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Centre Theatre
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I have fond memories of the Centre. I worked as an usher one year shortly after graduating from Lakewood High School in 1958. Sleeping Beauty by Disney was playing along with the Grand Canyon Suite. The lines wrapped around the corner. One line was on the east side of the theatre to buy tickets then ticket holders had to join the line on the west side of the building. My job was to make sure people were standing in the correct line. I would stand and say, in a loud voice, "this line is for people who have their tickets, if you do not have your ticket please join the line on the east side of the theatre". After awhile everyone would join in and give the speech with me. We wore fancy uniforms like we were the palace guard. I believe the manager was Mr. Sweeten and the assistant manager was Mr. Goodenough. We were all young, good friends and good parties. John Osse
re: Jim Sutton… yes, I remember Jim well. (at least I think it was Jim Sutton. I read Rich's note too and now I'm unsure, but this is what I remember… perhaps he worked both theatres?) Anway, I was in college at CU Boudler and worked full time at Centre Theatre in the summer under Jim and then later when the semester started up on the weekends. I only worked about a year.. this would be around '71-'72 thereabouts.
I really-really liked him as a manager. He was efficient, kind, fair and treated everyone with respect. He was a coin collector and I still have a few two dollar bills and a couple of five dollar silver certificates that he allowed me to swap out for cash. I promised him I would never spend them and I haven't to this day. I think of him everytime I take them out.
In a way, I'm hoping that Rich is wrong only because I'd rather not think of Jim as not being aorund any longer. He was such a great guy. No matter what, I'll always remember him with fondness.
In and around 1956 my Dad was one of three managers of the Centre. The manager was Bob Sweeten and my Dad was the "house manager". I was 12years old and he hired me to work as a page boy, which meant I removed cigarette butts from the sand urns and carried around a broom to sweep up trash. The Centre was the flagship of the Fox theater chain. The ushers and usherettes were hired from Lowry Air Force base and so there was a great deal of pride in the appearance of the staff. Managers wore tuxes and the ushers and usherettes uniforms were immaculate. What a beautiful theater it was!
Saw Led Zeppelin's "The Song Remains the Same" here, as well as "The Big Bus".
Looking at the auditorium and other photos, the theater's "Skouras" remodeling made it a virtual twin to the Crest in Sacramento, right down to the sunken lower lobby; it's also similar in many ways to the Crest in Fresno, especially the auditorium sidewall treatment.
Actually, Jim Sutton did not manage the Centre Theatre. He opened and managed the Century 21 Theatre in the late 1960's, later becoming the City Manager for Denver and then District Manager before relocating to California. I also worked for him during that time and he truly was a wonderful man and was one of my role models as a young man in the exhibition industry. Sadly, he passed away quite a few years ago.
A photo of the auditorium of the Centre Theatre was featured on the frontispiece of Boxoffice magazine's Modern Theatre section of August 6, 1955. The curved screen was 28 feet high and 60 feet wide.
I have a Theatre Catalog 1954-55 with a big article on the Centre. There's a picture of the opening night marquee. The film was "River of no Return" and although there's no date given, the movie premiered April 30, 1954 according to IMDB.
Does anyone remember when Jim Sutton managed this theatre in the early 70's? He later left there to become district manager for No. Cal. division for National General. I remember working under him when he was DM, what a great guy he was. Would like to hear from anyone who would know where he is now.
Still trying to find out what year the Centre was built. It was definitely built after 1941 (the 1942 AFI theatre listing does not include the Centre), but I don't believe it could have been built to showcase the 1952 Cinemascope process (as mentioned above); it's design looks too early for that. Possibly right after WW II?
The Centre was one of the first theatres I remember. Although it was built in the early 1950s, it was in a stylized Baroque decor. There was a balcony but it didn't overhang the lower seats. What do they call that? Like an upper and lower shelf.
We saw There's No Business Like Show Business in about 1954. I also remember Flower Drum Song and its fabulous opening credits with the Dong Kingman watercolors. I believe the last film I saw there was MAS*H.
I would love to see more pictures of the Centre. I do remember it had a beautiful box office both outside decorated in bold gold trim, lots of neon and the marquee was big, bold and beautiful. For some reason I cannot remember the lobby?
I did see a few scope movies over the years at the Centre and do remember it having a very large wide screen. Ben Hur played there a few times during an MGM revival series every few years or so and I'm sure it played in 70mm. Personally I never seen Ben Hur there or any other 70mm feature at the Centre.
I was told that when Mann theaters closed the Centre permanently, the projectors were shipped and sent to the Chinese in Hollywood.
To Ken MC:
That is the exact photo I was referring to. There were two photos of the theater in the "Movie Palaces" (still available from Amazon.com – not a promo) book – the other was a nighttime photo of the exterior.
Does anyone have a DAYTIME photo of the exterior – I would love to see it. Referring back to the photo Ken MC posted, either that
interior shot was taken with an extreme wide-angle lens or the screen was able to show movies with an aspect ratio larger than 235:1. If there are any more photos of the theater, including the lobby, exterior, etc. I would love to see them. Too bad this theater is gone.
Ken MC,
thanks for sharing the photo. Seeing it brings back lot of memories. The Centre was an elegant movie house. They don't build them like that any more. Do you have any more photos? Monty-Denver
Here is one of the photos that trainmaster was referring to on 2/19/08. Date is circa mid 70s:
I might direct your attention to the book "Movie Palaces" by Ave Pildas.
It has beautiful interior/exterior color photos of the Centre Theater in Denver.
By the way, when was this theater demolished?
The Centre was located on 16th street between Cleveland Place and Court Place, now called the 16th street mall. The building it occupied was demolished sometime in the early eighties and a ten story high-rise is in its place. I think Mann theaters was running the Centre at the time it was raised.
Lost memory,
The picture posted to my knowledge is not the Centre Theater in Denver.
The Centre was a beautiful modern movie theater (at the time when it was built)
with a large screen.
I don't know how true this is, I was told the Centre was built by 20th Century Fox to display the new CinemaScope process in 1952. I'm sure The Robe had its Denver premiere at the Centre.
I was a very young person the first time I seen a movie at the Centre.
I think it may have been the Plant of the Apes. I remember the Exorcist played for months, Gone with the Wind always seemed to playing, I even seen Star Wars there during a second run in the summer of 78.
My mother and I attended the Centre often when I was young. It was on our favorite movie theater list, along with the Denver, Paramount, Aladdin and of course the one and only fabulous Cooper Cinerama Theater.
I saw many first-run movies at the Centre. Those Magnificient Men, The Fortune Cookie, Deliverance and Poseidon Adventure were among them. In the 60's and early 70's the theatre was operated by Fox Intermountain (National General) Theatres. The experience of seeing a movie here was always enjoyable.
