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We have talked about our favorite way to cut a mango, but here now are even more ways to slice one up! Take a look at that and more in today's good links...
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i remember my grandparents in florida went to this 100 year old guy for their mangos...this old man climbed up a taaaaaaall ladder and would come down with a 'shirtful' of mangos for us. holy crap that was awesome.
"i love mangos and now you will too" :)
i never quite understood the oxo mango thing. are ALL mango pits that size? does it really work? what about on mexican mangos (if that's what they're called...)?
i cut mine like he did with the cubes - except i don't slice'n'dice them off...i eat flip the skin inside out and just eat off the cubes.
what i want to know is how they cut those beautiful mangos-on-a-stick that i see being sold on street corners here in nyc!
I have the oxo mango cutter and it works great. I got it because it was recommended by Test Kitchen. They said that it works better than any other specialty cutter regardless of mango size. I've only used it on large mangos so far, but I have some small ones that at home that will go on the chopping block soon.
I would definitely recommend it. It was so much less hassle and cut smoothly even on very firm mangos. If you grab one, cut a tiny bit off the bottom of the mango before using it so that it is stable while you cut it.
i LOVE LOVE LOVE borscht, and a buttermilk version sounds awesome, but man that picture is scary. it looks like a hard boiled egg floating in a bowl of pepto bismol.
I'm so excited you chose my cold beet soup as one of the 4 posts :)
The color was prettier in real life, but yes, it's quite pink. Give it a try and let me know what you think.
Why bother to cut it at all? Eat the skin. It's highly nutritious. Do you peel your apple's and pears?
I must like my mangos riper than twylag does, b/c the Oxo mango cutter just reduces my mangos to a pile of mush and juice. Not worth the money IMO.
I use my Star peeler (bought from the ancient huckster at the county fair), and then slice a slab off each side of the oval seed. Once most of the flesh is off the seed, it's cut into bite size pieces. She who peels gets to gnaw on the seed over the sink...true yum! Don't forget to floss.
khurt, i have never eaten a mango's skin! didn't even think of it. i'll have to try this. reluctant, but i'll do it.
and hey, sometimes i DO peel my apples.


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I have started studying using the inductive study bible. While perusing the cross references for Genesis 1, I read the following:
- Do you not know? Have you not heard?Has it not been declared to you from the beginning?Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
- It is He who sits above the circle of the earth,
And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers,
Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain
And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
23. He it is who reduces rulers to nothing"
Who makes the judges of the earth meaningless. 24. Scarcely have they been planted,
Scarcely have they been sown,
Scarcely has their stock taken root in the earth,
But He merely blows on them, and they wither,
And the storm carries them away like stubble.
- "To whom then will you liken Me
That I would be his equal?" says the Holy One.
- Lift up your eyes on highAnd see who has created these stars,The One who leads forth their host by number,He calls them all by name;Because of the greatness of His might and the strength of His power,Not one of them is missing.
I find a lot of comfort in this, especially 23 and 24. Living in a time when rulers and judges make some crazy decisions, it is nice to know that God is in control and, in the end, their decisions will be like rubble.
We don't have to worry about every little decision they make.
We don't have to worry about every judge that gets appointed.
Do we do our part in the process? Yes! We should vote and we should engage in conversation.
Should we stress and dispair? Should we get in quarrels at the expense of the gospel? No! What hope1 does it show if we are fearing the "left" or "right" as much as the world?
Our hope is in the Creator of this world! His arm is not short! He is faithful! He promises redemption and vindication! He promises salvation and we can trust Him!
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Ingredients include:
- One young female.
- A psychiatric diagnosis (psychosis, acute schizophrenia, catatonia).
- Personality change.
- Seizures.
- Fever.
- Unexplained headaches.
- Negative head CT.
- Negative basic labs.
- Normal physical examination.
Mix it all together, and what do you have? Yep. You got it: A good ol'fashioned medical mystery!
Janell's medical mystery began with severe "blinding" headaches.
