Archive for September, 2009

Sports Trivia For Newbies

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
edward922 asked:


Trivia and fun fact games have begun to take the world by storm and are growing in popularity tremendously. Of the thousands of different types of trivia, one tends to be most popular. This trivia that I’m talking about is sports trivia.

Sports trivia is a general category in the sense that it includes trivia from all sports (even ones that you might not consider “real” sports). In a sports trivia game you’ll find questions about boxing, horse racing, badminton, football, soccer, etc.  You’ll even find trivia about crochet!

In this article, I’m going to give you some facts that fit into the category of “sports trivia”. If you’re looking for this type of knowledge, you’re reading the right article.
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•    The Dallas Cowboys were the only team to win three Super Bowls in the 1990s. They won Super Bowl XXVII in 1993, Super Bowl XXVIII in 1994, and Super Bowl *** in 1996.

•    The first pitcher to ever throw a 9-inning no-hit game and lose was Ken Johnson. His team at the time (Houston Colts) lost 1-0 after giving up two errors that allowed a run to score in the ninth inning.

•    Basketball was invented by Dr. James Naismith, a Canadian who lived in Massachusetts, in 1891. He wanted to develop a game that would keep children fit and that could be played indoors during the long Massachusetts winters.

•    A current NHL season has 82 games.

•    The record lowest score in 18 holes on the LPGA tour is 59. Annika Sorenstam hit this score at the 2001 Standard Register Ping played at the Moon Valley Country Club.

•    In NASCAR, the waving white flag means that there is only one lap left in the race.

•    The first ever 4-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 is A.J. Foyt. He won it in 1977, 1967, 1964, and 1961.

•    The Tour de France has been raced since the year 1903. However, an American did not win it until 1986 when Greg LeMond accomplished that feat. He then repeated in 1989 and 1990.

•    Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) is the newest North American Sports league and was established in 2009.

•    Delon Sanders was the first person to ever play in both a Super Bowl and a World Series. He played in Super Bowl XXIX (1994) and in the 1992 World series.

This is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to sports trivia. There are literally hundreds of books, magazines, and websites dedicated to sports trivia that will overload your brain with information. I hope that you will take something away from this article and that you are that much more ready for your next sports trivia game.



STACEY

Baltimore Colts & Johnny Unitas Tribute

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
BaltimoreRavensNFL asked:

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REYNALDO

Small Schools Offer Alternatives for Indianapolis Schools

Monday, September 28th, 2009
Patricia Hawke asked:


When I was in high school, I attended the only high school our town had. A one-high school town, our school was home to every 14-18 year old in residence. My senior year, there were about 250 of us graduating. I thought that was a lot; but I still at least knew everyone’s name, even if I wasn’t friends with them all. Looking back, our school wasn’t that big compared to some; the name of every person in my graduating class fit on the back of the Prom T-shirt! I never thought of my school as small; it seemed big to my small-town eyes. With approximately 1,000 students, our campus had 4 classroom wings (a 5th one was added in my junior year), a music building, a gym, library, office, cafeteria, weight room, tennis courts, football fields, and baseball diamonds. We even had a barn, for the FFA kids (Future Farmers of America) and their livestock. This was my world, and one which I quite honestly wanted to get out of as soon as possible. While the size of our school was really on the small side, it was big to us; but I guess it’s all relative to our own experiences.

These days (I only graduated about 15 years ago, thank you very much), Indianapolis Schools have grown. Even my old high school has grown so much that I barely recognize it. (It’s still the only high school in town!) In fact, high schools are huge! With enrollments at Indiana and Indianapolis Schools at low of around 1,200 students and as high as 2,000 or more, schools are full to bursting. Indianapolis Public Schools administrators, teachers, and even Indianapolis Schools parents are trying hard to improve the education given to high school students. And small schools, such as the ones present in Indianapolis Schools, are meeting this need.
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In Indianapolis Schools, school systems are trying very hard to personalize their students’ education, through the use of “Small Schools”. A small school is typically located on a regular Indianapolis Schools campus and shares common areas with other small schools housed on the same location. Cafeteria, gymnasiums, and media centers are used by all students. One Indianapolis Schools campus may house up to four or even five different small schools. These Indianapolis Schools offer a more intimate learning environment that is better able to address the needs of students, staff and parents. Each of these smaller Indianapolis Schools has an enrollment of no more than 400 students. They all offer both core classes (English, math, social studies and science) as well as electives. The needs of all students – special education as well as general education – are addressed. The purpose of these small schools within Indianapolis Schools is to improve students’ academic, social and behavioral performance, to reduce the dropout rate, and to connect students in a more personal way with the Indianapolis Schools they are attending.

Indianapolis Schools that are using the small school models are showing some really good results. I guess my high school knew what it was doing after all.



