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Presidential Suite One Stop from London Bridge
Maximální počet hostů4
Počet místností1
Velikost25 m²
Floor No.
- Kuchyně
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- Parkování k dispozici
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- Balkón/terasa
- Internet/WiFi
Accommodation summary
|Fairlawn Mansions, SE145PH London, Velká Británie
|Typ nemovitosti
|Soukromý pokoj
|Ident. objektu
|Acceptance rate
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The flat is 200 meters from New Cross Gate Station, which gives you access to the Overground and the mainline railway (Note: the Overground is connected to the tube/underground - it just runs over ground - all tickets are valid). There are also numerous buses, which pass the flat and go straight to central London, including several night buses, so you can always get home no matter what time of night!
You can be in Trafalgar Square (by train) in just 15 minutes. The vibrant and eclectic area of Shoreditch is also just 15 minutes on the Overground. The location is ideal for any tourist or person working in central London!
So far all the guests in the flat have been very nice, interesting and very respectful of one another. I believe that they have all enjoyed their stay. The apartment is maintained daily to a high standard.
In the local area you will find everything you need for a great stay; there are 24 hour food shops, cafes, restaurants, a big supermarket (Sainsbury's) and bars all within walking distance to the flat. The flat is very close to Goldsmith University campus, so could be an ideal base if you are visiting the university for a conference.
The apartment is really convenient if you are visiting the Olympic games this summer. It is just 20 minutes by bus to Greenwich were a number of events are taking place, and just 20 minutes to the stadium at Stratford, via the Overground and Jubilee Line.
Domovní řádA deposit of 100 GPB is required.
In general this is a great place to live. To keep it as such all guest need to follow the following rules for their own comfort:
Guest may use the kitchen on the following conditions:
They wash up all dishes, cutlery, pots and pans
They clean the cooker, hob, all work surfaces and table
They sweep the floor or any crumbs.
They return all utensils to their original place.
They put all rubbish in the bins at the entrance to the building.
Guests are asked to leave the shower in a clean and fresh state.
Guests are asked to leave the toilet in a hygienic and fresh state.
Guests are asked to wear house shoes in the bedroom and the rest of the house. Guests are asked to refrain from playing music before 10am and after 10pm.
Guests are reminded that smoking is not permitted in any part of the property. This includes the bedroom and smoking at the bedroom window. Anyone found to have smoked in the property will be asked to leave. Guests are asked to remove all litter and rubbish from their room at least once a day.
Please note that guests are not permitted to have others staying with them in the room. If a guests wants someone to stay over at any point the guest should agree this with Sidney before. There is an extra charge for this. Please ask for more information.
Also note that smoking is not permitted anywhere in the building. Please do not violate this.
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We had a bad experience at this place. We were 11 people who shared 1 bathroom.
We lived in the room for 5 days, and the bathroom was only cleaned one time.
The Windows in our room was leaking, and it was wery cold at the room.
I can´t recommand this Apartment.
But I can resommand Wimdu, which has provided a good service before our stay.
I'm still a lil new to booking places to stay so I admit didn't realize we shared a bathroom. That aside, the Presedential Suite was large and kept comfortably heated. Going up the stairs to the room smelled off and that did not really set a good first impression. The rooms were all clean but the shower was possessed, couldn't make up its mind to be hot or cold and rhe lights in the bathroom flickered. The plus sude was that buses stop literally at our front door so was easy to hop on one. Overall, we got what we paid for but was a lil disappointed.
We had a great experience at Sidney's place. Sidney gave very detailed information so that we had no trouble finding it. The apartment is large and old, but nice and cosy at the same time. Our room was the biggest. Everything worked well and the transport links were really good. We would recommend everyone who is planning to visit London to stay at Sidney's place.
Thanks a lot for the accomodation. The room is simple but clean, the apartment is taken care of by Mrs. Vera very nicely. New Cross Road is very noisy (as is whole London) so one needs some tolerance but all in all we were very happy.
1) Very, very noisy
The New Cross Road has lots of traffic all night and all day.
You have sirens from ambulance all night.
Bus Garage from London Traffic is around the corner.
There is no difference in noise reduction between open and closed window (old single glass windows)
2) "Shared bathroom" is mentioned in the text, but I didn't read it carefully enough.
This means, there is one "bathroom" (toilet and 1 basin) for the whole floor (5 frooms, maybe 15 persons or more)
I took some fotos to document this, but wimdu had no interest to publish them.
After reading the last review we actually became a little concerned. However, Sidney did everything he could to make our stay comfortable and enjoyable. He even met us early in the morning to drive us back to the airport. The room itself is simple, but large. It is on the front side of the street, so if you are sensitive to noise, you may need earplugs. We were ok without. Sidney put the storage heater on while we were in the room and this made the temperature very nice. The rest of the property is large, with a decent size kitchen that you can use and separate toilet and bathroom. There are buses that go to the centre right outside the property and the station is two minutes away. From the station you can get a mainline train to London Bridge, which literally takes five minutes station to station.
Thanks again Sidney for all your kindness. We will come back here.
A suite for the (deaf) President of cockroaches!
First of all this room IS NOT IN LONDON BRIDGE. This is a BIG LIE. The area is called New Cross and it is a dodgy, dangerous, dirty and very noisy area of London. What makes this place even more dangerous is the fact that the keys to enter the building and flat are always left in the post box slot right outside of the house for anybody who knows (or has seen) that they are there. There is an unidentified number of disrespectful people living and moving in and out of the flat day and night. The first night we were there, a guy left in the middle of the night (after slamming his room door and talking on his phone like it is daytime) without bothering to close the main door of the flat, so basically woke up and found the front door wide open for everybody to help themselves in the flat! Couple that with the fact that the keys for the building are constantly in a public space and you can see the potential for disaster. I was living for 10 years in London and have lived in very ugly places. This room / flat is a definite champion.
