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"You get through the tornado, and then afterward you say, 'Good heavens, what happened to me?'"
That's how Hester Hill Schnipper, L.C.S.W., describes the feeling women may have when the acute phase of breast cancer treatment ends and the road to survivorship begins. Schnipper knows the feeling well. She's a clinical oncology social work specialist in Boston, author of After Breast Cancer—and a two-time breast cancer survivor.
When treatment is over and you can catch your breath, anxiety about your life, your health, and your future can surface. "You look in the mirror and say, 'Who is this? This is not the person I have lived inside all these years. Everything is different,'" Schnipper says.
One thing that's missing is the constant support of health care providers you had during treatment. As a result, Susan Brown, R.N., manager of health education for Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a group that fights breast cancer, says the post-treatment phase may find women feeling alone and misunderstood.
Family and friends "think a woman should be relaxed and back to normal, but really it can be a time of more anxiety," Brown says. The old way of life may have given way to a "new normal." Fear of recurrence joins with initial fatigue, hair loss, and perhaps discomfort from breast reconstruction.
Schnipper says it generally takes at least as long as the total duration of treatment—months at best—to feel physically well again. Other aspects of recovery may take longer. "The first thing I say to women is that you will get through this," she says. "As hard as it seems now, you will feel much better a year or two from now, both physically and emotionally."
Here are some tips for proactive post-treatment recovery:
Confront checkups with awareness. The first five years after treatment are filled with exams, screenings, and fear the cancer will return. The first mammogram can be especially trying, Schnipper says. "Take a friend or meet someone later on that day." And Brown says you should make sure you know before treatment ends exactly who will manage your after-care.
Consider changes in diet. No specific diet targets breast cancer, but weight plays a role. "We do know that being overweight increases a person's risk for breast cancer," says Brown. Try to get less than 20 percent of your calories from fat, and avoid alcohol. A well-balanced diet rich in fruits, vegetables, healthy fats, and whole grains can help you look and feel better. A healthy diet can also take off pounds, a common side effect of chemotherapy.
Exercise for energy and your future. "The more exercise you do the better," says Brown. "Physical activity seems to reduce a person's risk of getting breast cancer initially and also decreases the risk for recurrence." A University of Missouri study found exercise can speed recovery and help patients better manage side effects.
Find the right support group. The best group for you is likely one that's focused on your phase of recovery. It's important to keep searching if the first group doesn't click. Younger women may find it doubly important to reach out, since friends may be at a very different life stage. A support group can be the best place to share stories that provide a sense of belonging.
Manage relationship issues. Schnipper says there is no evidence that marriages often end in divorce after breast cancer. Some marriages do not survive, but experts say it's usually because the relationship was already rocky. Partners must work through any issues of sexuality that occur.
Schnipper advises patients to realize their mates are also stressed. The two of you must approach breast cancer like any serious problem that requires honest communication and patience.
Lymphedema is a familiar side effect of breast cancer treatment. Lymph nodes in the armpit are often removed surgically or affected by radiation. Lymph vessels can become blocked, causing swelling. Studies show that perhaps half of all survivors experience at least one episode of swelling. Up to 30 percent experience persistent swelling.
In a recent study of young survivors, Ohio researchers and survivor Electra Paskett, Ph.D., found that lymphedema can affect how women view their lives. It can restrict movement and cause pain, discomfort, and embarrassment. Getting quick medical help for heaviness or swelling in an arm or hand can help prevent recurrence.
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Marsh Chapel Coffee Hour
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Serves 6 to 8
Preparation time: 20 minutes; Cook time: 55 minutes
Source: Vito De Carolis
Pasticcio di Polenta e Gorgonzola. Uncomplicated directions for an Italian favorite.
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- 6 cups Water
- 2 cups Whole milk
- 2 teaspoons Coarse sea salt *
- 2 1/2 cups Polenta (stone-ground Italian coarse corn meal
- 1 pound Gargonzola cheese, diced
- 1/2 cup Unsalted butter
- Combine 6 cups of water, 2 cups of milk, and salt in heavy larger non-stick saucepan and bring to a boil.
- Gradually whisk in cornmeal in a thin stream.
- Cook "Polenta" over medium-low heat (it should be barely boiling), whisking constantly, until thick and pulls away from side of pan, about 40 minutes.
- Meanwhile, 15 minutes before Polenta is done, melt butter in a saucepan, without letting it crackle, and combine it with Gorgonzola cheese, stirring to obtain an even mixture.
- Pour half Polenta onto a large serving platter, spread cheese mixture over it, and cover with the remaining polenta.
- Serve steaming hot.
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In relation to Western philosophical thought, Indian philosophy offers both surprising points of affinity and illuminating differences. The differences highlight certain fundamentally new questions that the Indian philosophers asked. The similarities reveal that, even when philosophers in India and the West were grappling with the same problems and sometimes even suggesting similar theories, Indian thinkers were advancing novel formulations and argumentations. Problems that the Indian philosophers raised for consideration, but that their Western counterparts never did, include such matters as the origin (utpatti) and apprehension (jñapti) of truth (prāmāṇya). Problems that the Indian philosophers for the most part ignored but that helped shape Western philosophy include the question of whether knowledge arises from experience or from reason and distinctions such as that between analytic and synthetic judgments or between contingent and necessary truths. Indian thought, therefore, provides the historian of Western philosophy with a point of view that may supplement that gained from Western thought. A study of Indian thought, then, reveals certain inadequacies of Western philosophical thought and makes clear that some concepts and distinctions may not be as inevitable as they may otherwise seem. In a similar manner, knowledge of Western thought gained by Indian philosophers has also been advantageous to them.
Vedic hymns, Hindu scriptures dating from the 2nd millennium BC, are the oldest extant record from India of the process by which the human mind makes its gods and of the deep psychological processes of mythmaking leading to profound cosmological concepts. The Upaniṣads (Hindu philosophical treatises) contain one of the first conceptions of a universal, all-pervading, spiritual reality leading to a radical monism (absolute nondualism, or the essential unity of matter and spirit). The Upaniṣads also contain early speculations by Indian philosophers about nature, life, mind, and the human body, not to speak of ethics and social philosophy. The classical, or orthodox, systems (darśanas) debate, sometimes with penetrating insight and often with a degree of repetition that can become tiresome to some, such matters as the status of the finite individual; the distinction as well as the relation between the body, mind, and the self; the nature of knowledge and the types of valid knowledge; the nature and origin of truth; the types of entities that may be said to exist; the relation of realism to idealism; the problem of whether universals or relations are basic; and the very important problem of mokṣa, or salvation—its nature and the paths leading up to it.
The various Indian philosophies contain such a diversity of views, theories, and systems that it is almost impossible to single out characteristics that are common to all of them. Acceptance of the authority of the Vedas characterizes all the orthodox (āstika) systems, but not the unorthodox (nāstika) systems, such as Cārvāka (radical materialism), Buddhism, and Jainism. Moreover, even when philosophers professed allegiance to the Vedas, their allegiance did little to fetter the freedom of their speculative ventures. On the contrary, the acceptance of the authority of the Vedas was a convenient way for a philosopher's views to become acceptable to the orthodox, even if a thinker introduced a wholly new idea. Thus, the Vedas could be cited to corroborate a wide diversity of views; they were used by the Vaiśeṣika thinkers (i.e., those who believe in ultimate particulars, both individual souls and atoms) as much as by the Advaita (monist) philosophers.
