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The area known as Raja Ampat, (The Four Kings) is an archipelago of over 1,500 small islands and cays consisting of the islands of Misoool, Salawati, Batanta, and Wiageo. Here you will also find the Coral Triangle which is the world's most biodiverse marine region with more recorded fish, coral and mollusk species than anywhere else on Earth.
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Unforgettable Experiences. Raja Ampat is famed for it's astounding variety of marine life. Some areas boast enormous schools of fish and regular sightings of sharks, such as the tasseled wobbegongs. Encounter large groups of manta rays and turtles. From the yacht, don snorkelling gear for an unforgettable interaction with resident pods of dolphins or even some passing whales. Other highlights include the innumerable war wrecks, both ships and planes (with new wrecks being discovered constantly).
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The reefs of Raja Ampat Indonesia are just as varied as the marine life. There are vertical walls, reef flats, slopes, sea mounts, mangroves, lagoons and pinnacles. The reefs are in pristine condition with miles of perfect hard corals and many varied colourful species of soft corals.
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The pristine beauty of Raja Ampat, both above and below the water is unrivalled. This is truly "Frontier Diving". Topside the beautiful islands stretch as far as the eye can see, and are largely uninhabited. At night the lights of local fishing boats twinkle in the dark along the few inhabited shorelines, while in more remote areas only a distant spec of light is visible over the entire horizon.
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- 1,356 species of reef fish in the Bird's Head Seascape
- 1,223 species of reef fish in Raja Ampat
- 25 species of endemic reef fish found only in the Birds Head Seascape
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- 10 times the number of hard coral species found in the entire Caribbean
- 57 species of Mantis Shrimp in the Birds Head Seascape
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A biopic was being planned on by Lifetime the life of the late singer Aaliyah, and it even had its leading lady, but not anymore. Variety reported on June 29, 2014, that Zendaya Coleman (better known as just Zendaya) has left the biopic that will be titled "Aaliyah: Princess of R&B."
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This is a shocking change after the announcement of the project just earlier this month. The 17-year-old Disney Channel star was set to portray Aaliyah in the film, and production was actually scheduled to begind this summer for a fall release.
It was expected that "Aaliyah: Princess of R&B" could end up being pushed back due to family and friends speaking out against the Lifetime biopic. Jomo Hankerson, Aaliyah's cousin and president of Blackground Records, said they were looking for a bigger release than what Lifetime could provide.
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The new bilingual machine, which prompts you to "Touch Screen to Begin/Toque la Pantalla para Comenzar," aims to make it more convenient for residents to submit payments for utility bills, parking citations, dog licenses and business licenses.
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"The kiosk is designed to access customer's accounts from the various municipal systems (i.e. parking citations, utility service bills, dog licenses, etc.)," said Christine Duarte, city treasury manager, "and will bring forward the customer's balance, which includes on-time and/or late balances due."
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College Hockey:'Blind' Goal Sees Yale to Game Three
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Yale captain Denis Nam could not even watch his game-winning goal sail into the back of the net. But every other set of eyes at a sold-out Ingalls Rink saw the Bulldogs take their first lead of the series.
With 6:22 left in the third period, Yale went ahead 2-1 and held on to tie the ECAC quarterfinal, best-of-three, series at one game each.
"Jeff [Hristovski] took a shot and it bounced in the air and I just swung at it," Nam said. "I have no idea how it bounced into the net, I just closed my eyes and it went in."
Yale out-shot Brown, 36-25 for the game and 17-5 in the third period. Josh Gartner made 24 saves to earn the victory, while Brown goalie Yann Danis stopped 34 of the Elis' shots.
"That was a great hockey game," said Yale coach Tim Taylor. "We had to rectify our positioning defensively after the first, and we did, and I thought we were pretty tight defensively in the second and third periods."
For the second consecutive night, the visiting Bears jumped on top early. Junior Pascal Denis fed Shane Mudryk beautifully into the left slot. Mudryk sent a wrister that banged off the post and past Gartner at 6:18. The first period ended with Brown in front, 1-0, after out-shooting the Bulldogs 11-8.
Yale drew even midway through the second, taking advantage of consecutive Brown penalties which resulted in 1:13 of a two-man advantage and 2:11 of overall power play time.
Brown killed the five-on-three, but Yale scored on the power play at 9:11 when Ryan Steeves sent a crossing pass that caromed off a defender's skate past Danis for his 15th tally of the season, tying the score at 1-1.
Yale had the advantage in shots on net, 11-9, in the period, and Gartner stopped several Brown rushes before and after the Steeves goal.
"It appeared that Brown had the momentum until then," said Gartner. "But when Steeves got that goal from the bad angle, it seemed to lift us. We've gotten better all year at coming from behind, and I just tried to keep the team in it. I knew we'd get one eventually."
In this game, "eventually" came 13:38 into the final period when Hristovski corralled the puck and skated into the Brown zone and fired a wrist shot that was swatted down by Danis. Nam swung at the puck, closed his eyes, and the puck found the back of the net, passing Danis low on the glove side.
The win snapped a four-game losing streak for the Bulldogs.
The decisive game three will be Sunday at 7 p.m. at Ingalls Rink.
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OPEN SOULS is a gathering of like minded musicians from some very different backgrounds. An Indian Classical vocalist, Ranjana Ghatak, Mercury nominated band, Polar Bear's drummer, Seb Rochford and Beatboxer/Vocal Sculptor Jason Singh all come together to explore the relationships between these different concepts of sound structures.
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Genes may play a role in the risk of many of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality among women, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes. The most reliable way to identify those at risk for an inherited susceptibility to chronic disease is through their family health histories.
Breast cancer affects 1 in 8 women over their lifetime, and colon cancer affects 1 in 15 women. Approximately 10 percent of breast, ovarian, and colon cancer cases are due to inherited mutations in specific genes that can be passed down from either parent (mother or father) and greatly increase the risk of cancer. The genetics of all cancer is complex, and even those individuals in whom single gene mutations cannot be identified may still have an elevated risk for cancer, emphasizing the importance of knowing one's family history.
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NAME: William F. Fisher (M.D.)
