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Leverage Submission Grappling Fundamentals Seminar 01 - Basic Skills & Mount
Date: Sunday 20th January 2013
Time: 12pm NOON to 5pm
Location: Leicester MMA Academy
Price: £15 (LSF Members) £35 (Non Members) Book Online or at Leicester MMA Academy
Website: LeverageSG Facebook Page
- High percentage fundamental techniques.
- Review & revise your grappling fundamentals.
- Competition tested methods of controlling and finishing an opponent.
- Quickest way to experience our successful basics curriculum.
- Suitable for students and coaches alike.
£35 (Non Members
£15 (Leicester MMA Academy Members)
This event is a repeat of the first in the Leverage Submission Grappling Fundamentals Seminar series.
Suitable for all levels, this seminar series covers fundamental grappling positions in depth for both students and instructors. It is a hands on seminar and therefore suitable training clothing is to be worn.
Fundamentals Seminar 01 takes a detailed look at grappling theory, basic skills and the mount position (pins, transitions, escapes and submissions).
All fundamentals seminars can be attended as a one off session or as part of the ongoing program and in any order.
A printed summary will be provided for those in attendance but a notebook is highly recommended.
*LIMITED SPACES - Book early to avoid disappointment*
Leverage Fundamentals Seminar Series:
01 Basic Skills, Mount.
02 Basic Skills, Side Control.
03 Turtle, Back Mount.
04 Closed Guard.
05 Open Guard, Guard Passing.
06 Half Guard, Headlocks and Bodylocks.
Photos from Seminar 01 debut in 2012.
BJJ blog review of Seminar 04
£35 (Non Members
£15 (Leicester MMA Academy Members)
"[Nathan] Leverton's instruction totally lived up to my expectations: intelligent, detailed and thorough. The breadth of his experience was immediately evident"
- Can Sönmez, slideyfoot.com
"Whilst training at Leicester Shootfighters the level of technical ability was extremely high and I learnt a lot which I added to my game"
- Bradley Scott
The Ultimate Fighter: UK vs Australia Finalist
"Nathan Leverton brings an analytical, thought-out style of instruction to his classes and seminars that make them useful for both beginner and advanced grapplers. His flow from one technique to the next is logical and clear in a way that allows new grapplers to see the big picture while facilitating the transitional improvement of the experienced participants. Most importantly, in my opinion, Nathan focuses on high-yield, functional techniques. In a time when Jiu Jitsu is becoming increasingly more focused on the aesthetic and the "new," it's refreshing to get clear, good, functional ground game."
- Hillary Williams
IBJJF Black/Brown Belt World, Pan Am and NoGi Champion
ADCC Bronze Medallist
"Nathan's understanding of the fundamental skills and tools needed to build an effective no-gi grappling game are second to none, he never misses the small details that count. This is shown in his Leverage grappling syllabus and series of seminars that cover the fundamentals, these seminars are without doubt some of the best I have attended!"
- Matt Thorpe
12 Gauge MMA Head Coach
King Of The Cage, Cage Warriors and Bodog Fight veteran
"I've trained in Brazil, the west coast, east coast & all over Europe. Very few coaches really stand out & Nathan is one of them. You can tell when he teaches, not only does he understand the leverage and timing of a position but he can articulate those things to you in a concise manner. Not only was I impressed enough to travel to England twice but I actually flew him to the US to teach at my academy. My students are anxiously waiting for his return as well."
- Roli Delgado
BJJ Black Belt
UFC & The Ultimate Fighter Veteran
"I was introduced to and guided through my MMA career by Nathan Leverton. I came to him a few years ago with very little knowledge about MMA and now I fight in the UFC. He is a genuine person who is putting his heart and time into helping me achieve my potential. For all those who wish to learn grappling or any from of MMA, whether it be a beginner or a professional fighter, then Nathan is the man to see. I have not come across better."
- Andre Winner
UFC Veteran
The Ultimate Fighter Season 9 Finalist
"Nathan Leverton has a deep understanding of submission wrestling and mixed martial arts. This along with his patience and natural teaching ability makes him a great coach.".
- Dan "The Outlaw" Hardy
UFC Fighter
"Nathan is a highly technical and skilled submission wrestler. Added to this he is an excellent instructor with patience and natural teaching ability. He can train anyone at any level from novice to seasoned professional. Any time I come back to England I make sure to get as much time as possible with Nathan to learn the most up to date and effective moves."
- James "Lightning" Wilks
UFC Veteran
The Ultimate Fighter Season 9 Winner
"Awesome grappler, great coach, and genuine person, with an open mind to learning, not what it says in the book, but what works."
- Paul "Semtex" Daley
UFC Veteran
"Nathan is a great coach and very friendly guy! He knows his stuff and is constantly on the look out to further his knowledge which he is all to keen to share. I learnt a lot from him, and look forward to working with him again in the future."
- "Slick" Nick Osipczak
UFC Veteran
The Ultimate Fighter Season 9 UK Team Member
"Nathan's a good friend and a fantastic coach. I always enjoy training with the Leicester Shoot guys and girls, and inevitably come away with some crucial pointers to tighten up and improve my game."
- Rosi Sexton
Cage Warriors Female World Champion


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This is the massager that is worn on the shoulders and provides automatic, percussive massage to soothe sore muscles in hard-to-reach locations. Available exclusively from Hammacher Schlemmer, the massager has two Velcro straps that allow it to be worn like a tank top and its dual finger-like nodes deliver soothing piston-like strokes that penetrate deep into muscles, relieving tightness and improving circulation to reduce swelling. The straps adjust in length to enable proper positioning to pinpoint areas of the neck, upper back, and shoulders and the massage nodes are encased in smooth bicast leather that is soft against the skin. A tethered controller has an LED screen and four-button control panel that allows the user to easily select from 10 levels of massage intensity and 11 pre-programmed massage patterns. The unit also straps around the waist to target the lower back. Plugs into AC with a 5' cord. 15" W x 9" H x 2 1/4" D. (5 lbs.)
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Should you have any questions, we are available seven days a week (8:00 am – midnight EST). Please call 1-800-321-1484 to speak with a specialist or email us at email@example.com to receive a response within three business hours or less.
