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American civil religion has always played a large role in American culture: "Manifest Destiny," Anglo-Israelism, the Puritan ideal, the extreme Calvinist deluded and self-important ethos (e.g., the outrageous myth that capitalism is primarily or exclusively a Calvinist invention). Sadly, too, it took the Unitarian Jefferson and liberal Presbyterian Madison to bring about institutionalized religious liberty: the old-guard Anglican establishment and the remnants of Puritanism would have none of that, any more than the Anglicans allowed religious freedom in merrie olde England and its brash, unruly and ungrateful underling, Ireland (Catholics were allowed religious freedom only after 1829, I believe). By contrast, Catholic Maryland was the first tolerant American colony. That quickly changed when the Puritans came to power there.
America is not unique in the sense of creating an idolatrous civil religion which runs counter to true Christianity. I think, e.g., of the Communist countries with their official atheism, of so-called "Enlightenment" France with its enthroning of the "goddess" reason, over against Christianity and the Catholic Church, of the longstanding acceptance of immorality, prostitution, and pornography in northern (ostensibly Lutheran) European countries, etc.; virtually universal institutionalized contraception and abortion in formerly proclaimed "Christian" countries, Catholic and Protestant and Orthodox alike. I find those things far more an affront to God than a supposed identification of the Kingdom of God with America.
I think that the multi-national corporation capitalist ethos has been destructive to American culture and Christianity in many ways. I have thought a lot lately about what was lost when the North won the American Civil War, and that perhaps the "South was right" (considered entirely apart from slavery, which - it is argued by the South's current defenders -- was inevitably on the way out anyway). Along these lines, I tend to sympathize with the economic thought of G.K. Chesterton and Hilaire Belloc (Distributism or Agrarianism, or small business, entrepreneurial capitalism). The multi-national corporations exploit cheap labor in other countries, and this is arguably wrong, on Christian ethical grounds. I believe that there is a balanced, non-socialist and Christian (particularly Catholic) critique of present-day capitalism.
I would argue that the Catholic social view is neither left nor right but "radically center." I would say the same about Catholic dogma, on the theological plane. America has been guilty of many extremely serious evils: e.g., the treatment of blacks and Indians. Slavery was America's "original sin." The genocide of the Indians is our most heinous and indefensible sin, apart from the slaughter of the innocents which has occurred legally these past 31 years. The latter butchery is, of course, far greater in number. One might also recall General Sherman's atrocities in the South during his "march to the sea" during our Civil War in the 1860s, or the abominable treatment of prisoners of war in both north and south at that time.
The centers of power and information in America have long since been secularized (Harvard went Unitarian in 1802, not 1902). The Constitution itself is a very secular document. Many of the great poets and literary figures, e.g., were already post-Christian (Ralph Waldo Emerson and his un-Christian Transcendentalism comes immediately to mind). Christian nation? Hardly! At best we could say that Christianity was a significant influence on America and American history, primarily through the two Great Awakenings and the original Puritan heritage. Most of the Founding Fathers were Unitarians or extremely liberal Protestants, by any criteria (as a side note, in my research back in the mid-80s, I didn't find that Franklin and Jefferson were deists, as is often incorrectly stated - but they were somewhat close to that position).
The more apt analogy of America today is not "God's country," but rather, a closer identification with Moloch -- the god of child sacrifice (see 2 Chr 28:3; 33:6; Jer 7:31; 19:5-6; 2 Ki 23:10; Jer 32:35), even consciously so. Abortion is the sacrament of radical feminism and the sexual revolution, and of our increasingly unisexual society. So we have come full circle to the ancient pagan deities and abominable practices. That's why I see America as a (consciously or semi-consciously) pagan nation, rather than as a pretender to any semblance of a Christian worldview or identification. A cursory look at the sitcoms, universities, or the media today (where God and religion are routinely belittled and mocked) leads one to believe that America is pagan, not Christian by any stretch of the imagination.
The Jewish writer Abraham Joshua Heschel (echoing Paul on the subject -- 2 Cor. 3:17), wrote:
Is liberty alone, regardless of what we do it, regardless of good and evil, of kindness and cruelty, the highest good? Is liberty an empty concept -- the ability to do what we please? Is not the meaning of liberty contingent upon its compatibility with righteousness? There is no freedom except the freedom bestowed upon us by God; there is no freedom without sanctity.
(God in Search of Man, 170)
This complements well my own striving after a capitalism tempered by Christian values (e.g., Chesterton's and Belloc's Distributism). In effect our "liberty" has become (if it was ever otherwise) like that of "Enlightenment" France, rather than true Christian, Pauline "liberty."
Many Americans have felt alienated and used and abused by the rougher elements of capitalism and American culture: blacks, Indians, Hispanics, the poor, unorganized labor, women. I suppose some may think I sound like a political liberal now :-), but I would say that this is simply the Christian and biblical concern for the oppressed and downtrodden. America has tended to downgrade and despise such people (particularly the poor) by assuming that they brought their conditions upon themselves in every case, since the "righteous" person will always prosper, according to large strains of thought in traditional Calvinism and Puritanism, as echoed today by the anti-biblical nonsense of the hyper-faith preachers such as Kenneth Hagin and Kenneth Copeland.
Moral (Burkean, Johnsonian, Chestertonian) traditionalism or the moral law, or the natural law, of which the Founding Founders spoke is rapidly being annihilated by legal positivism and relativism. This natural law is more akin to C. S. Lewis's "Tao" (broad-based, common agreements on morality and ethics) than Catholic dogma, though I would say that Catholicism is the most consistent manifestation of it.
In my opinion, the Catholic Church and other traditional Christian allies are the "right side," not the Republicans. I would never confuse mere party ties with spiritual warfare; even "cultural struggle" at its deepest levels. Politics has little use for God's Providence or Christian ethics. Can a Christian "make peace" with a radical secularist - indeed anti-Christian - agenda? This is hardly possible for a Christian seeking to be consistent. So when a Christian speaks out against this agenda, exposes it, identifies it, he is accused of being "divisive" and utilizing "incendiary polemics." The prevailing secularist culture has elevated "Tolerance" to the level of idolatrous Deity.
It is not compassion per se that the Catholic conservative opposes in the political liberal today, but a fake, posing, hypocritical, sanctimonious and condescending (and too often, pro-abort) "compassion" which offers mere words, symbolic gestures, and feigned "concern," but little in the way of concrete solution or action. Conservatives tend to approach problems philosophically and intellectually (i.e., from the mind). For that reason (and others) they are accused of being "cold" and "heartless," etc. But this doesn't follow. Solutions to huge, multifaceted problems do require much reflection and thought.
