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Country Inn & Suites-Madison West invites you to taste the array of brews at Capital Brewery.
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Taxi drivers are generally considered "independent contractors" and are thus excluded from all laws that protect "employees." As independent contractors, taxi drivers are not entitled to a minimum wage, overtime pay, or protection from discrimination. They are not entitled to federal OSHA protections, and they have no federally protected right to collective bargaining.
Demographics. Taxi drivers and chauffeurs held about 232,300 jobs in 2008. Jobs were located throughout the country, but were concentrated in large cities. Some 67,000 workers drive yellow cabs, livery cabs and black cars in New York City. Five thousand primarily immigrant taxi workers drive in Los Angeles.
Wages and Hours. Taxi drivers start work each day with a negative income, owing the company money and paying for gas out-of-pocket. In both New York and Los Angeles, drivers work on average of 12 to 14 hours per day, six days a week, for about $8 per hour including tips.85 In New York in 2004, drivers' take home pay ranged from $400 to $500 per week, but at the beginning of the week, drivers took home as little as $22 per day.
Benefits. Because taxi drivers are considered non-employees, the vast majority have no entitlement to government benefits like workers' compensation and unemployment compensation. In Los Angeles, 61 percent of drivers had no health insurance.
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While forms of work vary from city to city, entry into the industry is generally through purchase of a medallion or association with a taxi company. In New York, medallions can cost as high as $400,000 or more. Most drivers lease a permit to drive, a car, or both. In Los Angeles, apart from payment of all business costs and gas, drivers who are owner-operators must purchase "shares" in cooperatives that cost tens of thousands of dollars. At the same time, drivers are closely regulated by city commissions that set fares, impose dress codes, issue licenses and franchises, and impose fines.
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I came to the United States in September 1980 at the age of 27. In Ethiopia, I attended police college and rose to the level of lieutenant. However, I became a freedom fighter when I opposed the dictatorship that oppressed my country and my people. I was forced to flee to Sudan as a refugee. I worked there for a year and was then brought to the United States through Catholic Charities. I worked nights, studied English and eventually graduated from Cal State Los Angeles in 1988 with a degree in business. I began driving as a lease driver and bought my own cab in 1992.
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Grange Fitzrovia is quite a large hotel in London. You can expect a memorable stay here thanks to the 4-star rating. If you come by public transport, the station you can best reach is St Pancras Station. Your position in this area allows you to visit West End, Oxford and Regent Streets and even Berwick Street easily. It's no struggle reaching Regent's Park from here; it's also simple to walk to British Library and Trocadero of London. Many museums are in close proximity; Madame Tussaud and British Museum are worthwhile options in this category.
As a guest of Grange Fitzrovia, access to common areas such as a restaurant, a bar/lounge and an exhibit space is your privilege. You may also enjoy the opportunity to benefit from a bell boy service, a late check-out option and a doctor on call. Business guests visiting London will be pleased to find a conference space and an audio-visual equipment set here. This hotel offers 86 rooms. Not arriving by car? A paid airport shuttle bus may help you out in getting around.
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Emmy Award-winning drama THE SOPRANOS follows the personal and professional exploits of mafia boss Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) as he tries to balance his home life with heading up a criminal organisation. This box set contains all 86 episodes from series 1 through 6.
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The light and passionate sounds of Matt Redman are even more endearing when you know that he writes his own material, something that few pop artists really do. Taking the CCM market by surprise with The Friendship & the Fear in 1998, he revealed himself to be a good singer as well as a thought-provoking songwriter. The next year he released The Father's Song, another successful blend of praise & worship with contemporary pop. But after that he took a few years to mull over his material, eventually returning in 2002 with the more personal Where Angels Fear to Tread. The live album Facedown appeared in June 2004 and the studio full-length Beautiful News followed in late 2006. We Shall Not Be Shaken arrived in 2009, followed by the chart-topping live recording 10,000 Reasons in 2011. In 2013, Redman issued a new collection of songs recorded live in front of 1500 LIFT Worship Leader Collective members in Atlanta. ~ Bradley Torreano, Rovi
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Love this song! Praise the LOrd the maker of all..he is always with us...whom then shall we fear? The created of the world can help you overcome our sins and struggles... . : )
God gave us more then we have given to him...God made us fisher of men to lead stray people to the right route to get to our destination
Love this song all glory to God, I'm 11 and God has already done a lot in my life so praise his name
I need everyone who posts comments about kissing your hand or dying else, oh ya chain messages(for g o t name of them) just don't post them. There lies and lying is rude. NO LYING! But I LOVE this song. It's really good and so is the artisit. I love god!
My daughter loves 10,000 Reasons.
Great song.I know the answer speedypj10.y o u get a lyrics app. Seriously
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I love GOD! I love Cristian music! I love to praise GOD! I love GOD as much as I love myself and so should you! GOD BLESS EVERYONE!!!!
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I love GOD! I love Cristian music! I love to praise GOD! I love GOD as much as I love myself and so should you! GOD BLESS EVERYONE!!!!
Love Matt Redman @ Matt Maher! P.S. I am a kid.
Worship God! He is an amazing God! Love it! Trent's older daughter, Victoria
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This freaked me out! This isn't fake. Apparently if you copy and paste this on ten comments you will have the best day of your life tomorrow. You will either get kissed or asked out. If you brake the chain you will see a dead girl in your room tonight. In the next 53 minutes someone will say I love you or I'm sorry.
all of you who keep telling people to follow earthly instruction are not doing God's work, unless your god isn't The God who created all.
Dont read this because it actually works. You will be kissed on the nearest Friday by the love of your life. Tomorrow will be the best day of your life. However if you don't post this you will die in 2 days. Now you've started reading so don't stop. This is so scary put this on atleast 5 songs in 143 minutes when done press f6 and your lover's name will appear on the screen in big letters this is so scary because it actually works
I like slower songs sometimes, as long as they have christian messages.
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Repost this and your crush will ask you out
Say your crushes name
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Say your name
Say a school day
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God. Is so. Good. To. Me
We sing this during our chapel at school
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and learn not on your own understandin g . In all your ways acknowledge him and he will direct your paths.
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kiss left hand say crushes name close hand say school day open hand post on 15 song and crush will ask you out diong for me
Are you a teenage girl, who is a Christian, who wants other Christian teenage girls to talk to? If so, come check out my profile! I just started this so I don't have any followers yet, but please come check it out!!!