The ANNUAL mentioned is available from:
To obtain any available Back Issue of either "Marquee" or of its ANNUALS, simply go to the web site of the THEATRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA at:
and notice on their first page the link "PUBLICATIONS: Back Issues List" and click on that and you will be taken to their listing where they also give ordering details. The "Marquee" magazine is 8-1/2x11 inches tall ('portrait') format, and the ANNUALS are also soft cover in the same size, but in the long ('landscape') format, and are anywhere from 26 to 40 pages. Should they indicate that a publication is Out Of Print, then it may still be possible to view it via Inter-Library Loan where you go to the librarian at any public or school library and ask them to locate which library has the item by using the Union List of Serials, and your library can then ask the other library to loan it to them for you to read or photocopy. [Photocopies of most THSA publications are available from University Microforms International (UMI), but their prices are exorbitant.]
Note: Most any photo in any of their publications may be had in large size by purchase; see their ARCHIVE link. You should realize that there was no color still photography in the 1920s, so few theatres were seen in color at that time except by means of hand tinted renderings or post cards, thus all the antique photos from the Society will be in black and white, but it is quite possible that the Society has later color images available; it is best to inquire of them.
Should you not be able to contact them via their web site, you may also contact their Executive Director via E-mail at:
Or you may reach them via phone or snail mail at:
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Halloween Eve 2007
Workout notes 3 mile easy walk, yoga, 3 miles easy back home. Things are coming together; I felt good the whole way. It is almost as if this weekend's long, gentle walk has made me high.
During my pre-yoga walk (when it was still dark) I saw a large raccoon on the trail.
I found many interesting articles out there; here are but a few of them:
The United States: still "a woo friendly" country as more people believe in ghosts than approve of President Bush!
True, I am glad the people disapprove of Bush…but ghosts?
Put Conrad, a homemaker from Hampton, Va., firmly in the camp of the 34 percent of people who say they believe in ghosts, according to a pre-Halloween poll by The Associated Press and Ipsos. That's the same proportion who believe in unidentified flying objects — exceeding the 19 percent who accept the existence of spells or witchcraft.
Forty-eight percent believe in extrasensory perception, or ESP. But nearly half of you knew we were about to tell you that, right?
Conrad, now 40, lived in Syracuse, Ind., when her family was scared from the house they rented.
"It kind of creeped you out," she recalled this week. "I needed to get us out."
To put the roughly one-third who believe in ghosts and UFOs in perspective, it's about the same as, in recent AP-Ipsos polls, the 36 percent who said they are baseball fans; the 37 percent who said the U.S. made the right decision to invade Iraq; and the 31 percent who approve of the job President Bush is doing.
A smaller but still substantial 23 percent say they have actually seen a ghost or believe they have been in one's presence, with the most likely candidates for such visits including single people, Catholics and those who never attend religious services. By 31 percent to 18 percent, more liberals than conservatives report seeing a specter.
I could have done without reading that last sentence. 🙂
But at least most Republicans believe in creationism and most Democrats support evolution. Scroll midway down.
At least many are not that enthusiastic about "faith"; some take a "consumer approach" to their religion.
which, I suppose, isn't all bad if one takes the approach that religion is supposed to serve humanity. But then again, sometimes, you need to hear what you don't want to hear.
Of course, there are us unbelievers; many of us started life as being very devout. In my case, I found myself being shocked at how primitive and barbaric the Old Testament was (mass murders, jealous deity, a deity who couldn't deal with iron chariots!) I also found myself asking "do I believe in this nonsense" every time I recited something. Eventually, I had to admit that the answer was "no", even though I saw some usefulness in prayer, meditation, and having a main myth as a paradigm for life.
Of course, the pious kooks have not gone away.
See the video here.
Of course, even the kooks are willing to attack religion, so long is it isn't theirs. There is this evil "Islamofacist" enemy that the wingnuts rail against.
Someone had to say it; I'm just glad it was Paul Krugman.
[T]here isn't actually any such thing as Islamofascism — it's not an ideology; it's a figment of the neocon imagination. The term came into vogue only because it was a way for Iraq hawks to gloss over the awkward transition from pursuing Osama bin Laden, who attacked America, to Saddam Hussein, who didn't. And Iran had nothing whatsoever to do with 9/11 — in fact, the Iranian regime was quite helpful to the United States when it went after Al Qaeda and its Taliban allies in Afghanistan.
Beyond that, the claim that Iran is on the path to global domination is beyond ludicrous. Yes, the Iranian regime is a nasty piece of work in many ways, and it would be a bad thing if that regime acquired nuclear weapons. But let's have some perspective, please: we're talking about a country with roughly the G.D.P. of Connecticut, and a government whose military budget is roughly the same as Sweden's. […]
Mike Huckabee, whom reporters like to portray as a nice, reasonable guy, says that if Hillary Clinton is elected, "I'm not sure we'll have the courage and the will and the resolve to fight the greatest threat this country's ever faced in Islamofascism." Yep, a bunch of lightly armed terrorists and a fourth-rate military power — which aren't even allies — pose a greater danger than Hitler's panzers or the Soviet nuclear arsenal ever did.
(via Crooks and Liars)
True, Al Qeada IS our enemy (Sunni), and we should fight them. But there are many different kinds of Islamic militant groups and many of these have very different ends. There is Hamas (Palestinian Sunni Muslim group opposing Israel) and Hezbolla (Shite organization in Lebanon)
Fred Thompson Ok, I am becoming less scared of this guy by the moment. But he is still loads of fun; evidently he doesn't know the difference between "gay marriage" and "civil unions" or what states have done on this matter:
Freddie's trouble started when he was asked if he would support a federal civil unions law. (Does that sound like a trick question to you?)
The comical candidate responded: "Soviet Union?"
"No, civil unions," replied the New Hampshire resident.
"Oh. No, I would not be in support of that," said Grandpa Fred.
Freddie's trouble continued when he elaborated. The clownish candidate did not appear to understand the difference between civil unions and same-sex marriage. Thompson answered the question as if the two are one and the same. Fred's response also indicated that he had no knowledge of the legal status of civil unions in New Hampshire, or anywhere else for that matter.
In short, the 'aw shucks' candidate confused soviet unions, er, I mean civil unions with same-sex marriage and proceeded to get it all wrong.
Concord Monitor:
[Fred Thompson] stumbled over a question about a federal civil unions bill, which he said he would not support.
He blamed courts for compelling states to allow same-sex marriage or civil unions and criticized judges' interpretations that the constitutions in those states required it.
"The controversy that is before us is basically, so far, a judge-made controversy," he said. "No state governor has signed off and introduced legislation on the state level that has endorsed marriage between two people of the same sex."
Actually, New Hampshire passed a bill legalizing civil unions earlier this year, without a court ruling requiring lawmakers to do so. Gov. John Lynch signed the bill June 1, giving same-sex couples the same "rights, responsibilities and obligations" as married couples. The law will go into effect Jan. 1.
Of course Huckabee isn't much of a threat either, but it is so much fun to tweak his followers! 🙂
By the way, the last Thompson post was from the Tennessee Guerilla Women, who also sent a link to a cool "what kind of liberal are you" quiz.
Finally, Citizens Against Hate linked to a cool blog which I added to my blogroll.
