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Detroit Lions Legacy

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Love them or hate them, the Detroit Lions are the city’s only professional football franchise. Currently, the team resides just a luxury sedan or limousine at Ford Field, located in downtown Detroit. Here are some historical highlights of the team:

The Lions were not Detroit’s first professional football team. In 1920, the Detroit Heralds were charter members of the American Professional Football Association, but the franchise closed after two years. The Detroit Panthers were then formed in 1925, but that team also folded after two seasons. In 1928, the Detroit Wolverines were formed, but failed after only one year. Finally, Detroit welcomed the Lions in 1934. The team originated in Ohio and was purchased for $7,952.08 by a group headed by Detroit radio executive George A. Richards, later moving to Motown.

The Lions played at the University of Detroit Stadium before an average crowd of 16,000 people. The new Detroit Lions won the NFL Championship in just their second year in 1935. Under coach “Potsy” Clark and such stars as Hall of Famer “Dutch” Clark, Ernie Caddel, George Christensen, “Ace Gutowski,
Glenn Presnell and “Ox” Emerson, the early Lions established professional football in Detroit.

In 1940, Fred Mandel of Chicago purchased the club. The team was sold eight years later to a group of local businessmen under the leadership of Edwin J. Anderson. The Detroit syndicate controlled the club until 1964, when William Clay Ford became sole owner for a price of $4.5 million…

The Lions dominated in the 1950s with four division titles and three league championships. Under head coach Buddy Parker, the team won back-to-back world crowns in 1952-53, defeating Cleveland both times. The Detroit-Cleveland battles of the time were classic matchups between two giants of the burgeoning NFL.

In 1967, Schmidt began the first of six seasons as the Lions’ head coach. His 1970 team made the playoffs (first postseason trip since 1957) but lost in the first round to Dallas by a baseball-like score of 5-0.

During the 1974 season, the Lions moved to a new domed stadium, the Silverdome, in Pontiac, Michigan, a suburb 30 miles north of Detroit. It remains the largest air-supported domed structure in the world and seats more than 80,000 spectators under a fiberglass roof.

Monte Clark took control of all football operations as head coach in 1978. Under Clark, the Lions narrowly missed out on playoff spots in 1980-81, before qualifying in 1982, the Lions’ first appearance in the playoffs since 1970.
Darryl Rogers replaced Clark in 1985, but was replaced on an interim basis by his defensive coordinator, Wayne Fontes, in November 1988, after Rogers’ teams posted a combined 18-40 record. Fontes was officially named the seventeenth head coach of the Detroit Lions on December 22, 1988.

The Lions “Restored the Roar” in 1991, winning a franchise record 12 regular season games. Riding a tide of emotion after shooting guard Mike Utley’s crippling neck injury, Detroit defeated Dallas, 38-6, in the Lions’ Silverdome opener of the playoffs. The victory gave the Lions a spot in the NFC Championship Game, where they were defeated by the Super Bowl champion Washington Redskins.

The Lions went 10-6 in 1993 en route to capturing the NFC Central Division title, earning a wild-card bid for the playoffs in 1994. The 1995 Lions fielded the highest-rated offense in the NFL and won their last seven games to win a third in a row. playoff spot.

In 1996, running back Barry Sanders captured his third NFL rushing title with a dramatic 175-yard blast on the final Monday night of the season in San Francisco.

Bobby Ross was named the 18th head coach in team history on January 13, 1997, and led the club back to the playoffs in his inaugural year in charge with a 9–7 record. That season, Sanders continued his storybook career by becoming the third player in league history to record 2,000 rushing yards in a single season (2,053) and posted an NFL record 14 consecutive 100-yard outings. to end the season.

After nine games into the 2002 season and compiling a 5-4 record, Bobby Ross abruptly resigned as head coach on November 6 and was immediately replaced by Gary Moeller. Moeller guided the team to a 4-3 record in the last seven games, but narrowly missed the playoffs with a loss to the Chicago Bears in the season finale. Following the season, William Clay Ford named Matt Millen president and CEO and assumed control of the team’s operations. On January 25, 2001, Gary Moeller was replaced as head coach by former San Francisco 49ers offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg.

In 2002, Detroit opened Ford Field, its $500 million downtown stadium. Following the worst two consecutive seasons in Lions history, team management fired Marty Mornhinweg, who went 5-27 over the two years. The Lions then hired former San Francisco 49ers head coach and Michigan native Steve Mariucci as their 22nd head coach.

During his third season in Detroit, Mariucci and his Lions maintained a 4-7 record after their Thanksgiving Day loss against Atlanta. Millen later released Mariucci and named defensive coordinator Dick Jauron as interim head coach. Detroit finished the season 5–11 and former Tampa Bay Buccaneers assistant head coach/defensive line Rod Marinelli was named the Lions’ 24th head coach in franchise history on January 19, 2006.