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. What a fun book. I was worried a bit at first as it starts in a dystopic setting, which is not my thing. But once the hunt began that all fell away and it was a fun quest/caper/rebel alliance type book. I think people who are a little younger than me, and were thus kids in the 80s and not up-to-no-good-teenagers, would appreciate the references and nostalgia even more. A full discussion thread on this book, including my own commentary, can be found on the GoodReads She-Geeks group http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1285073-ready-player-one-discussion-april-re... Some of my commentaries from that discussion are as follows: I, as an 80's fan, am absolutely loving and grinning at single reference. When Wade stated his OASIS password-phase "You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the Frontier against Xue and the Ko-Dan Armada" I actually whooped! out loud. The Last Star Fighter was one of my favorite movies as a kid and one of the things that sparked my love for science fiction. I am also loving the use of the VR as the escapism point from the grim reality around them. This has become an escape tool used today with games such as Second Life, Eve, and other MMOs like WoW and a hundred others. Wade is just about to log in to "school". I wonder how long before our own school system is supplemented or replaced with VR simulations. At 7%: I am wondering if we might be being too critical of the over explanation, but without knowing his intended audience, it's hard to judge. Some readers might not ever catch the Grail reference unless it is explained, same for the 80s references. Some people may never have seen an episode of Family Ties. I'm still just scratching the surface of this book, so the explanations and info dumps may get worse. So far, I don't find them as an issue. I will admit that my love for 80s pop culture might make me a little biased towards liking this book. At 16% in: I started to catch what some people were reading as info dumps and over-explanations. There seems to be two writing styles merging within this book. One being a descriptive tale of Wade's experience, but the other is a journalistic, almost historian, approach, as if you the reader are someone in the future who is reading Wade's autobiography about his search for for the egg. In a historical / autobiographical take, the explanations and info dumps could be expected, as his voice is speaking to someone who is not from our time period or even his time period, but someone even further in the future who may have no clue what any of the 80s references are, what a desktop computer or MMO was, etc. That's what I am getting out of it at least, and when you approach the book as more of an autobiography intended for a reader from beyond 2044, then it becomes a less questionable or tedious read. By 80%: The book is full of reflective commentary once you dive past the 80s pop culture references. This includes two points I found interesting: 1. The idea that the virtual world OASIS had become such a replacement existence for the real world that the real world had fallen into decline. The decline of the real world is blamed on OASIS by Ogden, while others would argue that OASIS was merely an escape for the declining real world, which would have been declining regardless. Is the escape of OASIS responsible for the decline, or responsible for the decline's perpetuation? Can you see this as a possible future for our own society? 2. I just reached the part where Aech (H)'s real identity is revealed as a HUGESPOILER Overall, I see this book as becoming a social commentary time capsule, a book that I can see becoming required reading in English classes along side Huxley, Atwood, and Fitzgerald. Though there are some rough spots in the book as far as editing, story (some of the points at the end seems almost too easy for Wade's progression) and composition, overall this book has a great deal to offer and was such a "totally awesome" read for me that both took me back to an era that I loved and provided a glimpse into our possible future. And thus ends one of my favorite books of all time. I don't know that I've ever been this sad to see a book end. It easily fits into my top 5 of all time and I'm sure I will read it again and again. I'm glowing from it right now, and that doesn't happen a lot. I can't wait to see what he writes next. Anyway, if you are a fan of geek culture, just read it. Don't look up any reviews or synopsis, just buy it, check it out, whatever, and read it. Visit the dystopian world of 2042. Too real, too depressing. The world is awful and the characters are pathetic. Story weak. This was a fun, fast-paced cyberpunk treasure hunt, notable mostly for its overflowing references to 1980s pop culture (and geek culture generally). The plot and character development don't bear close examination, but they also don't call for it. At one point, the narrator reaches the age of majority and participates in his first election. He doesn't bother to vote for political leaders of America's dystopic national government, but happily votes to re-elect Cory Doctorow and Will Wheaton as long-serving presidents of virtual reality. It's a witty touch and a nod to geek culture; the book is full of gestures like that.
Ready Player One borrows liberally from the same Joseph Campbell plot requirements as all the beloved franchises it references, but in such a loving, deferential way that it becomes endearing. There's a high learning curve to all of the little details Wade throws out about the world, and for anyone who doesn't understand or love the same sect of pop culture Halliday enjoyed, Ready Player One is a tough read. But for readers in line with Cline's obsessions, this is a guaranteed pleasure. The breadth and cleverness of Mr. Cline's imagination gets this daydream pretty far. But there comes a point when it's clear that Wade lacks at least one dimension, and that gaming has overwhelmed everything else about this book.
No descriptions found. "An exuberantly realized, exciting, and sweet-natured cyber-quest. Cline's imaginative and rollicking coming-of-age geek saga has a smash-hit vibe."--Booklist, starred review"Ready Player One takes place in the not-so-distant future--the world has turned into a very bleak place, but luckily there is OASIS, a virtual reality world that is a vast online utopia. People can plug into OASIS to play, go to school, earn money, and even meet other people (or at least they can meet their avatars), and for protagonist Wade Watts it certainly beats passing the time in his grim, poverty-stricken real life. Along with millions of other world-wide citizens, Wade dreams of finding three keys left behind by James Halliday, the now-deceased creator of OASIS and the richest man to have ever lived. The keys are rumored to be hidden inside OASIS, and whoever finds them will inherit Halliday's fortune. But Halliday has not made it easy. And there are real dangers in this virtual world. Stuffed to the gills with action, puzzles, nerdy romance, and 80s nostalgia, this high energy cyber-quest will make geeks everywhere feel like they were separated at birth from author Ernest Cline."--Chris Schluep, Amazon Best Book of the Month… (more) (summary from another edition) |
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An unidentified member of Tool was in a Vespa accident earlier this month. The band's always cryptic website posted a note that says, "The New Year started off on a bad note as far as writing and arranging sessions for Tool's next record. For the most part this was due to a 'minor' accident on a Vespa scooter (slick road conditions being the cause) by a certain band member that resulted in several broken ribs and a dislocated shoulder. Because of the physical nature of the musical instrument involved, nine days of jamming were lost, although I'm happy to report that the person involved is recovering nicely, so much so, in fact, that writing sessions resumed last Monday."