The president of the cockroaches must be deaf because the presidential suite is by far the most noisy room of this horrible flat. The building is located on one of the busiest roads in London leading to the port for France, so you can get the picture. I am not even bothering mentioning the non-stop buses, ambulances and police sirens throughout all night and day. It is humanly impossible to sleep. Since the windows are from the 50s, don't expect them to reduce the noise at all – at times I really thought that we had a window open, but no, they were all closed. The first 2 nights it was really cold in the room and the flat and we only found comfort under the duvet; the president of cockroaches does not feel any cold.
We brought our own bedsheets and towel because we read that one reviewer came in and Sidney had left the bedsheets of another guest. Also, Sidney in his welcome email lets you know that you may actually have to sleep in dirty bedsheets – if there is no time to change them netwen guests. Having our own stuff proved to be a great thing - we even used owr own duvet cover. Although our bedsheets looked clean, they had big oil marks all over which we found quite disgusting. Also there was no towel. However, I have to say that the common areas and the room were clean. The toilet was taken care of on a daily basis, which is much appreciated given the number of people who use it.
Since there are 5 rooms in the flat and some of them can accommodate up to 4 people, you may have to share the TINY shower and toilet with up to 8-10 people at a time. In our case it must have been 6-7, not sure. Don't bother asking how long you have to queue and hold your pie (and other larger items) in the morning and you must be crazy if you expect to be able to have anything near a normal shower after 4-5 people have done so before you. So, the bottom-line is that if you are a champion in holding your pie indefinitely, remaining sleepless or sleep regardless of what happens around you, have a 30 second shower and risk having dodgy strangers in the night in your room / flat, then this is the flat for you. If you are the deaf president of the cockroaches, it is even better!
Unless you need to stay in a very cheap place, I won't advise this "Presidential Suite". There are only two good points : it's cheap and it is relatively clean. On the negative side :
- It is very noisy : the noise of the traffic will prevent anyone to sleep unless you are equiped with wax ear plug.
- As far as public transport is concerned, it is badly serviced : 20 minutes to London Bridge by bus ; you'll need to change the underground twice for a wholes journey of 40 minutes to get to downtown (piccadilly circus)
- one tiny shower ; one toilet that is in the same room of the lavatory. It would be ok if not for the 8 people or more that stay in the appartment : "Presidential Suite" is only one of the room that are rented here. Prepare then for queueing up in the morning, waiting your turn to go to the loo or to brush your teeth.
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Dear Statalisters
I am new to using IV regression.
I estimated a random effects GLS equation
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x4 ..., re
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A kid bought my pickup and threw a rod in under an hour.. how?
I have an ethical dilemma. I sold my 1977 Chevrolet 3/4 ton 4x4 pickup a few days ago to a young man who promptly threw a rod complete with holes in the oil pan spilling both oil and coolant on to the ground within an hour of the title being signed over. I rebuilt the motor late last year and have around 500 miles on it since the rebuild. It has been running great since day one and the kid even said it ran "excellent" on the test drive. I am not a professional engine builder, but this certainly isn't the first motor I built and I am confident it was machined and assembled correctly.
I know I have no legal obligation to do this but I want to stand behind my motor. However I do not if it was abused. Do you think the motor was scattered by overspeed, incorrect assembly, lack of oil???
The motor is a 350 sbc, .40 over, new bearings throughout. Crank journals line bored, new rods, pistons, block was magged and fluxed, crank ground. Stock rotating assembly, edelbrock intake and carb. Stock heads were tanked an inspected. New RV cam. Engine was made to last, not be a runner..
I have been out of town for over a month, oil was good the last time I put gas in it and had no visible leaks or smoke in the exhaust. Truck has been parked except for test drives since I left.
The guy swears he did not tach it, but we were all 19 once so I have trouble believing. So what do you guys think? I know there is a lot of experience on this forum, certainly more than I will ever have.
Thanks in advance for replies.
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luck of the draw..
if it was built right even if he ran it to 5500 rpm it shouldn't drop a rod..
don't know of many judges that will side with you here
Its nice to be caring but I think it was on him. Sounds like a simple case of *hey I just picked it up...friend: the truck with the 350? Buyer:yeah ill be at your house in 10. Gets there friend hops in....lets see what it will do smoke em*
When I was in the sport compact phase I tried to run a motor into the ground while the motor/drivetrain I wanted to put in was being built. I tried everything...I put 15000 miles without an oil and/or filter change and without adding. Ran it a week straight with no Radiator pressure cap and only adding water. All of this was done with 75% of the time being under as much wot as possible everywhere. The day of the swap the oil smelled rich and was only dark no coolant leakage no globbing and started right up. but then we put the new one in which was actually of the same block and tranny just different internals and bolt ons for a direct swap...kind of. Long story short...alot of details I left out.....I would imagine that happening would only be due to high pressure stress for a good amount of time. ive seen alot of autos throw were under alot of high temp stress.....hot rodding around then winding it up to 140 and holding it for a while then taking it back down to park then show off and rev up and boom....friend did that. Another example was a tire warm up then sit then hit it and boom. I could go on and on lol.
That is not what happened. The kid matted the loud pedal and either missed a shift or just didn't let up at all. There's only one way a rod comes through the pan, a catastrophic rev failure. He bought it, he killed it. End of story.