Shipping charges noted in parentheses apply in addition to our standard shipping & service.
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great product, I bought one for my wife.
By Tim Rouch
from Three Rivers, MI
I had to rub her shoulders almost every night to relieve the pain. I bought one as a surprise to see if it helped. She loved it so much she wanted to get one for each one of our kids family so I bought four more. I don't use it, but the rest of my family have thanked me several times because they use theirs regularly. My wife uses it every day and said her shoulders don't hurt anymore.
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By April M
from Brentwood, NH
This product works great! I have chronic pain in my left shoulder. I used this for several days and the pain is almost gone. I have recommended this to several people with chronic pain. It really does work well. Hammacher Schelmmer is an awesome company. I have purchased from them many times and will continue to purchase from them because of the life-time guarantee.
Disappointed, did not meet my expectations.
By Canadian mom
from Ontario, Canada
Did not work nearly as well as I would have hoped.Limited locations, not firm enough pressure for my liking.Would not relieve the neck, shoulder, upper back tension I needed.Returned it and waiting for refund...Too bad...
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Great Massager for Shoulders!
By tsmook
from Los Angeles, CA
I have tried a fair number of massagers and like this one the best so far. It's simple to use. I can wear it while working on my computer. I'm wearing it now! It gets pretty deep into the muscles. Doesn't seem really hard at first, but as you keep it on, you can feel it working. In fact, I can definitely feel a little soreness after I'm done using it. I wish it would go longer than 10 min without having to restart it. I also wish it saved my favorite setting. As it is now, I have to select the manual button, then hit it to get to the massage I like, then I have to turn the intensity up. It only takes 5 seconds to do the setting changes each time, but would be nice to hit one button to get to my setting. Still love this! Worth it!
looks stronger than it is
By tooter
from fairport, NY
lacks power- expected more
Great product.
By David
from Ga
This shoulder massager does a great job of relaxing shoulder muscles. It uses a piston type tapping action vs the vibration type. We were supprised the first time we turned it on, it was not what we were expecting. The different cadence settings are great and it really works tight shoulders over If you turn it up.
Feels great!
By Comfortable
from Dallas, TX
A little awkward to use at my desk where I need it the most
Kneading vs Pounding
By Rontu
from Houston, TX
The person gifted to said she was looking for kneading action rather than pounding action from the machine.
Excellent Massager!
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from Southern Calif
Love that this can get into those tense neck and shoulder muscles and can work them out with a variety of percussion sequences!
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from Keswick, Ontario, Canada
Tjis product may be fine for some but I found the vibration too strong even on the lowest setting.
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Wine tastes like Pickles??? Well ... In Episode 115 of WLTV, Gary Vaynerchuk found that reference perfect for describing a particular wine ... and now, you can grab this limited edition T to really drive that point home! This is one of just a few limited edition T's available in small numbers! Collect them all while they last!! Please note, if you are just ordering T-Shirts you will pay the SAME shipping rate total ($5.99-$6.99) when you order 1-6 shirts!!


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Sarasota Memorial Hospital and its health-care system have long defied industry trends. While other public hospitals declined in quality, downsized and lost community backing, SMH improved care, expanded services and gained support.
Yet this week the hospital's elected governing board voted to follow an industry trend, agreeing to form an alliance with BayCare Health System.
The alliance is not a merger and SMH remains a publicly owned institution, board members and administrators emphasized. But the partnership means that Sarasota Memorial Hospital will no longer be an isolated health-care system in a region and state filled with affiliated providers.
When the board voted Monday to affiliate with Tampa-based BayCare, there was no public debate, Donna Koehn reported in the Herald-Tribune.
Decades ago, nearly any decision by the Hospital Board generated controversy. But the board and administration have built public trust and good will in recent years. What's more, the plan to affiliate with BayCare -- a nonprofit system that operates in the upper Tampa Bay region -- was deliberate and thoughtfully executed.
That's not to say there were not -- and will not be -- concerns. SMH Chief Executive Gwen MacKenzie will report to both BayCare and Sarasota County Public Hospital boards; serving two masters, so to speak, is a challenge. Other questions -- about the duties of other administrators at SMH, ownership, finances and procedures -- were at times difficult to answer.
In short, the board and administration at SMH are taking a risk.
But maintaining the status quo was risky as well. Independent hospitals and health-care systems lack the purchasing power, cost-sharing options, patient-referral systems and research opportunities that benefit other hospitals and systems.
In Manatee and Sarasota counties, the other hospitals are owned by private, for-profit chains -- including HCA, one of the largest in the United States.
Venice Regional Medical Center, which is owned by Health Management Associates, recently formed an alliance with the University of Florida and Shands HealthCare.
The trends are clear -- and so is the need for Sarasota Memorial to adapt to changing conditions.
Nevertheless, and despite the lack of controversy, many members of the public -- including taxpayers, who have an ownership stake in SMH, and longtime supporters of the institution -- are quietly concerned about the outcome of the alliance.
To that end, the Sarasota County Public Hospital Board and its administration must continue to vet the agreement and represent the best interests of the local system and the public.
A majority of the public, we think, recognizes the challenges facing hospitals and will support the alliance -- if that reservoir of trust is maintained and replenished with openness and responsiveness to questions and concerns.
Sarasota Memorial's new alliance
Sarasota Memorial Hospital and its health-care system have long defied industry trends. While other public hospitals declined in quality, downsized and lost community backing, SMH improved care, expanded services and gained support.


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Healthy Oscars Cocktails
7 Healthy Cocktails to Toast Tinseltown!
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This Sunday, celebrate the Academy Awards and a year of good movies with a healthy cocktail — or two! Giving classic cocktails a healthy twist with the addition of antioxidant-rich fruit or a metabolism-boosting spice, you can make a great drink for an Oscar party healthier without sacrificing taste. From margaritas to Champagne, shake, stir, and pop these seven drinks during the award show in a glamorous yet diet-friendly way.


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Create Dynamic Customer Experiences
To meet customer demand for new capabilities and higher quality, service providers need state-of-the-art video head-end solutions. They also need broad expertise to help ensure that analog, digital, and IP technologies interoperate to deliver a high-quality, highly reliable experience.
