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American rising star Madison Keys may have defeated hometown hero Heather Watson in the first round 6-3, 7-5, but she's gathering support during this Wimbledon. The 18-year-old extended her Wimbledon debut to at least the third round by defeating Mona Barthel, the No. 30 seed, 6-4, 6-2 in exactly an hour.
"A couple games got a little bit close, but I was able to pull out a serve or two to get me back in the game." said Keys, whose game is suited to grass. "I just like how big serves and big forehands are rewarded. I think it's just different than other surfaces."
Although Barthel opened with a quick love game, as the match progressed she had difficulty matching the power of Keys' groundstrokes and serve. But in her first service game, Barthel struck an ace for 40-30 and a forehand winner to level.
In the third game, Keys began to put pressure on the German's serve, getting to deuce and earning her first break point with a slew of penetrating strokes. Barthel, however, erased Keys' opportunity for the early break. She successfully held with an unreturnable serve of her own struck out wide minutes later.
But in the sixth game she earned her second break point opportunity. The American, however, couldn't capitalise at first and missed a backhand return as Barthel jammed her out wide.
There were four more deuces before Keys was rewarded with her second break point chance. A forehand winner cross-court consolidated the opportunity and the 3-2 lead. She then held to love for 4-2.
At 5-3, and trying to earn a one-set lead, Keys couldn't handle the form of Barthel, who hit a winner down the line.
On serve at 5-4, Keys took a couple points and looked to poised for the set. Barthel, though, had different plans as she began moving the young American side-to-side for momentary success. A big serve looked to give the American a set point, but a mistimed forehand erased that chance and allowed the German a break point of her own.
Keys seemed to find her concentration again after that temporary lapse. A serve brought deuce and a mishit return gave Keys the set point. A forehand into the net from Barthel sealed the deal in 34 minutes.
Although Keys started the second set with another break point chance, she failed to convert as Barthel profited from errors and hit a backhand winner for added insult.
After holding for 1-1, Keys quickly went up 40-15 on her opponent's serve through a combination of blistering winners and errors. She took the break with a forehand cross-court winner struck from the middle of the court for 2-1. She held quickly in the next game for 3-1.
At 4-2 down, Barthel was struggling, missing routine shots and being blasted off the court continually by the 18-year old. She went down 0-40, but benefitted from Keys' errors to get to deuce. A mistimed slice backhand, however, gave Keys another break point chance, which she clinched on a Barthel backhand into the net.
Serving for the match, Keys began the game with two serves that went unreturned for 30-0. Another unforced error off the German's racket gave her match point, secured by a big serve.
Keys will now face last year's Wimbledon runner-up Agnieszka Radwanska, the No. 4 seed.
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20:24...But boy, it was a barrow-load of fun. I hope you enjoyed it even half as much as we did. Thank you for all your messages throughout, you've been the glue holding us together as the edges frayed amid the madness. Now if you'll excuse me, it's time for us Brits to raise a toast to Andy Murray and Fred Perry. British sporting legends both.
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The description "Cul de Canard" was reputedly coined in the late 1950s by French tier Henry Bresson for one of his patterns.
Information about CDC feathers started to appear in the US fly fishing media during the early 1990's. Its use in Europe dates back to the 1920's, primarily in the region between France and Switzerland. In 1980 Marjan Fratnik, a tier from Slovenia, designed the F Fly which generated renewed and expanded interest for various CDC patterns by European tiers. Gerhard Laible, Hans van Klinken, and Marc Petitjean further popularized the use of the feathers in a series of innovative designs.
The first time I heard about CDC was in Darrel Martin's Fly-Tying Methods (1987). I really didn't pay much attention to it until René Harrop wrote an article for "Fly Fisherman" in 1991. Its publication brought the material to the attention of the majority of US tiers.
|Recently, Hans Weilenmann, a well-known Dutch
fly fisherman and fly tyer from Amstelveen, The Netherlands, published a
highly regarded article about
CDC in "Fly Fisherman" magazine in March 2003: click here for the complete article. His signature fly developed in 1992 is the CDC&Elk - a great searching pattern for various insects the world over.
[Click here for a 5-minute Windows Media video (12 MB) by Hans Weilenmann showing step-by-step how to tie the CDC&Elk. You must have Windows Media installed and have a broadband connection to the Internet to view this video]
With his permission I have included the tying tips and tricks section of his magazine article and picture and recipe for the Snow Flake, which I think you'll find of considerable interest. If you have not visited his web site that includes a wide range of great patterns from the best tiers in the world you are really missing the boat - click here
Tips and Tricks with CDC
Bleaching - Bleaching natural dun-colored CDC feathers in a mixture of equal amounts of 3 percent hydrogen peroxide and household ammonia results in a wonderful, warm, light-amber color. The timing is not critical and may range from several hours to an overnight soak. Rinse the feathers in fresh water and let them air dry. The resultant feather stem remains pliant and the bleaching process appears to leave the feather structure mostly intact. The hydrogen peroxide and ammonia mixture gives off unpleasant and unhealthy fumes, so do this in a well-ventilated area.
Dubbing - Barbs broken away from the stem make nice dubbing material. Use them alone or mix in other natural fur or synthetic dubbing.
Bodies - Roll a Type 2 feather on a sheet of firm foam. Press the feather down with your fingertips and roll perpendicular to the stem. Start from the butt and work up toward the tip. Once you form the "rope," you can tie it in by the tip and wrap it around the shank for a buoyant and naturally tapered body. Many of Marc Petitjean's patterns feature this style of body. Including the stem makes these bodies virtually bulletproof, without the need of a reinforcing rib.
Trimming - When you cut CDC with scissors, you get an unnatural-looking square edge. "Tear away" the excess length of the barbs for ends that resemble the natural tips.
Drying - I prefer to dry my CDC patterns using amadou. I have experimented with other drying agents such as Shimazaki Dry Shake and Frog's Fanny, but it appears that once you use either of the two on a pattern, the buoyancy only lasts one fish before the drying agents need to be reapplied. Flies dried with amadou can be fluffed up by blowing air on them or with several false casts.
Snowflake Dun
Pattern: Roman Moser, Fly and photograph: Hans Weilenmann
(The materials are listed in the order in which they are tied. Instructions assume right-handed tier.)
Tying instructions:
1. Run the thread down the shank and tie in a fairly short CDC tail.
This is a Roman Moser pattern. Roman grew up in Gmunden, Austria, where he fished one of the best known trout and grayling rivers in Europe, the Gmundener Traun.