In most Indian philosophical systems, the acceptance of the ideal of mokṣa, like allegiance to the authority of the scriptures, was only remotely connected with the systematic doctrines that were being propounded. Many epistemological, logical, and even metaphysical doctrines were debated and decided on purely rational grounds that did not directly bear upon the ideal of mokṣa. Only the Vedānta ("end of the Vedas") philosophy and the Sāṃkhya (a system that accepts a real matter and a plurality of the individual souls) philosophy may be said to have a close relationship to the ideal of mokṣa. The logical systems—Nyāya, Vaiśeṣika, and Pūrva-mīmāṃsā—are only very remotely related. Also, both the philosophies and other scientific treatises, including even the Kāma-sūtra ("Aphorisms on Love") and the Arthaśāstra ("Treatise on Material Gain"), recognized the same ideal and professed their efficacy for achieving it.
When Indian philosophers speak of intuitive knowledge, they are concerned with making room for it and demonstrating its possibility, with the help of logic—and there, as far as they are concerned, the task of philosophy ends. Indian philosophers do not seek to justify religious faith; philosophic wisdom itself is accorded the dignity of religious truth. Theory is not subordinated to practice, but theory itself, as theory, is regarded as being supremely worthy and efficacious.
Three basic concepts form the cornerstone of Indian philosophical thought: the self, or soul (ātman), works (karma, or karman), and salvation (mokṣa). Leaving the Cārvākas aside, all Indian philosophies concern themselves with these three concepts and their interrelations, though this is not to say that they accept the objective validity of these concepts in precisely the same manner. Of these, the concept of karma, signifying moral efficacy of human actions, seems to be the most typically Indian. The concept of ātman, not altogether absent in Western thought, corresponds, in a certain sense, to the Western concept of a transcendental or absolute spirit self—important differences notwithstanding. The concept of mokṣa as the concept of the highest ideal has likewise been one of the concerns of Western thought, especially during the Christian Era, though it probably has never been as important as for the Hindu mind. Most Indian philosophies assume that mokṣa is possible, and the "impossibility of mokṣa" (anirmokṣa) is regarded as a material fallacy likely to vitiate a philosophical theory.
In addition to karma, the lack of two other concerns further differentiates Indian philosophical thought from Western thought in general. Since the time of the Greeks, Western thought has been concerned with mathematics, and, in the Christian Era, with history. Neither mathematics nor history has ever raised philosophical problems for the Indian. In the lists of pramāṇas, or ways of knowing accepted by the different schools, there is none that includes mathematical knowledge or historical knowledge. Possibly connected with their indifference toward mathematics is the significant fact that Indian philosophers have not developed formal logic. The theory of the syllogism (a valid deductive argument having two premises and a conclusion) is, however, developed, and much sophistication has been achieved in logical theory. Indian logic offers an instructive example of a logic of cognitions (jñānāni) rather than of abstract propositions—a logic not sundered and kept isolated from psychology and epistemology, because it is meant to be the logic of man's actual striving to know what is true of the world.
There is, in relation to Western thought, a striking difference in the manner in which Indian philosophical thinking is presented as well as in the mode in which it historically develops. Out of the presystematic age of the Vedic hymns and the Upaniṣads and many diverse philosophical ideas current in the pre-Buddhistic era, there emerged with the rise of the age of the sūtras (aphoristic summaries of the main points of a system) a neat classification of systems (darśanas), a classification that was never to be contradicted and to which no further systems are added. No new school was founded, no new darśana came into existence. But this conformism, like conformism to the Vedas, did not check the rise of independent thinking, new innovations, or original insights. There is, apparently, an underlying assumption in the Indian tradition that no individual can claim to have seen the truth for the first time and, therefore, that an individual can only explicate, state, and defend in a new form a truth that had been seen, stated, and defended by countless others before him: hence the tradition of expounding one's thoughts by affiliating oneself to one of the darśanas.
If one is to be counted as a great master (ācārya), one has to write a commentary (bhāṣya) on the sūtras of the darśana concerned, or one must comment on one of the bhāṣyas and write a ṭīkā (subcommentary). The usual order is sūtra–bhāṣya–vārttika (collection of critical notes)–ṭīkā. At any stage, a person may introduce a new and original point of view, but at no stage can he claim originality for himself. Not even an author of the sūtras could do that, for he was only systematizing the thoughts and insights of countless predecessors. The development of Indian philosophical thought has thus been able to combine, in an almost unique manner, conformity to tradition and adventure in thinking.
The role of the sacred texts in the growth of Indian philosophy is different in each of the different systems. In those systems that may be called adhyātmavidyā, or sciences of spirituality, the sacred texts play a much greater role than they do in the logical systems (ānvīkṣikīvidyā). In the case of the former, Śaṅkara, a leading Advaita Vedānta philosopher (c. 788–820), perhaps best laid down the principles: reasoning should be allowed freedom only as long as it does not conflict with the scriptures. In matters regarding supersensible reality, reasoning left to itself cannot deliver certainty, for, according to Śaṅkara, every thesis established by reasoning may be countered by an opposite thesis supported by equally strong, if not stronger, reasoning. The sacred scriptures, embodying as they do the results of intuitive experiences of seers, therefore, should be accepted as authoritative, and reasoning should be made subordinate to them.
Whereas the sacred texts thus continued to exercise some influence on philosophical thinking, the influence of mythology declined considerably with the rise of the systems. The myths of creation and dissolution of the universe persisted in the theistic systems but were transformed into metaphors and models. With the Nyāya (problem of knowledge)–Vaiśeṣika (analysis of nature) systems, for example, the model of a potter making pots determined much philosophical thinking, as did that of a magician conjuring up tricks in the Advaita (nondualist) Vedānta. The nirukta (etymology) of Yāska, a 5th-century- BC Sanskrit scholar, tells of various attempts to interpret difficult Vedic mythologies: the adhidaivata (pertaining to the deities), the aitihāsika (pertaining to the tradition), the adhiyajña (pertaining to the sacrifices), and the ādhyātmika (pertaining to the spirit). Such interpretations apparently prevailed in the Upaniṣads; the myths were turned into symbols, though some of them persisted as models and metaphors.
The issue of theism vis-à-vis atheism, in the ordinary senses of the English words, played an important role in Indian thought. The ancient Indian tradition, however, classified the classical systems (darśanas) into orthodox (āstika) and unorthodox (nāstika). Āstika does not mean "theistic," nor does nāstika mean "atheistic." Pāṇini, a 5th-century-BC grammarian, stated that the former is one who believes in a transcendent world (asti paralokah) and the latter is one who does not believe in it (nasti paralokah). Āstika may also mean one who accepts the authority of the Vedas; nāstika then means one who does not accept that authority. Not all among the āstika philosophers, however, were theists, and even if they were, they did not all accord the same importance to the concept of God in their systems. The Sāṃkhya system did not involve belief in the existence of God, without ceasing to be āstika, and Yoga (a mental–psychological–physical meditation system) made room for God not on theoretical grounds but only on practical considerations. The Pūrva-Mīmāṃsā of Jaimini, the greatest philosopher of the Mīmāṃsā school, posits various deities to account for the significance of Vedic rituals but ignores, without denying, the question of the existence of God. The Advaita Vedānta of Śaṅkara rejects atheism in order to prove that the world had its origin in a conscious, spiritual being called Īśvara, or God, but in the long run regards the concept of Īśvara as a concept of lower order that becomes negated by a metaphysical knowledge of Brahman, the absolute, nondual reality. Only the non-Advaita schools of Vedānta and the Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika remain zealous theists, and of these schools, the god of the Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika school does not create the eternal atoms, universals, or individual souls. For a truly theistic conception of God, one has to look to the non-Advaita schools of Vedānta, the Vaiṣṇava, and the Śaiva philosophical systems. Whereas Hindu religious life continues to be dominated by these last-mentioned theistic systems, the philosophies went their own ways, far removed from that religious demand.
