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Prescott-less Cowboys and Rush outlast Vikings for sixth straight win
Dallas Cowboys backup Cooper Rush led the red-hot NFL franchise to a late 20-16 win over the Minnesota Vikings in his first career start.
Cowboys star Dak Prescott sat out on Sunday due to a calf sprain, paving the way for unheralded quarterback Rush to start under centre for the first time in his career.
Rush did not disappoint under the Minnesota lights, the 27-year-old throwing a five-yard touchdown pass to star team-mate Amari Cooper with less than a minute remaining to seal a sixth consecutive win for the Cowboys (6-1).
Dallas' Rush – who finished 24-of-40 passing for 325 yards, two TDs and an interception – became the first quarterback to throw 300-plus passing yards and win in his first NFL start in a primetime road game since 1984.
The Vikings (3-4) led 10-3 at half-time thanks to Kirk Cousins' 20-yard touchdown pass to Adam Thielen and Greg Joseph's field goal.
Dallas hit back on the road as Rush and Cedrick Wilson connected on a 73-yard pass early in the third quarter to level the contest, with Joseph and Greg Zuerlein trading field goals.
Joseph's third field goal of the game had the Vikings 16-13 ahead and on track for victory heading into the final minute before Cooper and Rush teamed up.
The Cooper Rush-Amari Cooper touchdown became the first in NFL history where the passer's first name and receiver's last name were an exact match.
Cowboys QB Prescott ruled out of Vikings clash
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott has been ruled out of Sunday's showdown with the Minnesota Vikings.
The Cowboys listed star Prescott as inactive prior to kick-off due to a calf strain, with Cooper Rush to make his first NFL career start.
Prescott had been determined to face the Vikings but the two-time Pro Bowler was always facing an uphill battle to be fit after suffering the injury in the overtime win against the New England Patriots on October 17.
The 28-year-old has thrown at least three touchdown passes in each of his last four games. According to Stats Perform, it is the longest such streak in Cowboys history – Kansas City Chiefs star Patrick Mahomes is the only other NFL player with a streak of four consecutive games throwing at least three TD passes this season.
Dallas' Prescott boasts a 73.1 completion percentage, which is only second to Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray (73.5), while his passer rating (115.0) is fourth in the league.
Overall, Prescott has completed 158 passes for 1,813 yards, 16 touchdowns and four interceptions for the 5-1 Cowboys in 2021.
Cowboys' Prescott wants to face Vikings but says not 'fully my decision'
Dallas Cowboys star Dak Prescott wants to suit up to play the Minnesota Vikings in the NFL this week but conceded whether he does is not "fully my decision".
Prescott is battling to overcome a calf strain in time for the Cowboys' clash with the Vikings in Minnesota on Sunday.
The Cowboys quarterback and two-time Pro Bowler has been limited to two days of practice.
"Knowing this is a long journey and a long season, I don't necessarily know if this is fully my decision, but I'm just going to keep controlling the things I can to get better," Prescott told reporters on Thursday.
"I've gotten better each and every day, and that's what is most important. I'm just focused on doing that again tomorrow."
On the thresholds he will have to pass in practice in order to play according to head coach Mike McCarthy, Prescott added: "They didn't tell me which ones I've got to pass.
"Obviously I trust myself, trust my body, trust what I'm thinking, but also I trust the coaches and Britt, Jim [Maurer] and the whole training staff. We've put a lot into this. I've put a lot into my body and taking care of myself.
"But they know. They know how these things work. First time dealing with something like this, obviously on the same leg as my ankle, I want to be smart about it and cautious. But as I've said, I've gotten better each and every day. I'm doing things today I didn't do as well the day before. I think that's huge."
Prescott has thrown at least three touchdown passes in each of his last four games. According to Stats Perform, it is the longest such streak in Cowboys history – Patrick Mahomes is the only other NFL player with a streak of four consecutive games throwing at least three TD passes this season.
Dallas QB Prescott boasts a 73.1 completion percentage, which is only second to Arizona Cardinals star Kyler Murray (73.5), while his passer rating (115.0) is fourth in the league.
Prescott limited at practice but 'preparing to play' for Cowboys
Dak Prescott is "preparing to play" on Sunday despite being limited at Wednesday practice according to Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy.
Cowboys quarterback Prescott suffered a right calf strain on the winning touchdown pass for CeeDee Lamb in their 35-29 overtime win over the New England Patriots on October 17.
The Cowboys had the bye in Week 7, allowing Prescott time to recover from the injury ahead of Sunday's game against the Minnesota Vikings.
Prescott was listed as "limited" for practice on Wednesday where he went through extended warm-up, simulated drops and threw passes to his running backs, receivers and tight ends.
"He's going to practice and he's going to go through the individual part of it and he's in the game plans. He's preparing to play," McCarthy said before practice on Wednesday. "He's got to cross the threshold to make sure he's full-go."
McCarthy added: "He's going to do everything he can to play on Sunday. That's a given."
The Cowboys head coach said backup quarterback Cooper Rush, who has not played in an NFL game since 2019, would start if Prescott is not cleared.
"I think it's a matter of trying to make sure Cooper's ready and make sure Dak is getting what he needs," McCarthy said.
"We've got to make sure we're getting Cooper ready too."
McCarthy acknowledged Prescott could potentially play at quarterback with a calf strain, having seen Aaron Rodgers do that under his watch at the Green Bay Packers in 2014.
But he added that they would take a no-risk strategy with Prescott, given the Cowboys are 5-1 and three games clear in the NFC East early in the season.
"I think it's a clear decision, we don't want this to be a week-to-week situation, so until he clears that threshold to try to minimize the risk is really what the decision will come down to," McCarthy said.
Prescott has Cowboys on Super Bowl path, but McCarthy could scupper Dallas' dreams
There has never been much room on the 'America's Team' bandwagon.
Each NFL season seems to begin with scores of pundits and observers scrambling to find a reason why this could be the Dallas Cowboys' year.
The difference in 2021 is they may actually be right.
Not since their Super Bowl win at the end of the 1995 season have the Cowboys reached the NFC Championship Game.
But riding a five-game winning streak after a thrilling 35-29 overtime victory over the New England Patriots in Foxborough, there is no doubt the Cowboys are legitimate contenders.
And, though there are supplementary factors behind their success on both sides of the ball, the primary reason for that status is clear: Dak Prescott is playing arguably the best football of his career.
A stellar three-quarter century
On his 75th career start, Prescott was once again imperious against the Patriots.
He passed for 445 yards with three touchdowns and one interception, posting a passer rating of 108.7.
It marked his 39th game with a passer rating of at least 100, surpassing Philip Rivers (38) for the third-most such games by a player in his first 75 starts.
The two players above him are the man he replaced in Dallas, Tony Romo (41), and Aaron Rodgers (43).
Should he continue performing at the standards he has displayed through five weeks, a Prescott vs Rodgers conference title game is not out of the question.
Accurate in every situation
Returning from a compound fracture and dislocation of his right ankle suffered in Week 5 last year and entering the season with concerns over a shoulder injury, there were plenty wondering whether Prescott could recapture the form that saw him receive a four-year, $160million contract extension from Dallas in the offseason.
Any such doubts have been emphatically dispelled.
Helming a Dallas offense that leads the NFL with an average of 6.58 yards per play, Prescott is second in the NFL with a completion percentage of 73.1, while he and Matthew Stafford are tied for the league lead in throws that have resulted in a first down, moving the sticks on 44 per cent of attempts.
Completion percentage is not necessarily connected to a quarterback's accuracy, yet in Prescott's case, the link is clear.
Prescott has delivered an accurate, well-thrown ball on 82.9 per cent of his attempts, according to Stats Perform data. That is fourth among quarterbacks with at least 50 attempts this season, trailing Kirk Cousins (84.6), Kyler Murray (84) and Patrick Mahomes (83.3).
A quarterback who has received comparisons to Peyton Manning for his work at the line of scrimmage, Prescott's poise has allowed him to maintain his accuracy almost irrespective of the situation.
His well-thrown percentage under pressure is 77.1 per cent, the average being 70, with only Murray (78.1) and the Patriots' Mac Jones (81.4) above him among quarterbacks to have come under duress on at least 20 attempts.
Prescott has also been precise when throwing on the move, producing an accurate pass 85.7 per cent of the time in that scenario.
The former fourth-round pick's composure under pressure and ability to deliver on the move shone through in the biggest moments at Gillette Stadium.
On second-and-11 early in the fourth quarter, Prescott connected with CeeDee Lamb for 33 yards having shuffled to his right and reset his feet before delivering with late-arriving pressure in his face.
The final drive of regulation for Dallas saw Prescott put the ball where only Cedrick Wilson Jr. could go up and get it on a critical fourth-and-five with Matthew Judon bearing down on him following a spin move on right tackle Terence Steele.
His first throw of overtime was another hookup with Lamb while rolling to his right and that drive culminated in Prescott finding the same receiver after executing a play-fake left and moving the opposite direction, hitting the second-year receiver on the over route on a throw delivered with his weight falling away to give Dallas a walk-off win.
It could be argued that the Cowboys' own miscues put themselves in such a tight game, and his own coach is perhaps Prescott's most significant obstacle to him delivering long-awaited glory to Dallas this season.
McCarthy's mistakes
The Cowboys will be glad of the upcoming bye week, having seemingly survived a scare when left tackle Tyron Smith limped off with an ankle injury on Sunday, only to return after having it taped.
Smith will have the chance to rest and nurse his ankle and a troublesome neck problem, and by the time the Cowboys are back in action they should have the entirety of their starting offensive line, with right tackle La'el Collins set to return from a five-game ban.
Dallas and head coach Mike McCarthy could also use the extra week to evaluate in-game decision-making, which made life a lot harder on Prescott in Week 6.
Whether it was the decision to call four successive runs from the New England one-yard line in the second quarter, a sequence that ended with Prescott fumbling at the goal-line, or McCarthy's call to settle for a go-ahead 51-yard field goal on fourth-and-two late in the final quarter, the Cowboys' game management was a problem throughout.
McCarthy was bailed out after the latter mistake, Greg Zuerlein's missed kick followed by a pick-six of Jones from Trevon Diggs, but the Cowboys cannot expect to get away with such misjudgements every week.
The Cowboys have an offense teeming with playmakers that is the most efficient in the league by yards per play and a defense second in takeaways with 14, Diggs (seven interceptions) accounting for half of those.