With more than 55 years experience supporting the world's largest and most successful video networks, Cisco provides a complete head-end solution. The Cisco IPTV head-end solution addresses all aspects of a next-generation video service, including:
- Acquisition and conversion of video from a wide range of sources, including satellite, off-air, and fiber
- Advanced processing of video signals, including grooming, multiplexing, transrating, and ad insertion
- Best-in-class MPEG-2 and MPEG-4/AVC encoding to deliver better picture quality using less bandwidth
- Single-screen management with the ROSA management system
- Comprehensive integration, consulting, and support services
- Personalized content distribution through the Cisco Content Delivery System (CDS), a comprehensive framework for delivering on-demand and time-shifted content, targeted ad insertion, and other advanced video services
Cisco IPTV Head-End Architecture
The IPTV head-end encompasses solutions to acquire, process, encode, and manage video content (Figure 1). Each of these areas presents unique challenges that must be addressed to create a high-quality media experience. Cisco can provide in-house engineering expertise across the full spectrum of video head-end technologies to deliver a comprehensive solution that is optimized for a carrier's unique offering. With more than 1,000 Cisco digital head-ends and more than 10,000 uplink channels deployed worldwide, Cisco provides proven head-end solutions.
Figure 1. Cisco IPTV Head-End Sample Architecture
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Cisco head-ends provide:
- Award-winning MPEG-4 AVC encoders: IPTV access networks, especially those relying on digital subscriber line (DSL) connections, may have limited bandwidth, so IPTV solutions must combine excellent video quality with exceptional bandwidth efficiency. Cisco video encoders deliver:
- High video quality using single-slice processing
- Higher bandwidth efficiency using PreSightPlus algorithms
- Proven video performance and flexibility with an extensive MPEG-4 AVC tool set
- Superior scalability and flexibility: Cisco offers supremely scalable head-ends that are capable of supporting millions of subscribers. Cisco head-ends can also easily integrate with new applications and features over time without requiring a major upgrade.
Cisco Content Delivery System
The Cisco Content Delivery System is composed of networked Cisco Content Delivery Engines. Each is optimized for one or more tasks such as content ingest, storage, caching, personalization, or streaming. These Content Delivery Engines can be grouped into arrays, and function as a single logical system (Figure 2). As a result, the Cisco CDS functions as a true video network - not just a video server. It takes advantage of the same IP networking concepts that allow the Internet to efficiently scale from a few servers to millions, and provides effectively unlimited video storage and streaming capacity.
Figure 2. Cisco CDS Architecture
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Cisco DCM Series 9900-Digital Content Manager
Employ industry-leading transrating and re/muxing capabilities, advanced ad insertion, and unmatched performance and efficiency with this compact MPEG processing platform.
Cisco D9034-S Encoder
Deliver high-quality MPEG-4 and MPEG-2 video with a feature-rich encoder platform designed to optimize bandwidth utilization in digital transmission systems.
Cisco D9054 HDTV Encoder
Employ Advanced Compression Engine (ACE) technology and the PreSightPlus architecture to deliver superior picture quality and excellent bandwidth efficiency.


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Bankei was preaching quietly to his followers one day when his talking was interrupted by a priest from another sect. This sect believed in the power of miracles, and thought that salvation came from repeating holy words. Bankei stopped talking, and asked the priest what he wanted to say. The priest boasted that the founder of his religion could stand on one bank of the river with a brush in his hand and write a holy name on a piece of paper held by an assistant on the opposite bank of the river. The priest asked, "What miracles can you do?" Bankei replied, "Only one. When I am hungry I eat, and when I am thirsty I drink."
The only miracle, the impossible miracle, is to be just ordinary. The longing of the mind is to be extraordinary. The ego thirsts and hungers for recognition. The ego feeds on the recognition that you are somebody. Somebody achieves that dream through wealth, somebody else achieves that dream through power, politics; somebody else can achieve that dream through miracles, jugglery, but the dream remains the same: I cannot tolerate myself being nobody. And this is the miracle: when you accept your nobodiness, when you are just as ordinary as anybody else, when you don't ask for any recognition, when you can exist as if you are not existing. To be absent is the miracle.
This story is beautiful, one of the most beautiful Zen anecdotes, and Bankei is one of the superb masters. But Bankei was really an ordinary man.
Once it happened that Bankei was working in his garden. Somebody came, a seeker, a man in search of a master, and he asked Bankei, "Gardener, where is the master?"
Bankei laughed and said, "Wait. Come to that door - inside you will find the master."
So the man went round and came inside. He saw Bankei sitting on a throne, the same man who was the gardener outside. The man said, "Are you kidding? Get down from this throne. This is sacrilegious, you don't pay any respect to the master."
Bankei got down, sat on the ground, and said, "Now then, it is difficult. Now you will not find the master here - because I am the master."
It was difficult for that man to see that a great master can work in the garden, can be just ordinary. He left. He couldn't believe that this man was the master; he missed.
We are all in search of the extraordinary. But why are you in search of the extraordinary? It is because you also long to be extraordinary. With an ordinary master, how can you become extraordinary, exceptional?
Bankei was talking, lecturing, and one man stood and asked.. He belonged to some other sect, a sect which worked through mantras, holy names. Remember that a mantra is a secret technique to achieve more power. A mantra is not spiritual, it is political, but the politics are of the inner space, not of the outer.
The mind can become powerful if you narrow it down; narrowing is the method. The more narrow the mind, the more powerful it becomes. It is just like the sun's rays falling to the ground. If you focus those rays through a lens, fire can be created. Those rays were falling all spread out but now they have been narrowed down through the lens. They have become one-pointed, concentrated; now fire is possible.


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By Michelle Dunlop Herald Writer
Voting concludes tonight on a Boeing Co. contract offer to 22,950 engineers and technical workers, about half of whom work in Everett.
The ballots, which are due by 5 p.m., include a measure that could give union negotiators the authority to call a strike. Results are expected to be announced within hours of that deadline.
Leaders of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace have urged members to reject Boeing's contract offer and approve the strike sanction. However, SPEEA negotiators say they won't call for a work stoppage without giving Boeing another shot at meeting union demands.
