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Jul 23, 2008, 01:36 AM
I play as the japanese but my friend always beats me with the aztecs. What are some good strategies to defeat the aztecs? Thanks for the help
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Jul 23, 2008, 01:36 AM
I play as the japanese but my friend always beats me with the aztecs. What are some good strategies to defeat the aztecs? Thanks for the help
Jul 23, 2008, 02:34 AM
When you are the Japanese and he is the Aztecs, your strength is that you should be able to out-research him in the long-term, but he can rush you in the early stages of the game, if you aren't prepared.
Since he can buy a warrior on the first turn of the game, he has an advantage getting to the barbarians and scouting the map. You want to be quick with your own warriors so you can get as much from the map as you can. You should manually manage your workers so that you can get a warrior out on turn three and then on turn six, and then switch to food in your capital. With your first two warriors, you want to get as many of the barbarian huts as you can and you also want to scout the map to determine how close his cities are. From the barbarian huts, you are hoping to get two things -- enough 100 gold to get to your free settler, and a free galley.
If you find that he has settled nearby, your first tech should be Bronze Working, as you'll need the archers to properly defend, but also consider that fish are important to a successful Japanese opening game, and Bronze Working allows for that, too. However, if you've scouted your nearby region, and haven't seen any sign of his units, then you should start with Alphabet instead, and get a leg up on your research speed, and then go for Bronze Working.
Hopefully you've got your 100 gold from barbarian huts, including free caravans and spies. If you are close -- like 85 gold or more -- it may be worth switching your capital to gold for a few turns to get the 100 necessary for the free settler, and then back to science. If you did get the free setter, use that as your only additional city until you can get to Code of Laws and switch to Republic. If you were extra lucky, and got the free galley, consider settling on an island instead of the mainland. This plays to your strength as the Japanese, with the ocean food bonus you can get some great trade going, and also it makes it harder for your opponent to rush you with warriors.
Once you've got your free settler and Alphabet, go ahead and spend the gold to buy a Library in your capital. This will get your science production going at full speed. In this stage of the game, you should worry about two things -- getting archer armies in fortifed in your two cities, and getting to to Code of Laws to switch to Republic. If there are some resources nearby which can be worked with some early techs, go ahead and detour your research for them.
When you get a Republic, worry about settling cities three, four and maybe five. Again, Islands are probably good locations to settle on, given your choice of civ and his choice. You probably want to end this stage of the game with one city good at science (which should be your capital, if you've followed my advice above), one city specialized in gold, one city specialized in raw production with forests and hills, and another city or two doing whatever the terrain around you suggests. Choose a second science city over a second gold city, with this combination of civs. As you are settling your cities (with archer defences), you and working toward Democracy. Ideally, you can finish researching Democracy just after you produce the settler for the fifth city, and then switch before he has settled.
If you've hit Democracy without losing any ground to your opponent, you are in good shape for the rest of the game. You should already be ahead in research, and from here on out your lead will only grow. At this point, work toward Feudalism and build a pikeman or two in your cities. Obviously if your opponent has been pressing your hard, build full pikemen armies, but otherwise a single pikeman might do. When you get to Feudalism, take advantage of your Knight bonus. Get a Knight army out, and it is finally time to go on the offensive. Check "Who's winning" to be sure you are ahead in research, but if this is the case, press your advantage either with your Aztec opponent, or with the nearest AI.
Good luck!
Jul 23, 2008, 08:09 AM
Going on the offensive against the Aztecs can be hard, because if you can't kill his unit on the first try, with your strongest unit, then you have to get lucky to win cause he will just heal, and gain promotions. To help you out in that regard, it might be wise to build some spies to reduce the fortifications, and maybe bring naval support if possible this early.
Try to reduce his defenses as much as possible so you get the victories, without him self-healing to full.
If your the japanese you should be able to tech ahead, so having more advanced units helps too.