A potent offense and an opportunistic defense is a formula for a Super Bowl challenge, yet it can be ruined if the head coach consistently comes up short with his decisions in situational football.
Prescott has the Cowboys firmly on the path to the title push they have long since craved. It is the man they hired to lead that charge who is the biggest threat to their dreams coming to fruition.
Cowboys' Prescott says 'I'll be fine' after injury on game-winning TD pass
Dak Prescott's game-winning touchdown pass may have been costly for the Dallas Cowboys, though the star quarterback insisted "I'll be fine" after hurting his calf.
Rolling to his right, Prescott leapt to complete a 35-yard touchdown pass to CeeDee Lamb that gave Dallas a 35-29 overtime win at the New England Patriots on Sunday, but Prescott said he came down wrong on the play.
Prescott walked into his post-game news conference wearing a protective boot and the team said he suffered a right calf strain on the final play.
"It just came down funny and that's what it was," Prescott told reporters. "It's something we'll get checked out and I'll be fine."
Prescott will have an MRI on Monday, but the good news for the Cowboys is they are entering their bye week and will not play again until an October 31 trip to face the Minnesota Vikings.
That will provide valuable recovery time for Prescott, who saw his 2020 season end in Week 5 with a fracture and dislocation of his right ankle.
There are no indications this will be a serious setback for Prescott, who did not play in the preseason this year, but the Cowboys can ill afford to lose him for any significant period.
"Life keeps throwing punches and I'll keep throwing them back," Prescott said. "It doesn't hurt as bad when you score and win the game."
Prescott completed 36 of 51 passes for 445 yards with three touchdowns and an interception as the Cowboys beat the Patriots for the first time since December 1996 after six consecutive losses in the interim.
His yardage total is the most allowed by the Patriots in head coach Bill Belichick's 22 seasons with New England, topping a 438-yard game by Peyton Manning in November 2014.
"I can't say enough about Dak Prescott, the way he was distributing the ball, his poise and confidence in the pocket," said Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy.
"He never wavered. His process was the same throughout. He's on top of his game right now."
Prescott leads Cowboys past Patriots in OT, Cardinals crush Browns to stay unbeaten
The Cowboys came from behind twice in the fourth quarter to force overtime before Dak Prescott's touchdown pass in the extra session gave Dallas a 35-29 victory over the New England Patriots on Sunday.
Prescott hit a wide-open CeeDee Lamb from 35 yards out with just under four minutes to play in overtime for the victory, the final strike in a game that saw the Dallas quarterback complete 36 of 51 passes for 445 yards and three TDs.
The final touchdown capped a wild final few minutes in Foxborough, where Trevon Diggs momentarily stunned the New England crowd by intercepting rookie quarterback Mac Jones and returning it 42 yards for a score to give Dallas a 26-21 lead with 2:27 remaining in the fourth quarter.
Diggs has intercepted a pass in every game this season, with seven picks overall, and has returned two of them for touchdowns. He is the first NFL player in the Super Bowl era (since 1966) to intercept at least seven passes with multiple touchdowns in his team's first six games of the season.
But Jones answered on the very next play, hitting Kendrick Bourne for a 75-yard touchdown and passing for the two-point conversion to give New England a 29-26 lead with 2:11 to play.
That was too much time to leave Prescott, though, and he drove the Cowboys (5-1) downfield to set up kicker Greg Zuerlein – who had missed from 51 yards minutes earlier – for a 49-yard field goal that sent the game to overtime.
After the Dallas defence forced New England (2-4) to punt in the first possession of overtime, Prescott completed all five of his pass attempts on the game-winning drive.
The Cowboys racked up 567 yards of total offence on the day, the first time the Patriots allowed at least 500 yards in a game since surrendering 538 to the Philadelphia Eagles in losing Super Bowl LII four years ago.
Murray, Cardinals stay unbeaten
Kyler Murray threw four touchdown passes as the Arizona Cardinals remained the NFL's only unbeaten team with a 37-14 rout of the Cleveland Browns.
Murray completed 20 of 30 passes for 229 yards and did not throw an interception as Arizona – without head coach Kliff Kingsbury due to COVID-19 – built a 20-0 lead, then saw Cleveland come back before half-time before pulling away after the interval.
Baker Mayfield tossed a pair of touchdowns in the final 5:06 of the opening half before suffering a shoulder injury as the Cardinals' defence held Cleveland scoreless after the break on the way to their first 6-0 start since 1974.
In Denver, the Las Vegas Raiders held off the Broncos 34-24 in Rich Bisaccia's first game as interim head coach after Jon Gruden's resignation Monday.
Herbert leads Chargers past Browns in high-scoring affair
Justin Herbert and the Los Angeles Chargers took another step in establishing themselves as NFL Super Bowl contenders as they pulled out a wild 47-42 victory over the Cleveland Browns.
The lead changed hands seven times as Herbert and Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield led their teams downfield almost at will, but the Chargers (4-1) scored last and the Browns (3-2) could not respond on Sunday.
Herbert continued building his MVP case as he went 26-of-43 passing for 398 yards and four touchdowns with no interceptions and ran for another score.
The Chargers trailed 27-13 after a spectacular 52-yard touchdown run by Nick Chubb on the opening drive of the second half, but Herbert led them back to take a 28-27 lead and the teams exchanged touchdowns from there.
Los Angeles thought they had tied the game when Herbert hit Austin Ekeler for a 19-yard touchdown with 3:15 to play but Tristan Vizcaino missed his second extra point of the game to leave the Chargers trailing by a point.
The Browns went three and out on the next possession and Herbert led the Chargers to the three-yard line, where the Cleveland defence helped Ekeler cross the goal line on purpose with 1:31 to play so the Browns could get the ball back.
But Mayfield could not finish the job, throwing three successive incompletions from the Cleveland 47-yard line to give the Chargers the ball and end the game.
Murray, Cardinals remain unbeaten
The Arizona Cardinals improved to 5-0 and remain the only unbeaten team in the NFL after pulling out a 17-10 win against the San Francisco 49ers.
Kyler Murray's explosive Arizona offence entered the game averaging 35 points per game but had to scrape out the win as they were out-gained 338 to 304 by Trey Lance and the 49ers (2-3).
Murray completed 22 of 31 passes for 239 yards and a key nine-yard touchdown pass to DeAndre Hopkins with 5:13 to play that effectively put the game out of reach.
Rookie quarterback Lance made his first start for San Francisco and completed just 15 of 29 passes for 192 yards with an interception, though he led all rushers in the game with 89 yards on the ground.
Cowboys run away from battered Giants
The Dallas Cowboys took advantage of injuries to the New York Giants' two most important players on offence, rolling to a 44-20 home victory.
The Giants lost quarterback Daniel Jones to a concussion and running back Saquon Barkley to an ankle injury and were outscored 27-7 after Graham Gano hit a field goal on the first drive of the second half.
Dak Prescott completed 22 of 32 passes for 302 yards and three touchdowns for Dallas, while Ezekiel Elliott ran for 110 yards and a score.
Dak, depth and defense – could complete Cowboys be contenders?
So far, so good, Dak Prescott. At least from a personal perspective, though, it was a similar story through four weeks in 2020.
The Dallas Cowboys quarterback set a record-breaking pace last year, his 1,690 passing yards comfortably the most by any player over the first four weeks of a season since 1960. In fact, in at least the past 40 years, no QB can match that total across any four-game span.
Going back to 1960, only Jameis Winston had previously thrown for 450 yards in consecutive games. Prescott became the first to do so in three in a row against the Atlanta Falcons (450), the Seattle Seahawks (472, a career high) and the Cleveland Browns (502, another career high) in Weeks 2, 3 and 4.
Yet the Cowboys were only 1-3, and when Prescott went down for the year against the New York Giants in Week 5, any hopes of recovering their season were dashed. Dallas went from averaging a league-leading 509.5 total net yards and third-ranked 31.5 points per game through Week 4 to 325.9 yards and 22.5 points over the rest of the year — ranking joint-21st and 25th.
In 2021, however, they are 3-1 heading into another Week 5 matchup with the Giants, despite having played three other 3-1 teams. And although Prescott has again been outstanding, this year's Cowboys do not look quite so fragile.
'The best I've ever played'
Of course, Dallas' excellent start begins with the man under center. Prescott is back this season having finally signed a four-year, $160million extension, and he is quickly proving worth that investment.
Although his 1,066 yards pale next to last year's early efforts, the 28-year-old has thrown 10 touchdown passes, up on 2020's nine and the second-most ever at this stage of a season by a Cowboys QB, behind Tony Romo's 11 in 2007. Only Don Meredith (twice — in 1966 and 1968) has bettered Prescott's 116.9 passer rating to this point.
After three TDs and no interceptions in the Week 3 win against the Philadelphia Eagles, Prescott said he had gained "a different perspective" from his spell on the sidelines. "I feel like I'm playing the best I've ever played," he added. He then had four TDs and no interceptions versus the Carolina Panthers in Week 4.
Prescott is undoubtedly excelling — he has delivered a well-thrown, accurate ball with 84.7 per cent of his passes this year, third among QBs with 100 or more attempts — but he is also getting help. In the Panthers game, he did not take a single sack. His seven for the year are fewer than 21 other QBs through four weeks.
Indeed, the Dallas number four said coming into the season offensive linemen Zack Martin, Tyron Smith and La'el Collins, who all missed at least large chunks of 2020 through injury, were "the most important" members of the offense.
Of the 32 pressures Prescott has faced this season, 20 came in the opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers when Martin was on the COVID list. He has won 57 of 58 pass protection attempts, allowing only a single hurry. Smith has won 90 of 93 attempts, giving up a sole adjusted sack. The Cowboys still have the suspended Collins to come back in.
Even when Prescott is pressured, he is performing well, getting the ball out quickly and accurately, his 2.84-second release time the fourth-fastest under duress (minimum 10 attempts) and his 81.3 well-thrown percentage the fourth-best.
Having top-level talents to give the ball to makes the job easier, though.
Sharing the ball around
Prescott completed at least 80 per cent of his passes in consecutive weeks against the Los Angeles Chargers (85.2) and the Eagles (80.8), while the Cowboys also put up more than 150 rushing yards in both matchups (198 and 160). The 1984 San Francisco 49ers, led by Joe Montana, had been the last team to achieve that feat in back-to-back games.
That statistic speaks to the threat Dallas pose on offense this year.
Through the air, Prescott has had three outstanding weapons to target at the start of this season. Wide receivers Amari Cooper (22) and CeeDee Lamb (20) and tight end Dalton Schultz (20) have each made at least 20 catches, making the Cowboys the only team to have three players reach this mark through four weeks in 2021.
In just Lamb's second season in the league, he and Cooper have already established themselves as one of football's premier wide receiver duos — they are one of seven pairs of team-mates to each have 250 receiving yards at the position through Week 4 (258 for Cooper, 264 for Lamb).