Ray Conner, president of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, recently appealed to engineers and technical workers to ratify the Chicago-based company's offer.
"Nobody wins in a strike," Conner wrote in a Feb. 7 message. "It's important that we protect our competitiveness in the long-run, even if that means some short-term pain."
Boeing is experiencing some pain of sorts itself with the grounding of all 787s. On Jan. 16, the Federal Aviation Administration curtailed commercial flights after two Dreamliner aircraft experienced battery troubles. The company is depending on the engineers and technical workers who helped develop the Dreamliner and troubleshot the 787's earlier problems to again get the jet back in the air.
"It was your innovation, talent and skill that brought the 787 Dreamliner to life," Conner wrote. "Now more than ever, we need to deliver on those promises by coming together as one team."
The day after the FAA grounded the 787, Boeing agreed to SPEEA's request to roll over the union's 2008 contract provisions with one major exception: The company would not keep union members hired after Feb. 28 on Boeing's pension plan. The new employees would be enrolled in a 401(k) retirement program instead under the company's offer.
Overall, that new plan is "a significant cut in the retirement contribution," Ray Goforth, SPEEA's executive director, said in a video message to members. "If this contract is adopted … we're going to have people sitting in cubicles next to each other with drastically different compensation for doing the same job."
Ultimately, SPEEA leaders say, this would divide the union's membership. They believe the company will freeze future pension contributions when more SPEEA members are on the new plan than existing one.
SPEEA members were asked to vote both on the contract and strike authorization during a two-week period that ends today. Either measure passes with a simple majority of votes.
Michelle Dunlop: 425-339-3453; email@example.com.


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Message to media: Bush first to fund stem cell research only because GOP Congress blocked Clinton plan
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During the June 20 edition of Fox News' Special Report with Brit Hume, White House correspondent Brett Baier reported that President Bush "pointed out" during a press conference "that he is the first" president "to provide funds for embryonic stem cell research." Later in the program, Washington Post columnist and Special Report "All Star" panel member Charles Krauthammer called Bush "the first president who actually funded embryonic stem-cell research" and asserted that during President Bill Clinton's tenure "there was a ban" on federal funding. Also, two Associated Press articles, one on June 20 and one on June 21, reported, "There were no federal funds available for the work until Bush announced on Aug. 9, 2001, that his administration would spend tax money for research on lines of cells that already were in existence." In fact, a Clinton administration proposal to fund embryonic stem cell research was blocked by a Republican Congress, and revised guidelines for such funding issued under Clinton were suspended by Bush in favor of stricter rules.
In explaining his June 20 veto of a bill that would have eased restrictions for stem cell research funding, Bush claimed he was the "first president to make federal funds available for embryonic stem cell research":
In 2001, I announced a policy to advance stem cell research in a way that is ambitious, ethical, and effective. I became the first president to make federal funds available for embryonic stem cell research -- and my policy did this in ways that would not encourage the destruction of embryos.
As Media Matters for America has noted (here and here), after Congress passed a bill in 1993 that included a provision allowing federal funding of human embryo research, the Clinton administration convened a panel that proposed federal funding for obtaining stem cells, which would entail the destruction of spare embryos from fertility clinics. Contrary to Krauthammer's suggestion, it was the Republican-controlled Congress, not Clinton, that in 1995 and subsequent years included a ban on the use of federal funds for embryonic stem cell research in appropriations bills, which derailed the Clinton proposals. After researchers achieved the isolation of embryonic stem cells in November 1998, the Clinton administration drafted revised guidelines to fund embryonic stem cell research, but those rules had yet to take effect when Clinton left office. Clinton's rules were suspended by the Bush administration in favor of its own rules.
Bush's stricter rules limit funding only for embryonic stem cell lines already in existence at the time he issued his policy in a August 9, 2001, nationally televised speech. As The Washington Post reported on August 10, 2001, "the new policy will replace guidelines issued by the National Institutes of Health a year ago under the Clinton administration that would have allowed the first federal subsidies of human embryo cell research."
From the June 20 edition of Fox News' Special Report with Brit Hume:
BAIER: Instead, the president issued an executive order promoting research on, but not funding for what are called pluripotent stem-cells that like human embryonic stem-cells hold the potential of regenerating into different types of cells and tissues in the body that can be used to fight disease, but these cells would not endanger human life. The President cited medical research breakthroughs on cells taken from umbilical cord blood and amniotic fluid, as well as new research on adult stem cells.
BUSH: [video clip] And our conscious calls us to pursue the possibilities of science in a manner that respects human dignity and upholds our moral values.
BAIER: The president pointed out that he is the first president to provide funds for embryonic stem-cell research, making $130 million available for research on stem cell lines from embryos that had already been destroyed before he came to office, and has since spent more than $3 billion funding research on different forms of stem cells. Top Democrats like Presidential candidate [Sen.] Hillary Clinton [D-NY] were quick to denounce the President's veto.
CLINTON: [video clip] This is just one example of how the president puts ideology before science; politics before the needs of our families. Just one more example of how out of touch with reality he and his party have become.
HUME: All right now lets not go in -- go there. Charles, let me let you have a crack at this since this is an issue you care about.
KRAUTHAMMER: Look the president is serious about the moral objection he has, and that is that you don't destroy human embryos to produce stem cells. He had not banned all research on it or even federal assistance; he banned only the kind that actively destroys embryos. He allowed all the existing lines that had existed before his policy was announced in April of 2001. So there is a research supported by the federal government. Look, I happen to disagree with the President. I would have allowed what the bill in the House and the Senate would have wanted, which was the use of discarded embryos from fertility clinics. However, I respect the president's position, unlike the Democrats who attack it as if it's -- totally cynical. Mrs. Clinton said today that the -- when I am president, I will lift the ban on stem-cell research -- as you indicated.
There is no ban, in fact under her husband, there was a ban. But Bush is the first president who actually funded embryonic stem cell research, but he said only of a type which is morally defensible.
From a June 20 Associated Press article headlined "Bush vetoes embryonic stem cell bill, urges research on other stem cell lines":
Most of the Democratic candidates have urged Bush to expand the research.
