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Neither the Whale himself, Bruno Iksil, nor any senior managers faced criminal charges. (Iksil is cooperating with prosecutors.) Iksil's former boss and a junior trader were indicted in 2013, but the charges weren't about the trades themselves — U.S. prosecutors say the pair committed securities fraud by hiding the true extent of losses from bank management. Lawyers for both men, who remain in Europe, say they're innocent. In April 2015, a Spanish court rejected the U.S. extradition request in the case of Iksil's supervisor, Javier Martin-Artajo. At home, Dimon faced criticism in the Senate's report, which said the bank misled investors and dodged regulators as losses mounted. In 2013, the bank reported the first quarterly loss of his tenure, with results weighed down by $7.2 billion in legal costs, including a $100 million settlement with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which found that it had deployed a reckless trading strategy. The bank also faces lawsuits filed by investors. In October 2014, the U.S. Federal Reserve's Inspector General issued a report saying that regulators had botched oversight of the JPMorgan unit where the losses took place. The report said that examiners in the New York Fed had spotted risks in the unit's trading as early as 2008 but never followed up, and that there was poor coordination with other regulatory agencies.
The Background
In a sense, what Iksil and his colleagues did was the same old story — doubling down after a loss with bigger and bigger bets. But plenty more was wrong. They worked in a part of the bank, the Chief Investment Office, whose job was to hold down the bank's risk level. Instead, the CIO used the $350 billion it had to invest (much of it from federally insured deposits) to become a moneymaker, with its London office focused on complex derivative trades that had less and less to do with hedging. In 2011, for example, one trade by Iskil brought in $400 million. The trouble came in early 2012, when the bank decided to reduce the risk in the London swaps portfolio by making more offsetting bets. As the strategy unraveled, Iksil's positions grew so big that they disrupted the thinly traded markets he worked in — earning him nicknames of Whale and Voldemort, and making his group's hard-to-unwind trades a target for hedge funds. After the trades collapsed, regulators found that Iksil's colleagues had been keeping two sets of books to minimize the projected size of the losses — a discovery that triggered investigations in the U.S. and U.K.
The Argument
When the Whale's trading first came to light, Dimon dismissed it as "a tempest in a teapot." Later he was more contrite, calling the trades "flawed, complex, poorly reviewed, poorly executed and poorly monitored." The Senate report, however, depicted not the work of a rogue trader but a broader systemic failure: Risk limits, for instance, were breached more than 300 times before the bank switched to a more lenient risk-evaluation formula — one that underestimated risk by half because of a spreadsheet error. The report by the Fed's inspector general also supported the view that deeper issues were involved here, as it showed failures in prioritization, loss of institutional knowledge through turnover and poor coordination among agencies. To critics of Wall Street, the real lesson of the London Whale is that megabanks such as JPMorgan are not only too big to fail — they may also be too big to manage and too big to regulate.
The Reference Shelf
- The March 2013 Senate report.
- JPMorgan's internal report on the CIO losses.
- Bloomberg news timeline of biggest trading losses.
- The New Yorker asks, "Would Better Regulation Have Prevented the London Whale Trades?"
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Here's the moment you've all been waiting for... We've tallied the votes (from Kickstarter and Paypal backers $25 and up) and have the results for the three classes that will appear in the base game (out of 6 choices). Each voter was able to submit 3 votes (which could be the same or different classes). So without further ado...
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For details on these classes, please see our previous update here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pixelscopic/delvers-drop/posts/456505
So there you have it! We're pretty happy with the results, although we were secretly hoping for the Bard to get in. As we've mentioned previously, the non-winning classes may be developed at some point in the future as an expansion or DLC... but we'll have to wait until after the game is released and just see how things pan out. Maybe someday!
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Creator Andreas Pagsberg on May 30, 2013
Damn, would have absolutely LOVED a Templar class.. I really hope it becomes available at a later date! :)
Creator Yourtime on May 13, 2013
awesome all 3 I voted got up :D
Creator EOPE42 on May 12, 2013
Snap, 2/3 here also. Bard! Music would have been a great twist on combat. Still I think Pixelscopic can work their magic on the elementalist (pun intended).