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The defendants -- Doherty Kushimo, 52, of Providence, R.I.; Saburi Adeyemi, 56, of Memphis, Tenn.; and Abiodun Bakre, 49, Adetunji Gbadegeshi, 57, and Adebola Mejule, 54, all of New York -- are accused of conspiring to commit wire fraud. Kushimo and Bakre also face charges of aggravated identity theft. The charges carry maximum sentences ranging from 20 to 38 years in prison.
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Not only that, we're also invited to look forward to the sight of 'Mark with his bum stuck in a giant head'.
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Mark and Winston are nervous ahead of the eviction. Mark and Winston are not nominated. Mark and Winston are silly.
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The wild, untamed howls of 'GET PAULINE OUT!' from the crowd suggests that perhaps she hasn't QUITE done enough. Ah well.
Steven voting Kimberly there, clearly because he fancies her.
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Class - now they're booing Steven's mum... presumably for giving birth to him.
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That was a great little speech by Chris in the diary room, about nominating Ash and Steven.
'These people aren't used to having their little bubble burst, and worst of all, not knowing where it came from. And I feel good about that.'
He spoke out for all the 'normals' who see cocky, loud, egotistical achievers getting their own way all the time. Good for him.
And, to no one's surprise at all, Pauline is the second housemate to be chucked out of the Big Brother house.
She probably shouldn't have had that five day spell where she turned into a raving maniac.
Hands up if you thought she was a likely winner when she was the Power Housemate on the first night. Yup - me too.
Pauline Bennett is out of the Big Brother house and is once again at large!
She says that her downfall came as a result of telling the other housemates the truth.
Big mistake - no one ever won a popularity contest by telling the truth. Look at the government!
Pauline isn't going to get past this whole chicken soup thing with Jale. I believe that there's counsellors for evicted housemates but they won't be able to help here.
She's going to be outside that house for every single eviction show, waiting for Jale and armed with a bucket of piping hot chicken soup.
Revenge will not be sweet. But it might be a little bit salty.
Toya's face was a delight when she was told she had to choose a partner to become a Power Couple with.
You can tell she doesn't want to be a joint dictator with anyone - she probably chose Matthew because she knows she can dominate him.
Christopher is the first victim of their tyrannical reign - it's going to be another turbulent week...
Damn - we missed out on Toya explaining to Christopher just why that emergency nomination wasn't personal. What was it then - alphabetical?
That's it from the BB house on what has been an emotional night. Pauline has gone, with a mammoth 79% of the public vote.
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Fourteen developing countries have issued a joint paper during the services negotiations at the WTO objecting to having any reference to "targets" as an negotiating approach in the services text of the Ministerial Declaration for the forthcoming WTO conference in Hong Kong.
At the same informal consultation held on 27-28 October, a wide range of developing countries strongly opposed a new proposal by the European Union to introduce "benchmarking" or compulsory targets for liberalization commitments under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS).
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Streptococcus pneumoniae is a commensal bacterium, which lives in the nasopharynx as part of the body's natural bacterial flora. However, in the very young and old it can invade the rest of the body, leading to serious diseases such as pneumonia, sepsis, and meningitis, which claim up to a million lives every year worldwide. However, the conditions that drive this bacterium from harmless commensal to major pathogen are not understood. Researchers at the university believe they have now uncovered the mechanisms by which this occurs and how it is regulated by the host immune system.
The team found that T regulatory cells are activated by the pneumococcus and move to dampen down a damaging pro-inflammatory response from the host immune system. When white blood cells attack bacteria they cause inflammation and, if this inflammation is uncontrolled, it can become excessive and damage host tissues, allowing the bacteria to spread into the rest of the respiratory system and other organs in the body.
The first author of the study ("Density and Duration of Pneumococcal Carriage Is Maintained by Transforming Growth Factor b1 and T Regulatory Cells"), which was published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Daniel Neill, Ph.D., said: "These bacteria are quite happy to live in your nose and it's not in their interests to spread and kill their host. This is why they activate T regulatory cells: to keep the immune system in check and ensure their own survival. Our findings suggest induction of T regulatory cell responses in the upper airways reduces the risk of inflammatory damage that could lead to bacterial invasion and the development of disease."