Against the Panthers, when Lamb was limited to just two catches, four other Cowboys caught TD passes — among them breakout star Schultz, who has three scores in four games after four in his first three years in the league.
Two of those prior four TDs came in the first four games of 2020, though, with Prescott targeting Schultz with 28 passes, leading to a career-high four-game span of 219 receiving yards. Of those, 105 yards came after the catch, showing his power as he ranked fifth at TE in the NFL. So far this year, his 131 yards after the catch trail only Travis Kelce and George Kittle — good company to be keeping.
Crucially, however, Dallas also have multiple options on the ground. Ezekiel Elliott looks back to his best and is boosted by having Tony Pollard emerge as an effective alternative.
"We've got some younger guys who can play and produce, so it's not necessary for Zeke to run the ball 25, 30 times a game," head coach Mike McCarthy said in July. "When you get to December, January football, you want him to be in top form to be able to run the ball 25, 30 times if needed."
Elliott is certainly being used more efficiently; his 342 rushing yards fall well short of the Week 4 marks set in 2016 (412) and 2018 (426), but only in the latter year (5.84) has he averaged more yards per carry than this year's 5.34. The 26-year-old's four rushing scores are his most at this stage of a season. He still played a key role against Carolina, with 143 rushing yards his most in a game since 2018.
The Cowboys are difficult to stop, with Pollard (4.29) and Elliott (4.00) ranking third and fourth among running backs for yards per carry on plays where run disruption occurs and defenders get the better of the O-line. It is easy to see why Dallas are now running the ball on 47.0 per cent of plays, fifth-most in the league, easing the burden on Prescott.
Young defense delivering
This outstanding offensive production would all count for little if the Cowboys were not also showing improvement on the defensive end. The reasons for their 1-3 start in 2020 were the 430.5 total net yards (third-most) and league-high 36.5 points allowed per game.
Happily, with Prescott returning and faith in the offensive options, the Cowboys were able to focus almost solely on defense in the draft. Their first six picks, including 12th overall selection Micah Parsons, were on that side of the ball.
Linebacker Parsons has quickly established himself, leading the team with 2.5 sacks and 32 sack yards while registering 13 pressures on 46 pass rush attempts — a strong 28.3 per cent. At defensive tackle, third-round pick Osa Odighizuwa has been similarly impressive, pressuring at a 21.4 per cent rate and registering an adjusted sack on 7.1 per cent of plays when lined up on the interior. With Jaylon Smith released, fourth-rounder Jabril Cox could also now get an opportunity.
The undoubted star of the season so far, however, is second-year cornerback Trevon Diggs. Dallas have registered 10 total takeaways, only behind the Buffalo Bills, and Diggs' five interceptions — at least one in each game, including a pick-six against the Eagles — account for half of them. Since 1960, only three players have had more interceptions heading into Week 5; since 1980, just two have had a longer streak of games with picks to start a season.
As a team, the Cowboys had 10 interceptions in the whole of 2020, with Diggs, then a rookie, contributing three.
The Cowboys have now given up 24.3 points per game, tied for 16th in the league, but they have allowed just six points — from two field goals — in the fourth quarter of one-score games, giving Prescott every opportunity to win the game.
Unlike the QB, the key men in the defensive unit are largely too young to have worked with former Cowboys coach and current Giants offensive coordinator Jason Garrett, but on the evidence of this season so far they will relish making life hell for his man Daniel Jones on Sunday.
In their last game against weak NFC East rivals until a kind end to the schedule starting in Week 14, the Cowboys will look to lay down a marker, extending this strong start and encouraging hopes they can be a genuine contender this year. Getting Jones off the field and allowing Prescott, Elliott and Co to get to work should ensure they do that.
Prescott, Elliott and Diggs lead Cowboys past Darnold's Panthers
Dak Prescott: I'm playing the best I've ever played
Dak Prescott loved his home return with the Dallas Cowboys on Monday and felt his three-touchdown display continued a career-best run of form.
Quarterback Prescott sustained a compound fracture and dislocation to his right ankle in Week 5 in 2020, keeping him out of the rest of the year.
The two-time Pro Bowler had been setting a record-breaking pace, his 1,690 passing yards through four weeks comfortably the most by any player over the same period since 1960 – although the Cowboys went 1-3.
Fit again for the start of this season and now tied to a four-year, $160million contract, Prescott has returned in similarly impressive fashion.
His 403 passing yards and three TDs in the curtain-raiser against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers came in a losing effort, but a slightly more modest Week 2 performance contributed to victory against the Los Angeles Chargers.
On Monday, against NFC East rivals the Philadelphia Eagles, Prescott completed 21 of 26 passes for 238 yards, three scores and no interceptions in a 41-21 win he described as "definitely special", in front of home support for the first time since his injury.
The 28-year-old's primitive passer rating for the year is at a career-high 110.1, and he feels he is reaching new heights in 2021.
"I said it earlier in the year, and I'll say it again: I think just getting hurt last year and having to sit back and watch football, [he gained] a different perspective and just different ways people play this game," Prescott said.
"Going back, the experience obviously has helped but just studying and preparing myself and then all the work that I've put in just to get back healthy, not only the leg but the shoulder... I feel like I'm playing the best I've ever played."
Dallas now lead the division with a 2-1 record, and coach Mike McCarthy feels Prescott is benefiting from leading a more competitive team this year.
While the QB has completed at least 80 per cent of his passes in the past two games (85.2 versus the Chargers, 80.8 against the Eagles), the Cowboys have also put up more than 150 rushing yards on each occasion (198 and 160).
Ezekiel Elliott has run for three TDs across those games, while Dallas' 139.3 rushing yards per game across the year rank fourth in the NFL.
The last team to complete 80 per cent of their passes and rush for 150 yards in consecutive games were the 1984 San Francisco 49ers, led by Joe Montana.
McCarthy said: "I think [Prescott] is clearly playing better now [than last year], in my opinion.
"Last year, we were in track meets. This is a clearly a different football team than last year. You're seeing three games where I felt like we've been very complementary both on offense and defense.
"He's doing a lot in the run game as far as handling the checks and things like that. Yeah, I feel like he's playing better this year than last."
Prescott in control as Cowboys dominate Eagles
Dak Prescott looking forward to 'special' Cowboys homecoming after injury
Prescott says win over Chargers shows Cowboys 'always in the fight'
Dak Prescott praised the resilience of the Dallas Cowboys after the overcame the Los Angeles Chargers 20-17 in the NFL on Sunday.
Staring down the possibility of a second consecutive heart-breaking road defeat to start the season, the Cowboys showed their determination in Week 2.
That was the message from star quarterback Prescott after Greg Zuerlein's 56-yard field as time expired gave the Cowboys victory over the Chargers.
After watching Tom Brady march Super Bowl champions the Tampa Bay Buccaneers down the field in the final minute to set up a game-winning kick in the season opener, the Cowboys' defence got the job done in the second half against the Chargers.
An 11-play Chargers drive in the third quarter ended with a Damontae Kazee interception of Justin Herbert in the end zone, four plays after an apparent Herbert TD pass was called back due to a holding penalty.
It was more of the same on a 12-play Los Angeles drive that consumed much of the fourth quarter, as Herbert and the Chargers reached the Dallas two-yard line before having a touchdown negated due to an illegal shift.
Two plays later, Micah Parsons sacked Herbert for an 18-yard loss and the home side had to settle for a game-tying field goal from Tristan Vizcaino rather than a go-ahead touchdown.
To Prescott, those two stands were indicative of a team determined to stick together.
"We're resilient, we're gonna fight, we're always in the fight," Prescott told CBS. "I think tonight we showed our brotherhood, we trusted each other, we played complementary football.
"Defence came up with a great turnover there in the red zone and we finished off with a win."
Zuerlein saw to that with his booming 56-yarder, which Prescott "had all faith" the veteran kicker would make.
More important over the course of the game was a revived Dallas rushing attack after the team ran just 18 times for 60 yards at Tampa Bay.
The Cowboys more than tripled that yardage total on Sunday, going for 198 on 31 carries as Tony Pollard ran for 109 yards while averaging 8.4 per rush and Ezekiel Elliott piled up 71 yards, with both backs finding the end zone.
"It started with the offensive line," Prescott said. "They came out and they set the tone, they were physical. That allowed both of those backs to get going. Those guys hit the holes and just allowed us to be balanced.
"That's what we said, after last game -- we're gonna do whatever it takes to win, whether it's throwing a lot, run and a lot or be balanced. Tonight, it took all of that to get it done."
Murray's magic lifts Cardinals as Vikings suffer late heartbreak, Cowboys edge Chargers
Kyler Murray's magic touch and a stunning field goal miss at the death gave the Arizona Cardinals a 34-33 victory over the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday.
While Murray's latest series of highlight-reel plays were the talk of the game, the Vikings had a chance to win it on the final play as Greg Joseph set up for a 37-yard field goal.
But Joseph, who had hit twice from 52 yards earlier in the game, sent his kick wide right to set off a wild celebration in Arizona as the Cardinals remained unbeaten.
Arizona had trailed 20-7 midway through the second quarter after three Kirk Cousins touchdown passes, but Murray took control of the game with his legs and his arm.
The quarterback started the rally with a 12-yard touchdown run, then delivered a scrambling, 77-yard bomb to a wide-open Rondale Moore less than two minutes later to give the Cardinals the lead.
Nick Vigil picked off Murray on the second play of the second half and returned it 38 yards for a touchdown, but the Cardinals star marched his team right back down the field and hit A.J. Green as Arizona went back on top.
After the teams traded field goals in the fourth quarter, the Vikings had a chance to win it on Joseph's leg, but it was not to be.
Murray completed 29 of 36 passes for 400 yards and three touchdowns as he got the better of Kirk Cousins, who was 22 of 32 for 244 yards and three TDs. Minnesota's Dalvin Cook had 22 carries for 131 yards.
Cowboys edge Chargers on last-second field goal
Greg Zuerlein's 56-yard field goal as time expired gave the Dallas Cowboys a 20-17 victory at the Los Angeles Chargers.
It was a welcome bounceback for the Cowboys after their season-opening defeat at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and it came with a starring role for a surprising player.
Tony Pollard carried just three times for 14 yards in the opener but exploded for 109 yards and a touchdown on 13 carries against the Chargers.
Ezekiel Elliott added 71 yards and a score on the ground while Dak Prescott completed 23 of 27 passes for 237 yards.