My feelings on what happened? He dropped it in 4 wheel low, which doubles the amount of gear reduction, he gets into the throttle and finds out it seems to have double the power it did in high range due to the gear reduction. Within the first second of feeling the power of low gears he wants MORE so he gets swallowed by mores law which is "If some is good, more must be better"
So to the floor it goes and he doesn't know or realize now that it's in low range the engine reaches redline very very quickly, twice as fast as it does in high range. He floors it, holds it there, not realizing it's at redline, the valves are floating, he's still holding it down, a piston kisses a valve and bang!
The ball game is over. If the engine had 500 miles on it, that clears you of any wrong doing as I've never seen one have a mistake in the bottom end then last 500 miles.
On another occasion a used to be friend of mine had a nice 67 Firebird.
The previous owner had dropped in a chevy 350 and TH350 trans. The engine was a basic stocker with a 2 barrel carb. However it did run strong. It did not smoke, use oil, and it didn't have over 30,000 miles on it since the overhaul. He decides he wants something that gets better mileage so he sells the Firebird and buys a Isuzu Pup. The guy who bought the Firebird lived about 4 miles away. He let his teenage sons take the car out one night. The car came back on a roll back with 2 slung rods. How did they do that? They over revved it. The teen's father had been told by friends how his son was treating the car when it blew, he had the shifter in 1st, foot to the floor, wouldn't let up on it or shift, the valves floated and bang. Game over.
Sold as is, no warranty expressed or implied.
I had a friend who had no respect for his vehicles. He got a 90's Cadillac and would leave it in 1st or 2nd because it sounded like a racecar at 65mph. It could not do a regular burnout ...so he would get going in reverse, then shift into drive. The rearward momentum the car had to fight spun the tires and put extra stress on everything.
Life can-be a hard lesson.We where all young at one time and learned about engines and cars.As a "as is used sale",there really isn't any moral issues here.
You have no obligation. As you said, we were all 19 once. But - if you do feel an ethical obligation, maybe you could spend some time with him giving moral support and advice though not a penny's worth of financial support. He knows how he blew the engine - and the only way it will catastrophically destruct to the point of blowing holes in a casting is high revs.
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My sons grilfrind bought a 96 Mustang an drove it for a week until it blew a head gasket. The previous owner an her split the cost of parts an labour 50/50. He didn't have to do a damn thing, but I thought that was a nice thing to do. If this happened to me I'd have him buy a rebuild motor an have him help with the install. Just an idea, but its not my call.
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Did he pay extra for the 3 year 30,000 mile warranty? If not I wouldn't even bother saying another word to him. I'm not sure why in the hell he thought you should even know about it.
You built the truck, you drove the truck, And i am sure you got on it a bit here and their. You had no problems. Sorry but this is a perfect case of young and dumb. The kid nailed it or even dropped down a gear, to see what it would do. Once you handed the title over cash was counted. Your done.
19rs old
punched holes in the pan
Not your fault. If the rod was going to let go, your neighbors would have heard it knocking. He wound it up and kept it there like Billy ****** and it bit him.
Id say nothing but, if you feel like it, suggest a rev limiter for his next motor.
The ONLY way you pitch a rod with that kind of force in 60 minutes of owning a new car is acting like a 19yr old.
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A Brit who worked with me had worked in Detroit, owned an IROC.
One night he parked the car and made his way up to his apartment.
Entering the apartment the phone starts to ring.
It´s the police.
They have his car and the two guys who stole it.
When he gets there the car is okay apart from having a motor strewn
all over the road under it.
It does´nt take long to destroy a motor.
He has 0 liability! Period.
I have some young guys working for me 21-30 and there is one common denominator, EVERY-TIME they get a new car be it a used $5000 car or a new $53,000 car first thing they do is get out there and smoke them up, not once but I have seen 30 minutes worth, even with the expensive new one mentioned.
Of course they think I'm an idiot because, 3000 miles on a year old vette and I can't say if it will smoke the tires, guess I'm too cheap to buy new tires for it.
Yep, someone missed a gear, end of story!
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Robert Griffin III nodded just once, but the reaction was like everything involving the rookie quarterback in this football-mad market. It was a display of absolutely over-the-top, unbridled joy.
"Did you see that?" the woman yelled to a security guard. "DID YOU SEE THAT?! He looked at me!! You saw that, right?"
And so it begins. The Redskins defeated the Giants, 17-16, for a lot of reasons Monday night, and the visitors insisted that most of them were their own doing. They are probably right, of course. When you commit as many dumb penalties and attempt as many weak arm tackles as the Giants did, you won't win many games in the NFL.
Still, it was hard not to feel like this was more than one crushing NFC East loss. It wasn't a changing of the guard, not so long as the Giants still have Eli Manning in his prime, but the rekindling of a rivalry that will define both of these franchises for the next few years.
Because, as long as Griffin is lining up behind center for the Redskins, this is going to be one of the most entertaining matchups in the NFL, and the result likely will shape the division standings." Read more...
Giants Fall To Redskins, 17 - 16, Now Hold One-Game Lead Over Washington And Dallas In NFC East
Excerpt: "The Giants knew what this game meant. A win here, against their rival Redskins, would be a blow to perhaps their most dangerous contender in the NFC East. Heck, with some of the losses in the conference Sunday, it could even help their positioning toward a first-round bye.
But they seem to like to make things difficult, don't they?
The Giants surrendered Monday night's opportunity, falling to the explosive Redskins, 17-16. Now, they are just one game ahead of both the Cowboys and the Redskins in the division, having split a season series with each. And a difficult four-game schedule looms.
Quarterback Eli Manning was on point in the first half, d***ling with his arm and winning the rematch with rookie Robert Griffin III. Their 13-10 halftime lead portended well: Per ESPN, the Giants had won 26 straight road games in which they'd led at the half, dating back to 2006.
Not this one. And even though Manning had delivered 25 comeback wins from fourth-quarter deficits in his career — including the teams' first meeting back in October — he couldn't pull off the escape this time." Read more...