Understanding this process can now lead scientists to investigate how the bacteria go from this state to causing lethal infections, he pointed out.
"Vaccines are an essential part of our fight against this disease and have been highly successful," added Aras Kadioglu, Ph.D., senior author of the study. "However, they do not protect us against all strains of pneumococci. Therefore, understanding the key immunological interactions with the pneumococcus in the very first site they enter and colonize the human body is crucial to future development of better vaccines."
In the study, according to Dr. Kadioglu, the group showed how there is a delicate balance between the ability of the pneumococcus to colonize the host nasopharynx and the critical need of the immune system to prevent damaging inflammation in this key site.
"We identify the induction of active transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1 by S. pneumoniae in human host cells and highlight the key role for TGF-β1 and T regulatory cells in the establishment and maintenance of nasopharyngeal carriage in mice and humans," wrote the investigators. "We identify the ability of pneumococci to drive TGF-β1 production from nasopharyngeal cells in vivo and show that an immune tolerance profile, characterized by elevated TGF-β1 and high nasopharyngeal T regulatory cell numbers, is crucial for prolonged carriage of pneumococci. Blockade of TGF-β1 signaling prevents prolonged carriage and leads to clearance of pneumococci from the nasopharynx. These data explain the mechanisms by which S. pneumoniae colonize the human nasopharynx without inducing damaging host inflammation and provide insight into the role of bacterial and host constituents that allow and maintain carriage."
"We hope that this will lead to developing novel therapies based on modulating the host immune system to prevent subsequent invasive disease," said Dr. Kadioglu.
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Résumé Overload? A Shortcut to Spot Best Hires
If there's one thing we small-business owners need it's more time in our days. If you're like me, you're constantly on the hunt for the secrets to doing something faster, better or cheaper.
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Hiring employees is no exception. Finding the right people is never easy, but in today's turbulent economy, job seekers are responding to every job opening they hear about, inundating us with résumés. Many business owners think using the online job boards is a shortcut to finding the right potential employees. But the job boards usually elicit an overwhelming response from unqualified applicants, leaving us with hundreds of résumés and no clue as to how to cull through them all to select the best people.
For years I've used a special filtering technique to avoid this problem. My secret? In the ad (about three-quarters of the way down) I tell the applicants, "To prove that you're a meticulous reader, you have to include the following sentence when you send your résumé: 'It is with my utmost respect I hereto surrender my curriculum vitae for your consideration.'"
Then we use what I've dubbed the "Quick Qualifier" which sounds fancy, but is nothing more than an email filter which searches for the requested sentence. I only consider applications that contain the sentence, which cuts the number of résumés I have to look at by upwards of 80%.
Why does this seemingly silly technique work?
1. Including the sentence shows the applicant has read the entire ad and knows what the job entails and if they're qualified to fill it.
2. Many people today are blasting résumés (batch responding) to everyone and their mother. They don't care what the job is; they're just looking for a paycheck.
3. Using the sentence shows they pay attention to detail.
4. Most important, business owners want employees who will do as they're told. If they've used the sentence, it shows they're more inclined to explicitly follow directions and do what you expect of them.
I've used the "Quick Qualifier" dozens of times and it has rarely failed to select the best qualified people for the job. In fact, the best employee I ever hired not only included the sentence in her email response, but wrote, "Yes, I'm so detail-oriented I am including the sentence you requested. However, I also noticed you spelled the word 'meticulous' incorrectly, and here's the correct way to spell it." We hired her immediately and she ultimately became a partner in one of my companies.