S.N. Dasgupta, a 20th-century Indian philosopher, has divided the history of Indian philosophy into three periods: the prelogical (up to the beginning of the Christian Era), the logical (from the beginning of the Christian Era up to the 11th century AD), and the ultralogical (from the 11th century to the 18th century). What Dasgupta calls the prelogical stage covers the pre-Mauryan and the Mauryan periods (c. 321–185 BC) in Indian history. The logical period begins roughly with the Kuṣāṇas (1st–2nd centuries AD) and finds its highest development during the Gupta era (3rd–5th centuries AD) and the age of imperial Kanauj (7th century AD).
In its early prelogical phase, Indian thought, freshly developing in the Indian subcontinent, actively confronted and assimilated the diverse currents of pre-Aryan and non-Aryan elements in the native culture that the Aryans sought to conquer and appropriate. The marks of this confrontation are to be noted in every facet of Indian religion and thought: in the Vedic hymns in the form of conflicts, with varying fortunes, between the Aryans and the non-Aryans; in the conflict between a positive attitude toward life that is interested in making life fuller and richer and a negative attitude emphasizing asceticism and renunciation; in the great variety of skeptics, naturalists, determinists, indeterminists, accidentalists, and no-soul theorists that filled the Ganges Plain; in the rise of the heretical, unorthodox schools of Jainism and Buddhism protesting against the Vedic religion and the Upaniṣadic theory of ātman; and in the continuing confrontation, mutually enriching and nourishing, that occurred between the Brahmanic (Hindu priestly) and Buddhist logicians, epistemologists, and dialecticians. The Aryans, however, were soon followed by a host of foreign invaders, Greeks, Śakas and Hūṇas from Central Asia, Pushtans (Pathans), Mongols, and Mughals (Muslims). Both religious thought and philosophical discussion received continuous challenges and confrontations. The resulting responses have a dialectical character: sometimes new ideas have been absorbed and orthodoxy has been modified; sometimes orthodoxy has been strengthened and codified in order to be preserved in the face of the dangers of such confrontation; sometimes, as in the religious life of the Christian Middle Ages, bold attempts at synthesis of ideas have been made. Nevertheless, through all the vicissitudes of social and cultural life, Brahmanical thought has been able to maintain a fairly strong current of continuity.
In the chaotic intellectual climate of the pre-Mauryan era, there were skeptics (ajñānikah) who questioned the possibility of knowledge. There were also materialists, the chief of which were the Ājīvikas (deterministic ascetics) and the Lokāyatas (the name by which Cārvāka doctrines—denying the authority of the Vedas and the soul—are generally known). Furthermore, there existed the two unorthodox schools of yadṛchhāvāda (accidentalists) and svabhāvavāẖa (naturalists), who rejected the supernatural. Kapila, the legendary founder of the Sāṃkhya school, supposedly flourished during the 7th century BC. Pre-Mahāvīra Jaina ideas were already in existence when Mahāvīra (flourished 6th century BC), the founder of Jainism, initiated his reform. Gautama the Buddha (flourished 6th–5th centuries BC) apparently was familiar with all of these intellectual ideas and was as dissatisfied with them as with the Vedic orthodoxy. He sought to forge a new path—though not new in all respects—that was to assure blessedness to man. Orthodoxy, however, sought to preserve itself in a vast Kalpa- (ritual) sūtra literature—with three parts: the Śrauta-, based on śruti (revelation); the Gṛhya-, based on smṛti (tradition); and the Dharma-, or rules of religious law, sūtras—whereas the philosophers tried to codify their doctrines in systematic form, leading to the rise of the philosophical sūtras. Though the writing of the sūtras continued over a long period, the sūtras of most of the various darśanas probably were completed between the 6th and 3rd centuries BC. Two of the sūtras appear to have been composed in the pre-Maurya period, but after the rise of Buddhism; these works are the Mīmāṃsāsūtra Mīmāṃsā-sūtras of Jaimini (c. 400 BC) and the Vedānta-sūtras of Bādarāyaṇa (c. 500–200 BC).
The Maurya period brought, for the first time, a strong centralized state. The Greeks had been ousted, and a new self-confidence characterized the beginning of the period. This seems to have been the period in which the epics Mahābhārata and Rāmāyaṇa were initiated, though their composition went on through several centuries before they took the forms they now have. Manu, a legendary lawgiver, codified the Dharma-śāstra; Kauṭilya, a minister of King Candragupta Chandragupta Maurya, systematized the science of political economy (ArthaśāstraArtha-śāstra); and Patañjali, an ancient author or authors, composed the Yoga-sūtras. Brahmanism tried to adjust itself to the new communities and cultures that were admitted into its fold: new gods—or rather, old Vedic gods that had been rejuvenated—were worshipped; the Hindu trinity of Brahmā (the creator), Vishnu (the preserver), and Śiva (the destroyer) came into being; and the Pāśupata (Śaivite), Bhāgavata (Vaiṣṇavite), and the Tantra (esoteric meditative) systems were initiated. The Bhagavadgītā—the most famous work of this period—symbolized the spirit of the creative synthesis of the age. A new ideal of karma as opposed to the more ancient one of renunciation was emphasized. Orthodox notions were reinterpreted and given a new symbolic meaning, as, for example, the Gītā does with the notion of yajña ("sacrifice"). Already in the pre-Christian era, Buddhism had split up into several major sects, and the foundations for the rise of Mahāyāna ("Greater Vehicle") Buddhism had been laid.
The logical period of Indian thought began with the Kusanas (1st–2nd centuries). Gautama (author of the Nyāya-sūtras; probably flourished at the beginning of the Christian Era) and his 5th-century commentator Vātsyāyana established the foundations of the Nyāya as a school almost exclusively preoccupied with logical and epistemological issues. The Mādhyamika ("Middle Way"), or Śūnyavāda ("Voidist") school of Buddhism, arose and the thought of Nāgārjuna (c. 200), the great propounder of Śūnyavāda (dialectical thinking), reached great heights. Though Buddhist logic in the strict sense of the term had not yet come into being, a logical style of philosophizing was in existence in such schools of thought.
During the reign of the Guptas, there was a revival of Brahmanism of a gentler and more refined form. Vaiṣṇavism of the Vāsudeva cult, centring on the prince-god Krishna and advocating renunciation by action, and Śaivism prospered, along with Buddhism and Jainism. Both the Mahāyāna and the Hinayāna ("Lesser Vehicle"), or Theravāda ("Way of the Elders"), schools flourished. The most notable feature, however, was the rise of the Buddhist Yogācāra school, of which Asaṅga (4th century AD) and his brother Vasubandhu were the great pioneers. Toward the end of the 5th century, Dignāga, a Buddhist logician, wrote the Pramāṇasamuccaya ("Compendium of the Means of True Knowledge"), a work that laid the foundations of Buddhist logic.
The greatest names of Indian philosophy belong to the post-Gupta period from the 7th to the 10th century. At that time Buddhism was on the decline and the Tantric cults were rising, a situation that led to the development of the tantric forms of Buddhism. Śaivism was thriving in Kashmir, and Vaiṣṇavism in the southern part of India. The great philosophers Mīmāmṣākas Kumārila (7th century), Prabhākara (7th–8th centuries), Maṇḍana Miśra (8th century), Śālikanātha (9th century), and Pārthasārathi Miśra (10th century) belong to this age. The greatest Indian philosopher of the period, however, was Śaṅkara. All of these men defended Brahmanism against the "unorthodox" schools, especially against the criticisms of Buddhism. The debate between Brahmanism and Buddhism was continued, on a logical level, by philosophers of the Nyāya school—Uddyotakara, Vācaspati Miśra, and Udayana (Udayanācārya).