Here are a couple of articles that I found there:
[…]When Martin Lee Anderson was murdered by the seven guards and a nurse at the Panama City, Florida boot camp I was taken aback by the number of painfully insensitive comments coming from people in the white community. The cover up that ensued after his murder started with the county coroner attributing his death to a latent sickle cell trait despite the fact that the guards were seen on video standing around Mr. Anderson and beating him. The guards even confessed to shoving ammonia tablets up his nose and holding his mouth shut in order to suffocate the young man and gain his compliance.
But what was more troubling was the fact that so many people with a white mindset were actually celebrating because the juvenile judicial system had taken another one of our black children out of the picture before he had the opportunity to become another thug terrorizing America. So many good white people are so afraid of Mr. Anderson and the potential trouble from "his kind" that the emerging thought process can be summed up as any time a black child is killed society should rejoice. One good white Christian said that they prayed for Martin Anderson's soul to be redeemed from his evil ways so that he can get into heaven, but they still considered his death a good start for something positive for our national community.
It's no longer enough for white mindsets that our black youth are given a separate and less than equal sorry form of American public education. It is no longer enough that our black children have a greater chance to be impoverished and grow up in single family homes. It is no longer enough that black children receive less than adequate medical care. White people in America now party when black children are wrongfully killed by a system that refuses to have compassion for the black community. […]
You see that a bit here as well. Consider our local "jaywalking" incidents. We've had cases where many (mostly minority) kids were walking to school in the middle of the street even when sidewalks were available. They just took it over and made it difficult for cars to pass though.
People reacted negatively to that (of course, as did I). But in my opinion, this was more of a "why those &^%$ so-and-sos, they don't respect our society" type of thing. Yes, we have university students who jaywalk (in a different way) and these people (who are older and should know better) were sometimes given tickets. But much of this was "oh my, doing this in the dark might get you killed" type of reaction.
In other words, one reaction had a bit of (tough) love to it; the other had no love at all.
Another article from this blog had a funny line:
But everybody in America knows that the black person wants to do nothing more than to sit at home and look for a handout. A lot of people are more than happy to make the assumption that black people are looking to sit on their ass at home, collect a fat welfare checks that they use to pay for the brand new Cadillac they use to drive to the welfare office, stay in their section eight government funded home, and watch Jerry Springer episodes on their flat screen forty seven inch liquid crystal television with high definition. Black people are too ethically, morally, socially, and intellectually challenged to even try to earn a living. But somehow, black people are clever enough to cheat the government out of thousands of dollars and live life as royalty in the urban ghetto.
Hmmm, cheating the government out of thousands (millions?) of dollars: isn't that what Halliburton and Blackwater do? 🙂
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Pop quiz, Ollie. Is Halliburton in Iraq?
Comment by vonster | October 31, 2007 |
Don't look it up just answer right now. If they're not then you're just spewing crap, right??
Comment by vonster | October 31, 2007 |
Umm KBR is working in Iraq. Halliburton spun them off some time ago. At least find the correct focus for your hate.
Comment by vonster | November 1, 2007 |
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NEW YORK, N.Y. - 21 Dec 2001: IBM today announced that Towers Perrin, one of the world's largest management consulting firms, has selected IBM's Quick Start e-procurement service to automate corporate purchasing operations on the Internet. The utility computing agreement with IBM will enable Towers Perrin to rapidly and securely link to an online global network of more than 30,000 suppliers, providing immediate procurement efficiencies without the need for upfront investments in skills and technology.
IBM's Quick Start e-procurement service combines the Ariba® Buyer™ software application with hosting management expertise from IBM Global Services to completely automate Towers Perrin's purchasing process from requisition to payment. Designed to get on-line buying systems up and running quickly, Quick Start can be tailored by IBM to match a company's unique buying patterns. Quick Start combines usage-based pricing with predictable monthly billing and is a core e-sourcing offering in IBM's portfolio of utility computing services.
"The IBM-hosted Quick Start service offers flexibility, security and support for our fast-growing procurement needs," said John Hays, director of global sourcing and procurement, Towers Perrin. "We gained speed and efficiencies from IBM Global Services management expertise and Quick Start's easy pay-as-you-go pricing."
"Smart e-businesses like Towers Perrin can benefit immediately from Quick Start's rapid deployment and flexible pricing, " said Jim Corgel, general manager of e-business Hosting Services for IBM Global Services. "As a result of e-sourcing from IBM, Towers Perrin is able to more effectively control their procurement costs by tightly controlling spending and inefficiencies."
Electronic procurement, or e-procurement, allows organizations to move their purchasing processes to Internet-based systems, automating the buying cycle from requisition to payment stages. IBM-hosted e-procurement services allow organizations to conduct business-to-business transactions over the Internet with suppliers to obtain information, issue purchase orders, receive order updates, and have a means to settle payments electronically.
The IBM Global Services-optimized solution for Towers Perrin features IBM DB2 Universal Database software running on IBM eServer* xSeries** systems in an IBM-hosted environment. Tivoli Storage Manager 4.2 is utilized as part of the Quick Start service for routine backup of customers business critical data.
IBM's Quick Start e-procurement service is available now, with utility-based pricing beginning at $7,500 per month. As part of its e-sourcing services portfolio, IBM offers a variety of flexible Internet-based procurement options to help transform traditional purchasing operations into speedy, cost efficient global e-procurement platforms. For more information on e-procurement services, visit http://www.ibm.com/solutions.
IBM offers a wide variety of e-sourcing solutions for customers including e-procurement, network management, managed storage, managed hosting and document exchange. IBM e-sourcing services extend the capabilities of information technology by delivering applications, infrastructure and business processes over the network on a utility-like basis.
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A Jamaican patty is a flaky turmeric flavoured turnover filled with a Caribbean spiced beef, vegetable, or sometimes salt cod stuffing. They are available almost anywhere a large Jamaican expat community resides. Jamaican patties are one of the most common and popular street snacks in Toronto. Unlike London UK where patties are found mostly in the areas with a large Caribbean population,
Jamaican patties can be found city wide in convenience stores, gas stations, and even the subway. People are very opinionated about who makes the best patties here, and you can find many blogs and forums with long discussions on the subject. In general most people agree that Randy's patties at Oakwood and Eglinton are the best, with Tinnel's and Allen's representing the East end and Patty King and Caribbean Queen of Patties being two of the downtown favourites. I used to get them at Rap's when I lived up at Eglinton and Marlee, and at Alberts when I lived on Vaughn Road.
Having some of Matouks Calypso sauce to dip in makes the patties even better and a Grace ginger beer rounds out the Toronto patty experience. Frozen Jamaican patties are available in almost every supermarket with Patty King being the best of the brands
I think some of the best patties come from inside the Bathurst and Warden subway stations at Bakery on the Go. Many people agree and these 2 places sell great patties as well as coco buns so you can make a coco bun/patty sandwich which is delicious, cheap, and filling. Slice a coco bun in half and stick a patty inside. It's both sweet and hot.
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Cake International 2012
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Love the cake pop moulds!! So cute ave seen them before. All of those cakes are so cute über jealous!
