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Roundball Review
|Saturday, September 27
The 2003-04 Blue Star rankings are out, and two Indiana players are listed as Top 100 players in the nation's Class of 2004. Ranked at #59 is 5'9 Perry Meridian guard Christina Cunningham. Ranked at #80 is 5'10 Ben Davis forward Janese Banks (left). Although we don't have information on which college programs are recruiting Cunningham, Banks' latest known list of schools include Ball State, Cincinnati, Iowa, Kentucky, Marquette, TCU, Wisconsin and Xavier.
Indiana BBall.com has released it's 2003-2004 Season Preview, including Player of the Year, First Team All-State and All-State honors. NWI players honored include 1st Team All-State senior Julie DeMuth (Merrillville), 2nd Team All-State senior Marshay Jolly (Merrillville), and Third Team All-State junior Shanee Butler (Gary Mann), senior Kiki Bytnar (Calumet), senior Belinda Drake (Gary West Side), senior Lauren Hutton (Valparaiso), junior Lindsay Humes (Valparaiso), sophomore Dee Dee Jernigan (East Chicago), junior Cassie Kerns (Valparaiso), sophomore Brittney Moore (Merrillville), senior Becca Papach (Whiting), junior Cassie Pruzin (Crown Point), senior Linsey Smith (Lake Central), and junior Karissa Walter (Boone Grove).
According to the WNBA Fever website and the Indianapolis Star, Indiana Fever head coach Nell Fortner has resigned to "pursue other professional opportunities." Fortner compiled a 42-56 record during her tenure in Indianapolis. No replacement has been named for the three-year head coach.
According to a recent NCAA news release, IUPUI and Culver Girls Academy grad Tiffany Keyser has been named as one of ten finalists for the NCAA Woman of the Year award. Keyser, along with Kara Lawson of Tennessee and Melissa Jones of D-III Monmouth (IL), are the only basketball players who are finalists for the award. The winner will be announced on November 1.
We've added two new players to our 2006 Prospect listings -- Brittney Moore (6'2 F/C) of Merrillville and Meranda Burnett (5'6 PG) of Triton Central.
The Shelbyville News interviews new Shelbyville coach Michael Gaines to get his viewpoint on the upcoming season for the Golden Bears.
Rankings from Street & Smith's
Preseason Top 25 include two Indiana teams, as have most of the other
preseason college rankings.
|1. Connecticut
2. Duke
3. Texas
4. Tennessee
5. Kansas State
6. Texas Tech
7. Stanford
8. Louisiana Tech
9. Penn State
10. Ohio State
11. Purdue
12. Minnesota
13. North Carolina
14. Colorado
Notre Dame grad Ruth Riley (North Miami) analyzes her season with the WNBA Champions Detroit Shock in the South Bend Tribune.
Articles of interest:
Women's athletics are in sad shape - Logansport Pharos-Tribune
ND gets new recruit - South Bend Tribune
ACC willing to make concessions to Notre Dame - ESPN
Pickup games prepare Purdue women (photos) - Purdue website
|Wednesday, September 24
In a lull of no activity earlier last month, the RRR compiled an Indiana All-Stars Roundup listing the college statistics for all of the Indiana All-Stars from the classes of 1999 to 2002. (You're right... I have no life.) But it's an interesting look at some of the best players our state has had to offer college basketball the past four years. Of the 52 Indiana All-Stars from that period, five chose not to finish out their college basketball careers -- two in the Class of 1999, one in the Class of 2001, and two in the Class of 2002. Also, 13 of the 52 transferred from their original college of choice to other programs, including one player who transferred twice. Leading scorers last year from each class are 1999 grad Kourtney Mennen (Indiana State/Clinton Prairie) with 18.7 points per game, 2000 grad Johna Goff (Ball State/Mt. Vernon) with 15.0 points per game, 2001 grad Jacqueline Batteast (Notre Dame/SB Washington) with 14.0 points per game, and 2002 grad Melanie Boeglin (Indiana State/Terre Haute South) with 12.5 points per game. All-Stars who will get to play again this season after sitting out at least one year due to NCAA transfer rules are 1999 Miss Basketball April McDivitt (Connersville) at UC-Santa Barbara, 1999 grad Kennitra Johnson (New Albany) at Southern Indiana, and 2001 grad Kristin Weddle (Terre Haute South) at Indiana State.