The Snowflake Dun is a low riding mayfly imitation. The white poly near the head provides both the origin to the name and a focal point when fishing it.


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It's the 4th day of New York Fashion Week, and we spent this sunny Sunday hitting up more fashion shows. Today's lineup showcased some of our favorite lady designers. (Hey, if they're good enough for Kate Middleton and Michelle Obama, they're good enough for us!) From fabulous outerwear to the prettiest ladies who strut the catwalk, here are our Day 4 highlights:
Models at Diane von Furstenberg
1. The gorgeous models at Diane von Furstenberg
We're sure DVF has her pick of the litter, but damn these girls are beautiful. Their perfect soft waves, bright pink lipstick, and chic '70s-style outfits don't hurt either.
Shoes at Tracy Reese
2. The awesome stilettos at Tracy Reese
What is this bizarre V shape? We saw them walk the runway in red, blue, and black leather and suede. We're loving it. V-pumps are the new toe cleavage. Or something like that.
Outerwear at DKNY
3. The coats at DKNY
From quilted leather bombers, to pepto pink and oversized menswear styles, there was a jacket for every occasion. We'd settle for... all of them.
And thus concludes our weekend coverage! Stay tuned for our daily recaps right here, and be sure and follow our daily antics on Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest!
Related links:
Three Things We Loved Today: New York Fashion Week Day 1
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They say it takes a village to raise a child, but every other November I am reminded that it takes several villages, actually an entire county, to hold a successful election! Everyone from my staff, to the generous help of staff from other county departments, to the software and printing vendors, judges (including the logic and accuracy board and canvass board), local post offices and even the local newspapers will help us get the job done in a remarkably short period of time. There will be some big challenges with such a contentious Presidential Election.
I am happy to report that certified ballot content from the Secretary of State is here. I received it Friday, the day after the Democratic National Convention ended. That means this office is building the ballot pertinent to Ouray County and fortunately, everyone will be voting on one ballot style. The next step requires that the content be submitted to our vendor for ballot creation. This will only take a week or two and upon final proof a .pdf of the ballot will be transmitted to our printer. Approximately four thousand ballots will be printed for Ouray County electors. I will also get a sample ballot uploaded to www.ouraycountyco.gov just as soon as possible!
For purposes of understanding the magnitude of the event, let us backtrack so I can give you a quick view of some of the work involved in pulling this election together.
In the office, the mail ballot requests and voter registration applications have begun arriving either by mail or online. As the deadline to register looms on the horizon and subsequent deadlines to ask for a mail ballot approach, workload increases dramatically. As November 6 draws near I anticipate overwhelming activity. Now that the ballot language is available, the precise and time-consuming process of creating, proofing, testing and ordering the many mail, early and polling place ballots needs to be completed.
Once ballots arrive, all electronic equipment and optical scanners need to be thoroughly tested. I and one of my staff, along with several testing board members appointed by each political party, will spend approximately three days marking test ballots, tabulating these results and casting test votes on all of our machines. It is an important exercise for obvious reasons but is very precise and tedious, with no room for error. At the end of this process, the machines are carefully sealed and stored for future polling place installation the day before election.
High voter turnout mandates that I hire plenty of election Judges. I will have approximately a dozen judges to assist with mail-in and early voting and another dozen judges for the three polling places on November 6. There are about two dozen judges to train for their various assigned duties. There is so much for these people to learn and retain with so much at stake – and yet they really do a fantastic job!
While all of these major tasks are occurring I am also carefully preparing judges and staff to assist in the setup of polling places, mailing bunches of ballots every day, holding early voting at the Courthouse for two weeks, as well as organizing election supplies, equipment and logistics for the installation of three polling places. We work very hard and in the end everything usually comes together just in the nick of time.
Election results will not be posted at 7:00 p.m. but should be available before midnight on Election Night. Happily, after a very long day, I will post them on the county website at www.ouraycountyco.gov for local results or you can check the Secretary of State's website for statewide results. I am certain the media will be all over it also. I remember in 2008 hearing that Obama was the declared winner and the polls on the West Coast had not even closed yet.
Knowing how hard we all work and how mentally and physically exhausting our job is, I empathize greatly with all counties for the pressure they are under during such a controversial election. It sure helps reaffirm the many benefits of being clerk in a small county in which I can be directly involved in all election-related processes, and work directly with so many incredible individuals. Administering elections is a very exciting process and, even with the extreme amount of work, my staff and I love it!
It all boils down to this. There will be endless commercials, tons of political mail, hours and hours spent testing equipment, continuous telephone calls verifying voter registrations, constant requests for mail ballots, lines of people wanting to vote early, non-stop signature verification, getting a chance to see our neighbors at the polls, continual checks and balances daily and what do we get? The privilege of voting! Be responsible; make certain your voice is heard. Do not wait until the last moment; know how you are registered and how you will participate in this election. Go to www.govotecolorado.com. Check, update, and confirm your voter registration. Know how you intend to vote. Be smart. Make your vote count!


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It's LSU folks, they will play, LSU rules apply to 2nd and 3rd team members only !
Ever heard of synthetic marijuana? How about K2? Or Spice?
You can bet Les Miles has. That substance is reportedly the reason his team will face Auburn shorthanded on Saturday, possibly derailing next Saturday's dream matchup of unbeatens with Alabama.
While LSU's coach refused to even confirm the suspensions of Tyrann Mathieu, Spencer Ware and Tharold Simon last evening, Jim Kleinpeter of The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports that sources said all three sophomores tested positive for synthetic marijuana.
According to a 2010 ABC News report, synthetic marijuana "is a mixture of common herbs sprayed with synthetic chemicals that mimic the effects of marijuana." In many areas, the substance is legal because it is marked as being "not for human consumption." Synthetic marijuana is illegal in Louisiana.
Survey results released earlier this month suggest that synthetic weed is "popular among consumers because they are seldom detectable on standard workplace drug screens."
Apparently LSU doesn't use the standard, run of the mill, workplace drug screening program. Much to the surprise of Mathieu, Ware and Simon.
For those who enjoy their Miles-isms, here's a sampling of what he said yesterday when asked if his players had been suspended:
"No, cannot confirm that… I certainly understand the interest surrounding what seems to be news. The problem with that news is it's internal discipline and internal function of a team. I'm not inclined to be forthcoming in information. I am not reactionary to needs of media and things external to this building. When there's information that I can share, I will…
So, that being said, there's a process that I go through, and it's not going to be short-cutted for the need to communicate."
When might that information become available? "It's something I review fully and I'm going to do it as I've always done it."