Creator Rocky Huang on May 11, 2013
Pfft assassin. Bard and Beastkeeper sound like much more interesting classes to play IMHO.
Creator mrwisker on May 11, 2013
what tiwst brad lost did not see that coming atlest Elementalist made it sadly thought bard going be in for sur but he is not aslo templar but hey may come out dlc or were game is done may never know
Creator Edd Norris on May 10, 2013
Pretty sad about the bard losing as well :P I was hoping for some flashbacks of Ragnarok Online! :D
That said, the Elementalist and the Beast keeper still sound pretty boss, can't be mad when 2 out of 3 of my votes made the cut :)
Can't wait to play! :)
Creator Andrew Otis on May 10, 2013
I was really surprised to see the assassin there as invisibility is somewhat useless in certain games. We'll see if it turns out to be good! I'm sad about the templar though. Glad the Beastkeeper could make it at least c:
Creator Diego GdV on May 10, 2013
Yo've got to be kidding me, bard lost!!!!
Creator Pixelscopic on May 10, 2013
@all - the Closed Alpha will be at the end of June, and Closed Beta will occur in August. Open Beta will be in September.
Creator Mickaël "Froh" Garcin on May 10, 2013
I'll miss you, templar.
Creator Olna Jenn Smith on May 10, 2013
Welp, win some lose some. I'm sure all three classes will be great! I do hope I'll be able to play a templar SOMEDAY. :D
Creator Bryan A. Ellis on May 9, 2013
Aw, no bard?
Creator Ed130 The Vanguard on May 9, 2013
No Templar, DAMMIT!
Any chance the others will be added in at a later date?
Creator Richard D. Menz on May 9, 2013
And I didn't vote all my 3 votes at bard because I though he would win :(. Number 2 and 3 is nice I wanted them really bad as well.
Creator Jonathan Barrett on May 9, 2013
I too was hoping for the Bard too, as he sounded the most different of the bunch, but oh well... It'll still be a blast!
Creator Onery on May 9, 2013
2 out of 3 ain't bad here. Pity about the templar... actually it's cruel to put these characters up to us knowing only half will be in the game. Cruel I say! :p
Creator Christopher Campbell on May 9, 2013
Sweet, got the two I was hoping for. Still, they all sound awesome, so if/when they release it I'd buy 'em. Elementalist and Assassin FTW!!
Creator Kevin Griffin on May 9, 2013
I wasn't a $25 tier, so I didn't get to vote, but if I could, I was going to put all three votes for the Huntsman. :D I thought his weapons and skills sounded super awesome. And he narrowly missed it in fourth place, darn it!
But, all these classes look amazing, and just the fact that we'll have 6 instead of 3 is outstanding already! I know the game will be fantastic, and if these last 3 classes get added in the future, that'll just be even better! Great choices guys!
Creator Samael the Butterdragon on May 9, 2013
Ah, darn, was hoping for the bard's unique take on combat as well x3 Still, 2 out of 3 picks ain't bad!
Creator Brandon Betsworth on May 9, 2013
Damn i really wanted to play the bard.
Creator Christopher Guest on May 9, 2013
The alpha should be out sometime around late June, if I remember right. I don't know about the Beta, probably a month or two after the Alpha though. The game itself's releasing in October, so I guess somewhere in August would make sense for the Beta.
Creator finallyanime on May 9, 2013
Oh, when's the beta dropping?
Creator finallyanime on May 9, 2013
Delvers is cooler :) and yeah I was sad about the hard :( I thought the thief and assassin look/seem similar already
Creator Lily on May 9, 2013
I'm very upset the Templar didn't make it, I was going to play as him...
Creator John Harfouche on May 9, 2013
Twice or thrice rather.
Creator TheChosenOne on May 9, 2013
Well Assassin is something that a lot of people know and just flock (?) to quickly. But lets hope for future DLC.
Creator John Harfouche on May 9, 2013
Awww man! I was really hoping for the bard as well. (Woulda voted for that bad boy twice or thrive had I had the option!)
Either way though good stuff, and if you ever get around to that bard DLC I will be all over it!