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The Craftsman
9 comments:
- Meredith said...
I LOVE Craftsman homes! Unfortunately, around here all the Craftsmans are in the drug district :(
- February 23, 2010 at 8:57 AM
- mrs.messi said...
I love every single one of those pics! Gorgeous!
- February 23, 2010 at 9:27 AM
- You Paid More Than Me said...
lol meredith. 10 yrs ( or more ) ago our house was "THE" Drug house in the area, one day i'll post the before's of the yard, it was trashed beyond recognition.
- February 23, 2010 at 9:45 AM
- SmallStepsForLola said...
LOVE Craftsman homes. Unfortunately, I'm in suburbia land so I don't have that luxury. One of these day...
- February 23, 2010 at 9:47 AM
- Hana said...
~sigh~ these are beautiful. too bad I live in a newer community where every house is nearly the same. They just don't have the character and quality of older homes. Can't wait to move someday. Trying to be content for now!
- February 23, 2010 at 9:53 AM
- Care said...
I'm so curious where you live. We are in Pierce county in an 80 year old home near the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. :) I love the character of older homes!
- February 23, 2010 at 1:54 PM
- Doubly Blessed said...
LOVE built ins and molding! So jealous!
- February 23, 2010 at 1:58 PM
- threeacres said...
I <3 this post! There aren't any craftsman style homes in the area we live but we're planning on adding craftsman touches to our 70's ranch. Things like trim, doors, light fixtures, and exterior pillars.
- February 23, 2010 at 9:05 PM
- Unabashed Bliss said...
Jonnathan and I have Craftsman home on our top ten wish list to make happen! Love built in shelving, crown molding, original hard floors, ohhhhh the kitchens!!! One day.....
- February 25, 2010 at 11:03 PM


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Chocolate Chip Cookies
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I recently found out I have celiac disease (allergic to wheat / gluten). This recipe is my FAVOURITE cookie. I am trying to make the cookies with the substitute of an all-purpose rice flour (Kinnikinnick brand) for the regular flour. The cookies did not turn out. They became flat as a pancake and crispy.
Any suggestions or help with gluten free baking?
Thank you!
I am not an expert at gluten-free baking, but I do know that most often you cannot just simply substitute another flour for all-purpose flour.
Here is a really good recipe for some Gluten-Free Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies. The recipe calls for almond flour. Hope this helps!
I live at 8600 feet and often have to play around with a recipe before it will cook right. Modifications include a higher temperature, less butter (or less sugar), and add moisture. I have a recipe for chocolate chip cookies and I cook at 375 degrees add 2 Tablespoons of water and reduce the butter by 2 tablespoons (the recipe calls for 1 cup). What modifications would you suggest for this recipe?
Great cookie.Just made a batch and they are perfect..Question: Can you freeze most cookie doughs like you suggest doing for this recipe? I hope you say yes because I'm impulsive and without waiting for an answer put a batch of unbaked snickerdoodle cookies in my freezer. I plan to bake them from a frozen state at the same temp they bake unfrozen. Think this will be OK? Thanks
Complex question, Julie, for us to answer at this time, just like modifying recipes for diabetes is complex yet quite real and valid. However, my suggestion is seeking out cookbooks that deal with altitude cooking - I'm sure there are some good ones out there. From the top of my head, even Joy of Cooking talks about some general rules, but only general ones. I'm sure there is clearer information out there from sources that have tackled this issue for regional/practical reasons. But I like the fact you offer our forum a suggestion already. Go one step further, try YOUR modifications (note plural, for that's what cooking is all about - going to the drawing board more than once) and post the results. Rouxbe users can be teachers as well as users. As a teacher I often encourage my professional students to TEACH ME something I don't know. Let me know your results.
Here is a recipe for Oatmeal Cookies. Other than that you can try adding some oats to this recipe, but I have not tried this myself.
There are a few other comments about this same issue. You may want to read the other comments as well. I think that you just need to let the butter cool a bit or make the cookies and then refrigerate them for a bit. This will solidify the batter a bit, so they don't spread out as much when they bake.
Hope this helps! Don't give up, these are delicious cookies.
If I know that I'm going to be baking cookies the next day,I usually set the butter out on the counter and let it thaw out,I keep my butter in the freezer or even in the fridge.I know that if I use the microwave to melt it down it just gets too watery. Leaving it sit out for the day is just perfect.
Just to be clear, this recipe calls for "melted butter" not just room temperature butter. Either can be used, it is just important to know that the results will vary slightly, if using one or the other. Melted butter gives these cookies a slightly chewier texture. Cheers!
I've been using this recipe for quite some time. The only difference in my recipe is that it calls for 1 cup of brown sugar. I actually found that by using 6 oz. of margarine and 6 oz. of butter, the cookies are much prettier and smoother looking. I found this out by accident when I was short on butter one day.
Someone mentioned above that the chips were hidden inside and didn't pop out. I always keep out a handful of chocolate chips to place on top of the balls of dough before baking.
Thanks for the suggestion of using Fleur de Sel - I will have to try that next time!
These are definitely one of my go-to chocolate chip cookie recipes! Everyone loves them!
Yes quality does make a difference, as discussed earlier in this thread There is also a quick tip or drilldown video in step 1 of the video that talks a bit more about chocolate chips. Cheers!
We currently do not have a conversion tool on our website. Here is a link to a Volume Conversion Calculator that might help. As for the chocolate chips, it depends on how fine or chunky you chop the chocolate. Just measure out 1 to 2 cups and weigh it. Cheers!
Thanks for the volume conversion Kimberley.
The size of the chocolate chips I cut depends alot on how my day has gone (also how many chips are left after I've snaffled some) so the weight can vary somewhat. I was just after a ball park figure for the size of chips you used.
I suppose for chocolate, the exact amount isn't critical, I'll just add what I have managed to avoid eating!
These cookies were a great hit. Excellent recipe, thanks! For info in case anyone else needs to know, the metric conversions I used were:
180g unsalted butter
290g dark brown sugar
188g white sugar (caster as I had no white granulated sugar)
150g chocolate (dark and milk, roughly 75g of each)
283g plain flour
Oven 160 deg C (fan oven)
The cookies spread a bit, but tasted great.
