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The Giants and Jets meet Saturday in a game that determines bragging right for the city, and could determine which New York team will make it to the playoffs
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Sunday's 29-14 loss to the New York Giants made it a bit tougher for the New York Jets to make the AFC playoffs. However, there's still a good chance that Gang Green can sneak in, but they will need some help.
The only way the Jets can get into the playoff is if they defeat the Miami Dolphins in Week 17 and both the Cincinnati Bengals, who play the visiting Baltimore Ravens, and Oakland Raiders, who hosts the San Diego Chargers, each lose.
If the Jets win and the Bengals lose, but the Raiders win, Oakland will earn the No. 6 playoff spot because it owns the head-to-head tiebreaker over New York. If the Jets win and the Raiders lose, but Bengals win, Cincinnati is in the playoffs.
If all three teams lose next Sunday, then again Cincinnati earns the AFC's last playoff spot.
AFC Playoff Picture
Division Leaders
New England Patriots (12-3) Clinched Division
Baltimore Ravens (11-4) Clinched Playoff Berth
Houston Texans (10-5) Clinched Division
Tied: Denver Broncos (8-7) and Oakland Raiders (8-7)
Pittsburgh Steelers (11-4) Cliched Playoff Berth
Cincinnati Bengals (9-6)
In The Hunt
New York Jets (8-7)
Tennessee Titans (8-7)
Sunday's 29-14 victory over the New York Jets makes the NFC playoff scenario for the New York Giants very simple: beat the Dallas Cowboys in Week 17 and you're in. Lose and starting making tee times for Monday -- of course, those tee times probably would need to be made in a warmer climate.
As for the rest of the NFC, on Sunday the Seattle Seahawks, Arizona Cardinals and Philadelphia Eagles were all eliminated from playoff contention. The Detroit Lions clinched their first playoff berth since 1999 with a dominating 38-10 victory over the San Diego Chargers. Meanwhile, two teams hanging onto their playoff lives are: the Atlanta Falcons play Monday night against the New Orleans Saints, and the Chicago Bears, who play at the Green Bay Packers Sunday night.
Here's the latest look at the NFC Playoff Picture:
Division Leaders
Green Bay Packers (13-1) Clinched Division
New Orleans Saints (11-3) Clinched Playoff Berth
San Francisco 49ers (12-3) Clinched Division
Tied: Dallas Cowboys (8-7) and New York Giants (8-7)
Detroit Lions (10-5) Clinched Playoff Berth
Atlanta Falcons (9-5)
In The Hunt
Chicago Bears (7-7)
A collective cheer among New York Giants fans could be heard around 5 p.m. ET Sunday when Dallas Cowboys starting quarterback Tony Romo left the field holding his right throwing hand. Replays showed Romo's hand releasing the football and then hitting the helmet of oncoming pass rusher, Philadelphia Eagles defensive lineman Jason Babin.
Despite X-rays being negative and him pleading with coaches to return, Romo never did and now Cowboys fans, who watched their team fall in a meaningless game against their NFL East rival, 20-7, now have to wait a full seven days to ponder how their quarterback's hand will heal as Dallas prepares for a winner-take-all-finale against the Giants next Sunday.
"I'll be fine," Romo said. "I think just took a hit from the helmet. We're going to be all right though."
The news of Romo's injury was just icing on the cake for Giants fans, who witnessed Sunday their inconsistent team putting together a solid game in a victory over the New York Jets, 29-14. Because of their victory, the Giants (8-7) now will host the Cowboys (8-7) next Sunday (8:20 p.m. on FOX) at MetLife Stadium, and the winner gets to the NFC East division title and advance to the playoffs, while the loser can begin starting tee times for Monday.
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Rex Ryan is known for being brash and outspoken, but when you lose, that can sometimes blow up in your face. Ryan spent most of the week reiterating how important it was for the New York Jets to defeat the New York Giants and become the kings of football in the Big Apple, but his team wasn't able to back up his words, and after the Giants' 29-14 victory on Saturday, Ryan and Brandon Jacobs got into a verbal altercation as the teams walked off the field.
Here, according to both Jacobs and an independent source, is a bit of what was exchanged between the two:
Rex Ryan and Brandon Jacobs got into it after the game. Jacobs said "I told him to shut the f--- up." Ryan then told him "Go f--- yourself."— Ralph Vacchiano (@TheBlueScreen) December 24, 2011
Our photog heard Brandon Jacobs saying to Rex Ryan coming off the field: "It's time to shut up, fat boy." #nyg— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) December 24, 2011
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Forget the 'Big Brother/Little Brother' stuff between the New York Giants and New York Jets. What mattered the most in Saturday's 29-14 season-saving victory by the Giants was that they made the big plays that mattered while Mark Sanchez and the Jets came up small.
The biggest play by the Giants was a 99-yard catch-and-run by Victor Cruz, the Giants electrifying second-year wide receiver. On third-and-10 from the Giants' one-yard line Cruz caught a pass from quarterback Eli Manning, made two Jets miss at the 10-yard line and went 90 more yards to give the Giants a 10-7 lead with 2:37 left in the first half.
After having been thoroughly outplayed in the first half the Giants had the lead. They never let it go.
Late in the third quarter another huge play from Cruz set up the Giants next touchdown. This time Cruz made a 36-yard reception down the right sideline to put the Giants at the Jets' 42-yard line.
A 28-yard run by Brandon Jacobs and a punishing 14-yard run by Ahmad Bradshaw for a score gave the Giants a 17-7 lead.
Sanchez, the often criticized Jets quarterback, could not seize the moment in the fourth quarter. He was intercepted twice, made several other questionable throws and he and center Nick Mangold botched a snap at the Giants' two-yard line. The ball was recovered by Jacquian Williams of the Giants in the end zone.
With 2:24 left and the Jets within one touchdown at 20-14 they let the game get away from them. Sanchez was sacked for a safety by Chris Canty to make it 22-14.
The Giants then made a game-sealing play after recovering an onside kick following the safety. Bradshaw went 19 yards for the game-clinching score.
To add insult to injury Corey Webster intercepted Sanchez one final time on the Jets' final possession.
The big-play offense has been there all season for the Giants, though usually it has been Manning leading the way. This time it was Cruz, and — in the second half — it was the Giants' running backs.
The Giants defense played quite possibly its best game, allowing the Jets just one more score after a game-opening touchdown drive.
The Jets, on the other hand, had the advantage of the home field with MetLife Stadium decked out in green but could not take advantage of it. While the Giants look forward to playing for an NFC East title next week the Jets can only wonder if their season is now lost.
In a game both teams desperately needed to win, the New York Giants made the big plays and came away with a 29-14 victory over the New York Jets Saturday at MetLife Stadium.
With the victory the Giants (8-7) guaranteed that they will play for the NFC East title next Sunday at home against the Dallas Cowboys. The victory by the Giants eliminated the Philadelphia Eagles from the playoffs and makes the outcome of the Eagles-Cowboys game meaningless.
The Jets (8-7) have now lost control of their playoff destiny. The Cincinnati Bengals (9-6) defeated the Arizona Cardinals 23-16, Saturday. If the Bengals win their season-finale next Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens the Jets cannot make the playoffs.