UNBE-THREE-VABLE! Redskins' Rookie QB Too Much For Giants This Time, 17 - 16
Excerpt: "This time the Washington Redskins didn't give Eli Manniga chance for any late-game magic. This time they kept him pinned to the sidelines instead.
Eli & Co. Can't Mann Up In Red Zone
And when they finished running out the clock on the Giants and held on for a narrow, 17-16 win, they announced that the race for the NFC East title is definitely back on.
That's because the Giants blew a chance to build on their division cushion with a stinker of an effort on Monday night. They committed a season-high nine penalties, including six by their sloppy offense, that kept them stalled for most of the game. The Giants got 280 yards from Eli Manning and 103 from Ahmad Bradshaw, but only managed to score one touchdown.
And when Robert Griffin III threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to Pierre Garcon with 11:31 remaining, the Redskins (6-6) had just enough breathing room to pull within one game of the Giants (7-5) with four games to play.
"This isn't real complicated," Tom Coughlin said. "I don't know what happened in the second half. We certainly didn't come out to play. Penalties. Sloppy football."
That actually was the theme of the game for the defending champs, but it became much more pronounced in the second half, when the Giants were held to just a field goal. All of a sudden their defense couldn't contain Griffin (13-for-21, 163 yards; 72 yards rushing on five carries) or running back Alfred Morris (22 carries, 124 yards). And their offense couldn't sustain a drive.
And the penalties were killers. Such as the holding call on offensive lineman Jim Cordle after David Wilson had returned a fourth-quarter kickoff all the way to the 50. The penalty pushed the Giants back to their own 8 and they ended up going three-and-out.
When they got the ball back again, they managed to cross midfield with less than five minutes remaining on an 11-yard pass from Manning to tight end Martellus Bennett (five catches, 82 yards). But a holding penalty on left tackle Will Beatty negated that and short-circuited the drive." Read more...
Excerpt: "Eli Manning seemed sharp. Ahmad Bradshaw and the ground game were rolling. And Victor Cruz, seemingly sleepwalking throughout November, finally had awakened.
And that all added up to exactly one touchdown in Monday night's 17-16 loss to the Washington Redskins at FedEx Field. One week ago, the Giants seemed to have their offensive woes all figured out, exploding for 38 points in a rout of the Packers.
But against the Redskins, the offense slipped back into another red zone coma. The stats looked pretty, with Manning throwing for 276 yards and the Giants piling up 390 yards of total offense. Yet it took Manning and Co. nearly an entire half to find the end zone, and when they needed it most — in the pivotal fourth quarter — an offense that's supposed to be explosive turned pop gun.
"We had to drive the ball down and get scores (in the fourth quarter)," Manning said. "And we couldn't do it."
The same Manning-led offense that was so clutch in the fourth quarter last season — and began 2012 in similar fashion — fell apart in the end. Things seemed to click in the first half, when tight end Martellus Bennett caught five passes for 82 yards and scored a TD just 2:32 before halftime. Big Blue rolled up 273 total yards in building a 13-10 lead.
Cruz had been held without a 100-yard game since Oct. 21, the last time the Giants faced the Redskins. But with Bennett rolling, Cruz finally found room to roam. The receiver made three first-half catches — including a 30-yarder down the sideline — and finished with five catches and 104 yards.'" Read more...
Hakeem Nicks Takes One On The Nose
Excerpt: "Hakeem Nicks now has another injury to deal with. Nicks, who recently recovered from knee and foot issues, took a hard hit midway through the first half of the Giants' 17-16 loss in Washington on Monday while attempting to catch a pass at midfield.
Giants' Joseph Says He Held Back On Stomp
He immediately got up and left the game but returned to finish with a nasty bruise on his nose. He said it was not broken, but he was struggling to talk.
"I don't know what happened, but blood was spewing everywhere," Nicks said. "I think I just landed right on my face," he added. "That's what caused it." Read more...
Excerpt: "Giants defensive tackle Linval Joseph said he doesn't think he "deserved" the unnecessary roughness penalty he incurred in the third quarter of Monday night's 17-16 loss to the Redskins. But he also knows it's not up to him to make the call.
With 6:56 left in the third, Redskins tailback Alfred Morris rushed the ball down the sideline to the Giants nine, then had the ball punched out by linebacker Chase Blackburn. Giants linebacker Keith Rivers pounced on the ball, but as players piled on top of him, Joseph and Redskins lineman Will Montgomery got into a minor altercation.
Joseph appeared to pull Montgomery's leg from the pile, and the lineman kicked at Joseph. It looked as if Joseph stomped on Montgomery in retaliation, but he said he did not.
"It took me everything not to hit him back, because I didn't want to hurt the team, I didn't want to get fined," Joseph said. "I started (to stomp), then I stopped."
Joseph drew an unnecessary roughness penalty on the play, as did Redskins OL Kory Lichtensteiger, who was also involved in an altercation on the play. The penalties were offsetting." Read more...
Giants Try To Grind It Out, But It's Redskins Who Are All-In
Excerpt: "The Redskins, powered by a rookie quarterback with a flair for the dramatic, brought the flash and d***le to FedEx Field on Monday night.The Giants brought a hammer, a pounding rushing attack designed to milk the clock and keep the explosive Robert Griffin III off the field and keep their defense fresh enough to chase him down when he was out there.
It was a suspenseful game of cat and mouse. As the Giants would methodically move down the field, using running back Ahmad Bradshaw as a battering ram, the Redskins were hitting big plays in rapid fire order to rip up and down the field. because it wasn't a high scoring affair through three quarters. Soon, you got the feeling that the team that had the ball in its hands last would win it.
