m*****i
发帖数: 4342 | 1 PHOENIX – A grand jury has indicted a Phoenix-based TV pitchman accused of
running a nationwide scheme to sell essentially worthless Internet-based
businesses to more than 200,000 people.
Federal prosecutors say Donald Lapre is charged with 41 counts of conspiracy
, mail fraud, wire fraud and promotional money laundering. He's accused of
overseeing and promoting the opportunity through his company called "The
Greatest Vitamin in the World."
During the course of the scheme, the government says at... 阅读全帖 |
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m*****i
发帖数: 4342 | 2 Have you heard ponzi scheme?
I knew someone in Minnesota, She paid 30% interest to borrow money, finally,
the scheme broke last year.
The lady committed suicide, all her creditor's money was vanished.
If they have a successful business, why can't they borrow money from the
bank? |
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l******2
发帖数: 5522 | 3 如果是ponzi scheme， 那么情况不是很糟糕， 总有高利息拿，利息越高， 进来的新
人就越多，进来的新人越多， 这个系统(尽管是ponzi scheme)就越稳定。 美国的社保
体制就是这么一个模式， 和madoff的没有本质区别。
最糟糕的是公司法人人间蒸发， 中国人是没有诚信可言， 更无信托责任
finally, |
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N********n
发帖数: 8363 | 4 Keep in mind PET is suppressing gold w/ a 40:1 paper to physical Ponzi
Scheme (GLD / SLV shares are probably part of the scheme). The whole
scam gambles on no one ever asks for the real metal in a big way.
Well no more, b/c Hugo is calling for his 200 tons back. What would PET
do now? Perhaps they need to call CIA in to wipe Hugo out right away,
or at least declare him to be Gaddafi 2.0 and freeze his foreign assets
so they would not have to deliver any gold to him.
http://www.goldcore.com/goldc... 阅读全帖 |
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B**********r
发帖数: 7517 | 5 Everything will eventually return to its true valuation.
Gold price at $1700,$1800,$1900 is not much better than a Ponzi scheme.
Ponzi scheme, I meant! |
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y*d
发帖数: 2226 | 6
How about Ponzi scheme? The dividend is true real cash, but is only a
fraction of your shareholder's equity. A Ponzi scheme can keep as high as 5%
yield for as long as 20 years, even if the treasury yield were 0% during
the same period.
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f****r
发帖数: 5118 | 7 In his first public comments following the disclosure of activist investor
Carl Icahn's stake in Herbalife (HLF), hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, who
made $1 billion short bet against the stock, told CNBC he remains convinced
that "Herbalife is a pyramid scheme."
Ackman's statement read, "We invest based on a careful analysis of the facts
. After 18 months of due diligence, we have concluded that it is a certainty
that Herbalife is a pyramid scheme. Our conclusions are unaffected by who
is on th... 阅读全帖 |
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m*******a
发帖数: 4507 | 8 Extracted from Businessweek.com -
Herbalife products aren’t sold in traditional stores. They’re distributed
by 3.2 million independent contractors who market to family, friends,
neighbors, and just about any stranger they come across, typically in that
order. The distributors can make money by buying product at a discount and
selling it at a markup, but the bigger payoff comes when distributors
broaden their reach by recruiting, training, and coaching a “downline”
sales team to sell products to ... 阅读全帖 |
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X****i
发帖数: 1877 | 9 SEC Obtains Asset Freeze and Other Emergency Relief in Fraudulent Tender
Offer Scheme
June 13, 2014
SECNew York (HedgeCo.Net) – The Securities and Exchange Commission filed an
emergency action ex parte against Luis Chang and Everbright Development
Overseas Limited. The Commission alleges that Defendants Chang and
Everbright victimized an American mining company, Allied Nevada Gold
Corporation (“Allied Nevada”), by furtively buying up its stock,
intentionally disseminating false press release... 阅读全帖 |
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m******r
发帖数: 485 | 10 WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The Securities and Exchange Commission and the U
.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York charged a father and son
with a $1.1 million insider-trading scheme. The SEC said the scheme involved
tips of key nonpublic information in coded e-mail messages disguised as
discussions about golf. From 2010 to 2014, Sean Stewart, an investment
banker formerly at J.P. Morgan and then at Perella Weinberg, passed
information to his father Robert, the SEC alleges. The comp... 阅读全帖 |
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W***n
发帖数: 11530 | 11 U.S. charges three in huge cyberfraud targeting JPMorgan, others
By Jonathan Stempel and Nate Raymond
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday unveiled criminal charges
accusing three men of running a sprawling array of hacking and fraud schemes
, including a huge 2014 attack against JPMorgan Chase & Co, that generated
hundreds of millions of dollars of illegal profit.