The Jets have to defeat the Miami Dolphins on New Year's Day and hope that the Bengals fall to the Ravens.
The Giants scored the game's final nine points. Leading 20-14 the Giants got a safety when Chris Canty sacked Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez in the end zone for a 22-14 lead with 2:24 left.
After rthe Giants recovered an onside kick by the Jets Ahmad Bradshaw sealed the victory by running 19 yards off right tackle for a touchdown and a 29-14 lead with 2:13 remaining.
This was largely an ugly offensive game. Giants quarterback Eli Manning completed only nine-of-27 passes for 225 yards with a touchdown and an interception. Manning, though, did connect with Victor Cruz on a game-changing 99-yard touchdown late in the first half to give the Giants a 10-7 lead.
Sanchez completed 30-of-59 passes for 258 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions for the Jets.
It wasn't easy, but the New York Jets have narrowed what looked to be a commanding New York Giants lead to 20-14. The Jets scored their second touchdown on the day on a one-yard touchdown run by Mark Sanchez with 7:17 left in the fourth, which came after a Giants penalty on 3rd & 12 that brought the ball down to the one yard line.
It looked as if the Giants had the game locked up early in the fourth after a Sanchez fumble gave the Giants the ball with a two score lead and under 10 minutes to go. But on first down the Giants elected to throw, and Eli Manning's pass was deflected into the hands of David Harris, who returned the ball to the Giants 11.
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A 14-yard touchdown run by running back Ahmad Bradshaw has helped the New York Giants increase their lead on the New York Jets, 17-7, as the Week 16 match up enter the fourth quarter. Bradshaw's seventh touchdown of the season capped a 4-play, 81-yard drive that was highlighted by a 36-yard reception by wide receiver Victor Cruz from Eli Manning. The catch also helped Cruz the franchise mark for receiving yards in a season (1,322).
In the second quarter, Cruz caught a pass from Manning and run 99 yards into the end zone to help give the Giants a 10-7 advantage.
If the Giants hang on then the regular-season finale against the Dallas Cowboys is battle for the NFC East division title and a playoff berth. The Jets are hoping to comeback and keep their hopes of making the AFC playoff alive. A loss would make it very difficult for them to earn a playoff bid.
The Jets will begin the fourth quarter with the ball on their own 20-yard line and facing a 3rd-and-9situation.
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A record-setting 99-yard touchdown reception by wide receiver Victor Cruz from quarterback Eli Manning has helped the New York Giants earn a 10-7 halftime lead over the and New York Jets in a New York state rival game at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ. Cruz's eighth touchdown of the season was the longest in franchise history and gave the Giants, who were facing a 3rd-and-10 situation from their own 1-yard line, a huge boost of momentum heading into the locker room.
Trailing 7-0 after the first quarter, the Giants (7-7) began the second quarter by capping a nine-play, 53-yard drive with a 21-yard field goal by kicker Lawrence Tynes, who trimmed the Jets lead to 7-3 with 11:51 to go in the first half.
With 2:27 to go in the half, the Jets marched down the field and setup a 41-yard field goal by kicker Nick Folk, who missed it wide right.
Statistically, Manning has completed 7-of-18 passes for 181 yards, while Jets' quarterback Mark Sanchez is 18-of-28 for 145yards and a touchdown, which came in the first quarter and helped the Jets take an early 7-0 advantage.
Cruz has two catches for 128 yards.
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A five-yard touchdown catch from tight end Josh Baker from quarterback Mark Sanchez has helped the New York Jets take an early lead on the New York Giants, which trail 7-0 after one quarter of play at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ. Baker's first touchdown of the season capped a 10-play, 53-yard drive that featured Sanchez completing five passes to five different receivers. The winner of this game drastically improves their chances to earn a playoff berth.
The Jets' touchdown came after the Giants (7-7) were forced to a three-and-out on their first possession of the game. In their first offensive three possessions, the Giants' offense failed to move the ball into Jets' territory and punted three times.
On their second possession of the game, the Jets got just one first down, but were forced to punt after a 3rd-and-4 couldn't be converted.
The Giants will begin the second quarter just inside Jets territory.
Before the game, in a show of gamesmanship Jets head coach Rex Ryan sent only wide receiver Plaxico Burress out for the coin toss. Also, according to a Tweet by Newsday's Neil Best, the home-team crowd (Jets) did a good job of showing up and keeping ticket out of the Giants fans' hands.
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New York Giants wide receiver Mario Manningham, who had been doubtful for Saturday's game against the New York Jets with a knee injury, will be inactive.
Other Giants inactives for Saturday are tight end Jake Ballard (knee), defensive end Osi Umenyiora (ankle/knee), linebacker Mark Herzlich (ankle), center Jim Cordle, defensive tackle Jimmy Kennedy and offensive tackle James Brewer.
Bear Pascoe will start at tight end for the Giants.
The Jets' inactives are quarterback Kevin OConnell, wide receiver Eron Riley, cornerback Marquice Cole, safety Gerald Alexander, tackle Austin Howard, defensive lineman Ropati Pitoitua and defensive tackle Kenrick Ellis.
Saturday's meeting is crucial for both teams, who control their own destinies with two games remaining in the season. The Giants will win the NFC East if they finish the season with two consecutive wins, while winning out would give the Jets an AFC Wild Card berth.
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Game time, TV schedule and more for the Giants-Jets game on Saturday afternoon.
Running back Joe McKnight and defensive back Marquice Cole are both questionable for Saturday's game against the New York Giants. Everyone else listed on the Jets' injury report is probable.
Full New York Jets Injury Report, Week 16:
Defensive back Marquice Cole (knee)
Running back Joe McKnight (shoulder/elbow)
Wide receiver Plaxico Burress (illness)
Defensive lineman Mike DeVito (knee)
Offensive lineman Vlad Ducasse (knee)
Running back Shonn Greene (rib/shoulder)
Linebacker David Harris (non-injury related)
Wide receiver Santonio Holmes (hip)
Wide receiver Jeremy Kerley (illness)
Offensive lineman Brandon Moore (hip)
Defensive lineman Ropati Pitoitua (hand)
Quarterback Mark Sanchez (neck)
Offensive lineman Caleb Schlauderaff (knee)
Defensive back Eric Smith (knee)
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Three New York Giants have been ruled out of Saturday's tilt against the New York Jets.
Tight end Jake Ballard (knee), defensive end Osi Umenyiora (ankle/knee) and linebacker Mark Herzlich (ankle) will all miss Saturday's game, which is crucial to the Giants' playoff chances.
Wide receiver Mario Manningham (knee) is doubtful for the game, running back D.J. Ware (knee) is questionable and a host of players -- center David Baas (neck), tight end Travis Beckum (chest), wide receiver Devin Thomas (neck), tight end Bear Pascoe (ribs), safety Derrick Martin (back) and running back Ahmad Bradshaw (foot) -- are all considered probable.
Coach Tom Coughlin said Manningham will be a game-time decision. The receiver had swelling in his knee on Thursday.