These headaches were soon followed by seizures. Most people associate seizures with the generalized convulsions — when the patient physically collapses and loses consciousness. However, Meredith could see that Janell actually experienced absence seizures – when the patient only loses consciousness for a few seconds and seems to stare blankly into space. The electroencephalogram (EEG) confirmed Meredith's theory in that Janell's seizures were continuing to occur, putting her at risk for permanent brain damage.
Meredith was suspicious that these seizures and changes could be caused by an infection in the brain. She did a lumbar puncture (commonly caused a spinal tap) and found that her cerebrospinal fluid contained increased white cells, but no bacteria. This ruled out meningitis, but, Meredith and Derek knew that Janell had some sort of encephalitis – irritation and inflammation in the brain. Symptoms of encephalitis include flu-like symptoms, fever, severe headaches, confused thinking, seizures, altered consciousness, and hallucinations (sound familiar?). They could start meds to make the inflammation go down, but without knowing the cause, they could not treat Janell's encephalitis (or stop her seizures). Meredith and Derek placed Janell into a medically-induced coma to help stop the ongoing seizures while they came up with a diagnosis. With this type of coma, drugs will reduce the cerebral blood flow and the amount of intracranial pressure. With the decrease in swelling, doctors hope that permanent brain damage may be prevented.
Meredith noticed that Janell had a hemolytic anemia. This type of anemia signifies a decrease of red blood cells in the body due to an autoimmune response. Antibodies present in Janell's body have launched an attack against these red blood cells, causing them to burst. Meredith had to ask: why is Janell's immune system suddenly on the offensive?
Meredith thought that if there was something attacking the red blood cells, perhaps there was something also attacking the brain. She decided to check for something called a "paraneoplastic syndrome." This is a syndrome where neurologic symptoms can be caused by some sort of cancer. She sent Janell's blood and CSF off for special studies, and Janell tested positive for anti-NMDA receptor antibodies. Janell was making antibodies that were attacking normal brain tissue!
Meredith knew that these anti-NMDA receptors indicated a teratoma.
A teratoma is a type of germ cell tumor that may contain several different types of tissue — such as hair, muscle, and bone. The word "teratoma" is actually derived from the Greek word for "monster" because of their strange contents. They occur most often in the ovaries of women, the testicles in men, and the tailbone in children. Teratomas can be fairly small, often found accidentally during scans or surgery for other reasons. In Janell's case, Meredith and Bailey saw a tumor in Janell's lung. When tumors are found in that location, the diagnosis is usually one of six things (called the "6 T's"): thyroid lesions, thymic and parathyroid masses, "terrible" lymphoma, tortuous vessels (like a dissecting aorta), trauma, or, you guess it, the infamous teratoma.
Since Meredith had scanned Janell's entire body and they only saw this one tumor, which could very well be a teratoma, they decided to take that tumor out and hopefully solve the problem. Because of the location of the tumor, they couldn't just do a biopsy — it was a major operation. Unfortunately the tumor was just a benign, insignificant mass, not the cause of this problem. So she went back to the drawing board. Different tumors have different tumor "predictors." Turns out, anti-NMDA receptor antibodies are most often found in the ovary. Even though Meredith didn't see anything there, she was pretty sure that there must be a microscopic tumor there, and since Janell was in such dire straits, she decided she would take the chance of sterility to try and save her life. Lucky for Meredith, she ended up being right.
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In Episode 711, "Disarm," our doctors at Seattle Grace must confront their past trauma and treat victims from a local school shooting at Pacific College. The patients' injuries range from life-threatening gunshot wounds to horrible psychological shock, reminding our characters of their terrifying experience six months ago. However, this tragedy ends on a much more uplifting and healing note for our doctors. Ambulances deliver twenty-six victims to the hospital. And each patient survives.
So, what exactly happened to Professor Sturgeon?