Were there failed drug tests involving any of his players? "I think you're way left of center. Wherever you got those reports, I haven't confirmed them, I'm not going to confirm them, and it's not information I'm going to respond to."
Is Miles disappointed yet another off-field issue has popped up? "I think the issues of society today (are) heaped full of temptation and distraction. Frankly, it doesn't surprise me in any way what's presented to our team."
Can his team handle this distraction? "This football team might well understand what a distraction is. I don't know that I've seen a change in their get along. I think they understand what they need to do."
After saying that all of his players practiced yesterday and that his depth chart "hasn't changed," Miles said: "I expect that my team will take the field ably manned and ready to play at all positions. If we miss guys we'll promote from behind. I don't think speculation serves our team at this point."
At this point, there are questions about who is suspended, for what reasons and for how long. Sources have told multiple media outlets that three players have been suspended for the Auburn game for testing positive for synthetic marijuana. But Miles confirmed none of that and suggested that the drug talk was "way left of center." But that's probably because coaches typically choose not to discuss drug issues due to HIPAA rules protecting the privacy of players.
According to an AOL Fanhouse investigation last December, LSU's drug policy is in the lower end of the SEC pack in terms of stiffness.
A first failed drug test brings no action. A second strike calls for a suspension of 15% of the school's games. A third strike results in a one-year suspension.
However, Miles could have suspended the players after a failed test on his own. If not, then it appears these players have tested positive before. That means they'll likely miss the Alabama game as well, depending on how that 15% rule is interpreted. Fifteen percent of a 12-game season would equal two games. Fifteen percent of LSU's remaining six regular season games would result in just a one-game benching.
(This is yet another reason we believe the SEC needs a universal drug policy for all member institutions.)
We'll allow John DeShazier of The New Orleans Times-Picayune to sum this one up:
"Opponents haven't been an issue for LSU this season. The Tigers themselves, though, have been another foe altogether."


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That's a great picture. I especially like how you drew the trees.
English style illustration
Mega crazy creepy detailed stuff
Manga ( cuz like duh its MT )
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Alright so I guess this will be my thread from now on. After snooping around figuring out how the place works (now its all new an shiny), I figure Ill post my A level art piece. Its the last piece il do for an actual art course. Just looking to pursue as a side career from now on
If you want to see it in large you can check out
But uhh..I only had my iphone on me to photograph it at school and I cant bring it home until after its been marked so.. the photo quality takes away a little.
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That's a great picture. I especially like how you drew the trees.
Looks really good, very refined and finished. And that flower on your deviant, I'd say even better.
Thanks to the both of you And about the flower, did that awhile ago when I was first learning water colour. Flowers are a nice change from my usual stuff.
Alright I thought the digital editing I did on that piece took away from it a little so I figure the original should be posted.
Anndd some pictures I found on my iphone , two things from my sketch book. Each one took id say 4 hours or so to complete.
These are both unedited originals.
You have a great style with a sort of wicked victorian feel to it. I especially like the one with the woman and tree dudes.
You drawings remind me of the older Grimm Fairy Tail illustrations. Were you influenced by them, may I ask? Also, there are some areas that are spot on with the thickness of the lines but in some other areas, I think you should've made them pop out more by adding thicker lines. The last art you posted for example, I have no trouble picking out like the trees and the human but I have to really focus to see the other animals; rabbit, lion, fox. Anyways - just something to keep in mind, imo, on your future drawings. Keep up the good work!
Yeah, your style is totally amazing. It reminds me of a heavy-lined version of Fleet Foxes' first album, which I love. The subtle washes of color work extremely well with your detailed lineart.
Gunzet : Thanks, thats one of my most mixed media pieces. Theres biro , ink with nib , watercolour , marker and I think some pencil crayon.
Rio : Yes I was influenced by the Grimm Fairy tale illustrations. There probobly my most significant influence actually. Ah Ok I see your point with the line wieghts. Il pay more attention to them in the future. Thanks.
Celestial fox - Thanks a lot, glad you like it.
Should post new art..but can't on this computer.. will edit later.
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Just a rough sketch I did in ink, didn't pencil it in first like usual. Iv tried to edit the annoying fold in my sketchbook and crap quality paper out of it.
Iv got a few new illustrations in mind that im working on at the moment so ..soon
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seems like I'm looking at some gnalry fairy tale , book illustrations :}
very cool!
What exactly do you use to ink things? It seems like it may be ballpoint in some places, but other times it looks like a brush pen or nib.


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Fedora is the best coach in the state and had the best team in the state this year. Impressive win over Houston. He could be named the new coach at Ole Miss as early as Monday and then start the domination of State after a couple of years of rebuilding. Mullen would be wise to go to Penn State, or anywhere else, before his stock bottoms out, if it hasn't already.
As noted earlier today, Larry Fedora is figuring prominently in Ole Miss' search for a new head coach. He'll likely win a few Rebel fans to his corner with a barb he tossed toward Mississippi State's Dan Mullen… a coach who has tossed his own barbs at UM for three years.
After Saturday's Egg Bowl win, Mullen said:
"Hopefully the kids in the state of Mississippi understand this is the place to come to win championships."
Said the man who'd just finished up a 6-6 regular season. While Mullen dart was clearly aimed at Ole Miss, Fedora — who is at Southern Miss — took notice. And it just so happens his team is 10-2 on the season and is heading into a C-USA title game with Houston this weekend. His reply to Mullen's boast:
"We're proud of the fact that all the great players from the state of Mississippi on this team have an opportunity to actually play for a championship."
If you thought Mullen would allow Fedora to have the final word, however, you don't know Mullen. Told of USM's coach's comments, MSU's coach said:
"It's neat for them that they get to play in that championship game, obviously it's not the Southeastern Conference."
There's a slim chance that Mullen and Fedora could meet up in the Liberty Bowl this season if the Music City Bowl passes on State, if USM loses to Houston, and if the two in-state schools agree to meet in Memphis.
Perhaps our best hope of seeing this two go head-to-head is for Mullen to stay put in Starkville and for Fedora to land the job in Oxford. First man to an actual SEC championship wins.


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Posted by Ron Sider 30 weeks 1 day ago
We live in a church context where so many embrace unbiblical either/or understandings of Christianity: Either evangelism or social action, either inward journey or outward journey. And on and on.It is the widespread onesidedness that makes Rich Nathan's new book so exciting.