On the other hand, liberal "good intentions" without common sense and sound economics and a
consciously moral (and/or traditional) framework have brought us the "Great Society," radically secular and feminist sex education, corrupt welfare practices, our marvelous public schools, and many other utterly-failed programs which have demonstrably exacerbated rather than solved problems. I say it isn't compassionate to not recognize that things are far worse than when such well-meaning programs were set up. To make this critique and to accept the reality as it is, one need not doubt the sincerity or good faith of liberals. Conservatives are habitually denied the same benefit of the doubt when they disagree as to methods for alleviating social problems. If they don't agree to the failed and futile liberal agendas we are immediately labelled as "heartless." Of course that is sheer nonsense.
The parties tend to stress polar aspects which ought (in the Christian and biblical outlook) to be integrated. Very broadly speaking, the Democrats seem to be about social issues while neglecting personal and familial morality, and the utter necessity of religion (e.g., their espousal of the radical feminist, abortionist, and homosexual agendas; condom distribution to high schoolers, alas, now even euthanasia is being bandied about).
The Republicans are the opposite: they stress the personal and family issues but neglect social issues such as corporate greed, racism, inner city decay, universal medical care, and those things which make for a better body politic and community besides the accumulation of personal wealth and free enterprise. Interestingly, this reflects the historic (and still applicable) dichotomy (in Protestant circles) between the "fundamentalists" and the "social gospel." Both parties, however, seem to be edging towards pure libertarianism. I see this as the trend in the next generation. They will fight over the peripherals (for the game of politics' sake), but unite in their opposition to the Christian societal ethos.


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A small gasp escaped Laila's lips as she watched her boyfriend kiss another girl. Sterling wasn't pulling away. Why wasn't he stopping? The blonde had her fingers in his hair, her body pressed against his and he wasn't pulling away. Tears flooded Laila's eyes and she turned to run out the door only to collide with a familiar face.
"Laila!" Will smiled down at her. "When you said you were going to a party, I didn't know you meant this one!"
"I have to leave," she managed to say and pushed passed him. She could feel her legs carrying her out the door but she wasn't sure how they were managing to move. Stumbling, she felt two strong hands wrap around her waist and help her find her bearings. She looked up at the man who was holding her, knowing the face didn't belong to the person she wanted to see.
"Come on," Will said softly. "I'll help you home."
But Laila broke down completely. "How could he do this to me?" She sobbed as she collapsed into his arms.
"Shhh, let's just get you out of here." Will slipped his arm around her waist and held her upright as he began to walk slowly down the street. With each step he could feel her struggling more and more and he wasn't at all opposed to the idea of Laila needing him. Her thin frame fit so perfectly against his that he couldn't help but pretend that they were walking back to her dorm room under different circumstances.
"Thank you," he heard her whisper, pulling him from his daydream.
"For what?"
"For taking me home."
"Do you want to tell me what happened?" But Will, of course, already knew what had happened. He had been hiding in the corner with Brittany, careful not to let Laila see him, when Sterling and his brother walked in. Will had been surprised, to say the least, to see the twins and was worried he wouldn't be able to tell the two apart. But the boys instantly separated, one moving toward Laila and her roommates, the other making a beeline for the keg. Once one brother had kissed Piper on the cheek, Will directed Brittany toward the other and watched in amazement as she worked her magic.
"It's over," Laila said quietly.
"You and your boyfriend?"
"Yes. He doesn't want me anymore."
"Then he's a fool."
Laila didn't say anything, but stood up a little straighter and lifted some of her weight from Will's arm. They walked in silence the rest of the way to her dorm room and Will waited as she found her keys in her purse.
"Thank you again for walking me home. I'm sorry if I took you away from the party."
"Don't mention it," Will said, his hand reaching out to touch her cheek. Her eyes, although incredibly sad, were such a brilliant shade of violet that he was momentarily lost in them. "I hate to see you upset."
"I should be better on Monday," she promised him.
"Can I see you tomorrow? Just to make sure you're all right?"
"I don't know if that's such a good idea," Laila looked away from him to the ground between their feet.
"You didn't do anything wrong, you know?" Will said, lifting her face by her chin.
"Yes I did," she whispered though her voice was completely certain.
Will smiled at her. "That feeling will pass."
Laila gave him a halfhearted smile but allowed his hand to stay on her face. Slowly, so as not to startle her, Will let his fingers stroke her jaw and meander down to her neck. His eyes focused on her lips as his head bent toward hers but she stopped him just seconds before he was able to kiss her.
"Will, don't." She pushed at his chest and turned around.
"I'm sorry," he was quick to apologize and put a hand on her shoulder to stop her. "You're upset and I shouldn't have done that."
Laila paused and then nodded her head, refusing to look at him. "Goodnight, Will." She pushed through her door and closed it quickly behind her. Sterling had been right all along. Will wanted her as more than a friend and everything, all of his past actions, all of their conversations, and especially his attraction suddenly became completely obvious. As her new reality set in, Laila's head was flooded with doubt and questions and she started shaking as the feelings overwhelmed her.
"Jesus!" She heard Nikki say from across the room. "Are you okay?"
"I need my inhaler," Laila whispered, her throat about to close completely.
She opened her eyes and watched as Nikki ran to her room and retrieved her inhaler from her nightstand. Laila pressed it to her lips and waited until she could breathe properly.
"Thank you," she smiled at her roommate.
Nikki was looking at her as if she were a ghost. "What happened?"
Laila glanced around her dorm room. So much had happened she didn't know where to start. Everything around her was familiar but she felt as if she didn't belong anywhere. She felt as if she needed to run away.
"Sterling and I…we…" but she didn't know who to continue and she looked back at her roommate. Nikki was standing over her with a worried expression, a duffel bag slung over her shoulder. "Are you going somewhere?"
Nikki's dark eyes looked nearly black as she stared down at her. "I'm driving home for the weekend."
"To New York?"
"Yup. Are you sure you don't want to sit down?"
"Why so late?"
"My car was in the shop but I didn't want to wait 'till tomorrow. Why don't you drink some water or something?"
"Can I go with you?"
"To New York?"
Laila was nodding her head and smiling, clearly stuck with a brilliant idea.
"I guess," Nikki said with a shrug of her shoulders. She wanted to help Laila, because clearly the girl needed some help, but a ride to the city didn't seem like the best solution. Nevertheless, Laila appeared taken with the idea and skipped off to her room, her mood almost instantly changed. Nikki only had to wait a few confused moments before Laila reappeared, her bag packed and her clothes changed.
"I'm ready." Laila smiled and held up a box of thin mint cookies. "For the road," she explained and Nikki had to laugh.
"A girl after my own heart." She held the door for Laila and then locked it behind her. Whatever had Laila in such a mess just moments ago would most likely come up on their ride to New York and Nikki didn't want her roommate to be left alone when the feelings returned. Laila seemed so fragile in every way, it wasn't a mystery to Nikki why Sterling felt such a need to protect her. The poor girl was probably completely lost without him and looking to whomever was in sight for guidance. Thank God Nikki had been in the apartment instead of Luanne, she thought. She could have returned from New York to find even more motivational quotes taped to the mini fridge and two roommates who alphabetized the books and magazines in their room.