Nom!Ah looks so cool! I am definitely glad I didn't go because I know I would have spent money I don't have! haha, so am happy to experience it vicariously through your blog...and so glad of the blog post - my reader has been empty for the last 10 minutes and I'm desperately running out of sources for procrastination! the essay is still not written! The elmo cake is cute and I love the cityscape of the Sex and the City cake - so cool!
ReplyDeleteAwwww, so wish I'd been able to go. Thanks for giving us a peek, though. It looks fab. Have seen the cake pop moulds on an American site before, and if anything would tempt me to try making them it would be that - love the little cupcake one :)
ReplyDeleteWow, those are some truly amazing cakes - they remind me of some of the cakes by Duff Goldman's crew on Ace of Cakes. Only better ;)
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun day! Those cakes look absolutely incredible, and so damn cute! The only complaint I have about heavily decorated cakes like that is that the decorators often don't pay much attention to the cake itself, putting so much effort into the beautiful, intricate exterior. As long as the cake itself is quality as well then it's a real work of art to me!
ReplyDeleteOh wow that's amazing Ross! I ve never heard of a cake exhibition and would love to go to one! I can't believe that some of them are actually cakes... How is that possible wow!
I would have gone broke if I went to this exhibition hahaha thanks for sharing!A fantastic show but oh so busy! Such a shame we couldn't meet up - I was in and out like a whirlwind!
ReplyDeleteThanks for showing one of my cakes on your blog (the pink and purple handbag and shoe cake)... although in the picture shown it says BRONZE I was actually upgraded to a SILVER medal, which is fab!! I also won a SILVER medal for my Barn Owl cake (no picture on your blog unfortunately) and itching to do it all again in November! Hope to see you all there x
ReplyDeleteThe show looks really good I must go sometime. Ilove the ckaes but the zebra one is my favourite. I can not make cakes that look like things to save my life just the thought of it makes me shiver with fear!
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wow i was at cake international my first time my crazy baby cake won bronze one on this page so many doors have opened for me i just love baking huge passion since i was 13years. My facebook is http://facebook.com/pages/Fondant-Fantasies-By-Tanya you can view my work link to my page for my website where you can see my very gruesome cake. :)Can not wait for November :)Tanya x


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Some German words are easier to understand than others. Kultur Fur Alle, or Culture For All, is easy to translate. And it is inspiring. It is deeply inspiring to be here in the Museumsquartier. There is so much happening, so many interesting people creating and curating and studying art and culture and social move...
The Christmas Market in the plaza in front of the Rathaus in Vienna. In the Summer they have the Vienna film festival here.
Detail from the corner of the building across from Karlskirch, part of the Technical university
The camera store 'Digital Store' is on one corner, and the Centimeter II restaurant on another. The fun thing is that the Centimeter uses a ruler as their logo...and the graduations are about an inch :-) ( N 48.202041, E 16.354567)
Archive of popular Austrian Music(?) I have been struggling to collect good meta data (descriptions, GPS points, contact info) to go with my GigaPans here in Vienna, and here I have failed. Someone please add comments or email me at firstname.lastname@example.com and I will exted this entry and add ins!
Staphansdom from the inside. A tad dark, but captures the cathedral feeling nicely. Had to cut off fairly high because of the tourists. Normally you need a permit to use a tripod in Stephansdom, which I didn't have time to acquire, so the gigapan unit was placed on a prayer bench and ran from there. Not a few folks we...


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First Lady Michelle Obama will speak at a special luncheon presented by several national and local LGBT organizations on Wednesday.
The event, sponsored by the Human Rights Campaign, National Stonewall Democrats, the National Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, Equality North Carolina and the DNC's LGBT caucus, is slated for Sept. 5 at Noon at the Marriott Center City in Uptown Charlotte. The first lady will speak around 12:40 p.m.
National Stonewall Democrats Executive Director Jerame Davis welcomed the news of Obama's appearance.
"Michelle Obama is an inspiring and amazing woman and we couldn't ask for a speaker who is more supportive of our issues," Davis said in a written statement to qnotes. "As the President himself said when he came out in favor of the freedom to marry, his family — including his daughters and the First Lady — played a pivotal role in pushing him toward speaking out for marriage equality," he said.


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Louisiana Tech had so many injuries last season that the word "depth" was omitted from its depth chart. However, it did give several young players a chance to get on the field, which will help first-year head coach Sonny Dykes find some added depth. The Bulldogs are in the midst of transitioning to a spread offense. Dykes hasn't named a quarterback and is still looking for replacements for running back Daniel Porter and tight end Dennis Morris.
Here's a look at the strongest and weakest positions for Louisiana Tech this spring:
Strongest position: Linebacker
Key returners: Senior Tank Calais (77 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, one sack), junior Jay Dudley (75 tackles, four tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks), junior Adrien Cole (93 tackles, four tackles for loss, two sacks)
Key departures: None.
The skinny: Linebacker is the only defensive position that returns every starter from a year ago and some backups that have emerged in the spring. Sophomore Solomon Randle actually surged ahead of Adrien Cole this past spring, giving the Bulldogs four competent linebackers. Randle finished with 30 tackles as a redshirt freshman a year ago. The Bulldogs ranked second in the WAC in total defense last season and should have similar success in 2010. A lot of attention is being paid to Jay Dudley, who is poised to have a big 2010.
Weakest position: Punter
Key returners: Sophomore Cade Glasgow (37.3 yards per punt)
Key departures: None.
The skinny: Cade Glasgow ranked fifth in the WAC last season, but had a rough spring and slipped to third string behind walk-ons Jared Hylander and Stuart Scurria. The punting game has been a source of consternation for new head coach Sonny Dykes and his coaching staff as none of the three competitors has shown the consistency to be effective once the season starts. The Bulldogs did not recruit a punter in this class, but it wouldn't be a surprise to see them shopping for one.


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No one combines the personal and political more intensely than Gordon Brown. So this weekend he will be undergoing agonising torture.
There is the private individual pain of confronting the one thing he did not want to happen: he is the prime minister who could not get himself elected, and time is running out on his tenure in the job that was his single-minded goal for more than 20 years.
And there is the nail-biting frustration of knowing that this weekend his fate lies in the hands of political enemies and inferiors. For a control freak, accustomed to dictating outcomes, that is political purgatory. At the end of the haggling, whatever the outcome, there will be a lasting radical realignment of public affairs in Britain. Mr Brown went into politics to change things but, most certainly, not like this...
Sitting tight in No 10 may seem like clinging to office but he justifiably argues it is his constitutional duty. It is also the way he is made.
He is notorious for his dour doggedness, so it was only to be expected that he would play his post-election hand down to the last card. Having schemed, fought and suffered countless snubs and counterplots to win the job, this prime minister was never going to go gently.
His entire life has been marked by the gritty overcoming of setbacks. From the loss of an eye and a narrow escape from complete blindness in his teens, family tragedies, career difficulties and national crises, Gordon Brown has often seemed like a character in a Greek tragedy – whenever things were going well, fate dealt him a blow.
He will now be wondering whether he could have done more to rescue his premiership and his government. Asked on TV during the campaign if voters were turning their back on Labour or on him personally, he replied: "I'll have to take responsibility – and I will take full responsibility."