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While having lunch recently with Harvard Professor Robert D. Putnam, I was asked an interesting question.Putnam is appalled at the radical lack of equality of opportunity in the U.S. today, and he wanted to know if evangelical preachers would dare to say what his pastor said when he was a teenager. Putnam told me that back then, in the midst of Martin Luther King's great campaign against segregation, his devout Methodist pastor dared to preach that "racism is a sin."Professor Putnam asked me, as an evangelical, whether evangelical pastors today would be ready to declare today's great economic inequality of opportunity a sin. That's a great question.
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I'm a senior. And I'm mad. In fact, I am resigning from the AARP.The America Association of Retired People has about 38 million members and is one of the biggest, most influential lobbies in Washington. It has done many good things for older Americans, but in some important ways it is just plain wrong — selfish and guilty of intergenerational injustice.As Fareed Zakaria pointed out is a 2011 column in Time, the federal government spends about $4 on every senior over 65 and only $1 on every child under 18. "That is a statement about our priorities," Zakaria rightly says, "favoring consumption over investment, the present over the future, ourselves over our children." Partly as a result the poverty rate for children (22 percent) is much higher than that for seniors (9.7 percent).
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The Nov. 27 Annapolis meeting on Israel/Palestine has launched us into a momentous one-year process to seek a permanent peace agreement between Israel and its neighbors. What is at stake is whether after more than 50 years of ghastly conflict and widespread bloodshed, genuine peace can come to one of the most dangerous areas and most divisive problems in our world. Important steps were [...]
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On Friday, Oct. 26, I was part of a small delegation of evangelical leaders who met with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. We were there to follow up the letter we sent to President Bush in late July to encourage more vigorous U.S. efforts to promote a fair, two-state solution for Israel/Palestine. Secretary Rice understands the formidable obstacles. She spoke of a little moment of [...]


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It´s hard to get all the names and dates straight, but this is what Cardinal Mahony´s statement said:"Peter Garcia [the abusive priest]was removed from ministry in 1984 by Cardinal Timothy Manning, prior to my 1985 arrival in Los Angeles... I repeatedly rejected his requests to return to ministry in Los Angeles. Instead, in 1987, I ordered him to be fully evaluated at St. Luke's Institute... I concluded that Garcia could never return to ministry."Nor did he return to ministry. Ever.Keep in mind that the victims never came forward with any kind of complaint nor filed criminal charges; the abuser said he didn´t know their last names, nor where they were. So Cardinal Mahony asked the Vatican for the abuser´s permanent laicization.Check this out (it´s in the comments section.) Can you go to the police when you have no victim´s name, to way to find it, no witnesses and no evidence, and the offense was committed years reviously?If this were the case, what more could Mahoney have done in the matter of Peter Garcia? I ask sincerely, because I don´t know the answer.
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September 09, 2008
Collaboration, Ownership, Role of subjects and objects of expression and of community
As you set up and develop your projects/projects sites, do give some consideration to (and comment on, in some form) how responsibility interacts with the information you are generating, framing, sharing, manipulating
(for to present information is to resituate it in the context of the presentation; the reframing is to manipulate the information, to try to cause the information to be seen in some way [shaped by the limiting factors that help to determine a consensus context in which individual contexts emerge, evolve, bifurcate] —even an intention to provide unbiased framing is an agenda, a form of manipulation.
What does it mean to share?
If products of creative expression are free, how do those generating creative products earn a living?
How much free exchange is possible without restructuring societies and communities?
What impact is user-generated content having on authority and on the vetting of expressive producers?
Who will determine the canonical content?
Who can afford to share?
Who can't?
What are the rules that framing systems of information (specify contexts you are/would like/would not like —with reasons in any form— to consider) encourage? discourage? For whose greater good?
How is creativity shaped by direct (specify) and indirect (specify) (desired) goals of creative expression?
Is innovation an aspect of creativity? How do they differ?
Are there similar responsibilities in both?
Looking for the Big Break!
How is the big break configured?
(specify context(s)
How might the big break be (re)framed?
Do you think that some creative and/or innovative outcomes are withheld
or manipulated in pursuit of the big break?
Please explain (in any form[s]).
Here is shared creative expression from Strexx:
How does this creative product address (portions of [some of]) the questions raised in this post?
Let's also take a look at the creative expression that is a system of altering books, as in BOOK AUTOPSIES:
from shelleylyn.com
perhaps a practice easier to justify now that book content may be disseminated more easily in digital forms, and now that some fear an increasing obsolescence of printed books that offer more straightforward depictions of text (visit The Institute for the Future of the Book among other locations, and think about the collaborative writing of wiki books).
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If repentance is so important - why is it so hard to achieve it?
With his trademark blend of stories that open our hearts and Torah insights that reach our souls, Rabbi Yechiel Spero, author of the bestselling Touched by a Story series, gently but firmly leads us on the path of repentance, teshuvah.
A revered rosh yeshivah struggles to atone for a wrong he'd done years before; a devoted chassid offers to give up his life's dream rather than embarrass his rebbe; a starving young man lights a candle in the worst darkness of the Warsaw ghetto� Here are stories that touch us, amaze us and, of course, inspire us to try a little harder, to push a little further - and to reach a place of teshuvah that we never believed possible.
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These were Chz' status update on his FB earlier. Being so private as he is, I did not expect him to post it. Pure coincidence that he is leaving for Las Vegas tomorrow for the weekend with his fraternity. I can just imagine it will be one big party!
Three years and four months ..... It seems like it was only yesterday. It was quite a journey. For those of you in the midst of it all, there is indeed light at the end of the very dark tunnel. Reading some posts on this board has kept my sanity and kept me company.
We are not planning anything to celebrate OT. Everyday has been a gift to us since he was in remission.
Chz is done. He is OT. He graduated. And April Fool's Day is the day he had a system reset. FIGHT ON ! ! !
Noel ~~~
A great big congrats to Chz!! I hope he has a great time in Vegas, but not too much I can only imagine....Vegas, fraternity brothers, no more chemo
WOOOOHOOO!!!!!!! Hot damn! Congratulations I hope you guys have a celebration as well- you deserve it too!
Wow Noel, this really snuck up on me!! Makes me realize how fast time really does go. So, so happy for all of you, and especially Chz!!! What a fantastic fb status that is...CONGRATS!!
P.S. I live in Vegas if you need a spy....jk....
Happy Birthday and Congratulations to Chz!!!
Thanks all!
And Tonya I am tempted to hop on the plane and celebrate with him. Chz loves poker. Unfortunately, they do not allow 18 year olds to play in the casino. I can only imagine him setting up a table in the confines of their hotel room - just like what he does when going to a party. What can kids (under 21) do in Las Vegas?
