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Analyzing potential Offensive Rookie of Year candidates
Rookies have begun signing their deals after the NFL Draft.
Now that we know who will be playing where and in what systems, we can begin to piece together how effective each player will be in his first season.
Since 1967, when The Associated Press NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Award was first introduced, only 15 of the 47 recipients haven't been running backs. With the game evolving into a passing league, wide receivers must now be considered more of a threat to win the award because of their prevalence in NFL offenses.
Of the 47 AP offensive rookies of the year, 32 have been running backs, eight have been wide receivers, and seven have been quarterbacks.
In 2013, the award came down to Packers running back Eddie Lacy and San Diego Chargers wide receiver Keenan Allen.
Comparing last year's contenders
|2013 winner: Eddie Lacy
|284 rushing attempts
|1,178 yards
|11 TDs
|2013 runner-up: Keenan Allen
|71 receptions
|1,046 yards
|8 TDs
While Allen posted some eye-popping numbers for a rookie wide receiver, Lacy put the Packers on his back while their franchise quarterback, Aaron Rodgers, was sidelined for eight weeks with a broken collarbone. During that eight-game span, Lacy powered his way to 666 yards and seven touchdowns on 151 carries, all while battling a lingering ankle injury. Lacy often faced eight-man boxes and notably watched film of Vikings running back Adrian Peterson when he faced similar defensive alignments.
"(Peterson) is very patient, but even with his patience he has great explosion," Lacy told reporters last November. "As soon as he finds it, he's hitting it like zero-to-60 really fast. I'm trying to work on the zero-to-60 part."
Lacy's production tightened Green Bay's grasp on the NFC North for the team's third consecutive division title.
Because the voters decide after the regular season, the recipients of the award in the past decade have been players who have come from winning teams or rewrote rookie history.
Bringing home the hardware
|2013: Packers RB Eddie Lacy
|Packers win NFC North
|2012: Redskins QB Robert Griffin III
|Redskins win NFC East
|2011: Panthers QB Cam Newton
|Most passing yards in rookie history
|2010: Rams QB Sam Bradford
|Led Rams to 8-8 season
|2009: Vikings WR Percy Harvin
|Vikings earn postseason berth
|2008: Falcons QB Matt Ryan
|Falcons earn postseason berth
|2007: Vikings RB Adrian Peterson
|Broke single-game rushing record
|2006: Titans QB Vince Young
|Had 8-3 record as starter
|2005: Bucs RB Cadillac Williams
|Bucs earn postseason berth
|2004: Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger
|Steelers win AFC North
If any rookie quarterback leads his team to the postseason, the award is likely his. Looking at the five teams (Texans, Raiders, Browns, Jaguars, Vikings) that will potentially start a rookie quarterback, an overwhelming majority would agree that the Texans are the most ready to make a run into the postseason.
Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel will begin his career as a backup, according to team owner Jimmy Haslam, but it's only a matter of time before he's lining up underneath center Alex Mack. Manziel will create the most dazzling, highlight-reel plays of any rookie quarterback and will pique the national media's interest on a week-by-week basis. If he proves to be an efficient passer from the pocket, paired with his exciting playmaking ability, he will win this honor in a landslide.
Vikings offensive coordinator Norv Turner's plan is to spread the field for Adrian Peterson. When the eighth-year running back begins to produce, it will be quarterback Teddy Bridgewater picking apart the defense. Bridgewater ran a pro-style offense for three years under offensive coordinator Shawn Watson. Bridgewater ran a sophisticated, pro passing game and completed 71 percent of his passes (second best in the nation), while throwing 31 touchdowns with just four interceptions. Bridgewater must improve his deep-ball accuracy if he hopes to enjoy all of the perks Turner's offense offers.
While Blake Bortles was selected No. 3 overall, it will be a challenge for a rookie quarterback to lead a team with a roster filled with question marks to a winning record.
The favorite: Johnny Manziel
The dark horse: Tom Savage
There are only a handful of running backs who are immediately set up to have an instant impact in Year One. Because most teams are adopting a multiple-back philosophy, Titans running back Bishop Sankey has a distinct edge on the other rookies at this position. Sankey, a well-rounded runner who displays a natural combination of power and speed, will consume a majority of the load in OTAs, as veteran running back Shonn Greene reportedly underwent knee surgery this offseason. If Sankey can prove to be an every-down back and assume the role Chris Johnson once played in Tennessee, he'll rack up the yards, touchdowns and votes by The Associated Press. Additionally, the Titans used another first-round pick on an offensive lineman (Taylor Lewan) to pair with right guard Chance Warmack. If this line solidifies, it could pave some big lanes for the running backs.
The next batch of running backs will have veterans ahead of them on their respective depth charts and will see a limited amount of carries, short of some unpredictable occurrence.
BenJarvus Green-Ellis' future in Cincinnati is uncertain after the team spent a second-round pick on LSU product Jeremy Hill. While Green-Ellis is due only $2.3 million in base salary for 2014, second-year running back Giovani Bernard emerged as a go-to weapon. After eclipsing the 1,000-yard all-purpose mark, Bernard looks forward to new offensive coordinator Hue Jackson's more traditional run-first play-calling. Could Hill be the early-down back, while Bernard plays the change-of-pace role? It's a possibility.
The Rams rode Zac Stacy to 973 yards and seven touchdowns on the ground in 2013. They added former Auburn running back Tre Mason in the third round. Mason had plenty of production at the collegiate level, running for 1,816 yards and 23 touchdowns in 2014.
San Francisco's Carlos Hyde, Cleveland's Terrance West and Tampa Bay's Charles Sims all will compete for playing time, but won't be the lead runner in their systems as veterans and newly acquired free agents are slated to fill those roles.