John Sturgeon, Derek and Meredith's patient, fell four stories out the window while trying to help students escape from the building. And landed on his HEAD. When Sturgeon arrives at the hospital miraculously alive, he presents with an open skull fracture, blown pupil, and a sky-high intracranial pressure. Derek and Meredith rush Sturgeon to the OR because his brain is "herniating"—his brain tissue is being moved or pressed away from its usual position in the head.
The skull is usually very protective—helping us to save our brains when we hit our noggins. But in the case of increased pressure or a mass inside the brain, the brain needs to expand or swell, but there's no extra room to do it. The brain has to find somewhere to go, so sometimes, if the pressure becomes too much, it will "herniate"—which means it will find new places to go to try and cope with the pressure. There are a few holes it can find and try to squeeze through, but simply the squeezing itself can inflict damage to the delicate brain cells and brain tissue. And when the damage is coupled with potentially squeezing into a space that compresses the brain stem, POOF! There go your vital functions.
Derek and Meredith performed a cranie—what?
In order to let Sturgeon's brain swell (and thereby heal), Derek and Meredith perform a decompressive craniectomy—a procedure in which one part of the skull is removed to allow the brain space to swell and the pressure to decrease. But even after Derek and Meredith remove the left side of Sturgeon's skull, the brain continues to swell. So they remove the OTHER side of Sturgeon's skull, leaving a small strip of bone in the middle to protect the superior sagittal sinus (to prevent further complications with draining into the sinuses).
Along with removing the bone flaps, Derek also suctions out the damaged brain tissue. And rather than just leaving the brain out in the open, they sew the scalp and muscle over the exposed area. The patient then remains in a medically-induced coma in the ICU while the brain heals. Meanwhile, Derek and Meredith will place the removed pieces of skull into a medical freezer to prevent them from dying. And hopefully within a couple of weeks, Sturgeon's brain swelling will decrease enough that they can bring him back into the OR to perform a cranioplasty and surgically put his skull back together.
What kinds of patients need a decompressive craniectomy?
Neurosurgeons perform the surgery on patients who enter the hospital with a severe form of traumatic brain injury (TBI), typically from motor vehicle accidents or high falls. These patients usually present on the Glasgow Coma Scale (a scale used to assess the level of consciousness after head injury) with a score of eight or less out of fifteen and sometimes also display fixed and dilated pupils and an unresponsiveness to light. After a set of CT scans to see the level of contusions, these patients are immediately rushed to the operating room.
Is removing part of the skull okay?
Even though studies have shown that this type of surgery can significantly and rapidly reduce intracranial pressure and improve survival, decompressive craniectomy has actually always been considered controversial and only advised as a last resort. Without a cranial flap, patients are theoretically at increased risk for additional injury to an unprotected brain. Complications associated with the procedure include delayed intracranial hematomas, development of hydrocephalus, fistulas, infection, and traumatic epilepsy.
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Today's Update!
LDAF Volunteer Fire Assistance Program Underway
Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) is now accepting applications for the 2014
Volunteer Fire Assistance Program (VFA).
program is invaluable to many small and rural volunteer fire
departments with limited resources to pay for training and to
purchase equipment necessary to prepare and equip fire crews for fire
suppression," Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain,
D.V.M., said.
The VFA
program is funded through the U.S. Forest Service and administered by
the LDAF on a 50/50 cost share basis to qualifying fire departments
to be used to organize, train and equip the crews for the prevention
and suppression of fires.
Any fire department that is based in a community with
a population of 10,000 or less (latest census) is eligible to apply
for funding under the VFA program.
Departments serving a population greater than 10,000
are eligible to apply if the department is a
"multi-community" department, providing no single community
served has a population greater than 10,000. A department
or fire district is considered to be "multi-community"
if within the official area served there exists two or more
recognized communities, each of which must contribute financial
support toward, and combine other resources for the operation of a
single department serving all of the communities involved.
A single community fire department serving a
population greater than 10,000 and NOT providing protection to a
rural community is not eligible for VFA financial assistance.