I told him to have a nice juicy steak dinner since his HGB was only 8.4 yesterday. He is hopping on their chartered bus right now for the 4 hour trip from Los Angeles to Las Vegas.
Oh geez Noel, I don't really know what 18 year olds do here on vacation! To be honest, I think most get fake ID's and try to do stuff!!
I mean, there's stuff to do and see, walking around the strip is an event in itself, and I'm sure he could go see some shows and stuff. Is he coming with all 18 year olds, or are there some 21 in the bunch? We're actually off the strip near the mountains in Summerlin, so I really don't get out on the strip anymore.
Wow, what wonderful, wonderful news. I am extremely happy for you, Noel, for Chz, and for your whole family.
I don't think I've seen a photo of Chz before. What a good-looking boy.
I hope he has an absolutely fabulous time in Las Vegas!
Here's to many happy, chemo-free days ahead....
Noel (and Chz!) -- great news!!
I told you it was a tough road, but that Chz would get through it fine.
Tremendous news. And soon enough, he'll be graduating from college. Sam graduates in a month and a half. Feeling like the 3.5 years of treatment was all a bad dream.
Wonderful news - Congratulations to Chz and your whole family. So glad that he wanted to share his news on his facebook page - maybe its more of a deal than he was letting on!
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Nice picture glad to see the picture. I am sure he and his friends will find plenty to do in Vegas. What perfect timing for him I bet he will have a great time.
That's terrific news, thank you Noel for sharing with us. Congratulations to Chz and your whole family!!
Congrats Noel, to you, Chz and your entire family!
I started this thread in Jun 2010 when Chz turned 18 and graduated HS. Used the same thread April 2011 when he went OT. He is now a college sophomore and will be leaving on May 28 to do a 2 months summer internship in Dublin, Ireland. We would never have thought that he would have come this far. I am just trying to share his story for those of you who are in the midst of this very terrifying experience. If a picture is worth a thousand words, here it is to express our happiness a hundred thousand times. Please allow me to share a "Christmas Video" greetings I sent out last Christmas to friends and family. I wish you all the best......
Noel -- as you know, I could not have been happier when Chz finished a year ago, and am even happier now to realize he has been OT for a year now. The next thing you know, he will be graduating from college (like someone we know), and then out living his life.
Good luck, keep the faith, and pay it forward, my friend.
Woohoo! Go Chz!!!
Noel - thanks for sharing with the others still in the throes of it, especially for the folks with teenagers. My heart just soared for all of you.
All the best!
Excellent! Glad to hear things are well with him. It must be a relief to hit that important milestone.
Congrats once more....it's always great to read about Chz.
WOW! LAST CHEMO PILL! (it gave me chills when I read it was ur las chemo pill) SOOOOOOOOOO HAPPY FOR ALL OF YOUR FAMILY...
Absolutely Amazing! We are so excited for your family and Chz!
Wow........Chz photos are great.......We only can understand..........The meaning of last pills.......God bless him.....Keep in touch...BTW why his Hb was 8 now!!
Amazing! It is so uplifting to read and see a truly wonderful outcome. I'll be smiling all night. Your story and video evoke so much hope, but I'll be laughing for eternity when thinking about your boys and their flashy Michael Jackson moves. In any event, so thrilled for your family.
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That same boy, Carlos Santana, and his love affair with the guitar had started years earlier, as an 8-year-old playing for tourists on the streets of Tijuana, Mexico. But it was in San Francisco in 1966 that he took his affinity for the guitar from a passion to a profession, forming the Santana Blues Band with a few friends from Bay Area's nightclub music scene.
Only a couple years later Santana smiled out from the bright Woodstock stage, his future paved with multi-platinum albums, a record breaking sweep of the Grammy Awards and a turbulent swing with his band members.
The guitarist has spent almost four decades sending his music across thousands of audiences across the globe. Friday, Santana will be appearing at the Reno Events Center.
Santana has made a career fusing Latin music with modern rock, earning him 14 gold and nine platinum albums.
In 1969, immediately following his Woodstock performance, The Santana Band released its first self-titled album, which immediately went double platinum. The band's next record, "Abraxas," went quadruple platinum in 1970. A tornado of tours followed, sending The Santana Band across the globe. Success continued to roll in like a wave with the band's third album, "Santana III," released in 1971.
However, the band would not stay together long after the release of "Santana III," breaking up immediately following the album's promotional tour.
But Santana was not done playing. The musician retained the rights to the band's name and kept performing with anyone who was willing to make up the rest of the band.
And Santana was not done winning awards either. After the breakup of his original band, Santana found Buddy Miles in Hawaii and took the stage with him for a live show. The recording of that show was released in June 1972, eventually going platinum.
One more album later, "Caravanerai", recorded with a motley mix of band members, Carlos Santana formed a partnership with John McLaughlin, a guitarist for the Mahavishnu Orchestra. Their duo album, "Love Devotion Surrender" was released in 1973, reaching the top 20 on the rock music charts and eventually going gold.
The years to follow would take Carlos Santana on a spiritual journey, connecting him with gurus and a psychedelic religious fervor of the turbulent time known as the 70s.
McLaughlin and Santana shared a spiritual leader in guru Sri Chinmoy.
After releasing another Santana band project, "Welcome," Carlos next teamed up with another religious disciple, Turiya Alice Coltrane, widow of John Coltrane, for a third duo album. Their collaboration, "Illuminations," was released in September 1974. However, its performance paled in comparison to Santana's previous successes, only peaking in the bottom quarter of the Billboard's Top 100.
The following years were sprinkled with a long list of gold and platinum albums, all collaborations with various artists.
It was not until 1979 that Santana released his first solo album, " Oneness/Silver Dreams — Golden Reality." However, the release would bear the name of Santana's alternate spiritual identity given to him by guru Sri Chinmoy – "Devadip," meaning "the eye, the lamp and the light of God."
The album did not do well and like "Illuminations," only peaking in the bottom quarter of the Billboard Top 100.
Santana continued releasing music at the same manic pace he had before, putting out six more albums and a musical score for "La Bamba" before winning his first Grammy in 1987 for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.
Finally, in 1994, Santana took a five-year absence from the music scene. His reappearance came in 1999 with the release of "Supernatural" on Artista Records. The album would build on his decades-long reputation for collaboration and feature songs written by Rob Thomas of Matchbox 20, Eric Clapton, Lauryn Hill and others.