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CHICAGO — By late Thursday night, as Marc Trestman prepared himself for what could be the toughest two-day stretch of his new job, it was clear he had succeeded in Phase 1 of his process of becoming a successful head coach in the NFL.
CHICAGO — By late Thursday night, as Marc Trestman prepared himself for what could be the toughest two-day stretch of his new job, it was clear he had succeeded in Phase 1 of his process of becoming a successful head coach in the NFL.
His players are all behind him, even those who must have known at the time that they would not be around when it all gets going on Sept. 8.
"In all honesty, I haven't been around a coach like that before. In a short amount of time, he's had the entire team buy in," said quarterback Jordan Palmer, who was the Bears starting quarterback on Thursday, but was set to head back to his old job as a marketing consultant by this afternoon. "Now, I think a lot of Coach Trestman."
Palmer was part of the second wave of cuts which began Friday, and will end Saturday.
But through it all, a lot of Bears players have come out and said similar things about Trestman. Even mildly disgruntled wide receiver Brandon Marshall had some good things to say about Trestman and his staff during his speech on Tuesday. It was a rant that included frustrations about his role in the new offense, and about his slow-healing hip and his overall conditioning, but nothing negative about the Trestman regime.
"I think it's a great offense, great coaches, great players," said Marshall, who was excused for a four-day leave of absence the next day. "We have all the pieces."
Now let's see if Trestman can help put it all together in a game that counts. The team announced 17 players who were released Friday, and with lineman J'Marcus Webb on the list, it appears as if they are continuing to make things right.
Running back Armando Allen, wide receivers Josh Lenz and Brittan Golden and tight end Fendi Onobun were a couple of the recognizable names on Friday's cut-list — along with Palmer and fellow-QB Trent Edwards — but no one who clearly++ earned a better look was sent packing.
While three more players must go by 5 p.m. today, except for some free-agent activity over the next couple of days, all that's left for Trestman is the true test.
"I think we have an idea of what we can be," he said. "It will all start next Sunday. We're going to find out a lot about ourselves in the next 16 weeks. I think we see signs of the team we can become."
Once all the cuts are made, and the roster is locked in at 53, things move on to Phase 2: Winning some NFL football games.
If Trestman can continue to move it forward, some from the inside (however briefly) believe this team at least has what it needs to make a run at Phase 3: A Super Bowl championship.
Page 2 of 2 - "Far better than anything I've been around. I haven't been around a team like this. I've been on some good teams … nowhere near this," said Palmer, who has spent time with the Redskins, Bengals and Jaguars. "You've got some guys that are potential Hall of Famers. You could make an argument why each of the skill positions on offense should go to the Pro Bowl this year."
First things first. Phase 1: Complete. Phase 2: Ready to launch.
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Bedford High adds new courses
Bedford High School Principal Bill Hagen, along with four other high school representatives, spoke to members of the Bedford School Board Monday, Nov. 26, to discuss changes in the course catalogue.
They outlined plans to create additional prerequisites for several courses, and also talked about courses that could be removed or added.
Potential classes to be added to the curriculum were courses in journalism, philosophy and history of American music, Christina O�Hara, dean of students, said.
Journalism 2 intends to build upon Journalism 1, which is already offered, by introducing students to the production and business aspects of the industry.
The new philosophy course � added due to the popularity of the school�s only other philosophy class, the Theory of Knowledge � will focus on the foundations of philosophy.
Finally, a course on the history of American music will be offered. O�Hara said this arose, partly, to encourage students who do not typically participate in music an avenue into the subject.
Courses that will no longer be available include Origins of Western Civilization, World Languages 1A and an honors chemistry class. These courses were all deemed unnecessary due to lack of interest or other options being available.
The school is also �actively pursuing� courses that could get students college credit while they are still in high school.
In addition to the change in courses, representatives of the high school introduced the idea of digital report cards to the board.
The plan to replace paper report cards with online copies is set for late March or early April, Assistant Superintendant Chip McGee said.
The online report cards will be accessible through PowerSchool, but a parent can still request a tradtional, paper copy if they want one.
Board member Terry Wolf said she believes parents will like the online-accessible report cards.
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"A heat wave in San Francisco is rare, but when one occurs, it usually lasts three days… Tuesday, April 17, 1906, was the first of three such days, and by evening it was still breathlessly hot… I heard tales that horses in their stalls were restless much of that night. This, linked with the unseasonable weather – "earthquake weather" – some were to call it, would be remembered by the superstitious as portents of impending disaster… (on Wednesday morning, April 18th) I was awakened by a violent shaking of the house accompanied by a roar and the sound of cracking wood… I could hear the crash of falling bricks outside and heard my father say, "This is certainly a real earthquake." (from MEMORIES OF THE SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE AND FIRE OF 1906, by Howard T. Livingston)
Folklore applies the term "earthquake weather" to a sultry, ominously uneasy period said to precede large earthquakes. Scientists have generally dismissed suggestions that weather could have anything to do with the tremendous underground forces associated with an earthquake. Yet, many people who have ample experience with seismic events insist that quakes and weather are somehow connected.
"Earthquake weather" is signaled by close, oppressive conditions: hot and humid weather, with thin, wispy clouds appearing overhead and no predicted rain. Stories of "earthquake clouds" describe long, straight cloud forms that appear for days over a fault before it finally shakes. One theory is that a squeezing motion of the earth prior to a quake generates electric currents that decompose trapped ground water and release hydrogen and oxygen ions into the air, with these ions then producing the clouds and the unusual calm characteristic of "earthquake weather."
In the 4th century B.C., the philosopher Aristotle proposed that earthquakes were caused by winds trapped in caves. Small quakes were thought to have been caused by air pushing on the cavern roofs, and large ones by the air breaking through the earth's surface. This idea said that because a large amount of air had been trapped for some time underground, the "earthquake weather" would be hot and calm before a quake. And ever since, many people have pointed to various signs of the weather as being linked to earthquakes.
Some have drawn conclusions that more quakes tend to occur in the winter than the summer, usually when there is a surge of unusually warm weather. Malcolm Johnston, a research geologist at the USGS Menlo Park California Science Center, said many earthquakes occur at depths of six miles or greater – far removed from the surface weather conditions. "People have argued that you're heating the earth…but we're talking no more than a couple of meters into the crust," Johnston said. "Further down than that, you wouldn't even know it's a hot day outside."
Another theory says that it's not the temperature changes causing earthquakes, it's that the high-pressure weather system creating the sultry, oppressive heat is pushing on the ground, disturbing the underlying faults. Johnston said that's unlikely. Such a pressure change underground would be minuscule: on the order of one part in 100 million, he said. And he said that the increased downward pressure on faults would make it harder for an earthquake to occur, not easier.
The bottom line: there is no such thing as "earthquake weather". Statistically, there is an approximate equal distribution of earthquakes in hot weather, cold weather, rainy weather, etc. While some may hold to the common misconception that earthquakes are more likely to occur during hot and dry weather (this idea dating to the ancient Greeks), earthquakes of course take place miles underground, and so are not influenced by surface weather conditions.