Fire departments must be National Incident Management
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Increased Global Milk Demand Impacting Prices
reports milk futures have jumped to an all-time high as U.S. dairy
exports have reduced domestic supplies. The U.S. Dairy Export
Council's latest data shows a 19-percent increase of milk powder, cheese,
butterfat and whey shipped in January from last year. The Council
says almost 15-percent of milk production went to exported
goods - which is a 12-percent increase from last year - while
cheese shipments increased 46-percent. The California drought plays a
role in the increased global demand for U.S. dairy prices. This year
alone - milk prices have increased 21-percent. Rice Dairy LLC Risk
Management Adviser Aishwarya Deep Govil told Bloomberg exports of cheese and dry
milk products have been strong - and demand has been stronger than
the increase in milk production.
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crop for economic gain - according to soy checkoff
farmer-leader Nancy Kavazanjian. Like all
American farmers - Kavazanjian says soybean
farmers care for their land and are in it for the long term to pass
it down to their children and make the land better. In recent years -
U.S. soybean farmers have become more efficient in growing their
crops and increasing yields while decreasing their environmental
footprint. More than 95-percent of U.S. soybean farmers participate
in farm programs administered by USDA - and through
sustainable-farming practices - they have decreased energy use and
greenhouse gas emissions by more than 45-percent since 1980 while
increasing irrigation efficiency by more than 40-percent.
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The best way to profit from the rebuilding of America
The federal government is ready to pour hundreds of billions of dollars into this often overlooked but urgently needed infrastructure fix.
I have a friend who suffers from a peculiar phobia. It's so bad that her fear keeps her from driving many places.
She will drive a hundred miles in the wrong direction to avoid coming face-to-face with the cause of her fear, a cause that many drivers face on a daily basis. Her fear can be hard on her social life, because she's unwilling to drive to many activities outside her neighborhood.
Believe it or not, my friend has a high-powered corporate job and is very successful, despite her unusual phobia. For a long time, I saw her fear as irrational -- but after doing some research for this article, I am starting to understand it, irrational as it may seem to me.
Not only does my friend's fear make some sense, it has led to my discovery of a trillion-dollar investment opportunity.
My friend's fear is known as gephyrophobia: the fear of bridges. My friend, who has no fear of flying or other irrational worries, is deathly afraid of driving across any bridge because of the possibility it may collapse.
Before researching this article, I was under the impression that bridges never collapse. Boy, was I wrong! According to Barry LePatner, author of "Too Big To Fall," there have been 600 bridge failures in the United States since 1989.
There are about 18,000 "fracture-critical" bridges -- those with characteristics that make them especially susceptible to collapse -- in the U.S. that were built between the 1950s and the late '70s as part of the interstate highway system. In addition, there are more than 66,000 structurally deficient bridges and nearly 85,000 functionally obsolete bridges in the U.S. and Puerto Rico.
These numbers not only told me that my friend's fear has some basis in fact, they alerted me to the sorry state of the infrastructure of the United States. Infrastructure refers to bridges, roads, and other physical structures required for the smooth functioning of society. Consulting group McKinsey Global Institute estimates the United States has a 1% shortfall in infrastructure spending compared with its GDP.
One percent may not sound like much, but it works out to $160 billion per year. McKinsey estimated the cost of a five-year project to rebuild U.S. infrastructure at about $1 trillion.
President Barack Obama has a plan to deal with the U.S. infrastructure problem. This plan consists of a set of proposals to generate money for the massive construction projects by using tax breaks and loans to stimulate private investment.
While we are still a long way from addressing all the infrastructure issues, Obama has made some progress. The most recent annual infrastructure report card from the American Society of Civil Engineers recently upgraded U.S. infrastructure from a D to a D-plus. The organization gave credit to Obama's plan to increase private investment for the improvement.
One of the smartest ways in which investors can profit from the rebuilding of America is with infrastructure mutual funds. The most important thing to know is that, although these funds are increasing their assets, they haven't caught on yet with the investing public.