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LEAKED Google Pixel 5 Price Makes For NICE Surprise…
by Richard Goodwin | 28/09/2020 12:32 pm
by Richard Goodwin | Sep 28, 2020 | News, Featured
How much will the Google Pixel 5 cost? Spoiler: not that much at all – it's cheaper than the iPhone 11 and WAY cheaper than the Pixel 4 was…
UPDATE: The Pixel 5 Has Now Launched!
Price: $599/$699
Specs & Features: Complete Guide To Pixel 5: Specs, Camera Updates & New Features
If you've been wondering about how much the Google Pixel 5 will cost once it gets a release date, wonder no more – the Pixel 5 will apparently retail for $710 /£555, according to a tweet direct from Google.
The tweet in question has now been deleted, for obvious reasons. Still, the price of the Google Pixel 5 is sure to put a smile on many peoples' faces. Retailing the Pixel 5 for £555 in the UK would make the Pixel 5 cheaper than nearly all of its contemporaries.
Apple's iPhone 11 starts from £699 and Samsung's entry-level Galaxy S20 retails for even more than that – around £999 in most places.
And this low(ish) price will make the Pixel 5 way more accessible for a lot more people compared to its predecessor, the Pixel 4, which was considerably more pricey.
The Pixel 5 is The Pixel 4a – Just With Better Specs…
Google's twitter leak also confirmed something else about the Pixel 5 – its design. As you can see in the image below, the Pixel 5 looks more or less identical to the now-available Pixel 4a.
There are no ugly bezels, no protruding chin at the bottom, and, praise be to the gods of tech design, no notch either. Instead, you have a punch-hole camera on the front, left-hand side for the front-facing camera, and face unlock technology.
Internally, the Pixel 5 will be markedly different from the Pixel 4a. The Pixel 5 will use a better processor, though not Qualcomm's current flagship. Instead, the Pixel 5 will use Qualcomm's mid-range Snapdragon 765G CPU, a 5G-enabled SoC.
The Pixel 5 will also have 5G, thanks to its Snapdragon 765G SoC, so you'll be able to buy it on a range of 5G contracts both here in the UK and elsewhere.
Google will also likely improve the Pixel 5's cameras too. How? That remains to be seen, but we're expecting some new sensors and a pretty significant performance boost over the already very impressive Pixel 4 and Pixel 4a.
Google knows most people buy its Pixel phones for the camera, so we expect this aspect of the phone to be where all the big changes happen. The specs and hardware will be updated too, just not the way you'd assume – this isn't really a flagship phone in the truest sense of the word.
The specs will be fit for purpose, but not bleeding edge as you get on the Samsung Galaxy S20 Pro or OnePlus 8 Pro. Instead, Google will drill down on what Pixel users want: snappy design, a brilliant camera, and solid battery life. If it can do all this and keep the price nice and low, I see a lot of people warming to the Pixel 5 later this year.
Also: it doesn't appear like there will be a Pixel 5 XL. To date, we've heard very little about this phone. Could Google be refocussing its efforts around just two models (Pixel 4a, Pixel 5) in 2020? It's possible. And, in some respects, it makes more sense.
The Pixel 5 will get officially launched on September 30, 2020.
Q: How Much Will The Pixel 5 Cost?
The Pixel 5 will apparently retail for $710 /£555, according to a tweet direct from Google.
Q: Will The Pixel 5 Have 5G?
Q: When Is The Pixel 5 Release Date?