Gery Shalon, Joshua Samuel Aaron and Ziv Orenstein were charged in a 23-
count indictment over alleged crimes targ... 阅读全帖 |
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l****g
发帖数: 5080 | 12 PONZI Scheme 在崩溃以前一直看着都挺好，利率一直都高，回报一直都好，但在不可
持续。美国的经济也类似，国债越集越多，无法持续。从不断借债这个角度看，和
PONZI scheme是一模一样，都称不上异曲同工，因为曲调也是一样的。 |
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W***n
发帖数: 11530 | 13 Enron Scandal: The Fall of a Wall Street Darling
Enron Corp. is a company that reached dramatic heights, only to face a
dizzying collapse. The story ends with the bankruptcy of one of America's
largest corporations. Enron's collapse affected the lives of thousands of
employees and shook Wall Street to its core. At Enron's peak, its shares
were worth $90.75, but after the company declared bankruptcy on December 2,
2001, they plummeted to $0.67 by January 2002. To this day, many wonder how
such a ... 阅读全帖 |
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c******a
发帖数: 4400 | 14 早球的很，而且可以防范性更新
https://futurism.com/bitcoins-security-quantum-computers/
The researchers found that the application-specific integrated circuits (
ASICs) currently used by most cryptocurrency miners should be able to
maintain a speed advantage over quantum computers for the next 10 years, so
miners likely won’t be able to use quantum systems for nefarious purposes
in this manner for at least a decade.
While conventional computers don’t possess the necessary computational
power to derive a privat... 阅读全帖 |
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w******t
发帖数: 69 | 15 谢谢，做广告不用在这， 这个游戏评价很好， 算是小卖了。
The Ultimate Retro Rally (SALE PRICE – $0.99)
Version 1.2
I’ve never really gotten into racing games all that much. I mean, if I
wanted to race, I’d get in my car and race. It’s the same reason I’m not
really into sports games in general. There is, however, a subset of racing
games that I have always really liked, and that’s arcade racing games. You
know, games where realism is completely thrown out the window and you’re
doing crazy stuff and where physics is ignored... 阅读全帖 |
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S********n
发帖数: 4 | 16 【 以下文字转载自 Texas 讨论区 】
发信人: SPShouston (灌水加压), 信区: Texas
标 题: FMC has opening for 3 positions
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Oct 24 12:01:18 2011, 美东)
Hi Folks
FMC has 3 openings for the subsea processing system, if you are interested,
you can send me your resume in txt to my bbs mail box. Thanks.
1. Electrical Power Engineer
Summarize briefly the major function and purpose of the position.
Conceptual design of high-voltage subsea power distribution systems
to support the overall design of
subsea ... 阅读全帖 |
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s*****o
发帖数: 1540 | 17 给我站内发信,告诉我你能审那一篇的编号．要求
１：PHD already or almost obtained in CS or EE。为保证审稿质量，必须是相关专
业的。不可能给其它无关专业博士审理，见谅。
2: Due May 24th
3: let me know your edas id. (If you don't have an edas, I assume you are
not working in these fields).
B1: Concurrency communication, Polygonally Arranged Wireless Data Center,
all Line-of-Sight Links, 60 GHz millimeter-wave, beam-forming, k−pod
fat-tree data center topology mapping to the wireless network, scheduling
algorithm for the wireless network
B2: Data deliver... 阅读全帖 |
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A****R
发帖数: 60 | 18 Topic: optimal energy consumption of oil pipeline
内容： majority of pipeline transportation selects heat transportation.