Muslim rule in India had consolidated itself by the 11th century, by which time Buddhism, for all practical purposes, had disappeared from the country. Hinduism had absorbed Buddhist ideas and practices and reasserted itself, with the Buddha appearing in Hindu writings as an incarnation of Vishnu. The Muslim conquest created a need for orthodoxy to readjust itself to a new situation. In this period the great works on Hindu law were written. Jainism, of all the "unorthodox" schools, retained its purity, and great Jaina works, such as Devasūri's Pramāṇanayatattvālokālaṃkāra ("The Ornament of the Light of Truth of the Different Points of View Regarding the Means of True Knowledge," 12th century AD) and Prabhāchandra's Prameyakamalamārtaṇḍa ("The Sun of the Lotus of the Objects of True Knowledge," 11th century AD), were written during this period. Under the Cōla (Chola) kings (c. 850–1279) and later in the Vijayanagara kingdom (which, along with Mithilā in the north, remained strongholds of Hinduism until the middle of the 16th century), Vaiṣṇavism flourished. The philosopher Yamunācārya (flourished AD 1050) taught the path of prapatti, or complete surrender to God. The philosophers Rāmānuja (11th century), Madhva, and Nimbārka (c. 12th century) developed theistic systems of Vedānta and severely criticized Śaṅkara's Advaita Vedānta.
Toward the end of the 12th century, creative work of the highest order began to take place in the fields of logic and epistemology in Mithilā and Bengal. The 12th–13th-century philosopher Gaṅgesa's Tattvacintāmaṇi ("The Jewel of Thought on the Nature of Things") laid the foundations of the school of Navya-Nyāya ("New-Nyāya"). Four great members of this school were Pakṣadhara Miśra of Mithilā, Vāsudeva Sārvabhauma (16th century), his disciple Raghunātha Śiromaṇi (both of Bengal), and Gadādhara Bhaṭṭācāryya.
Religious life was marked by the rise of great mystic saints, chief of which are Rāmānanda, Kabīr, Caitanya, and Gurū Nānak, who emphasized the path of bhakti, or devotion, a wide sense of humanity, freedom of thought, and a sense of unity of all religions. Somewhat earlier than these were the great Muslim Ṣūfī (mystic) saints, including Khwāja Muʾin-ud-Din Ḥasan, who emphasized asceticism and taught a philosophy that included both love of God and love of humanity.
The British period in Indian history was primarily a period of discovery of the ancient tradition (e.g., the two histories by Radhakrishnan, scholar and president of India from 1962 to 1967, and S.N. Dasgupta) and of comparison and synthesis of Indian philosophy with the philosophical ideas from the West. Among modern creative thinkers have been Mahatma Gandhi, who espoused new ideas in the fields of social, political, and educational philosophy; Sri Aurobindo, an exponent of a new school of Vedānta that he calls Integral Advaita; and K.C. Bhattacharyya, who developed a phenomenologically oriented philosophy of subjectivity that is conceived as freedom from object.


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Baby #3 is well on his/her way.
Sorry for the creepy ultrasound picture…but it's the law of blogging-you-are-pregnant…you must share the ultrasound picture.
I'm due March 19th…so I'll have 3 babies born in March…so every March we'll be the party house and sick of cake. :) We are really excited…I'm not feeling ready for 3 kids, but it will come. To celebrate I started a baby quilt that I'm not quite sure about:
I'm trying to jump out of my color comfort zone…but it might be a mistake. I'll show you even if it is…unless it's really bad.


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My Homes Recent LEED Silver Certification
I'm so conflicted right now. I'm like George Clooney in the movie Up in The Air, after they tell him, midflight, that he has flown his ten millionth mile, making him part of a very, very exclusive club.
I, too, am part of a very exclusive club. Last week I got official word that the Greenspiration Home (my home) has earned LEED® Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). This makes my home the first single-family home in the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina to become LEED certified and one of just a handful of homes in the entire state.
For over 3 years this has been my goal. And it's a HUGE accomplishment. But like Clooney's character in the movie, I find myself in a state of total ambivalence.
What is LEED, anyway?
This may earn me a bit of heat from LEED advocates, but as Randy Jackson of American Idol fame would say, "Hey – I'm just trying to keep it real."
I better start by explaining what LEED is, because unless you are in the construction industry, you probably don't know what I am talking about. (That, of course, is part of the problem.)
The LEED green building program is a voluntary, consensus-based global rating system for buildings, homes and communities that are designed, constructed, maintained and operated for improved environmental and human health performance. LEED addresses all building types emphasizing state-of-the-art strategies in sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials and resources selection, locations & linkages, awareness & education, indoor environmental quality, innovation & education and regional priorities. (And yes, I copied that directly from the USGBC site). Here's a mere snapshot of what some of that means in terms of LEED for homes:
|LEED Priority:
|Sustainable Site Development
|Did you take prescribe measures to protect topsoil, native trees and plantings, etc.?
|Water Savings
|Did you use low flow fixtures?
|Energy Efficiency
|Did you use an upgraded insulation, high efficiency HVAC, solar panels, etc?
|Materials and Resource Selection
|Did you use wood products that are certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)?
|Locations & Linkages
|Did you build in an area within walking distance to parks, schools, grocery stores, public transportation, etc.?
|Awareness & Education
|Did you create a website for your project?
|Indoor Environmental Quality
|Did you avoid products that contain Volatile Organic Compounds?
|Regional Priorities
|Did you use products that were made and extracted from resources all from within 500 miles?
Oh – and you can't just say you did all this – you have to prove it via documentation. And there is a hierarchy of entities to make sure you prove it and prove it well. There are worksheets, spreadsheets, scorecards, signed documents, scanned documents, verifications, etc. So, if you were wondering why it took me over 3 years to get this house certified, given work, kids, and everything else, well, now you know.
Where I'm Coming From
My own perspective on LEED has evolved over the last decade. As a writer for the commercial HVAC industry, I've been writing about LEED projects since buildings first started becoming certified. LEED is commonplace now in governmental, institutional, and even commercial facilities. I'm still writing about them. I have also witnessed the fact that this rating system has heightened awareness of sustainable/energy efficient building practices like nothing the U.S. has ever seen. It has truly transformed an industry in a remarkably short period of time.
In the residential industry, not so much. In that world square footage and granite countertops still rule. Many builders like it that way, most real estate agents like it that way, and homeowners are none-the-wiser. After all, who are they getting their information from?
Awareness of LEED has been eclipsed by newer, arguably less-stringent home rating systems that followed in it's footsteps. But even these rating systems enjoy little overall awareness or appreciation from consumers or the real estate market in general. There are exceptions to this, of course, but I'm speaking generally.
So if you decide to build a home and get it LEED certified, don't expect anyone to throw a parade in your honor. If you tell your friends, they'll no doubt smile and say things like, "How wonderful!" yet not have a clue what you are speaking about. And at the end of the process, as you are recycling a enough LEED related paperwork to confetti Times Square, you may start to wonder….. "Was it worth it?"