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|Allergies and Risk of Head and Neck Cancer: An Original Study plus Meta-Analysis.
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|PMID: 23383309 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review
|BACKGROUND: Although the relationship between allergy and cancer has been investigated extensively, the role of allergy in head and neck cancer (HNC) appears less consistent. It is not clear whether allergies can independently influence the risk of HNC in the presence of known strong environmental risk factors, including consumption of alcohol, betel quid, and cigarette.
METHODS: THE CURRENT PAPER REPORTS RESULTS FROM: 1) an original hospital-based case-control study, which included 252 incident cases of HNC and 236 controls frequency-matched to cases on sex and age; and 2) a meta-analysis combining the results of the current case-control study and 13 previously published studies (9 cohort studies with 727,569 subjects and 550 HNC outcomes and 5 case-control studies with 4,017 HNC cases and 10,928 controls).
RESULTS: In the original case-control study, we observed a strong inverse association between allergies and HNC [odds ratio = 0.41, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.27-0.62]. The meta-analysis also indicated a statistically significant inverse association between HNC and allergies [meta-relative risk (RR) = 0.76, 95% CI: 0.63-0.91], particularly strong for allergic rhinitis (meta-RR = 0.55, 95% CI: 0.40-0.76). In addition, the inverse association between allergies and HNC was observed only among men (meta-RR = 0.67, 95% CI: 0.54-0.84) but not among women (meta-RR = 0.98, 95% CI: 0.81-1.18).
CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that immunity plays an influential role in the risk of HNC. Future studies investigating immune biomarkers, including cytokine profiles and genetic polymorphisms, are warranted to further delineate the relationship between allergies and HNC. Understanding the relationship between allergies and HNC may help devise effective strategies to reduce and treat HNC.
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Gene expression profiling in murine autoimmune arthritis during the initiation and progression of joint inflammation
1 Section of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2 Children's Memorial Institute for Education and Research, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Arthritis Res Ther 2005, 7:R196-R207 doi:10.1186/ar1472Published: 14 December 2004
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Obtaining software directly from the source code (a standard procedure on Unix computers) generally involves the following three steps: configuring the makefile, compiling the code, and finally installing the executable in the appropriate places. A configure script accomplishes the first of these steps. Using configure scripts is an automated method of generating makefiles before compilation to tailor the software to the system on which the executable is to be compiled and run. The final executable software is most commonly obtained by executing the following commands in a shell that is currently pointing to the directory containing the source code:
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By: Manna
It was a day that spoke—its language one of low-hanging clouds and an ice-cold drizzle—of terrible things to come. It was no different than the day before, or even the day before that; the rain had been falling and the sky had been threatening for three days already. Lady Lyndis of Caelin had waited by the large bay windows that looked out over the expanse of land directly in front of Castle Caelin for every single moment of those three days.
Blinking was a luxury.
Her hands and her forehead pressed against the cold, foggy glass in front of her. Even in the places where she had smeared away the fog, everything from the sentries to the stones of the castle were distorted through her limited vision.
Three days was a long time to wait, but in actuality, she had been waiting much longer. Only three days previous had a messenger arrived at the castle with the news that the Caelin Knights had been victorious in their march to rid the southeastern villages of a recently formed group of bandits. Sons of farmers they may have been, she had scowled, but pillaging and killing and taking women and children was a crime that was punishable by death.
She was truly a lady of Caelin, now. Lord Hausen was on his deathbed, and had been for many weeks. She had assumed his place, and as soon as the news had arrived, she had taken her post at the window. Sleep had been hard to find, food had been hard to stomach.
She wanted to be left to her vigil, left to wait for them, for her men, for her knights, especially Kent and Sain.
Perhaps she was selfish, skipping meals and making others worry about her. It had been nearly a month since the Caelin Knights left the castle, and it had been the loneliest month of her life since before she had happened upon an injured tactician on the plains of Sacae.
Her heart ached to think of them fighting without her, but she was a lady now, and as such, she had to stay within the castle walls where it was safe. Did it make her selfish, then, to wonder why it was that it was okay for Kent or Sain or Nameless Knight A to put their life on the line for her and for Caelin, but it was not okay for her to do the same? It just wasn't right, she told herself as she sighed against the glass, fogging it up again. It wasn't fair that her men, her precious knights, especially the two men she had come to love most in the world…were out fighting while she could only wait.
And wait.
And wait.
Her eyes were nearly closed when she saw the horses, saw the flags, and for five minutes that seemed to stretch on for an hour, she watched them advance, watched the equine's necks get skinny, then fat, then skinny again as they moved, their figures passing over various swirls and chips in the window glass that separated them.
Then she was slipping, running, her shoes forgotten on the stone floor as she ran like she hadn't dared to run since returning to Caelin, since becoming a lady. She shouted orders in her best don't-sass-me tone, and nobody dared to argue with her. In due time, she met them halfway to the gate.
She stopped in the grass, her bare feet cold and wet, her hair dampening with every breath she took, and she looked at the men before her.
Used to their laughter and gaiety in the mess hall, seeing them so quiet and somber scared her, worried her, made a chill go down her spine that didn't seem to stop. The Caelin flags were torn and dirty, ragged. The horses thin, the men thinner. She hardly realized that she was hugging herself in an attempt to stay warm. No, her eyes were fixated elsewhere.
On the burlap.
She knew what was inside that burlap, knew with every fiber of her being, with every little shudder that wracked her shoulders. Was it the cold, the rain, the blades of grass tickling the bottoms of her feet? No, it was connected to the sickening, violent churning of her stomach and the nausea that built up and nearly made her gag.
The flatbed wagon had several burlap rolls lying on the wooden planks, and her eyes scanned the men standing around; she scanned and scanned and scanned with frantic, reckless abandon until finally—finally—her eyes lit upon a familiar face.
A face that was familiar from the auburn hair to the color of his armor. But the rest of him was unfamiliar to her. His armor was scratched and dented, his left arm hung uselessly at his side with a bloody white rag tied around his bicep as a makeshift bandage, his chin was dotted with stubble, and his face was haggard; it was as if he had changed, had aged years and years and years since she had last seen him.
"Kent?" she asked, sounding lost, asking more than one question without saying anything except his name.
Slowly, she took a step forward, and the knight commander said nothing, nothing at all, but several other knights stepped forward, blocking the wagon with its burlap burdens from her view.
"Kent?" she asked again, almost desperately, the timbre of her voice carrying fear and worry through the sound of the drizzle.
When nobody answered, she ran forward, ran into the arms of the Caelin Knights. She ignored their hard, metal, bloodstained armor and pressed, pushed, fighting and insisting and dammit, she had a right to—
She broke through, somehow, and perhaps it could have been attributed to the fact that the men hadn't eaten well in days and they were exhausted and tired and Lady Lyndis was their superior and if she really wanted to see, then by all means…it was her right.