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Зеленоголовый азиатский трогон () — птица из семейства  трогоновых.

Распространение и места обитания
Этот вид трогонов встречается в Камбодже, Китае, Индонезии, Лаосе, Малайзии, Мьянме, Таиланде и Вьетнаме. Его природные места обитания — это субтропические или тропические влажные леса и субтропические или тропические влажные горные леса, влажные, в нижнем-среднем диапазоне высот вечнозеленые леса, заболоченные леса, сухие открытые леса, бамбуковые леса.

Описание
У оранжевогрудых трогонов оливково-жёлтая голова с перьями в вертикальном положении, верхняя сторона тела каштановая, оранжевая грудка, которая изменяется до ярко-жёлтого на верхней и нижней части, белыми полосами на боковых секциях и синим ртом. Самцы имеют блекло-желтоватую головку с синим кольцом; рыжую (красно-коричневую) верхнюю сторону тела и верхние кроющие хвоста с бледной областью крестца (нижняя часть спины); и жёлтую (серо-основанную) верхнюю часть груди с белой линией. У самки есть дополнительные серо-коричневые перья на голове и верхней стороне тела; бледно-охристо-коричневая задняя часть тела, серая грудка. Молодые птицы похожи на самок.

Галерея

Примечания

Птицы Азии
Животные, описанные в 1823 году
Азиатские трогоны

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Milestone Sports Launches New MilestonePod: The Wearable You Don't Have to Wear
August 3, 2016 – Milestone Sports, a leading sports tech company focused on connecting retailers and brands to consumers through wearable devices, announces the launch of its third generation MilestonePod. The MilestonePod is accompanied by an upgraded and refreshed MilestonePod App. Together, both products provide a more seamless and refined user experience, while still giving runners the data and tips they need to improve performance and stay healthy, such as: cadence, foot strike, rate of impact, pace, distance and shoe mileage.
For the first time, Australian runners of all skill levels will have access to the innovative "clip and go" MilestonePod technology thanks to a partnership with The Athlete's Foot stores. The Athlete's Foot, Australia's leading specialty footwear retailer, will offer an in-store trial of MilestonePod at its Bondi, Carindale and Ballarat outlets during August and September.
The latest MilestonePod securely clips on to the laces of the shoe making it easier for users to switch to the next model once a shoe is retired. No longer will runners need to unlace their shoes in order to attach the Pod. It has a sleek, all black design, giving the user simplicity and ease of use. Additional Pod improvements include a longer battery life of six to eight months, waterproofing, overall improved accuracy and the removal of the odometer window.
The new App has an easier registration process, a faster sync time and overall cleaner navigation. It also gives runners a refined Runficiency Score®, a proprietary calculation that combines metrics such as cadence, ground contact and stride length. Long a customer request, runners can now download their entire run log in Excel to be viewed and further analysed on a desktop.
"The new features of the Pod and App are based on feedback we've received from our passionate user base over the past several quarters, and we focused our efforts on making the user experience better than ever," said newly appointed CEO of Milestone Sports, Yaron Gramazi. "The minimal, sleek design alongside the refined App accentuates the MilestonePod's enhanced performance and simplicity of use—just clip and go."
Along with the launch of the new product, the brand identity for parent company Milestone Sports is also evolving. Milestone Sports will unveil new logos, packaging, campaign and website. This cohesive brand voice will be honest and authentic, giving athletes cutting edge metrics and guidance, yet in an accessible style. The look and feel is simple and clear, staying true to a less is more mantra, which also comes to life in the company's products and platforms.
"It's an exciting day for Milestone Sports and our partners," said President and co-founder Jason Kaplan. "As we consider the future of the company, the first step is a major rebrand. We've expanded our reach outside of the United States into Australia, Europe, Thailand and beyond, and we want our brand to resonate with our global user base."
About Milestone Sports
Milestone Sports, Ltd. is focused on connecting retailers and brands to consumers through its Wearable Marketing Platform (WMP). The platform collects comprehensive data from a low-cost sensor worn on the consumer's shoe that wirelessly syncs to a mobile device. This rich, real-life data results in meaningful, personal, and valuable direct marketing: the future of retailer and brand loyalty. For more information, visit www.milestonepod.com.