Energy consumption of
this method of transport mainly comes from the furnaces and pumps. Currently
, operating
parameters of many pipelines are determined according to experience of
dispatch. It causes
high energy consumption and high cost of pipeline running, which cannot
adapt to energy
conservation policy. Therefore, this paper aims at consuming lowest energy
during crude
oi... 阅读全帖 |
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w********i
发帖数: 1721 | 19 给谁看的？有什么效果？
05/08/2015: Immigrant Community is Anxious to Learn Whether the State
Deparment Implements Immigration Actions to Ensure Use of All Statutorily
Authorized Immigrant Visa Numbers
Immigrant community is more than ever waiting for the release of June 2015
Visa Bulletin to see whether the State Department is implementing immigrant
visa reform mandate of the President Obama. The USCIS has been seeking
stakeholders input on these issues and we have learned that the AILA
recommended to impl... 阅读全帖 |
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f*********e
发帖数: 43 | 20 可申请PR是个人自愿的吧。人家在家长给孩子申请PR的时候
就说明孩子将来是要当兵的，家长也签字同意了不是？其实
我想说的只是按道理孩子拿过PR就得当兵，至于实际上怎么
做那就看自己了。
下面这些是我这次申请PR在附表上看到的。
National Service Liability
15. Main applicants who are granted PR status under the first generation
Professionals, Technical Personnel and Skilled Workers Scheme or the
Investor Scheme are exempted from NS. Male children who are granted PR
status under their parents’ sponsorship are liable for NS upon reaching 16
1/2 years old.
16. NS-liable PRs are expected to serve NS. Should they |
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E****a
发帖数: 829 | 21 貌似是不可以的。必须leave by air
If you are departing from Changi Airport Terminal 1, 2 and 3, Budget
Terminal or Seletar Airport, you can claim refund on Goods and Services Tax
(GST) paid for your goods purchased from retailers participating in the
Tourist Refund Scheme if you meet the eligibility criteria and conditions.
http://www.customs.gov.sg/leftNav/trav/Tourist+Refund+Scheme.ht |
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a****5
发帖数: 747 | 22 Individuals will probably just check out the pollution situation around them
, all for free. Promoting the awareness of environmental pollution
is the main goal of such a development project.
As for the usage of the data, especially geo-coded pollution data,
I believe they are useful for many government agencies and environmental
organizations, and pollution control companies.
I don't see how this is similar to the Ponzi scheme.
scheme. |
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c****o
发帖数: 248 | 23 She was known to run the Royle buffet in New Hope(dim sum buffet). She sold
the restaurant several months ago.
She basically run a Ponzi scheme in Minnesota's Chinese community. She tried to borrow money in the name of short term business funding need and promised higher interest (like 20%)payment. Some other Chinese also involved and benefited from this scheme.
I heard over 20 victims and over 1million dollar was scammed. Some of the victims are pretty well to do but some don’t, like one hous... 阅读全帖 |
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G****a
发帖数: 10208 | 24 Benjamin Wey (Benjamin Tianbing Wei, Chinese: 魏天冰; pinyin: Wèi Tiānbī
ng)[1][2] is a Chinese-born American Wall Street financier, and CEO of New
York Global Group (NYGG).[3][4] He began his financial career as an
investment advisor and broker in Oklahoma in the late 1990s.