According to Morningstar, the 12 mutual funds with infrastructure as their focus have attracted just over $1 billion this year through April 30. Compared this amount with just under $750 million in all of 2012 and over $365 million in 2011, you can clearly see the dramatic capital inflow increase.
It's just not the United States that needs infrastructure improvement. My favorite investment in the infrastructure arena is the DWS RREEF Global Infrastructure Fund (TOLSX). This fund requires a minimum investment of $2,500 and ranks as low risk, high return relative to its category. As you can see from this Morningstar chart, TOLSX has outperformed the benchmarks since 2009.
The fund boasts over $2 billion in assets invested in about 43% U.S. based infrastructure stocks and around 55% in non U.S. based infrastructure stocks. I like this mix, as the fund stands to continue to benefit from the Obama-sparked infrastructure improvement projects in the U.S. -- while internationally hedged against potential U.S. political and economic issues. The fund's top holdings:
TOLSX has returned over 7% this year. Its best quarter to date was a stellar 17%-plus return during the third quarter of 2010.
Risks to consider: This fund is considered low-risk, so the primary risk factor is stock market fluctuations. In addition, concentration in the infrastructure sector may cause losses due to global economic slowdowns and political risks. The fund also has a turnover rate of more than 170%. This active trading poses the risk of higher fees and costs passed along to the investor.
Action to take: As you can see on the chart, the price has fallen into my value buy zone. I like this fund right now with a 12-month price target of $15.
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You have lots of time.... No need to do anything, nothing will begin until the socialist Obama is gone in 3.5 years. So hunker down, conserve cash, reduce costs, and don't add to payrolls.
In 3.5 years, the imbecile Obama's war on business and the middle class will end. Until then, we will just have to endure 'the private sector is doing fine'...
Mirage Guy:What war are you talking about?It was Bush that started 2 endless wars
and drove the stock market down and down.Obama has cropped up the economy.You
need to pull your head out of your butt.I used to vote a straight Republican ticket until
George"The loser"Bush put us in the trash can.Obama has turned the economy around.
Wake up !
RE TOG:I agree 100%.We need a Teddy Roosevelt.There`s none out there.A conservative
would conserve natural resourses,conserve the military,conserve the budget.Obama didn`t
get a silver plater handed to him.He was handed a pile of crap by Bush2.We were on the
brink of a depression with two endless,unfunded wars.When the other Republicans supported
that war criminal I dropped the GOP.My life and finances have never been better.
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The Lawrence County Sheriff's Office will be releasing stats on victim's served by the Lawrence County Victim Advocate. These stats are being released to bring awareness to the public about services offered by the Lawrence County Sheriff's Office and the Victim Advocate.
The Sheriff's Office will be releasing stats monthly on the services provided.
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I remember playing the old Pokemon yellow and when my pikachu could learn surf I was all supriced and thorthg it was sooo cool! lol ^^
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With the hurdles of the stadium construction seemingly in the past, Minnesota is focusing on their next big venture: bringing a Super Bowl to the state in 2018.
At 11 a.m. Central Time, the news conference will be held at the Minnesota State Capitol by Governor Mark Dayton and others where it will be announced that an application has been filed and they are one of the three finalists to host the event (New Orleans and Indianapolis are the others). If Minnesota is chosen, it could bring in up to $350 million in revenue to the city of Minneapolis and surrounding areas.
The state hasn't hosed a Super Bowl since 1992, when the Washington Redskins defeated the Buffalo Bills at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.
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Post 15 Initiatives for March 2007
Date of News Release: 03/07/07
(Columbia, KY) - In March of 2006 105 people were injured in automobile collisions within the Post 15 area. This was the highest one month total in 2006, based on CRASH data.
With this in mind Post 15 will be stepping up enforcement efforts across the 11 county area in an effort to lower that number in 2007.
Several safety checkpoints, saturated patrols, and enforcement details are currently being planned with a goal of reducing injury accidents.