The Santana Band was the first group to receive the CBS Records Crystal Globe Award, for international album sales exceeding five million. And then in 2000, Santana collected eight Grammy awards, with the song "Smooth" winning both Record of the Year and Song of the Year and "Supernatural" picking up the prize Album of the Year.
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SOFA is a statistics, analysis, and reporting program with an emphasis on ease of use, learning as you go, and beautiful output. SOFA can connect directly to your database and lets you display results in an attractive format ready to share or put in a spreadsheet. SOFA will help you learn as you go, whether you are a student, business analyst, or researcher.
pLoader is software dedicated to photo preparation and transfer to your Piwigo installation. You can select photos from your file browser. Automatic preparation includes resizing for Web display, thumbnail creation, and automatic rotation. You can fill in information such as name, author, or description, and create categories. You can transfer a photo selection to your remote Piwigo photo gallery. Your photos are visible on your gallery as soon as they are transferred.
Mutabor is a program that allows you to perform and compose microtonal music using a normal MIDI keybord and normal MIDI equipment. Its powerful description language is intended to allow permanent retunings and complex tuning logic. One application is just tuning. Mutabor has been used for this purpose to make available all pitches that can be reached by stacking perfect thirds and perfect fifths. The stable version 3.0x is available in German only and runs under Windows and Wine. The unstable branch can be accessed via CVS (but build bugs should be expected) or downloaded from the Berlios developer site.
CryptoTE is a text editor with integrated strong cryptography. It is based on the popular Scintilla widget and automatically stores text data in secure encrypted container files. Compared to other "password keeper" programs, CryptoTE does not force any structure upon your data: it works with plain ASCII text and does not require you to fill in grids, key-value attributes, or descriptions. Encryption is transparently performed using the highly-secure Serpent cipher. The editing interface is thoroughly optimized for speed and ease of use. Multiple subfiles, Quick-Find, and a two-click random password generator make daily use very convenient.
Web based software for the rapid creation of data handling interfaces.
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A new report from left-leaning Policy Matters Ohio shows the impact of state budget cuts on individual counties. Statewide, more than $1 billion in tax reimbursements and the Local Government Fund was cut between the 2010-2011 budget, which was passed by Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland, and the 2012-2013 budget, which was passed by Republican Gov. John Kasich. Additionally, Ohio's estate tax — a tax that affected only 8 percent of Ohioans, largely those at top income levels — was eliminated, killing off a crucial source of funding. Hamilton County, its jurisdiction, schools, services and levies lost $222.1 million. Health and human services lost $23.2 million. Children's services lost $4.6 million, and the county children's agency services "was sent into financial crisis." In total, more than 5,000 local government jobs were lost in the area.
The Center for Closing the Health Gap is launching a campaign to raise awareness about food deserts in Cincinnati. Food deserts are areas, particularly neighborhoods, where full-service grocery stores aren't readily available to residents. The campaign hopes to raise awareness and funding to combat the food deserts in the Cincinnati area. With a funding target of $15 million, the organization plans to help build smaller stores with close ties to the local communities.
A new study from Cincinnati Children's Hospital resurfaced Greater Cincinnati's nuclear weapons legacy. Between the 1950s and 1980s, residents of nearby farm communities were unaware they were being exposed to radioactive materials in the air, water and soil from a Cold War era nuclear weapons plant, located 18 miles northwest of Cincinnati. Apparently, the exposure has led to higher rates of systemic lupus in the area.
Greater Cincinnati's economic recovery could be slowed or boosted by policy, but it will outpace the nation's economic recovery, according to local economists. Still, the economists caution that there is a lot of uncertainty due to oil prices, the fiscal cliff — a series of tax hikes and budget cuts scheduled to be made at the start of 2013 if U.S. Congress doesn't act — and the fiscal crisis in Europe.
Cincinnati's small businesses are more upbeat about the economy. Eleven percent of local family firms expect the economy to improve, but whether that translates to business expansions remains to be seen.
CityLink Center is scheduled to open today. The initial plans for the facility sought to help the homeless with health services, overnight shelter, food, temporary housing and child care. At one point, the center's opening was threatened due to legal challenges regarding zoning.
Hostess, maker of Twinkies, says it will close down three bakeries, including one in Cincinnati, due to a national strike. According to reports, union workers walked off the job after a new contract cut their wages and benefits. Hostess insists the factory shutdowns will not affect customers.
Top Cincinnati mortgage lenders saw double-digit increases between Sept. 1, 2011 and Aug. 30, 2012. The rise is yet another positive sign for the housing market, which collapsed during the latest financial crisis and recession.
The state agency in charge of higher education released a report highlighting 20 recommendations to improve degree completion in Ohio. Some of the recommendations from the Board of Regents: Adopt more uniform statewide rules regarding college completion and career readiness, push stronger collaboration and alignment in education from preschool through senior year in college, establish a new system of high school assessment to improve readiness for college, and improve flexibility. The board will attempt to turn the report into reality in cooperation with university and state officials.
Too much school choice may be a bad thing. A new study found Ohio's varied education system, which offers vouchers for private schools and charter schools as alternatives to a traditional public school, may have passed "a point where choice actually becomes detrimental to overall academic performance."
The Ohio Farm Bureau (OFB) issued an action alert on Saturday telling members to oppose privatizing the Ohio Turnpike. The Ohio state government, led by Kasich, is currently studying possible plans to privatize the turnpike. In a video, an OFB member argues the current turnpike management is fine.
There are still some undecided seats in the Ohio legislature from the Nov. 6 election.
Once again, a reminder not to drive on a sidewalk to avoid a school bus.
Former George W. Bush adviser Karen Hughes says she will "cut out" the tongue of Republican men making "Neanderthal comments" about rape.
A new way to fight bacteria: coat it with a thin layer of mucus.
Duke Energy announced Thursday night that it will help fund a campaign to raise private and government money to replace the outdated Brent Spence Bridge. It will cost about $2.3 billion to replace the span, which carries traffic from I-75 and I-71 over the Ohio River.
Cincinnati Police Chief James Craig said an audit to determine methods for improving the Police Department's efficiency is continuing. Among the latest recommendations, the department will no longer seek accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies and that response of a recent shift to 10-hour workdays has been positive.
Three development groups have submitted proposals to Covington officials, each vying to be selected to reshape that city's riverfront area. One of the proposals, drafted by Corporex Realty & Investment and Jeff Ruby Culinary Entertainment, involves refurbishing the Waterfront Restaurant and creating a floating boardwalk, marina and wharf.