Bradshaw has said that he expects to play.
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The New York Giants expect to see David Baas playing center on Saturday against the New York Jets. Baas has missed three games in a row due to a neck injury and intense headaches. Baas believes he will be ready to go this weekend.
"That's my plan," Baas said. "We're still continuing to go out there and practice and go normal routine, check in with the doctors and make sure everything is good. As far as I'm concerned, that's my view that I'm going to be out there." (via ESPN New York)
Giants head coach Tom Coughlin had said on Wednesday that Baas status was touch and go. However, after today, Coughlin might be leaning toward putting Baas back in as the starter.
he seemed to indicate on Thursday that Baas would be back at center and Kevin Boothe, who has started the last three games at center, would be sliding to left guard. (via ESPN New York)
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Jeremy Kerley returned to practice on Thursday as the New York Jets continued preparation for the New York Giants, and the wide receiver participated fully after missing the previous two sessions due to illness.
Fellow wide receiver Plaxico Burress also recovered from illness enough to make a return to full participation. Burress was limited in practice on Wednesday.
Kerley's return is important for New York's special teams. He regained New York's starting punt return job after Jim Leonhard suffered a season-ending knee injury.
Running back Joe McKnight (shoulder/elbow) was again limited on Thursday and Rex Ryan said he will likely be a game-time decision on Saturday. Wide receiver Santonio Holmes (hip), defensive back Eric Smith (knee), defensive back Marquice Cole (knee) and defensive linemen Mike DeVito (knee) were also limited on Thursday. Ryan said Cole may not play, but DeVito will.
Mark Sanchez (neck) practiced fully for the second straight day.
Linebacker David Harris was the only Jet not to participate in the practice. He missed the session for non-injury related reasons and Ryan said he will play on Saturday.
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Here is the most amazing thing about an injury udpate regarding the condition of New York Giants defensive end Justin Tuck — there are no injuries to report.
Tuck, the Giants' Pro Bowl end and defensive captain, has dealt with a myriad of injuries this season. He has groin, neck, shoulder, ankle and toe injuries — all of which have contributed to a sub-par season for a player who had been acknowledged as the Giants' best defensive player the past couple of seasons.
Now, though, Tuck's name does not appear on the Giants' injury report. He has practiced fully so far this week as the Giants prepare for what could be a season-defining game Saturday against the New York Jets.
Tuck said Thursday that he feels "Tony the Tiger great."
Asked about the meaning of Saturday's game, and all of the back-and-forth between players on both sides this week, Tuck put everything in its proper perspective:
"I could care less about bragging rights. The last time I checked the mayor of New York ran the city. New Jersey, Governor Christie, doesn't he have a lot to say with what goes on in New Jersey? I didn't see me making any rulings on anything. Rex Ryan either. We have a lot of catching up to do. What is it, 27 rings now the Yankees have? They run New York if you want to talk about running New York," Tuck said.
"Win. That's all that matters. Win. We don't need to play good. We just need to win. I don't care what happens. Make sure that we have more points than they have. That's the mentality."
The New York Giants injury report remained mostly status quo on Thursday. Ahmad Bradshaw was noticeably absent from Thursday's practice, but he is expected to play in the game and told reporters his status is nothing to be concerned with.
"Just to get it over with," Bradshaw said on why he practiced on Wednesday this week instead of Thursday. "I want to be as healthy as I can for this game and want to freshen up on a lot of things to be prepared."
Here's the complete rundown of the Giants' Thursday injury report, Week 16:
Did Not Practice
TE Jake Ballard (knee)
RB Ahmad Bradshaw (foot)
LB Mark Herzlich (ankle)
WR Mario Manningham (knee)
DE Osi Umenyiora (ankle/knee)
RB D.J. Ware (knee)
Limited at Practice
C David Baas (neck)
TE Travis Beckum (chest)
S Derrick Martin (back)
TE Bear Pascoe (ribs)
WR Devin Thomas (neck)
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Cornerback Darrell Revis fired the latest round of trash talk leading up to the New York Giants-New York Jets game.
Responding to comments from Giants wide receivers Hakeem Nicks and Victor Cruz, the Jets' Revis said Saturday's game can only be decided on the field.
"I don't even know who this guy is, really. So, no," Revis said on whether the comments made by Victor Cruz and Hakeem Nicks got him revved up. "Whoever said what. I'm not entertaining it. If I wanted to watch entertainment I'd look to a reality show or something. Watch TV.
"It don't matter what I say, it doesn't matter what other receivers say, if it's on paper, it's on paper. You have to go out there and play on Sundays and you have to prove it. You just gotta prove it."
Nicks and Cruz both tried to downplay Revis' effect on games, with Cruz asserting that nobody considers Revis scary anymore.
When read that specific comment, Revis joked: "I mean I'm not a monster so why would anybody be scared? I don't know."
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You can be forgiven for thinking that the New York Jets and the New York Giants were playing in the Super Bowl based solely on the level of trash talk happening this week. Giants head coach Tom Coughlin responded to Rex Ryan's blustery about the Jets being a better team earlier in the week with a simple "talk is cheap" statement today. Ryan responded in kind, as he is wont to do.
Ryan defended his assertion in the face of Coughlin's remarks at his Wednesday press conference.
That is the old saying. Talk is cheap, money buys whiskey. I understand all of that. You know, that's the truth. I don't care about Tom Coughlin or anybody else. I know how I believe. I don't care if it's acceptable in everybody's opinion. I really don't care. I'm worried about my opinion. This is how I feel. Quite honestly, I could care less what anybody thinks.
Both teams will have their backs up against the wall on Saturday. The Jets, at 8-6, are battling for a wildcard spot in the AFC. The Giants, at 7-7, have a tougher route to the playoffs, trailing Dallas by a game for the lead in the NFC East.
If the level of chatter ahead of this game is any indication, it should be fun.
I guess today must have 'Wide Recevers Trash Cornerbacks Day' in the locker rooms of both the New York Giants and New York Jets. Receivers for both teams today had disparaging things to say about the guys who will be covering them Saturday afternoon.
A little surprisingly, the Giants took a couple of shots at Jets all-everything cornerback Darrelle Revis. Hakeem Nicks of the Giants said Revis is "decent." Victor Cruz said "Teams aren't really scared (of Revis) any more. They're going to try. He's got to earn his money this year."
Both Cruz and Nicks have more than 1,000 receiving yards this season, so they have a right to feel good about themselves.
Jets receiver Santonio Holmes also took some shots at the Giants beleaguered secondary today — all of which were on the money. The Giants are the league's 29th-ranked pass defense.
"They've given up big plays," Holmes said. "They are poor tackling guys. We know plays can be made over their head, we've just got to be willing to take advantage of them and make them count."
Only two more days of trash talk before these teams actually get to play. Saturday's 1 p.m. ET kickoff can't get here fast enough.
The New York Jets special teams unit remains a question mark entering Saturday's meeting with the New York Giants.
Wide receiver Jeremy Kerley, who regained New York's starting punt return job when safety Jim Leonhard suffered a season-ending knee injury, has missed the past two practices with an undisclosed illness. Kyle Wilson or Antonio Cromartie could fill the role if Kerley is unable to play Saturday.
