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I went thrift store shopping with my mother yesterday.
We went to this antique store and there was tons of Disney stuff.
I got some old school Disney books from the 1980s, an old disney classics movie, some wonderful world of disney books that I'm collecting, Hook (I'm pretty sure it's the exact same thing as the movie!) and some other Disney books.

I found some classics for $ .25 and I got the Lost Symbol for $4! My favorite book and I've been wanting it to read it again, it's in brand new shape. Awesome.

 

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Off to a College Visit

 

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Oh my gosh! I love this song!!!!!!!!

 

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The Patriots' current coach Bill Belichick was hired in 2000, and a new home field, Gillette Stadium was opened in 2002. Under Belichick, the team won three Super Bowls in four years, and finished the 2007 regular season with a perfect 16–0 record, becoming only the fifth team in league history to go undefeated in the regular season, and the only one since the league expanded its regular season schedule to 16 games. After advancing to Super Bowl XLII, the team's fourth Super Bowl in seven years, the Patriots were defeated by the Giants to end their bid for a 19–0 season. With the loss, the Patriots ended the year at 18–1, becoming only one of three teams to go 18–1 along with the 1984 San Francisco 49ers and the 1985 Chicago Bears. Those teams, however, won the Super Bowl.

 

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The Patriots have maintained a rivalry with the New York Jets, who have also been members of the AFC East since its inception in 1970. Prior to that, both teams competed in the American Football League since both teams' foundings in 1960. The rivalry between the Jets and Patriots has escalated since 1996, when Patriots head coach Bill Parcells left the Patriots under controversy to become the head coach of the Jets. Four years later, Parcells' assistant, Bill Belichick, resigned the day he was named the Jets' head coach to become the head coach of the Patriots. Six years after that, Eric Mangini, an assistant under Belichick, became the head coach of the Jets.

 

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Meanwhile, the rise of quarterbacks Tom Brady and Peyton Manning in the early 2000s led to an increased rivalry between Manning's Indianapolis Colts and Brady's Patriots. The teams met three times in four years (2003, 2004, 2006) in the playoffs, with the winner going on to win that season's Super Bowl each time.

 

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Super Bowl banners at Gillette Stadium.

 

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Under head coach Bill Belichick, the Patriots have employed specific on-field and off-field strategies. On the field, the Patriots have typically utilized an "Erhardt-Perkins" offense and a "Fairbanks-Bullough" 3-4 defense, referred to commonly as a 2-gap 3-4 defensive system. Their philosophy in making personnel decisions and in game planning has focused on the "team" concept, stressing preparation, strong work ethic, versatility, and lack of individual ego. This approach, which led to three Super Bowl victories under Belichick, was analyzed in the 2004 book Patriot Reign.

 

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When owner Robert Kraft purchased the team in 1994, he did so for $175 million. Since then, the Patriots have sold out every home game in both Foxboro Stadium and Gillette Stadium. By 2009, the value of the franchise had increased by over $1 billion, to a Forbes Magazine estimated value of $1.361 billion, third highest in the NFL.

 

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The 2001-02, 2003-04, and 2004-05-issued Vince Lombardi trophies to the New England Patriots.

 

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Since 2002, the Patriots' home stadium has been Gillette Stadium, a $350 million facility privately financed by Kraft. It houses all administrative offices for the team and its owning entity, The Kraft Group, as well as the Kraft-owned Major League Soccer team, the New England Revolution. The field, which was originally natural grass, was replaced with a FieldTurf surface during the 2006 season. The area around the stadium was developed, beginning in 2007, into a $375 million "lifestyle and entertainment center" called Patriot Place.

 

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Prior to 2002, the Patriots played in Foxboro Stadium dating back to 1971, the team's second year in the NFL after the AFL-NFL meger. During the team's days in the American Football League, the Boston Patriots were hosted by a number of fields in or around Boston.

 

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Current Roster:

Quarterbacks
* 12 Tom Brady
* 8 Brian Hoyer

 

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Running Backs
* 42 BenJarvus Green-Ellis
* 34 Sammy Morris
* 21 Fred Taylor
* 39 Danny Woodhead

 

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Wide Receivers
* 84 Deion Branch
* 11 Julian Edelman PR
* 17 Taylor Price
* 18 Matthew Slater
* 19 Brandon Tate KR
* 83 Wes Welker

 

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Tight Ends
* 82 Alge Crumpler
* 87 Rob Gronkowski
* 85 Aaron Hernandez

 

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Offensive Linemen
* 63 Dan Connolly G/C
* 67 Dan Koppen C
* 64 Mark LeVoir T
* 72 Matt Light T
* 61 Stephen Neal G
* 60 Rich Ohrnberger G/C
* 69 Quinn Ojinnaka T/G
* 76 Sebastian Vollmer T
* 62 Ryan Wendell C/G

 

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Defensive Linemen
* 97 Ron Brace DE/NT
* 71 Brandon Deaderick DE
* 74 Kyle Love NT
* 91 Myron Pryor NT
* 92 Gerard Warren DE
* 75 Vince Wilfork NT
* 99 Mike Wright DE/NT

 

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Linebackers
* 95 Tully Banta-Cain OLB/DE
* 98 Shawn Crable OLB/DE
* 96 Jermaine Cunningham OLB/DE
* 52 Dane Fletcher ILB
* 59 Gary Guyton ILB
* 51 Jerod Mayo ILB
* 50 Rob Ninkovich OLB/DE
* 55 Brandon Spikes ILB
* 58 Tracy White ILB

 

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Defensive Backs
* 27 Kyle Arrington CB
* 38 Sergio Brown SS
* 28 Darius Butler CB
* 25 Patrick Chung SS
* 32 Devin McCourty CB
* 31 Brandon Meriweather FS
* 44 Jarrad Page SS
* 36 James Sanders FS
* 22 Terrence Wheatley CB
* 24 Jonathan Wilhite CB