted by Kerry at City Kids Homeschooling and Patti at Jazzy Mama. Today our participants share their decisions on family size and whether or not to grow their families. Please read to the end to find a list of links to the other carnival participants.
|Okay, maybe lotsa sweet
When Matthew was four and Ayden was five, we were settled. Matthew was in preschool, Ayden was in kindergarten, and we had more joy, more hysterical wrestling, more cuddles, than stress and struggle, so we knew we were ready. And so we had Riley.
|Matthew, Ayden, and Riley
For awhile, it was full in our house. Our bed was full, our hands were full, our time was so full with the million tasks of taking care of three little boys, and we were not sure if we had room for another baby. Riley was a remarkably easygoing baby. He never cried. He didn't feel it was necessary much of the time, and when he did, it was easy to fix. Milk, diaper, sleep. If those three didn't work, I would give him a bath and he would instantly settle. I was so grateful for a peaceful baby, because it took awhile to settle into a rhythm with three children, because we were always outnumbered. I was wrestling with post partum anxiety and I rarely slept. We were ridiculously happy, and ridiculously busy, drowning in unfolded laundry piles and wading through an ankle deep mess of toys in our livingroom. Three boys ate up every scrap of energy we had!
Two years later we started talking about another baby. We had three healthy, growing, smart, funny boys; were we tempting fate by trying again? Balance and rhythm in a large family are hard won, and adding another little person would threaten to shove us off kilter again. Our plan had always been to have four children, but were we nutter? Raising kids is hard work. The assembly line of needs, the fact that someone is always hungry, the struggle to impart empathy, good character, and a strong sense of self in each child, it is impossibly hard work. But oh, so joyful. These little people in my life, peeing on my bed and spilling coke on the dog, are such bright lights that I have difficulty believing that war and hatred can coexist with them in the world. And they smell delicious. And so we had another.
|Amarys, March 2011
|Four sweethearts on a couch
|Don't we have cute babies?
And we are done. We have two and two, everyone has a buddy (including momma and daddy), we have boys and a girl, and (most days) a unique rhythm that is actually so much easier to keep steady than when we only had two. Recently someone asked me if I find I don't pay much attention to my littlest baby, because she's my fourth, and I nearly snorted my drink out my nose. She gets so much love and attention from the five other members of her family that she has never had a lonely minute in her entire life. If she's not in my arms she's dancing with Matthew, or having a baby talk 'conversation' with Riley, or is backing her soft little butt onto Ayden's lap for a cuddle. She's not lacking in anything. Every day I'm so glad I know each of my kids. They sparkle with magic, and I'm fortunate to have all of them in my life. Poop, jam, laundry and all.
City Kids Homeschooling and Jazzy Mama to find out how you can participate in the next Family Size Blog Carnival!
Please take some time to read the submissions by the other carnival participants below:
- The Perfect Family The family at Living Peacefully With Children isn't perfect, but the size is just right for them...at least for now.
- Family Size Carnival Zoie at TouchstoneZ discusses how she loves the extremes of being happily child-free for life to being a mom of several. And on knowing when her family is just the right size.
- Is Adoption for Me? Christine at African Babies Don't Cry shares why she would consider adoption as the socially responsible way to have a large family.
- Getting Used to Having Kids Lauren at Hobo Mama went from "probably one, maybe two" to wanting a handful, but not without some major struggles and soul searching along the way.
- Magic Number For a while, Phoebe at Little Tinker Tales has wondered what the magic number will be for their family, but now thinks she's finally settled on an answer.
- How Did You Get That Size Jorje explains how she "chose" her family size and why they aren't planning to grow again on Momma Jorje.com.
- Family Size On A Per Kid Basis Sarah at Parenting God's Children shares how plans change as families grow.
- More Babies: How, When, Why Joella at Fine and Fair writes to her daughter about when, how, and why she might get a sibling.
- Family Size Kelly at Becoming Crunchy shares how she has no idea what size her family will end up being; though she used to be sure, a few factors have recently come up to change everything.
- Thy Will Be Done CatholicMommy hasn't decided how many children she'll have. And she never will. Because, you know, she's Catholic.
- Sanity and Health Kat at Loving {Almost} Every Moment talks about sanity and health considerations when deciding on her family's size.
- Love Comes In All Sizes Melissa at White Noise and Mothers of Change shares her family's journey to becoming a family of six!
- Family Size Liz at Homeschooling in Buffalo discusses how this carnival occurs less than two weeks after "closing up shop" by way of vasectomy.
- Family Size Blog Carnival Billy, a single mother by choice, writes about the size of her family at My Pathway to Motherhood.
- Creating Your Perfect Family Size Dr. Alan Singer shares insights from his new book, Creating Your Perfect Family Size.
- Our Family Size You might not be surprised to learn that Patti at Jazzy Mama can't find any reasons NOT to have more babies.
- Economics of Family Size Kerry at City Kids Homeschooling uses an economic cost-benefit analysis to determine her family's optimal size.