In an instant, she realized that she hadn't heard a particular voice, light and cheerful and absolutely, resolutely careless in speech. It was in that moment that she came to a halt, that her eyes landed on the wagon pulled by two horses that stood just behind Kent's own steed, that one of the horses pulling the wagon looked awfully familiar, that it had no rider, and that sticking out of one of those rolls of brown burlap was a lock of hair the color of sand.
She stood there in silence, only the sound of water hitting armor registering in her mind, and then, with a cry and a stumble, she was running toward that wagon, toward the hair.
Kent blocked her way. "No, milady," he said firmly, his grip on her shoulder so tight that it hurt. She didn't know how he had gotten off of his horse so fast, didn't know why he was standing in front of her.
She looked up, tilting her neck, blinking as the tiny drops of water clung to her eyelashes, making them heavy. His brown eyes were dark, and she could see the little wrinkles at the corners of them that hadn't been there a month ago. She longed to smooth them away, somehow, to make him almost-smile the way he had been as he bid her farewell and promised to return to her.
"No," he repeated again. It was so unlike him to tell her what to do. So unlike him to say that she couldn't do something. His grip on her shoulder tightened further; she scarcely realized that he wasn't using both hands, that he couldn't lift his other arm at all.
"Kent…" it was a mere whisper, cracked and broken-sounding.
His hold loosened just a fraction, "Please don't, milady." The knights of Caelin all kneeled to the ground behind her, around her, and their redheaded commander spoke again, "He left us honorably a week ago." His own voice cracked, and he bowed his head, his soaked hair clinging to his forehead and the back of his neck. "Please do not look."
But she ignored him, pulling roughly out of his grip and trotting over to the wagon in a gait that resembled a lame horse. It had been on her order that they had marched, after all, she told herself. Pausing in front of one of the rolls of burlap, she tried to ignore the stink of the dead and reached one hand out to touch that hair, the wet hair that resembled damp sand, the hair that belonged to the head that had the face of one of her dearest, most treasured friends.
"Wait, O beauteous one!"
She remembered it as clearly as if he had spoken those words only yesterday and not more than three years ago. Oh, he was silly and goofy, flirty in a way that made it hard to take him seriously, but he was honorable and kind, goodhearted to a fault; he always tried so damn hard to put a smile on everyone's face, especially when the yoke of war had settled around their shoulders, a weight hard for anyone to bear.
Isadora had smiled, Harken, Eliwood, and even Vaida, though she had been certain at the time she would end up mopping her silly knight up off of the grass afterward.
Such a good, gentle man, she thought, trembling fingers petting his hair, the only thing she could see; she was afraid to see the rest.
She didn't cry.
But if she did—if she did shed any tears—they would mix with the rain and nobody would be able to tell the difference.
"Oh, Sain," she cooed softly, sweetly.
And then she moved to the next man, and the next, until she had looked at the brown burlap that held each corpse. They had died on her order, she thought again, and her shoulders slumped the smallest bit with the added weight, the guilt of sending men to their death.
But death was a part of war, and they knew their job was to risk their lives the moment their country called for it. She looked at them, at the nameless men, and at Sain, patting his hair one last time before she hugged herself tightly, her dress completely soaked through, the cold making her shiver.
She stepped away with some measure of reluctance, and turned to face her men, most notably Kent, who was still standing, looking at her almost apologetically though she knew he had lost far, far more than she. Her eyes roved over the knights that still kneeled, and with a wave of her hand, they all stood at attention.
She could see the injured, the weak. Their wet shirts clung to them, their armor had chips and dents and holes, their bodies were scratched, dirty, their faces exhausted, their bellies empty; they were all cold. Perhaps they were sick from marching in the rain.
"Bury these men," she ordered, her voice firm though her legs felt weak. "Mark each of their graves, as they have died honorably for Caelin's sake."
The soldiers all nodded gravely, and she went to stand next to Kent, putting her hand on his good arm in a pathetic attempt to offer what little comfort she could give him.
"And then," she said slowly, her voice breaking, "I want all of you to go home. Your families… Your families need you now."
And with that, she mounted Kent's horse behind him and joined her men for their march into Castle Caelin.
Author Notes:
The ending is left almost incomplete for a good reason. Death is final, but only for the one who dies. Those of us left behind do not forget, and by that same token, I ended this where I did. This idea crept into my head and wouldn't leave me alone, so I had to write it.
Another note on glass. This seems really silly, but until fairly recently, glass windows were not clear and easy to see through. In fact, in windows merely 100 or so years old, the glass distorts everything you view through it, as it is warped slightly. The further back in time you go, the worse the glass was. Interesting facts! It's how you can tell if you have old (sometimes original) windows in an old house.
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Between 1575 and 1825, a network of underground passageways or mine galleries was created on the western side of Maastricht. During times of siege, these tunnels were used to approach and surprise the enemy from under the ground. A tour through the casemates of Maastricht is an exciting experience.
History of the Casemates
Thanks to its strategic position alongside the Meuse, Maastricht has always had a strong appeal to foreign rulers. The city was attacked and besieged on countless occasions. For seven centuries, almost unceasing work was carried out on building and maintaining the city walls, moats, forts and other defensive works around the city. This resulted in a labyrinth of cleverly laid-out underground passageways, which could house army units of as many as 5000 men. Every soldier knew exactly what to do if the enemy came within range.
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~JP walks you through these people–Many players in mix to replace Daley
White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, who said in an interview Monday that he wants to become Chicago mayor, has a war chest of nearly $1.2 million left over from his career in Congress, Federal Election Commission records show.
The balance in the fund named Friends of Rahm Emanuel was $1.175 million at the end of March, records show.
~The date Ol' Rahm said this? April 20th, 2010 !
The looming retirement of Mayor Richard M. Daley opens the door to remaking the city's political landscape. Here's a look at many of the local players who could have a stake in the 2011 city election.
Some have said they may be candidates for mayor, some have ruled themselves out — at least for now — and some just won't say.
• Rahm Emanuel, 50, White House chief of staff
Senior strategist and chief fundraiser during Daley's first successful run for mayor in 1989, he caused a stir in an April television appearance when he announced: "One day I would like to run for mayor of the city of Chicago."
The former congressman was an adviser to President Bill Clinton and then worked for an investment banking firm headed by a Clinton fundraiser. In 21/2 years with the firm, he earned more than $16 million.
Evidence in the federal investigation into illegal political hiring at Daley's City Hall showed city workers campaigned for Emanuel and other politicians.
He also came up in the investigation of ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich's conduct in filling the U.S. Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama. Emanuel, who served as Obama's point person on the Senate seat, was heard on several undercover federal recordings talking about possible Senate picks with Blagojevich and the then-governor's chief of staff before the two were arrested. Emanuel was not accused of any wrongdoing in either investigation.