When Beth Thompson was picked up by the San Antonio police on a forgery charge last December, she knew she was in for an unfathomable amount of pain.
Thompson had committed the crime to help fund her addiction to heroin. She knew that getting arrested likely meant she would be cut off from the drug, which would guarantee excruciating withdrawal symptoms. Only five detention centers in the United States currently induct people into medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction, and Bexar County Adult Detention Center, where Thompson was booked, isn't one of them.
"I was on the floor in a ball, throwing up," Thompson recalls. She spent her first three days without heroin in a general booking area—an enclosed space furnished with sparse bunk beds and a communal metal toilet. The space has a large plexiglass veneer through which the guards could watch them as was shared with what she estimates were 15 or 20 other women, some of whom were also sick from withdrawal. By the end of her first 24 hours, withdrawal symptoms had set in.
But Thompson couldn't get any kind of medicine before she was processed, which took three days and included a crucial appearance before a magistrate—an appearance she barely got through without vomiting. Her body trembled and ached as she tottered into the small hearing room, she says, her jaw set so hard it burned. She was trying to hold back the bile bubbling up her throat. Anxiety frenzied in her chest. She couldn't stop thinking about the hit of heroin she'd been after when she got arrested—and the few extra hours of delicious relief it would have granted her.
After her arraignment, she was transported to another building, where she was shuffled between concrete pods for various booking processes. The last of these was a medical exam. By then, she was in the thick of withdrawal. Her entire body felt like a giant, aching bruise. The blood pressure cuff choked her sweaty, track-studded arm. When she was asked whether she was in drug withdrawal, she gave an ardent yes—hoping for some kind of medical relief.
Instead, she was sent to a "detox tank" in yet another building, a space that housed about 25 other inmates who were either withdrawing along with her or experiencing acute symptoms of mental illness. She remembers being awake for the full four days she spent in the segregated area, with bright lights drilling into her throbbing skull, surrounded by the sounds and smells of other physically or mentally ill patients. "You'll have someone throwing up next to someone who seems ot be in schizophrenic psychosis," Thompson says. "It's not good."
What she remembers most is the smell, she says. The small, communal toilet was in the corner of the pod, enclosed by a short stall that did nothing to keep the smell of diarrhea, vomit, and blood from overtaking the unit. The women were given basic cleaning supplies and Thompson says the least sick among them did the floors and toilet three times a day.
Thompson only had the energy to remove and fold her sheets (required for getting them washed) once during that time, so she spent most of her detox writhing in sticky, sweat-drenched sheets. Her blanket was never replaced, even when she was through with the physical withdrawal.
While in the detox tank, Thompson was given clonidine, a blood pressure medication that is sometimes prescribed for opioid withdrawal in hospital emergency departments, and in some—but not all—correctional facilities. Clonidine can help alleviate some of the physical symptoms of withdrawal, like chills and agitation. It does not, however, treat the underlying addiction.
"Addiction care [in the US prison system] doesn't meet community standards," says Sarah Wakeman, assistant professor of medicine at Harvard University and an addiction medicine physician at Massachusetts General Hospital. This is especially notable because, in the United States, prisoners are legally entitled to healthcare equal to community standards—meaning that, while incarcerated, people should have access to the evidence-based care they would be granted outside. While clonidine is "better than no medicine," it is "inexcusable" that some facilities are not offering people with opioid dependencies methadone and buprenorphine, she adds, considering the overwhelming data confirming their efficacy in the treatment of opioid use disorders.
Wakeman also notes that "there continues to be confusion and spreading of the myth that people who use [medication treatment for addiction] are not really in recovery, and that myth is really strongly held and believed in correctional facilities." For example, contrary to Garcia's statement about the addictive quality of methadone, it's a World Health Organization- and FDA-approved treatment for opioid use disorder that does not usually cause addiction. (I reached out, by email, to Bexar County's Sheriff's department for comment on this and did not receive a response at the time of publication).
This clash of the Bexar County's Sheriff's department and Wakeman's stances represent a larger ongoing tension in the US today concerning the opioid epidemic. There are strong disagreements between law enforcement and many medical professionals about whether methadone-assisted treatment is the best way to help people fight and recover from addiction, though there's a lot of promising research about how effective and underutilized addiction recovery drugs are. While a minority of correctional facilities maintain patients on methadone or buprenorphine if they were prescribed it before their incarceration—current estimates say fewer than 40 out of about 5,000 facilities let patients remain on the treatment—most only provide medications like clonidine or nothing at all.
In February 2018, about two months after she was arrested, Thompson was transferred to Lucile Plane State Jail in Dayton, Texas. By then, the acute withdrawal had ended; because heroin is a short-acting opioid, withdrawal begins fast and hard, but doesn't usually last more than seven days. Psychological recovery, however, can take much longer. By the time Thompson was transferred, she was beginning to feel the onset of a severe depression. Spending Christmas in jail and then learning her father had been diagnosed with cancer did not help. But she says that when she tried to participate in a recovery program at Lucile Plane, she was not allowed to join because she was told it required three months of participation and she was slated for release in April, which would happen before she had been able to complete the program.
Depressed about being in jail and worried about her father's health, Thompson tried to get mental health counseling at Lucile Plane. After six weeks of waiting, she was able to talk to a counselor, but was released shortly thereafter.
Thompson's life is significantly different now from how it was before her 2017 arrest. But she doesn't credit that to her forced detox in jail. In fact, though she managed to stay sober for several months on her own, she eventually relapsed. Instead of letting her addiction consume her life, however, she decided to do what she couldn't while incarcerated—get into methadone treatment. Now, she lives with her high school sweetheart, who she reconnected with over Facebook this past summer. They are engaged, and live in a small trailer out by the oil rigs in Midland, Texas. I can hear the smile in her voice when she tells me over the phone that they are expecting a baby next April.
But Thompson also recognizes that many addicted people who get released after withdrawing in jail don't get the same opportunity—and that she could have easily missed the chance herself. "Every other time I've gotten out of jail [in the past] I've overdosed the same day," she says. "Everybody overdoses when they get out."
This observation is broad but grimly realistic. Without treatment options or comprehensive social support, former inmates tend to return to the same environments in which they were living before incarceration, often loaded with the same stressors and triggers. A meta-analysis of several studies conducted in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia found that the first two weeks after release pose an especially high risk of fatal overdose, and that risk remains elevated through the fourth week.
So this isn't just a problem of discomfort while in jail. Opioid-addicted people who are given evidence-based pharmacotherapy like methadone, buprenorphine, or naltrexone (a non-psychoactive opioid blocker) while incarcerated relapse less, stay in treatment longer, and are less likely to overdose after being released. But without these interventions, many people who are forcibly detoxed in jail end up immediately using illegal drugs again once they get out.
Not infrequently, that relapse is fatal. Part of the reason for this increased risk is that, once a person has been detoxed from opioids, they lose the tolerance developed during active use, making it difficult for someone who relapses to accurately gauge a safe dose. One of those people was Philip Kramer of Las Vegas, a 26-year-old father of two.
Last September, a few months after relapsing on opioids and cocaine, Kramer was arrested and booked for a traffic violation. His mother, Donna DeStefano-Miller, says that after the infraction (that happened while he was intoxicated) he begged to go to a medically supervised rehab. Instead he was detained at the City of Las Vegas Detention Center for a little under a month, and detoxed without any kind of treatment aside from a low-grade pain reliever, and no follow-up care.
"My son and I would go out and feed the homeless together," DeStefano-Miller says. "I remember one time there was this kid that was sunburned from head to toe out here, wearing just a tank top...Philip brought him food, then he took off his shirt and gave it to him."
Kramer's kindness was coupled with addiction and mental health issues. DeStefano-Miller says her son was bullied as a kid in school, and ended up developing depression. Eventually, he began self-medicating with drugs and alcohol. He battled addiction and chemical dependency through his teens and twenties, cycling in and out of various rehab facilities in the Las Vegas area. His longest stretch of sobriety after he first started taking drugs, according to his mother, was three years.
After his month at the City of Las Vegas Detention Center, he was transferred to a nearby facility for a few days and then released. Within days, he overdosed. He was revived at a nearby hospital, but was unable to secure a bed in a treatment center and was sent home.
A few days later, he overdosed again. This time, he did not wake up. Kramer was put on life support on October 28, 2017. On November 6, after doctors had tried dialysis and other measures to no avail, DeStefano-Miller signed a do-not-resuscitate order, and had her son taken off life support. Kramer passed away on November 6, 2017 at 12:01 pm, leaving behind his young daughter and stepson.
When asked how correctional facilities can help prevent circumstances like the ones that lead to Kramer's death, Wakeman of Massachusetts General says, "Ideally you would give [former inmates] naloxone [the drug that can reverse an opioid overdose] upon release." She also adds, "but it's not enough to just give out naloxone. Ideally, we would start them in treatment."
"I used to talk to my son several times a day. We would fight and then he'd call back and say, 'I love you mom,'" DeStefano-Miller says, grief palpable in her voice. "He didn't get the help he really needed."