The favorite: Bishop Sankey
The dark horse: Jeremy Hill
The wide receiver position in this year's draft class was celebrated as one of the deepest in the past decade. Thirty-three wide receivers were drafted in 2014 — the most since 2008 (35) — but this position has one of the steepest learning curves in the league. Projecting production at the wide receiver position is a difficult task. Five wide receivers look to have an immediate impact in their team's offenses.
Tampa Bay quarterback Josh McCown was lobbying for a large target outside the numbers for him on draft day. The team spent its No. 7 overall pick on former Texas A&M wide receiver Mike Evans. Evans mastered the jump ball in College Station in 2013, and he should have no problem pulling them down at the next level. Lined up opposite wide receiver Vincent Jackson, Evans will put added stress on a defense that will be forced to cover three players who stand 6-foot-5 or taller, including tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins. In the six games McCown started for the Bears last season, he targeted Alshon Jeffery, the No. 2 option, 59 times, which was good for 37 receptions and four touchdowns. That equates to 98 receptions and 11 touchdowns over a full 16-game season. If Evans finished with such numbers, he'd be tough to pass up on the ballots.
Bills general manager Doug Whaley spent a 2015 first- and fourth-round draft pick to move up five slots to select Sammy Watkins. It's no secret that it will be a priority for offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett to feature Watkins. With the addition of wide receiver Mike Williams via trade and Robert Woods gaining a year of experience last season, Watkins could see some favorable matchups from opposing defenses. Even if that's not the case, he's such a rare talent that he'll continue to produce.
Catching on quickly:
|Rookie WR award winners
|Percy Harvin (2009)
|Anquan Boldin (2003)
|Randy Moss (1998)
|Carl Pickens (1992)
|Eddie Brown (1985)
|Louis Lipps (1984)
|Sammy White (1976)
|Earl McCullouch (1968)
The Broncos had four receivers (Demaryius Thomas, Eric Decker, Julius Thomas and Wes Welker) with 10 touchdowns or more in 2013. While Eric Decker left via free agency, Peyton Manning's arsenal of weapons is never empty. By adding Emmanuel Sanders and drafting Cody Latimer, the 17-year quarterback won't skip a beat. Latimer, who will reportedly be limited until training camp as he rehabs from a fractured fifth metatarsal, has experience in a spread offense. "He catches every ball that is within his radius," Indiana offensive coordinator Kevin Johns told USA TODAY Sports this month. "In three years, I can think of just one ball that he dropped."
Cam Newton's wide receiver corps was absolutely decimated this offseason, but general manager Dave Gettleman got him a go-to weapon in Florida State product Kelvin Benjamin. While some consider Benjamin to be a one-year wonder, he has an 83-inch wingspan, which will assist in his transition into the next level.
The favorite: Mike Evans
The dark horse: Kelvin Benjamin


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The automotive website Total Car Score recently compiled a ranking of the Top 10 High-Performance Cars for 2012 that's likely to provoke some lively discussion.
The site says it evaluated a variety of performance vehicles, ranking them on a 100-point scale that included input from other auto reviews. At the top of the list: the Infiniti IPL G Coupe.
"High-performance cars still matter," said Karl Brauer, CEO of Total Score. "They are often on the leading edge of vehicle research and development work, and this work eventually benefits the entire model line."
Just for the record, I don't agree with all the rankings, but they are interesting. I mean, I like the Infiniti fine, but there's no way I would rank it first. And while I have a high regard for Chrysler's SRT vehicles, I would never place them above the Corvette on a list of high-performance vehicles.
The Top 10 and their scores were:
1. Infiniti IPL G Coupe: 85.21.
2. Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG: 84.45
3. Cadillac CTS-V: 83.65
4. Ford Taurus SHO: 83.22
5. Chrysler 300 SRT8: 82.59
6. Dodge Charger SRT8: 81.77
7. Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8: 80
8. Chevrolet Camaro ZL1: 78.8
9. Chevrolet Corvette: 78.03
10. Ford F-150 SVT Raptor: 77.93
For more information, visit totalcarscore.com.
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Love it! Thanks!
Beautiful tunnel of wisteria, lovely how they have the three colours, Thanks Jan.
That's great.. I was a little late with solving. But I like the set again.
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- One World Trade CenterAs construction at One World Trade Center continues towards its estimated completion in 2020, officials are worrying about how to safeguard the site from storm flooding. Although the tower itself is expected to be finished next year, other parts of the 16-acre site will still be under construction for the next eight years. So far, the Port Authority has been keeping a tight lip on what their plans are for preventing flooding of the site due to sea level rise, which could cost upwards of $2 billion to repair.1
- One World Trade CenterThe World Trade Center site, and all of Lower Manhattan for that matter, is poised on ground that has an extreme disadvantage in regards to flooding- built up on a landfill atop the Hudson River.2
- One World Trade CenterBeing just at sea level, the area is prone to flooding with any major storm.3
- Hurricane-Sandy flooding construction siteBut one problem with the World Trade site is that, like other construction sites, much of it is an open, unguarded pit. During Hurricane Sandy, New York saw many construction sites transformed into miniature lakes, resulting in expensive water pumping services and water damage repair.4
- 911 Memorial One World Trade CenterPat Foye, the Port Authority's executive director, is keeping mum on just how the site will be taken care of should another storm rip through the region.5
- 911 Memorial One World Trade CenterFoye has only shared the $2 billion estimate, and also the disclaimer that the costs would be covered by FEMA payments and reimbursements.6
- 911 Memorial One World Trade CenterBut with climate change and super storms now a grim reality in our region, we should hope that there is in fact a plan to safeguard New York's most expensive skyscraper, at $3.8 billion, from impending flooding in a known flood zone.7


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1. The Role of Music
Frank J. Oteri: The work you do inhabits its own unique realm that is sometimes quite at odds with most of the presentational aspects we take for granted with most music: it's really not meant to be listened to the same way in time, in space or in volume…So, how you feel about describing your work as music? How does it fit in with the history of music of the past and how it points to the music of the future?