That was the way it unfolded the first time the two teams played, with Washington churning out 480 yards and the Giants winning the game with a late 77-yard TD pass from Eli Manning to Victor Cruz.
In the end that is the way it worked — for the Redskins. Washington had the ball last and Griffin milked the final 3:51 off the clock, taking the ball away from Manning this time. The result was a bitterly disappointing 17-16 loss for the Giants, who at 7-5 are only one game ahead of the Redskins and the Cowboys in the NFC East.
The Giants were left to bemoan a wasted opportunity to gain a stranglehold on the division. They were undone by too many penalties at crucial moments, a missed field goal, the inability to score on their last two drives in the fourth quarter and defensive lapses that gave Griffin more than enough chances to beat them.
"We had an opportunity," said Tom Coughlin. "Now there is one team with seven (wins) and two teams with six and four games to go."'
When asked why they had so many uncharacteristically crushing penalties, linebacker Michael Boley had three words.
"Lack of discipline,"' he said. "That's what it came down to and Coach talks about it all the time." Read more...
RGIII Overwhelms Giants, Leads Washington Back Into NFC East Race
Excerpt: "The Kid had FedEx Field rocking like it was RFK Stadium in the glory days last night.
It had been five long, frustrating years since Washington last played a truly meaningful December home game, but Robert Griffin III made it worth the wait in a 17-16 victory over the Giants that had the capacity crowd of 80,246 singing "Hail to the Redskins" at the top of their lungs on the way out.
The Giants had seen this before from the sensational rookie quarterback, who torched them for nearly 400 all-purpose yards out of the option attack in a close October loss at the Meadowlands, but that didn't mean Big Blue had any better solution for Griffin the second time around.
"We weren't going to let this one slip away," Griffin said as he did his postgame press conference from the podium while still in full uniform, including cleats, arm sleeve and glove. "We took the approach that this was the only game we had, and that if we lost, our season was done."
Although Griffin didn't have the same gaudy numbers in the primetime rematch, he was just as effective — and the end result was certainly better — as the 6-6 Redskins got back to .500 and continued a surprising run of mastery over their NFC East rivals.
This wasn't all Griffin's doing (rookie back Alfred Morris and veteran wideout Pierre Garcon also came up big), but the reigning Heisman Trophy winner from Baylor was certainly the catalyst, completing 13-of-21 passes for 163 yards, a passing touchdown and 73 rushing yards.
Even when Griffin messed up, it worked out. In one of the more remarkable plays in any NFL game this year, Griffin's first-quarter fumble at the Giants 13-yard line ended up in the arms of receiver Josh Morgan, who took it the rest of the way to the end zone." Read more...
The King Of DC Poses A Big Problem For Big Blue
Excerpt: "They sang "RG3, RG3, RG3" as they filed jubilantly down the ramp inside FedEx Field, and when Redskins 17, Giants 16, was over, Justin Tuck wasn't any less angry at the football gods for putting RG3 between him and the Lombardi Trophy.
"I still am mad," Tuck said, with maybe a half-smile.
The Giants wanted this one, wanted to show the super quarterback that he is unable to leap tall Supermen in a single bound, even if he is faster than a speeding bullet. That maybe one day his time will come, but that day is not here. A prince not yet fit to be king.
And RG3 crowned them when it mattered. Ruined their grand plans to put the NFC East out of reach.
"It's always going to be frustrating to play a quarterback like him, that even when you're playing your best ball, he can outrun you to the edge and prolong plays," Tuck said. "There were some plays in there we should've had sacks that he outran us. There's some plays in there we should've tackled him but he outran us. But, you know, I think as we continue to play him and get more adjusted to what he likes to do, I think we'll play better.
"If he stays healthy, he's gonna be a havoc on defenses for a long time." Read more...
FG Miss Has Giants Kicking Themselves
Excerpt: "A missed 43-yard field goal in the second quarter last night turned into a kick in the pants for the Giants.
In their 17-16 loss to the Redskins at FedEx Field, a defeat that changed the scope of the NFC East race, one of the Giants' most critical flubs occurred on special teams. Early in the second quarter, kicker Lawrence Tynes — who's in the midst of a sensational season — hooked a 43-yard field goal attempt wide left.
If the kick had been good, it would have trimmed the Redskins' lead to 7-6. But the miss seemed far bigger later on — the Giants had a 16-10 lead in the fourth quarter — when they could have had a 19-10 lead had Tynes hit that field goal.
"I'm paid to make field goals and I didn't make all of them," Tynes said. "I'm supposed to make that kick."
Tynes did make three field goals, and the Giants didn't help themselves by not converting several of their drives into touchdowns — settling for points from Tynes instead.
It also appeared as if Zak DeOssie's snap on Tynes' miss was a bit errant — a little off to the right. But both Tynes and holder Steve Weatherford said the snap was a non-issue.
Both Tynes and Weatherford did say the field wasn't ideal for kicking.
"The footing was very, very dicey tonight," Tynes said. "I never really got my plant foot on the ground. ... Just kind of yanked it." Read more...
Redskins' Owner Voices Bleepin' Hatred Of Big Blue
Excerpt: "Well, you didn't expect Dan Snyder, the owner of the Redskins, to embrace prosperity with the humility of a Mara or a Tisch, did you? So after years of running a beloved civic trust into the ground, after years of losing, of abject failure, Danny Boy had himself a moment in the sun last night.
He saw his football team come back at the defending champion Giants, take a 17-16 lead early in the fourth quarter, then hold off the flood, the inevitable Eli Manning comeback. Twice Manning had the ball in the game's final 10 minutes. There were 80,246 people inside FedEx Field bracing for heartache.