Scientists were first able to conduct research with embryonic stem cells in 1998, according to the National Institutes of Health. There were no federal funds available for the work until Bush announced on Aug. 9, 2001, that his administration would spend tax money for research on lines of cells that already were in existence.
Currently, states and private organizations are permitted to fund embryonic stem cell research, but federal support is limited to cells that existed as of Aug. 9, 2001. The latest bill was aimed at lifting that restriction.
Those paragraphs were repeated in a June 21 Associated Press article headlined "More Measures on Stem Cells Expected."
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Media Matters sides with Justice Dept, says AP 'sounds like it should be investigated'
Media Matters has weighed in on the news that the Justice Department secretly seized extensive phone records from the Associated Press, and the left-wing advocacy group is siding with the government.
"The AP revealed yesterday that the Justice Department secretly obtained two months of reporter and editor phone records from 2012, likely as part of an investigation into leaks around a counterterrorist operation in the Arabian Peninsula," reads a Tuesday afternoon post on the Media Matters Action Network website.
Read the full story at The Daily Caller


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Are you able to do client-less attacks on wep using the NC10? Or Do you need 2 wireless cards to do it?
Been trying to crack my own wep but, either it wont associate or it doesnt seem to collect ARP's.
I have read countless guides and seem to get similar results no matter what programs I try.
If you are able to do it could you point me to a guide I might have over looked or write me a very basic guide, just so I can get the gist of it, while im learning.
I must be missing something simple, but I've no idea what it is.
Thanks in advance. :-)


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RightScale has been integrated with CloudStack since 2010 and we jointly run many of the world's largest production cloud deployments. Last year's acquisition of Cloud.com by Citrix marked a new beginning for a relationship that, coupled with the RightScale multicloud management platform, would provide unprecedented value to our end customers. We are pleased to see this morning's release of CloudStack 3, which brings an integrated offering towards that vision.
RightScale cloud management provides a 'single pane of glass' to private and public cloud resource pools where administrators can provision and launch servers in a matter of minutes. In June of 2011, we launched our hybrid cloud product called RightScale myCloud to further deepen our integration with CloudStack's private cloud infrastructure solution. With today's announcement, myCloud will incorporate the CloudStack 3 enhancements and make the process of implementing and building a private cloud easier while offering more choice.
Let's examine a few key features of the CloudStack 3 release and what they mean for RightScale customers using Citrix CloudStack technology.
Before, most customers were either using off cloud storage mechanisms in their CloudStack deployments, or using a public cloud storage engine, such as Simple Storage Service from Amazon or Cloud Files from Rackspace. Now, with Swift integration, customers will have the option to use their own storage with RightScale.
We often see our customers require complex and custom networking configurations within their deployments and clouds. Having more flexible networking configurations, specifically the catalog of networking services along with NetScaler integration, when constructing their deployments will enable additional use cases and capabilities that can be automated with RightScale.
Our integration with private cloud infrastructure partners gives RightScale the ability to focus solely on multicloud management. With RightScale myCloud you can manage multiple private clouds in your data centers and link these with public clouds. You can scale across your clouds and back up or failover among them. You can configure, monitor, and operate all of your cloud resource pools from one Dashboard and API — choosing from global public clouds such as Amazon, Rackspace, SoftLayer and many others.
To find out more, view our webinar with Forrester Research about how to get started managing a private and hybrid cloud. We also offer a free trial of myCloud with CloudStack, to get started you can contact us here or visit us at the Cloud Connect show this week in Santa Clara - we're at booth #604.


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Recently I went to the Tech Museum in San Jose, CA where one of the exhibits here on a limited engagement is "Islamic Science Rediscovered." I highly recommend everyone who is interested in Science to check it out. But surprisingly it is not only about Islamic contributions to Astronomy (the astrolabe, development of star charts), Mathematics (algebra, arabic numerals and the number zero) and Medicine (development of optics, eye surgery), which most people may already be aware of - But it also … [Read more...]
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Operated by Beverly Hills Caviar, the touchscreen vender at the Burbank Towne Center also boasts a selection of truffles and escargot, along with bottarga, blinis, gourmet salts and mother of pearl plates and spoons.
Vend prices for the delicacies range from around $50 to $500, and it's $4 for a spoon.
Beverly Hills Caviar, which claims to offer the largest variety of fresh caviar and ship it anywhere in North America, followed the unveiling of its inaugural machine with the launch of two more in high-end Los Angeles malls (Westfield Century City and Westfield Topanga) just in time for Black Friday.
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Brevard, N.C. - The Brevard College football team welcomes SAC opponent Catawba College into Brevard Memorial Stadium on Saturday, November 5th as the Tornados host Senior Day during the festivities in Brevard's final home football game in the 2011 season.
This will be the first time the two teams have met at Brevard Memorial Stadium since the infamous Mud Bowl game in which the Tornados topped the Indians on Richard Ray's blocked punt return for the game-winning touchdown.
Last season Catawba defeated Brevard in Sailsbury, N.C. as the Tornados surrendered a 21-16 lead in the fourth quarter to the Indians. Josh Wright led the Indians on their comeback, recording a 49 yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter to seal the deal for Catawba's Homecoming victory.
This season, Wright again leads the Indians' rushing attack, but a new face is under center for Catawba as Illinois transfer Jacob Charest is calling the signals for Coach Chip Hester's offensive attack as the Indians come into the matchup sporting a 2-6 record, 1-4 in South Atlantic Conference play.
Meanwhile, Brevard quarterback Aaron Reese is coming off one of the best games in BC quarterbacking history, completing 63.6 percent of his passes for 137 yards against Carson-Newman last weekend, hooking up with Eric Watts three times for 88 yards and a touchdown.
Reese, also the Tornados leading rusher, will look for help from Kelvin Jeter, Rodney Donald and Jack Woerner as they go up against the Lakeem Perry-led Catawba defense which is fourth in the conference in averaging allowing only 160.2 rushing yards per game.
Prince Simunyu and Rufus Jenkins will be on the opposite side of the ball for the Tornados, as they look to stop a Catawba offense ranked fourth in the SAC in passing yards per game with 193.9 yards through the air per contest.
Catawba leads the all-time series against the Tornados, 3-1.