Wey and NYGG were among the most active "facilitators and promoters" of
reverse takeovers that allowed small Chinese companies to raise capital on U
.S. markets, until reverse takeovers became the subject of a U.S. Securities
... 阅读全帖 |
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b******8
发帖数: 101 | 25 应版主要求，把此帖重新发到nebraska版上，希望广大在lincoln的同学也有空多支持
支持huskers。最近看了版上的很多贴，突然发现喜欢college football的兄弟们原来
有这么多啊
（在我这儿真正喜欢football的中国人感觉少之又少，我都要成为异类了），我感到非
常高兴。发现版上没有很多关于具体某只球队的分析，于是想写一点点关于我自己喜欢
的Nebraska cornhuskers 的过去现在和将来的分析，希望能抛砖引玉，让版上的其它
资深球友也提起兴趣，写一点点关于自己学校的分析，让我们对各个学校的球队有更深
入的认识，这样万一以后大家球队对上了，也会更加有看头。说句老实话，我看
college football也就3年半，其中第一年还没把规则搞清楚呢，所以，我完全算不上
什么资深人士，只能说写一点我的感想，如果版上有更加资深的huskers的球迷，欢迎
加我为好友，我们可以一起看球并把这个关于huskers的分析写的更加的完美。这也是
我第一次发这么长的贴，很久没有写过中文作文了，如果写的不好也希望大家多鼓励别
一个砖头把我拍死哈，呵呵。先谈谈我为什么会喜... 阅读全帖 |
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s**a
发帖数: 1995 | 26 《紐約生活》11月18日~11月24日
本報訊
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基舊球場等。
●「出櫃到秀場」時裝史展A Queer History of Fashion: From the Closet to the
Catwalk
時間:12pm-8pm
地點:時裝設計學院博物館(Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology)，曼哈
坦7大道交27街
查詢:http... 阅读全帖 |
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b*****e
发帖数: 14299 | 27 查了一下，还是有关系的：
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillips_66
Phillips 66 is a brand of gasoline and service station in the U.S. It belong
s to the ConocoPhillips Company.
The company that makes Phillips 66 gasoline began in 1917 as Phillips Petrol
eum Company, founded by L.E. Phillips and Frank Phillips of Bartlesville, Ok
lahoma. In 1927, the company's gasoline was being tested on U.S. Highway 66
in Oklahoma, and when it turned out that the car was going 66 mph (106 km/h)
, the company decided to name... 阅读全帖 |
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n******h
发帖数: 2482 | 28 Gold is money. To understand what gold is, we have to understand what
money is.
If gold is indeed a ponzi scheme, this is the longest ponzi scheme in
human history, lasting at least 5000 years. So be it. I'm in it. |
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m**********w
发帖数: 4161 | 29 大家不都用vnc吗？
看上去是vncserver用的桌面scheme和Ubuntu自带的remote desktop用的scheme不一样
。这个应该就是设置问题，很好改吧。 |
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y****t
发帖数: 10233 | 30 it is absolutely the other way, those old, because of ponzi scheme medicare
dont have any money left for their own, so they want a new bigger ponzi
sheme obama uhc. coz they dont care if 30 years later, whether this ponzi
scheme gotta bust or not, since they are dead already. |
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d*2
发帖数: 2053 | 31 http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/06/google-ebooks-e-reading-takes-to-the-cloud/
Google today unveiled its long-rumored entry into the e-book sales world,
not called Google Editions, as was previously speculated, but a more
anonymous-sounding Google eBooks. The basic idea is to provide an entirely
web-based e-book platform accessible from any device with a browser. The
business model they’ve opted for is slightly less centralized than the
competition, but not quite the distributed seller network I e... 阅读全帖 |
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d*2
发帖数: 2053 | 32 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40617952/ns/us_news-life/?gt1=43001
NBC News and news services
updated 22 minutes ago 2010-12-11T15:09:57
breaking news
NEW YORK — One of jailed financier Bernard Madoff's sons was found dead of
an apparent suicide Saturday on the second anniversary of his father's
arrest, according to a law enforcement official.
Mark Madoff, 46, was found hanged in his apartment in Manhattan's
fashionable SoHo district, according to the official. A family member
notified police aroun... 阅读全帖 |
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g****n
发帖数: 3313 | 33 Feds charge university founder with money laundering, fraud
http://www.buzzbaba.com/tri-valley-university-buzz-baba-2011012
Tri-Valley University was 'elaborate fraud scheme,' documents say
by Glenn Wohltmann
Photo
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Federal court documents show Susan Xiao-Ping Su, the founder of Tri-Valley
University and owner of two homes in Pleasanton, has been charged with money
laundering, mail fraud and wire fraud.
