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- Patriots (previous: 1):
They clearly deserve top spot.
But Tom Brady getting sacked a
season-high four times Sunday
and mounting injuries show
even they’re vulnerable. - Saints (3):Teddy Bridge-
water is now attacking deep.
The defense has elevated. Alvin
Kamara isn’t being overused.
Drew Brees will return fresh.
Things couldn’t be much better. - Chiefs (2):The talent is
undeniable, but so are weak-
nesses – Pat Mahomes’ ankle,
receivers and their timing get-
ting disrupted, and a defense
bludgeoned for 569 rushing
yards over the last three weeks. - Lions (4):If the season
ended today, they’d make the
playoffs. With their next two
games against the Packers and
the Vikings, it’s time for Detroit
to prove it has staying power. - Packers (5):Green Bay’s
only 1,000-yard rusher since
2010? Eddie Lacy. NFL TD lead-
er Aaron Jones brings depth to
a one-dimensional attack. - 49ers (8):Monday was
rookie Nick Bosa’s coming-out
party (2 sacks, 1 forced fumble,
1 fumble recovery).- Eagles (9): They’ve
earned a share of first atop the
NFC East, but it could be tough
to keep with their next three at
Minnesota, Dallas and Buffalo. - Bills (11):No team west of
Foxborough is playing better
defense. - Vikings (12):A get-right
game was nice, but no team is
throwing less often. How does
that jibe with the diva tenden-
cies creeping into locker room? - Bears (7):Who would’ve
guessed Khalil Mack would
suffer a disappearing act
against Oakland? Their offense
is not good enough to survive
even a minor defensive lapse. - Seahawks (17):The MVP
drumbeat for Russell Wilson is
legitimate and deserved. But
don’t forget 4-1 Seattle is a few
unlucky bounces from 1-4. - Colts (24):Justin Hous-
ton got revenge in Kansas City.
It’s time for Indy to heal up fol-
lowing an impressive win. - Cowboys (6):After feast-
ing on Division II foes early in
the season, they draw the D-III
Jets Sunday. - Buccaneers (13):They’re
tough – G Alex Cappa didn’t
miss a snap despite a broken
arm Sunday – and tough to
beat. But the league’s worst
pass D is getting them beat.- Rams (14):Aaron Donald
has one sack. Todd Gurley isn’t
among the league’s top 15 rush-
ers. Jared Goff isn’t among the
top 25 rated passers. Is this
sustainable? - Ravens (16):Lots to like,
but they might be the AFC’s
version of the Cowboys. - Panthers (18):Only one
player (Chris Johnson) in the
NFL’s 100 seasons has exceed-
ed 2,500 yards from scrim-
mage. Christian McCaffrey is
on pace for nearly 2,800. - Texans (19):Only Russell
Wilson is playing more effi-
ciently than Deshaun Watson
(115.9 rating). That will be test-
ed at Kansas City and Indian-
apolis over the next two weeks. - Raiders (23):Good pass
rushers are hard to find, Coach?
Oakland got four sacks Sunday,
its most since 2015 when Khalil
Mack didn’t have one of them. - Chargers (10):They’re
below .500 at this point for the
fourth time in five years. They
didn’t overcome any of those
starts to reach the playoffs.- Jaguars (20): Second-
year WR DJ Chark Jr. has been
overshadowed by Gardner
Minshew but is one of the
league’s surprises, leading the
AFC with five TD grabs. - Titans (21): Special
teams have given them prob-
lems. As tough as Tennessee is,
not a good enough team to
overcome missed FG attempts
and muffed punts. - Browns (15):Nine first
downs and 180 yards? Four
turnovers? Three points? Did
Hue Jackson sneak back into
the building? - Giants (25): Given
mothballed QB Eli Manning’s
penchant for slaying the Patri-
ots, don’t you have to put him
back in the lineup this week? - Broncos (28):Apparent-
ly #FakeNews is infiltrating the
NFL, this weekend’s most ridic-
ulous rumor being Von Miller
on the trade block. - Falcons (26):Want one
snapshot something is amiss?