PAT

Dating Services in Indianapolis

Saturday, September 26th, 2009
Francis Githinji asked:


Dating in Indianapolis is a great experience for people who are adventurous at heart. It is the capital city of the United state of Indiana. It is also the county seat of Marion county in Indiana. Being the most populous city in Indiana it has a variety of singles who are ready to start up relationships. It is hard to single out one perfect lover in a multitude of many individuals. You can easily make a regrettable mistake. Thus the establishment of dating services in Indianapolis so that some malicious people disguised as perfect lovers can be done away with. There is economic stability in this city since they have resulted into diversifying their economy through holding events in most cases sports. This has had labelled as the racing capital of the world or the Amateur sports capital of the world.

The love of sports is among the hobbies that bring many lovers together. The shared interest is a good tool towards helping seeking singles to identify their soul mates. Dating services in Indianapolis play a major role in matchmaking. The dating professionals offer first class matchmaking services. It easy for them since most of the visiting singles who happen to be looking for love pout in Indianapolis to play audience to many sports  hosted in the city. The 1987 pan American games, the allstate 400, the US Grand prix (2000-2007) all were hosted in this city. The overwhelming number of attending fans provide a large dating pool to choose from. The over 250,000 are always in good mood to mingle and find love.

The transport in Indianapolis is superb. you can get to anywhere anytime you want using shortest time possible. It has roads leading to any destination hence the nickname the cross roads of America. The good road network allow easy and fast access to tourist attraction sites as well as restaurants and and parks famous with lovers. Transport can become a hindrance to having fun to the maximum. The movement to and from suburban regions is well facilitated. Dating services in Indianapolis are busy as many people who visit the central till plains to attend other business activities fall in love with the night life. For wonderful adventure, the singles visit the dating services to find a perfect lover who makes the adventure complete.

Indianapolis has a high dating population owing to it being a host to many festivals. During these events, interactions are high. Every year in the month of may, a 500 festival is hosted by Indianapolis. They also hold football games. You can find interesting online dating services in Indianapolis web sites and get to date when you are anywhere in the world provided that your computer is connected to the Internet. Browsing through the dating web sites will give you a cue about the kind of people you would want to date. It brings awareness of the personal tastes and preferences. Indianapolis is a great place to go for holidays, honey moons or weddings. Love ad romance is always in the air.



TYSON

Outsports Vlog Nov. 21: Sports superstitions and the Colts

Saturday, September 26th, 2009
OutSports asked:


, a longtime Colts fan, has more superstitions about his team than the New England Patriots have Super Bowl titles. Jim’s Peyton Manning doll, facing the floor and the wall of Jim’s house, has helped his beloved Colts to the Super Bowl, and he has two shirts that determine whether his team wins or loses. What’s only crazier than all of this is that most sports fans have some kind of crazy superstition just like it. … Indianapolis Colts football NFL Outsports *** dolls randy moss peyton manning …

MARTIN

Secured Home Loans—take Benefit of your Home Equity

Saturday, September 26th, 2009
Simon Peyton asked:


Home is a very important basic amenity of a man in which he lives in. It remains not only a dwelling house as per the requirement of the individual concerned, when any sort of financial eventuality a man comes across with, then he realises the importance of that house. A house begets a good sum of money on placing it as of ones security, and this offer is considered as of the best lending options in the money market. So for that, the lending authority has configured secured home loans in this prospect.

Secured Home Loans are secured, obvious at ones home. On current market value of the placed house, the required sum of money is sanctioned to the borrowers. Borrowers invest the raised amount as per their requirements. Home improvement and renovation, dream holiday destination, availing children with higher education, buying car, and above all debt consolidation etc., are some of the benefits of the secured home loans.

The amount raised by the borrowers under the secured home loans is generally, ?3, 000; however on request of the borrowers, this amount can be further increased up to ?75, 000 too. So it is not a matter of great hassle while shopping for secured home loans. Borrowers take the benefits of the secured home loans for a period ranges in between 5-25 years.

Almost always remains a financial concerning to the borrowers is the repayment terms and conditions. As for secured home loans, the lending authority offers flexible repayments with low interest rates. Keeping a lower interest rate is due to the two reasons i.e., collateral placing evades borrowers from the threat of non-repayment of the secured home loans, and secondly, owing to stiff competition among lenders in the money market, lenders find it hard to **** the gains, therefore they offer the secured home loans at cheaper rates.

For all that, there is constellation of lenders availing online and offline for secured home loans, whereas online method of availing secured home loans is in vogue. Sometimes, selection of a right lender becomes very difficult, as owing to too many lenders for the same secured home loans. For such situations, research proves to be quite a good work out at. It is just a click away, and galaxies of sites comes to fore. Now, just go through the terms and conditions of different secured home loans. If any hassle may find in between, consult financial expert that available right online. And, make your secured home loans according to your financial viability.