It never happened. The Redskins won. The Giants lost. The NFC East is wide open, and after years of slipping on banana peels, the Redskins finally had a moment equal to their proud history. And so Snyder, in front of several media witnesses, had this to say to a Redskins staffer:
"I hate those mother[bleepers]," Snyder said gleefully.
So, yes: If you wondered if this somnambulant rivalry was ever going to get a wake-up call, consider it rousted, and resurrected. Of course, it's hard to blame Snyder, no matter how detestable a character he might be." Read more...
Offense Let Down By Broken Line
Excerpt: "There was just 4:42 remaining last night, the Giants facing a must-convert third-and-10. They were at their own 43-yard line, trailing by a point.
Eli Manning fired an 11-yard completion to Martellus Bennett, keeping the drive going and bringing the ball past midfield to the Washington 46. The Giants were maybe 10-to-15 yards away from go-ahead field goal territory.
Problem was, tackle Will Beatty ended up being called for holding on Bennett's catch. No first down at the Washington 46. Instead, it was third-and-20 from the Giants' 33. And one play later, the Giants ended up punting and never got the ball again.
"You convert it," Beatty said of that third down, "it changes a lot."
The Giants ended up losing 17-16 to the Redskins at FedEx Field, a possible division-changing defeat. And it was a brutal night for the Big Blue offensive line. Beatty's penalty was the ultimate crusher, but it went beyond that. Backup lineman Jim Cordle committed two holding penalties on kick returns, one wiping out a 49-yard David Wilson return on that same Beatty drive that would have put the Giants at midfield to start the drive.
Instead, they started at their own 8-yard line.
"Every time we had a kickoff return, we had a penalty," coach Tom Coughlin said." Read more...
Hey Dan, Wash. Yer Mouth
Excerpt: "Dan Snyder hates the Giants — profanely so — and many of the Giants hate the Redskins owner, too.
Jubilant at a 17-16 victory over Big Blue here last night, Snyder made his disdain for the Giants plain by screaming "I hate those mother[bleepers]!" to a team staffer in front of several reporters as the owner walked through the Redskins' locker room.
Thanks to Twitter, it didn't take long for Snyder's insult to reach the Giants in their own locker room on the other side of FedEx Field. It's safe to say there's no love lost between these old NFC East rivals.
"I could give two [bleeps] what Daniel Snyder has to say," Giants center Chris Snee told The Post. "I've heard lots of things about people hating him too. Including people that work for him."
Tight end Martellus Bennett, who is a first-year Giant but no stranger to the Redskins after spending the previous four years with Dallas, mocked Snyder by saying: "I don't even know who that is."
Told it was the Redskins' owner, Bennett shrugged.
"Everybody has some type of feeling," he said.
Giants punter Steve Weatherford tried to take the high road, saying the feeling — at least on his part — wasn't mutual." Read more...
Giants' Report Card
Excerpt: "Offense D
Strange performance. Great on third down (8 of 10) in first half, controlled the ball, no turnovers, Ahmad Bradshaw runs for 103 yards and Eli Manning made some beautiful throws. Yet dreadful penalties (Will Beatty late hold a killer), only one TD all night and fourth-quarter meltdown.
Defense C+
Two games, still no answers vs. rookie RB Alfred Morris (22-124) and big outing from WR Pierre Garcon (8-106, 1 TD). As for Robert Griffin III, catch him if you can — and the Giants couldn't. He was coolly efficient as a passer (13 of 21, 163 yards) and deadly as a runner (5-72). Not being able to get off field for final 3:51 a real downer." Read more...
Giants' Blitz
Excerpt: "HERO
As if the Giants didn't know it already, Robert Griffin III is the real deal. The Redskins' precocious rookie quarterback continued his late-season roll last night, repeatedly confounding the Giants out of the option and completing 13 of 21 passes for 163 yards and a TD and running for 73 yards on just four attempts, including a 46-yarder in the second half.
This one's on the Giants' entire defensive line, which looked hapless and gassed most of the night in trying to stop the Redskins' option attack. Justin Tuck, Osi Umenyiora and Jason Pierre-Paul were pretty much non-factors, and the middle of the line was especially woeful against the run. The only notable moment by a lineman came when Linval Joseph stomped on Will Montgomery's stomach, drawing a personal foul." Read more...
Giants Skinned
Excerpt: "Robert Griffin III went down, the ball popped out, and the Washington Redskins scored a touchdown.
Look out, New York Giants and the rest of the NFC East. If the rookie quarterback keeps getting those kinds of breaks, it'll be hard to keep him out of the title hunt for years to come.
As it is, RG3 has the Redskins within a game of first place, leading a fourth-quarter rally in a 17-16 Monday night victory over the Giants, giving Washington a three-game winning streak in which it has dispatched division rivals — Philadelphia, Dallas and now New York — one by one.Griffin completed 13 of 21 passes for 163 yards and ran five times for 72 yards, breaking Cam Newton's NFL record for yards rushing by a rookie quarterback.His top target again was Pierre Garcon, who had eight receptions for 106 yards and a touchdown, showing no signs of the painful toe injury that forced him to miss six of the season's first nine games.Alfred Morris ran for 124 yards on 22 carries, becoming the second Redskins rookie to run for 1,000 yards.
Reggie Brooks had 1,063 in 1993.Washington also ended a 10-game home losing streak in Monday night games, with Griffin again showing his knack for winning on a big stage.The Redskins (6-6) appeared out of the running at 3-6 a month ago, but Washington is proving it can never be counted out when Griffin is on the field.With the Giants (7-5) losing three of four and the Cowboys (6-6) also at .500, the division is up for grabs." Read more...
Opportunity Lost In 17 - 16 Loss To Redskins
Excerpt: "The penalty flag dropped and so did Will Beatty's heart.