In the embarrassing Piers Morgan interview, he freely admitted: "I accept I have to do better in the presentation area. I've got my strengths and I've got my weaknesses" – a line he repeated in his "mea culpa" email to party members after the Gillian Duffy incident.
Labour's campaign strategy betrayed its lack of faith in its leader. He was shielded until the final week, when suddenly the real Brown was unleashed – the thundering, old-time preacher whose storming performances were the highlight of party conferences.
The Citizens UK conference, two days before the election, was repeatedly brought to its feet, especially when he declared: "As you fight for fairness, you will always find in me a friend, a partner and a brother." Although Mr Brown was never going to to get the people to love him, they were warming to him – but his passionate appeal to "come home to Labour" was too late.
Making the moment even more sour for him is his conviction that he is the best man to secure the "stable, strong and principled government" he evoked in Friday's Downing Street statement.
When his walk-over result was declared in our home town, Kirkcaldy, Mr Brown seemed to be accepting defeat: his speech sounded like an obituary, listing achievements such as "the minimum wage, the child tax credit, the NHS renewed, more police officers, half a million children out of poverty, two million more jobs than in 1997..."
There was a farewell tone when he spoke of serving the people with whom he had grown up: "I'm proudest of all to have been returned as MP – now seven elections in a row – by the people who know me best, know who I am, what I stand for."
It was in Kirkcaldy that his deep antipathy to the Tories was formed. In his first days as Chancellor in No 11, he said to me: "We both remember the linoleum factories running down, then the miners being thrown on the scrapheap and later the job losses at Rosyth dockyard. In the Eighties, I made my first speech in Parliament saying we had to do something about the huge devastation of unemployment. Now, I can do something."
How will Mr Brown cope if he loses the ability to "do something" at the highest level? Initially, he will take it hard. With a doctorate in history, he does not want posterity to write him down as a failed footnote; he desperately wants a little longer, even in a salvaged coalition with the Lib Dems, to stabilise the state of Britain and bring about radical constitutional reforms.
Even if he is not given that chance, he should not be too despondent. His long-time colleague Henry McLeish, who was forced to resign as Scotland's first minister, speaks from experience: "It may be difficult, especially for someone as driven as Gordon, but he has to see it's not a disaster. He can take credit for doing a great deal of good and he has been a towering figure.
"In time, he may look back and think he didn't do too badly, certainly much more than most who go into politics. And he'll discover it's amazing when you leave office how much more rounded you become."
It is unlikely the PM will be allowed to hang around too long. When Lord Mandelson hinted that Mr Brown might be willing to stand down "at some point", it was not said lightly. Other ministers have suggested he might quit within two years, once the economy has recovered and an agreement on electoral reform has been completed – but that would be only in the unlikely event of a Labour-Lib Dem coalition lasting that long.
More likely is that Labour will find itself in opposition, in which case he would resign and start the scramble for a new party leader before the next general election.
And then what? In recent weeks, expecting the worst, the 59-year-old has said several times that he would "go off and do something else", especially charity work with his wife, Sarah: "I don't want to do business or anything, I just want to do something good, something that helps other people."
Sarah is patron of five charities, and president of PiggyBankKids, which she founded after her 10-day-old daughter, Jennifer, died in 2002.
Mr Brown has indicated that their work could be extended to the developing world and they could become ambassadors for children and the underprivileged. However, a former special adviser at No 10 believes he will not be allowed to step down as a statesman and, with supporters such as Kofi Annan and Barack Obama, he is likely to be offered a post at the UN, the World Bank or IMF.
Whatever the future holds for him, the most important consideration for Mr Brown will be his sons, John, six, and Fraser, three, who has cystic fibrosis. His private and highly personal life can only get better. But for the political Gordon Brown, there will always be that nagging regret...
5 things we'll miss: He's PR-proof and not posh
He's not privileged As he himself always says, he is a son of a hard-working Presbyterian minister from an ordinary, working-class town.
He's a hard worker He is never happier than when working on mind-numbing policy details – with no pesky humans to bother him.
He's almost PR-proof Despite Sarah's efforts to inject her husband with PR savvy, he remains irredeemably awkward in front of a camera.
He really believes in social justice and fairness It has driven his political ambitions over the past 30 years, except for the bit with the 10p tax. Oh, and the Iraq war.
His Javier Bardem vibe Though less than entirely photogenic and with an awkward laugh, his physical and social flaws make him seem odd but vulnerable.
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This is something I USED to do, but not so much anymore. We had a couple of big garage sales before we moved here though. My hubby worked the crowd, haha. We sold A LOT! I am always amazed at the "professionals" that work these. Good find on the fryer...can't beat that price! Hope your having a good day!
ReplyDeleteI love garage sales. I only go in the warm weather. I didn't go to too many last summer because I just didn't need any more stuff. In the past I have gotten most of Mary's toys and household items there. I got great baskets and knick knacks to stuff holiday gift baskets with. I just love the feeling of treasure hunting and getting great deals :)
ReplyDeleteThose lasagna rollups look fantastic! And I like thrift stores. Doesn't hurt to look. Sometimes there are great buys - other times just junk someone should have thrown out. :-) Congrats. on your deep fryer. That basket works great for blanching green beans when you go to freeze them, by the way.
ReplyDeleteHi Lois,
Yea, I do like to go to garage sales,
but only ones in nice neighborhoods.
That is the only place I have ever really found anything, but it has been a longggg time since I have done any garage sale shopping, so don't remember my last good find.
Hope all is well with you. Our company left this afternoon, and we were sad to see them go, but it was a joy having them here.
Take care sweetie,
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While "Sectionals" was one of the better episodes of Glee last season, "Special Education" was a sub-par sequel. Kind of like Iron Man 2 with whiny teenagers.
Kurt is trying his best to fit in at Dalton, which turns out to not be the gay utopia he thought it was. Back at McKinley, the club is starting to fall apart again, for the twentieth time. It's totally plausible that they would all hate each other, even though apparently when they all sing, they forget that they do. Preparing for this year's Sectionals, Will tells Emma about his plans, which are the same plans he had the year before. Still trying to win her over and show her that he's not the same old Will, he decides to let Sam and Quinn sing the big duet instead of Finn and Rachel. So first of all, when did Emma become such a…bitch? There was something charming about her OCD quirks, now that those are gone and she's not as shy, she's just running off at the mouth. Although she was right about Will needing to switch things up, her character has become so catty.
Even though Cory/Finn has the weakest voice of the guys, he is the lead male singer. He has become just as delusional as his girlfriend, thinking that he actually has the best vocal. There are times when Glee becomes a bit too meta and addresses things that they audience and fans have said. Rachel acts as if she has been told that she has to give up one of her children to the Nazis and has a full blown hissy fit. And this is what is my problem with Rachel. We're supposed to feel sorry for her, and root for her because the other club members, and in this episode Will, are so "mean" to her, even though they're all right. Nevermind the fact that Rachel is a burgeoning sociopath and a self-important loser. And those faces that she pulls while singing. To quote Mr. Shue, "ENOUGH!".