• Tom Dart, 42, Cook County sheriff
Helped run Daley's re-election bid in 1999 and was a coordinator for Barack Obama's unsuccessful campaign for Congress in 2000. A former Cook County prosecutor and 10-year state representative, he lost the 2002 general election for state treasurer. In 2006, he ran to fill the seat of his longtime political benefactor, retiring Sheriff Michael Sheahan.
Dart has bolstered his political profile with some national headlines as sheriff, first by suspending all foreclosure evictions in the wake of the national banking scandal and then by filing a high-profile lawsuit against Craigslist claiming its adult services ads were a conduit for prostitution.
• Edward M. Burke, 66, alderman of 14th Ward, partner in the law firm of Klafter & Burke
Ties to Daley: Long considered Chicago's most influential politician next to Daley, Burke heads the powerful Committee on Finance. Burke ran a bitter, unsuccessful campaign against Daley for Cook County state's attorney in the 1980s but supported his old rival for mayor. He is the longest-sitting current alderman and has been a key supporter of Daley budgets and initiatives.
He heads the Judicial Nominating Committee for the Cook County Democratic Party and controlled political funds totaling more than $4.5 million as of June 30. He is also married to Illinois Supreme Court Justice Anne M. Burke.
• William Daley, 62, Midwest chairman, JPMorgan Chase, and sits on boards of other major companies such as Abbott Laboratories, Boeing and Merck
Ties to Daley: The youngest of Daley's seven siblings, he has long been a Democratic operative in city, state and national politics. He was commerce secretary in the Clinton administration, a key supporter of the Obama candidacy and chairman of Al Gore's campaign, and served on the Obama-Biden transition team. He considered a run for governor in 2010.
He also helped lead his brother's 2009 effort to land the 2016 Olympics, a failure that had some predicting the mayor's political demise.
* ~ 5. Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade: Stuart E. Eizenstat. Mr. Eizenstat was Vice Chairman at the Washington office of the international law firm of Powell, Goldstein, Frazer and Murphy. According to their newsletter they have a keen interest in the U.S.-China trade policy and the shifting of licensing to the Commerce Department. Also of interest, Patricia Daley is the Senior Policy Advisor for their Government Relations Group (lobbying). According to her bio: "Ms. Daley has over two decades of political involvement ranging from Chicago mayoral campaigns…" The mayor of Chicago is the brother of William Daley, Secretary of Commerce. Also, Frank Kruesi, named Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Transportation Policy 5/11/93, was Chief Policy Officer in the Administration of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley. A small world?
* ~ The Current Export-Import 'Team'
As we said in the previous section, currently the Board of directors of the Export-Import Bank has only four members – its President and Chairman, James Harmon, its Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Jackie M. Clegg, the Secretary of Commerce William Daley and the U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky. Of these four only its President and Vice President can vote on disbursement of funds. There are three director seats vacant which, after Ms. Haley 'left', provided the board with an absence of quorum; thus the need to push Weaver into the key spot. Seems like a rather sloppy, high budget, paper-shuffling operation (almost $2 billion in 1998) when it can't even muster a vote!
• Jesse Jackson Jr., 45, U.S. representative, D-Chicago
Ties to Daley: Considered a run opposing Daley in 2007 at the urging of labor unions in a wage dispute with Daley, but stopped short of alienating a Democratic machine that helped him win a seat in Congress.
The son of well-known civil rights icon and perennial presidential candidate the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., "Triple J" took a political hit last year when his name emerged as the potential winner in Gov. Rod Blagojevich's alleged deal to sell Obama's vacated Senate seat.
He has served in Congress since 1995. His wife, Sandi, is a Chicago alderman.
• Peter Q. Thompson, 42, chief executive officer of Perkins Investment Management
Ties to Daley: Nephew and finance chairman of the mayor's 2007 campaign.
Thompson, who has a master's degree in business administration from the University of Chicago, was given high marks for his work on Daley's last run for office, and his name occasionally crops up as a potential mayoral candidate. Asked if he was interested in being mayor, Thompson said Tuesday, "I'm an investment guy. I'm focused on the stock market."
• Dan Hynes, 42, Illinois comptroller
Hynes is the son of Southwest Side power broker and 19th Ward committeeman Tom Hynes, and the family has long-standing friendly relations with Daley. A product of St. Ignatius College Prep, Notre Dame and Loyola law school, Hynes was a wunderkind who won his first political contest, for comptroller in 1998, at the age of 29. But the mild-mannered budget wonk's efforts for larger office have failed. In 2004, Daley initially backed Hynes' bid for the U.S. Senate, the seat won by Obama. Earlier this year, Hynes lost a bloody primary battle with Pat Quinn for the Democratic nomination for governor. Hynes' plans for the future are unclear as he serves out his last term as comptroller.
• James Houlihan, 67, Cook County assessor since 1997
Ties to Daley: Retiring from the assessor's job, Houlihan has been viewed as a potential candidate whether or not Daley decided to run. Earlier this summer, the North Side Democrat wouldn't rule out a run, dodging the question by saying, "That political question will come later." Houlihan, who represented Lincoln Park and Lakeview in the state House in the 1970s, is a longtime political foe of Speaker Michael Madigan, whose law firm specializes in tax appeals of Houlihan's office's assessments.
• Luis Gutierrez, 56, Democratic congressman
Ties to Daley: Gutierrez, a former alderman who has garnered a national reputation as an advocate for immigration reform, has long expressed interest in succeeding Daley. Gutierrez is currently seeking his 10th term in office, but his political star has fallen somewhat in recent years. FBI agents investigating zoning in Chicago have asked about Gutierrez's ties to a corrupt developer and campaign contributor convicted of bribing former Ald. Isaac Carothers. On Tuesday, he confirmed he was still mulling a run, saying, "In the coming days, I will talk with my family and meet with my supporters and make a decision about my future plans."
• David Orr, 65, Cook County clerk since 1991
A former alderman who briefly served as acting mayor in the wake of Harold Washington's death, Orr was the political mentor of Ald. Joe Moore, who has periodically butted heads with Daley, most notably by backing a ban on foie gras. Orr was once seen as a political reformer whose star was rising; it's unclear how much interest he would have in seeking the mayor's office.
• Bob Fioretti, 57, alderman, 2nd Ward
Ties to Daley: A lawyer elected to the council 2007, Fioretti quickly became a prominent voice among aldermen, showing a willingness to criticize the mayor. He was one of the primary voices raising questions about Daley's plans to financially back the 2016 Olympics, though he ultimately backed the plan. Fioretti was in private practice before his election, and his clients included plaintiffs who alleged misconduct by Chicago police.
• Brendan Reilly, 38, alderman, 42nd Ward
Ties to Daley: Reilly, a former employee of Speaker Michael Madigan, unsuccessfully butted heads with Daley by opposing the location of the Chicago Children's Museum in Grant Park. His name is often mentioned in the mix of younger aldermen with mayoral aspirations. Reacting to Daley's announcement, Reilly, who is running for a second term, was noncommittal. "I'm planning on running for re-election, but this news I think requires everyone to take a step back and think about who the best candidate for that office could be," he said.