Officers will observe for any traffic violation with emphasis on, but not limited to, DUI'S, SPEEDING, RECKLESS DRIVING, TAILGATING, AND ANYONE NOT PROPERLY WEARING A SEATBELT
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Lump on right side of nose near eye (where break was done) still protruding 3 weeks post op. Also, developing a little wrinkle
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Hi, I fractured my nose and deviated my septum for which I underwent open nasal reduction septal repair. My nose was crooked and I couldn't breathe. Anyhow, I underwent surgery and even while cast was on I noticed lump on right side (this is the fracture line). It is three weeks and it doesn't look any different. Is this swelling, or is there a new deformity? Anyone else suffer these problems?
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No. In fact, it is becoming worse. It appears there is skin trapped between the bones which is causing wrinkle and now an unsightly skin protrusion when smiling. There is also a dent on the side of my nose. My bridge also looks wider. This has been a very challenging experience. I'm nearly certain I will have to undergo a revision. At this point I have no choice but to have it fixed, but I can say that had I known the extent of the potential complications if not carried out properly I would have avoided surgery and lived with my slightly deviated nose, which was far better than what I have now. Thanks
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SOPA wants to modernize penal and enforcement policies, should we also modernize definition of Intellectual Property?
Anyone who has used any form of creative software has at some time utilized templates, loops, backgrounds, fonts or any number of preconceived designs in the process of generating their own work. Under our current standards these designs are considered intellectual property the same as the more traditional forms; books, music, movies ect. Typically, a company like Microsoft will allow use of the Helvetica font under its licensing of its product, Word, but does the nature of the explosion of reuse and reformation of designs to create entirely new and imaginative expressions demand rethinking of how we determine the value and definition of digital intellectual property?
Are there other areas of Copyright law that need similar scrutiny ?
(GMOs, Life Patents, Trademarks ect.)
Can the argument be made that we have outgrown Copyright law as a society?
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Feb 17 2012: The whole idea of quoting property law which predates the information age is ludicrous.
And @ Kriztian: Do you make money selling information or ideas? How would you like it if your boss only paid you if he felt like it? Software makes and filmmakers have buyers/viewers as their true "boss".
Indie films used to rent the same gear that big Hollywood films did (35mm and 16mm film - Black Swan was shot on 16mm - it's arguably better than the best digital camera out there). Now it's cheaper to buy, so some people own things like cameras, but still it's mainly a rental game. At any rate, a video camera, even if it costs $5 and is full hd, does not give you actors, sets, lights etc. How do you pay for those? How do you pay for the time to learn your craft well? It takes years to learn the craft of storytelling and directing beyond the high school play level of most garage projects on Vimeo. Who will invest those years of they know there is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, just $0 "sharing"? Have you ever tried to actually sit through a 90 minute amateur film?
It's amazing, I'll bet you all call yourselves intellectuals, and yet their is only one, monolithic, ultra-conformist groupthink here.
Feb 17 2012: i'm in contractual relationship with my boss. he pays me as we agreed beforehand. i'm not in any agreement with a filmmaker. i can be, if i buy a DVD from them. but until that point, i'm in no legal relation with them. and as long as i don't touch their stuff, i expect them to also not touch my stuff.
how do they make money to create good movies? i don't care. it is their problem. ethics first, practical considerations later.
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Say It Ain't So
Last week I waxed philosophical over a Redskins loss that oddly struck me as somewhat heartening. Their effort against the Giants didn't get them any closer to a long-shot playoff berth, but it did encourage me about their capacity to challenge tough opponents.
Sunday's loss (in Pittsburgh) didn't have quite the same effect on me. This time the Redskins pooped themselves.
I don't think I need to rehash the double-digit drops, multiple special teams gaffes, or flagrantly porous defense. Even if the offense hadn't shot itself in the foot so many times, the defense got far too brutally manhandled to have ever kept it realistically competitive. The Steelers gave the Redskins a righteous butt-whipping in all three phases, even more so than the final score indicated.