Creator ddbelyea on May 9, 2013
Awesome choices. I personally put all 3 votes towards bard, but I liked all 6 choices anyways so I'm happy. Would be nice to get the other classes down the line as paid DLC (chance to support you guys again, plus add more variety).
Creator Cole Robotshenanigans on May 9, 2013
I would have voted Bard, Templar, Assassin... in that order. It looks like I'm in the minority though.
Creator Matt on May 9, 2013
Was hoping for bard : (
Creator John Bradford on May 9, 2013
I too, was hoping for the Bard. Oh well, Elementalist is still pretty cool.
Creator Koshinator on May 9, 2013
Noooooo! My Huntsman only just missed out... :(
Ahh well, still interesting picks
Creator Pixelscopic on May 9, 2013
We would have said "Delvers," but "Droppers" works if that's what you prefer ;)
Creator nin on May 9, 2013
If the game does well on steam, do you anticipate maybe adding the other classes later, say as DLC? Just wonderin...two out of my 3 picks made it, so I'm happy!
Creator Robert B. Healy III on May 9, 2013
WOOHOO! Elementalist got in. I am a happy Dropper. That's what we're called right? Delver's Drop fans? Droppers? Well, whatever, I'm calling it that, and I am happy~ <3


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Earlier this week, we highlighted a number of natural ways to treat mosquito bites.
You had so many suggestions for remedies we left off our list that we just couldn't ignore them.
We selected 12 mosquito bite treatments from the comments on our original story and asked Dr. Neal B. Schultz, a board-certified dermatologist in practice in New York City, whether or not they'd do the trick.
Here's how your mosquito bite remedies measure up:
You may have used this on a skinned knee -- and that's because hydrogen peroxide is best used for cleaning, says Schultz. While it may be helpful in preventing infection, it's not likely to do much for the itch, he says.
Alcohol evaporates, and evaporation creates cooling, says Schultz. Cooling in turn gets to the brain faster than the itching sensation, and will offer some temporary relief. It also causes drying, he says, which can result shrinkage of the bites and ultimately a reduction in the swelling.
Because most hand sanitizers are alcohol-based, they work similarly to plain rubbing alcohol, says Schultz. Flickr photo by Mr. T in DC
Baby oil is often mixed with citronella essential oil as a way to keep skeeters at bay to begin with, says Schultz. It may work by masking our natural odors that attract bugs to us. But it's not likely to treat itch or inflammation, he says. Photo from Amazon.com
There are enzymes in this spice mix that break down the tough protein in meat. "[Insect] venom is mostly protein," says Schultz, "so the meat tenderizer works by breaking down the poison that's been injected." A well-known treatment for jellyfish stings, meat tenderizer can be made into a paste with water, or applied directly to bites or stings. Photo from Amazon.com
The chemical properties in garlic are likely to kill off bacteria, but applying it to a mosquito bite might cause more discomfort before it relieves any. "If you can handle it, go with it," says Schultz. "The stinging sensation will pass after a couple of seconds." Flickr photo by clayirving
Like baking soda, ammonia will help neutralize the pH of irritated skin, says Schultz. Although it might sound a little scary (it did to us!), he says the small amount used on a mosquito bite doesn't worry him. "I think the upside" -- namely, itch relief -- "outweighs the downside. Everything in life is a balance." Photo from Amazon.com
Most brands that claim they'll keep you dry are made with aluminum, which would act as an astringent, even on bug bites, explains Schultz, helping to draw fluid out. But it's not exactly natural and not anything Schultz says he had heard before. Flickr photo by Caveman Chuck Coker
Oatmeal baths are well-known for soothing irritated skin, but Schultz says he thinks they're better for all-over itch, like poison ivy or chicken pox. If you like it though, there's no reason not to try it for mosquito relief. Flickr photo by prettyinprint
"Probably the chemicals and fat in regular soap can be a little soothing," says Schultz, "but I'd be afraid of causing [more] irritation." Flickr photo by soapylovedeb
A number of people said they swear by a piece of tape over a bite, but we've got to admit, we're a bit stumped as to why! At the very least, the tape would keep you from scratching, and scratching only leads to more itching, so that's a start.