The Giants seemed poised for some more late-game magic from Eli Manning, whose 11-yard dart was pulled in by Martellus Bennett well past the first-down marker.
The Manning-to-Bennett hook-up would have moved the chains and advanced possession beyond midfield. The Giants were staring at a one-point deficit on the scoreboard with 4:42 remaining and this moment should have belonged to Manning, who appeared ready to take aim at what would have been the 26th fourth-quarter comeback victory of his NFL career.
That's when Beatty turned around in the Giants' backfield and saw his worst nightmare: the sign that something bad was coming his team's way and he was responsible.
A 10-yard holding penalty stripped Big Blue of momentum, and the drive was over two plays later. Once the Redskins got the football, they never gave it back.
"The ref looked at me, threw the flag and I'm like, 'Are you serious?'" Beatty said in a somber locker room following Monday's 17-16 loss to the Redskins. "There's nothing you can do once he throws the flag. As a player, you've got to suck it up and go on to the next play … I mean, you convert it, it changes a lot. You can't say we would've won the game, but you know it would've put us in a better opportunity."
Instead, the Giants were left frustrated by the opportunity they lost.
Robert Griffin III ended up getting the best of Manning and the Giants, leading the Redskins to their third consecutive divisional triumph tightened the NFC East race considerably before a crowd of 80,246 at FedEx Field." Read more...
Sullivan: RGIII Shows Flair For The Dramatic In Win Over Giants
Excerpt: "The chorus inside the home stadium erupted many times over, but it was on the Redskins final possession, the one that prevented any last hope of a comeback for Eli Manning's Giants, that it found its full voice.
"R-G-three, R-G-three," they chanted, over and over again, hands waving in fawning appreciation for the wunderkind of the NFC East. In what turned out to be a wonderful sequel to a dramatic first act, it was Washington's Robert Griffin III who took ultimate top billing over Manning, doing to the veteran what the veteran did to him the last time they met, pulling a page from Manning's fourth-quarter comeback playbook for a 17-16 win.
Manning had little hope of repeating the dramatics that helped him best Griffin when the two first met in October, not when his team was lost amid a haze of red zone field goals, special teams penalties and missed opportunities. That collection of futility combined to ruin a night when the Giants dominated time of possession, ruin a night when they went into halftime with a lead (something they hadn't surrendered on the road in an astounding 26 games), ruin a night when the Giants had the chance to take firm grip of the NFC East.
"Terrible," is how coach Tom Coughlin described a night that saw first-half domination turn into second-half submission. "We talk finish, finish, finish, finish, finish." Read more...
Giants Can't Hold Off Redskins, NFC East Race Tightens
Excerpt: "The New York Giants officially have a fight on their hands for the NFC East division title.
The Giants lost their Monday Night Football encounter with the Washington Redskins, 17-16, at FedEx Field meaning the Giants (7-5) now lead both the Redskins and Dallas Cowboys, each 6-6, by one game with four to play.
The winning score came when Robert Griffin III passed eight yards to Pierre Garcon with 6:37 to play, capping a 12-play, 86-yard drive.
Playing RGIII and the multi-dimensional Redskins offense for the second time, the Giants had hoped to have more success after giving up 480 yards in the first meeting between the two teams.
The Giants' offense held the ball for more than 20 minutes in the first half as New York built a 13-10 lead, but penalties and missed opportunities eventually doomed the Giants.
Lawrence Tynes ended up making three field goals, but missed a 43-yard attempt in the second quarter following a poor Zak DeOssie snap.
The Giants committed a season-high nine penalties, many of them costly ones. A first-quarter intentional grounding on quarterback Eli Manning killed a drive and forced the Giants to settle for a field goal. A holding penalty on Will Beatty nullified a first down on the Giants' final drive, and they ended up punting.
The Giants dominated the first half, holding the ball for more than 20 minutes, but twice had to settle for field goals and ended the half with a 13-10 lead. They could manage only three second-half points, and their defense simply could not hold Washington at bay." Read more...
Redskins Top Gants, 17 - 16
Excerpt: "The New York Giants ran for 117 yards, they were plus-one in the turnover battle, they won the time of possession battle 33:13 to 26:47, and they still found a way to lose a huge division game to the Washington Redskins, 17-6.
What happened?
We can start with the penalties – nine of them to be exact for 73 yards. That's a penalty explosion for a team that up until this week, had averaged a little over four penalties per game this season.
The biggest culprits? There was quarterback Eli Manning being flagged for an intentional grounding infraction and a delay of game; offensive lineman Jim Cordle was nailed twice for holding on kickoff returns, both of which wiped out significant kickoff returns by David Wilson; and right tackle Sean Locklear, who appeared to have suffered a season-ending knee injury, contributed to the party with a false start and a hold.
Then there were the missed opportunities such as kicker Lawrence Tynes' 43-yard field goal attempt that sailed wide left or the Giants' inability continued struggle to score in the red zone." Read more...
RGIII, Redskins Topple Giants To Tighten Up NFC East Race
Excerpt: "Robert Griffin III went down, the ball popped out, and the Washington Redskins scored a touchdown.Look out, New York Giants and the rest of the NFC East. If the rookie quarterback keeps getting those kinds of breaks, it'll be hard to keep him out of the title hunt for years to come.As it is, RG3 has the Redskins within a game of first place, leading a fourth-quarter rally in a 17-16 Monday night victory over the Giants, giving Washington a three-game winning streak in which it has dispatched division rivals -- Philadelphia, Dallas and now New York -- one by one.