Joe McKnight, who hasn't been able to return kickoffs since injuring his elbow, injured his shoulder this weekend and seems unlikely to return kicks again this weekend. McKnight did participate in a limited fashion at practice on Wednesday, but Cromartie will likely continue to return kicks.
Wide receiver Plaxico Burress was limited in practice by an undisclosed illness of his own. Quarterback Mark Sanchez (neck) participated fully, but offensive lineman Brandon Moore (hip) and cornerback Marquice Cole (knee) were both limited.
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As he has had to do seemingly all season, New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin spent much of his Wednesday session with the media discussing the long list of injured players on the team's roster.
- The most troublesome position right now is tight end, with all three of the team's tight ends battling injury. Starter Jake Ballard (knee) did not practice Wednesday and likely will not play against the New York Jets on Saturday. Bear Pascoe (ribs) and Travis Beckum (chest) did practice and Coughlin said the team would monitor them before deciding on whether to sign another tight end.
- Linebacker Mark Herzlich (ankle) is running on a treadmill, but not practicing.
- Center David Baas (neck) is practicing, but Coughlin would not commit to re-inserting him into the starting lineup. He said "we'll see how that works out" when asked if he would leave Kevin Boothe at center and Mitch Petrus at guard.
- Wide receiver Mario Manninghan (knee) and defensive end Osi Umenyiora (ankle) did not practice. Devin Thomas (burner) and Derrick Martin (back) did practice.
In terms of personality, New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin is about as different from New York Jets coach Rex Ryan as is possible. Thus, it's no surprise that Coughlin wanted no part of getting involved in any trash talk with Ryan when he spoke with reporters Wednesday.
"I just say, regardless of the talk, it will be decided at one o'clock Saturday afternoon. Regardless of what is said. Talk is cheap, play the game. That is the way I've always believed," Coughlin said. "Just try to win the game, that is what is important to me. Us winning the game, and it will be one of those knock-down, drag-out games without a doubt. Our focus is completely on preparing our team."
That is classic Coughlin, answering Ryan's bombardment of shots about not playing "second fiddle" or being the "little brother" with a simple thought — let's not talk, let's just play.
The New York Giants and the New York Jets are gearing up for a major NFC East showdown on Saturday. There are big playoff implications at stake and, as to be expected, personal bragging rights.
Rex Ryan, in typical Rex Ryan fashion, took some time on Monday to talk about his belief that the Jets have been the New York team to beat for two years now. Giants coach Tom Coughlin, as usual, refused to take the bait.
Following practice on Tuesday, Ryan attempted to clarify some of his earlier comments, but stuck to his guns regarding his opinion of the relative ability of the two teams.
It's pretty well noted that I came in here, when I got this job, I want to be the team that people talk about. I want to be the better team. I've only been here three years now. So, I've mentioned from the whole time since I got here that I want to be the best team and expect to be the best team for the next 10 years. I recognize the rich tradition of Giants football. There's no question. And I'm not trying to take a run at the Giants or a shot at the Giants. I want to be the best team in the National Football League, and the fact that we share the same stadium, the same state, both New York teams. I don't want to be the one that is not looked at as the best team in my own state. There's no way. I want to be the best team, period. Now, do I have the courage to say it? Absolutely. And if it doesn't happen and we get beat by the Giants, I'll be the first one to tip my hat to them. There's no question. But do I believe in my heart that we're the better football team? Yes. Did I believe we were the better team two years ago and last year? Yes. So I'll stand by everything I've ever said.
Ryan also had kind words for Eli Manning and mentioned there would probably be some emotion from Plaxico Burress, who will be facing off against his former team for the first time.
Judging by what's on the line in this game, it seems like there will be plenty of emotion to go around.
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The New York Giants won't release an official injury report in advance of Saturday's game with the New York Jets. The early report from the Giants, though, indicated that defensive end Justin Tuck is expected to practice.
Tuck, the Giants defensive captain, has been dealing with a toe injury and a myriad of other ailments. He played Sunday against the Washington Redskins after practicing just one day last week.
The Giants released information Tuesday that the following players will be on their pre-practice injury report: center David Baas (neck); tight ends Jake Ballard (knee), Travis Beckum (chest) and Bear Pascoe (ribs); running back Ahmad Bradshaw (foot); linebacker Mark Herzlich (ankle); wide receivers Mario Manningham (knee) and Devin Thomas (neck); safety Derrick Martin (back); and defensive end Osi Umenyiora (ankle/knee).
Ballard, Beckum and Pascoe are the three tight ends on the Giants roster. Ballard is not expected to play, and Beckum did not play against the Redskins on Sunday. Pascoe's status has yet to be determined.
The New York Giants arrive at Saturday's game against the New York Jets in a desperate situation. The Giants have to win the NFC East to reach the NFC Playoffs, and to do that the Giants have to win their last two games. A loss by the Giants Sunday, couple with a victory by the Dallas Cowboys over the Philadelphia Eagles, would knock the Giants out of the playoffs.
How did the season get to this point for the Giants? Well, let's take a look at their first 14 games to find out.
The Giants began the season 6-2, but as has been their habit during Tom Coughlin's eight-year run as head coach they have faltered during the second half of the schedule. They have lost five of six, the fourth straight season in which they have staggered to the finish line. During Coughlin's tenure the Giants are now 25-37 after the midway point of the season.
Truthfully, there were signs of trouble with this Giants team even during its 6-2 start. Yes, there was a stirring victory over the Philadelphia Eagles and an unexpected one over the New England Patriots, but there was also plenty to worry about. There was a season-opening loss to the Washington Redskins, who have now won just five times (twice against the Giants). There was a disturbing loss at home to the Seattle Seahawks, who were 1-3 at the time and using backup quarterback Charlie Whitehurst. There were several come-from-behind victories against teams that appeared to be weaker ones (quarterback Eli Manning has led five of those this season).
In all of those games the troubling signs included a defense that was inconsistent against the run and prone to getting burned for the big play against the pass. There was an offense relying solely on the right arm of Manning as it had an invisible running game.
All of those weaknesses have been exposed during the last six games, a stretch of games in which the opposition has been much tougher than throughout the first eight games. If not for a 15-point flurry in the closing minutes against Dallas the Giants would have lost six straight and already be out of the playoff picture.
Still, though, two victories and the Giants go to the playoffs. If they falter that will be three seasons in a row without a playoff berth. That might send Coughlin to the unemployment line.
New York Jets kick returner and backup running back, Joe McKnight, might find himself back on the inactive list Saturday when Gang Green faces the New York Giants (1 p.m. on FOX). The shifty tailback, who was inactive against the Kansas City Chiefs, Dec. 11, and saw limited playing time during Sunday's loss to the Philadelphia Eagles because of a hyperextedned elbow, is reportedly suffering from a separated shoulder.
On Monday, Jets head coach Rex Ryan said, "we'll see," when asked about the playing status of McKnight for Saturday's upcoming game against the New York Giants.
If McKnight can't go on Saturday, then defensive back Antonio Cromartie will more than likely take over the kick return duties, while wide receiver Jeremy Kerley will handle the punt return duties.