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BIRTHPLACE AND DATE: Born April 1, 1946, in Dallas, Texas. His parents, retired Air Force Colonel and Mrs. Russell F. Fisher, reside in Winter Park, Florida.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Brown hair; brown eyes; height: 5 feet 10 inches; weight: 170 pounds.
EDUCATION: Graduated from North Syracuse Central High School, North Syracuse, New York, in 1964; received a bachelor of arts from Stanford University in 1968, and a doctorate in Medicine from the University of Florida in 1975. He did graduate work in biology at the University of Florida from 1969 to 1971, and did graduate work in Engineering at the University of Houston from 1978 to 1980.
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NASA EXPERIENCE: Selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in May 1980, Dr. fisher became an astronaut in August 1981. His technical assignments to date have included: scientific equipment operator for high altitude research on the WB57-F aircraft (1980-1981); astronaut medical support for the first four Shuttle missions (1980-1982); astronaut office representative for Extravehicular Mobility Unit (space suit) and Extravehicular Activity (EVA) procedures and development, including thermal vacuum testing of the suit (1981-1984); astronaut office representative for the Payload Assist Module (PAM-D) procedures and development (1982-1983); astronaut office representative for Shuttle Mission Simulator (SMS) development (1983); support crewman for STS-8; CAPCOM for STS-8 and STS-9; Remote Manipulator System (RMS) hardware and software development team (1983); Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) development team (1983); deputy director of NASA Government-furnished and Contractor-furnished equipment (1982-1983); Chief of Astronaut Public Appearances (1985-1987); Head, Astronaut Office Space Station Manned Systems Division (1987-present).
Dr. Fisher was a mission specialist on STS 51-I which launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on August 27, 1985. The mission was acknowledged as the most successful Space Shuttle mission yet flown. The crew deployed three communications satellites, the Navy SYNCOM IV-4, the Australian AUSSAT, and American Satellite Company's ASC-1. The crew also performed a successful on-orbit rendezvous with the ailing 15,400 lb SYNCOM IV-3 satellite, and two EVA's (space walks) by Dr. Fisher and Dr. van Hoften to repair it, including the longest space walk in history. STS 51-I completed 112 orbits of the Earth before landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on September 3, 1985.
With the completion of this flight Dr. Fisher has logged over 170 hours in space, including 11 hours and 52 minutes of Extravehicular Activity.
CURRENT ASSIGNMENT: In addition to training for future space flight, Dr. Fisher currently serves as the Astronaut Office representative on space crew selection and standards for Space Station.
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Monday, November 16, 2009
NaNo Day 16: Say Cheese!
So I'm plugging away when I see a shadow fall over the page, and I look up to see a cute 20-something girl looking down at me. Now keep in mind that I have a natural phobia of cute 20-something girls, so I was ready to grab my stuff and flee when she asked me if she could take my picture.
I was kind of floored, and somewhat resistant until she explained that she liked my typewriter and that Signora Olivetti and I made a nice couple. She wanted an action shot, so after she moved my drink and my phone, I bravely pecked away until she got the picture she wanted, at which point she thanked me and took her leave.
Strange times, I say. So, mark your calendars for today as the first day in the history of anything that a girl has asked to take my picture. At least, a girl who wasn't related to me.
What's that? Do I feel pretty? Why yes, yes I do!
9 comments:
- Strikethru said...
You should have asked her to send you a copy so *we* could see it.
- November 16, 2009 at 7:35 PM
- Mike Speegle said...
I should have. But then again, i was paralyzed with fear. In fact, I am kind of half-afraid that she is going to hold me up as a subject of internet ridicule. But she SEEMED nice enough.
...I think.
- November 16, 2009 at 7:38 PM
- deek said...
Once that photo gets out, the paparazzi will give you no peace:)
- November 17, 2009 at 4:55 AM
- Duffy Moon said...
Right now, hundreds and thousands of your readers are clicking over to Flickr, using the search function, looking for you.
Lots of them aren't sure whether to use the search term "typewriter stud" or "typewriter scary lunatic". Not telling which one I'm trying.
- November 17, 2009 at 6:34 AM
- Little Flower Petals said...
Lots of them aren't sure whether to use the search term "typewriter stud" or "typewriter scary lunatic". Not telling which one I'm trying.
Oh dear....
OK, I admit, I did check Flickr for "Las Vegas Typewriter". And such like. Just...well...because.
- November 17, 2009 at 7:32 AM
- Mike Speegle said...
Oh man, I didn't even think of that. I checked Flickr just now for "Las Vegas typewriter," and since I didn't know if I was outside of the city limits, "Henderson typewriter" as well.
So far.
"Hundreds of thousands" of my readers. Snort.
- November 17, 2009 at 8:27 AM
- Duffy Moon said...
People don't take pictures of strangers for their own pleasure.
Wait, let me rephrase:
People who aren't perverts don't take pictures of strangers for their own pleasure.
(Today's comment was apparently brought to you by the letter 'p')
In this Brave New World, it seems the only reason to take a picture is to share it (I suppose it was pretty much like that in the Days of Yesteryear, too, just the audience for said sharing was smaller and specified).
You're gonna end up somewhere.
Which is either awesome or terrifying, depending on the state of your paranoia gland.
- November 17, 2009 at 9:07 AM
- rad-tastic said...
I would say "sorry Speegle, that was me" but this post is so far down that it's a pretty useless comment now. And you already figured out who it was. Oh well.
- November 19, 2009 at 12:03 PM
- Mike Speegle said...
Mike sees all comments, appreciates all comments.
And no, i didn't figure out who it was. Two different ladies, two different pictures, two different days. Spooky.
- November 19, 2009 at 1:10 PM


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An ordinance banning dog owners from tethering their animals in Panama City has cleared its fist hurdle.
Panama City commissioners passed the first reading of an anti-tethering ordinance Tuesday night. It would prohibit people from chaining their dogs, then leaving them unattended.
Humane Society of Bay County President, Terri Davidson, supports an anti-tethering ordinance.
"Well, to tether an animal, to leave them out on a chain, causes aggression. They become very territorial of the area that they are chained to and then should a child or anyone sort of wander into it and go 'nice doggy', they are at great risk of being harmed. It's just unkind. It's cruel," said Davidson.