• Joe Moore, 52, alderman, 49th Ward, since 1991
Ties to Daley: An off-and-on Daley critic who ran afoul of the mayor by pushing the ban on foie gras, as well as by opposing big-box stores in the city.
• John Fritchey, 46, state representative since 1997
Ties to Daley: Currently running for Cook County Board, Fritchey is the son-in-law of Sam Banks, the de facto Democratic boss of the 36th Ward and a prominent zoning lawyer who also represented organized-crime figures, according to testimony in the federal "Family Secrets" trial. Fritchey has enjoyed political backing from other powerful Democrats with strong Daley ties, including Ald. Richard Mell (33rd). On Tuesday, Fritchey said he is keeping his options open.
• Dorothy A. Brown, 55, clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County
First elected clerk in 2000, she launched an unsuccessful bid against Daley for mayor in 2007 and lost the 2010 Democratic primary for Cook County Board president. Her campaign hit a snag when it was publicized that she charged her employees $2 each for the right to wear jeans to work on Fridays. She has since scrapped the program.
Patrick Daley, 35, U.S. Army enlistment
Ties to Daley: As the mayor's only son, some look to Patrick as the someday heir apparent. At 29, Patrick surprised his family when he announced his intention to enlist in the Army only months after receiving a graduate degree from the University of Chicago.
• Scott Waguespack, 40, alderman, 32nd Ward
Ties to Daley: Defeated Daley-backed incumbent Ted Matlak in 2007. Waguespack, one of five aldermen to vote against Daley's proposal to privatize the city's parking meters, said he is still mulling whether to run for mayor.
• Sandi Jackson, 46, alderman, 7th Ward
Ties to Daley: Defeated Daley ally Darcel Beavers in 2007. Jackson, the wife of Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., is a lawyer and worked for the Democratic National Committee before being elected to the City Council. Jackson would not rule out a run for mayor, saying, "I would never say never."
• Lisa Madigan, 44, Illinois attorney general
Madigan, the daughter of Michael Madigan, is running for re-election. She issued a statement Tuesday indicating she was not interested in being mayor, saying she was focused on getting re-elected. Lisa Madigan's name also has come up as a potential candidate for U.S. senator and for governor, in part because of her father's political might and influence.
Thomas Allen, 58, alderman, 38th Ward
Ties to Daley: Daley appointed him alderman in 1993. Allen, chairman of the City Council's Transportation and Public Way Committee, butted heads with the mayor on police hiring and privatizing city services. He ran in 2008 for Cook County state's attorney and lost to Anita Alvarez. Allen said he'd consider running for mayor.
• Eugene Schulter, 62, alderman, 47th Ward
Schulter, who joined the City Council in 1975 at the age of 26, would not totally rule out running for mayor and said he was concentrating on another term to council. "At this stage, I'm circulating petitions to run for re-election," Schulter said.
• Emil Jones, 74, retired
Jones, an old-school politician, is the former president of the Illinois Senate and had been one of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's steadfast supporters in Springfield. Like many other politicians, Jones would not rule out running for mayor.
• Mike Quigley, 51, congressman
A former Cook County commissioner, Quigley won a special election in 2009 to fill the congressional seat of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. Quigley declined to say how Daley's decision affects his political aspirations.
• Forrest E. Claypool, 53, Cook County Board of Commissioners, independent
Ties to Daley: Served two terms as Daley's chief of staff beginning in 1989, when he left his job as managing partner in a political consulting firm founded by David Axelrod, now a top adviser to Obama. Claypool also served as parks superintendent under Daley. Earlier this year, Claypool announced his departure from the Democratic Party to run as an independent for county assessor.
• Thomas Tunney, 55, alderman, 44th Ward
Ties To Daley: Calling gays and lesbians "part of the fabric of our community," Daley appointed the North Side restaurateur in 2002 to become the first openly gay alderman in Chicago history.
Tunney introduced the ordinance that overturned Chicago's much criticized ban on foie gras in 2007.
• Danny K. Davis, 69, Democratic member of Congress since 1996
Political ties: The veteran congressman has long eyed returning to an office where he could wield power more directly in his hometown. A former alderman and Cook County Board member, in 2006 Davis attempted to succeed John Stroger in leading the County Board but lost a primary battle to the late chairman's son Todd. On Tuesday, Davis told the political journal Roll Call, "I'm not going to rule myself out. I'm not going to rule myself in."
• Valerie Jarrett, 53, senior adviser to President Obama
Political ties: A Chicago lawyer and political activist who got her start as a lawyer in the Washington administration. She went on to become deputy chief of staff under Daley, where she met the Obamas when she offered the future first lady a job in 1991. She also served stints as Daley's commissioner of the Department of Planning and Development and head of the CTA Board. When she joined Obama's administration, she was CEO of The Habitat Co. She is now one of Obama's most trusted confidantes.
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Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (12) shows his disappointment after getting sacked by Indianapolis Colts linebacker Moise Fokou (58) during the fourth quarter of Sunday's game at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. / Evan Siegle/Press-Gazette
Packers' biggest collapses
22 points vs. Los Angeles Rams, Oct. 12, 1952 (up 28-6, lost 30-28)
21 points vs. Los Angeles Rams, Nov. 17, 1957 (up 24-3, lost 31-27)
21 points vs. Atlanta Falcons, Nov. 27, 1983 (up 21-0, lost 47-41)
18 points vs. Indianapolis Colts, Oct. 7, 2012 (up 21-3, lost 30-27)
17 points (happened seven times: last Oct. 23, 2005, vs. Minnesota Vikings, up 17-0, lost 23-20)
INDIANAPOLIS The Green Bay Packers were up 18 points at halftime and apparently ready to cruise to a comfortable win over the rebuilding Indianapolis Colts on Sunday.
But a second-half offensive collapse combined with the play of the Colts plucky rookie quarterback, Andrew Luck, and a missed field goal in the final seconds meant the favored Packers left Lucas Oil Stadium with a 30-27 loss to the young Colts.
So after one bad half of football, the Packers suddenly are 2-3, and if not reeling, must be wondering whats happened to the offensive powerhouse that cruised through 2011, putting up points almost at will.
Theyre hard to win, even harder to win on the road, Packer coach Mike McCarthy said. When youre 21-3 at halftime, you expect to keep that thing going. That was our approach when we came out (of halftime). We had a couple of three-and-outs, and it was kind of downhill from there.
The dispiriting defeat was the fourth-largest blown lead in Packers history, behind a 22-pointer against the Los Angeles Rams in 1952, and 21-pointers against the Rams in 1957 and Atlanta Falcons in 1983.
When you have a team on the ropes like we did, you have to take care of it, cornerback Tramon Williams said. We didnt. Its kind of been like that all season. We were at a crossroads in the New Orleans game (last week) where we could have taken over and made those guys play a totally different way and we didnt, we left them in the game. We just have to put these teams away.