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DOD's Tools for Curbing the Use and Effects of Predatory Lending Not Fully Utilized
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The Department of Defense (DOD) has expressed concerns about servicemembers' use of predatory consumer loans as well as their overall financial conditions. "Predatory lending" has no precise definition but describes cases where a lender takes unfair advantage of a borrower, sometimes through deception, fraud, or terms such as very high interest or fees. Serious financial problems can adversely affect unit morale and readiness as well as servicemembers' credit history and military career. DOD has tools such as off-limits lists to help curb the use and effects of predatory loans. GAO answered two questions: (1) To what extent do active duty servicemembers use consumer loans considered to be predatory in nature? and (2) Are DOD and active duty servicemembers fully utilizing the tools that DOD has to curb the use and effects of predatory lending practices?
The extent to which active duty servicemembers use consumer loans considered to be predatory and the effects of that borrowing are unknown. The only DOD-wide data come from surveys. In a 2004 survey, 12 percent of servicemembers said they or their spouse had used, during the last 12 months, at least one of four types of loans: payday, rent-to-own, automobile title pawn, or tax refund, which DOD says can often be associated with predatory lending practices. DOD is unable to quantify the extent to which the loans have associated predatory practices, the frequency of such borrowing, the amounts borrowed, or the effects of the loans. Although not generalizable, participants in GAO's 60 focus groups at 13 bases in the United States and Germany identified problems resulting from the use of short-term consumer loans, but other participants described the loans as quick, easy, and obtainable by servicemembers with bad credit. Privacy concerns and the reluctance of servicemembers to reveal financial problems make it difficult to quantify the use and effects of predatory lending. DOD and active duty servicemembers are not fully utilizing DOD's tools for curbing the use and effects of predatory lending practices. At some of the installations that we visited, the Armed Forces Disciplinary Control Board--a panel that can recommend to an installation commander that a business be placed off-limits to servicemembers--had not met in over a year. Fort Drum's board, for example, had not met in about 4 years, even though the New York Attorney General had filed two lending-related lawsuits against businesses on behalf of servicemembers and some of their family members at Fort Drum. DOD officials told us the reasons for boards not meeting or making recommendations include high deployment levels and the effort required to place a business on an off-limits list. Other commanders effectively changed businesses' predatory practices by using their board's recommendations to place or threaten to place the businesses off-limits. In addition, DOD is not always providing a clear message regarding advertising in installation publications. Participants in GAO's focus groups said they were confused because DOD-provided financial management training (described in our 2005 report, Military Personnel: More DOD Actions Needed to Address Servicemembers' Personal Financial Management Issues) warned them against using payday lenders but some installation newspapers carried advertisements for such businesses. These problems occur even though a DOD instruction requires (1) a disclaimer indicating that the advertisement does not constitute endorsement by the U.S. government and (2) a review by public affairs staff to determine if the advertisement might be detrimental to servicemembers. Our review of some installation newspapers showed possible reasons for the confusion; the disclaimers were often not prominently displayed or were located away from the advertisements. DOD also offers servicemembers free legal review of contracts and other financial transactions, but servicemembers often do not use the reviews until problems result. Recently, DOD began exploring additional on-installation alternatives to payday loans.
Recommendations for Executive Action
Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: Follow-up by DOD IG indicates that "Joint AR 190-24, 'Armed Forces Disciplinary Control Boards and Off-Installation Liaison and Operations,' has been amended to require installation commanders to convene their AFDCBs on a quarterly basis. The regulation change has been published in the CFF." We have verified that the new joint regulations have been promulgated.
Recommendation: To improve DOD's ability to curb the use and effects of predatory lending practices, the Secretary of Defense should direct the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness to amend existing regulations to require installation commanders to convene the Armed Forces Disciplinary Control Boards at least semiannually to investigate and make recommendations to commanders on matters related to eliminating conditions which adversely affect the health, safety, morals, welfare, morale, and discipline of the Armed Forces, to include servicemembers' use of lenders who may use predatory lending practices.
Agency Affected: Department of Defense
Status: Closed - Not Implemented
Comments: 9/2007: Contacted the point of contact to request information about our recommendation. The point of contact in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness is contacting DOD public affairs to determine what they have done to implement our recommendation. 9/2009: Contacted the DODIG to request information on the status of the recommendation. DODIG stated that OUSD(P&R) had taken no action on the recommendation for the past 5 years and she has had difficulty obtaining information--suggest closing.