Last week, Cromartie handled five kick returns and averaged 29.2 yards, while Kerley returned two punts for an average of 8.0 yards.
- See Big Blue View for complete Giants coverage, and Gang Green Nation for Jets coverage.
New York Jets coach Rex Ryan made it clear in his book that he felt the Jets had ascended to 'Big Brother' status over the New York Giants, who they face Saturday at MetLife Stadium. He already said this week that he would not play "second fiddle" to the Giants.
So, given another opportunity Monday to talk about his "Big Brother" comments Ryan, of course, took the bait.
"Well, certainly we were the better team in the first two years. We made the playoffs, went to the championship game. To say a team's better than you that never went to the playoffs is ridiculous. Clearly, we were the better team my first two years here and we get to prove on Saturday who the best team is this year," Ryan said. "Quite honestly, both of us are having disappointing years, but it comes down to who beats who. It doesn't matter about the other things, you're basically the same record and everything's at stake, so the proof's in the pudding. Whoever wins this game, I think is clearly the best team in New York."
The Jets are 8-6 entering the game and the Giants are 7-7. A loss Saturday could prove devastating to the playoff hopes of either team.
"This is going to be a great game. We said it even in the preseason, it's going to be a knockdown drag-out. There's going to be a butt in every single seat to see it, whether you're a Jets fan, a Giants fan or just a football fan, I mean this is going to be a great game," Ryan said. "And quite honestly, I never came here to be little brother to anybody, so it's on. We have to go out and prove it. You don't play each other for four years, so there's some bragging rights and all that. There's some more important things that go into it, because basically, you're out of the playoffs if you lose this game, either team is. So, we know what's at stake, but is there bragging rights and all that? Yes, absolutely. We want to be the best team in New York, but we want to be the best team in NFL, and it starts with being the best team in New York. It's going to start with how we play on Saturday."
Giants coach Tom Coughlin, typically, would not engage in any war of words.
"I don't usually get involved in the rhetoric part of this thing. I think what's important is that the game is an important game to both teams. And the game will be settled on Saturday afternoon at one," Coughlin said.
The New York Giants are likely to be without starting tight end Jake Ballard in this Saturday's critical game against the New York Jets. Head coach Tom Coughlin said Monday that Ballard aggravated an old PCL injury during Sunday's 23-10 loss to the Washington Redskins.
"We are going to look at this day-to-day but we expect that he will (miss Saturday's game)." Coughlin said. "It is a good medical guess right now but we hesitate to say if he is out and how long he is out or anything like that. I would think at this point in time he is going to miss some time.
"I am hoping it is not a season ender. No, it is not one of those. It depends on how fast the knee will come around and we are just going to have to wait and see."
To make matters worse all three of New York's tight ends are now banged up. Travis Beckum missed Sunday's game with a chest injury, and Bear Pascoe sustained a rib injury. Coughlin was not sure of Pascoe's availability.
Coughlin also said it is possible that defensive end Osi Umenyiora, out with an ankle injury, will not play again this season.
"I'm very concerned because we were hoping we'd have him back," Coughlin said. "Again, we're going to take it day to day, but we'd have to have some major improvement here to be able to say that he could go."
In a bit of good news Coughlin said that Devin Thomas, carted off the field at halftime Sunday after suffering what looked like a serious injury, suffered only a burner and has been cleared to return to practice.
New York Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora appears likely to miss his fourth straight game this weekend, if early reports on the health of his injured ankle are correct.
Umenyiora injured the ankle during the Monday night loss to New Orleans and has not played since. He also missed the Giants first three games this season after undergoing knee surgery during training camp.
Umenyiora was effective for the Giants when he did play, recording seven sacks and two forced fumbles in eight games.
You have to wonder if Giants safety Antrel Rolle might have been thinking about Umenyiora when he talked on Sunday about the Giants needing players with "nicks and bruises" on the field.
Full injury information on the Giants will be available once the transcript of coach Tom Coughlin's press conference becomes available.
— See Big Blue View for complete discussion and analysis of the Giants as they prepare for this week's game against the Jets.
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LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 13: Chris Kaman #35 of the Los Angeles Clippers dribbles to the basket in front of Tim Duncan #21 of the San Antonio Spurs at Staples Center on December 13, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
Chris Kaman wanted this. He lobbied for this (saying he deserved the nod more than Pau Gasol). And now he's got it.
The Clippers center was named to the West's All-Star lineup, replacing the injured Brandon Roy. It doesn't matter why you get invited, just that you get invited.
A Clipper in the All-Star game sounds like the seventh sign of the apocalypse, but it hasn't been all that long. Back in 2006, Elton Brand made the game, back when he was a player to be reckoned with in the league. Today, not so much.
Kaman deserves this. When Blake Griffin went down, Kaman stepped up. He has averaged 20 points and nearly 10 rebounds a game while shooting 50 percent on the season. When the Clippers went on a little hot streak last month, it was when they started running the offense through Kaman first. Even under the new run-and-fun Kim Hughes era (how much fun remains to be seen), the Clippers settled their wild ways in the second half against San Antonio and started getting the ball to Kaman. And that helped reduce the size of the blowout (hey, it is the Clippers).
Kaman's inclusion means basically the entire front court of the German national team will be playing for the West in a Dallas football stadium. Dirk Nowitzki is the best player Germany has ever produced. Kaman came to the NBA by way of Grand Rapids, Mich. Not exactly near Germany. But because of Kaman's family having moved from there within a couple generations, and because the German national team was desperate, Kaman was offered a spot on the team. And he took it.
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Would it not be far fetched for one to surmise that traveling by foot thousands of miles over hundreds of years and being faced with various obstacles and challenges that one had to adapt to would over time cause a trend in increased intelligence?
It cannot be denied that those originating from Europe (and Asian) have been responsible for much of what makes modern life modern. I mean, it's just a fact.
Furthermore, why are white and Asian skulls flatter with more pronounced features and larger brain capacities (less similar to ancient ancestors)?
I'm not arguing that there aren't some highly intelligent people of African descent--there are. But overwhelmingly, these observations I think hold some truth.
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Join CCHS Jet Theatrix, Arts In Motion Dance Studios, and Roane State Concert Choir as they team up once again to present a wonderful afternoon of family friendly Halloween entertainment — Kindred Spirits 2012!
Performances are on Saturday, Oct. 27, at 1p.m./4 p.m. Eastern time (12 p.m./3 p.m. Central), and will be at the O'Brian Auditorium at the Harriman campus of Roane State Community College. Admission is $5 at the door on the day of the performance.
Join Mother Ghost and her spooky friends as Disney Princesses Trick-Or-Treat through their haunted neighborhood. The Addams Family, witch doctors, corpse brides, and some really neurotic fairytale characters are among the many that you will encounter, as Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and Cinderella go on their fun-filled quest for the best candy in the neighborhood.
Audience members are invited and encouraged to wear costumes, and there will be costume contests for all ages 0-100 during the show. Audience participation and Trick-Or-Treating with the cast after the show will add to the the fun!