Maryanne Amacher: Well that's a difficult question [laughs]. Are you thinking of concert music?
Frank J. Oteri: I'm thinking of the role that music has had in society, the relationship people have to is as listeners, the context of concerts, recordings, how it's assimilated, how it's taught, how it's learned, how it's acculturated in different societies… What you're doing seems to be somehow beyond that. Obviously it uses sound, tone, and timbre, but it's doing something else.
Maryanne Amacher: I think I know how I can discuss that with you, but first I'm wondering if you're thinking more of concerts because occasionally people react and say, "Oh, this is a real experience…" because of the staging and presentation. I guess it's also because of the music, but I'm interested in making a very different situation for people. From the very beginning, I wanted to do experiential work. I was working with electronic means, therefore I could sit and observe various things. I could try to understand more about what was happening to my ears, to my body, all over.
I think I do music because I'm trying to understand. The ear-tones that I played for you are referred to as otoacoustic emissions. I heard those very early on when I was beginning to work, so I wanted to create a kind of music where the listener actually has vivid experiences of contributing this other sonic dimension to the music—the music that their ears are making. I've become very involved with situations like that. My approach is more like in science. This is not to say that music is not emotional and everything else. I sit and listen and I hear things, then I discover how I can expand them or increase them and try to understand them. I think of them as perceptual geographies actually. "Ways of Hearing"—how we hear things far away; how we hear things close. How suddenly in your head there almost is sound, continuing and continuing. It's particularly effective after very strong sections with enormously long fades, but it has to be done in such a way that the sonic shapes are lingering in your mind afterwards.
I believe a lot of music, particularly as it developed from the past, was really a rearrangement of the figures of other men's music—I'm not talking about sampling—but it's just snatching little things and doing your own personalized sequence in time. Whereas, I think my tendency was to become much more involved in the so-called physics—I don't like the word psychoacoustics—both of music and how our perceptual experience changes when sounds are just traveling around here and it sounds like it's miles away, when it seems like it's only in your head…
Frank J. Oteri: You studied with Stockhausen and he was certainly a forerunner of the work you do. He was one of the pioneers of having multiple speakers and later, he did a work that was an entire house, every room had different music happening on it.
Maryanne Amacher: I think I was fortunate in that the first electronic music I heard was in Cologne on multiple speakers. Being a fan of Varèse, I immediately connected to imagining the spacialization of sound, and then to have had the wonderful opportunity to study a little bit with Stockhausen, it was just incredible.
Frank J. Oteri: But at the same time, there's something so human about the music that you're creating and how people's ears are responding. It's so fundamentally human in some ways even though it's all created with machines, with electronics. There's something wonderfully contradictory and beautiful about that. This is somehow a music that could only be created in our lifetime. Maybe you could get strings or the human voice to do this…
Maryanne Amacher: Of course.
Frank J. Oteri: But that's not what you do. Is that something you'd be interested in doing?
Maryanne Amacher: Well, of course I could but the advantage for me is I don't care. It doesn't matter to me that they're machines or computers but I think what was of value was the possibility of being able to work this way, that you do sound explorentally—you could sit and listen and observe things, observe shapes.
There is a situation when you have architecture as I'm describing it—physical architecture, these larger spaces. It is a very communal thing and because of the dimensions of the space itself connecting to the music in the way it does, it creates a very liberating experience. I mean, people dance. It's very different than if you're in a small place or particularly if you're keeping your seat.
Frank J. Oteri: There's something sort of imprisoning about sitting in a concert hall and having to be quiet.
Maryanne Amacher: Well it's not even that. I think it's known that you actually experience sound better when you move, which also connects to dancing.
Frank J. Oteri: When you were playing your work for us you said make sure to move all around.
Maryanne Amacher: Yeah, and it's fun to move your head and to kind of dance.


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Bratislava, Slovak Republic - Lucie Safarova and Petra Kvitova won singles matches to give the Czech Republic a 2-0 lead over the Slovak Republic in the Fed Cup quarterfinals.
Safarova kicked of Saturday's action with a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Daniela Hantuchova before Kvitova made it a clean sweep of the opening singles with a 6-2, 6-3 thumping of Dominika Cibulkova.
The Czechs need only one more victory in Sunday's reverse singles or the doubles rubber to advance to the semifinals for the third straight year.
There wasn't much drama in the matchup of neighboring nations who once competed as Czechoslovakia.
Safarova broke serve four times and didn't even face a break point during her easy dismissal of Hantuchova in just 89 minutes.
Kvitova, a quarterfinalist at the Australian Open and winner of the tuneup tournament in Brisbane, also broke serve four times and saved the two break points against her serve in the 79-minute dismantling of Cibulkova.
The 18th-ranked Kvitova will have the first opportunity to clinch the tie for the Czechs on Sunday against Hantuchova, a former top 10 player now ranked 32nd.
Safarova and Cibulkova will meet in the fourth rubber, while the doubles match is slated to feature Kveta Peschke and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova for the Czechs against the hosts tandem of Hantuchova and Magdalena Rybarikova.
The Czechs have won all three previous meetings in Fed Cup play since Czechoslovakia split. Led by the legendary Martina Navratilova, Czechoslovakia won five Fed Cup titles, but neither the Czech Republic nor Slovak Republic has won the championship since becoming separate nations.


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Discussion in 'Smash Brothers' started by bobszhi, Apr 8, 2009.
im really good with olimar and i was wanting to see some input on that
Congrats on being good with Olimar, then.
He's my #2. Olimar is both highly underestimated and highly unexpected
There are better characters but he is a nice surprise.
tanks everyone except for da guy who said dere are better!!!