Sideshow is shipping a TON of product this month, and one of the bigger boxes that hit my doorstep was the fourth series in their ultra cool Muppets mini-busts.
Calling these 'mini' doesn't do them justice though. They are much larger than any other mini-busts in my collection, towering over lines like the Simpsons or Star Wars from Gentle Giant.
This set includes Fozzie Bear, Lew Zealand, Beauregard, and Zoot. The come on the now standard column bases, each numbered and with the signature of the sculptor on the bottom.
I've never seen any of these in a bricks and mortar store, but perhaps you have a comic shop near you that carries them. Retail runs from $55 to $60, and you can pick them up at several on-line sites, several of which I have at the end of the review.
These boxes match the red velvet curtain style of The Muppet Show packaging. Not only do they hold the busts save and sound, they also have windows in the front that allow you to see the character in all his or her glory.
My only problem this time around was with Fozzie - his pointing finger is VERY close to the window. Be careful because it would be easy for the finger to get chipped or the paint rubbed off.
Perhaps the best series so far, every bust in this set excels in this category. But while they are all exceptional, Fozzie really steals the show. Fozzie fans know that's no surprise!
The big bear is just that - BIG! The amount of detail work on his fur and other textures is just amazing. The overal facial and body pose is perfect. It looks like he just told a terrible joke, and 'wokka wokka' is still ringing in your eyes.
Zoot is nicely done as well, and the use of different texturing for the muppet 'skin', hair and clothing works great here. With Zoot and Janice now, I'm dying for an Animal, Dr. Teeth and Floyd. Thank goodness well be getting two of the three - Animal and Dr. Teeth - in the next series, along with the very crucial Miss Piggy.
Lew was never one of my favorite characters, but they've done an admirable job capturing him. The shape of the head seems slightly off to me, but I never paid that much attention to him to be an expert.
Last but surprisingly not least is Beauregard. The janitor is not a particular favorite of mine, and I had little excitement over his announcement. But they've done a fantastic job with him, and he ended up a close second to Fozzie in terms of sculpting and design.
The overall paint application on these busts is top quality work. There are a few issues on Zoot and Lew, but the Fozzie and Beauregard I got were perfect.
The paint application highlights the extreme detail and various textures extremely well. It works particularly good on the two figures with the heavy nap - Beauregard and Fozzie. There's also some very realistic colors used here for the clothing and plunger, and it makes these two my favorites of the set.
Zoot had a few minor issues, with some of the shirt color showing up on the hands and neck, and a little inconsistency in the color of the face. Lew also showed a few minor inconsistencies across the red, but nothing major or worth getting seriously bent over.
Here's where these busts really shine. Everyone of them is in a terrific, appropriate pose, and they look just like you'd expect these characters to.
Fozzie and Beauregard are again standouts in this area. Being very large busts, there's a ton of resin here, and some real heft. The facial expresions and body poses work perfectly with the characters.
Zoot is playing his horn, natch, and Lew is aout to smack you with a fish. Every design was carefully thought out and well chosen.
Ouch. The Muppets busts are going to hurt your pocket more than the average mini-bust, but part of that is because they aren't mini. These are really about twice the size of the Simpsons busts, and all that extra material and heft means you spend more, not to mention the much more complicated sculpting. Still, some of the superhero busts are as complex, and are cheaper by $15 to $20, so there's still some room for improvement in this category.
I mentioned on the recent Green Goblin review that I hadn't given any other busts four stars this year. A loyal reader pointed out that wasn't true - I'd given one of the series of the Muppets busts four stars. Not only was he right, but this Fozzie certainly deserves four stars in any universe.
I just wish these weren't almost painfully expensive. I glance at the shelf of 16 that have been produced so far, and my wallet wimpers at the $800 they represent. Still, for the avid Muppet collector, these are centerpiece to the collection.
- Sideshow has them of course! These are a run of 3000 each, and sell for $55 to $60 at the Sideshow site. If you order all four though, you can save1 15% off that total. They also have pre-orders up for the next series including Miss Piggy and Animal!
- Aisle Sniper doesn't have this set listed yet, but they have some of the earlier busts on sale for $38 - $45!


As an annual tradition, Dr. Ross Jutsum visited San Jose and San Leandro churches November 12-13. Dr. Ross conducted the entire service with his music, inspiring stories, and family updates.
We had fun with cakes and singing for our August and September birthday celebrants: Jo Barnard, Rosemarie Guevarra, Tina Johnson, and Clyde Davis.
One In Christ Community Church meets in San Leandro, California.
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Having just concluded a memorable SEP Tahoe Camp, Jillian Caranto gave the main message at church on August 7, 2016. Jillian covered the SEP Curriculum, which is "Celebrating the Grip of Grace". We were blessed with the visit of Oma, Omar, Jane, and Brenna.


A short time ago, The SSD Review published a review of the Samsung 256GB 470 Series SSD after discovering what an excellent entry this was into the consumer SSD market with availability in many online retail outlets. We were initially a bit hesitant and confused because the SSD appeared to be one of the top drives available yet information and reviews were virtually non-existent. In fact, it had been released months prior without a whisper of attention. What we have seen since is not only one of the top solid state drives being recognized as such, but a flurry of attention as well. From a site perspective, this is rather easy to recognize through traffic increase and external links but we really didn't expect to be linked by hundreds of blogs and sites to include those at the level of Engadget itself. Given the attention the SSD has drawn, we thought it only fitting to dig a little deeper and see what we could uncover for those new to the Samsung SSD family.


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Liverpool city region set to back bus franchising
Chris Ames
Liverpool City Region's metro mayor has described franchising as the 'leading option' under plans to overhaul the region's bus services.
City region combined authority papers, published on Thursday (20th February), recommend a 'detailed and independently audited assessment' of the proposal.
Liverpool One bus station
The authority said the recommendation of franchising as the preferred option is based on two years of intensive work, including a year-long 'Big Bus Debate', in which local people shared their current experiences of bus travel and what they would like to see in the future.
City region mayor Steve Rotheram said: 'Our communities rely on buses to connect them to work, education and training, family, hospitals and other public services, but too often the current, de-regulated system is letting people down.
'I am determined to deliver a London-style integrated transport system for the Liverpool City Region. There are a number of ways we can achieve that through the powers in the Bus Services Act, but I am clear that whichever model we choose the outcome must be the same: a bus service that is simple, punctual, reliable and affordable.
'A system that is designed around what we know our communities and our local economy needs, provides people with a genuine quality alternative to the car and helps to tackle the climate emergency.'
If the combined authority approves the recommendations, Merseytravel officers will complete an assessment of bus franchising, alongside continuing existing partnerships and an Enhanced Partnership model, upon which the public and others would be consulted later in the year.
As a combined authority with an elected mayor, the city region has an easier route to bus franchising than other areas under the Bus Services Act 2017. However, it is only the second such authority to state that franchising is its preferred option.
In October last year, Greater Manchester Combined Authority launched a consultation on its bus franchising plans.


Colbrow Medics provided the event first aid and medical cover at a Polo tournament in rural Victoria. Polo is a high-risk sport and many riders sustain serious injuries from falls. The Australian Polo Federation has strict policies on rider safety which require them to wear helmets and boots. They also recommend the presence of a paramedic to deal with injuries and medical emergencies, when they occur.
The paramedic on duty at this event was observing the players during a warm-up session when they witnessed a player get thrown forward by a fast moving horse and land on his head. These types of falls create high-energy axial loading on the spine and can result in compression fractures of the vertebrae. The player did not put his arms out to protect his fall. Fortunately, the paramedic had stationed himself in an area which gave him a full view of the incident, as it occurred.
The paramedic proceeded quickly onto the field to assess the patient as soon as it was safe to do so. The horses were removed from the field to make the area safe for everyone. It is impertinent that the environment is made safe as it could lead to the medic getting injured, rendering them unable to provide care to the patient. When the paramedic arrived he observed the rider removing his helmet and moving around on the ground. The paramedic reassured the patient and advised him to stay still and try not to move until he was assessed.
Due to the nature of this event a rapid trauma assessment was performed this is also known as a primary survey. A rapid trauma assessment is a quick procedure used in prehospital care to identify any major injuries which are likely cause death if not treated immediately. The acronym <C>AcBCDE is used in major trauma each letter represents a different process/stage. The patient denied any pain and stated he just feels a bit dazed and nauseous; he also stated he heard "crunch in his neck".
C-Circulation = Circulation was present with good skin colour.
E- Expose&examine= Abdominal soft and non tender, pelvis stable and both femurs intact.
Following on from the rapid trauma assessment a secondary survey was performed, this a more detailed physical head to toe exam examination which helps identify any unseen injuries. The patient's neck and back were assessed for potential injury. The patient denied any neck pain initially, however, a few minutes later he developed pain to C1 and C2, which are located at the top of the neck. The patient was found to have a small abrasion on the bridge of his nose, he was complaining of a numbness sensation to the right side of his head and neck. The patient had good circulation, sensation and motor function to all his limbs and had no altered sensation anywhere else on his body. The patient's vital signs were assessed and found to be within normal parameters.
Due to the patient having some neurological signs (numbness) and neck pain after a fall, an ambulance was called. He was immobilised with the use of a cervical collar and spinal board. A cervical collar is a device used to keep a patients' neck in neutral alignment and prevents them from moving their neck. The patient was transferred onto a spinal board with the help of the other riders and he was moved to a shaded area to await the ambulance.
Whilst waiting for the ambulance the patient's helmet was inspected for any damage, assessing helmets for damage can give information and clues on potential head injuries. In this case there was some damage to the helmet indicating that the patient hit the ground with significant force. The patient was offered pain relief but he declined and said the pain was only minor. The ambulance arrived shortly after and he was transferred to the local hospital for further assessment.
In a worst case scenario the patient could have making his fractures unstable and caused permanent damage to his spinal cord by moving his neck. Spinal cord damage to C1 and C2 are known in the medical field as the worst type of spinal injury you can sustain as it can cause complete paralysis from the neck down leaving you with breathing problems that require support from a ventilator. These long-term disabilities can dramatically affect ones quality of life and lead to psychological problems too.
The paramedic who provided treatment to this patient returned to the same event and was pleasantly surprised to see the patient again, walking around unaided and back to his normal self. He no longer plays Polo and doesn't remember much of the incident. After talking to the recovered-patient it was discovered that he was transferred by air from the local hospital to a major trauma centre in Melbourne due to fracturing his vertebrae, C1 and C2. Fortunately, he did not cause any damage to his spinal cord. He underwent an operation to stabilise the fractures and was fitting with a halo brace, he was informed by the doctors that he was very lucky to be alive. He was very grateful for the treatment provided to him.