A Cincinnati police officer assigned to the Drug Abuse and Resistance Education (DARE) program was suspended without pay this week after she was charged with tampering with records, securing writings by deception and forgery. Sandra Johnson, 38, allegedly said she taught DARE classes and got paid for them when she didn't. DARE is among the programs being ended by Chief Craig; he has called it ineffective.
In news elsewhere, German President Christian Wulff resigned from his position today as head of state amid mounting criticism over a home loan scandal. Wulff has been plagued by allegations since mid-December over his connections to wealthy businessmen, initially over an advantageous home loan from a friend's wife. He then faced claims he tried to hush up the story, as well as reports of free vacations accepted from friends.
The Obama administration's newly formed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants to begin monitoring and regulating debt collectors and credit bureaus for the first time. Richard Cordray, the agency's director, said he wants to ensure people aren't subjected to abusive practices.
An influential group of scientists issued a report this week pressing U.S. officials to tighten regulations of so-called "fracking" operations to reduce environmental and health risks. The independent review of fracking by professors at the University of Texas in Austin said that the development of shale gas was "essential to the energy security of the U.S. and the world," but added the process needs more oversight.
The recent brouhaha over a new federal rule that requires insurance coverage of birth control for women reveals that the Roman Catholic Church has lost its influence in U.S. politics, some observers said. An AlterNet article noted that even though the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops remains opposed to a compromise rule pushed by President Obama, many other Catholic groups — including the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities and the Catholic Health Association — are ignoring the conference and accepting it.
Police in Fort Worth, Texas, have arrested 16 students in a major drug bust at Texas Christian University, a conservative evangelical institution. The drugs involved included marijuana, ecstasy pills, a powdered form of ecstasy commonly called "molly" and prescription drugs such as Xanax, hydrocodone and Oxycontin. Four football players were among those arrested.
City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld has proposed changing Cincinnati's litter laws to allow for a full refund of fines for first-time violators if they remedy the problem within 10 days of being cited.
Currently, when the city issues citations for littered properties, owners can recoup half their money if they clean up the property within that time period.
The proposal already has the signatures of six other City Council members, giving it enough support for passage.
Sittenfeld's proposal is an acknowledgement that illegal dumping is widespread in Cincinnati, he said, and the problem isn't always the fault of the owner.
Of all customer service requests to the city in 2011, more than 9,000 — or 14.2 percent of all requests — were related to litter, making it the single most frequent complaint.
Sittenfeld timed the proposal's introduction to coincide with the Great American Cleanup and Earth Day, both of which happen this weekend.
To increase the public's interest, Sittenfeld is asking residents to take a before-and-after picture of the area they clean up over the next week, and send the photos to his council office no later than April 27. Sittenfeld will then personally mow the lawn of whoever has the most dramatic cleanup.
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A local developer has offered to build a new jail adjacent to the Justice Center, a cost of $65 million, in return for the county leasing it for 30 years at $10 million a year, according to The Enquirer. The developer, Rob Smyjunas, said the offer isn't about making a profit, just making the county better for his and other families.
Mayor Mallory didn't answer The Enquirer's questions about the potential for a Council majority to block the property tax increase in City Manager Milton Dohoney's proposed budget. A Mallory spokesman says he'll work behind the scenes on a budget that will win a Council majority and that he's off to New Orleans for a conference on reclaiming vacant properties.
An environmental summit in Rio de Janeiro kicked off on Wednesday, with environmental groups and activists disappointed with the Rio+20's lack of progress on creating clear goals for sustainable development.
The Sanford, Fla., police chief who drew criticism for not investigating the shooting death of Trayvon Martin has been fired. Sanford City Manager Norton Bonaparte said he relieved Bill Lee of his duties because the police chief needs to have the trust and respect of the community.
A video of middle school kids in upstate New York bullying a 68-year-old bus monitor has drawn international media attention. The woman says the kids are all pretty much normal and are OK to deal with one-on-one.
The bullying continues unabated for about 10 minutes in the video, reducing Klein to tears as a giggling student jabs her arm with a book. Recorded by a student Monday with a cell phone camera, the brazen example of bullying went viral and spurred international outrage.
A population of chinstrap penguins in Antarctica has declined by 36 percent due to melting sea ice.
"Actually, in the '90s it was thought that the climate change would favor the chinstrap penguin, because this species prefers sea waters without ice, unlike the Adelie penguin, which prefers the ice pack," study researcher Andres Barbosa told LiveScience. He added that at the time, chinstraps, named for the thin black facial line from cheek to cheek, seemed to increase in numbers, with some new colonies being established. The sea-ice decline in the winter, however, has become so big that it is now impacting krill populations, said Barbosa, of the National Museum of Natural Sciences in Madrid.
Researchers found evidence of ice on the moon.
A new study has found that eating disorders are common among older women. Researchers say weight and eating concerns do not discriminate based on age.
College football BCS commissioners have endorsed a
four-team playoff format to determine college football's national
champion instead of the current computer-human two-team system. The plan will go to the BCS presidential oversight committee
on June 26 for approval.
LeBron James and the Miami Heat are one win away from winning the NBA championship after going up 3 games to 1 with a 104-98 win in Game 4 Tuesday.
Do something other than veg out in front of the boob tube tomorrow night. Join a conversation about a topic on everyone's mind: energy.
Tonight at 6 p.m. the Imago Earth Center (700 Enright Ave., Price Hill) kicks off its First Friday Conversations with a 20-minute video of Al Gore's New Thinking on the Climate Crisis. Imago's 2008-09 season features the year-long theme "Enhancing Earth by Getting 'Off the Grid.' "
"Drawing on a broad understanding of 'the grid,' we'll look at many aspects of unplugging from the current models of growth and consumption," says an event announcement.
For more info, visit www.imagoearth.org or call 513-921-5124.
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The George W. Bush Presidential Library denied a request by a Democratic super PAC for documents related to Sen. Rob Portman's work in the George W. Bush administration. The library says it is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act and that all are welcome to see the documents in 2014. The super PAC, American Bridge 21st Century, has been researching GOP candidates as Mitt Romney moves closer to choosing a running mate.
"When you look at the roster of V.P. candidates, each of them is significantly flawed," American Bridge senior adviser Ty Matsdorf said in a statement. "For Portman, it is his calamitous record on fiscal issues while working at the Bush White House. It shouldn't be a shock that he is going to want to keep that under wraps for as long as possible, but unfortunately it's pretty hard to hide a record as terrible as that."
CNN is live blogging from the Supreme Court to see if there are any rulings on the health care law or immigration.