;any good strategys for him?
1 major tip he is a close range character not a projectile character or a camping or edge he is a CLOSE RANGE CHARACTER.
and you only know that cause of me.
anyways, yes he is a close fighter. you should only run in order to get more pikmin. then get back in their face and pound them.
Yes I guess I did learn that from you and I was taught well and fast.There was this post somewhere but I forgot where.They gave a description of what order the pikmim came up in and I just can't remember.
all pikmin come out at random but certain colors come out more depending on what ground your on. its not perfect cause its still random but the odds are better for the different ground styles
Earth(stone, dirt, and plants)
Metal(obviously different metals)
Other(energy, clouds, ice, special platforms)
red and yellow are more common from Earth
blue and white are more common from Metal
and purple is more common from Other
Well I think it might have been kingslayer but he had his close to that.
I myself was really surprised at myself when I got better with Olimar. He didn't seem like a very good character, but when I got a hang of him, it turned out pretty good.
He can be hard to use.
I'm guessing you mean this? It didn't really have the same thing as Shadow, but whatever.
Edit: On my quoted post I probably should of mentioned that White Pikmin are thrown faster and at a longer distance then others.
White Pikmin also have a longer grab distance, correct?
Cheapimar is cheap.
Ya, you have a real problem facing them it seems. I guess it's a good thing, for you, that Shadow isn't in the 1v1 brawl league. It's kind of funny seeing CK, an aggro player, tense up when facing a character that is actually smaller than Meta Knight .
Well actually, I can beat Shadow's Olimar much easier than most, I know his playstyle too well.
... General on the other hand... His Olimar gives me plenty trouble. Closest I've been to a loss in the league (as in the entire match, not just one).
Hmm... I remember you had trouble against my Olimar (even though I stopped caring by then), so I think I might try him out next time. Expect me to throw indigo and violet Pikmin all over the place ... if I get lucky I might pull out a green and orange Pikmin, so watch out for the power of rainbow Olimar .
Though don't worry, you'll still beat me badly. I'm just hoping to pull off a KO / get you to 50%+, while you play seriously.
You can beat my Olimar CK but I've always noticed you fight harder as soon as you see pikmin on the field. You're scared of the plant people, not when I use them, but you're scared of them.
So he is also scared of SpongeBob rotfl.Well then I should(when I get the internet that is highspeed)use olimar when I battle you CK.That will be a battle till the death.Toon agianst meta or who ever I choose when the time comes.
A character does not win you the battle, it is the skill which takes form within that character. [/corny]
Seriously though. I'm not afraid of Olimar; if I was afraid of him I wouldn't of accepted General's rematch (he nearly owned me with pwnimar on match 2). If I was afraid, I would no contest. I simply don't play well against a defensive cheapimar. I fear nothing in the Brawl world. ... ... ... Except M2K's Meta... Scary ****.


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October 27, 2014
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October 20, 2014
This and That
As you can see from the pictures, I've been painting. I haven't made a lot of progress on my knitting because I'm cat sitting, and Sadie can't resist pouncing on squiggly yarn. If I try and hide my knitting, she climbs up on the arm or the back of the chair and pounces effectively from there. Sadie does have her own yarn but she prefers mine. She is fun to have around, and she can be as busy as a two year old!
Enjoy the week!
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October 07, 2014
Great Shape
|Edging ends are so well shaped in this pattern.
I finally finished the Camellia Scarf. I made the largest size so I think it can be defined as a small shawl, but this versatile pattern can be made even larger. However, I think this size is perfect ~ not too large and not too small.
As an added bonus, the bind off edging for the two ties worked beautifully. As a matter of fact, it's the best edging I've seen and is part of the charted pattern. That edge, coupled with the Icelandic bind off for the middle section that another Rav knitter recommended, lends this shawl stability, and since I do not own blocking wires, I was thrilled when I started to block the shawl because the edging kept its shape and only required a few pins.
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Discussion in '1911 Forums' started by FLAWLS1, Nov 28, 2012.
I do like this one, I could see myself buying one of these beauties
I really like the basic nature of this 1911.
Anyone have a C&S 1911 or BHP?
Just added a built this June 2012 Nighthawk Falcon in black Nitride to the stable today. I will say, that while I'm not sold on NH as much these days as I was in their early days, this one is built extremely well. Shoots lights out too.
Now see crap like this is not conducive to my plan to not buy more semi custom 1911s Stop it already!
Sorry man...................NOT!
We should require warnings on posts with pics of 1911s, something along the line of
"Warning, pictures attached that may influence you to spend way too much money on a 1911 that you know you really do not need anyways. Proceed at you own risk and don't cry & moan if you drop $2500 or more on a gun that only holds 9 rounds"
Should be a federal law, I am contacting the Big O to see if I can get it passed.....
Yeah, this site has cost me a many tens of thousands of dollars.
What the hell are YOU talking about?!?! YOU'VE cost us hundreds of thousands of dollars!!!
Yeah no doubt, I wonder about the possibilities of a class action lawsuit based on his evil tempting of us with his pics.......
....I mean we could split his stuff up pretty evenly I think. We could leave him a Taurus 1911 (gold bling and all) so he would not be defenseless.
And since the lawsuit is my ideal I get dibs on the carpet......
I love it!!! Summitch has cost me plenty for sure.
What are you laughing about Brian? He's serious. My lawyer talked to his lawyer today and I think you owe us some money man. I'll be willing to settle out of court for my pick of you collection though.
Correct sir! And because I am just that kind of guy I will take guns other than 1911s named in the lawsuit as compensation......I mean I would not want to be the guy who took all you 1911s....
I will settle for all the Walthers and the Colt revolvers.......and a couple of Papa Johns large pizzas......and a hooker....not a nasty cheap one like I pick up when I tell the wife "I am going to the auto parts store" either but one of those fancy ones that comes to your house and all.....