KAREEM

Texas Colts vs Waller County Gladiators

Saturday, September 26th, 2009
csteph114 asked:


Colts highlights against the Gladiators … Texas Colts Football

FREDRICK

Volvo V70

Thursday, September 24th, 2009
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Volvo V70

Manufacturer

Volvo Cars

Parent company

Ford Motor Company

Production

1997resent

Predecessor

Volvo 850

Class

Mid-size car / Executive car

Body style(s)

5-door wagon

Layout

Front engine, front-wheel drive / four-wheel drive

The Volvo V70 is a mid-size five-door station wagon / estate manufactured by Volvo Cars since 1996 and closely related to the S70, S60 and S80 saloons as well as the more stylized four-wheel drive Cross Country (XC) and XC70.

Since its inception, the V70 has evolved through three generations notably, the second generation designed by Peter Horbury.

Over 80% of V70s are sold in Europe, one third in Sweden. The Volvo V70 has been the best selling car in Sweden for many years.[citation needed]

First generation (19972000)

First generation

Production

19972000

Assembly

Torslanda, SwedenGhent, BelgiumHalifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Volvo Halifax Assembly

Engine(s)

2.0L 126 hp I5

2.4L 162 hp I52.4L 190 hp I52.5L 190 hp I52.3L 240 hp I52.3L 250 hp I52.4L 265 hp I52.5L 140 hp I5 (diesel)

Transmission(s)

5-speed manual, 4-speed automatic, 5-speed automatic

Wheelbase

2,664mm (104.9in)1998 AWD: 2,662mm (104.8in)1999-2000 AWD: 2,654mm (104.5in)

Length

1998: 4,722mm (185.9in)1999-2000: 4,729mm (186.2in)1999-2000 XC: 4,735mm (186.4in)

Width

1,760mm (69.3in)

Height

1,427mm (56.2in) & 1,481mm (58.3in)R: 1,453mm (57.2in)

Fuel capacity

68L (18US gal; 15imp gal)

The original V70 was a development of the Volvo 850 station wagon and sedan series. The new name reflected Volvo’s new strategy of naming vehicles depending on size and body style. Thus, the 850 was deemed to be a relative size 70. The name is then appended with the type of vehicle. So the station wagon adopted V (for Versatility), S (for Saloon) and C (for the new Coup); these cars are respectively known as V70, S70 and C70. There were 1,800 improved and new parts in the design from the original 850, including upgraded passive and active safety, better handling and new engines. Gone were the 850’s square edges and replaced by rounded corners to suit the late 90s style trend. Other changes included a new ‘family face’ for the V/S/C70 models, colour coded bumpers, clear indicator lenses, and a new dashboard fascia and materials. However on the whole, one could say the car was similar to its predecessor, but nevertheless, a successful facelift.

First generation variants

Volvo’s variant badging of their cars in this period is complex due to the vast array of models and equipment packages on offer; this policy was adopted because Volvos were seen to be a car that would suit a wide spectrum of the public, thus a vast choice of models and packages was available to suit the most specific customer. In its most basic form, the model line up consisted of Torslanda named after its assembly plant, Torslandaverken SE and CD.

Option packages included:

Sports - with alloy wheels, rear spoiler, and fog lamps.

Comfort - child seat, air conditioning or electric sunroof, and trip computer.

Luxury - leather upholstery with electric driver’s seat, climate control and cruise control, and wood fascia trim.

Estate - roof rails, self-levelling rear suspension, and luggage net.

Winter - headlamp wash/wipe, heated front seats and traction control.

Design - red wood/leather steering wheel, red wood-effect trim, and leather upholstery.

First generation models

S70

S70 R (2.3 litre)

V70

V70 R (2.3 litre)

V70 R AWD (2.3-2.4 litre)

V70 XC AWD

T5 and R models are high-performance models. The T5 was equipped with a sport-tuned high pressure turbocharged 2.3L engine with maximum boost pressure set at 10.5 PSI, and ‘turbine’ alloy wheels, whereas the Turbo models had a low pressure turbocharged 2.4L engine with maximum boost pressure at 7-8 PSI. The R was fitted with a full factory fitted body kit (chin spoiler and rear spoiler, anthracite alloy wheels) a range of unique colours.