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@Dear_marlborough and teacher-led initiatives work towards equity and anti-racism
By staff on September 13, 2020
By Emma '21 and Lianna '22
Dear_marlborough
Following the murder of George Floyd and the subsequent resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement, students from around the country are leveraging social media platforms to fight for racial justice. In particular, students are using social media platforms to share petitions, spread educational resources and inform others on how to get involved.
Along with utilizing social media platforms to propagate resources and information in order to educate others on the movement, the emergence of Instagram accounts linked with universities and predominantly white institutions alike, has provided students of color the opportunity to share their experiences with racism on campus.
The Instagram account @dear_marlborough is just one of many accounts calling attention to racism in schools based in the Los Angeles area. The account provides an anonymous platform for BIPOC members of the Marlborough community to share their experiences with racism. Since its creation in June, the account has amassed over 1,800 followers and more than 200 posts.
Posts range from experiences with tokenism, microaggressions, racist comments and being silenced by the Marlborough administration.
"Going to Marlborough as a BIPOC means having to make yourself naive to the constant microaggressions, nasty looks and overt racism you experience on the daily in order to get yourself through the day," one post read.
"Marlborough loves to put minorities on the covers of things but doesn't provide the resources to make us feel comfortable at the institution. We are not your prize Black, Latina or POC student," another post read.
As members of the Marlborough community continue to share their stories, Marlborough students are also expressing their support for the account. In a survey sent out to the Marlborough student body, respondents wrote about their opinions towards @dear_marlborough.
"I think that the account is great in both helping previously uninformed students better understand the often more difficult experiences of their fellow students of color," an anonymous respondent wrote. I also think the anonymous and community-based approach of the account in discussing Marlborough's racial issues (rather than having to go through administration) has been long-needed."
Jalen '22 believes that the account has given a voice to so many unheard students and shed light on so much suppressed pain from BIPOC on campus.
"[Dear_marlborough] has been absolutely empowering and courageous. Most importantly, it is a public resource for the people who run our school to use when they begin this journey for change on campus," she said. "There is no excuse to not listen to our voices."
Marlborough Administration Response to Dear_marlborough
In the same survey sent out to the Marlborough student body, 94 percent of respondents said that the Marlborough administration should respond to and address the concerns being raised on @dear_marlborough.
"They need to read as much as they can and just listen. Then they need to think about the painful experiences students have had and do better," one respondent wrote. "In this instance, there is no more 'we will try.' I don't want to hear 'try.' I want to hear 'do.' No excuses."
The criticism comes amidst a series of sweeping reforms by the school, headlined by the Equity Leads Education initiative. According to an email from Head of School Pricilla Sands announcing the new initiative, it is meant to be a "beacon, ensuring that equity remains at the forefront of all we [the Marlborough administration and community] do." The statement was crafted by a planning committee that has been discussing the proposal since August 2019. The committee, led by Saladin Patterson, included parents, staff, faculty, alumnae and trustees.
The administration has pledged as part of its new Equity Leads Education initiative they plan to re-evaluate its policies surrounding student discipline. Marlborough's website states that the school is currently undergoing an audit of its disciplinary policies, including shifting emphasis from punishment to "restorative practices," and "doing a thorough inventory of all school policies using the racist/antiracist lens."
The changes to the curriculum are another area of focus for the new vision statement. Changes include more discussions surrounding race, gender, sexual orientation, class and other ways of situating Marlborough students in a curriculum that gives them a voice. The history department, for instance, is broadening the scope of its classes to include groups, ideas and civilizations previously not represented. New historical figures have been added to the seventh grade Reformers Project, to make the list of choices now two-thirds reformers of color; the tenth grade curriculum will feature author Maria Ruiz de Burton and activism by the Salvadoreñx diaspora in the 1980s as part of an effort to focus more on Latinx history. Meanwhile, the language department has updated its curriculum to have renewed focus on social justice and cultural learning in each unit and added a Korean Culture and Language elective.
Beyond changes to discipline and academics at Marlborough, the admissions process has also been overhauled. Beginning with the upcoming 2020-2021 school year, Marlborough will no longer require the Independent School Entrance Examination, a standardized test previously considered in admissions decisions. A letter from Director of Enrollment Management Jeanette Woo Chitjian explains the inequities present in using the test for admission, "including less familiarity with the test for those outside of the independent school community, and unequal access to resources for test preparation."
Teacher-Led Initiatives
In addition to reforms and policy changes spearheaded by the Board of Trustees and administration, individual teachers have taken initiative to critically reflect on their teaching and classroom practices, as well as introducing ways to improve them. Dean of Faculty Helen Mendoza and Director of Technology and Digital Education Shauna Davis collaborated to create an online summer program for staff and faculty that aimed to promote equity in teaching.
Davis said the program was meant to provide an opportunity for professional growth and development specifically tailored to the Marlborough community, and with the central themes of connection, equitable pedagogy and social and emotional well-being.
"When we went [transitioned to online learning], we were all trying to take a lot of professional growth experiences," Davis explained. "We were engaging in webinars, online courses, we were reading a lot. And when we came away from these experiences, we felt there were valuable nuggets, but we really started, through conversations and reflections, realizing that we could create something more specific and meaningful to the community."
The class, which included lectures, videos, and interactive activities, was meant to last about three weeks, with 3-5 hours of work per week. However, to adapt to the varying schedules of the faculty participating, the program consisted exclusively of asynchronous work that participants could complete on their own schedule. So far, 70% of faculty have either been involved in creating the course or participated in it, and the course remains open for any faculty who would still like to take the course or to revisit it.
Davis anticipates the program will have an immediate effect on how classroom learning, discussions and discipline are conducted.
"In this world that we're in, there's new possibilities. And also with that underlying motivation that we want an equitable experience for all of our students, and how can we do that. I think you'll see practices on MyMarlborough being more consistent and it will be wonderful to receive and talk to students about how this has impacted your learning," Davis said. She added that many classes will have classroom agreements on what an online learning environment looks like.
Mendoza said that rubrics are another area of change going into the school year. "There's a whole section in the equitable pedagogy focus week [of the online program] around rationale for why rubrics make sense, and a more equitable form [for] students to show mastery of learning targets," she said. "There are a number of teachers who have really taken that and run with it. I know some in the science dept and world languages dept are already doing that, but I think that's a practice that a lot of teachers are now going to focus on next year."
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