Santana complicates matters by spilling the beans about she and Finn slept together. (Gurrrl.) Being her usual drastic self, Rachel decides that she and Finn need couples counseling. What?? Again, Emma gives some crappy advice. Kurt shows up out of nowhere to ask Rachel for advice on auditioning for the Dalton Warblers. So he's been driving 3 hours back and forth between Wellsville and Lima, and he spends all that time talking to Rachel? As he pointed out, he didn't even bother to talk to Finn, and we didn't get any interaction between him and Mercedes.
After Will asks him to find another member for the glee club, Puck tries to get one of the other football players to join. They beat him up and lock him in a port-a-potty. After praying to God, Allah and Satan, he is rescued by Lauren, the wrestler who also happens to like Twilight. At this point, the Karofsky and the other black football player that slushes everyone will have full storylines before Mercedes, Tina or any of the other characters that have been on the show from the beginning do. Lauren agrees to join the glee club for out of season Cadbury eggs and 7 Minutes in Heaven with Puck. Which we assume she got because she, as he put it, "kind of rocked my world."
Emma passes up being the club's good luck charm to be with Dentist ,Carl. So everyone is miserable but they go anyways. In the green room it's revealed that everyone knew about Finn and Santana except Rachel. The side story this episode was that because Brittany and Mike were paired together to come up with choreography, she thought they were cheating with each other. We didn't get any explanation as to why Mike could have been ignoring Tina, but Brittany was simply avoiding Artie because she lost a magic comb. Oh Brittany, stay stupid.
New Directions was almost bested by their elderly doppelgangers, The Hipsters. The competition ended with a tie between New Directions and The Warblers, because they were both equally boring. Finn breaks up with Rachel after she reveals that she made out with Puck, again. Really though, who cares? He's too stupid for her, and she's just terrible.
While showing her their trophy, Emma tells Will that she married Carl in Las Vegas. This time she skipped the engagement and just went right to it. I wonder what happened to Coach Tanaka. But this is Uncle Jesse we're talking about. There was no Sue, or Coach Bieste this episode. Next week is the Christmas episode, which is sure to be full of sickeningly sweet cheer.
The performances were forgettable, but at least they fit the episode:
"Don't Cry For Me Argentina" sung by Kurt and Rachel. Again, I don't know why they're pushing this Kurchel friendship, as they have never gotten along. Rachel singing from the balcony as if she was Eva Peron was ridiculous. Kurt chose this as his audition song and didn't get the lead as he was sure he would. Having both of them learn that they aren't the special snowflakes they thought they were was great.
"The Living Years"was sung by The Hipsters. This must've been a weird look into their future for the New Directions kids. They even had a guy in a wheelchair! Loved the old lady with the cane hitting the glory notes at the end like Mercedes.
"Hey Soul Sister" sung by The Warblers. If you're like me, you're tired of hearing this song but it was perfect for the uptight Warblers. Kurt looked out of place, and behind the beat, dancing along with the other guys. Still don't get the hype over Darren Criss, but he has a decent voice.
"(I've Had) The Time of My Life" sung by Sam and Quinn. The most vanilla performance ever. These two are so obsessed with how "perfect" they are that they really didn't try. Based on this song alone, New Directions should have gotten second place.
"Valerie" sung by Santana. An Amy Winehouse cover was bold, especially done by Santana. Naya Rivera doesn't have the strongest voice either but she sounded good here. Brittany and Mike's dancing was the highlight, as was Santana's hat. (Editor's Smutty Note: DivaJulia was hoping that by singing "Valerie" that Santana and Brittany would dance up on each other and kiss. Hey. Chicks are pervs, too! Oh. Wait.]
"Dog Days Are Over" sung by Tina and Mercedes. We were all supposed to applaud and forget that Rachel is awful because she LET Mercedes and Tina sing. Oh, how wonderful! This felt like Ryan Murphy speaking to the audience going "Here, see they get to sing too!" We know that Amber can belt, but Jenna really does have an underused voice.
Good cover, and seeing them dance their troubles and fears away was the only real happy moment of the episode. (Bummer we couldn't find a clip to show y'all, but the "Valerie" performance kicks ass!)


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Thanks for the pointer, Arnold. Great stuff. I ran across a quote from Marvin Minsky where he quotes Ben Franklin, who wanted to be put on ice and revived in a hundred years to see what had become of America. I've often thought about this, how I want to see where things are in 100, 500, or a thousand years. It's a great story and we only get to experience such a tiny fraction of it. Unless we keep going around and around, and in a former life I had the same desire which has now been fulfilled... Posted January 1, 2007 7:31 PM
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This picture is identified on the back as Aunt Mary Rupp. She is the daughter of William Haston and Annie Sorensen Wardle. She was the third child of eleven born to this union. She married Milton Woodruff Thompson and had six children with him. When he passed away she married George Earl Rupp. They had no children together but he did have four children from a previous marriage. His first wife had also passed away.
No identification on these two pictures. Please help if you can.
Leo Wardle is also the son of William Haston and Annie Sorensen Wardle. He was the fourth of eleven children. He was married three times, Maude Tempest, Joy Jean Williams and Marian Adams. My dad spent time with he and Aunt Joy during WWII when my dad was stationed at Treasure Island. Uncle Leo worked for the rail industry.
This picture is identified as Lionel and Arthur Peterson, Children of Uncle Jim and Aunt Mary Peterson. In ths case Mary is Mary Sorensen Peterson, youger sister of Annie Sorensen Wardle. Lionel and Arthur are her two oldest children born 1901 and 1903.


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Ultimate Apple Pie
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling out dough
- 1/2 cup whole-wheat flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/4 sticks chilled unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
- 6 tablespoons block-style, reduced-fat cream cheese
- 1/4 cup very cold water
- 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- Cooking spray
- 3 pounds peeled apples (a mix of Gala and Granny Smith), cored and cut into 1/2-inch-thick wedges
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg
- 1 large egg white, lightly beaten
- 2 cups vanilla low-fat ice cream
1. Place flours, baking powder, sugar, and salt in a food processor; pulse 15-20 times. Add butter and cream cheese; pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add water and lemon juice; pulse just until dough forms.
2. Transfer dough to a floured surface; form into a disk. Separate disk into 2 halves; wrap both tightly in plastic wrap. Chill at least 1 hour.
3. Preheat oven to 375°. Coat a 9-inch glass pie plate with cooking spray. Turn 1 dough half out onto a lightly floured surface. Roll into a 13-inch round; transfer to parchment paper. Cover and refrigerate. Fit remaining circle of dough into pie plate; trim edge, leaving a 1/2-inch overhang. Using a fork, lightly pierce dough all over; chill until firm (about 20 minutes), or freeze 10 minutes.
4. In a large bowl, combine apples and next 7 ingredients (through nutmeg). Spoon filling into dough in pie plate; top with chilled dough. Fold overhang under edge of bottom dough; crimp overlap decoratively. Brush egg over dough; bake in middle of oven 40-50 minutes or until crust is golden and apples are tender. Let cool. Cut into 8 slices, top with 1/4 cup ice cream; serve.