You guys are too much, lol
I'm not too sure of that. I spoke to a NHC rep recently and they said all of their parts are now forged, no castings. On par with WC bulletproof parts. Also, their standard BN treatment (not coating) is better than anything Wilson or Brown offers. If you want any color other than Black, they still use Permakote though.
Joe just bought a new Nighthawk and I'm looking forward to his opinion. I will say some of the new Nighthawks at my shop feel pretty good.
Maybe they're bouncing back.
Yeah they're full of it. Look up them using Kimber ambi safeties and guys sending them back and NH's CS giving them hell saying they won't warranty them. They knew if they wanted a strong ambi they'd have to buy them from Wilson. It's good that they started using melonite or whatever but their other coatings had issues. The biggest problem I have is that they are on remsport frame and slides. Nothing wrong with them but I'm not paying $3k for one when I can have either a DW (cheaper) or a Wilson or Brown. Whom, make their own stuff including their own frame and slides. Nighthawk merely buys stuff and rebadges it so I'm not impressed for that kind of money when Baer, Brown, GC, and Wilson are the competition. YMMV.


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Soza clinic louisiana MetairieCovingtonHoumaHarveyPraireville Illegal injections. Practicing medicine without a license. dispensing drugs without a license metairie, harvey, houma, covington Louisiana
*REBUTTAL Owner of company: Completely false
*REBUTTAL Owner of company: Soza is a reputable business with long history of great customer service in Louisiana
The Louisiana branch of Soza are selling vitamin injections illegally!
they are selling shots to patients WITHOUT them being seen by a Dr.
This means the owners Toni and Wendy Difulco are practicing medicine without a license.
They are also selling compounded vitamins which CANNOT be given to patients unless the facility has a dispensing license which they do not-because they don't even have a Dr.
In addition to that since the compunded materials have come across state lines this is a FEDERAL offense-violations of which are investigated by the DEA and FDA.
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Completely false
AUTHOR: wendy difulco - ()
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, September 24, 2014POSTED: Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Again, this report was not written by SOZA CLINIC. It was written by someone for purely malicious reasons. He reports are false and libelous so he uses false names.
The louisiana clinics are operating in full compliance with all state and federal laws. All of the soza clinics nationally are affiliated, and purchase and sell the same high quality products in every location throughout the nation.
Our main product, reported by this author to be "water" is FDA REGISTERED. In addition, all of our products are produced by GMP certified manufacturers using the highest quality ingredients.
All of our products and programs are priced appropriately and are perfectly in line with the market for such.
I would ask that anyone researching our program rely on reputable sources before making any decisions as to the validity of our programs.
our facebook page @ soza clinic louisiana- where you can see real recommendations from actual clients.
the better business bureau etc.
anyone can write anything on here and it is not fact checked or investigated by anyone for its validity.
Unlike the actual outher of this piece, We are local small business owners with and investment in the community in which we have always lived. We have provided top quality services to louisiana clients for over three years. And we will continue to do so for many years to come.
Our clients are our most important asset and we invest ourselves daily in helping them to sucessfully achieve their weight loss goals! customer service, honesty and integrity are our top priority.
Thank you for taking the time to read my response. If you have any additional questions, I can be reached at my metairie clinic. (504)293-1655
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Soza is a reputable business with long history of great customer service in Louisiana
AUTHOR: wendy difulco - ()
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, September 24, 2014POSTED: Wednesday, September 24, 2014
This and EVERY other negative report posted on rip off report about every soza clinic are false and were written by one person, Emile Bouari. He is the previous owner of Bouari International franchise. Who has written these as a personal vendetta after All of the franchisees nationwide left the system and filed lawsuits for fraud. He writes multiple reports, using fictitous names.
Our injection program was established under the direction of our medical director at the time, who is a respectable local physician, and all due diligence was performed to roll out the program, following all applicable laws.
If you would like some reliable reviews from actual clients of our local clinics. please look to a dependable source. you can go to our facebook page at soza clinic louisiana and see all of the fantastice recommendations on there.
Unlike the author of this post we are local people who have been operating in louisiana for over 3 years and have provided optimal service to all of our clients.
or contact the local BBB where you will find zero reports.
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Placing fertilizer in a band at planting is an appealing option for growers who wish to optimize yields while keeping input costs at a minimum.
When fertilizer is banded, soil "tie up" of several nutrients is reduced, since soil to fertilizer contact is minimized. This results in more efficient use of these nutrients by corn.
Starter fertilizer can also be a boost for corn under stressful conditions. A shift to earlier planting dates, reduced tillage and corn-on-corn acres has led to renewed interest in the use of band-applied or starter fertilizers.
Traditionally, starter fertilizer was banded two inches to the side and two inches below the seed (2x2). Since many planters today are not equipped for this placement, other options, such as placing liquid starter fertilizers with the seed or dribbling them on the soil surface -- two inches to the side of the seed row (2x0) at planting -- are being used.
Over the past three years, research conducted by Gyles Randall and Jeff Vetsch at the University of Minnesota (U of M) Southern Research and Outreach Center in Waseca found that yield results were similar among 2x2 and 2x0 placement methods. Yields were greatest for these placement methods when sulfur was included in the application, with yields averaging 18 bushels per acre over the control in 2006, and 12 bushels per acre more during the three-year study period.
Historically, research indicated little advantage for sulfur fertilization in corn. During this time, however, the atmosphere also supplied more sulfur (think acid rain). Recent research suggests that the addition of sulfur to a starter fertilizer may provide a yield boost for some growers.
Application method and source is important when sulfur is applied at planting. When potassium thiosulfate was applied directly with the seed (also known as a "pop-up" application) at four pounds of sulfate per acre, stand was reduced by 30%, and yield was reduced 13% in one of the three years during the U of M trials. As a result, this product would not be recommended at this rate in contact with with the seed.