For all that went wrong in the second half, the Packers had a chance to send the game into overtime, but a crucial game-management error and shank on a long field-goal attempt cost them the tie in the waning seconds.
The game-management mistake was having to burn their final timeout when the play clock was about to expire with the ball at the Colts 33. The game clock was stopped with 8 seconds remaining because quarterback Aaron Rodgers had spiked the ball the previous snap, but the Packers were too slow calling the play and changing the protection at the line of scrimmage, so Rodgers had to call his final timeout.
That meant the Packers had to try the game-tying field goal from 51 yards rather than run a play to get a little closer for kicker Mason Crosby. Crosby shanked the field goal, hitting what he described as a knuckleball that started straight but quickly veered left.
With what happened, it doesnt matter (if the kick had been shorter), Crosby said. It wasnt anything about that. It wasnt the range. I was trying to hit a good ball. How it came off, I guess I hit it high on my foot and it just knuckled off.
Now nearly a third of the way through the season, the Packers come out of Week 5 a little battered, mentally and physically.
A team that lives off its playmaking talent in its passing game hadnt been producing even when healthy, and now its depth looks shaky after it ended up playing much of this game without its two best receiving threats and its starting halfback.
The Packers went into Sunday without receiver Greg Jennings, who appears likely to miss several more games because of a groin injury. Then they lost starting halfback Cedric Benson to a foot injury of undetermined severity early in the second quarter and tight end Jermichael Finley to a shoulder injury early in the third quarter.
Still, they had Jordy Nelson, James Jones and Randall Cobb at receiver, and Alex Green, a third-round draft pick last year, at running back. With the reigning MVP in quarterback Aaron Rodgers, the Packers offensive collapse in the second half, when they scored only six points against a team missing two of its top three cornerbacks, was stunning.
They were very aggressive with us, McCarthy said. Thats the M.O.: Jump up and challenge the Packer perimeter (the receivers). Thats going to be the M.O. until we start gashing people, and we didnt do it today.
The rookie Luck, the first pick in this years draft, arguably played Rodgers at least to a draw and led his team to the game-winning touchdown in the games final 4½ minutes.
Though Lucks passer rating was mediocre 81.0, to Rodgers 103.5 he threw for more yards (362 to Rodgers 243) and had the same number of interceptions (one). Though Luck at times made risky throws into traffic, the Packers didnt make him pay, and he regularly made good plays out of bad.
Luck showed the ability to escape the rush with either his feet or his strength, ran when he had to (six carries for 24 yards) and displayed outstanding chemistry with veteran receiver Reggie Wayne. Luck targeted Wayne 20 times, and they connected on 13 for 212 yards, which is the second-most receiving yards the Packers ever have allowed an opposing player.
One of Luck and Waynes biggest plays came on the game-winning drive, when on a third-and-12 from the Packers 47 the quarterback appeared about to be sacked by outside linebacker Clay Matthews. But the 6-foot-4, 234-pounder stayed upright and muscled a 15-yard completion to Wayne over the middle to keep the drive alive.
Big kid, Matthews said, elusive, slippery. Unfortunately there wasnt much pressure in his face to get him back on his heels. But I just didnt get him down, ultimately thats what it boils down to. Big kid, very elusive, and he can make plays.
The Packers have given up more than 400 yards in back-to-back games last week, New Orleans had 474 yards, and the Colts had 464. Those numbers are reminiscent of last season, when they finished with the No. 32 defense in the league in yards allowed.
But the Packers offensive meltdown was just as responsible. Colts cornerback Jarraud Powers set up his offense on a short field early in the third quarter when he intercepted Rodgers back-shoulder pass to James Jones at the Packers 39. Rodgers thought the ball was tipped at the line of scrimmage; replays were inconclusive.
We just stopped gaining ground, and we couldnt get any points on the board, we just came to a halt, Williams said. Any time you do that, then another team is chipping away, chipping away, they continue their same game plan, you dont quite knock them out of their game plan.
Defensive lineman Ryan Pickett said: It isnt so much that were 2-3, its how were 2-3. Were not playing good, we didnt get better. Just an all-around bad performance. Everything. It was bad.
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|Onset of mechanical ventilation is associated with rapid activation of circulating phagocytes in preterm infants.
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|PMID: 16452365 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|OBJECTIVE: In preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), circulating neutrophils are activated. Kinetics and effects of surfactant therapy on this activation are unknown. Therefore, we studied activation of circulating neutrophils and monocytes in newborn preterm infants with and without RDS. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Preterm infants with RDS who were mechanically ventilated and received surfactant ("ventilated infants": n = 38; mean gestational age +/- SD: 28.3 +/- 2.2 weeks; mean birth weight +/- SD: 1086 +/- 353 g) and preterm infants who received nasal continuous positive airway pressure (n = 8) or no ventilatory support (n = 17) ("control infants": mean gestational age +/- SD: 32.1 +/- 1.2 weeks; mean birth weight +/- SD: 1787 +/- 457 g) were recruited. Blood samples were taken from ventilated infants at birth, before surfactant treatment, at 1 and 2 hours after surfactant, and at 12 to 24 hours of age. Blood samples were taken from control infants at birth, at 2 to 6 hours, and at 12 to 24 hours of age. Phagocyte CD11b expression was analyzed by flow cytometry. RESULTS: In ventilated infants, phagocyte CD11b expression increased from birth to the first postnatal samples. It increased further by 12 to 24 hours of age. Control infants with or without nasal continuous positive airway pressure showed no significant increase after birth. At 12 to 24 hours of age, phagocyte CD11b expression was higher in ventilated infants than in control infants. In ventilated infants, neutrophil CD11b expression at 1 and 2 hours after surfactant correlated positively with gestational age. CONCLUSIONS: In preterm infants with RDS, significant activation of circulating phagocytes occurs within 1 to 3 hours of the onset of mechanical ventilation, independent of surfactant administration, which indicates that mechanical ventilation may be the inducer of this systemic inflammatory response.
|Riikka Turunen; Irmeli Nupponen; Sanna Siitonen; Heikki Repo; Sture Andersson
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|Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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|Title: Pediatrics Volume: 117 ISSN: 1098-4275 ISO Abbreviation: Pediatrics Publication Date: 2006 Feb
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|Created Date: 2006-02-02 Completed Date: 2006-02-27 Revised Date: 2006-11-15
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|Nlm Unique ID: 0376422 Medline TA: Pediatrics Country: United States
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|Languages: eng Pagination: 448-54 Citation Subset: AIM; IM
|Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Helsinki, Finland. email@example.com
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|MeSH Terms
Antigens, CD11b
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure*
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature
Monocytes / immunology
Neutrophils / immunology
Phagocytes / immunology, physiology*
Pulmonary Surfactants / therapeutic use*
Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / physiopathology*, therapy
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