There are not any anti-tethering laws in effect in Bay County, but there are in 5 other Florida counties and 9 more have partial anti-tethering laws.


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Heading to Myanmar? If so a stay in Yangon is bound to happen as it is the starting point for the county's most famous tourist spots: Bagan, Mandalay, and Lake Inle. A favorite of tourists, businesspeople, and ex-pats, Traders Hotel is located in the heart of downtown only 30 minutes from the airport. Plus it is near Scott Market and Shwedagon Pagoda. Recent renovations have given the upscale Traders a bright new look. Both restaurants, which were great before, have been upgraded to wonderful. The hotel's restaurants offer a wide selection from their international menus. Guests will find guest rooms with a bright new look with all the amenities one comes to expect from one of the Shangri-la's properties. The Gallery Bar is a popular gathering place for hotel guests and ex-pats especially during Happy Hour. Besides the complimentary breakfast the hotel has a swimming pool, fully-equipped gym with sauna and steam rooms. In-room Internet is gratis and is complimented with a business center that can support any business needs including meeting rooms and a banquet center.
For the ultimate stay Traders Club offers even more personalized service including private check-in, private lounge privileges, complimentary beverages, use of a boardroom, and other special services. Traders Club Lounge has been newly expanded to offer more room and service. The perfect place in the evening to have a drink or two, nibble on some savories and watch the sunset. Great view of the Shwedagon Pagoda at night.
The hotel has a tour desk, limousine service, parking and shopping arcade, and a clinic among its special services. The friendly and helpful staff is available to attend to any reasonable request. Traders it the perfect place to start and end a trip to Myanmar, a land of many wonders. And, don't forget to sign up for their loyalty program. For more information check Shangri-la.com.


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Identity of suspect in standoff released
Published: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at 10:39 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at 10:39 a.m.
Wilmington Police Department vehicles, New Hanover County Sheriff's Office deputies, the police mobile command center, and SWAT team vans covered Barclay Hills Drive on Tuesday afternoon, waiting out the suspect who had fired multiple rounds at officers that morning.
As of 6 p.m., Jermaine Junior Cordova, 36, was being treated at New Hanover Regional Medical Center for a leg injury. Charges against him were pending, according to a news release from the police department.
Police officers encountered Cordova about 10 a.m. Tuesday during a traffic stop on Price's Lane. Cordova was driving, and he had a passenger in the front seat. Cordova initially was cooperative, but his passenger jumped out and ran, the news release said.
Cordova then broke away from the officer who had approached him and ran to a shed in the 400 block of Barclay Hills Drive, the police said. He did not know the property owners.
Authorities arrested the passenger, Christopher Dashawn Williams, 24, later that day on two counts of conspiracy to commit murder in connection with a Jan. 2 incident on Frog Pond Place. Police did not immediately provide any other details on Williams' suspected crimes.
During the standoff, groups of neighbors gathered at the intersection of Barclay Hills and Princess Place Drive wondering when they would be allowed to return to their homes. Complaints of hunger and fatigue were frequent as the standoff between the police and the suspect dragged on for close to four hours.
"This was a routine call that turned into a dangerous situation," said Lucy Crockett, a police spokeswoman.
Police officers tried negotiating with Cordova, who was believed to be armed, and they used several rounds of tear gas before the man gave himself up about 2 p.m.
The police would not say whether Cordova's leg wound occurred during the incident.
Four schools near the area were put on lockdown during the standoff, including the Child Development Center, Mosley Performance Learning Center, Freeman School of Engineering and Snipes Academy of Arts and Design.
The schools remained on lockdown status for more than five hours Tuesday. New Hanover County Sheriff's Office spokesman Sgt. Jerry Brewer said the lockdown was just a precautionary measure.
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Showing off the New Hardware. Banff National Park, Banff, AB, Canada. December 10, 2004.
This White-tailed buck had just shed the velvet from its antlers when I captured this image - the antlers are still stained blood red and have not been bleached out by the sun.
The biggest challenge in capturing this image was related to the light, or lack thereof! It was very early morning and the sun hadn't cleared the high walls of the mountains. I was shooting out the window of my car (which was, of course, safely pulled off the road) and I needed a long telephoto lens to pull the deer in close enough. The fastest shutter speed I could squeeze out of my camera (using an ISO setting that would produce a quality image) was a slow 1/8s! This was another case where my lens's Vibration Reduction technology gave me the extra edge and helped me through a very photographically challenging situation.
Showing off the New Hardware. Banff National Park, Banff, AB, Canada. December 10, 2004.
Digital Capture; Compressed RAW (NEF) format; ISO 200.
Nikon D2H with with Nikon 200-400 mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR lens @ 400 mm (600 mm equivalent with digital conversion factor) supported on bean bag. VR turned to "On" and in "Normal" mode.
1/8s @ f6.3; no compensation from matrix-metered exposure setting.
Showing off the New Hardware. Banff National Park, Banff, AB, Canada. December 10, 2004.
RAW Conversion to 16-bit TIFF, including first-pass sharpening and tone curve adjustment, using Phase One's C1 Pro.
All further digital correction on 16-bit TIFF file using Adobe's Photoshop CS, including additional tone curve adjustment, selective saturation enhancement and selective sharpening for web output.
Showing off the New Hardware. Banff National Park, Banff, AB, Canada. December 10, 2004.
Information to follow.
Ten percent of the revenue generated by this image will be donated to the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative.
Species Status in Canada*: This species is not designated as at risk.
White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) are one of the most widely distributed mammals in North America - they can be found in virtually all of southern Canada and in most of the American states. While whitetails are common now, in the late 1800's they were in serious risk of extinction - their populations had been reduced from about 40 million (across North America) to under 500,000. The conservation effort to return whitetails to numbers sufficient for long-term survival was massive and included strict harvest regulations, intense management, reintroductions, and habitat protection. Today, most populations in the United States do not represent original stock and the distinction of most historical subspecies is uncertain.