Prep: 20 minutes; Cook: 40 minutes.
- Yield: 8 servings (serving size: 1 slice plus 1/4 cup ice cream)
Nutritional Information
Calories per serving: | 260 |
Fat per serving: | 4g |
Saturated fat per serving: | 2g |
Monounsaturated fat per serving: | 1g |
Polyunsaturated fat per serving: | 0.0g |
Protein per serving: | 4g |
Carbohydrate per serving: | 54g |
Fiber per serving: | 3g |
Cholesterol per serving: | 16mg |
Iron per serving: | 1mg |
Sodium per serving: | 55mg |
Calcium per serving: | 84mg |
Good to Know
By wrapping heart-healthy apples in whole-wheat dough, this recipe allows you to bake a pie with a much lower calorie count. Light cream cheese keeps each bite soft and delicious.


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Earlier this week we mentioned a new Spotify/Netflix-like service for ebooks launching named eReatah.
The mention is located in a post about Amazon's Kindle Online Lending Library (KOLL) now offering access to more than 400,000 titles (a number of them self-published, type of material that Douglas County, CO Libraries are offering users access to).
Allow us to repeat what we said the other day and have been saying for nearly two years:
The library world needs not only to be aware of KOLL and other "Netflix" like services but plan for similar types of services in the works.
11 months ago in this infoDOCKET post we introduced another "Nettflx" like service for ebooks named Oyster that was in the development stage.
Say Hello to Oyster
Today, Oyster launched a private beta. You can register for an invite here. Right now the service is only available for iPhone users.
Subscribers pay $9.95/month for access to unlimited number of ebooks.
More specifics about Oyster below.
We Need to Prepare (We Should Have Been Doing This More than a Year Ago)
Of course, every title ever published isn't available from Oyster (and other services) but what is available has received favorable reviews thus far.
We'll add that while no one service will ever "have it all" be prepared for a number of specialty "all you can read/Netflix-like" services to come. For example, ebooks by genre, special interest, etc.
Sadly, the library community as a whole has done little to discuss these types of services and what they will mean for the future.
This does NOT mean that libraries providing access to ebooks is going to go away.
Hardly. It is not a zero-sum game.
What it does mean is that libraries need to plan now for the future and also decide how to serve our users and co-exist with these services now and in the next 1-3 years.
What Did We Say?/Say it Again
infoDOCKET has much more to say about in a post from last year.
Oyster Facts and Coverage
- Direct to Oyster Web Site
- More than 100,000 titles available as of today. New titles added weekly
- According to the company, rights to distribute a title are usually secured a "few months" after a book is released
- No limits on how many books you can read
- "People-Powered" book discovery
- Ereader app offers "five custom themes that combine elements of typography"
- iPhone app available as of today. iPad app coming this Fall. No plans for other apps at this time (via FAQ)
- Books can be downloaded and read offline
- U.S. only. Subscribers can access the services from outside the country to download new titles to their device
No, seriously: Oyster comes pretty close to being a Netflix for ebooks (via Gigaom)
Laura Hazard Owen writes in an excellent intro/review:
you will not find hot new bestsellers here. But you will find real books that you have heard of, published within the last decade, from publishers that you have heard of (if you follow that sort of thing). A sampling of the books available: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Best American Short Stories 2012, Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri, The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins, In Sunlight and in Shadow by Mark Helprin, Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane, Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer, Predictably Irrationalby Dan Ariely, Just Kids by Patti Smith.
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The company is launching with 100,000 ebook titles available from publishers such as HarperCollins, Workman, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and self-publishing distributor Smashwords.


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A flip-up 109mm touchscreen at the right-hand end of the front panel has room to accommodate good-sized icons in its menus and, although it doesn't support gestures, the screen is sensitive and is easy to navigate around.
At the bottom of the front panel is a single, 250-sheet paper tray, though you will have to swap paper to print photos, as there's no separate photo tray. You can buy a second, 250-sheet multi-purpose tray as an option, though. Printed pages end up on the lid of the standard paper tray, which has a pull-out extension, giving the whole machine a comparatively large desktop footprint.
There is a single memory card slot, compatible with SD and MemoryStick cards, and a front panel USB port, though this doesn't support Pictbridge connection from digital cameras. The machine provides USB, 10/100 Ethernet and wireless connections and has full fax provision, so there are sockets for phone line and third-party handset.
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The Blues EZX MIDI comes with a large selection of drums suited for any type of blues or rock song. It was played by longtime blues drummer Hans Lindbäck, a phenomenal musician with decades worth of experience behind the blues kit and on the road. With all material categorized in different songs and organized in folders for hats closed, hats open, cymbals, breaks, fills or endings, finding what you need is quick and easy!
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In 2011, somewhere between 800 and a 100 billion dollars was gambled on the NFL. I don't know what this tells you, but it tells me that the people in our great nation like having a little action on their football. And guess what? So, does this guy.
Last year my wife took half. This left me owning two things. My dog and my bookie. Messy divorce aside, in 2011, I hauled in five thousand dollars gambling on the NFL and I wasn't working with a power broker's bankroll. I say this not to brag, but merely to establish some credibility with the loyal contingency we have here at Sons of Roto. While I excel at picking spreads from week to week, I also fare well with prop bets and season bets. But enough with the semantics. Let's make money on Vegas' over/under total wins for some NFL teams.
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Denver Broncos OVER 8.5 wins
Peyton Manning has quarterbacked for 13 seasons. In eleven of those seasons he's had more than eight wins. In fact, in the 11 seasons where he's had more than eight wins, he's actually had at least 10 wins. What has to be of concern to the wagering nation here is Peyton Manning's neck. Well, let me assure you, you need not worry. His neck is more than fine. How do I know? I watched his preseason opener against the Bears. In his seven pass attempts, one thing was clear. Manning was throwing heat. What reassured me, and what should reassure you, was Peyton Manning's nineteen yard strike on a third and 17 to Eric Decker. The nineteen yard missile to Decker prolonged an opening drive that went all the way down to the five yard line. Manning was eventually picked on the drive but it was because Brandon Stokley dropped a wide open pass on the goal line. Last year, Tim Tebow and Kyle Orton led the Broncos to eight wins. This year, I'm banking Peyton Manning can do one better. If he does, you win this wager. Enough said.
St. Louis Rams UNDER six wins
Last year the league beat the Rams worse than Ike beat Tina. The Rams lost 14 of their 16 games. In the event that you disagree with my betting opinion here and think the Rams can be significantly better this year, we'll look at their 2012 schedule. Week One at Detroit. We can simply agree that's a loss. Week Two, home against the Redskins. The Redskins have Robert Griffin III and a solid running game, they also have an underrated defense. I don't care that it's the Rams home opener, they'll be outmatched and will concede a loss. Week Three, at Chicago. Yup, another loss. Week Four, home against the Seahawks. The Rams could feasibly get a win here, but realistically, a loss is more likely the case. My verdict, Rams lose. Week Five, home against the Cardinals. Here the Rams squeak out a win. Week Six, at Miami. The Dolphins are solid in that heat at home. It will still be hot in early October and the Dolphins will have just enough defense to put together a win. Another Rams loss. Week Seven and Eight are weeks Rams fans will threaten the ticket windows at Edward Jones Dome demanding for their money back. These are weeks angry Midwesterners will douse their plasmas in whatever they can get their hands on at the Anheuser Busch brewery. Why? The Rams see the Packers and Patriots come to town. These are games the Rams lose by twenty. Easy.