Kindred Spirits is choreographed and directed by Jennifer Austin, of Arts In Motion; Brenda Luggie, of Roane State; and Angela Robbins, of CCHS; with additional choreography by Ashley Austin, of Arts in Motion; and original scripts by Jet Theatrix member Barbara Gibson.
Jet Theatrix is excited to be able to collaborate with other arts organizations in the region, and they are ecstatic to be able to help make Kindred Spirits an annual event.
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Shot of the Rig the best I could with the camera...Front soundstage
Printable View
Shot of the Rig the best I could with the camera...Front soundstage
Left Main Without Grill
Right Main Without Grill
Amps, Receiver, CD Player, the works
Close Up of Amps...
Close Up of Receiver and CD Player
Left Main With Grill (This is for Russ, the extra un-needed pics that is)
Right main with grill (here's another for good ol russ, that is not needed)
I didnt want to post these in the system showcase, as I have better quality pics to post there coming later on
Since you just grilled nizer not long ago, I feel its only just to do the same to you.
Located in the top left-hand corner of the navigation bar under the Club Polk logo, you will find the text reading: "System Showcase"
This link is not there for frills. It is there so members of this community can post pictures of their system. The idea is to keep clutter out of the main forum, and instead, having all images vested within an easy-access area for those curious about other member's systems.
I'm sure you can figure out the rest.
I didnt want to post these in the system showcase, as I have better quality pics to post there coming later on
Sid, if they're taken with the same camera that you've been snapping pictures with the past year, then don't even bother with the showcase. That camera, allbeit inexpensive, takes some truly ****ty pictures........
That camera I took those current pictures with, was the camera I took the before pictures with. The ones coming are from a real camera, scanned they will be. Don't worry Brett
Doesn't it suck that you can't flip the grills on your RTi38's (or 35's, whatever they are)? Not speaker stacking friendly, if you ask me. ;)
It has it's appeal...
If I really wanted to, i could take them off..But I dunno what it would do to the grill clothe....
I'm not going to say anything about this topic.
BUt if i were to say something. it would go like this. Sid, buddy. I agree with ATC the pics belong in the system showcase. I could also have said to Sid, you can always replace these so so pics with the news high quality ones when you get them scanned in. It's so EASY to replace pics in the sys showcase. I've redone mine a few times in the past month. I don't see anyone else doing this.
Are those your mom's bras in the second picture?
No that is a shirt...
WOW. Pictures of RTi speakers.
Thanks for the left and right grill on and off shots. I was worried that the right speakers may not look the same as the left, but they do!
At least pick up the dirty laundry first. :D
Yep Russ! I posted the ones with the grills on pecifically for you as I know you would complain about it. Just saw it coming....
Hard for me to imagine another 15 year old with a rig that can compete with yours...
Well done, Sid...
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Hard for me to imagine another 15 year old with a rig that can compete with yours...
Well done, Sid...
Thank ya Tour, now all I need is a new subwoofer and surrounds and I'll be done *for now*Quote:
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Hard for me to imagine another 15 year old with a rig that can compete with yours...
Well done, Sid...
Done flapping your lips, or just done buying gear?
I can't believe you set the grilles on your sheets. I can only imagine the Sid 'goo' that a black light would expose...
Russ if you would get your finger out of your @$$ and stop talking so much trash about people you may learn how to talk to people without showing how much of an @$$ you really are.
There is no goo on my bed, or anywhere for that matter.
I would hate to see your children, I could easily see you sitting down telling them to do Gateway drugs, and practice things the bible says not to do. What a role model. Go suck a tree or go hump a LSi.
Come on Sid, you need to ask yourself - WWJD?
Actually, we lost our first attempt at a child. 'Cleatus the Fetus' as I referred to him, didn't pull through.
Are you sure you two aren't brothers?
I mean it, sounds like my wife and daughter, i swear they are sisters.. :D
Nice rig....I wish I was into gear at that age......
Note to self: when taking pics pick up the laundry first....
You know, put me in the camp of I could really care less about the system showcase. I say if you wanna post pics in the forum (within reason) do it. I have no real desire to surf the showcase to see what others have. If you have a nice rig, I might want to LISTEN to it in person but feel no compulsion to look at pics in the showcase. That's just my opinion.
I don't really care what other people have but I do find it interesting to see what they did with it. Sometimes you see something and say to yourself "I should try that". Mostly I just want some dirty underwear sitting next to my speakers though...Quote:
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Now, nobody's confirming whether the actress who once said she wouldn't do a nude scene had changed her mind on the naked-for-my-art front, but she was in fact spotted heading into a Beverly Hills mansion for a photo shoot her mom later said "went well."
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Her "Machete" character's topless scenes in 2010 reportedly were the work of a nipple-baring body double.
"I'm not going to do a nude scene," Lohan told "Access Hollywood" in 2005. "Then there's no mystery for my private life." In the years that would follow, various of her body parts would be caught flashing and slipping by paparazzi cameras, but while promoting "Herbie: Fully Loaded," she said, "I think there's other things you can do to show people you have talent."
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Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
It is time to build a "new society within the shell of the old with the philosophy of the new, which is not a new philosophy but a very old philosophy, a philosophy so old that it looks new." (Peter Maurin)
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
12/13/2012 (1 year ago)
Published in U.S.
Keywords: culture, counter culture, hippies, marriage, gay marriage, abortion, right to life, pro-choice, pro-life, reproductive freedom, Catholic Church, Deacon Keith Fournier
CHESAPEAKE, VA (Catholic Online) - My return to the Catholic Church as a young man was propelled by my search for truth. It was also fueled by a desire to build a counter culture which embraced values different than the inhuman materialism, nihilism, lack of solidarity, violence and idolatry I saw all around me. I was a teenage hippie - I admit it.
However, I began to see that the alternative offered by that movement was illusory. I came to believe that it would replace the social order it decried with something worse. I also came to see that the problems I rejected in the society and culture around me were also within me. I embraced the Christian claim that I needed a Savior and found Him in His fullness in the Church which He founded.
I bring this up to make a point. I was not launched out of the womb a "conservative". That is one of the reasons I have never liked the label applied to my politics or theology. If anything, I saw myself as a radical in the truest meaning of the term, one trying to get back to the root.
The root I discovered led me to what early Christian writers called the Second Tree, the One planted on Calvary's Hill where the New Man, Jesus Christ, stretched out His arms to embrace the world in redemptive love and begin a New Creation. On that Cross, the Living Word, through whom the Universe was created, re-created it anew.
Theodore the Studite, an eighth century Abbot, once wrote: "How precious the gift of the cross, how splendid to contemplate! In the cross there is no mingling of good and evil, as in the tree of paradise: it is wholly beautiful to behold and good to taste. The fruit of this tree is not death but life, not darkness but light. This tree does not cast us out of paradise, but opens the way for our return."
"This was the tree on which Christ, like a King on a chariot, destroyed the devil, the Lord of death, and freed the human race from his tyranny. This was the tree upon which the Lord, like a brave warrior wounded in hands, feet and side, healed the wounds of sin that the evil serpent had inflicted on our nature."