Brevard Players to Watch
Aaron Reese - BC's leading rusher and signal caller Aaron Reese was on point this past Saturday afternoon, recording the highest single game completion percentage mark among Tornados quarterbacks in modern history, as well as throwing for a season high 137 yards against the Eagles. Reese will face off on Saturday against the SAC's lowest-ranked pass defense averaging 243.7 yards per game through the air and will look to Eric Watts, Andre Overholt and Kelvin Jeter to keep the Tornados drive alive as he looks to take over the top spot among Brevard career passing leaders, sitting just 141 yards and seven completions behind BC's all-time leading passer Michael Crumbaker with two games to play in the 2011 season.
Rufus Jenkins - A late surge by Jenkins has put the sophomore linebacker on everyone's map as Jenkins followed up a career high 12 tackle performance against North Greenville with an eight tackle game against Carson-Newman, including his first touchdown as he returned a fumble 35 yards for a score. A wrecking ball at 5-10, 195, Jenkins has been fearless behind the line of scrimmage in the pass rush and is among the team and SAC leaders with 3.5 sacks and 8.5 tackles for loss on the 2011 season. Jenkins will be unleashed against the Catawba offense this weekend as the Tornados look to send the seniors out in style.
Catawba Players to Watch
Jacob Charest - A tranfer from Illinois, Charest becomes the third quarterback the Tornados have faced this season, including Mars Hill's Jon Richt (Clemson) and NGU's Willy Korn (Clemson). Charest is completing 58.8% of his drop-backs and is also second among the team leaders in rushing with 175 yards on 94 carries, to go with eight rushing touchdowns. In conference play, Charest's numbers have gone up as the junior quarterback is averaging 206.2 yards per game through the air to go with five touchdowns against only one interception, with his favorite target being his younger brother, sophomore receiver Nate Charest. He will look to challenge a Tornados secondary which has stiffened up in recent weeks as Brevard allows only an average of 198.6 yards per game through the air.
Lakeem Perry - Perry has stepped up his game during conference play, leading the SAC with 11.8 tackles per contest, almost a full tackle and half above Brevard's Simunyu. Perry has recorded at least 10 tackles in each of the past four games, including a season high 16 takedowns four weeks ago against Carson-Newman and the senior linebacker will look to keep up his string of success in shutting down opposing running games. Perry currently is third overall in the SAC standings with 85 tackles on the 2011 season, averaging 9.4 stops per game and has added 6.5 tackles behind the line of scrimmage. He will be the key focus of the BC offensive linemen in the BC rushing attack as the Tornados look ride their NCAA eighth-ranked rushing offense to the Senior Day victory.
Pregame festivities for the Tornados include recognizing seniors Christian Lumbu, Caleb Campbell, Richard Ray, Salonick Amos, Derek Church, Charles Chambers, Prince Simunyu, Michael Gist, Rashad Dirton, Aaron Reese, Jerel Drew, Rodney Donald, Adam Cordell and Tyler Fisher.
Kickoff for the 2011 Brevard College Senior Day game between the Tornados and the Indians is set for 2 p.m. at Brevard Memorial Stadium in Brevard, N.C.
Fans who are unable to attend the game, can listen live through the broadcast brought to you by the "Voice of the Tornados" Dwayne Summers over the radio at WSQL Radio 1240 AM, or over the internet at www.wsqlradio.com.
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WATCH: Justin Bieber's emotional video
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Justin Bieber spent Sunday volunteering in a Guatemalan village.
The singer joined a team from Pencils of Promise — the charity founded by his manager Scooter Braun's brother, Adam— in building a school and providing basic necessities for local kids.
Funds were raised from his Believe tour.
Today was 1 of the most powerful and humbling days of my life. Thank u Guatemala & @PencilsOfPromis. Today I saw real happiness. So powerful— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) October 28, 2013
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Lil Wayne teases new Big Tymers album
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The Cash Money Records duo Big Tymers may be getting a new addition. The group started by Cash Money co-founder Birdman and producer Mannie Fresh split after Mannie left Cash Money back in 2005.
Now, Lil Wayne tells MTV News there may be plans to revive the group with a new member - Young Money rapper Drake.
Weezy doesn't say whether Drake would replace Mannie Fresh all together, or if the rapper-producer is on board as well. While a new Big Tymers album with Drake is possible, Wayne says it all depends on Drake's busy schedule.
Big Tymers released their fifth and final album Big Money Heavyweight back in 2003. The album sold 116,000 copies in its first week and has gone on to gold certification.
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Disclosure has released the music video for "Grab Her" off their debut album Settle, and it is hilarious.
The video is set in an office ruled by an evil boss .. and there's no gravity. If you thought your boss was bad, check out the one in this video!
Disclosure has had a huge year, especially since the release of their album. Settle debuted at number one in the UK and has earned them a Grammy nomination for Best Dance/Electronica album. The guys are also up for a few BRIT Awards as well, and have just kicked off their North American tour.
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46 While he yet talkedto the people,behold, his mother and his brethrenstood without,desiring to speak with him.
47 Then one said unto him,"Behold, thy mother and thy brethrenstand without,desiring to speak with thee."
48 But he answeredand said unto him that told him,"Who is my mother?And who are my brethren?"
49 And he stretched forth his handtoward his disciples, and said,"Behold my motherand my brethren!"
50 "For whomsoever shall dothe will of my fatherwhich is in heaven,the same is my brother,and sister, and mother."
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25 And there wentgreat multitudes with him:and he turned,and said unto them,
26 "If any man come to me,and hate not his father, and mother,and wife, and children,and brethren, and sisters,yea, and his own life also,he cannot be my disciple."
27 "And whosoeverdoth not bear his cross,and come after me,cannot be my disciple."
Thomas Carlyle once said about one of his friends that he was born a man and died a grocer. Everybody is born great and dies very small. Everybody is born like a god and almost always dies like a dog. What happens in between? Why is man crippled by life?
One should hope that man grows to greater dimensions, grows to greater heights, grows to greater life - what Jesus calls "life abundant" - but that rarely happens. How it usually happens is that man starts shrinking. The moment man is born he starts shrinking, becoming smaller and smaller and smaller. This has to be understood.