Whitetails resemble Mule Deer quite closely, and the two species overlap in distribution in western North America. The two species tend to prefer different habitats, with whitetails occupying more heavily forested land and along river valley bottoms, while muleys tend to prefer uplands and montane areas. On rare occasions, the two species will interbreed. Occasionally the offspring are fertile, but in most cases they are sterile.
This adult male whitetail was photographed in Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. While this species is not currently not considered at risk, the region this herd was photographed in is considered as of significant importance in maintaining genetic connectivity between northern and southern populations of large mammals.
The Yellowstone to Yukon (Y2Y) Conservation Initiative seeks to ensure that the world-renowned wilderness, wildlife, native plants, and natural processes of the Yellowstone to Yukon region continue to function as an interconnected web of life, capable of supporting all of its natural and human communities, for current and future generations.
*as determined by COSEWIC: The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada


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Dec. 24, 2012
Recap | Final Stats | Photo Gallery
Pre-Game Notes
Fresno State captains: 4, 8, 16, 34
SMU won the toss, elected to receive. Fresno State to defend the north goal.
1st Quarter
Tristan Okpalaugo recorded a sack for a loss of five yards at 8:35. It was his fourth sack this year and first since the San Diego State game on Sept. 29.
Marcel Jensen's 29-yard catch around the 3-minute mark gave the Bulldogs the ball on the 41-yard line. It was the first time Fresno State crossed over into Mustang territory.
Fresno State was outgained 121-59 in the first quarter when the game was scoreless. This is just the third time all year the Bulldogs did not score in the first quarter.
2nd Quarter
Greg Watson caught passes on consecutive plays to open Fresno State's first drive of the second quarter. He only had four receptions during the regular season.
SMU got the first turnover of the game when Margus Hunt sacked Derek Carr and forced him to fumble.
Davante Adams' four-yard catch at 12:06 was his 92nd of the year, moving him into fourth place for the most catches by a receiver in Mountain West history.
Kyrie Wilson had a two-yard tackle for a loss at 9:03.
Fresno State only had 118 yards in the first half.
3rd Quarter
Sean Alston got Fresno State's first take-away of the game on an interception he returned 50 yards to the SMU 15-yard line. Fresno State now has an interception in 11-straight games, which is the longest active streak in the FBS.
Davante Adams caught a six-yard touchdown pass at 10:21. It was his eighth-straight game with a touchdown, which ties Henry Ellard's school record.
4th Quarter
Derek Carr's 29-yard pass to Isaiah Burse around the 14-minute mark gave him 3,964 passing yards on the year, setting a new Mountain West record.
Quentin Breshears hit a 32-yard field goal at 13:21 to cut the SMU lead down to 29-10.
Sean Alston's fourth-quarter interception gave the Bulldogs 22 interceptions on the season.
Davante Adams registered his third-straight and sixth 100-yard receiving game of the season. His six 100-yard receiving games are tied for the third-most in Fresno State single-season history.
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|The only drawing I am actually proud of so far
|The only drawing I am actually proud of so far
LeoCold.Leo by EllaMinnoP
Cold, cold, so very cold. My fingers feel like long slender rocks attached to the ends of my hands, which are nothing more than larger fragments attached to my arms. To be honest my entire body has been turned to stone. My arms and legs are like the petrified tree branch that papa used to use as a walking stick. Cold really isn't a strong enough word. If I were to move much faster than the steady trudge we have been keeping at, I would probably shatter to a million pieces. I just want to get out of this God forsaken cold. I just want to stop walking.
We have been walking like this for more hours than I have fingers. At least that's what it feels like; there is no way of telling time out here. You can't tell by when they feed us or by when they let us rest, both are few and infrequent. You can't even tell by the position of the sun in the sky. The old murky light that filters weakly through the trees bathes everything in grey. Whether it is daybreak or day&
Hi! My name is EllaMinnoP, but not really I am between the ages of 1 and 100. I am a lover of art but only of looking at it and commenting, I myself am a terrible drawer. I also love reading dancing and sleeping(but not at night) what else is there to know?
EDIT: So I gues I can't say I won't be posting anything here becaus well, guess who acctualy has art in her gallery!! This girl!!! Just because I post stuff now dosent mean I'm not still terrible!


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Turkey, Corn, & Sun-Dried Tomato Wraps
This easy wrap is great for lunch or dinner on-the-go or as a hearty meal right in your suite. Many ingredients can be bought and prepared ahead of time so this wrap is ready in minutes!
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- 1 cup corn kernels, fresh or frozen (thawed)
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh tomato
- 1/4 cup chopped soft sun-dried tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 1 tablespoon red-wine vinegar or cider vinegar
- 8 thin slices low-sodium deli turkey
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April 4, 2000
SATURDAY, APRIL 8 -- at Brutus Hamilton Memorial Invitational (Fox Sports Net)
9:00 a.m., Edwards Stadium, Berkeley, Calif.
SATURDAY, APRIL 8 -- at Hayward Relays (Fox Sports Net)
10:00 a.m., Hayward Field, Eugene, Ore.
Divide and conquer is the theme this week for the Washington men's and women's track & field teams which each send athletes to a pair of West Coast destinations. The Husky sprinters, hurdlers, high jumpers and a number of throwers travel to Berkeley, Calif. for the Brutus Hamilton Memorial Invitational on Saturday, April 8 at Edwards Stadium. Without a full team, the Huskies won't fare as well as they could in the team scoring, but the high-level competition should prove a fertile field for NCAA qualifying marks. The rest of the team, led by the entire distance corps, visits Eugene, Ore. for the Hayward Relays, Saturday, April 8 at Hayward Field. Outstanding fields and the usual large crowds in Eugene could produce some swift times for the Husky distance runners.
Hamilton Invitational: Heading the list of Washington entries at the California-hosted meet are automatic NCAA qualifiers Ja'Warren Hooker (men's 100 meters) and Ben Lindsey (men's discus & shot put). Also expected to compete at Berkeley are NCAA provisional qualifiers Justin St. Clair (men's javelin) and Kelsey Sheppard (women's 400m hurdles). Those qualifiers will be joined by numerous other Husky sprinters, hurdlers and throwers. Along with Washington and Cal, the Brutus Hamilton Invitational field includes Stanford, Ohio State, Boise State, Idaho, Nevada and members of the Taiwan and Japan National Teams, along with other national caliber athletes who train in California..