Me? (Pause.) Personally, yes, it was worth it. Rarely do we go through anything that challenges us this much and not come out with a feeling of pride and accomplishment. I've got that. But beyond a certain personal satisfaction, I'm just not sure. I sort of feel like a marathon runner at the end of a one-woman race – with few people waiting at the finish line to congratulate me or offer me a beer. I simply limp back to my car and drive myself home.
Like is said, folks, I'm just keeping it real.
This is a big topic. Too big for one blog, as I have much to share about what I learned from this process. Stay tuned as I try to give a relevant, realistic, and honest homeowner's perspective on LEED.
Trish Holder is the creator of Greenspiration Home, a homeowner-to-homeowner resource for green building and renovation.
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September 24, 2007
Futher To My Canadian Assimilation
East lead at 2 GA (with 6 to play) and the magic number at 5.
This morning, we are driving north for four days of Canadian cottage relaxation.
L and I and the dogs will be here, on Katchewanooka Lake. We are told the resort is 1.5 hours from Toronto (naturally).
There is wireless internet, so I can post, watch MLBTV and handle the game threads. The plan is to check the papers and post in the morning, then pretty much stay away from the computer until game time. If we're around, I'll put through comments every hour or so.
The Sox are off, but it's Burnett/Pettitte at 1 PM.
P.S.: If your name is ish, SoSock, phenrile, chief, Nixon33, David, s1c, or Woti-woti, could you email me: joyofsox at gmail dot com?
37 comments:
- s1c said...
got to love espn. in the game recap for yesterday is a little box listing largest deficits made up to win the division since 1969.
Last entry is the 2007 Yankees. Glad to know that the Yankees have already won the division.
- September 24, 2007 at 9:42 AM
- Amy said...
Sounds great! Hope you two have a wonderful time and that whatever happens in baseball does not interfere with rest and relaxation.
- September 24, 2007 at 10:34 AM
- Andrew said...
now it's pettitte vs. litsch. Burnett had some 'family issues' to attend to.
- September 24, 2007 at 11:37 AM
- Woti-woti said...
Jays replace AJ with Litsch. Buffy says Burnett was "called back home", no further explanation. That's usually fundie speak for he just croaked on us, but I think that would merit a bigger story. Gotta love them fucken Blow Jays. I hope the Sox are prepared to go 6-0.
- September 24, 2007 at 1:07 PM
- nixon33 said...
ok time to rely on our savior of the day....jesse litsch? ugh
- September 24, 2007 at 1:14 PM
- Jere said...
2-0 Jays!
Wow--as I flip it on the mlb.tv, Kay is saying, seemingly directly to me, "No one from the Red Sox can question the Blue Jays' effort here against the Yanks."
Really? Even Aaron Hill?
- September 24, 2007 at 1:31 PM
- Jere said...
3-0 Jays. Hold it this time pleeeaase.
- September 24, 2007 at 1:33 PM
- ish said...
TOR 3, MFY 0 after 2 innings.
- September 24, 2007 at 1:40 PM
- Jere said...
haha! E-Jetes. 4 to ZED EYE PEE.
- September 24, 2007 at 1:48 PM
- ish said...
I just noticed that Burnett was scratched from today's game. Jesse Litsch is pitching in his place (and baffling the Yankees).
Personal matters, explains the Globe and Mail.
- September 24, 2007 at 1:54 PM
- Dan said...
Allan, since you're up in Canada and all, we need you to do us a favor: Find out why AJ Burnett won't be pitching tonight's Yanks game after all, please? I smell a conspiracy...
Red Sox Monster
- September 24, 2007 at 3:28 PM
- ish said...
2 GA. woooot! Thank you, Blue Jays!
- September 24, 2007 at 3:52 PM
- tim said...
Fuck yeah! 2 GA again...magic number down to 5, ty blue jays & litsch.
- September 24, 2007 at 3:52 PM
- ish said...
So we get to cool our heels and the magic number still moves.
- September 24, 2007 at 3:55 PM
- tim said...
Have fun experiencing the Kawarthas! Good area, I used to go up there every year as a kid (to Buckhorn Lake...not sure where it is in relation to your place) but hope your first taste of cottage life is good! The wireless internets isn't exactly "roughin' it" - but it is the last week of the season, and if I was going away I would want it too! haha...anyway have fun and as always, go sox
- September 24, 2007 at 3:56 PM
- Jere said...
And it's over, Yanks lose. 2 games up. 6 left for each club. Magic number is 5.
- September 24, 2007 at 3:56 PM
- Amy said...
Just got out of class and saw that the Yankees lost! So Magic Number is FIVE! And a night off to enjoy no baseball stress....or a night off feeling no baseball energy...
Have a good evening, all. And RS and L-girl, hope you are enjoying the cottage and that the trip really DID take 90 minutes.
- September 24, 2007 at 3:58 PM
- ish said...
The other games of consequence tonight:
Minnesota at Detroit, 7:05
Silva vs. Robertson
Washington at Mets, 7:10
Chico vs. Pelfrey
St. Louis at Milwaukee, 8:05
Wainwright vs. Bush
Angels at Texas, 8:05
Santana vs. Galarraga
San Diego at San Francisco, 10:05
Young vs. Zito
- September 24, 2007 at 4:00 PM
- Devine said...
The difference between 2 and 1 is huge. HUGE.
Now go stomp on Oakland, would ya, Sox? They're responsible for one of Pap's blown saves, ya know.
Please, Tampa Bay, please. Win one. More if you'd like, of course. Scoreboard-watching is fun!
- September 24, 2007 at 4:18 PM
- Woti-woti said...
Sweet Jesus, just got back and saw the final. I take back all the mean thoughts I had about those wonderful, plucky Jays who Mr. Kaye says we have no right to question. Sox will go 6-0 just for spite.
- September 24, 2007 at 4:51 PM
- s1c said...
RS and L-girl, hope you enjoy the peace and quiet.
- September 24, 2007 at 5:31 PM
- tim said...
Not sure if anyone else watched this afternoon's game - I was watching on Buffyvision, and was incredibly fucking annoyed by what sounded like someone slamming 2 pieces of steel together every couple seconds. Did anyone else notice this too or am I'm slowly going mad...
- September 24, 2007 at 5:38 PM
- nixon33 said...
2 games up.
i hope you guys are having fun in the calm of canada.
- September 24, 2007 at 5:56 PM
- Amy said...
Go, Tigers!
- September 24, 2007 at 6:07 PM
- redsock said...
Hi all! No inside dope on AJ, but Litsch is now my newest favourite non-Sox player.
We listened to the first two innings during the drive and the last two or three sitting by our little lake. Nice to hear the MFY unable to do the little things that they allegedly can do anytime they want.
Change of plans, however. My laptop is not working well here, so we will probably not have MLBTV. We will be able to at least follow GDGD on L's computer. (She reports her stomach is slightly less knotted. The vodka helps.)
That means the game discussion will have to be at ThreadSox for the Okaland mini-series.
- September 24, 2007 at 6:08 PM
- Woti-woti said...
Sorry Tim, can't help ya. I watched the first few innings on BV but always mute it. The Stadium looked more than half-empty, maybe all the hallowed ghosts were clanking around.
- September 24, 2007 at 7:03 PM
- Jere said...
I guess I'm out for game threads for the most part for the rest of the year, because I'll be at almost all the games.
Tim: You may have been hearing Freddy. At Yankee Stadium, this 82 year old dude with one eye walks around with a colorful sign with a different message each game, always starting with "Freddy Sez:".
Which would be fine and totally not annoying, if he didn't also carry around a pan that he (and anyone else who wants to) bangs on. With the stadium more than half empty today, his pan-banging may have been echoing a little louder.