"I'd like to offer a challenge to our readers," says Schultz. "I'm going to put mustard and ketchup in the same category and say that I have no idea why either of these work, but they do. I would be very grateful to find out why." Leave your thoughts in the comments or tweet them to @HealthyLiving and @BeautyRxSkin. Flickr photo by theogeo
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- Have a percentage of your wage automatically deposited into an investment account. Most mutual funds have a $25 minimum investment amount. You won't even miss it from your pay cheque because you don't see it and your investment grows.
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- Make a life plan and work towards it. If you plan to have a million dollars by the time your 40 then let that drive you.
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If a new crew could take off and be a phenomenon in their own right then it could happen again. There are a whole generation of Trek fans who don't give a fuck about Kirk and Spock, yet could give you all the specs of the Enterprise-D.
I think you'll find those tech-heads who could give you the E-D's specs are a fringe element of a fringe fandom. That's why they stopped doing technical manuals in the mid-90's.
If I were in charge I'd have had a new crew and new ship. Having an interesting story is way more important than cosy nostalgia for misty-eyed 40+ year olds.
New ship/crew has been done again and again, no doubt Rick Berman told the studio he could capture TNG's lightning in a bottle again - but you've already seen the ratings charts, the generic setting of Trek with a new ship/crew is no longer profitable. The Next Gen characters were no longer profitable when Nemesis came along. The plans for the animated series
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And suggesting nuTrek is just "cosy nostalgia for misty-eyed 40-year-olds" is facepalm-worthy. Especially since I believe it was you complaining about the NOT YOUR FATHER'S STAR TREK advertising slogan earlier in this thread?
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For everybody fighting with occasional clipping (or perfectionists wanting to test everything) you should try the attached sample, udial.
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In fact, there isn't a hard cut off limit in human hearing. What there is, is a steep rise in threshold. Below 12kHz, it's typically ~0dB SPL. Above 20kHz, it's typically ~100dB SPL. There's usually a steep rise from (approx) 20dB to 80 dB around (approx) 16-18kHz. This varies greatly with age and individual.
It's usually somewhere along that steep rise that we conclude we cannot hear any more. But, in fact, it's just the equipment that doesn't produce the sound loud enough. We can hear at that (high) frequency, but with a drastically reduced sensitivity.
I found myself hearing 18kHz the other day, after being convinced that I couldn't hear above 16kHz. As Pio says, it's the loudness that counts. Listen to a 1kHz tone at the same loudness, and then decide if it's useful hearing!
P.S. Do a web search for ultra sonic hearing and you might find some info on hearing up to 50kHz and beyond by bone conduction. There's even a technique for making deaf people hear, by modulating speech at ~50kHz (IIRC), and touching the transducer to their skull: this works for anyone, and is perceived as "normal" pitch speech. It still works in people with some types of deafness, so can be very useful.
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Echoing what Public Safety Director Mike Huss told the Tribune-Review on Thursday, McDonald said she plans next week to convene a panel composed of command staffers, police academy director Lt. Jennifer Ford and leaders from the Fraternal Order of Police, the union that represents most of the 850-officer force.
Critics, especially within the Fraternal Order of Police union, allege some schedulers and the Special Events section sometimes play favorites, distributing jobs to friends and family. They also claim that a "Detail Mafia" inside the department gave select cops a jump on the best off-duty jobs and that the city used the administrative surcharges as a "for-profit" means of subsidizing operations.
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The union wants the city to gut the power of the "schedulers," yank Special Events from the bureau, give the City Controller's Office greater oversight of secondary employment and find a way to fairly award off-duty jobs to more officers.
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The FOP is "absolutely right that the whole secondary detail process has to be removed from the bureau," Lamb said. "The question becomes: Where does it go? It has to be somewhere that's completely independent from the bureau."