Hayward Relays: The list of Washington entries for the Hayward Relays features NCAA automatic qualifiers Anna Aoki (women's 10,000m) and David Bazzi (men's 5,000m). Provisional UW qualifiers competing at Oregon are Margaret Butler and Cami Matson (women's 3,000m) and Kara Syrdal (women's 5,000m) along with pole vaulters Matt Phillips (men) and Sandy Erickson (women). The meet field includes Air Force, Brigham Young, Cal State-Fullerton, Colorado, Colorado State, Illinois, Minnesota, Northern Arizona, Portland, Stanford and host Oregon.
Record Breakers: Two Washington school records have fallen this year. The 11-year-old men's 5,000-meter record fell on March 26 when junior David Bazzi clocked a time of 13:47.63 at the Stanford Invitational. Bazzi bettered by nearly six seconds the previous record of 13:53.45 established by Alan Hjort in 1989. Sophomore Sandy Erickson improved her women's pole vault record with a clearance of 12-3 1/2 on March 25 in Edmonds, Wash. Erickson's previous best was a mark of 11-11 3/4 recorded in 1999. Additionally, junior Ja'Warren Hooker matched his 100-meter mark on March 26 at Stanford, but it was a slightly wind-aided mark that does not qualify for record purposes. Hooker established his Husky record of 10.18 seconds on May 2, 1998 to eclipse Pablo Franco's school standard of 10.26 that had stood since 1975.
Back on Track: Junior Ja'Warren Hooker is back on track, literally, after struggling through an injury-plagued 1999 campaign. He was sidelined until mid-April of the 1999 season with a stress fracture in his left shin and was unable to defend the 1998 NCAA Indoor 55-meter championship he won as a freshman. That was the first NCAA track title for a Husky since 1988. Hooker placed third in the 200 meters and fourth in the 100 at the 1999 Pac-10 championships, but did not compete at either the 1999 NCAA Indoor or Outdoor meets. So far in 2000, Hooker finished sixth in the 60- (6.68) and 200-meter (20.67) events at the NCAA Indoor meet and was named the Western Region Indoor Track Athlete of the Year. He clocked an NCAA automatic qualifying time of 10.18 in the 100 meters and a provisional time of 20.58 on March 26 at Stanford. As a freshman, Hooker was named the 1998 Pacific-10 Conference male track and field Athlete of the Year. He became the first double-event winner in Husky history at the 1998 Pac-10 championship meet, winning the 100- and 200-meter titles. After opening the 1998 outdoor season with 21 consecutive sprint victories, Hooker was beaten for the first time in the finals of the NCAA 100-meter championship in Buffalo, N.Y. where he finished third. Also during 1998, Hooker established a new school record in the 100 meters with a time of 10.18, and boasts the fifth best 200-meter time in UW history with an outdoor mark of 20.70. He is the first Washington track & field athlete to garner Pac-10 Athlete of the Year honors since 1976 when the award was introduced. Hooker played receiver on the Husky football team his first two years (1997 & 1998) before deciding to concentrate solely on track & field. As a freshman in 1997 he scored four touchdowns, including an 89-yard kickoff return at Arizona the first time he touched the ball as a collegian. Hooker appeared in eight games during 1998, catching nine passed for 78 yards before a shoulder injury ended his season.
Big Ben: Washington senior Ben Lindsey has secured his fourth consecutive invitation to the NCAA championships, reaching the automatic men's discus qualifying standard with a heave of 198-11 on March 18 at UCLA. Lindsey boasts a career-best mark of 202-7, thrown on March 28, 1998 in San Diego, that is the third longest in Washington history. The school record of 214-7 was set by Borys Chambul in 1976. The three-time All-American battled a late-season bout with mononucleosis last year, but still managed to finish third in the shot put (60-2) and fifth in the discus (182-9) at the 1999 Pac-10 meet. He placed 19th in the discus at the 1999 NCAA championships after finishing fifth in 1998 and ninth as a freshman in 1997. Also a standout shot putter, Lindsey posted an automatic qualifying mark of 62-6 3/4 on April 1 at Washington State. He was the 1998 Pac-10 shot put runner-up and finished fifth (62-5 3/4) at the 1998 NCAA Indoor championships. His personal-best shot put mark of 65-4, registered on May 2, 1998 at Husky Stadium, was the second best effort in Husky history, trailing only the school record 65-11 set in 1979 by Steve Summers. Lindsey won the Washington state high school discus title three times and claimed two prep shot championships.
Awesome Anna Aoki: The Washington women's team features one of the finest women's distance runners in the nation, senior Anna Aoki. She secured her third consecutive NCAA Outdoor Championships berth with an automatic qualifying time of 34:07.93 on March 25 at Stanford. Aoki, the 1998 conference 10,000-meter champion, was the Pac-10 runner-up at that distance in 1999. She registered a career-best time of 34:05.30 on March 27, 1999 at Stanford, the third-fastest 10K time in Husky history. At the 1999 NCAA Outdoor championships, Aoki placed 19th (36:54.34) after finishing 17th in 1998. Aoki reached the NCAA provisional standards in the 3,000- and 5,000-meter events last year, but opted to concentrate on the 10,000m. A product of Fort Vancouver (Wash.) High School, Aoki has qualified for NCAA Indoor championship competition on three occasions in the 5,000 meters. She raced to a 13th-place performance in 1997, 12th in 1999 and 14th in 2000. Aoki has been a mainstay of the UW women's cross country team that qualified for each of the last three NCAA Championships and placed 14th in 1997, ninth in 1998 and 13th in 1999.