In this case you should measure the 2 cups and then sift. It really depends on how the recipe is written. This recipe is 2 cups - then it says to sift. But there are recipes that may say 2 cups sifted flour and in this case you may sift and then measure. Hope this helps - cheers!
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March 1, 2007 The Direct Marketing Association (DMA) has announced an expanded mandate for and an extensive spring activity schedule for its E-Mail Marketing Council (EMC). Formerly the Council for Responsible E-Mail (CRE), DMAs recently renamed E-Mail Marketing Council will help marketers of all shapes and sizes optimize the full potential of this vital marketing channel with an impressive lineup of research, white papers, best practices guides, and events dedicated to tackling emerging issues.
We are extremely proud of the Council for Responsible E-Mails accomplishments over the last several years, said Michael Della Penna, EMC chair and chief marketing officer of Epsilon. The CRE led many groundbreaking initiatives, including authoring the first-ever E-Mail Delivery Best Practices, and advancing member adoption of authentication solutions.
Stephanie Miller, vice president, strategic services, ReturnPath, serves as vice chair of the Council.
Promoting responsible e-mail marketing practices will always be a cornerstone of our mission, continued Della Penna. But as the channel continues to grow rapidly, DMAs E-Mail Marketing Council is excited to tackle a broader range of strategic and tactical issues such as database marketing excellence, creative design and rendering, analytics, and multichannel integration.
According to the 2006 edition of DMAs Power of Direct Marketing report, marketers are increasing their investments in commercial e-mail relative to all other online and offline direct marketing channels. Between 2006 and 2011, the study forecasts that marketers investment in e-mail marketing will compound 20.2 percent annually. In addition, the study finds that e-mail is driving unparalleled ROI, returning an average $51.45 for each $1 spent in 2006.
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BACKGROUND: Engineers have designed a way to make police officers and soldiers safer with better body armor. The secret is a new "shear-thickening" fluid. When fabric has been saturated in this new fluid, it becomes strong enough to stop a bullet, but strong enough to wear comfortably.
HOW IT WORKS: When a bullet strikes the fabric, it immediately becomes rigid and keeps the object from penetrating. Once the assault has stopped, the fabric returns to being flexible and lightweight. Material that has been soaked in the new fluid is slightly oily to the touch but otherwise feels and drapes like normal fabric.
ABOUT SMART MATERIALS: The shear-thickening fluid is an example of a "smart material." Smart materials are a class of materials that can sense and respond to changes in the environment, either through the application of electricity or magnetism, or to changes in temperature. In the case of the new body armor, the material responds to a change in pressure. Under normal conditions, the fluid's molecules are weakly bonded and can move around with ease; that's why the material is so flexible. But the shock of an impact causes those chemical bonds to strengthen so the molecules lock into place; once the force from the impact dissipates, the bonds weaken again. That's why the fabric becomes rigid instantly when a bullet strikes, preventing that bullet from penetrating, and reverts to its more flexible state once that force has ceased.
WHAT IS ELASTICITY? Different materials can withstand different amounts of deformation, a property known as elasticity. Most materials are elastic to some degree: when they are deformed or bent by an infusion of incoming energy, they will bounce back to their original shape. But elastic materials all have their limits. Metal springs and rubber bands are very elastic. Plaster and glass are not very elastic; instead, they are brittle and snap with even a small deformation. Energy, like momentum, is conserved, but in a collision, it can turn into different forms of energy, such as heat or noise. How much of the energy is converted depends in part on both the relative toughness and elasticity of the materials involved in the impact. There is no such thing as a perfectly elastic collision, but if there were, all of the energy would be transferred to the target with nothing lost to heat or noise, for example.
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The Boy's High School National Semifinals wrapped up today, with Xavier beating Charlotte Catholic in a penalty shootout and Sacramento Jesuit handing Gonzaga a 45-7 loss. It's not usual to see any match end in a shootout, much less a semifinal, but with the score tied at 22 at the end of regulation, the referees consulted the rules and it was determined that overtime goes directly to penalty kicks. To start off the match, Xavier standout Eddie Sullivan again dictated proceedings, making the first penalty kick and scoring an unconverted try. Despite this, Charlotte Catholic still held the lead, 15-8, at halftime. In the second half, Xavier's Chris Mattina scored a try, which Sullivan converted to tie the game at 15 all. But Charlotte Catholic scored again to retake the lead, setting up a thrilling end to the game. On the last play, Sullivan sprinted 20 meters to score in the center of the try zone. He then converted his own try before the final whistle to tie it at 22-22. In overtime, each team was allowed five attempts at goal. Xavier's Sullivan, Jimmy Wolfer, Mattina and lock James Kontrat all split the posts, while only one Charlotte player found the mark, wrapping up a thrilling match. "It was very tense," Xavier's Jim O'hara said. In the other semifinal, Sacramento Jesuit made amends for their loss in the semifinals last year and defeated Gonzaga, 45-7. The first 10 minutes of the match were scoreless before Jesuit scored. Soon after, a Gonzaga player was yellow carded and Jesuit took advantage of the sin-binning by scoring another try. In the last play of the half, a Jesuit player intercepted a Gonzaga pass and took it all the way to the try zone. Jesuit continued scoring in the second half, while Gonzaga only managed to score one converted try. "Jesuit was clearly the better team so all hats off to them," Gonzaga coach Peter Bagetta said. "Whatever mistakes we made they punished us for it. When you're playing a class team like Jesuit, they will take advantage of your mistakes. It doesn't take away from the season our guys have had. They worked really hard and we will be ready to play again tomorrow." When the final takes place tomorrow, Xavier will have the chance to repeat as national champions. But it will be tough considering Jesuit won the national title in both 2009 and 2008. Jesuit has looked like the more dominant team in the tournament so far, but as Xavier showed in the semifinals, they can find a way to win games right at the very end. The two teams face off tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. (MST). |


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After many requests from our viewers and many weeks of writing and testing we are proud to bring you the most comprehensive game recording guide: How to Record Heroes of Newerth: Start to Finish. This guide will show you everything you need to know from setting up a HoN, recording in-game footage, editing and encoding, live streaming or finally publishing on a video streaming service like YouTube. At the moment we only provided in-game settings for Heroes of Newerth, but we will be adding StarCraft 2 and others soon.