When a child is born he has no identity. He simply is. That "is-ness" is vast, it has magnitude, it has no limitation. The child has no name yet - a name cripples - the child has no identity, the child does not know who he is. That is his greatness, that is his vastness. He is one with existence; he is not yet separated. He has no boundary, no finitude.
A child has no character; that is his beauty. Character kills. The more character you have, the smaller you have become. Character is an armor around you. It defines you - and every definition is a death. Let me repeat: Every definition is a death. Only the undefined is alive.


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Plans to renovate the Capitol Theatre and to build a Center for Dance on its west side counted heavily on receipt of $6 million in federal tax credits to round out financing for the $33.4 million arts center.
But the federal money did not come through at least not this year.
Down but not defeated, Salt Lake County and its partners at Ballet West have devised an alternate approach to continuing the project, one that expects to corral those "New Market Tax Credits" in the next federal funding cycle if Congress extends the program later this year.
"We have every reason to feel optimistic," Erin Litvack, county community services director, told the County Council on Tuesday. "Our [tax credit] application is at the head of the queue, lined up for the allocation in 2013. Every indicator makes us believe that is possible."
The tax credits, part of an IRS program to help banks and corporations make investments in local communities in lieu of paying federal taxes, were the final piece of financing needed to pay for the renovation/expansion, which also includes equal contributions of $13.4 million by the county and Ballet West.
Litvack said the Capitol Theatre application was strong, but it was tardy in securing required levels of funding from the county and its private partner. "We were a little late having cash in hand and that's why we got farther back in the queue," she added. "It was a matter of fundraising in a difficult economy."
Without those tax credits, the county and Ballet West regrouped and came up with a new plan to proceed.
Since the theater already has been scheduled for closure between June and December 2013, and it's too late now to try booking anything there during that span, the partners want to go ahead with the renovation work in the 1913-vintage theater itself.
Litvack said initial work will focus on expanding the theater lobby by eliminating the arcade, rearranging a patron services area, upgrading the building's heating and air conditioning system, raising the theater stage and redoing the seat cushions.
By the time that's done for "The Nutcracker" in December of 2013, the county and Ballet West expect to have landed the desired tax credits. Those funds then could be applied to building Ballet West's long anticipated Jessie Eccles Quinney Center for Dance.
The five-story structure will house the ballet troupe as well as a dance academy for up to 600 dance students.
"So it's not a major blow, but something we have to work around," summarized County Councilman Jim Bradley, encouraging his colleagues to support the revised construction timetable and the partnership. "Let's not forget the contributions of Ballet West. It would be shortsighted of us to throw in the towel now."
Shari Quinney, chairwoman of Ballet West's capital campaign for the project, said county officials will not be disappointed going forward.
She said she "threw a hissy fit" when young architects initially produced drawings of a contemporary structure for the new dance center that was inconsistent with the century-old theater's classic design.
The drawings were changed, Quinney said, adding that now "it's elegant. It's gorgeous. It will be a beautiful facility."
Twitter: @sltribmikeg County officials, Ballet West waiting for federal funding
Renovations to the historical Capitol Theatre will begin in June, but Salt Lake County officials and Ballet West are still waiting for federal assistance that could be applied to building a Center for Dance adjacent to it.


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Have you thought about the water that you drink?
Is it you who sent it down from the clouds or are We the Sender?
If We wished We could have made it bitter, so will you not give thanks? (Surat Al-Waqi'a, 68-70)
One of the greatest blessings that man cannot produce despite the availability of all its raw materials is "water." Allah presents water, which is an essential need for life, as a blessing. We cannot observe the formation of water in a laboratory or produce it. Water came into existence for once and all during when the Earth was first created and presented to living beings. The water that has ensured life on earth since then is the very same water.
Water is a substance with a molecule that contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms. In nature oxygen and hydrogen atoms are available in abundant amounts. But these atoms never bind to one another suddenly and form water. Hydrogen and oxygen atoms must come together and collide in order to form water. During this collision the bonds making up the hydrogen and oxygen atoms weaken and unite in order to form a new molecule, the water. This collision which is essential for the formation of water can only happen in very high temperatures and energy level. Right now such high temperatures that will enable the formation of water is not available on Earth. For this reason the formation of new water molecules is impossible. The water currently available on Earth right now is the very water that was formed during the creation of Earth. However the miraculous properties of water are not limited to these.
The amazing properties of water
Especially the thermal properties of water is essential for life on Earth. Some of these properties are as follows:
Freezing from the Top: All known liquids contract and lose their volumes as their temperatures decrease. When volume decreases density increases and thus their cold parts become heavier. For this reason solid states of liquid substances are heavier than their liquid states. But contrary to all liquid substances, water contract until a particular temperature (+4°C) and then suddenly starts to expand.
When it freezes, it expands even more. For this reason the solid state of water is lighter than its liquid state. That is, according to "normal" laws of physics while ice must sink to the bottom of water, it floats on the surface of water.
This characteristic of water is very important for oceans over the world. If such a property did not exist, that is, if ice did not float over water, much of the water over the world would freeze, putting an end to the life in lakes and seas.
Latent heat: When ice melts or water evaporates the water surrounding it withdraws. In a contrary situation it gives out heat. This is the concept known as "latent heat." All liquids have their respective latent heats. However the latent heat of water may be considered as the highest of all liquids. This aside the "thermal capacity" of water, that is, the amount of heat necessary to increase the heat of water by one degree is higher than the majority of other liquids.
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Solid pitching from Johnny Cueto was all the Cincinnati Reds were looking for on Sunday.
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Cueto pitched six solid innings and drove in a run with a perfect suicide-squeeze in his return to the rotation and Jay Bruce homered to lift the Reds over the Milwaukee Brewers 5-1.
Donald Lutz drove in two runs with a pinch-hit single, and Zack Cozart and Joey Votto each had two hits as Cincinnati rebounded after losing 6-0 on Saturday.
Cueto, activated from the disabled list Sunday, improved to 4-0 in his seventh start of the season. He allowed five hits and one run with three strikeouts and no walks as the Reds took two of three in the weekend series.
Cueto also eased the fears of manager Dusty Baker .