TE Austin Hooper has more
catches (34) and receiving
yards (363) than Julio Jones. - Steelers (22):Who could
have guessed they might rue
that early-season trade of
backup QB Joshua Dobbs to
Jacksonville?- Cardinals (29):Maybe
redub the offense “Ground
Raid”? It apparently works
much better when Arizona runs
the ball (season-high 266 yards
in Sunday’s win). - Bengals (30):Speaking
of running the ball, Cincinnati
really doesn’t ... and hasn’t had
a rush go for more than 18 yards
this season. - Jets (27):Brutal in Sam
Darnold’s absence. The offense
is averaging fewer than 180
yards per game and 14.3 yards
per drive. M-E-S-S, mess,
mess, mess. - Redskins (31):Advice to
Jay Gruden? Grab a beer – may-
be invite Trent Williams – and
celebrate yeoman’s work after
keeping this organization rele-
vant for most of your tenure,
making Kirk Cousins a star and
lasting as long as you did in a
volatile environment. - Dolphins (32):The foot-
ball gods are serving up an op-
ponent in even more turmoil
than the Fins with the ’Skins
headed to Miami. Now we find
out if tanking is real.
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They’ll look to execute that
plan Sunday against the 0-
Jets, whose 66 rushing yards
per game rank third worst in
the league, ahead only of the
Bengals and Dolphins. The
Cowboys have allowed at least
117 rushing yards in three of
their five contests, including
both losses. Players and coach-
es said they will hammer fur-
ther this week on basic funda-
mentals, setting the edge, gap
fits, assignments and aggres-
sive tackling. But players from
the largely intact fifth-best run
D in 2018 left this Packers loss
baffled by a Green Bay team
they had felt prepared to take
on. The Cowboys insisted they
weren’t surprised by scheme as
much as they failed to execute.
“A poor performance by me,”
second-year linebacker Leigh-
ton Vander Esch lamented,
adding to his list of issues “bad
footwork” and “bad tackling.”
Lineman Tyrone Crawford said
simply: “We messed up and we
have to fix that.”
With Cowboys nose tackle
Antwaun Woods (knee) ex-
pected to work more into prac-
tice this week, one key cog in
clogging the lane should soon
return. But the front seven will
need to improve its communi-
cation to reduce the rampant
missed tackles they fell victim
to against Green Bay. They
can’t let the threat of a mobile
quarterback derail their gap
coverage inside.
“We know firsthand that
when you’ve got to defense a
quarterback like Rodgers, you
got to contain him,” owner Jer-
ry Jones said. “You also got to
defend him. We let him out of
containment quite a bit, and
you saw what he did to us.
When you’re doing all that, that
opens those lanes up.
“The story of the game were
the turnovers and our inability
to stop the run. ... That was a lit-
tle surprising to not be able to
stop their run better than we
did tonight.”ARLINGTON, Texas – On
Aaron Jones’ first touchdown,
he pointed to the AT&T Stadi-
um ceiling before gathering his
teammates in the end zone,
arms crossed, to mug for a cam-
eraman.
“This is my house,” he ex-
claimed after his second TD ad-
vanced the Packers’ rout of the
Cowboys on Sunday.
By his third, Jones was wav-
ing goodbye to Cowboys cor-
nerback Byron Jones before he
even broke into the end zone.
Aaron Jones carried the ball
with one hand while waving
with the other.
So by Jones’ fourth TD, a 1-
yard punch up the middle, the
running back blew a kiss to the
cameraman. Quarterback Aar-
on Rodgers raised four fingers
to count them off.
The Cowboys’ defense
seemed unable to point even
one finger at an answer.
“There’s no question we
didn’t tackle well,” linebacker
Sean Lee said. “That’s some-
thing we usually hang our hat
on. ... Just traditionally, that’s
what we do.”
The Cowboys’ 34-24 loss
reads as much closer than how
the game unfolded. With 2:10 to
play in the third quarter, the
Cowboys trailed 31-3. Jones
had scored four TDs before the
Cowboys scored one. And he
became the first opponent in
the Cowboys’ franchise history,
now in its 60th year, to gash
Dallas for four rushing TDs.
By the time the defense re-
grouped to allow just 14 yards of
offense in the fourth quarter, it
was too late.
“We can’t wait for a couple of
explosive runs to decide that,
‘Oh, we’re going to buckle up
and trust each other and play
more disciplined,’ ” linebackers
coach Ben Bloom said. “We
need to do that from the start of
the game.”
Aaron Jones
left the
Cowboys’
defense
looking for
answers after
he rushed for
107 yards and
four TDs on
Sunday.
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NOTICES
LEGAL NOTICEIN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA
IN RE: Chapter 11
ADVANCED GREEN INNOVATIONS, LLC; Case No. 2:19-bk-11766-MCW
ZHRO SOLUTIONS, LLC; Case No. 2:19-bk-11771-MCW
AND ZHRO POWER, LLC Case No. 2:19-bk-11768-MCW
Debtor.