Tours Travel

Aspects to take into account before contracting a UTE

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Utility vehicle rental is a great way to move items that don’t normally move, like heavy furniture or a load or two of lumber, maybe a load of dirt or aggregates for a weekend job. There are a few things to consider before committing to a particular ute rental option.

  • Is your cargo likely to cause damage to the Ute tray and how can you protect it and yourself from charges related to damage from scratches or heavy equipment marks?
  • Will having a tipper body or ramp make the job easier and do you really need a newer model Ute or can you rent a Ute, an older model that already has some scratches and usually costs a little less to rent?
  • Will the company provide items such as ropes, moving carts and blankets, cardboard boxes or bags and what are the costs charged?
  • Always when hiring a Ute or any other vehicle, take a good look at the outside and that there are no imperfections or defects such as scratches or dents, even use your cell phone to take some photos to avoid later disagreements (the photo of your cell phone will include a date and time) and bring them to the attention of companies.
  • Take some time to compare prices and decide if you need the Ute for a few hours, a full day, a weekend, or more, as rates can vary considerably due to the length of your Ute rental and the day you choose, as well like the season.
  • Does the rental company have the option to deliver the Ute to you and also have the option to pick it up when you have finished your work and what additional charges does this service imply?
  • Calculate the size of Ute tray you need as different companies have different size units so you can be sure your load will fit in the back of the Ute
  • Ask if it comes with a full roof rack for longer loads and if they have a tow bar for a trailer.
  • Ask the company about the different rates for unlimited and fixed distances with additional km charges, as the total Ute rental rate may be lower if you are doing your job locally rather than having a long distance run. In this case an unlimited option may be the best, remember the return trip when calculating the total mileage
  • Ask them if you have to pay extra for different drivers and check the additional insurance policies they offer, as this can reduce your deductible if there is an accident, whether it is your fault or caused by mother nature.
  • See what free extras they offer, ask if they have a free gps to make planning your trip easier, if you need a child seat, a roof rack, fenders or snow chains or a hiab to lift or a protective tray to avoid any damage. to the body of the tray
  • The ute rental dose includes standard roadside assistance in case of breakdown, puncture or discharged battery.
  • If you are a smoker, is there an extra charge for smoking in the cabin?

It is very important to review the entire rental agreement carefully, as the fine print may not be clear, so ask them to explain each aspect to you so that you know your obligations and rights. Some companies have simplified their agreements to make them easier to understand and faster to complete.

Arts Entertainments

Case 39 is why am I not a workaholic

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Most of the time misbehaving children annoy me, in Case 39, it scared me. There’s something to be said for the acting work done by Jodelle Ferland playing mean little Lilith Sullivan, where instead of wanting to spank her, you want to throw holy water on her and see what happens.

Case 39 begins at a steady and purposeful pace, telling the story of Emily Jenkins played by Renee Zellweger. Emily is an overworked social worker for child protective services. She’s currently juggling 38 squares and is already overwhelmed when her boss, Wayne played by Adrian Lester, drops another one on her lap (she does the math and wins an award…also wins the title of the movie). Being the hard worker that she is, Emily follows the case and finds a sweet girl (the aforementioned demon breeder Lilith) and her parents, Edward and Margaret (Kerry O’Malley and Callum Keith Rennie).

It’s obvious from the start that the parents are far away from the reservation, and Emily picks up on this right away. She brings them in for questioning and watches them closely looking for anything she can to get Lilith away from them. She even brings her police friend Mike Barron (the great Ian McShane) on her case and it’s a good thing he does when the Sullivan of the parents tries to horribly murder Lilith, Emily and Mike are there to save her. This will be known from now on as the number one mistake.

With the Sullivan parents in jail, Emily takes the awkward stance of trying to raise Lilith as a foster mother. It turns out that this is exactly what Lilith wanted, as she has been manipulating the entire situation to get this exact result. Look, this is what bad kids do, they manipulate but they do it with a smile on their face and a lollipop in their mouth. You look at this little girl and you just see sweet and innocent, but when they start to turn her around and show her true colors you can’t help but shudder. There’s one scene in particular where Doug (played by Bradley Cooper), Emily’s child psychiatrist extraordinaire and love interest, is working with Lilith and she drops the good girl’s force shield and opens up on him with all her might. fired weapons. When she finishes, he is left overwhelmed, scared and shaking. He later says that in all the years he’s been working with troubled children he’s never felt so threatened and, given the look on his face, I believe him. Of course, he dies later, which isn’t really a shock, or at least it shouldn’t be, but it’s the way he dies that you need to pay attention to.