The university -- apparently operated out of a small, two-story office space
on Boul... 阅读全帖 |
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l******l
发帖数: 2651 | 34 Source:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/12/xun-wang-pakistan-nuke
WASHINGTON -- A wealthy San Francisco-area suburbanite on Tuesday rebutted
charges that she was the ringleader of a scheme to illegally export special
paint used in the construction of a Pakistani nuclear plant, a project some
Western experts fear will produce plutonium for the country's expanding
nuclear arsenal.
Xu Wang, 51, was arrested at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson airport last month
, court records show, as she and he... 阅读全帖 |
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a***e
发帖数: 27968 | 35 Cunning scheme netted him 'best in company' awards
By Iain Thomson in San Francisco • Get more from this author
Posted in Business, 16th January 2013 01:29 GMT
A security audit of a US critical infrastructure company last year revealed
that its star developer had outsourced his own job to a Chinese
subcontractor and was spending all his work time playing around on the
internet.
The firm's telecommunications supplier Verizon was called in after the
company set up a basic VPN system with two... 阅读全帖 |
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z******a
发帖数: 5381 | 36 A federal grand jury has indicted former California Public Employees'
Retirement System Chief Executive Officer Federico Buenrostro on conspiracy
charges in connection with a scheme to commit fraud, the U.S. Department of
Justice said on Monday.
The grand jury also indicted Alfred Villalobos, a former member of the
pension fund's board, in connection with the scheme involving fraudulent
documents related to a $3 billion investment of the retirement system in
funds managed by Apollo Global Manage... 阅读全帖 |
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e**a
发帖数: 526 | 37 everything has a rule,
No offense,
but
Your scheme here to me is more like a "mortgage rescue scheme" to me,
tempting, fishy and no actual contents, "want some info? call me" that kind
of stuff.
Emptor Caveat. |
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m***o
发帖数: 1367 | 38 由后来的人给前面的人填窟窿，的确有点象Ponzi Scheme。
不过这个Ponzi Scheme第一合法，第二有州政府作保，应该不至于血本无归。另外现在
学费涨价压力仍然相当大啊。 |
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t******4
发帖数: 2300 | 39 SEATTLE (AP) - The crowds of happy people lighting joints under Seattle's
Space Needle early Thursday morning with nary a police officer in sight
bespoke the new reality: Marijuana is legal under Washington state law.
Hundreds gathered at Seattle Center for a New Year's Eve-style countdown to
12 a.m., when the legalization measure passed by voters last month took
effect. When the clock struck, they cheered and sparked up in unison.
A few dozen people gathered on a sidewalk outside the north Seat... 阅读全帖 |
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S********n
发帖数: 4 | 40 Hi Folks
FMC has 3 openings for the subsea processing system, if you are interested,
you can send me your resume in txt to my bbs mail box. Thanks.
1. Electrical Power Engineer
Summarize briefly the major function and purpose of the position.
Conceptual design of high-voltage subsea power distribution systems
to support the overall design of
subsea process systems.