(Jointly Administered)NOTICE OF BAR DATE FOR FILING OF PROOF OF CLAIM OR INTEREST
(LAST DAY TO FILE CLAIMS OR INTERESTS)
TO ALL PERSONS AND ENTITIES WITH CLAIMS AGAINST, OR INTERESTS IN,
ANY OF THE DEBTORS LISTED IN THIS BAR DATE NOTICE:
This notice (the “Bar Date Notice”) describes the procedures by which persons or entities who believe they have a claim against, or
an interest in, the Debtors must take action in order to preserve their ability to pursue such claims or interests and participate in the
Debtors’ chapter 11 cases and any plan(s) of reorganization. This Bar Date Notice describes the following: (i) a claim or interest; (ii)
who must file a proof of claim or interest; (iii) who need not file a proof of claim or interest; (iv) the deadline for filing proofs of claim or
interest; (v) how to file a proof of claim or interest; and (vi) the consequences for not filing a proof of claim or interest.
On October 2, 2019, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Arizona (the “Bankruptcy Court”) entered an Order (the “Bar
Date Order”) in the Debtors’ chapter 11 cases establishingDecember 15, 2019as the general bar date (the “General Bar Date”) and
other filing deadlines for certain other claims, identified below. Except as described below, the Bar Date Order requires that any Claim
or Interest (as defined below) against any of the Debtors be filed with the Bankruptcy Court as provided herein.
1.WHAT IS A CLAIM OR INTEREST
For purposes of this Bar Date Notice, a “Claim” shall mean, as to or against any of the Debtors: (1) any right to payment, whether or
not such right is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal,
equitable, secured or unsecured; or (2) any right to an equitable remedy for breach of performance if such breach gives rise to a
right to payment, whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to judgment, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured,
disputed, undisputed, secured or unsecured. This Bar Date Notice is applicable to all Claims against any of the Debtors arising prior
to September 16, 2019.
For purposes of this Bar Date Notice, an “Interest” shall mean, as to or against any of the Debtors: (1) any stock interest in a corporate
Debtor; (2) any membership interest in a limited liability company Debtor; and (3) any other ownership interest of any kind (such as
preferred stock, any option to acquire an ownership interest, or any contract right involving an ownership interest).
2.WHO MUST FILE A PROOF OF CLAIM OR INTEREST
You MUST file a proof of claim or interest (“Proof of Claim or Interest”) by submitting your Proof of Claim or Interest to the Court so
that it is actually received on or before the General Bar Date, if you hold a Claim or Interest against a Debtor (whether secured, priority
or unsecured) that arose prior to September 16, 2019 and such Claim or Interest is not described in section 3 below, and either:
1). You desire to participate in any of these Bankruptcy Cases or share in any distribution in these Bankruptcy Cases
regardless of whether such Claim or Interest is listed in the Debtors’ Schedules and regardless of whether you agree
or disagree with any amount so listed, or
2). You believe you have a Claim against a Debtor under § 503(b)(9) of the Bankruptcy Code for the value of any goods
received by a Debtor within 20 days before September 16, 2019 in which the goods have been sold by a Debtor in
the ordinary course of its business.
3.WHO NEED NOT FILE A PROOF OF CLAIM
You need not file a Proof of Claim or Interest if:
a.You have already properly filed a Proof of Claim or Interest against the correct Debtor (provided however, that if you
intend to amend such Proof of Claim or Interest, your amended Proof of Claim or Interest must be filed by the General
Bar Date).
b.You have a Claim allowable under §§ 503(b) and 507(a)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code as an administrative expense of the
Debtors’ chapter 11 cases (except for Claims arising under § 503(b)(9) of the Bankruptcy Code, which must be filed by
the General Bar Date).
c.You hold a claim against a Debtor that previously has been allowed by, or paid pursuant to, an order of the Bankruptcy
Court.
YOU SHOULD NOT FILE A PROOF OF CLAIM OR INTEREST IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A CLAIM AGAINST, OR INTEREST IN,
ANY OF THE DEBTORS.
YOUR RECEIPT OF THIS BAR DATE NOTICE DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU HAVE A CLAIM AGAINST, OR INTEREST IN,
ANY OF THE DEBTORS, OR THAT THE DEBTORS OR THE BANKRUPTCY COURT BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE A CLAIM OR
INTEREST.