"We only had one worry with Johnny Cueto - was his (shoulder) OK," Baker said. "Other than that, we don't worry about Johnny Cueto ."
Cueto made his first start since a 6-0 win at Pittsburgh on May 31. He was placed on the disabled list on June 5 for the second time this season because of a strained muscle in his right shoulder.
Alfredo Simon allowed two hits and had six strikeouts in three innings of relief for his first save of the season and second in two years with Cincinnati.
Simon, who struck out all six batters he faced in a two-inning effort against Atlanta on May 6, struck out the last five batters he faced on Sunday.
"My breaking ball and two-seamer were working really good," Simon said. "It was good to give our bullpen a rest."
Milwaukee starter Wily Peralta gave up all five Reds runs - four earned - in 5 1-3 innings. The slumping Peralta (4-8) fell to 1-6 in his last seven starts.
Carlos Gomez hit the first pitch he saw - and Cueto's seventh pitch - into the left-field seats for his 12th homer of the season to give Milwaukee a 1-0 lead.
"In the first inning, I had too many thoughts," Cueto said through an interpreter. "I was thinking too much. Finally, it was over. When I got to the dugout, Cesar Izturis said, `Just do what you normally do. If it breaks again, we'll fix it."'
"Johnny hung a slider to Gomez," Baker said. "That was the only mistake he made."
The Reds tied it with an unearned run without benefit of a hit in the second. Xavier Paul led off with a walk, and Jack Hannahan followed with a chopper to second baseman Rickie Weeks , whose throw bounced past first baseman Juan Francisco for an error.
Hannahan was forced out, and Paul moved to third on Ryan Hanigan 's grounder. Cueto drove in Paul, who broke for the plate on the pitch, with a suicide-squeeze bunt he said he didn't see.
"I thought it was going to hit me," Cueto said. "I closed my eyes."
Baker had no hesitation about flashing that signal.
"We have confidence in Johnny in almost everything," he said. "That was a situation where it was threatening to rain, and we wanted to get the lead before it rained."
Cozart led off the third with a double into the left-field corner, went to third on Votto's groundout, and scored the go-ahead run on Brandon Phillips 's checked-swing chopper back to Peralta, who dropped the ball and had to scramble and settle for the out at first.
The Brewers couldn't afford such mistakes with the way Cueto was pitching, manager Ron Roenicke said.
"Defensively, we didn't play well," Roenicke said. "Offensively, we didn't have a lot of opportunities."
Bruce followed with his 12th homer, a 469-foot drive, that landed two-thirds of the way up the right-field seats. He was more impressed with Cueto's performance.
"That was very good," he said. "I think everybody at this point was holding their breath and hoping he could come out of the game feeling good," Bruce said. "It looks like he did. I'm glad today went well."
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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 9:19 pm
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I know some people have posted topics like this already. But I was doing some research on Pittsburgh and found our personnel isn't a whole lot different than their players in terms of size and weight. Think we could run a successful 3-4 next year with players we already have? Mangini was relatively successful with it in New England. What's the liklihood the change will happen? Just some thoughts:
Dwayne Robertson could play the Nose Tackle. Casey Hampton is 6-1, 325 llbs. Dwayne is 6-1, 317 llbs. If he could gain a few pounds, what do you think? Or would he be better off as a defensive end?
Is Mark Brown capable of being a starter? Or should we target someone like Manny Lawson from N.C. State or Kamerion Wimbley from Florida State?
Is Jonathon Vilma too small to be in the 3-4 at 6-1, 230 llbs? All Steeler linebackers are over 240 llbs. So will he have to gain serious muscle in the offseason?
What do we do with Bryan Thomas? At 266 llbs, he's too small to be a defensive end and too big and slow to be a linebacker. What should we do with him and the defensive end spot?
And last, what linebackers would be where? Would Eric Barton and Victor Hobson stay on the outside or would they move inside? And same with Jonathon Vilma.
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Robertson can play NT.
Mark Brown is not capable of being a starter but I don't think we should draft someone as prolific as Manny Lawson or a DE like Kamerion Wimbley. Instead I think we should draft an OLB such as AJ Nicholson.
Vilma plays bigger than he is we all know that and if he wants to add weight it shouldnt be a problem.
Cut Bryan Thomas he's as bust.
I say Hobson moves to inside while Barton stays outside. Hobson was a ILB in college and is bigger than Barton while Barton has always been an OLB and is taller and faster than Hobson.
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Dewayne can play the NT but the question is will he be effective in that position
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i cant see robertson as our DE hes a much better NT. Cant cut thomas he can help this team alot if we find him the right position pretty much agree with the rest. wimbley is a guy we can get if he falls to the third
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But there isn't really any position for him in the 3-4
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i think mark brown is capable. he had a good year covering for barton.
if we switch to 3-4 then i dont think thomas will fit but we can give him a shot.
DE- ellis, thomas, draft one, (maybe reed plays? hes an undersized tackle)
NT- robertson will put on 10-15 lbs and will be fine, pouha will back him up
OLB- barton, draft some1 like manny lawson some1 who can rush the qb like shawne merriman did this year
ILB- vilma will be fine may add a few lbs, hobson played ILB in college
now if we have abe he will play OLB but i still think we should grab a guy like a david pollack who can play OLB and be a situational pass rusher like on 3rd down.
if we trade abe thats where the lawson pick should come in. we can package abe and a pick for a high second or low first and try to get lawson if hes still there. thats my idea
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Truth be told if we switch to the 3-4 our biggest needs will stem from the fact that Abe is gone so we'll need a new tweener.
Hobson is a big guy at 6'0 250+. I really would like him as an ILB. In all seriousness we have most of the personnel to run this system.
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Since the 3-4 is what Mangini is best in I think we should switch because even if it isn't great next year it will get better the next year
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I think we are looking at this the wrong way. Robertson cannot play the zero technique. Granted he is close in size to hampton, but hampton is a power player, and robertson is a speed player. Bad fit. Grady Jackson is a free agent, and is a better matchup.
Next year will be the building up of the 3-4
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if we do switch to 3-4 i think mangini might pick d 1st
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Doubt it
A.J Hawk would be his only choice and I don't think he'll do that
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