Good knowledge and experience in motor, control, power electronics,
transformer, switch gear, power
connectors, an... 阅读全帖 |
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t***5
发帖数: 832 | 41 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: bingya (bing), 信区: Military
标 题: 江泽民余党在美伏法认罪
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sat Sep 6 19:48:42 2014, 美东)
黄振春， 华盛顿地区最大的华人社团“华盛顿中国大陆大专院校校友联合会”会长。
1999年，在国家主席江泽民和 总理朱鎔基访美期间，他曾作为杰出学者受到亲切接见
。1999年，他以“旅美杰出青年科学家”的身份应邀回国参加50周年国庆庆典活动。作
为侨 界领袖，他多才多艺，虽身兼数职却仍能事事得心应手，在澳门回归、中美撞机
事件等重大事件发生时，黄振春身在海外却始终以拳拳赤子之心与祖国共荣辱。
Chinese National Pleads Guilty in Scheme to
Fraudulently Obtain Technology Products from U.S. Companies
Sought to Fabricate an Infrared Detector for Night Vision,
Missile Detection,... 阅读全帖 |
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v*******e
发帖数: 3714 | 42 I meant what is scheme A, what is scheme B, and so on. |
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p********y
发帖数: 5141 | 43 Make sure you get a U lock. Some lock companies (e.g. Kryptonite) have anti-
theft scheme, i.e. if your bike got lost while locked by their lock, they
will pay you certain amount of money. Cable locks are normally not eligible
for such scheme. The difference between a U/D lock and a cable lock is how
long it takes for theft to unlock it. I normally leave my commuting bike in
a busy place. However I don't really want to leave my road bike anywhere
apart from home or office.
I have a topeak joe bl... 阅读全帖 |
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m****n
发帖数: 293 | 44 I watched the game. I had something to say:
The scheme of steelers was so obviously exposed, run, run and run.
If the opponent's defense successfully blocked the running, they would
be dead. I thought Cowher wanna give Pats a surprise by letting Big Ben
pass fast balls. It is no problem for Big Ben since he has strong arm.
But he returned to his regalur scheme after pats first LUCKY interception
and 3-score by field goal. They fell into the pats' trap: return to run
-> defenses were waiting |
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H****w
发帖数: 1632 | 45 Billy Walter and the computer group:
The Arrests
He was in the bed sleeping when the two men walked into his bedroom.
Billy
Walters sleeps in a big clean bed in Las Vegas, in a small but elaborate
home renovated to his liking, with palm trees and white flowerpots and
two
satellite dishes in the yard, and four large televisions in the den, and
a
security guard who sits just out of sight behind the shrubs across the
street. This environment was disrupted early last Jan. 5, when the two
strangers i... 阅读全帖 |
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J****n
发帖数: 3011 | 46 不是zone D对TB不行，而是必须跟平时的防守scheme有很大变化才行。
历史证明一旦TB和小鸡把你的防守研究透了，可以轻松把你打成筛子。历史也证明，一
旦你采用不同的防守scheme，TB至少会晃半场的手脚。 |
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t*n
发帖数: 14458 | 48 14 Rams Michael Brockers DT
Overview
Brockers is an elite athlete with positional versatility. He came to LSU
as a thick linebacker prospect before putting on weight and shifting to the
defensive line. Teams that run a 3-4 defense could be interested in playing
him as a defensive end, because he is athletic enough to work from the edge
in a scheme that requires bigger ends to maintain their blockers and keep
the linebackers free. Brockers, however, has more value as a 3-tech
defen... 阅读全帖 |
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p********m
发帖数: 1737 | 49 高端包装工黑啊
他包用这scheme防守，对方就一当，而且还是扣子
他包面对这scheme的防守，对方就pick，而且还属于违规操作
可怜的mm，都要哭了 |
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l*x
发帖数: 14021 | 50 zone blocking scheme 就像中国足球北方的长传冲吊，南方的短传襂透，与队伍的人
员配置关系很大， 加上大量的训练配合，战术设计。 不是说到场上随便切换的。 而
是这个队跑攻的identity。 NFL里很明显使用zone blocking的有红皮，德州人，还有
绿湾。
Zone blocking 不用开球前去判断，因为是这个队的identity，你已经知道如果跑得话
，除了特殊情况，都是zone blocking。 Zone blocking 最大的特征就是整条进攻线同
时横向往左或者往右移动，同时跑锋在后面平行的横向移动，一旦看到防守有洞，马上
cut and hit the hole。
看看专家介绍香辣汉在野马的zone blocking，我就不班门弄斧了。
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-network-playbook/09000d5d80aec9cf
Zone blocking 强调快，协调，配合一致 over 力量和肌肉。 所以进攻线人个子力量
都偏小。 所以带来的坏处就是pass protection的能力削弱了。 所以，zo... 阅读全帖 |
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