NEITHER THE DEBTORS NOR THEIR ATTORNEYS CAN ADVISE YOU ABOUT, OR WHETHER YOU SHOULD FILE, A PROOF
OF CLAIM OR INTEREST.- DEADLINE TO FILE A CLAIM OR INTEREST
a. General Bar Date.If your Claim or Interest is described in Section 2 above, you must file your Proof of Claim or
Interest with the Bankruptcy Court so that the Proof of Claim or Interest is ACTUALLY RECEIVED on or before
December 15, 2019.
b. Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases Bar Date.If you have a Claim arising out of the rejection of an
executory contract or an unexpired lease you must file a Proof of Claim by the later of: (a)December 15, 2019or (b)
thirty (30) days after the effective date of such rejection as ordered by the Bankruptcy Court. - HOW TO FILE A CLAIM OR INTEREST
a.Proof of Claim and Interest Forms. A link to a Proof of Claim form maybe found at http://www.azb.uscourts.gov/proof-
claim-form-and-instructions. Proof of Claim and Interest form may also be obtained by contacting Debtors’ attorney at
the address below.
b. Identification of Debtors and Claimants.You must identify on your Proof of Claim or Interest the holder or holders
of the Claim or Interest and the particular Debtor against which your Claim or Interest is asserted. If you are asserting
Claims or Interests against more than one Debtor, you must file a separate Proof of Claim or Interest with respect to
each such Debtor. If you list more than one Debtor on your Proof of Claim or Interest form, the Debtors will treat such
Claim or Interest as filed against the Debtor you list first.
c.Where and How to file Proof of Claim and Interest Forms.A Proof of Claim or Interest is filed with the Bankruptcy
Court.
Information regarding how to file a proof of claim, and proof of claim form (Bankruptcy Form B 410), can be found on the Court’s
website at http://www.azb.uscourts.gov/proof-claim-form-and-instructions. To be timely filed, the proof of claimmust be received by
the Clerk of Court, (230 N. First Ave., Suite 101, Phoenix, Arizona 85003), on or before the deadline set by the Court. - CONSEQUENCES OF FAILURE TO FILE A PROOF OF CLAIM OR INTEREST
IF YOU ARE REQUIRED TO FILE A PROOF OF CLAIM OR INTEREST, AND YOU FAIL TO DO SO BY THE BAR DATE
APPLICABLE TO YOUR CLAIM(S) OR INTEREST(S) DESCRIBED IN THIS BAR DATE NOTICE, UNLESS OTHERWISE
PROVIDED BY SUBSEQUENT ORDER OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT PURSUANT TO RELEVANT LAW, YOU WILL BE
FOREVER PROHIBITED FROM:
A. ASSERTING ANY CLAIM OR INTEREST AGAINSTTHE DEBTORS, ANDTHE DEBTORS ANDTHEIR PROPERTY
WILL BE FOREVER DISCHARGED FROM ANY AND ALL INDEBTEDNESS OR LIABILITY OR OWNERSHIP
RIGHTS WITH RESPECT TO SUCH CLAIM OR INTEREST; AND
B.VOTING UPON, OR RECEIVING DISTRIBUTIONS UNDER, ANY PLAN OR PLANS OF REORGANIZATION IN
THESE CHAPTER 11 CASES IN RESPECT OF SUCH CLAIM OR INTEREST. - RESERVATION OF RIGHTS
The Debtors reserve the right to: (a) dispute, or to assert offsets or defenses against, any filed Claim or Interest, or any Claim or
Interest listed or reflected in the Schedules, as to nature, amount, liability, classification or otherwise; or (b) subsequently designate
any Claim or Interest as disputed, contingent or unliquidated. Nothing set forth in this Bar Date Notice shall preclude the Debtors from
objecting to any Claim or Interest, whether scheduled or filed, on any grounds. - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
A holder of a possible claim or interest with respect to any of the Debtors should consult an attorney regarding any matters not covered
by this notice, such as whether the holder should file a proof of claim or interest.
THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS NOTICE DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU HAVE A CLAIM OR INTEREST OR THAT
THE DEBTORS BELIEVEYOU HAVE A CLAIM OR INTEREST.
Please note that neither counsel to the Debtors nor the Clerk of the Court’s Office is permitted to give you legal advice.
Proof of Claim or Interest form requests and further inquiries regarding filing a Proof of Claim or Interest against any of the Debtors
may be directed to:
Law Offices of MICHAEL W. CARMEL, LTD.80 East Columbus Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85012-
Telephone: (602) 264-4965. Arizona State Bar No. 007356. Facsimile: (602) 277-0144.
E-mail: [email protected]. Attorney for Debtors.
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