Big thanks to Snoopy and Kustodian for putting together this awesome guide. If you find a mistake, or if you have any suggestions or questions make sure to leave them in this guide's feedback topic.
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Awesome, I'll definitely be taking a good look at this. Been meaning to get my feet wet. =D
I know it says to leave comments on the GR forums, but I don't have an account and am feeling far too lazy to make one, so I'll just leave my thoughts here.
Great guide, very thorough and simple to understand. I do wish that there were more detailed explanations on certain parts though, like why choosing VP6 (in FMLE) is the best option (over h.264). The part about Frame Rate could also use some expanding, as 25 fps isn't going to just work for everybody.
My other suggestion would be to include recommended/required computer specs, as most people have no idea what kind of computing power is needed.
Thanks to Mediocrity for the fantastic signature!
Don't worry about leaving comments in here as well
We didn't want to go to many details why some things are better than the rest, since this guide would be even longer than. We choose all of these settings after many months of our using it and from our experience.
I could easily add those explanation into the guide, since I know the answers. Regarding the VP6 vs h264 question, VP6 is better for "real time encoding" fast scenes (which is done when you use FME), like when you move your camera, or there is a lot of action. It gives a less pixelated picture than h264. If you are going to encode an already recorded video file, I would always recommend h264, since it can give much higher quality with the same bitrate, but when you encode like that, it doesn't have to be real time, so it can take it's time to encode it the right way.
Regarding the 25 fps questions, I don't understand what you are saying: "25 fps isn't going to just work for everybody". What do you mean? If you thing that 25 isn't enough for video viewing, you are wrong. 25 is more than enough, and even the PAL standard is using that frame rate, and almost all XviD movies are encoded in 23 fps, and the videos still looks awesome.
We will try to find out minimum system specs for every capturing program.
P.S. It would be really nice if one of the mods could Pin this topic, since this guide is more comprehensive than any of the pinned guides in this forum.
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Although the guide is useful, it isn't really a guide at all. It's simply some links with information in it.
To name a guide "Start to Finish", but not give any steps as to where to begin, what to do, and how the final product is made, is not exactly what I had in mind when clicking the link.
Although most people who have made videos don't need it, this guide caters to those who haven't made videos. And had I known nothing about trying to make a HoN video, this guide would have told me some useful information, but without further outside research, I doubt a finished product would be .....well, finished.
Just giving my 2 cents. Do not take this post as being an insult, it's simply an observation.
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Only links? Your kidding? Right? We wrote step-by-step explanation how and what needs to be done in every stage of getting the video from the game to the viewer. We didn't put everything in one single page since we wanted you to be able to choose the best option how to record/edit/encode. You just have to read the guide from start to finish, you don't even have to read the whole guide to do it, just one part of every section. For example, if you would like to upload a video to YouTube, you would need to read:
- Heroes of Newerth from Game Configuration, then
- FRAPS from Video Capturing,
- Windows Live Movie Maker from Video Editing/Encoding
You would have everything you need to publish a video to YouTube, or wherever you like. It is your choice what programs you would like to use.
But if you would like to stream videos, you would need to read:
- Heroes of Newerth from Game Configuration, then
- Flash Media Encoder from Video Capturing,
- And any either Justin.tv, or Ustream.tv from the Streaming section. And so on.
If it isn't obvious for some readers we will make adjustments in the guide to make it more user friendly, so you know what you need to read.
Last edited by kustodian; 10-27-2010 at 09:57 AM.
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Thanks for the answer regarding VP6 vs H.264, I've always been curious what their differences are. The reason I ask is that for me personally H.264 actually works a lot better for me, with VP6 giving me laggy/skippy playback (the stream will freeze for a few seconds at a time every so often), but it does tend to look a little bit better. No idea why I get those freezes on the stream with VP6, but H.264 looks decent enough so oh well.
And when I say that 25 FPS doesn't work for everybody, I don't mean it's too low but that it might be too high. If your computer isn't good enough then turning down the FPS/Bitrate might be a good idea, at least that's what I've experienced when tinkering with streams the past few weeks. I don't really know much about this though, so I could be wrong, which is why I was just thinking a bit more information on some parts could be helpful.
Thanks a lot for the guide though, it's much more detailed and helpful than any of the others I've seen. Hopefully this can get stickied, as it really is better than the others up there.
Last edited by Verith; 10-27-2010 at 11:35 AM.
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For streaming (bitrates around 1.1Mbps) you should always use VP6, and for bitrates used for recording (4Mbps), I will need to test, but I didn't notice any problems with VP6, but I think that at that bitrate H264 should look great as well. I will test it out.
Tbh, if your PC cannot handle 25fps, then you shouldn't even try recording, since the video won't look that nice and it will feel like it is lagging.
I hope it get's stickied as well, since it covers almost all pinned guides in this forum, and I will try to add that additional information into the guide in the next few days. Atm I'm working on using some free apps for recording/encoding, so I can add them to the guide as well.
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Ok so what I'm wondering is, when I record with fraps the quality is HORRENDOUS, it's like I'm playing in 640x480. And it gets much darker, like someone lowered the brightness/gamma by a lot :S Help?
Fraps isn't supposed to lose quality, I know I used it for WoW videos back in the olden days and it was fine then.
Edit: Rendering in H.264 made it great.
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Only one problem with this, and that is how some computers do NOT have Stereo Mix by default, even when showing disabled devices. Google also is not very helpful when trying to find a way to solve this.
It'd be great to have a small guide on getting this part to work, since I want to stream with friends being heard as well.
People should try Xsplit. It is very easy. But it is in beta stage though. But a very good program. Discount for first 2 years if you like it.
Signatures are overrated...
If your sound card doesn't support stereo mix, you cannot enable it. I know there are programs called Virtual Audio Cable which should allow you to have stereo mix even if your soundcard doesn't support it. We will test it out and see how it works and probably update that in the guide.
I agree, XSplit is very good and very easy to setup. We will need to add a configuration for XSplit in the guide.
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I use Virtual Audio Cable and this is by setup (with FMLE):
I have two virtual lines.
- Line 1
- Line 2
And I have speakers and a mic.