First generation straight-5 engines

2.0 10v

2.3

2.3 Turbo

2.3 R 236bhp (176kW; 239PS) in 1998

2.3 R 247bhp (184kW; 250PS) in 1999

2.4 R 261bhp (195kW; 265PS) in 2000

2.4 10v 140bhp (104kW; 142PS)

2.4 20v 164bhp (122kW; 166PS)

2.4 Turbo 190bhp (142kW; 193PS)

2.5 10v 140bhp (104kW; 142PS)

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Nfl - Chargers Defeated Colts in Ot

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
Cindy Ferguson asked:


By Cindy Ferguson

The current AFC West Division Champions of the NFL, the San Diego Chargers, defeated the Indianapolis Colts in overtime 23-17. This win was a surprise for the fans since the Chargers were struggling at the beginning of the season with a record of 4-8. However, the Chargers have found their winning ways and have steak together. Besides, his coach Norv Turner has also steak to the plan and has support his players even when things don’t go their way. That was shown in Saturday’s game especially in overtime, when Darren Sproles did a 22-yard touchdown that gave the Chargers the victory. 

During the game things were equally managed by the two teams; the Colts had the great presence of their superstar and MVP quarterback Peyton Manning, who had a solid performance by converting 25 of 42 for 310 yards with no interceptions and completing a touchdown. Their running back Joseph Addai was not clearly good as he only got 44 rushing yards on 16 carries. Team’s receiver Reggie Wayne for his part, after some absence in the first half, appeared in great way in the second half ending with 4 receptions for 129 yards. Wayne also converted a key touchdown of 72-yards to give the lead to the Colts at the beginning of the third quarter. 

On the other hand, the Chargers had great performances from their running back Darren Sproles, who substituted starting running back LaDainian Tomlinson and who gained 105 yards on the ground and 45 yards on five receptions in the game. This 5-6 ft running back also converted two touchdowns, one of 9-yards and the 22-yard winner touchdown in overtime. Sproles was a real headache for the Colts the whole game, and Indianapolis couldn’t find a way to stop him. Another key player for the Chargers was their punter Mike Scifres, who was really amazing by averaging 52.7 yards on 6 punts inside the 20, and also averaging a net of 51.7 yards. With this Scifres also broke a couple of post season’s records, the best net average and the 5 punts in a NFL playoff game that Green Bay’s Craig Hentrich set in 1998.

The effort of these players, along with that of their quarterback Philip Rivers, who controlled the Chargers’ offense, and the contribution of rest of their teammates, gave the team a positive result and the victory at the end. 

The coach of the Chargers, Norv Turner, was really pleased with his team’s effort and how they are finding their winning ways again. On the other hand, Colts’ coach Tony Dungy was really disappointed with his team, especially because they converted too many doubt penalties and didn’t convert some key plays. Dungy also expressed that Scifres was a key player for the Chargers. “He was the difference in the game,” recognized Colts coach Tony Dungy. “He just punted us in the hole all night long with long, high punts, stopping inside the 10-yard line.”

The next playoff game for the San Diego Chargers will be on Sunday January 11th against the Pittsburgh Steelers at the Heinz Field. 



ANTOINE

The Missing Ingredient in Most Success Formulas

Monday, September 21st, 2009
Steve Kroening asked:


I’ve heard many “success experts” say you’ve got to have a certain type of personality to really find success. There’s nothing further from the truth. Yes, some personalities may be more advantageous than others. But you can find success regardless of your personality.

Take Tony Dungy, for instance. Many thought he would never win the Super Bowl because of his laid-back, even-tempered personality. He proved them wrong. What was it that made the Indianapolis Colts a success? Was it their high-priced salaries? No, the salary cap takes that out of the picture. It wasn’t a charismatic leader. And it wasn’t their desire to win (I guarantee Chicago wanted to win every bit as much as Indianapolis).

Everyone on the field wanted to score touchdowns. Everyone wanted to win. Everyone had the same goals. But victory came to the team that executed the best. Most experts agree that the rain in Miami made this past Super Bowl one of the sloppiest on record. But that doesn’t matter. One team executed better than the other. And that team won.

Execution is the ability to take what you know and understand, make a wise decision, and then put it into the corresponding action. Those who execute on a daily basis are the ones who have the greatest ability to succeed. Their personality may be more energetic, which is a good motivator for action. But that action isn’t always the right action. Sometimes the contemplative personality has a better chance to succeed because the action he takes is based on better knowledge.

After winning the Super Bowl, Tony Dungy made the point that success is determined by preparation. Preparation is what allows you to gain everything you need to execute properly. If you’re not prepared, you won’t execute well. You won’t pay attention to the details that are so crucial for success. And you won’t be able to see opportunities when they pop up. You might have heard that luck is a combination of preparation plus opportunity. Well, that’s not entirely true. There’s one missing ingredient in that equation — execution. You can be prepared and you can have opportunities. But if you don’t execute well, you’ll find nothing but bad luck (i.e., results).

So don’t let your personality hold you back. Look at your personality as a tool, not a barrier. Don’t let fear keep you from taking action. Prepare yourself (spiritually, physically, mentally, and emotionally) and execute well when the opportunities arise.



CORY