In the end Case 39 is not a great horror movie, it may start like that but it has trouble holding on. It averages out to be a good horror movie, but even there it has some flaws. A good horror movie is like making love to a beautiful woman (it’s really nothing like that, but follow me here for a second) if you don’t take your time developing it, then the climax really won’t be that great. Case 39 is quick to tell you what’s going on. They are too proud of the plot they developed and the creepy things they want this girl to do. So they rush you because they think the ending is going to be so good that you want it to come fast. In fact, we want the ending to come quickly, but not for the same reasons as the writers. We get half of a great movie, well acted with a high creep factor, but after that things degrade into bad writing and a less than stellar ending. In the horror movie genre, it’s still worth watching and still good. I felt like they made a mistake with how they ended and what they decided to show.

Thank you for reading

Steve

Technology

The all-new 2005 Ford Escape Hybrid and parts, the first hybrid vehicle in its class

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After Toyota’s introduction of the Prius, the first hybrid vehicle, in 1997, followed by the debut of the Honda Insight two years later in the United States, General Motors adopted hybrid technology in its vehicle with the 2005 Ford Escape Hybrid. The Escape Hybrid is the first entry for any American vehicle on the market. As for Ford’s pioneering model, the Escape is produced in limited numbers. 2004 brought only 3,000-4,000 units of the Ford Escape, which began production at the end of July. Between 16,000 and 17,000 units are expected to be on the production line in 2005, but with ever-increasing demand, the number could increase.

Because the law of supply and demand applies to the Escape, buyers won’t get discounts or rebates on this top-priced SUV that starts at $26,970 for front-wheel drive, which can go as high as $33,000 for a fully equipped vehicle. , up to $28,595 for the All-Wheel Drive. They have to make do with the idea that they are one of the few owners of this first-of-its-kind SUV.

The 2005 Ford Escape is powered by a 4-cylinder gasoline engine with an electric drive system to deliver V-6 performance. It is usually an electric car that uses an electric power motor to operate. Unlike other hybrid vehicles like the Honda Accord, which uses IMA or Integrated Motor Assist that is always in gasoline mode and switches to electric for extra power when needed, the Ford Escape uses electricity as much as possible. and then switch to gasoline when needed. The electric motor can peak up to 70 kilowatts for an additional 93hp.

The American hybrid does not require a plug. The battery is a sealed nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) rated at 330 volts, which recharges automatically during long stops or when the gasoline engine is running. Its battery performance is like a typical V-6 in terms of speed and acceleration. It uses the electronically controlled continuously variable transmission (eCVT), which harnesses internal combustion and electrical power sources to drive the wheels. Fuel economy is increased by 75% in city driving, with consumption of approximately 36 mpg in the city and 31 mpg on the highway, better than Ford expected.

For more information on the 2005 Ford Escape Hybrid or to shop for parts, visit http://www.partstrain.com/ShopByVehicle/FORD. You can also see other Ford models like Ford Aerostar, Aspire, Bronco, Club, Contour, Country, Courier, Clestline, Escort, Expedition, F-series and other Ford vehicles.

Business

Grey & Anthracite Designer Radiators

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Anthracite Designer Radiators

The anthracite and grey designer radiators are both excellent focal points. They provide impressive performance while simultaneously enhancing the look of the room. Whether you opt for a round or oval style, the Anthracite Radiators will definitely add to the aesthetics of any room. These radiators come with sleek designs and are the perfect accessory for contemporary or traditional interiors. Grey radiators come in various finishes and materials, so you can easily choose one that suits the rest of the room’s decor.

For a stylish look, you can opt for an anthracite radiator with flat panels. They are ideal for rooms with extra ground space as they have no visible pipes. Vertical radiators are also suitable for rooms with lots of furniture because they are able to heat up the entire room without being obstructed by any obstructions. Grey and anthracite designer radiators are available in various materials, but aluminium alloy radiators are the best because of their efficiency and heat distribution.

Anthracite and grey designer radiators are extremely versatile. They can be used in any room and suit most interior designs. Their muted appearance makes them easy to blend with any interior design scheme, while bright colors can stand out against them. Moreover, you can find anthracite radiators in various styles, from simple flat panel designs to intricate designs. For those who like to grab attention, there are contemporary vertical radiators that are perfect for modern homes. On the other hand, traditional cast iron radiators look great in period properties.

Grey & Anthracite Designer Radiators

The most important thing to consider when selecting anthracite designer radiators is the height and width of the room. Vertical and horizontal designs are ideal for taller rooms, while wider spaces require bigger models with higher heat outputs. Hudson Reed’s anthracite designer radiator collection offers various components with contrasting BTUs. All of the anthracite designer radiators operate efficiently.

When choosing a designer radiator, make sure you take note of the look. Many of these designer radiators feature flat panels and valve inlets in the middle. They are also available in white and anthracite, and come with manual or angled valves. You can also look for h-block valves for your middle-connection radiators. H-block valves will give your radiator a neat finish, which is more desirable in a room.

If you are looking for a double panel anthracite radiator, you should consider getting one that features two panels. This is especially good for larger rooms as you can adjust them according to the size of the room you’re heating. These double panel radiators can fit in an office, a dining room, or even a living room. They’re also a popular choice for homes with multiple rooms.