Gay pride celebrations took place in New York, Chicago and San Francisco over the weekend, and Obama organizers were there to recruit volunteers.
Spain formally asked for European aid for its banks.
The sea level is rising faster along the Atlantic Coast than other places in the world.
Facebook has created a new "find friends nearby" function that will allow users to see friends and people they don't know who are at events or social gatherings. From some Facebook engineer's comments on the story:
I built Find Friends Nearby with another engineer for a hackathon project. While it was originally called 'Friendshake', we settled on 'Find Friends Nearby' for launch (the URL was a little bit of a homage to the previous iteration).
For me, the ideal use case for this product is the one where when you're out with a group of people whom you've recently met and want to stay in contact with. Facebook search might be effective, or sharing your vanity addresses or business cards, but this tool provides a really easy way to exchange contact information with multiple people with minimal friction.
HBO's The Newsroom premiered last night, and this guy at the Toronto Star said it kind of sucked while the New York Times says CNN could learn something from it.
The National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and 10 other individuals and organizations filed a letter today asking the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) to strengthen its rules for wastewater injection wells, which are used to dispose of wastewater produced during fracking.
NRDC says the tougher regulations could prevent more incidents like the earthquakes experienced in Youngstown, Ohio around New Year's Eve. The earthquakes were linked to wastewater injection wells in the Youngstown area.
Tougher regulations could also prevent water contamination,
according to the letter. Recent investigations have found that
wastewater disposed in injection wells might be seeping through the ground
and leaking into the surface or contaminating nearby water sources. But Heidi Hetzel-Evans, spokesperson for ODNR, says regulators have not recorded any groundwater contamination from Class II injection wells in Ohio since ODNR took over the program in 1983.
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The Washington Redskins went to 2-0 in the preseason by defending their home turf at FedEx Field and defeating the Pittsburgh Steelers 24-13. The Redskins defense chipped in with a score and the offense got touchdowns from WR Leonard Hankerson and RB Roy Helu to provide the victory.
However, the story of the night for the Redskins was injuries, as QB Kirk Cousins, NT Barry Cofield, WR Leonard Hankerson [knee] and WR Aldrick Robinson [thigh] all left the game with injuries. Cofield, who was having a great game before the injury, injured his right hand, but as of this writing, X-ray results were unknown. Until the extent of the injury is revealed it is impossible to know how much time Cofield will miss, but the injury could thin out a defensive line already smarting from the season-ending injury to DE Adam Carriker and the 4-game suspension of DE Jarvis Jenkins. According to Rick "Doc" Walker of ESPN 980, Cofield does not believe the injury is too serious. UPDATE: However, NBC is reporting that Cofield has a broken hand. After the game, Head Coach Mike Shanahan said Cofield does have a fractured right hand and will wear a cast until it is healed.
Early in the second quarter, with the Redskins leading 7-0, Kirk Cousins faked a reverse handoff, but saw no open receivers and took off running. He pump faked near the line of scrimmage and took off, picking up seven yards. On the next play, Cousins rolled out to the right and picked up another seven yards for a first down before Lawrence Timmons tackled him near the sideline. Cousins appeared injured on the play, limping back to the middle of the field for the huddle. However, before huddling up Cousins sat down on the field and waited for Washington's medical team to come out to him. He was quickly taken off the field and after trying to walk the injury off on the sideline, he left for the locker room, his night ending early. The official word is that Cousins has a sprained right foot, but it is not considered serious. However, Cousins was spotted wearing crutches after the game so I don't know if we can believe any early prognosis on this injury. After the game, Head Coach Mike Shanahan mid foot sprain, believed to be mild. Cousins completed two of three passes for 19 yards before the injury.
The scoring got under way in the first quarter on Pittsburgh's second possession. On first down NT Barry Cofield beat Maurkice Pouncey like a drum and sacked Roethlisberger, bringing up second and long. Roethlisberger tried to get a chunk of it back with a screen pass to his running back, but OLB Ryan Kerrigan read the play perfectly. He stepped between Roethlisberger and his target and easily picked off the pass, bobbled it for a moment, then secured the ball and returned it 22 yards for a touchdown. The Kai Forbath extra point made the score 7-0. The play didn't happen by accident, according to Kerrigan, who said "Fletch [ILB London Fletcher] alerted us before the play, 'screen, watch the screen.' Sure enough, that's what came out and I was able to intercept it and take it to the house."
The Steelers came back with a drive that started at their 15-yard line and ended with field goal for Pittsburgh to cut the lead to 7-3.
After Cousins' injury, Rex Grossman came on and looked good early, throwing a second quarter 10-yard touchdown pass to Hankerson, who made a beautiful leaping one-handed catch to secure the ball in the end zone. That play put the Redskins up 14-3. However, the Steelers came back and moved the ball from their own 20-yard line deep into the Washington red zone thanks to an interference call on CB E.J. Biggers, an unnecessary roughness call on S DeJon Gomes and a long pass to WR Emmanuel Sanders over Biggers for a large gain. Good coverage by S Jordan Pugh on Pittsburgh's backup tight end in the end zone forced a Steelers field goal, which cut the lead to 14-6 with only 56 seconds left in the first half.
The Redskins started at the 22 and went into the hurry-up offense immediately. Grossman quickly hit Roy Helu and Santana Moss, each for 14 yard gains, to move the ball to midfield. After a short pass to TE Fred Davis, Grossman killed the clock by downing the ball with 11 seconds left. Grossman took one last shot at a scoring drive by throwing deep over the middle to WR Aldrick Robinson, who made a gutsy catch for 23 yards to move the ball to Pittsburgh's 20-yard line. Forbath came on to kick the 38-yard field goal and give Washington a 17-6 lead at halftime.
Robinson [thigh bruise] was injured on the play and Hankerson [knee] was injured earlier, but after the game Mike Shanahan said neither injury is serious and time missed should be minimal.
The second half was quiet, with the Steelers scoring a touchdown early in the fourth quarter with rookie QB Landry Jones at the helm. CB Chase Minnifield was beaten deep on the drive and LB Bryan Kehl got completely turned around on a running back screen pass, allowing a big gain.
However, the Redskins finished out the scoring when Pat White entered the game and ran the read-option on back-to-back plays, picking up 13 yards each time to move the ball to midfield. The success of those read-option plays paralyzed the Steelers a few moments later when White, in the pistol, handed the ball off to Roy Helu, who raced through a big hole in the middle of the line and ended the play 30 yards later in the end zone to put the Redskins up 24-13. Backup LT Tom Compton came over and made a great block on that play to spring Helu for the touchdown.
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