- Speakers
- Microphone
First I default all sounds to Line 1 via Windows. This will direct sounds from HoN, TeamSpeak, Ventrilo, Mumble, WinAMP, etc to Line 1 instead of speakers.
I run 3 instances of VAC.
Instance 1
- Repeat Line 1 to Speakers
Instance 2
- Repeat Line 1 to Line 2
Instance 3
- Repeat Microphone to Line 2
FMLE records line 2.
In this setup I can have sounds directed directly to speakers and it will not be recorded. Any sounds directed to line 2 will be recorded but not played back to speakers. Anything directed to line 1 will be played back by speakers and be recorded. The microphone will be directed to line 2 to be recorded and can be used with other programs also and will not be played back to speakers.
You can have one line but you will need to have two instances of the repeater. For this one you need:
Default all sounds to Line 1 via Windows.
Instance 1
- Repeat Line 1 to Speakers
Instance 2
- Repeat Microphone to Line 1
This setup is fine but the only disadvantage is that you can hear yourself through the speakers.


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So business owners in one American city -- -- unhappy with their newest national distinction.
Minimum wage in Santa Fe, New Mexico is now at ten dollars and 29 cents which is great for getting minimum wage check in mantown at but it has the highest in the nation.
And to compare to the federal minimum wage number that seven dollars and 25 cents right now so what's the problem.
And -- us live with more on -- -- -- Good morning -- via this new wage went into effect on March 1 that business owners -- -- -- this new minimum.
Is that for business.
The port town of less than a 100000 people we are going to be paying the highest.
Minimum wage in the entire United States America.
The -- saying now requires private businesses to pay ten dollars and 29 cents an hour.
Well I think the emphasis is doomed to.
Better floor -- the low wage workers.
This south western artists Mecca has a cost of living 18% higher than the national average according to the city.
Mayor David -- says Santa -- couldn't wait for congress -- the state to increase the minimum wage so they started doing it themselves.
We've been leaders in economic development -- leaders who can art and culture and then we're we're just very proud of -- -- -- And we think it works -- we're very concerned about the effect on local business.
So not everyone is happy.
The wage increases are tied to the Consumer Price Index CPI rises so does the wage.
It goes up and up and up there that's a question that I'd like to -- to ask comment where where is the cap.
And when the CPI goes down the minimum wage stays the same opponents say Santa -- economy suffers in the long run.
It is already discourage people from coming in to establish a new business in this market.
But it's also put a lot of people out of business because they can't afford to do this.
Now just outside.
-- Santa Fe city limits businesses can pay the state mandated minimum wage market which is three dollars less.
Then what businesses inside the town's limits have to pay back to you.
Necessarily say thank you very much in Santa Fe, New Mexico looks very beautiful there and -- -- -- --
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The Rot at Apple's Core Could Sicken Consumers -- and Its Business
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No More Living in the Past: Garfield's 10 Resolutions for 2012
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The Bellyachers: How Marketers, Politicians Play to Our Worst Instincts
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Mike Florio gives his insight on the charges brought against Aaron Hernandez. He disagrees with Hernandez's attorney that this is not a strong case because it is founded on circumstantial evidence.
ProFootballTalk: Hernandez faces tough case
NFLN will televise three-hour Pro Bowl draft
As part of the effort to make the Pro Bowl less unwatchable, the NFL has fashioned another three-hour block of unwatchable television.
The league has announced that the first-ever Pro Bowl draft will be televised on Wednesday, January 22. The event will come a day after the teams, led by Hall of Famers Jerry Rice and Deion Sanders, draft 11 players who play the least interesting positions — guard, center, fullback, interior defensive linemen, punter, and special teams.
Those players will walk the red carpet at the site of the made-for-TV Wednesday night draft, which should help chew up a few of the 180 minutes devoted to the effort.
Once finalized, the teams will "practice" on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday before "playing" on Sunday.
The new approach won't make the players play any harder. Which continues to be the biggest problem with the Pro Bowl.
Indeed, Rice himself — who will have a key role in the reconfigured, no-conference-affiliation Pro Bowl — has said that he doesn't think the changes will work.
"You've got prima donnas, egocentrics, who act like it's not an honor," Rice said earlier this year, via Jarrett Bell of USA Today. "Plus, they're thinking, 'Why should I go and jeopardize what I'm doing?' But it should be for the fans. How can you get the players to recognize that it's an honor? You've got to play your best football in the Pro Bowl. So the spirit of this needs to be changed. I'm not sure that can be accomplished now."
It'll never be accomplished as long as players who have made it through a regular season and, for many, part of a postseason healthy enough to suit up and play to play so hard that they risk spending the offseason rehabbing and injury and, for some, squandering a free-agency payday.
Vernon Davis knew he could beat Bobby Wagner for a TD
The 49ers' only touchdown in Sunday's win over the Seahawks came on a Colin Kaepernick pass to tight end Vernon Davis, with Seahawks linebacker Bobby Wagner in coverage. That was coverage Davis knew he could beat.
As shown on NFL Turning Point on NBCSN, before the series that ended with Davis's touchdown, backup quarterback Colt McCoy approached Kaepernick on the sideline and told him that Davis recognized single coverage he could beat.
"Vernon said their guy was playing him straight up man. He said he can run right by him," McCoy told Kaepernick.
Once the 49ers reached the red zone on the ensuing drive, Kaepernick threw three passes to Davis, one a 13-yard pass down to the 6-yard line, one incomplete and one that touchdown. Clearly, Davis was right when he said he could beat that coverage.
That drive came at the end of the first half, and in the second half Kaepernick never threw a pass in Davis's direction. So the Seahawks apparently made some halftime adjustments. But the damage had been done.
John Harbaugh would also prefer Matt Elam kept his trap shut
Ravens rookie safety Matt Elam created a stir by saying Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson was old and that the Ravens could stop him on Monday night by being physical with him as a result.
Johnson responded, saying that he'd show off his old-man strength to Elam while saying that he thought Detroit could make some plays against the Ravens safety. Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco wondered what Elam was thinking by calling out the league's best wide receiver before a game and now coach John Harbaugh has chimed in with further criticism of Elam's verbal volley.
"I don't appreciate it," Harbaugh said, via the team. "It doesn't help us. You get a guy like Calvin Johnson all fired up, that's really not the idea."