Recommendation: To ensure DOD provides servicemembers a clear message about whether it endorses advertisers in official installation newspapers that may use predatory lending practices, the Secretary of Defense should direct the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs to clarify the regulations pertaining to advertisements in installation publications by requiring disclaimers to be more prominent and taking steps to ensure advertisements reflect stated DOD policies regarding what it considers to be predatory lending.
Agency Affected: Department of Defense
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FORT WORTH (AP) - The 2nd Court of Appeals has ruled again that the First Amendment does not protect a weekly alternative newspaper's satirical piece.
A three-judge panel on Thursday rejected the Dallas Observer's request to throw out a libel lawsuit filed by two Denton County officials after the newspaper invented an account about a 6-year-old girl being arrested, jailed and put in shackles.
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And on this show, you can see how there is so much anger and hurt and fear in everyone.
As the show went on, I began to cry because it dawned on me. Who made these divisive rules? Who said, "MINE! MINE! MINE!!!" "I own you!"
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And this comes from fear based thinking! Not from Love!
What really dawned on me was that "all I saw was one big family!" We are all one Big family! Humans throughout the world, we are one big family, we are one big organism.
Sadly we are a divided organism/family because others EGO'S Based on Fear Thinking made up some arbitrary rules and said you can't do this, you can't do that, you can't have that, you must do what you are told by me!
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In three separate incidents, the Rayne Police Department recently arrested three individuals. These individuals all were charged with drug-related counts.
• On Feb. 19, 2014, the Rayne Police Department arrested Neil Charles, 41, for multiple narcotic violations.
Chief Carroll Stelly stated that Neil Charles was arrested for two counts of distribution of a schedule II CDS (controlled dangerous substance): Oxycodone, one count of distribution of a schedule IV CDS: Alprazolam and two counts of transactions involving proceeds from drug offenses.
Charles was recently arrested by the Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office for other narcotics related activity.
Stelly added that "this arrest will help curtail the prescription medication diversion within Rayne.
"This arrest is not isolated and we are actively pursuing narcotics distribution within our jurisdiction and the public can expect more arrest in the near future," he said.
Charles was booked into the Acadia Parish Jail without incident. Judge Jim Cunningham placed an $85,000 bond on Charles.
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Stelly added that Wednesday, his officers added additional charges to Mott. They are two counts of distribution of a schedule II CDS (controlled dangerous substance: Oxycodone and two counts of transactions involving proceeds from controlled substance activity.
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GETTING the hardware and software synchronized for a high-tech product introduction isn't always easy. In the case of 3D TV, the complaint "there's nothing to watch" may have held some weight. But this holiday season, there are wonders galore to explore on 3D Blu-ray video discs. And some pay TV customers can have it really good if they've invested in a 3D-ready television and increasingly comfortable companion glasses.
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For local football fans, tonight is the night you have been waiting for.
At 7 p.m., the high school football season gets underway with four local games.
Niles travels to Girard's Arrowhead Stadium in one of the more anticipated games of the week.
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Niles' Marcus HIll slips out of the grasp of Girard's Tyler Alejars during last year's Niles-Girard matchup. Hill is back for the Red Dragons this year as they take on Girard tonight.
On opening night of 2012, the Red Dragons began their impressive, playoff-bound season by beating Girard 34-13 at Bo Rein Stadium.
The other three games on the schedule for Friday are Struthers at Campbell, Marlington at Poland in a rematch of their Week 11 playoff game, and Rootstown at Newton Falls.
Thursday night is just the teaser for the filled Friday night action around the Valley.
The marquee game this weekend is the now-annual opener between Austintown Fitch and Warren G. Harding.
Last season, the Falcons spoiled the debut of coach Steve Arnold and beat the Raiders, 24-10. Harding went on from there to win its next nine games.