Particularly in sandy soils, ammonium thiosulfate (another sulfur source) can have a negative impact on germination. In general, the potential for damage from seed-placed fertilizer increases under dry conditions at planting, which is also of particular concern with sandy soils.
In U of M research, no correlation has been found in between soil test values for sulfur and a yield response. The potential for a response to sulfur fertilization is also greatly reduced if manure has been applied to a field.
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For more than 30 years, I've taught professional ethics to attorneys and CPAs around the country and business ethics to students at Loyola Marymount University. In the beginning, I began lessons by quickly reviewing famous philosophers — Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, Adam Smith and others — followed by an analysis of well-known business cases. (Compare Ford Motor Co.'s handling of the safety issues surrounding its Pinto model, in which officials knew the car might catch fire if hit from behind, with how Johnson & Johnson went beyond its legal duty to pull Tylenol from shelves nationwide following a cyanide scare in the 1980s.)
But while I was using this well-developed method, I knew some basic concepts were missing. I wanted students to think and then question basic assumptions. As a result, I began to introduce several concepts from Jewish tradition. For example, to counter the market theory of seemingly unlimited profits, our tradition long ago advocated a profit limit for consumer goods. The Mishnah, codified in 200 C.E., capped profit at one-sixth (16.67 percent) when dealing with most consumer goods. And the well-worn idea that consumers had little protection in most societies until recently was turned on its head as I shared that this same Mishnah limited marketing techniques. It questions giving gifts to children as a way of enticing their parents to enter a store and forbids placing attractive products at a store entrance, only to have inferior quality items for sale inside. Spraying one's store with wonderful scents to motivate purchases was not considered a fair business practice either.
In effect, our ancient tradition seemed to reject the old caveat emptor, buyer beware, in order to instill a new concept, seller be fair. This principle was codified in our tradition long before consumer law was an accepted legal concept.
But something was still missing. When teaching cases and general philosophies, the individuals making the decision and their personal values were ignored. I now advocate that effective business and professional ethics start with the individual's personal values. Accordingly, I don't start by analyzing business cases or professional situations; rather I ask, "What are your core values?" Most answer with a list that includes honesty, integrity, fairness, responsibility, loyalty, following the law and accountability. I then add principles extracted from the Jewish tradition: chesed (compassion), brit (promise keeping), tzedakah (justice and charity), tikkun olam (repairing the world).
These additional Jewish values remind the individual decision maker that the spirit of the law and not just the letter of the law needs to be considered. That keeping one's word, even if not written in a contract or legally enforceable, reflects one's trustworthiness. That taking care of others or those on the margins of society is not merely a nice thing to do on occasion, but also is part of our daily obligation. The same goes for caring about the welfare of others and not just for oneself.
I can't tell you how often students and professionals get angry, as these concepts challenge their belief that their highest motivation can be taking care of themselves or their families. Or that greed and taking advantage of a particular situation, often to their sole advantage, reflects good business practices. The truth is that while these may be motivators, they cannot be understood as ethical values that have a moral justification. After these brief outbursts, and a little gentle pushing, everyone comes up with their personal list of core values.
That pushing also includes having my students write their own eulogy. I want them to write a statement not of what they would like it to say, but a true accounting of where they are now and especially how they feel they are meeting their personal list of core values as well as the values of chesed, brit, tzedakah and tikkun olam. As they do this, I can hear a pin drop. Sometimes, in the quiet, I can almost hear a tear drop, too, as the writer contemplates death as well as life.
They are now open for the next assignment: to write a personal mission statement.
I display what is considered to be the mission statement of the 12th-century Rambam (aka Maimonides). He was the ultimate overachiever — leading rabbi and legal scholar to much of the Jewish world, author of "The Mishneh Torah" and "The Guide for the Perplexed," doctor to the royal family of Egypt. I use his statement to illustrate how personal mission statements both animate one's actions and reflect honest challenges to one's achievement of ambitions. The Rambam was honest and openly exposed his difficulty in listening to the wisdom of others who he felt were inferior to his own level of learning, as well as his preference for working with wealthy clients. The point is that if the Rambam, this amazingly accomplished individual, could reveal his challenges, so should each of us aspire to this level of honesty.
Finally, I should mention that healthy personal relationships are also a key element of business and professional ethics. Our model of teshuvah (repentance), as discussed by the Rambam and Pinchas Peli (20th century), provides one of the best models for conflict resolution. This model often is distilled to four basic components: sincere and unconditional apology; active listening, to understand the extent of the harm as felt by the other; asking what type of reasonable restitution the other needs; and then changing as a person due to this process, so that given the same circumstances you would now act differently.
While there are additional aspects of our varied and exciting tradition that I incorporate when teaching professional and business ethics, the above are enough to show that our heritage has much to offer. More than that, I truly believe that my students, whether in the classroom or the boardroom — and whether Jewish or not — have all been given important tools for better navigating complex issues by being exposed to the wisdom of our Jewish ancestors.
Rabbi Arthur Gross-Schaefer is a lawyer, CPA and professor in the College of Business Administration at Loyola Marymount University. He serves as rabbi at Community Shul of Montecito and Santa Barbara.


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Henry Hutcheson, a family business speaker and consultant with ReGeneration Partners in Raleigh, N.C., offered a starting point on succession planning for those who attended the Independent Garden Center Show last month in Chicago: tell somebody.
"In my experience, the best place to begin is to simply declare to the family that you are going to begin," Hutcheson writes at NewsObserver.com.
"Call a family meeting, close the door and simply state that the company and the family need to begin thinking and talking about preparing for the future of the business. Yes, you have opened Pandora's Box, but better you than someone else."