Flacco said earlier in the day that the team took deep shots at Elam throughout practice to try to get him ready for what he'll face against Johnson on Sunday. It doesn't help matters that linebacker Elvis Dumervil wasn't able to practice with the ankle injury that kept him out last week. Whatever Elam's feeling about the best way to approach defending Johnson, keeping balls from getting in the air at all would be safer.
PFT on NBCSN: Michael Floyd, Week 15 storylines
The Cardinals will try to keep their playoff hopes alive in Tennessee this weekend and we'll spend some time on Thursday's edition of Pro Football Talk on NBCSN talking to one of the guys who will help them in that effort.
Wide receiver Michael Floyd has blossomed into the complement to Larry Fitzgerald that the team hoped he would become when they drafted him in the first round and Erik Kuselias will talk to Floyd about the role coach Bruce Arians has played in helping him develop. They'll also talk about quarterback Carson Palmer and we'll find out who Floyd thinks was the best team that Arizona's played this year.
Week 15 kicks off on Thursday night, so we'll spend some time looking ahead to the matchup between the Broncos and Chargers before setting the stage for the entire week. We've got all the latest news from practice, injury updates and everything else you need to know about this week in the NFL coming your way.
It all gets started at 5:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN.
Santana Moss fears Cousins is being set up for failure
We've heard plenty from the folks directly involved in and affected by the decision to shut Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III down for the season. We're now hearing from members of the organization who are on the periphery.
Receiver Santana Moss expressed concern on Thursday regarding the decision to throw Cousins into the fire.
"It's kind of tough to put him into this situation right now and hope for him to be excellent," Moss said, via Mike Jones of the Washington Post. "It's almost like setting a guy up for failure. But you just want him to go out there and be at ease and just take his time, be as efficient as he can because it's one of those situations that's like, you know, Catch[-22]. He don't play as well, then you're gonna say, 'Well, should he have been in there?' But you can't do that to him because he hasn't had all this season to go out there and jell with us. But he has been ready enough to go out there and be able to run this offense. So we're just hoping for the best."
Helping to make it better than it otherwise would be is that the Redskins end the season against a trio of not-so-stifling defenses. The Cowboys are last in yards allowed, the Falcons are the seventh worst. When it comes to points allowed, the Falcons are fourth from the bottom, the Cowboys are seventh, and the Giants are in the bottom third as well.
So it's possible that coach Mike Shanahan is setting Cousins up not to fail but to thrive. To thrive so well that Shanahan could try to go with Cousins as the starter if Shanahan returns next year. So well that if Shanahan doesn't return his parting gift to the franchise will have been a quarterback controversy.
Hamstring injury lands Cary Williams on injury report
The Eagles will try to take another step toward an NFC East title against the Vikings this weekend and they might have to do it without one of their starting cornerbacks.
Cary Williams showed up as limited on Thursday's injury report because of a hamstring injury. Williams was not on the injury report at all on Wednesday and Zach Berman of the Philadelphia Inquirer reports that he was on the field for the start of Thursday's work, which suggests picked up the injury during Thursday's practice.
Either way, his status will be something to watch when the Eagles practice and release their final injury report of the week on Friday. He's started all 13 games this year, turning in play that has fluctuated from good to inadequate over that span. Inconsistent though he may be, Williams' absence would test the Eagles' depth at cornerback beyond Bradley Fletcher and Brandon Boykin.
Safety Earl Wolff and linebacker Najeh Goode were also limited for the Eagles on Thursday.
Michael Crabtree has an ankle injury
A pair of high-profile NFC West wideouts missed most of the season before returning from injury. For Seahawks receiver Percy Harvin, it was a one-game cameo before again being shelved with the same hip injury. For 49ers receiver Michael Crabtree, he has a different injury after two games back.
Crabtree has an ankle injury. He was officially limited in practice on Wednesday because of it.
According to Bill Williamson of ESPN.com, 49ers offensive coordinator Greg Roman said Thursday that the ankle problem is unrelated to the Achilles injury that kept Crabtree out of action from May until Week 13.
Crabtree caught two passes for 68 yards in his 2013 debut against the Rams. He had four catches for 40 yards against the Seahawks.
Joe Flacco would prefer Matt Elam had kept trap shut
As you might imagine, it didn't take Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson to notice when somebody called him old.
And it took less time for Ravens safety Matt Elam's teammates to light him up as well.
Elam got the ball rolling this week, claiming that Johnson was old, and thus susceptible to physical defense. To which Johnson replied by promising to show his old-man strength.
And then his teammates had their turn.
"You just kind of look at him and say 'Dude, what are you thinking? It's Calvin Johnson,'" Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco said, on a conference call with Detroit reporters.
Flacco also said the Ravens took shots downfield at Elam all day in practice, to prepare him for what he's likely to face Monday, when Johnson gets a chance to prove his strength in person.
It's a good strategy, and perhaps Flacco can offer Elam advice on how to be dull at the right times.
Rodgers needs clean scan to play, "not sure" if one is scheduled
Packers coach Mike McCarthy said Thursday that quarterback Aaron Rodgers did more and looked better at practice than he did on Wednesday, something the quarterback agreed with when he spoke to the media later in the day.
As for what that means for his chances of playing, Rodgers said there were two conditions that needed to be met before he would be in the lineup. He would need to get the majority of the first-team reps and that he'd need a clean bill of health from an imaging scan of his left collarbone. Rodgers was cagey when asked if another test of that nature was scheduled for this week.
"I'm not sure about that," Rodgers said, via Jason Wilde of ESPN Wisconsin.
Rodgers likely knows whether or not there's going to be another scan and McCarthy said that he would be evaluated medically again on Friday, but Rodgers probably doesn't feel like the Cowboys need to know how realistic it is that he returns to the lineup one way or the other at this point in the week. The Packers will likely make their decision about starting Rodgers or Flynn on Friday, which means that Dallas and the rest of us won't have to wait too much longer.
Jason Pierre-Paul doesn't need surgery, still isn't practicing
Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul went for a second opinion on his ailing shoulder this week and got some good news.
Doctors told Pierre-Paul that he does not require surgery to fix the problem and prescribed rest as his best course of action at the moment. With so little time left in the season and the Giants out of the playoff race, that might seem like a signal that it is time to shut things down for 2013. Pierre-Paul said it won't be his decision to shut things down, but he wouldn't make that call if it was up to him.