- September 24, 2007 at 7:26 PM
- Amy said...
I guess I'm out for game threads for the most part for the rest of the year, because I'll be at almost all the games.
Well, Jere, we will miss you here, but somehow it is hard to believe you regret being at the rest of the games. You will see them clinch the division! (Keeping the faith here.)
- September 24, 2007 at 10:48 PM
- tim said...
Which would be fine and totally not annoying, if he didn't also carry around a pan that he (and anyone else who wants to) bangs on. With the stadium more than half empty today, his pan-banging may have been echoing a little louder.
Sounds pretty fucking stupid to me. That's probably what it was then, I went to the archived game on MLBTV to laugh at Reed Johnson's snafu at the end of the 8th and could hear it on the YES feed as well.
Too bad that ol pan smacky over there will probably be 6 feet under before he sees another MFY WS win, pan and all.
- September 24, 2007 at 11:14 PM
- Jere said...
Amy, there's a good chance I see them clinch. Unless that happens on the day I have a wedding to go to--a game that I had tickets to!
- September 24, 2007 at 11:23 PM
- ish said...
A couple of last notes for today...
Cleveland --
Boston, 0.5 GB
Los Angeles, 1 GB
SD 2, SF 7, TOP 4th
Should the Padres lose, the wild card would look like this: (very snug)
San Diego, --
Philadelphia, --
Colorado, 1 GB
Atlanta, 3 GB
That is going to be a fun race to watch for this final week. I can't even predict who will win it. If you go by the old adage that good pitching will beat good hitting, then it's San Diego's wild card. But like I said last night, I am officially pulling for Colorado to come out on top.
But I wouldn't mind San Diego, either.
- September 24, 2007 at 11:30 PM
- L-girl said...
Unless that happens on the day I have a wedding to go to--a game that I had tickets to!
Stupid weddings!
- September 25, 2007 at 8:34 AM
- L-girl said...
Tim: You may have been hearing Freddy. At Yankee Stadium, this 82 year old dude with one eye walks around with a colorful sign with a different message each game, always starting with "Freddy Sez:".
We call him Freddy the Fascist. We once spotted him on the local news at a pro-cop-shooting rally at City Hall, where off-duty cops were jumping on top of cars and screaming racial slurs. Freddy was carrying a pro-cop-shooting sign.
Even without that extra touch, Freddy has always creeped me out. I don't find him annoying so much as creepy.
- September 25, 2007 at 8:38 AM
- L-girl said...
The wireless internets isn't exactly "roughin' it"
We don't rough it. :)
- September 25, 2007 at 8:40 AM
- Amy said...
Jere, I could have had tickets to the game on Saturday night through work (an alumni event for the school), but we have a family bar mitzvah in Boston that day. I am already annoyed no end, but if they clinch on Saturday night, I will really pissed off! (Dumb bar mitzvahs also,L-girl.)
- September 25, 2007 at 9:22 AM
- Jere said...
Amy--my wedding people are such big Sox fans, they have a "sports room" in their house, with all kinds of Sox souvenirs and stuff. And they still decide to have their wedding day on the last weekend of the regular season. Terrible! At least they chose September over October....
- September 25, 2007 at 12:41 PM
- Amy said...
Jere, the bar mitzvah boy is also a diehard Sox fans, as are his three sisters and his parents. But I am sure they had no control over the date, and I am thinking that they may have a TV set up somewhere for people who want to check in on the game during the party. After all, it is in Newton, within about three miles from Fenway. Maybe we will hear the cheers from there.
- September 25, 2007 at 6:10 PM


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Ralph Krueger is a cerebral sort and on the day after the Edmonton Oilers seventh straight non-playoff season ended, the Oilers head coach was waxing eloquent about pleasure and pain.
"There has been a tremendous amount of growth; there's been a tremendous amount of pain," Krueger told assembled media on Sunday at Rexall Place, as the metal band Motley Crue took over Rexall Place to deliver its own mix of pleasure and pain. "We've had pleasure, also, on this journey."
Krueger was referring to the emotional ups and downs his players experienced in the 48-game 2012-13 NHL season.
But it's safe to say the fans endured more pain than pleasure in a season in which the Oilers teased the faithful, ever so briefly, with the promise of a playoff berth, then broke their hearts with a late-season collapse, losing six straight games to fall out of the playoff race in the final three weeks.
The Oilers finished with a flourish, winning 6-1 in Minnesota on Friday night, then strafing the Vancouver Canucks 'B' team for six third-period goals en route to a 7-2 victory in the season finale, leaving the Rexall Place ice to a standing ovation.
In that final game, Nail Yakupov made his final case for the NHL rookie-of-the-year award (Calder Trophy) with his first career hat trick. Taylor Hall picked up two assists, finishing the season with 50 points in 45 games, ninth overall in the NHL.
Rookie defenceman Justin Schultz finished with a four-point night on a goal and three assists, giving him 27 points on the season, and goalie Devan Dubnyk was rock-solid, a final statement from the 26-year-old that he has emerged as a quality NHL goalie.
There are positives; there is hope.
But barely had the season ended before first general manager Craig MacTavish, on CBC's After Hours on Saturday night, then Krueger on Sunday, acknowledged this team simply wasn't good enough, not nearly physical or gritty enough to be a playoff team.
"We ended up with the result we deserved," Krueger said.
On Saturday night, MacTavish said he had concluded some time ago the team wouldn't qualify for the Stanley Cup tournament. Their opponents controlled the momentum of most games, or seized command at critical moments.
One key reason, MacTavish said, was that the team's support players too infrequently were difference makers. More often, they were non-factors, leaving the outcome, win or lose, up to the skill players, who had trouble handling the heavy going.
To reconstruct his roster, MacTavish will have a high first-round (seventh overall) pick to leverage at the NHL draft, as well as a cluster of assets to dangle in possible trades.
Asked if there were untouchables on the Oilers roster on Saturday night, MacTavish told CBC: "I don't really like saying that."
Admitting there were players the Edmonton public would have "a certain degree of trouble parting with," MacTavish added that "everything has its price," as any shrewd horse trader should.
One possible trading chip the club won't have is defenceman Ryan Whitney, an unrestricted free agent on July 1.
For the veteran Whitney, it was a painful season owing to his being a frequent healthy scratch. Slotted in as a fifth or sixth defenceman, Whitney felt he was miscast and misused all along, and said so on Sunday.
If Whitney won't be back, neither, it appears, will forwards Ryan Jones and Eric Belanger, whose contract would have to be bought out.
It's unclear which, if any, of the club's six unrestricted free agents it would seek to retain, although hard rock defenceman Mark Fistric might be one candidate.
Veteran winger Ryan Smyth, who produced two goals and 13 points this season, insists he can still contribute, even in a reduced role, a reality he accepted this season, although not without resistance. He has one year remaining on his contract.
Asked what the team's top off-season need is, Krueger said it was "offensive grit." Perhaps the most painful lesson of all this season for the Oilers was realizing all their skill was not enough to produce consistent five-on-five scoring. The Oilers ranked eighth on the power play, and ninth on the penalty kill, but 23rd among the 30 NHL clubs in scoring at even strength.
That shortcoming became painfully apparent when, riding a five-game winning streak that lifted them into a playoff position in early April, the Oilers were manhandled in Vancouver, losing 4-0 on April 4, and mauled again in Los Angeles two days later, when they lost 4-1.
They lost the next four games and the playoff dream was over.