"We know that our backs are against the wall," Griffin said. "And even though we won tonight, our backs are still against the wall."The Redskins (6-6) appeared out of the running at 3-6 a month ago, but Griffin is proving his team can never be counted out when he's on the field.With the Giants (7-5) losing three of four and the Cowboys (6-6) also at .500, the division is up for grabs.Griffin did get another of his goals accomplished Monday by assuring Washington will win more games than last season's 5-11 team.
"You can put a check by that one, but there's a lot more goals that this team is stretching for and striving for," Griffin said." Read more...
Redskins 17, Giants 16
Excerpt: " Robert Griffin III threw for one touchdown and had a fumble turn into another score, and the Washington Redskins pulled within one game of the NFC East lead with a 17-16 win over the New York Giants on Monday night.The Redskins improved to 6-6 with their third straight victory, tied with the Dallas Cowboysand on the heels of the Giants, who have lost three of four to fall to 7-5." Read more...
Locklear Injured, Carted Off
Excerpt: "Giants offensive tackle Sean Locklear was carted off the field in the fourth quarter Monday night, with what appeared to be a serious leg injury. " Red more...
Once gain, Giants Take The Hard Route
Excerpt: "With a chance to take a firm grip on the NFC East and put Robert Griffin III in their rearview mirror, the New York Giants did what they love to do -- they took the hardest way possible.
When the Giants put their minds to it, they are capable of being the best team in the NFL. But they also are exceptionally good at making life difficult when given the chance to do the opposite.
With a golden opportunity to take a two-game cushion in the division and stiff-arm the Redskins into basically next season, the Giants put the division back in play with a 17-16 loss to the Redskins on Monday night.
With four games left, the Giants (7-5) are clinging to a one-game lead over the Cowboys (6-6) and Redskins (6-6).
It's typical of the Giants -- just when they look ready to be a dominant team after destroying Green Bay, they stumble with a frustrating loss in the division and give themselves little wiggle room down the stretch.
It's almost as if the Giants wouldn't have it any other way. If the Giants had a GPS guiding them through the football season, they'd always seem to choose the longest route with the most winding, treacherous turns.
"We have been down this road before," defensive captain Justin Tuck said. "It is always tough. Honestly, I like it that way. I like the fact that we have to play our A-game from here on out. I think we play good in that role." Read more...
Penalties Play Giant Role In Loss
Excerpt: "Making your way through the visiting locker room early Tuesday morning, you kept hearing the same word, over and over again:
Many Giants players, and coach Tom Coughlin, blamed the loss in large part on the Giants' sloppiness -- and they were right. Big Blue committed nine penalties, and several of them came in critical spots.
Here's a look at the key miscues:
• The Giants marched down the field on their first offensive drive of the game, but on 1st-and-10 from the Redskins' 23-yard line, right tackle Sean Locklear was flagged for a false start, which halted the Giants' momentum. The Giants weren't able to get another first down, and had to settle for a field goal.
• The Giants again advanced into Redskins territory on their second drive, but on 1st-and-10 from the Washington 30, Manning was charged with intentional grounding. New York again failed to pick up another first down, and this time Lawrence Tynes missed a 43-yard field goal attempt." Read more...
Giants' Sean Locklear Injures Knee
Excerpt: "Giants'offensive tackle Sean Locklear suffered a knee injury in the fourth quarter of the Giants' 17-16 loss to the Washington Redskins on Monday night.
The injury appeared to be serious, as Locklear had to be carted off the field. During the game the Giants released a statement classifying Locklear's injury as being a "significant knee sprain."
When asked about Locklear after the game, all Giants coach Tom Coughlin said is, "It's a knee. It's a knee.""I just wish him the best," said fellow offensive lineman Chris Snee. "Whatever recovery is ahead of him, I am not quite sure the extent of it, just know it is not good."The loss of Locklear is a significant one. He had started 10 of the Giants' 12 games this season, with stints at both left tackle and right tackle. (He started at right tackle Monday night.)The nine-year veteran was signed by the Giants this past April, after spending his first seven NFL seasons with the Seattle Seahawks, followed by a season with the Redskins. His versatility, being able to play on both sides of the line, was a major plus." Read more...
Reid: Foles To Start For Rest Of Season


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Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn(Dutch, 1606-1669)
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- Oil on cedar panel
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- 27.200
- Provenance
- (?) Amsterdam, Collection of the artist (cited in 1656 bankruptcy inventory of Rembrandt's collection); Goes, The Netherlands, Collection Hieronymus van der Straten (d. 1662), magistrate and burgomaster of Goes; Vienna, Collection Prince Eugene of Savoy (1633-1736); Collection Maria Anna Victoria of Savoy (Prince Eugene's niece and heir); Turin, Collection Carlo Emanuele III of Savoy, King of Sardinia (acquired with the bulk of Prince Eugene's collection from Maria Anna Victoria of Savoy in 1741) and by descent to Victor Amadeus III, Carlo Emanuele IV (abdicated in 1802) and (?) Victor Emanuele I; Probably removed by the French to Paris probably about 1798 but possibly as late as 1802; Paris, art market (R. Lerondelle-dealer-before 1808); Brought to England by the dealer Sebastian Érard in 1808; London, Grosvenor House, Collection of Robert, 2nd Earl of Grosvenor, later Marquess of Westminster (died 1846); By descent, London, Grosvenor House, Collection The Dukes of Westminster to Hugh Richard Grosvenor, Duke of Westminster who sold it in 1913; Halton Manor, England, Collection Alfred Charles de Rothschild (acquired from the Duke of Westminster in 1913); Collection Almina, Countess of Carnarvon (inherited from Alfred de Rothschild-according to Michael Hall); London & New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Ltd. (1924-1927, acquired via Colnaghi's in 1924) from whom acquired by the DIA in 1927.
- Keywords
- oak, oil, paint, panel, religion, wood, christian
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