"A tree once caused our death but now a tree brings life. Once deceived by a tree, we have now repelled the cunning serpent by a tree. What an astonishing transformation! That death should become life, that decay should become immortality- that shame should become glory!"
A fourth century Deacon named Ephrem proclaimed: "He who was also the carpenters glorious son set up his cross above deaths' all consuming jaws, and led the human race into the dwelling place of life. Since a tree had brought about the downfall of mankind, it was upon a tree that mankind crossed over to the realm of life."
"Bitter was the branch that had once been grafted upon that ancient tree, but sweet the young shoot that has now been grafted in, the shoot in which we are meant to recognize the Lord whom no creature can resist. We give glory to you, Lord, who raised up your cross to span the jaws of death, like a bridge by which souls might pass from the region of the dead to the land of the living.
"We give glory to you who put on the body of a single mortal man and made it the source of life for every other mortal man. You are incontestably alive. Your murderers sowed your living body in the earth as farmers sow grain, but it sprang up and yielded an abundant harvest of men raised from the dead. Come then, my brothers and sisters, let us offer our Lord the great and all embracing sacrifice of our love and our lives"
As a young man I rejected secularist, atheistic humanism - not humanism itself. I came to see that the true humanism is Christianity. That conviction led me back to the mother church of the entire Christian movement, the Catholic Church, because she is rooted in the theological anthropology and world view of the early fathers of the Church.
The existential questions I asked as a young man such as "Who Am I" and "Who are we", are still asked by men and women who hunger for more. They led me to the at the Cr�che, the Cross, the empty Tomb and the Catholic Church. As the Fathers of the last Council of the Church reminded us "The truth is that only in the mystery of the incarnate Word does the mystery of man take on light."
It is time to acknowledge that the collapse of Western civilization will not be remedied by political movements alone. They are inadequate for the task. Crippled by the culture of death and indoctrinated by what Pope Benedict XVI called a "Dictatorship of Relativism", the West has been seduced by the siren song of evil.
What we need is a Christian revolution and, to shake things up even further, I quote from Peter Maurin's insightful book of prose entitled Easy Essays. I do so NOT because I agree with the left wing politics which sometimes co-opted what he and Dorothy Day meant to found. I reject such left wing politics as I reject any political movements, right or left, which offer collectivism as a solution.
Rather, I quote them because they speak to the kind of new movement we currently need. We need to take the values derived from the Christian worldview and knead them into the loaf of contemporary culture "creating a new society within the shell of the old with the philosophy of the new, which is not a new philosophy but a very old philosophy, a philosophy so old that it looks new".
It was the Church which gave the West the understanding that the dignity of every human person is rooted in the fact that we are all created in the Image of God. From that foundation came the claim that we possess fundamental human rights endowed upon us by the God who created us.
Those rights are not given to us by any Civil Government. They must be recognized by Civil Government or it becomes an unjust government.
We live in a declining western culture increasingly hostile to the Church. Our struggle involves a clash of worldviews, personal and corporate, and competing definitions of human freedom, human dignity, and human flourishing.
We face the growing hostility of a dictatorship of relativism which claims there are no truths. We insist that there is Truth, it can be known - and it must govern our lives. This means we face persecution. Our path is paved with the insults, accusations and calumny of our fellow citizens.
We are accused of being against progress and science for defending the dignity of every human life - including the lives of our first neighbors in the womb. Nothing could be further from the truth. We are Pro-life because it is right. Science exists to serve the person, the family and the common good.
We must courageously stand up to the culture of death. We can never compromise on the truth concerning the dignity of every human life from conception through natural death. Science confirms what our conscience long ago confirmed, those little girls and boys in the womb are our neighbors. It is always wrong to intentionally kill our innocent neighbors. To say and do otherwise is barbaric.
We insist, in the face of the ascendency of a counterfeit notion of marriage, that true marriage and family have been inscribed by the Divine Architect into the order of the universe. Truth does not change, people and cultures do; sometimes for good and sometimes for evil.
True Marriage, between one man and one woman, is the first society into which children are to be born, learn to be fully human, grow in virtue, flourish and take their role in families and communities. Heterosexual marriage, procreation, and the nurturing of children form the foundation for the family, and the family forms the foundation of civil society.
We must never be afraid to make the claim that children have a right to a mother and a father. They do. Of course we care about the single parent family and the many broken homes. However, their existence does not change the norm necessary to build a stable and healthy society. In tact marriages and families are the glue of a healthy and happy social order.
True marriage is the preeminent and the most fundamental of all human social institutions. It is a relationship defined by nature itself and protected by the natural law that binds all men and women. It finds its foundation in the order of creation.
Civil institutions do not create marriage nor can they create a right to marry for those who are incapable of marriage. The institutions of government should, when acting properly, defend marriage against those who would redefine it.
Good government has long regulated marriage for the common good. For example, the ban on polygamy and age requirements were enforced in order to ensure that there was a mature decision at the basis of the Marriage contract.
To limit marriage to heterosexual couples is not discriminatory now, nor has it ever been. Homosexual couples cannot bring into existence what marriage intends by its definition. To confer the benefits that have been conferred in the past only to stable married couples and families to homosexual paramours is bad public policy.
To live in faithful, heterosexual marriages open to, bearing and rearing children may soon become countercultural. This will not be he first time in Christian history this has occurred. Homosexualized and liberine cultures have often been the mission field into which the Church was sent. What changed was not the Church, but those cultures.
So it will be with the contemporary West. Our claims concerning life and marriage are not outdated notions of a past era but provide the path to a future of true freedom.
We insist upon the existence of a Natural Moral Law which can be known by all men and women through the exercise of reason.We do so because such a Law exists. We do so because it is the only stable foundation for civil law, giving us the moral norms needed to build societies and govern ourselves. It must inform our positive law or we will become lawless and our society devolve into anarchy.
These claims of ours are unpopular now and will become increasingly ridiculed. Those who hold to them will face growing disparagement and ostracism. However, they are the only antidote to the malady which is rotting western civilization from within. We need to be a counter culture to be ready to face what is to come. That is where understanding our own Christian history can help.
The early Church was sent into cultures filled with people who thought they were advanced in light of the arts and sciences of their day. Yet, those cultures practiced primitive forms of abortion and exposure, a practice of leaving unwanted children on rocks to be eaten by birds of prey or picked up by slave traders.
Early Christian manuscripts like the Didache (the Teaching of the Twelve) and the Letter to Diognetus show us that the early Christians transformed cultures very much like our own. Cultures of use where people were treated as property, cultures of excess where freedom was perceived as a power over others and license masqueraded as liberty. They eventually changed them from within.
So must we. Faithful Catholics are a new Counter Culture offering a way forward to a Western Culture which has lost its way. It is time to build a "new society within the shell of the old with the philosophy of the new, which is not a new philosophy but a very old philosophy, a philosophy so old that it looks new."
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Hey all,
Happy to have found this site. Am new to cartography (my education is in other things, including some GIS) but I've always been interested in maps and thus marking a career change by starting back to school on a cartography and GIS pathway.