Spear Specialist: Sophomore Justin St. Clair is the latest in a long line of Washington javelin standouts, having reached the NCAA provisonal standard with a mark of 230-1. He placed 12th at the 1999 NCAA Championships with a heave of 219-1. His career-best effort of 231-3 is the ninth longest mark in Husky history. St. Clair placed third at the 1999 Pac-10 championships (224-5) after finishing seventh in 1998 (209-0). He was named the Pac-10 men's athlete of the week on April 6, 1999. St. Clair won seven of the 10 javelin competitions he entered last season, placing second at the Drake Relays and third at the Pac-10 championships. He topped the 220-foot plateau in eight consecutive meets. Since 1970 when coach Ken Shannon began training Washington javelin competitors, a Husky won 10 of 30 conference men's titles. The most any other conference school can claim is five. Add in 1987 Pac-10 women's titlist Helena Uusitalo, who won the 1986 NCAA title, and Washington athletes have accounted for seven AAU/TAC national javelin championships and three NCAA titles. Also, three UW individuals have earned U.S. Olympic Team berths, including Duncan Atwood twice (1980, 1984). In 1989, Darryl Roberson set an American collegiate record of 249-6 with the new javelin. Washington has had at least one men's or women's javelin competitor qualify for the NCAA championship meet and place among the top 13 during 16 of the 18 years since the NCAA began sponsoring women's sports in 1982.
Coaching Staff: While Washington boasts a bevy of standout athletes, the coaches will also draw a great deal of attention this season. The Husky men's and women's track teams are coached for the third season by Orin Richburg, a nationally-acclaimed mentor who will serve as head coach of the U.S. National men's track & field team at the 2001 World Championships in Winnipeg. In 15 years as head coach of the Washington women's team, he compiled an impressive 69-24-1 dual-meet record since his arrival in 1986. The UW women's team ranked among the top-10 dual-meet teams in the nation every year during the 1990s. Richburg's 1988 Husky women's squad finished 10th at the NCAA championship meet, the best national finish in the school's history. His Washington teams have produced 10 conference and two national individual champions. The UW throwers will be tutored for the 32nd, and final, year by assistant coach Ken Shannon who will resign following the 2000 collegiate season. Shannon, who stepped down in 1997 as head UW men's coach after 29 seasons, tutored his Husky throwers to 10 NCAA championships and eight Olympic berths since arriving at Washington in 1968. The UW distance runners are in the capable hands of former Husky All-America steeplechase competitor Greg Metcalf, a 1996 U.S. Olympic Trials finalist. Metcalf coached the women's cross country team to an unprecedented three straight NCAA championship berths. Joining the staff this season as an assistant coach is former 400-meter world record holder and 1968 Olympic gold medalist Lee Evans. At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, Evans won the gold medal in the 400 meters with a time of 43.86. That record stood for 20 years until being eclipsed in 1988 when Butch Reynolds ran 43.29. Evans earned a second gold medal in 1968 as part of the United States' 4 x 400-meter relay team that clocked a time of 2:56.1 that also stood as a world record for 20 years.
Last Week (WSU Dual Meet): The Washington men's track & field team won 10 of 19 events Saturday en route to dual-meet victories over Washington State and Idaho while the Cougar women claimed 14 of 18 event titles to sweep their opponents in action at Moobery Track. The Huskies outpointed WSU 106-57, defeating the Cougar men for the fourth time in their last five meetings. Washington also posted a dual-meet victory over the Idaho men by a 107-56 tally. The Washington State women defeated both the Huskies (110-44) and Vandals (120-34). Washington won the women's dual-meet against Idaho 97-56. Ben Lindsey recorded an NCAA automatic qualifying mark in the shot with a put of 62-6 3/4. Lindsey had already reached the men's discus standard and will compete in both events at the NCAA Championships, May 31-June 3 in Durham, N.C. UW junior Justin St. Clair won the men's javelin competition by over 18 feet with a heave of 230-1. St. Clair, who placed 12th at the 1999 NCAA meet, reached the provisional qualifying standard. Washington's Geoff Perry won two events, racing to victories in the 800 (1:53.93) and 1,500 meters (3:52.07). Other Husky men's event winners were: Ja'Warren Hooker in the 100 meters (10.45), James Mackey in the 200 meters (21.72), Derek Prior in the 400 meters (47.31), David Bazzi in the 5,000 meters (14:48.91), Ben Meyer in the 400-meter hurdles (52.17), Sean Steele in the high jump (6-10 3/4) and Matt Phillips in the pole vault (16-8 3/4). The Washington women clocked a winning 4x400-meter relay time of 3:42.56. Individual event titles for the Huskies came from Anna Aoki in the 3,000 meters (10:00.24) and Sesilia Thomas in the shot put (49-1). Kelsey Sheppard posted an NCAA provisional mark in the 400-meter hurdles (59.10) en route to a runner-up performance.
2000 NCAA Indoor Recap: Two individuals represented Washington in three events at the 2000 NCAA Indoor Championships, March 10-11 in Fayetteville, Ark. Junior Ja'Warren Hooker placed sixth in both the 60-meter dash (6.68) and 200 meters (20.67). He was the 55-meter champion in 1998. Senior Anna Aoki made her third NCAA Indoor appearance, placing 14th in the women's 5,000 meters (16:47.32).
NCAA Championship Qualifying Procedures: Marks which reach automatic standards guarantee berths to the 2000 NCAA Championship Meet, May 31-June 3 in Durham, N.C. If there are not enough automatic qualifiers to fill out the fields, individuals with the next best marks receive NCAA bids, provided they reached the provisional standard.
1999 NCAA Recap: Washington sent four women along with two men's qualifiers to the 1999 NCAA Championships in Boise, Idaho. In men's competition: Justin St. Clair placed 12th in the javelin (219-1) and Ben Lindsey was 19th in the discus (165-8). In women's competition: Cecilia Barnes finished 11th in the discus (169-3), Deeja Youngquist (36:24.33) and Anna Aoki (36:54.34) were 17th and 19th in the 10,000 meters and Keisha Griffis was 19th in the 400-meter hurdles (1:01.01). Both men's NCAA competitors return along with Aoki to compete for the Huskies in 2000.