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Greek lamb with orzo
By Mary Cadogan
Cooking timePrep: 20 mins Cook: 2 hrs, 35 mins
Skill levelModerately easy
ServingsServes 6
Entertaining doesn't have to equal stress, this spruced up one-pot is perfect for people with little time for preparation
Nutrition and extra info
- Freezable
Nutrition per serving
- kcalories
- 696
- protein
- 40g
- carbs
- 58g
- fat
- 36g
- saturates
- 16g
- fibre
- 4g
- sugar
- 7g
- salt
- 0.68g
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Olive, caper & feta salad: Tear 1 romaine lettuce into a large bowl. Scatter over 1 thinly sliced small red onion, ½ cucumber, peeled and cut into chunks, a good handful of kalamata olives and 2 tbsp capers. Whisk together 1 tbsp red wine vinegar with 3 tbsp olive oil, drizzle over, then top with 100g crumbled feta.
Know-how: Orzo
The Italian word orzo means barley. When cooked, it has a texture similar to risotto rice. Look for it in the specialist sections of supermarkets, or in Greek, Italian and Middle Eastern delis. It can go by a variety of other names including puntaletti and romarino. If you can't find it, use another small pasta, like trofie.
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Relaxed, easy entertaining is always top of my list. Simply put the dish in the centre of the table for everyone to help themselves. Add some good crusty bread and side salad, and you have a real feast
To freeze
Freeze at the end of step 2. Defrost in the fridge overnight, then return to the casserole and bring slowly to the boil. Add a little water if it looks dry. Stir in the orzo, cover and bake for 20 mins.
- Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Cut the lamb into 4cm chunks, then spread over the base of a large, wide casserole dish. Add the onions, oregano, cinnamon sticks, ground cinnamon and olive oil, then stir well. Bake, uncovered, for 45 mins, stirring halfway.
- Pour over the chopped tomatoes and stock, cover tightly, then return to the oven for 1½ hrs, until the lamb is very tender.
- Remove the cinnamon sticks, then stir in the orzo. Cover again, then cook for a further 20 mins, stirring halfway through. The orzo should be cooked and the sauce thickened. Sprinkle with grated Parmesan and serve with crusty bread.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, April 2008
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Made this for tea tonight, halved the recipe for 2 adults and 2 toddlers and there was plenty to go round. I would make again but would double the herbs and spices at least as they didn't come through. I also won't add any oil in the first stage as lamb is naturally quite a fatty meat, and it resulted in quite a greasy dish.
Just made this for my Belgian friend's birthday lunch (always a bit nervous and doubtful when I cook for her as she used to be the Chef in her own Belgian Cuisine Restaurant and she's GOOOOOD!). What a success and she was so impressed with the flavours.of cinnamon being added to lamb in a Greek dish!! Cooked this in my slow cooker the day before so the dish had time to develop the flavours overnight and it was beautiful and tender. No problem with finding Orzo as some people have mentioned previously. Here in Portugal it's called "Pevide (Risone)" and my Portuguese in-laws use this alot in their traditional Chicken soup (Canga). Look forward to making this again when Hubby comes home soon. Thanks GF for a successful lunch!!
This was delicious. I have never had orzo before but I agree with most people below, the dish would not be the same without it. For 3 people I used 550g of lamb and added a chopped carrot when I added the chopped tomatoes. I also served it with boiled carrots and broccoli and 2 of the baguettes which you part cook at home.
Made this today and it was finger lickin' good, everyone liked it. Was a bit afraid that it'll be very runny, as after 1.5 hour in the oven there was still quite a lot of liquid left, but orzo soaked it in nicely and the resulting texture was just right.
And it is really no-stress cooking, one just chucks the casserole into the oven and can slack off for almost 2 hours. Plus, there's very little dishes to wash.
Made this for the second time this weekend and once again it was easy to do and tasted fantastic. The great thing with this is that you can do most of the cooking in the morning, reheat it when your guests arrive and then chuck in the Orzo and Bob's your uncle - lots of time for socialising and drinking. We served with a lovely greek salad and crusty bread as suggested.
We've made this three or four times now and it's always lovely - almost foolproof. Very good for when friends come round as you can just bung it in the oven and have time to chat without being flustered in the kitchen. One tip is don't be tempted to put more orzo in than stated as it swells and soaks up all the liquid so you could end up with a dry (but still delicious!) more solid meal!