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During the previous months, the program of STROOM The Hague has been centered around performance, in a broad - expanded - sense of the word. On the day of the opening Expended Performance did not present an exhibition in its finished form; over time the presentation changed, by means of performances, activities and visitor participation.
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I've been mulling it over and decided the defense is much more solid right now than the offense. We score under 19 a game (25th), but our defense gives up just a point more (6th in the league). Would a top cb reduce opp ppg more than a top WR would improve our ppg? I'd say no. If we sign someone like Jennings then draft Allen or Hunter our offense would be in a shape that could easily add at least 3ppg, which would move us to middle of the pack and probably have us in the playoffs.
we have our qb (tannehill) now get him some toys to play with.........Keenan Allen, Cordarrelle Patterson, Zach Ertz & (fa) Greg Jennings or Mike Wallace.
You go with a CB or pass rusher. As for drafting a WR, Cordarrelle Patterson looks to be coming out, he's the one I would target in the second round, good hands and strong, has much more consistent hands than his teammate, Hunter. Probably will need to work on his route running, most college WRs do, also he can return punts and kickoffs.
Dependant on free agency and of course who falls on draft day ... but honestly if I had to pick now I'd go defensive end
sign gregg jennings.
draft keenan allen.
draft terry hawthorne.
I'd go allen in the first and target hawthorne in the 2b slot.
We need to address both early in the draft, but still think the first pick should be a DE that can rush the passer. Those guys are going to fly off the board because you've got to be able to rush the passer to be successful in the NFL. Dion Jordan could be the guy because I think Bjoern Werner will be long gone. Wide receivers can be found in round 2. Corner will be more difficult. Not a strong draft in that regard, but could get someone like Desmond Trufant in round 2. Here's a top of the draft I would like:
1. Dion Jordan DE
2. Desmond Trufant DB
2. Da' Rick Rogers WR
3. Markus Wheaton WR
3. Kyle Long OT
in THIS draft, DE, CB, WR in t hat order when considering first round picks. WR is deep in rounds 2-3/4


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Botanical name: Gladiolus
Plant type: Flower
USDA Hardiness Zones: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Sun exposure: Full Sun
Soil type: Any
Flower color: Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, White, Multicolor
Bloom time: Summer
Gladiolus is a perennial favored for its beautiful, showy flowers. Its flowers grow on tall spikes and are often found in cutting gardens or in the back along the border (because they are tall). Gladioli have many different colored flowers, and grow between 2 to 6 feet in height. It's good for cut flowers.
- Plant gladiolus bulbs in the spring once danger of frost has passed and the soil has warmed.
- Ready your garden by using a garden fork or tiller and loosen the soil to about 12 to 15 inches deep. After loosening the soil, mix in a 2– to 4–inch layer of compost.
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- It takes about 90 days from the time gladioli are planted to root, grow, bloom, and store enough energy for the next season.
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- Remove the faded/dead flowers to ensure continuous growth. Once all the flowers on a stalk have gone, cut off the stalk.
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- Use a space and dig up the entire plant, grasping the top to pull it out of the soil. Avoid bruising or injuring corms while digging. Shake off all loose soil and discard damaged corms. Cut the stalk within 1 inch above the corm. Save the small cormels separately if you so desire.
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- Replant these corms in the spring for another year of beautiful blooms.
Recommended Varieties
- Candyman, for its beautiful deep pink flowers
- Dream's End, which makes a good back border plant because its flower spike is up to 3 feet long (and it has pretty light orange flowers with large yellow centers)
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Alejandro Castillejo-Cuéllar's lecture explores how socio-political injuries in the national context and history of Colombia's armed conflict are simultaneously located across multiple faultlines of place, time and space. September 2014.
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Starting to learn the night sky from a light polluted area is quite easy; only a few stars to learn and see. Viewing from a dark sky for the first time can be startling but confusing. With the assistance of a GoTo Computerized Telescope, the amateur astronomer can have their telescopes guide them through the night sky through a few basic initial steps (these steps can differ depending on what alignment system the telescope mount accepts). With a simple computerized hand controller, time and date must be entered (if there is no built in GPS system) and the observer must slew to two named stars so the computerized GoTo mount can calculate coordinates accurately. Always make sure the mount is properly balanced prior to alignment; helps in accuracy. Some of the most common alignment systems include the Celestron All-Star, Two-Star, Sky-Align, Meade AutoAlign, and Vixen's StarBook Ten.
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1/2 cup
freshly grated Parmesan cheese, divided
1 teaspoon
olive oil
2 tablespoons
pine nuts
1 (16 ounce) package
potato gnocchi
2 tablespoons
olive oil, divided
zucchini, chopped
fresh mushrooms, cleaned and stems trimmed
grape tomatoes
torn fresh basil leaves
What I loved about this was the colors and how healthy it is. You can really add whatever veggies you have on hand. The Parmesan Cheese Crisps were wonderful! I make them often to top soups. What I didn't like was that it was a bit bland. There wasn't even salt and pepper in this. If I make this again I would definitely add salt, pepper, garlic and if I'm feeling a little crazy, red pepper flakes. I would also probably cut the grape tomatoes in half so they give up some of their juice while cooking.
