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GREEN BAY, Wis. – Ted Thompson, longtime general manager of the Green Bay Packers who built the team that won Super Bowl XLV, died Wednesday at age 68, the team announced.
Thompson drafted future Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers with his first pick as a general manager. That set the stage for the succession of Hall of Famer quarterback Brett Favre and the building of a team that won the Super Bowl in 2011. His teams in one stretch won 19 consecutive games and made the playoffs eight consecutive years.
“He’s a humble, intelligent guy that always put the team first. He always kept a steady hand, never panicked,” said longtime friend Mike Reinfeldt when Thompson was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 2019. Reinfeldt roomed with Thompson when they played for the Houston Oilers and worked with him in Green Bay and Seattle.
Should you wake a sleepwalker? And other sleepwalking FAQs answered
Experts explain sleepwalking and the strange behaviors of nocturnal wanderers Listen - 07:10
Sleepwalkers do strange things. Getty Images
Maybe you ve seen someone do it. Maybe you ve done it yourself. Maybe you ve only seen videos of people doing it and you don t really understand what s going on. It is sleepwalking and, boy, is it a strange thing to find someone doing.
If you ve ever encountered a sleepwalker in person, you likely felt spooked or weirded out. Sleepwalkers often exhibit glassy, glazed eyes staring into nothing (although it feels like they are staring into your soul).
American Insurrections And Rebellions You ve Never Heard Of Shutterstock
By Thomas A Brown/Jan. 19, 2021 3:49 pm EDT
In the first week of 2021, a riot in Washington, D.C., violently erupted into the capitol building. The world recoiled as what many called an insurrection or coup d etat defiled one of the most hallowed buildings in the country, and the people s representatives fled and hid for safety. Of the many adjectives one could use to describe what happened that day (atrocious, treasonous, appalling, moronic, there are many more) however, unprecedented shouldn t really be one of them.
Not only are the streets of D.C. and halls of Congress not unused to violence, American history is replete with violent uprisings, bloody coups, and revolutionary attempts. In 1983, leftist revolutionaries exploded bombs at military bases as well as the United States Senate.