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Following May's successful event for Mother's Day, the Cornersburg Dairy Queen – along with its sister store in Austintown – hosted a cake decorating event on June 14 in honor of Father's Day.
"Actually, I think I invented it," store owner Chrissy Smith said. "I know others have copied it since. I always had the idea to do it since we had our walk-up store on Canfield Road. I used to let little kids write on their own cake for their dad. We've probably been doing it for at least five or six years. It's been pretty successful for us."
The cakes ranged in price from $19.99 for an eight-inch to $27.99 for a sheet cake. Customers bought a blank cake and were provided with sprinkles, jell, icing, ribbons and an airbrushing machine to decorate the cake as they wished. They could decorate either by themselves or with the help of Dairy Queen employees.
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Rachel Froehlich of Canfield brought her two sons, Micah Johnson and Braxton Froehlich, to the event, along with her sister, Amanda Froehlich Wince. While Micah watched, Braxton decorated a cake with images of tools and a football and colored it in Cleveland Browns colors of orange and brown. The cake was for Braxton's and Micah's father and grandfather.
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A very nice store with a solid selection of mostly belgian and british beers, belgian beers being the focus. I bought a couple Brew Dog beers and various bitters. Nothing super rare but good enough to get your craft beer fix. I had no trouble finding the place, it's located just north of the historic city centre. Moderate prices and the owner (I suppose?) was very friendly too.
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Quite an interesting store with a pretty neat selection of Belgian beers plus some interesting UK brews. The Belgians have all quite detailed aroma descriptions on the shelftags (in Slovakian) and information regarding gravity or ingredients that are not found on the original labels. The shopkeeper made no problems to store my quite opulent buys until I came back by car to pick them up a couple hours later.
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This store for mostly Belgian beers, although, they have now also English and Ukrainian beer. good place for beginners. Overall not bad place for buying Belgian beers.
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Present journal entries to transfer the deficit of any deficient partners to the other partners.
The Field, Brown & Snow partnership was begun with investments by the partners as follows: Field, $131,250; Brown, $165,000; and Snow, $153,750. The operations did not go well, and the partners eventually decided to liquidate the partnership, sharing all losses equally. On May 31, after all assets were converted to cash and all creditors were paid, only $45,000 in partnership cash remained.
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Two men were arrested soon after they've robbed lottery office in Patos de Minas (Brazil) on Wednesday, local media reports.
One of them stayed outside, while the other, armed with a revolver, entered the office and grabbed approximately five thousand dollars (7,900.00 Reais).
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Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic believes Marko Arnautovic has outgrown Stoke and feels he will soon look to move on.
The 27-year-old Arnautovic has made 100 appearances for the Potters since arriving for a reported £2million from Werder Bremen in 2013.
The winger enjoyed his best campaign for Stoke in 2015-16 as he netted 11 times and provided six assists under Mark Hughes.
Arnautovic's form at international level has also caught the eye as he scored twice in a 2-2 draw with Wales on Thursday.
Ivanovic, who will come up against the Austrian in Sunday's World Cup qualifier with his Serbia side, feels the Stoke man has become too good for the Bet365 Stadium outfit.
"I have the utmost respect for Arnautovic because he has matured in the last year and a half or two," Ivanovic said.
"He has drawn a lot of attention here [in Serbia] because of his heritage [he has a Serbian father] and in footballing terms, he has perhaps improved beyond the quality of the club he plays for."


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Veszprťm, Hungary (AFP) Jan 28, 2016
Victims of Hungary's worst ever toxic spill, which killed 10 people and injured 150 in 2010, voiced outrage after the boss of the alumina plant that caused the disaster was cleared of any wrongdoing on Thursday.
Zoltan Bakonyi, the former director of the MAL alumina plant in Ajka, and 14 employees were acquitted of charges of negligence, waste management violations and damages to the environment.
The public prosecutor's office said it would appeal the verdict.
Prosecutors had earlier demanded prison sentences for all those on trial over the disaster, which had sent toxic sludge cascading into villages in western Hungary after the plant's holding reservoir burst its walls on October 4, 2010.
But the court said the employees -- which also included several senior managers -- could not be held criminally responsible because the disaster had ostensibly been caused by a "loss of stability in the undersoil".
The judgment sparked strong reactions in the packed courtroom in the city of Veszprem, with one man shouting "Outrageous verdict! We will protest!" before being escorted out by a security guard.
The man had also unfolded a banner showing pictures of destroyed homes, with the words: "This is all 10 people's lives are worth?"
A 54-year-old metalworker who lost his parents in the disaster, shook his head at the ruling, saying he would "never get over what happened".
"The body of my father was only found a week after the accident, covered in mud on a football pitch, some five kilometres from his home," Gyula Tokolics told AFP.
"I discovered my mother's body in the house. She had just served lunch."
- River life wiped out -
The catastrophe unfolded on October 4, when the plant's reservoir cracked open after weeks of heavy rain, releasing 1.1 million cubic metres (38.8 million cubic feet) of poisonous, red sludge.
The mud -- a caustic byproduct of aluminium extraction -- rushed into the nearby villages of Kolontar, Devecser and Somlovasarhely.
Flows of two metres (over six feet) toppled cars and submerged entire homes, leaving hundreds without homes or livelihood. Many of the survivors suffered horrendous chemical burns.
The sludge also wiped out almost all life in nearby rivers and even spread to the Danube.
In total, the devastation spread across an area of 40 square kilometres (over 15 square miles).
Responding to the disaster, the Hungarian government declared a state of emergency and evacuated around 8,000 people from the area.
Over the following months, workers worked tirelessly to remove the mud from the flood plain and doused the area with acid.
Authorities also slapped a 135-billion forint (430 million-euro, $470-million) fine on MAL in 2011 and moved to nationalise the plant.
Last February, Budapest set up a compensation fund for the victims, with many claims still outstanding.