Other highlighted games on the schedule are the Hubbard Eagles visiting the Lakeview Bulldogs, Springfield at Brookfield, Kenmore taking on Howland and LaBrae traveling to Jefferson for an All-American Conference, National Division matchup.
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Rocco Mediate is making a splash in his debut on the Champions Tour. Mediate, who turned 50 on December 17, fired an 11-under 61 to take a three-stroke in the Allianz Championship. The 54-hole, $1.8 million event began Friday on the Old Course at Broken Sound in Boca Raton, Fla.
Mediate, a six-time PGA Tour winner who most famously is known for his gregariousness and epic 91-hole loss to Tiger Woods in the 2008 U.S. Open, carded five straight birdies on the third through seventh holes and made the turn in 5-under 31. The Pennsylvanian continued to roll on the home half, with birdies on Nos. 1-12 and 17 before an eagle on the par-5 closer.
His 61 smashed the tournament record of 63 set by Craig Stadler in 2007, and was one stroke better than his all-time tour professional best at Colonial in 2001. With a win tomorrow, Mediate will become the 16th player to win in his first start on the Champions Tour.
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Attorneys for former Jersey City Assemblyman Louis Manzo and his brother Ronald Manzo submitted a brief arguing that a U.S. District Court judge was right in dropping four charges against them.
The U.S. Attorney's office filed aAug. 26 arguing that U.S. District Judge Jose Linares was wrong in dismissing extortion charges against the brothers.
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They also argue that neither brother forced or threatened Dwek to give them money so there was no "quid pro quo."
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Southern Miss Linebacker Cordarro Law
Hey guys, welcome back to my weekly article From the Birds Nest, where we take a look at a potential draftee choice, look at his strengths and weaknesses then analyze where he would fit in the NFC South. This week we will be taking a look at Southern Miss DE/OLB Cordarro Law.
Law is a guy who has been under the radar for quite some time now to the general public. He finished up his senior campaign with the Golden Eagles by compiling 9.5 sacks and 64 tackles playing as a 4-3 DE. Law has a lot of upside but he needs some time to develop a bit more as well. When he played against UAB and Mid-round OT Matt McCants he got shutdown in the pass rush department but did well to pick up 8 tackles in run support. However Law bounced back and ended the year by wreaking havoc on Houston's OLine and then once again by taking over in the 2nd half against Nevada in the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl. Law showed great instincts against Nevada's spread attack, he sniffed out option plays with easy and was a force for the most part in the running game. However in the first half he had trouble early on getting pancaked early and struggling to get a rush going while feeling out the Nevada line. However Law picked it up later in the game and used a beautiful spin move to beat Nevada's LT and make a big stop in the running game. He also used his speed to blow by a pulling tackle and get a sack his last sack in the game; his first came when he came around and up the middle and blew by the Guard to make a sack, he showed off a very nice rip move on that play.
Law as I mentioned has a good arsenal of moves most notably his spin and rip moves, he also has great instincts and play recognition as well. He's an unknown quality in coverage as he played as a down lineman in college. Law however still needs to add on some strength as he has been out-muscled and needs to learn how to beat double teams. Their have also been questions about Law's work ethic and if he took plays off during his time at USM. Law seemed to answer those questions when he impressed many during his pro day, at which he worked out in front of representatives of 22 teams, Including the Falcons who were on hand watching other USM prospects. (Later reported they have had workouts with QB Austin Davis and WR Ryan Balentine) Law is scheme diverse and can play both 3-4 OLB and 4-3 DE, something that is appealing to many teams.
As for the NFC South, Atlanta most likely has interest in him or at least have looked at him judging by their interest in other Southern Miss prospects and a need at DE. He also could fit very well into Mike Nolan's multiple scheme which will involve 3-4 Sub Packages. Other fits in the NFC South could include New Orleans, who are basically looking for anyone or anything to improve their pass rush. Tampa Bay and Carolina are pretty set at DE. To me Cordarro Law has James Harrison peak potential. The kid can really play and I would love to see him suited up in the red and black next year.