Made this last night for some friends and it was a winner! I cooked it on a very low heat on the hob, and left it for 4 hours - I think the longer the better, and the meat was gorgeous and melting. I browned the meat first, and added some garlic. I also added cumin as I think this adds a lovely flavour to slow cooked meat dishes. I don't think this would serve 6 though - more like 4
Yum. Fried off the onions and browned the lamb first and didn't have cinnamon sticks so missed them out. Otherwise stuck to the recipe. My Greek friend said that orzo would be a traditional accompaniment for a greek slow cooked casserole like this but failing that (and as the orzo was in the stew already) some rice with tomatoes and cinnamon added would be authentic. So that's the way I served it with a crispy side salad. Made it for friends and got lots of lovely compliments.


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"I've never been a part of anything so amazing in my life," the Chargers safety said yesterday. "And I've been playing (football) since I was 7 years old."
This was football as Don Coryell imagined it and Pixar might have produced it – 60 minutes of sensory overload with a satisfying, flopsweat finish. The Chargers' 49-41 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals left the winners laughing and limp, thrilled and exhausted by their numerous mistakes and their mitigating core competencies. It reminded Marty Schottenheimer of an old AFL-style "shootout." Nearly everyone younger than the Chargers' head coach struggled to find some basis for comparison.
"I can't wait till I get on the bus where I can think," Tomlinson said. "And wonder: 'What happened today?' "
This was one of those games that captures the imagination and repels reason, a game that began, as several Chargers put it, by "laying an egg." The Bolts spotted the Bengals three first-quarter touchdowns, left the field at halftime as objects of deserved derision, trailing 28-7, but returned for a rampage that inspired awe.
The Chargers' 41 second-half scrimmage plays would net 314 yards, 19 first downs and six touchdowns in a span of seven possessions. When Tomlinson said he was reminded of an animated cartoon, he must have meant Popeye, post-spinach.
"I guess it's the story of our season," Bengals wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh said. "The defense will play well and we won't put up enough points. Then we play well as an offense, and San Diego looks like the Colts – up and down the field."
The Bengals wideout meant the Colts comparison as high praise, but the fact is that the Chargers are the most explosive team in pro football, including the unbeaten bunch in Indianapolis. They have scored more points in nine games than the Chicago Bears did while winning the NFC North last year, and they have more than doubled the offensive output of nine other NFL teams this season.
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"You see another good offense come in and score a ton of points and you're like, 'Wow, we're supposed to be a pretty good offense (too),' " said Gates, the All-Pro tight end. "We try to be nice. But you're up 14 (points) and then you throw a 50-yard touchdown? Now we load our guns up. It's going down now."
Schottenheimer has so much ammunition at his disposal that the Chargers' weaknesses hardly seem to matter sometimes. Absent the ferocious pass rush of suspended linebacker Shawne Merriman and the run-stopping reliability of injured defensive end Luis Castillo, the Chargers secondary was exposed and exploited to the point of embarrassment. But not, it should be noted, to the point of defeat.
"If I was on the short end of the stick, I would be humiliated," McCree said. "I would come in here (to the dressing room), take a shower and try to run as fast as I could to avoid all you guys.
"But we won. In the NFL, that's all that matters."
It takes a pretty good team to stink up the joint for a half but emerge from the experience as if you'd been scrimmaging Elizabeth Arden. If the Chargers are not so impressive that they can't beat themselves, they have nonetheless improved their record to 7-2 and established a two-game margin toward playoff contention with only two games remaining before Merriman's reinstatement.
"This is a very resilient team," Tomlinson said. "To be on the road down 21-0, a lot of teams would go in the tank, and say, 'Let's just forget about today. Let's just try to keep it close, fight back, but there's no way we're going to win this game.'
"(But) we believed that once we got it going, that we could win the game. That's what it takes."
Excluding a 12-second opportunity at the end of the first half, the Chargers scored touchdowns on six straight possessions. Those drives spanned 59, 64, 46, 80, 40 and (thanks to a fumble forced and recovered by Shaun Phillips) 9 yards.
For the most part, the Chargers were a machine. When asked for a summary, McCree was succinct:
"One word," he said. "Wow."
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