- 'Indelible mark' -
But despite vast sums spent on depolluting the region, it still bears traces of the tragedy.
Hundreds of hectares of land remain sealed off and cannot be used for cultivation.
Having lost their homes and loved ones, dozens of local residents moved elsewhere in the aftermath of the accident.
In Devecser, church bells ring every year on the anniversary of the spill.
The accident was bound to leave "an indelible mark", the village's then-mayor, Tamas Toldi, had told AFP in 2011.
For environmental group Greenpeace, Thursday's ruling does little to help bring closure.
"We are not necessarily saying that all 15 were guilty but we very disappointed that more than five years after the disaster there is still no one held responsible," spokesman Gergely Simon told AFP.
"If you look at the scientific and technical evidence, we believe it is clear that the disaster was not a natural disaster but was due to human error," he said.
"Satellite images show that the walls of the dam were moving, and nobody checked the stability of the dam however between 2000 and 2010."
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WILL Smith admits that adapting to 50-over cricket has been a challenge for Hampshire.
Hampshire have the first of three must-win Royal London One-Day Cup games today, against Worcestershire at The Ageas Bowl (2pm start), after winning one of their first five fixtures.
After three defeats from four games, heavy rain meant Hampshire's latest match against Northants on Friday was a 'no-result'.
But with most sides beating each other in Group A, three wins from three should ensure qualification for the quarter-finals of county cricket's first 50-over competition since Hampshire won the 2009 Friends Provident Trophy.
"If we lose another game we'll be struggling so we're probably in must-win territory now, which seems to be where we like to be," said Smith.
"That's been when Hampshire have played their best one-day cricket in recent years so it might not be a bad thing.
"It's obviously not what we planned for but when we know we have to win everyone seems to be able to lift their performance by ten to 15 per cent."
Smith admits that starting a new competition in late July has been a challenge.
"Every county's in the same situation so we can't bemoan it too much but the way the schedule's worked this year, with four-day cricket mixed in with t20 throughout, to suddenly have a completely different competition has been tricky," said Smith.
"I think a lot of teams have struggled to know how to play it. Fifty overs seems like a hell of a long time now when, for the last few years, we've just been playing 20 and 40-over cricket.
"So it's getting that balance between being as expansive as you can and keeping wickets in hand and batting the full 50 overs.
"That's one area we've struggled but there are signs we're maybe just starting to get it right, albeit without the right results.
"We feel we're on an upward curve going into the next three games."
Hampshire amassed 360-9, the highest 50-over total in the county's history and their second highest one-day total, when they won their only game against Lancashire at Old Trafford two weeks ago. But rain has played a big part in denying them wins at The Ageas Bowl, with Leicestershire chasing down a 25-over Duckworth-Lewis target two days before the Northants wash-out.
"We were slightly flummoxed by the weather on that occasion too and a fabulous innings by [Niall] O'Brien," said Smith.
"Had we got the full 50 overs we'd have backed ourselves, there was a bit of turn in the wicket, it was quite slow and we had a score on the board."
With 230 runs at 46, Smith is Hampshire's top One-Day Cup scorer but has been frustrated not to build on scores of 35, 49, 47, 40 and 59.
"I'd like to be more prolific and get a big score to help the team achieve bigger targets," he said.
"Ideally you would want one guy getting a hundred and 70 or 80 from another. Our one hundred was a phenomenal innings from Maxi (Glenn Maxwell), when with someone batting around him we got a score in excess of 300. That's what we have to be aiming at every time.
"We've had too many fifties and sixties which is disappointing, but it also shows people are playing well so we have to see the positive side of that too."
The fact that the 50-over format has returned to mirror one-day internationals means differences to the format the counties last played five years ago.
As well as having a maximum of two fielders outside the circle during the opening ten-over powerplay and three during the five-over batting powerplay, bowlers are allowed no more than four (instead of five) for the other 35 overs too.
The use of a new ball in the second innings was also introduced in 2012.
"The way the competition's structured now, it seems to be skewed slightly too much towards the batsmen - I shouldn't be saying that as a batter but I'm an all rounder now!" continued Smith, who has taken three wickets with his off-spin.
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"It's a good skill if you can do it and if you can master that art you've done really well. But it's skewed a little too much, particularly with two new balls.
"When you have one new ball in 40-over and 50-over cricket, towards the end you can get it to reverse which evens the battle a little."
With Adam Wheater seeing out the second game of his two-match ban, Hampshire are likely to be unchanged against Worcestershire but have included trialist Basil Akram, a 21 year-old seamer, in a 12-man squad.
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Discussion in 'Landscape Architecture and Design' started by queen of spades, Oct 14, 2008.
200 clams in the bank for two hours work (roto-tilling a lawn). I love making $100 an hour.
Yeah buddy if you price stuff right, the money will be there. I did a patio with 1 helper and made about 2 grand in 14 hours. I'll admit, the job went WAY faster than expected but it makes up for those crappy jobs you get trapped in.
Minus your fuel and insurance and all that tho...
I'm willing to be you didn't "make" 100/hr. As previouis poster said...minus everything and you'll be surprised what it goes down to.
Was tilling the only job performed that day?
that and cleaning out of a 10' section of ditch.
I have some bad memories of those "jobs you get trapped in" lol.
I've taken less and less of those recently - you know, I never realized it until a couple years ago, but two jobs at $400 a pop are waaaay better than 4 jobs at $200 a pop (that I should have charged $300 for, and I know it )
Now I'm convinced that I need to buy a bigger tiller. . .
Any of the clams have pearls?
Agreed... net income is the bottom line...
I'm working on a patio right now and the budget restrictions are killing me. I don't think I'm going to profit like I have all summer, but the only bonus is that it's a person in town that knows a lot of people. So ultimately, I might not make as much on this job, but it should drum up plenty of business.


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