I'm fascinated by how technology has grown in the field and look forward to seeing the creative ways you guys (and gals) have been applying it. I look forward to contributing here.
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We meet on the third Saturday of each month, usually at Susan's house in Gulf Breeze FL. (Please check the schedule page and check the "Happenings" section at the top of this page for changes to date, time and place.) Meetings include a show-and-tell, a demonstration, and usually some swapping of yarns and books.
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There is a time, where things go blank. A stream of silence roars past your ears. Things stand still. Nothing enters, nothing leaves. It is only you. And you realize you cannot leave. What has caused you to stick around for so long, is the same thing that is driving you far away. You admit you have fallen. It was such a short time, but within those beautiful moments you mustered up enough passion and hope to deny any and every chance at failure. Failure to continue on. But now that we have given up, it makes no sense to even bother. No two ever fall together. So why should you keep trying?
we are a species made up of constant changes. I'm changing so fast, i have no time to sit and make anything of it. i think i might know. that no matter what you do, where you go, who you spend time with. it will always just be you. there is nothing left here for anyone. All that has been good is gone, or leaving you behind. it comes to a point where you don't even wish to feel anymore. these notes are just serenading you to sleep and there is nothing you can do about it. go with the flow, because nothing else matters. out of any and every contradiction came you and your beauty, setting every heart ablaze and every soul to space. with this goodbye, i leave you with love and nothing less. we cannot even worry about caring right now, what we are is never going to stay that way. it is so depressing to know that nothing can stay, yet so beautiful to realize change is evident. i cannot keep on like that. wishing waiting hoping wondering leading a life that no one will understand but myself. i am mad, so so mad. i cannot wait. this just spews out of my fingers like paint on an invisible canvas. nowhere to go, nothing to illustrate. i ramble in hopes of you telling me to stop. i found you against anything i had ever thought. the sky, the stars, the universe, the world. this is my world, and you give meaning to everything in it. but i do not even know who you are. these words are meaningless and mean nothing, not even capable of scraping the surface in depicting your beauty. we are wasting our time. wasting it ever so cleverly. and as i write this, you are the last person i thought would be on my mind.
Its not about what you say, or what you do. The things we do, or how often. The mistakes, and the triumphs. Its just about having you.
Nothing gold can stay, it is all what you make of the rust.
really helps when you are somewhat infuriated. It allows you to inhale the good, and exhale the bad. In breaking down your breathing, you're breaking down the situation, and ultimately realizing your mad over nothing. It was all just meaningless.
Falling asleep on a stranger.
Waking up in paradise.
I will take that risk.
Anyone you will ever care about will hurt you. And we always seem to forget that this is normal. It's a part of life we aren't used to, and a part we don't want to feel. Oh, but it is a two way road. You will always hurt the ones who care about you the most. It may be intentional, or unintentional, but it remains inevitable. I cannot stop it, nor can you, or anyone else. All you can do is prepare for it. Learn to be alone, learn to take your ups with your downs, and disambiguate the two. Somehow, the pain allows us to feel alive. No, we can't explain it. We just feel, and try to put that into words. But it's impossible. We are ready for the let down of our lives soon after we encounter the time of our lives. Are we just too forgiving in nature, or just too selfish to really let go? I can't pinpoint the way any of you have made me feel, because that is all I do. Feel. Thank those who have made you feel alive, and hurt you soon after. They are there for a reason, as with any other individual we grace on this path. We learn from one another in some ways or another. Interaction, and the lock thereof, is the basis of existence. Derive something from every chance encounter. We've all been hurt, that is for sure, but what are we doing chasing after it all over again?
I wasn't fond of you and I being a possibility, but everyone else was. I'm usually one for words, but around you I lose them somewhere in those eyes or that smile. You know I take leaps of faith when it comes to things I care about, and I know you would too. We get lost, we arrive. I've always known one thing: strangers turn to friends, friends turn to something more, and they eventually revert back to being strangers. Don't become a stranger again, because now I'm beginning to love the person I've come to know.
Nothing is justified until you make it so. We were born into a life, shipwrecked on a mysterious island filled with people and the possibilities which precede them. I could care less at the moment, I could love the howling winds, and the thrashing tides but I choose not too. The loneliest of men stand amongst the crowds, clearly speaking to themselves, while everyone else mutters obscenities to each other. It's as if all the chaos has become order, although no one can make sense of anything. They all cry, "The end is nigh". Oh no, it is only the beginning. Maybe hell is where we are, and heaven is where we are trying to go. And once we get there, we aren't dead. We are even more alive than we once were. Disregard any god, any savior, and focus on yourself. Think for a moment about anything you've ever been taught, and how it translates to you. Now understand that any expectations you've had in life have never mimicked the reality of things, until you have made it so. You are a god in amnesia, act like it.
"What gives you the right?"
You reply.
"You did. You gave me every right to step into your life and take what is yours. From the second we met you opened up your doors to me. Every entrance, every avenue. I've seen those eyes pry open and flood with tears. I've felt your shivering skin, your silky hair, and held your fragile fingertips. We were everything at once, and nothing at all. You enjoyed what you had, only because what you wanted wasn't there. So while you were pretending to give me your all, I ran with that. Because all you've ever given me was false hope. Those kisses were empty, those hugs were meaningless. I don't know you, and I don't want to. This is probably goodbye, don't remember me. Remember what you felt, and how it feels now that you are alone. This is you in front of a mirror, I am just behind it."
Why is this the most inspirational thing i've seen all day?
(Source: tragicsunshine.com, via twonevators-deactivated20110117)
openly admit. I am scared as fuck. Tired. Stressed. Uneasy. Things come along once in a lifetime. However, this is not one of them. And as much as I want it to be, there is a very good chance it will not. Now I sit back and unravel what has been given. And I make no point about it. I will always be unhappy, one way or the other, always be alone, in every essence of the word. But what I'm striving for makes it all that much more clear. Right now this is something that needs to happen, more than ever. The future holds on for us, if we can only hold on to each other. The most important things in life aren't things, they are people. Those people who fill your life, because no two connections are the same. Every chance encounter, every minute happening, has brought us to this very place in time. Cherish this, because I am beginning to take it for granted. You can't save me because you would have by now, and I am just waiting for the next train out of here. I would lend out my hand for you to join me, but you would probably follow suit along with the rest who used to matter…please don't. Just take my hand.


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Erk FM 102 – Erk's not 102, is he?
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Welcome to Erk FM episode 102. This week, Erk celebrates a birthday, his own! It's been a long week without his main production computer but it is back and the main Channel Erk Studio looks very different now. But you are not here for that! You are here for some great music. This episode consists of a small selection of artists that Erk has played on Erk FM (or Insomnia Radio: Australia) before and really enjoyed.
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- Tweetin' On A Jet Plane - Steve Goodie (The FuMP)
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- Wrong Side of The World - Citizens of Contrary Knowledge
- Gimmie Some Love - Titty Bingo
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- World Machine - Sierra Alpha
- Pick Up The Phone - Dragonette
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- Sunday Morning - Tamarama
- Life Is A Moment - Cupero
- Lady Salsa - Major Major
- Never Be Mine - Lee Safar