Krueger would not attach a number to the personnel changes that MacTavish will have to make. But it's obvious they'll have to find a puck-moving defenceman they believe to be an upgrade on Whitney, along with a sprinkling of gritty forwards who can support the kids more effectively.
Given the lack of goaltending depth in the organization, the Oilers will be in the market for a goalie or two, whether they choose to re-sign 40-year-old Nikolai Khabibulin or not. Krueger lavished praise on both Dubnyk and Khabibulin during his exit media conference, that's for sure.
The organizational clock on the Oilers rebuild started in February 2010, making this just over three years of renovation. The fans, and a rump group of veteran players, though, have been around longer than that.
How long, captain Shawn Horcoff was asked, might it take for Oilers management to acquire the necessary components to be a team capable of going on another long playoff run.
"I hope it's not long," the 34-year-old Horcoff said. "I'm not getting any younger.
"It really is time. Our young (core) guys ... are not kids anymore. They're going to be four years' pro next year.
"It's time to take that next step."
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The Browns have been passing the eyeball test. Not only is their 4-5 record two games better than last year's record after nine games. Everyone seems to agree the team looks better.
The Browns have been passing the eyeball test. Not only is their 4-5 record two games better than last year's record after nine games. Everyone seems to agree the team looks better.
As the team rests up for a game at Cincinnati, some of the numbers say it loud and clear: They're better.
Other numbers ring with a warning that they had better shape up in some areas if they want to enter a playoff race.
Here is a bye-week breakdown:
The Browns rank 16th in passing yards, with 259.9 a game, up from 214.7 in 2012. Jason Campbell's average in his two starts is 277.7.
Also, after firing three touchdown passes against defending Super Bowl champion Baltimore on Sunday, Campbell was named AFC offensive player of the week.
Browns quarterbacks have been sacked 31 times. That's more than a Brandon Weeden problem, in that Weeden took only 28 sacks in 15 starts last year.
Campbell has taken a modest four sacks in two games, but he has had to move around quite a bit to dodge rushers. One of the sacks knocked him out of the Baltimore game for a bit.
Tight end Jordan Cameron is tied with Houston's Andre Johnson for No. 3 in the NFL with 17 third-down catches.
Last year's No. 1 tight end, Ben Watson, had 501 yards all year. Jordan has 600 yards already.
The Browns' offense ranks 29th in converting third downs, ahead of only the Rams, Cardinals and Jaguars.
Weeden didn't help the cause in his four starts, posting a league-worst 47.8 passer rating on third downs. In Sunday's win over Baltimore, It was Campbell who went 4-of-15 on third-down conversions.
"Riverboat Rob" has gone for it a league-high 19 times on fourth down, giving the head coach swashbuckling appeal to players and fans.
Rob Chudzinski's two fourth-and-1 successes Sunday were as big as any plays in beating the Ravens.
The Browns have been repelled nine times when going for it on fourth down.
Going for it on fourth down is a reflection of teams not good enough to win by conventional means. At least, the three teams that have gone for it more than anyone except Cleveland are the Jaguars (17 times), Rams (12) and Buccaneers (12).
Wideout Josh Gordon ranks 16th with 626 receiving yards, despite losing two games to a suspension.
At the end of last year, the top-ranked Brown (Gordon) ranked No. 39.
The Browns rank just 26th in total offense, based on yards gained, 316.8 yards a game. Last year's team finished 25th at 314.3.
How tough are the defenses the 2013 Browns have faced?
They have split with the No. 10-ranked Ravens. They have defeated the No. 5 Bengals, the No. 20 Bills and the No. 29 Vikings.
They have lost to the No. 8 Chiefs, the No. 15 Packers, the No. 23 Dolphins and the No. 25 Lions.
Defenses they have yet to face: The No. 7 Jets, The No. 12 Steelers (twice), the No. 19 Patriots, the No. 26 Bears, and the No. 27 Jaguars.
Campbell is the quarterback now, and even though he came in cold, his passer rating through his first two starts is 106.6.
The yards-gained average in his starts is up only slightly from the season average, to 327.5, but the team believes he did well against the tough defenses of the Chiefs and Ravens, and that he should keep improving as he finds a groove.
Campbell hasn't played enough to be on the leader board, but that 106.6 is impressive.
The NFL top five: Peyton Manning at 119.4, Aaron Rodgers at 108.0, Philip Rivers at 106.5, Drew Brees at 104.5 and Tony Romo at 100.0.
Campbell missed part of a series against Baltimore with bruised ribs, a reminder that his last extended chance to start, with Oakland, ended six games into the season because of a broken collarbone.
With Brian Hoyer out, the only available replacement is Weeden, who has looked as bad as his passer rating, 66.2.
Get this about the Browns' first-down defense.
It ranks No. 1 in allowing 3.72 yards per play. No. 2 is not close. Last year's NFC champ, San Francisco, led the NFL in first-down defense at 4.32.
The defense ranks 31st in percentage of third downs allowed to be converted, ahead of only the Vikings.
Too many third downs have been converted in scoring range. The defense ranks 31st in red-zone efficiency, giving up touchdowns 68 percent of the time when an opponent gets to the 20 or beyond.
Chris Ogbonnaya is averaging 5.3 yards on 19 runs. Recent signee Fozzy Whittaker shows signs of promise as a ball carrier. Campbell can make key plays with his feet, averaging 6.2 yards on six runs. The coaches have a knack for dialing up reverses and wildcat plays, with former college QBs Marqueis Gray and Armanti Edwards looming as wild-card threats.
No. 1 running back Willis McGahee ranks 24th in the league with 100 carries and 41st with 262 yards.
Among the NFL's top 50 in rushing yards, the seven worst in yards per carry are McGahee at 2.62, Baltimore's Ray Rice at 2.67, Baltimore's Bernard Pierce at 2.71, Arizona's Rashard Mendenhall at 3.05, Indianapolis' Trent Richardson at 3.09, Jacksonville's Maurice Jones-Drew at 3.20 and Cincinnati's BenJarvus Green-Ellis at 3.23.
The league average is 4.1.
Rookie sixth-round pick Andre Elington of Arizona has 71 more yards than McGahee in less than half the carries.
If there is a good year to have a bad running game, this is it.
Remember when the AFC North was ground and pound? Current NFL rushing ranks of the division's run games: No. 19, Bengals; No. 25, Browns; No. 28, Steelers; No. 29, Ravens.
Aside from the Steelers and Ravens, the only teams worse than the Browns in rushing are the Saints, Cowboys, Giants, Jaguars and Falcons.
Red-zone rankings indicate coordinator Norv Turner saves plenty of his good stuff for scoring range. The Browns have the league's seventh-best percentage (61.9) of scoring touchdowns after they drive to the 20 or beyond.
Last year, they ranked No. 29 in red-zone touchdown efficiency (43.6 percent).
The Browns rank No. 4 in total defense.
Games have been against a mixture of attacks, the No. 2 Packers, the No. 3 Lions, the No. 9 Bengals, the No. 15 Bills, the No. 23 Ravens, the No. 25 Chiefs, the No. 27 Vikings and the No. 28 Dolphins.
Coordinator Ray Horton promised an obviously improved defense by Thanksgiving, but there is still some proving to do.
Quarterbacks the defense will face down the stretch, if they are all available, are (in order of current passer rating):
Cincinnati's Andy Dalton (92.0), Chicago's Jay Cutler (91.7), Pittsburgh's Ben Roethlisberger (88.5), New England's Tom Brady (82.7), Jacksonville's Chad Henne (75.3). New York Jets' Geno Smith (71.0), and Roethlisberger again.