Husky Qualifiers: Eleven Washington athletes have reached NCAA qualifying standards in 13 events, including senior Ben Lindsey who has ensured his fourth consecutive NCAA championships appearance. Lindsey reached the automatic men's discus standard with a heave of 198-11 on March 18 and hit the shot put standard with a mark of 62-6 3/4 on April 1. Junior Ja'Warren Hooker hit the automatic 100-meter standard with a time of 10.18 on March 26. He placed third in the 100m at the 1998 NCAAs, but did not qualify in 1999. Senior David Bazzi earned his first NCAA berth with an automatic 5,000-meter time of 13:47.63 on March 25 that eclipsed the school record of 13:53.45 established by Alan Hjort in 1989. Senior Anna Aoki will compete for the third straight season in the women's 10,000 meters at the NCAA Championships after racing to a time of 34:07.93 on March 25. All four Husky automatic qualifiers hail from the state of Washington
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Flipping, like undercutting, is a true art form in world of warcraft. In order to perform a plethora of profitable purchases periodically you will need to have a grasp of how much an item is worth (ie auctioneer) as well as how much the item will normally sell for. Just because essences of earth sit at 10 gold almost all the time doesn't mean that people will actually buy them for that price.
What to flip?
Flipping is most frequently used to make money with enchanting mats and other items that require 0 posting cost fees. This allows for margins of error in the flipping and cuts the loss to the flipper tremendously should they fail. The most popular item to flip in the game is probably greater cosmic essences currently. Other items that should interest you are:
Essences of XX, max level glyphs selling less than 2 gold, Vellums, entry level meats, low to mid level herbs/ore, and even high profile epics like gems and armor/weapons... (fill the comments with other items you like to flip as I am deliberately keeping the list short).
How to flip?
Simply buy out when items reach [Normal Selling Value - X] and then repost for [Normal Selling Value]. Notice I said normal selling value, not auctioneer's price. You need to understand the market and have a feel for how much items will actually be purchased at, especially some of the low level stuff that could be ridiculously overpriced.
Deciding on that normal selling value and the X are what differentiates you from a good flipper and someone who is going to lose a lot of money quickly. Practice with enchanting mats first, then move on to items that have a posting cost.
Good Luck!
PS: Word of advice, be careful not to invest too much into flipping or else you will end up being pressured to selling your goods for less than optimal prices.
Flipping, like undercutting, is a true art form in world of warcraft. In order to perform a plethora of profitable purchases periodically you will need to have a grasp of how much an item is worth (ie auctioneer) as well as how much the item will normally sell for. Just because essences of earth sit at 10 gold almost all the time doesn't mean that people will actually buy them for that price.
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Anonymous said... November 28, 2009 at 10:43 AM
Try flipping Mageweave Cloth in the week when the prices drop and reprice them for 10g - works wonders :)
wool cloth always sells for 1g on my server so any time is 60 silver or less..I buy it out and relist at 1g.
Azshara server
Ilikegold said... November 28, 2009 at 4:03 PM
Flipping hyacinth macaw minipets works great for me. Buy for 4k sell for 7k.
Magz said... November 28, 2009 at 4:29 PM
I find Runecloth is a sweet one to flip. Anytime I see a stack for below 6g I either relist immediately aor stockpile it until a safe time I can flog it for 12g+ - usually works - even if it means that sometimes I end up with over 2ooo runecloth on me. IT will always sell eventually.
Gibbiex said... November 29, 2009 at 8:20 AM
Wool is great for flipping, it's historically rare and people don't appreciate that. Buy up anything up to 10g and repost at 10g/stack or more.
itsmel said... November 29, 2009 at 10:04 PM
I will buy most any metal if it's at less than 50% of value and hold until the market is favorable. Sometimes that means weeks. Same is true for crystalized and eternal elements. This is my steady income.
I find if I buy stacks and break them up, I can generally flip for higher prices.
I also go against some people's common thinking and flip rare and epic weapons and armor despite the high listing fees. If I've seen something more than 20 times on auctioneer and the profit would be at least 50 gold, I'll usually give it a shot. Over time, I've gotten a sense of what is likely to sell, and the ones that hit more than make up for the misses. And at least once every week or two, I'll get a single epic item that will flip for a profit of 1,000 gold or more.
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This plant is native to Eastern and mid-western United States and has scattered populations in western part of country.
"Poke" comes from the Indian word "Pokan" which is any plant that produces a dye, usually red or yellow. This plant is widely known for it's berries being used as ink.
Most names stem from this long history of the bush and it's many uses.
include: Inkberry/Ink Berry, Pigeon
Berry, Pokeweed/Poke Weed,
Pokeroot/Poke Root,
Redweed/Red Weed, Skokum,
Scoke (also spelled Skoke), Garget
and Coakum.
This list can go on...
This herbaceous perennial weed surfaces late spring to early summer then begins to die back in fall, surfacing again the next growing season. Birds love the berries from this plant and it is noted that after dining on them they act drunk. They are immune to it's poison, mammals are not.
For mammals a mature plant is poisonous, especially the roots, stems and dark clustered berries because of the seeds. If touched this weed can also be a skin irritant. Young tender leaves are edible when boiled thoroughly and often used for many variations of a poke salad. Seedless cooked berries are used for pies. The weed also has many medicinal values including having an effectiveness relieving arthritis pain, often made into salves.
This grows mostly as a shrub but in time can grow very high where it looks like a tree, growing as high as as a person. The average height is about 6 feet but can be as tall as 10 feet.
Early in growing season there is an upright, erect central stem. Stems are green when plant is young and as it matures changing color to reddish-purple. Stems are smooth, non-woody in texture and hollow.
Leaves are simple. Simple
leaves have only one blade where edges can be smooth, toothed, etc.
Leaves alternate up the stem and have a coarse
texture. Their length averages between 4 to 10 inches and in extreme cases can
also grow up to 16 inches. They also can have an unpleasant odor.
Small pinkish/white flowers grow July through September on an upright stem.
Small green berries developing from the flowers eventually become heavy where stems begin to droop. Mature berries are a deep purple, almost black color.
A large white taproot is established early on with this plant while the surface only shows a few shoots. After this root is established it begins to spread horizontally to carry the weight of the berries it will grow.
Pokeberry is found growing in all types of soil. It grows along road sides to natural areas such as forests primarily in the sun. It can grow in shade but it is not abundant. It is most commonly found growing in bulldozed and disturbed waste areas.