I've made this several times and the one addition that lifts it over the top is a fair-sized dollop of pesto. It makes a superb vegetarian main course, delicious and satisfying. If you're in a rush, you can just add the Parmesan cheese instead of making the crisps, without sacrificing flavor.
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Used whole wheat gnocchi and added yellow squash, red bell pepper, green onions, whole garlic cloves and a little red pepper. Didn't have parm cheese so we just used mozzarella and it was great!
I put in a full 8 oz. bag of cherry tomatoes, cut in half, and 8 oz. of mushrooms. For more flavor I crumbled half a minicube of Knorr Chipotle seasoning over the combined ingredients (my favorite seasoning). It turned out really good, with raves from my wife. Thanks to PamMar for the suggestions.
The recipe was ok. I liked the very detailed instructions and the idea of the recipe. I used packaged whole wheat gnocchi and that may have been a large reason for my dissatisfaction. Based on the other reviews I added chopped scallions, garlic and mixed color bell peppers. I only had cherry tomatoes so used those cut in fourths. I also added salt and pepper. It was a very attractive and the flavor was ok- but something was still missing. I made the Parmesan crisps, but they didn't seem to go ( they seemed greaser making them this way, I have made the on parchment paper in oven and liked the result better). I wonder if adding the cheese to the veggie mix might have been better. Also maybe a dash of balsamic.
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Serving Size: 1/4 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 4
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 327
Calories from Fat: 192
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Robotics program grant applications are now available to all Oklahoma public schools.
The State Department of Education (SDE), in partnership with FIRST Robotics, has approved a $70,000 budget item to support public school student participation in the FIRST Robotics Program. The SDE will provide grants up to $5,000 per school to facilitate recent start-up and existing team opportunities. The deadline for applications is 5 p.m. Sept. 23, 2013. Grant awards will be announced in October and available to schools in November.
I had the best time last week attending the Vision 2020 conference. Thousands of educators joined us in Oklahoma City for this professional development conference.
I'm confident we gave them critical content and helpful updates as well as energized them for returning to school. I'm delighted to be able to provide this three-day conference. And, it was all FREE to Oklahoma teachers, educators and families of our students.
This week, the State Department of Education released to school districts initial state aid allocations for the FY14 school year. Districts will see an increase in per-pupil funding of $8.60 per student. The initial allocation for FY14 is $3,038.60 per student as opposed to the $3,030.00 received for FY13.
Contributing most to the increase in FY14 state aid allocations is the State Department of Education's receipt of an additional $21.5 million in funding for state aid to schools during this past legislative session.
State Superintendent Janet Barresi on Wednesday announced Oklahoma's 2014 Teacher of the Year finalists during the State Department of Education's annual Vision 2020 conference.
WHO: State Superintendent Janet Barresi, 2014 Teacher of the Year finalists, superintendents from finalists' districts, former Teachers of the Year and former finalists
WHAT: The 2014 Oklahoma Teacher of the Year finalists will be introduced and will be available for interviews. Press packets with bios and photos of each of the finalists will be distributed and made available electronically after the news conference. Six state regional committees comprised of teachers and parents each selected two of the 12 finalists.
State Superintendent Janet Barresi learned of the death of Dr. Ramona Paul on Sunday night. Dr. Paul was a former Oklahoma Assistant State Superintendent of Education.
"I was deeply saddened to hear of the death of Dr. Paul," Barresi said. "She is the pioneer who made early childhood education possible for the state of Oklahoma. We want to recognize all of her tremendous contributions to the profession and to students and families throughout our state. Our prayers and thoughts go out to her family."
Think Through Math Students Donate to Tornado VictimsThink Through Math representatives presented a check for $11,873 to the Central Oklahoma Chapter of the American Red Cross at the June 27, 2013, State Board of Education meeting.
State Superintendent Janet Barresi attended a ceremony Thursday at which funds were given to refurbish homes for teachers, school support staff and others displaced by recent.
Fiscal Year 2014 Education Appropriation ApprovedState Board of Education members in a special meeting on Wednesday approved spending for the more than $2.4 billion education appropriation for fiscal year 2014. The budget includes $74 million more than last year.


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Is it quite common at most Orthodox shuls for there to be a women's shiur presented by a female? What topics would generally be discussed?
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It's hard to say what's true of "most" Orthodox synagogues, but certainly most I've been in have classes for women presented by women, yes. Topics have included Scripture (parashas hashavua or Nach), hashkafa (Weltanschauung), halacha (often related to the time of year), and others: basically most of the non-textual topics covered by men (who speak for men or for women or for mixed crowds). Occasionally they have been based on texts (usually excerpts photostatted and distributed) and covered halacha or similar topics more analytically, especially in more 'modern' synagogues.


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Hold Your Liquor Flask
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Engraved along the border, this small stainless steel flask makes a humorous statement. It fits perfectly inside a pocket.
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