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Gov. Jay Nixon wants to pave the way for 300,000 additional Medicaid recipients in Missouri
Opening Medicaid to 300,000 more Missourians would bring $5.7 billion in federal funds to the state government over the next three years, Gov. Jay Nixon said during a recent visit to Rolla to discuss expanding the program.
"Will we bring the tax dollars we send to Washington back home to Missouri?" Nixon asked. House Republicans have voted not to participate in the Medicaid expansion called for in the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare.
Nixon said if Missouri does not participate in the expansion plan, "other states get the benefits, we get the bill."
Speaking at the Technology Development Center at Missouri University of Science and Technology's Innovation Park, Nixon was joined by law enforcement officers from throughout the Rolla area.
He referred to them at one point in his speech, noting that the Missouri Department of Mental Health has reported turning down the federal dollars available for the Medicaid expansion "will limit acess to mental health services and weaken public safety."
The law enforcement officers, he said, will find more mentally unstable individuals on the streets, which he said will mean "more dangerous people out there, challenged and needing help."
The governor repeated themes he has stressed in speeches throughout the state:
• The expansion will be "at no cost to the state."
• Non-partisan business groups throughout the state, including the Missouri Chamber of Commerce, support this plan." Chambers of commerce in Boliver, Branson, Cape Girardeau, Columbia, Sedalia, Springfield, St. Louis, West Plains and other cities also support the expansion.
• "Last fall, a study by the University of Missouri found that bringing these dollars back to Missouri to strengthen Medicaid would create 24,000 new jobs in Missouri in 2014 alone."
• "Low-income Missorians who can't afford health insurance and earn less than 138 percent of the Federal Poverty Level – or $32,500 a year for a famiy of four – would be eligible for coverage."
• "Republican governors in Arizona, Florida, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota and Ohio are putting partisan politics aside and embraching this opportunity to strengthen Medicaid and create jobs in their states."
Nixon said several times that Medicaid expansion is both"the smart thing to do and the right thing to do." He also said that it is a business decision, not a political decision, for "Strengthening Medicaid will strengthen our economy."
The governor asked those who attended to take action by calling their legislators.
"I wouldn't be here if I didn't need your help," the governor said.
Republican House and Senate members oppose the Medicaid expansion for a number of reasons, foremost being the $16 trillion federal debt already on the books that will grow with the Medicaid expansion.
Related to that, the GOP is concerned that because of the expense, the federal government will change it in midstream by cutting or closing programs, leaving the state on the hook to pay for the expanded services.


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I want to talk about this film. There are disturbing depictions of violence and lamentable depictions of the base nature of people. There are people in this film both Caucasian and African American that aren't worth more than two dead flies.
It is what it is.
It's kinda hard to talk about something you haven't seen though. I'm not saying that it's impossible, it's just kinda hard......maybe Spike Lee doesn't know that?!?
Maybe, just maybe it's time that we talked openly and honestly about race in this country....maybe that would help?!? So even if you haven't seen this film, let's have a frank and honest discussion about race. Let's talk about what bothers you; and I welcome any and all comments from anyone and everyone; and I would prefer that no one come anonymous.


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LITTLETON -- The Police Department inadvertently posted personal information of about 100 people on its website over an 11-day period, prompting the chief of police to issue an apology.
Chief John Kelly said a police log posted on its website contained a combination of names, dates of birth, addresses and Social Security numbers of 104 people, including 47 Littleton residents.
"At this time I am not sure if it was entirely human error or that coupled with technology issues," Kelly said in a press release.
The police log with information was posted on the website from Jan. 14 until Thursday.
The police log covered activities from Jan. 7 through Jan. 13.
The department was made aware of the breach by a reporter.
"I am happy to say that this has never happened before, in the 10 years we have been doing it, but that is little solace for those involved," Kelley posted on the Police Department's Facebook page. "We have put an additional system in place to ensure this does not happen again."
Police have attempted to contact by phone all those whose personal information was released.
A letter was sent to the home of each Littleton resident that has been affected by the breach and those affected outside of Littleton will be sent a letter Saturday morning, Kelly said.
"I extend my sincere apologies, once again, to anyone we have caused discomfort with this error and we will do everything we can to assist those adversely affected by it," Kelly wrote.
While the personal information was posted, the Littleton Police Department's website had 310 hits for an average of about two minutes for each hit. Police do not know how many hits were to the police log in question.
Police advise people to contact the department if they had "official contact" with the Police Department either by being stopped by police in their vehicle, were arrested, were involved in a motor vehicle accident in Littleton, required any medical attention that police responded to or reported a crime.
Kelly posted identity-theft information on the Police Department website to help those affected by identity theft.
Kelly advised those with questions to contact the Police Department at 978-540-2300 or email email@example.com.
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03/08/2013 4:02pmThe Utah Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of a man sent to prison for a 2008 attack involving a knife and a medieval battle ax.
Lawmakers still divided over accepting federal Medicaid plan
03/08/2013 5:45pmDuring the final days of the Legislative session, the discussion of Medicare in Utah has continued to bring divided opinions. On Friday, a bill was proposed to bar the state from accepting federal money.
Man allegedly stunned, tied up by fake cop during home robbery
03/08/2013 6:24pmPolice are investigating a home invasion robbery involving as many as three suspects who allegedly tied up a young man and stunned him with a device.
Study: PTSD affects veterans' spouses, too
03/08/2013 6:26pmNew research out of the University of Utah shows post-traumatic stress disorder isn't just a private war for the veteran, but a battle that can impact a spouse just as intensely.
Gov. plays ball with Lone Peak players
03/08/2013 6:29pmGov. Gary R. Herbert and the Utah Legislature welcomed the Lone Peak high school boys basketball team to the Capitol to honor them for a phenomenal season.
$10M bill to fund more medical students at U of U
03/08/2013 7:01pmThe Utah House is considering funding $10 million to enroll more students at the University of Utah Medical School. Administrators hope the money will lead to better health care for Utahns.
Paragliders trying to preserve Point of the Mountain from excavation
03/08/2013 7:47pmParaglider pilots who believe the Point of the Mountain provides some of the best air in the world are worried mining on the mountain will clip their wings and keep them from flying.
Proposed truck stop would worsen Cache Valley's air, residents say
03/08/2013 8:08pmCache Valley often gets attention for having some of the worst air quality in the nation. Some homeowners there are concerned a new truck stop could add to the problem.
Couple adopts baby with the help of Facebook
03/08/2013 8:29pmThe Hances waited for years to add a child to their family and with the help of friends and strangers on Facebook, they finally did.
Video shows man suspected in 9 burglaries
03/08/2013 9:31pmPolice are searching for a man who they believe is responsible for as many as nine burglaries in the Sugar House area.
Boats to get shortcut to Lake Powell due to low water levels
03/08/2013 10:11pmThe National Park Service is digging a channel to re-open a shortcut for boats that was closed off by the lake's exceptionally low water levels. Over the next few weeks they expect to remove 70,000 cubic yards of rock and dirt from Castle Rock Cut.
Police: Man called police 100 times threatening officers
03/08/2013 10:25pmA man who made more than 100 calls to 911 in one night threatening officers was arrested Thursday.
Former foster child adopts 15 special needs kids
03/08/2013 10:28pmA Layton couple with experiences in foster care of their own have adopted 15 children out of the Utah foster care system, all of whom have special needs.
Restaurant raises money for owner battling brain tumor
03/08/2013 10:31pmA restaurant is opening for possibly the last time in order to raise funds to support the restaurant's owner, who is in the hospital recovering from brain surgery.
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