Here's what I want to focus on, and I must warn you…it isn't palatable. I want to examine a major problem in this rapidly disintegrating defense that isn't getting much publicity. It's not the pass rush, which barely exists. It's not the secondary, which clearly can't cover.
It's the guy that's supposed to be the heart and soul of the linebacking corps, the front seven, the greater defense, and really the entire team.
I am compelled to blog about London Fletcher, because the London Fletcher we have come to know and love is probably gone.
Fans will be very slow (and reluctant) to acknowledge this but Fletcher's tangible performance in 2012 has been a liability. He's not just slipping; he appears to have fallen off the cliff. Here is some cold, hard data from Pro Football Focus that might shake you to the core:
- 48 ILBs have played more than 150 snaps this year. PFF ranks Fletcher 45th overall.
- PFF has Fletcher as the only qualifying ILB in the NFL with negative grades in all four linebacking categories: rush, coverage, run, penalty.
- They gave negative performance grades to Fletcher in seven out of eight games this year.
- The most damning and disconcerting measure of all is that PFF has Fletcher leading all ILBs with an embarrassing 14 total missed tackles.
I do not tweet these things to sully the name of an all-time great Redskin and one of my favorites ever, but merely to help you face the facts. Fletcher has played poorly this year, not just by his own lofty standards but even by less ambitious ones. Point blank: he's among the league's worst inside 'backers right now. I literally never thought I'd say or type that.
London Fletcher is 37 years old. Not to overstate the obvious but human beings generally do not improve from an athletic perspective at any point past that age. Yes, he has recently been bothered by a strained hamstring and yes, he was checked out last week by a neurologist for some bizarre balance problems…and yes, it is conceivable that both of those issues will resolve completely and he will regain his previously unparalleled form. But that scenario is unlikely. We need to start familiarizing ourselves with a universe in which London Fletcher is unreliable.
Fletch is the lifeblood of the Redskins defense and has been for many years. Ball-carriers are funneled to him. Teammates feed off of his intensity. As he goes—at least until a suitable and ready replacement is identified—so goes the unit, and ultimately, I fear, the season. While his play-recognition skills, endless hustle, and emotional leadership both on and off the field will remain invaluable as long as he wears the burgundy and gold, his physical abilities are deteriorating before our eyes.
And that, every bit as much as the predictable scheme and the soft pass rush and the eminently beatable coverage tactics, is a big, big problem for the Redskins.
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Hi guys. I'm building my 4th AR. This time will be built from the scratch. As all my previous were quad rails, this time i would like something different. I'm thinking of the modular or round shape rail (13"). I been looking at the Troy's, Daniel Defense's and Noveske NSR. My barrel is DD LW 16" Mid Length. Just ordered from Rog Tactical (X-Mark) this morning and already got the shipping confirmation few hours later. Thx X-Mark!!
So please give your opinions on the rails i mentioned above. Which one should i get and why?
Also in this thread i'll update the whole process and pics.
Thank you
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Id lean toward noveske but...have you checked out vtac?
Check out the rainier arms rails
How the lower began..
I have a vtac with the slots like above and one with the holes. All are great but I still prefer the rainier first, troy with the holes second and the vtac with slots 3rd of the 3 free floats I have
Too bad Rainier Arms doesn't have the 13". Been thinking.. i think i narrowed to Troy Vtac Alpha and DD Modular.
Btw.. the Troy's Alpha/ TRX use the same rail attachments right? Downside of DD.. they don't sell additional rail mounts.
Yup 7,9,11,12,15". Weird because seekins makes them for rainier and they have a 13" . The troys both have the same rail mounts and they both come with 3 . 2 shorts and one long.
This is going to be a nice build
I'm expecting a shipment of 7", 9", 11", 13", and 15" VTAC Alphas on Friday.
If you feel like selling a kidney, get a Geissele SMR. It's not cheap...it's not lite...but it is one hell of an overbuilt handguard!
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