This weed propagates by seed and usually doesn't become invasive. Be aware if bird gardening, pollination by birds is the fastest method with how this weed can become invasive.
Catch early and dig it up when it is young. Otherwise cut it back regularly and even mow over it for various manual methods of manual removal. This usually takes years.
..and how did we get from Poke to Polk?
While running for President of the United States, James K. Polk supporters reportedly wore Poke-leaves in support of the 11th President. This is how the term Polkweed came to be.
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Life-changing call — Lloyd Newell reflects on his 20 years with 'Music and the Spoken Word'
In 1990, when President Gordon B. Hinckley sat down with Lloyd D. Newell to extend the call to serve as announcer for "Music and The Spoken Word," "he told me, 'this call will change your life.' I didn't really get what that meant at the time," Newell says. But looking back from a perspective of 20 years, "I've realized that it has changed my life in all the meaningful ways I can think of."
Not only has Newell rubbed shoulders "with all the wonderful people associated with the broadcast, who are the kind that would walk over hot coals for you," and been able to travel the world, he has come to have a more thankful, more appreciative view of that world.
"Another thing President Hinckley told me was to make sure each 'Spoken Word' was an inspirational gem. That's what I've tried to do with all my heart and soul."
Fifty-two times a year, Newell delivers a message "designed to uplift and inspire, to be a bright spot in someone's life. It's nondenominational, dealing with universal principles; it's something that anyone can listen to, can take from, learn from."
Occasionally, he gets letters saying he should preach the gospel. Sometimes he gets letters from people who think he is preaching for a church. "They write to Rev. Newell of the Church of the Crossroads of the West, saying they like this half-hour church."
But that's not what this broadcast is all about, Newell says. "It's simply a gift from the church to people everywhere."
Back when he started, "I never once thought about what it would be like to do it for 20 years. But the weeks turned into months, and the months turned into years, and here we are." Last Sunday, Newell started into his 21st year of doing the broadcasts, which makes him second only to Richard L. Evans in terms of longevity.
You could say his connection to the choir broadcast goes back even longer. In his home, he has a 1929 upright Philco radio that belonged to his mother, who grew up in a small town near Grace, Idaho. "She told me that on Sundays, her family would gather around the radio and tune into KSL and the Tabernacle Choir broadcast. To me, that's a wonderful connection with the past, an emblem of the broadcast. It warms my heart to think of them gathered around this radio."
Newell himself grew up listening to broadcasts, "but I was just a dorky kid. It never occurred to me that I could have a part of it."
Newell grew up in Utah, graduated from BYU and planned on going to law school and perhaps into politics. "But as the time came closer, I thought, 'Do I really want to practice law?' I decided to get a master's degree in communications instead."
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He had done some voice-over work for Bonneville Communications, "so in the spring of 1990, I heard they were holding auditions for a backup announcer position, and decided to give that a try."
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*The Colts continued to be impressive against the run late in the season. After holding the Raiders/McFadden and the Jaguars/Jones-Drew under 100 yards each of the past two weeks, they held Johnson to five yards on nine first-half carries. The Titans finished with 51 yards rushing. This may not be a turnaround on the scale of 2006, when they were ranked last in the NFL in rush defense before becoming dominant at times in the post-season, but they're playing well enough that it could be something in the Colts' favor entering Saturday's game against the run-oriented Jets.
*Big, big drop for wide receiver Pierre Garcon early in the third quarter. On 3rd-and-2 from the Colts 30, Manning threw a deep pass to Garcon that wasn't perfect, but was certainly catchable. Indianapolis punted and the Titans drove quickly for a game-tying touchdown pass from quarterback Kerry Collins to improving second-year wide receiver Kenny Britt with 11:29 remaining. It didn't cost the Colts the game, but it may have helped make the game closer for longer than might have been the case. Still, credit Garcon for doing what he often does after drops, making a huge reception for a 30-yard touchdown on the Colts' ensuing drive.
*There was some concern by some in the blogosphere about the lack of early pass rush by Colts defensive ends Dwight Freeney and Robert Mathis early. The duo seemed to get a lot more pressure late, and Freeney came up with a big sack to start the fourth quarter. The Titans also didn't seem to be sending many receivers out in the pattern, which is something divisional teams often do for the purpose of keeping more players in to help block the Colts' ends.
*The Titans weren't quite as go-for-broke as many expected. They did go for it and make it on fourth down midway through the second quarter, but Tennessee typically played it fairly close to a routine game plan. A big reason for that is the Titans didn't really need to do a lot of gadgets and tricks; they already were playing the Colts pretty evenly.
*Colts rookie linebacker Kavell Conner passes the eye test. Don't know, exactly, how his statistics add up with top rookies, but he's around the ball a whole lot and seems to make more solid plays than mistakes.
*This continues to be Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri's most-consistent season since joining the Colts in 2006. What he has done this season – returning from an injury shortened season last season – has made him again one of the NFL's top kickers. "He has been really solid down the stretch here," Manning said. "He has made a lot of kicks. We certainly feel like we want to be better in the red zone and don't like having to settle for field goals early in the game, but when called upon that is what he does."
The Colts' season is a success – and that's true whatever happens Saturday. Yes, everything in the NFL is judged on winning or not winning the Super Bowl, but considering the circumstances of the season and the extent of the injuries, winning another division title makes this season one worth remembering. Without a playoff run, it may not resonate with some of the other from the last decade, but judged against itself, it has been a remarkable effort.
If the Colts' passing defense can hold up. The secondary has been hurt by injuries perhaps more than any area on the team, with four significant players – Sanders, Powers, Hayden and Bullitt – our for significant parts of the season. The Titans struggled at times to pass this season, but Collins completed 28 of 39 passes for 300 yards and two touchdowns. The Colts are stuffing opponents' running games in the last month, but the offenses get more balanced and more dangerous the deeper you go in the postseason.
Colts Owner and Chief Executive Officer Jim Irsay . . .
"Ten and six is as sweet as 14-2. What the coaching staff and the players and everyone in the organization was up against in trying to deal with players that were injured and deal with all of the circumstances of a tough division, it's really sweet. It's hard to win in this league. To win the division again is really special. You really take this one in deeply."