Week Nine will be a good week for the Rams. Why? It's their bye week. Week 10 the Rams travel to San Francisco, a place they lost last year 26 to nothing. So, what can we expect? How about another Rams loss. Week 11, the Rams play host to the New York Jets. Here I have the Rams pulling off a small upset. Rams win. Week 12, at Arizona. While I think the Rams can beat the Cardinals at home, I think they lose on the road which leaves us with another Rams loss. Week 13 brings the 49ers to town. Do I even have to say it? Week 14 at Buffalo. This game will be closer than people think, but Buffalo pulls out the win primarily due to weather and home field. Rams lose. Week 15, Minnesota at home. I'll give the Rams a win here. Minnesota will be quite the horror show this year as well, which I'll get into later. Week 16 at Tampa Bay. This year, Tampa Bay will resemble the 2010 team that won ten games not the team that won six last year. If that's the case, the Rams lose to the Bucs. Week 17 at Seattle. Seattle is one of the toughest places to play. On top of that, it's a divisional game. Seattle wins big.
I have the Rams going 3-13. Not far off from their 2-14 record of last year. Bottom line, I don't care who you have running the ball or playing quarterback when you have one of the worst offensive lines in the league and a weak defense, your season will feel like you've been pissing razor blades for 16 weeks. Maybe, the Rams win more than three games, but if you see them winning six, you really don't know your NFL. Take the Rams winning less than six games and don't look back.
Minnesota Vikings UNDER six wins
If we can agree that the Vikings, in all likelihood, will lose their matchups against division rivals, then we could mark the Vikings down for six losses. But for the sake of this article, I'll be generous and say that the Vikings steal one of these games. Now that we've reviewed their divisional contests giving the Vikings one win, we can take a look at their other ten games. In the Minnesota home opener they play host to the Jaguars. A game I actually think the Vikings win. In Week One, the Vikings travel to Indianapolis to play the Colts. I think this game will be close, but in the end Andrew Luck outduels Christian Ponder. Week Three, the Vikings get the 49ers at home. The 49ers have only gotten better from last year and will run the ball all over the Vikings' anemic defense. Smackmouth football gets the Niners a 17-point win. Week Five, the Vikings get the Titans at home. Although the Titans aren't elite, they're just mediocre enough to beat the Vikings.
Week Six sees the Vikings travel to Washington. I've been to a few stadiums in my day and none were louder than FedEx field. If RG III is still healthy come Week Six, the Redskins should win by 10. Week Seven, the Vikings get the Cardinals. I'll give the Vikings a win here. Week Eight, the Vikings see the Buccaneers at home. The Bucs are a better team than the Vikings this year, but I can honestly see this game going either way. In the end, I have to give this game to a more talented Tampa Bay team. Week Nine, the Vikings travel to Seattle. Seattle will win eight games this year and most of them will be at home. Why? The best home field advantage in the league belongs to Seattle (Kansas City being a close second). Seattle gets the win. Week 15, the Vikings travel to St. Louis to play the Rams. Above I said that the Rams would win this matchup, so I have to stick with my guns here. Sam Bradford outduels Ponder in a battle of lower-tiered quarterbacks. Week 16, the Vikings travel to Houston. Unless, Houston has home field locked up, they'll be playing for something. Odds are, with the Patriots in the AFC, Houston will be vying for home field advantage into December. Vikings lose in embarrassing fashion.
Let's be honest, the Vikings weren't much last year with a healthy Adrian Peterson. This year, AP comes back from not only a torn ACL, but also a torn MCL. Typical recovery time is twelve months, which means AP shouldn't be AP until late December. While Toby Gerhart is a nice backup, he won't be able to carry the running game. What looms over the Vikings season like a cloud about to rain **** is the fact that Christian Ponder doesn't have any weapons outside of injury-prone Percy Harvin.
And get this. Ponder is publicly saying the Vikings can make the playoffs in 2012. This coming from a quarterback who plays in the NFC North on teams not named the Packers, Lions or Bears. So, now we can add a delusional quarterback to the Vikings list of woes. I have the Vikings winning three games. Maybe they win four. No way they win more than six. When I really think about it, I haven't seen money this easy since I saw Rodney Dangerfield and Joe Pesci on screen together for the first time. For those who got that movie reference, your knowledge of classic eighties movies is appreciated. Good luck and happy gambling.
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Ray Lewis is gonna KILL San Fran..
The rule doesn't apply when the player is a RB, because what constitutes "defenseless" is the inability for the player to make a "football move" after obtaining the ball.
That is only possible with receivers, not RBs who come rumbling through a lane. Helmet to helmet isn't a penalty, striking a receiver in the helmet while he is defenseless is.
The reason I changed your quoted post is because you are making rules up. Defenseless player isn't the terminology, it's defenseless receiver.
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10 Jan 2011 04:52 AM #1Marks & Spencer wholesaler in UK - Good leads on M & S suppliers
I am looking for a reliable wholesaler that can provide branded Marks & Spencer clothing to the UK. I would also like to purchase a large quantity of quality handbags, wallets, cufflinks etc.
Not expecting to find everything I want out of one whole UK wholesaler.
I have been doing some research on Marks & Spencer, and it seems the label has to be removed when the items are resold? Is this correct? Should I be looking for a label when reviewing M & S UK suppliers?Want To Be An eBay Powerseller?This is the Service You Need.
10 Jan 2011 05:08 AM #2
There are some high end suppliers that stock Marks and Spencer clothing items and furniture as well. So don't worry – you can find a supplier. Just remember to put them through the standard quality check before making a purchase.
Check out Wholesale Clothing and Wholesale clothes, ex Chainstore clothes, Designer labels, overmakes.. I have used them quite a few times and been pleased with the results. Good to save a few pounds and get good quality.
As far as the label is concerned, M & S does not want the logo on the outer surface to be damaged – as it would ultimately change the entire look of the design. However, you might find some UK suppliers that have removed the Marks & Spencer tag from the inside.
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Look around for an ex-chain store. I believe clothingcheckout sells M &S undergarments, but I haven't reviewed their inventory in a month or so.
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10 Jan 2011 06:25 AM #4Appreciate all the UK supplier choices.
I will pay attention to the tags on the inside of the shirts, especially. I was talking with another Marks and Spencer supplier and on their website they showed the tags were removed.
Just looking for a few other suppliers so I can compare prices some more.
10 Jan 2011 06:33 AM #5
Certainly compare prices. Remember that if any supplier, UK or otherwise, is selling a high end item such as Marks and Spencer for well under the wholesale price, you definitely should be skeptical.
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