"I've been battling injuries all year. It's part of the game. First, as far as getting back surgery, then the knee and then the f—ing shoulder. That's how it is," Pierre-Paul said, via the Newark Star-Ledger. "I'm never going to shut it down. If I can go, I'm going to go. It [stinks] watching your teammates play without you. But it's part of the game. You never know when you're going to get hurt."
Pierre-Paul hasn't practiced yet this week and he's almost certainly going to miss his third straight game when the Giants meet the Seahawks this weekend. That won't help the Giants avoid embarrassment, but getting Pierre-Paul back to full strength would make such outcomes less likely in 2014.
Bengals promote corner from practice squad
Earlier this week, there were reports that Bengals cornerback Terence Newman would miss the next 1-3 weeks because of a knee injury suffered in last weekend's victory over the Colts.
Coach Marvin Lewis said only that Newman was sore, but the Bengals made a roster move on Thursday that suggests they're concerned Newman won't be able to play. The team has announced that they have promoted cornerback Chris Lewis-Harris from the practice squad and released safety Tony Dye.
Lewis-Harris spent seven weeks on the Bengals' active roster earlier this season and recorded three tackles in the three games he played during that time. Lewis-Harris also played a pair of games for the team last season. Adam Jones, Dre Kirkpatrick, Brandon Ghee and Chris Crocker are other possibilities at cornerback in the event that Newman doesn't play this week.
Dye returned a blocked punt for a touchdown against the Browns last month in the one game he was active for the Bengals.
Santonio Holmes takes a shot at Panthers secondary
For the players who respond to such things, the Jets have been willing to provide plenty of bulletin board material to the Panthers.
The latest was wide receiver Santonio Holmes, who, showing a Patton-esque sense of military tactics, has identified a potential weakness in Carolina's defense..
"Not to call these guys out, but their secondary is probably weakest link on their defense," Holmes said, via Rich Cimini of ESPNNewYork.com.
Nothing against the venerable Holmes (who may now need to go by Sherlock), but that's been evident since the offseason, when the Panthers were filling their defensive backfield with cast-offs and undrafted rookies.
For most of the season, the Panthers have been able to get away with it, because of the pressure created by their front four and an excellent set of linebackers. It didn't work out last week against the Saints, but no one is going to confuse the Jets' passing attack for that one.
Of course, the Jets started taking shots at the Panthers months ago, with outside linebacker Antwan Barnes mocking their offensive line after Bills defensive end Mario Williams had 4.5 sacks against them.
But that was months ago, before the Panthers wheeled off eight wins in a row and made themselves a playoff team.
Jay Cutler: There's no quarterback debate in this building
Bears coach Marc Trestman announced that quarterback Jay Cutler will return to the starting lineup this week after missing the last four games with an ankle injury.
Trestman said that the call to put Cutler back in the lineup when he was healthy was made a long time ago and that he didn't see it as much of a decision despite the fact that Josh McCown has played well in Cutler's absence. McCown's play has led some to wonder if Trestman and the Bears are making a mistake by playing Cutler, but Cutler said Thursday that there's no such discussion inside the organization.
"There's not a debate in this building and that's where my concern lies," Cutler said, via CSNChicago.com.
It's a call that opens itself up to a lot of Monday morning quarterbacking if the Bears lose in Cleveland, something Cutler acknowledged when he said that there's not a lot of room for him to be rusty in his return to the field. The same could be said of sticking with McCown when Cutler was healthy enough to play, though, leaving the Bears are left with winning as the only option to avoid blowback in either scenario.
Mike McCarthy: Aaron Rodgers not cleared, but did more today
Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has not been medically cleared to return for Sunday's game against the Cowboys. But Rodgers seems to be getting closer.
Green Bay coach Mike McCarthy said after practice today that while Rodgers was not a full participant, he's increasing his workload, which would appear to be a positive sign.
"Aaron Rodgers was limited in practice today," McCarthy said, "He did a little more today than he did yesterday."
Rodgers will be medically evaluated on Friday, but McCarthy's football evaluation was positive.
"He's getting better. He's Aaron Rodgers. The thing you appreciate is, my man can throw the football. He throws the heck out of it," McCarthy said.
The Green Bay Press-Gazette reported that Rodgers was moving well and throwing with good velocity during the portion of practice that's open to the media, which is another good sign. Still, just because Rodgers looks good in a non-contact practice, that doesn't mean the team's medical staff is ready for him to go in a game. That decision hasn't been made yet.
Kyle Shanahan "disappointed" by decision to shut down Griffin
One day after Redskins coach Mike Shanahan conducted a memorable press conference regarding his controversial decision to shut down quarterback Robert Griffin III, Shanahan's son made it clear that he was among the naysayers.
"You play your starting quarterback, that's been Robert," Kyle Shanahan told reporters on Thursday. "I'm pretty disappointed we don't get to play with him. But it is what it is, and I'm gonna deal with the cards I've been dealt."
Kyle Shanahan also said didn't know that Griffin would be shelved for Kirk Cousins until Wednesday morning.
"I've got zero involvement in that," Kyle Shanahan said. "I actually game-planned for both all Tuesday. It was a little frustrating to game plan for both. I was told the final decision Wednesday morning, then rolled with it."
But Kyle wasn't thrilled with the outcome.
"I definitely made it clear I was disappointed in that. . . . I think it would be good for Robert to get the reps," Kyle Shanahan said.
If Kyle is telling the truth, Mike could be trying to protect Kyle from the potential fallout of whatever it is that Mike is trying to do.
And it could be that Mike's broader goal is to protect Kyle's career. By creating a triangle of dysfunction that focuses on quarterback, owner, and coach, Mike helps ensure that the offensive coordinator will survive the mess with his future prospects as an NFL head coach unaffected.
Thursday's explanation from Kyle cuts against the perception that father and son are fused at the femur. On Wednesday, Mike seemed agitated and inconsistent. Kyle came off as credible and reasonable.
If Mike gets fired this year, it's unlikely anyone will hire him to serve as head coach. Kyle, on the other hand, could surface in a place like St. Louis, where Mike's friend Jeff Fisher could need a new offensive coordinator, given the so-so results generated by the son of former NFL coach Marty Schottenheimer.


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