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OTAs Begin, Don't Discount Their Importance
By: Steve Balestrieri

These initial practices are invaluable in showing the new guys how the Patriots conduct business. Everything from team meetings, how practices are conducted, what's expected of veterans and rookies is spelled out early in the process....

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When there is any word on Ras I Dowling, please let us know!

This season will tell us if he is Glassy Doubting, Classy Scouting, or whatnot.

Reiss said:
From rotoworld:
That is pretty good news. Maybe.

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Ice_Ice_Brady writes:
The difference is that Brady calmly calls audibles while Manning flaps like a chicken, barks 11 code words, and makes sure every camera in the stadium has documented his once-in-a-generation (and patented, I believe) ability to see a defensive formation and change the play. Both have the same effect, but Manning transcends measurable human intellect while Brady merely chooses a different play.

PatsWickedPissah

Glass IR's hip surgery could be enhanced by the new tough glass fiber from Corning Glass.

Reading the recent Steve Jobs bio I observed that he contracted with Corning to use their super tough "Gorilla Glass" for the iPhone display.

After this, the term "Made of Glass" will replace Iron Man! Or maybe not.

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Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty.
This is known as "bad luck." RAH

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If only that stuff had been available when Laurence Maroney was playing.

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Nothing came of that then, whilst my friends iphone screen is breaking on a regular basis, my Galaxy SII with Gorilla Glass actually broke floor tiles when I dropped it

As for Dowling - one of those quotes says he could have played last year without the surgery?

PatsWickedPissah

That's the conundrum we face as fans. On one hand we had Ras almost crying when placed on IR saying he could be back in season and now we read of hip surgery, never a trivial thing although Hernandez had hip surgery after his 1st season and rocked the house his 2nd season. Explicit, definitive info is impossible to obtain. All we or reporters get are snippets without the full context and caveats. No wonder fans get contentious thinking some players are, shall we say "dog faking" it with injuries of seeming minor consequence.

When does training camp start so we can stop with these angels on a head of a pin issues?

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Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty.
This is known as "bad luck." RAH