Former Paoli coach and Austin standout Mandy Lueking DeSpain (left) was named an assistant coach at St. Louis by head coach Jill Pizzotti yesterday. DeSpain played for St. Louis from 1996-2000 and finished her college career in fourth place on the all-time SLU career scoring list with 1,392 points. DeSpain accrued a record of 18-25 over the past two years at Paoli. At SLU this season, she will help coach former New Washington standout Kirsti Holloway in her final year at St. Louis. Holloway will most likely be a starter for the Billikens after three solid seasons at St. Louis off the bench. Last season she ranked seventh on the team in scoring despite playing just 10.8 minutes per game.
Former Columbus East standout Karen Force (right) has been named a tri-captain of the Cornell women's basketball team for the third year running. Force, entering her final year at Cornell, was the first Big Red junior ever to receive first team All-Ivy honors as the fifth-leading scorer in the Ivy League last season, averaging 15.1 points per game. Her 17.9 points per Ivy League contest ranked fourth in the conference and her 4.3 assists per game was also good for fourth. She led the Big Red in points (407), assists (117), steals (45) and 3-pointers made (38) and broke the school's single-season record of made free throws by connecting on 139 of her attempts from the charity stripe. She enters the 2003-04 season just 67 points shy of 1000 for her career. Force will make a home state appearance early on in the Cornell schedule when the Big Red plays Indiana at Bloomington in the Indiana Classic on November 22. Other teams in the Classic include Indiana State and North Texas.
Butler has released it's schedule for the upcoming season. Highlights include two tournaments -- one at Iowa in the Hawkeye Challenge to kick off the regular season schedule, and the other during the Thanksgiving holiday when the Bulldogs travel to Miami, Florida, to play in the Miami Thanksgiving Classic. View the complete schedule here...
We have added several new listings on our prospects pages. Marshay Jolly and Julie DeMuth of Merrillville, Anne Morningstar of Seeger, Katy Stephenson of Madison-Grant, and Jessica Grove of Danville have all been added to the 2004 Prospects list. Also, Meranda Burnett of Tri-Central has been added to the 2006 Prospects list. If you have a prospect to add to any of the lists, please send all information to email@example.com.
According to IHSAA Overtime, Ruben Dilworth has been hired as girls head basketball coach at Peru. Dilworth takes over a struggling Tigers program that went 1-20 overall and 0-7 in the Mid-Indiana Conference last season.
Valparaiso University will be hosting a coaches' clinic this weekend at the Athletic Recreation Center. According to Valparaiso head coach Keith Freeman, upwards of 75 coaches have already been registered for the event. If you would like more information about this clinic, contact Marla at 219-464-5146. Demonstration players for the weekend will be from the Indiana Wesleyan women's basketball team. The schedule of speakers and topics is to the right.
Friday's Speakers
Articles of interest:
NCAA urged to boost scholarships - ESPN
|Monday, September 22
Coach Beth
Couture continues to build the Bulldog arsenal in her quest to make
Butler a
serious contender in the Horizon Conference.
Ashley Conner, a 5'6 guard from North Central, is the latest
player to commit to the improving Bulldogs roster. Conner averaged 8.5 points
and 4.0 assists per game last season for the Panthers, helping her team to an
18-7 record including an exciting 60-58 Sectional Championship double-overtime
win against Hamilton Southeastern. A four-year varsity player, Conner is
the career free throw percentage leader in North Central history with a .790
average and is likely to finish as one of the top five scorers in North Central
girls basketball history. Coach Alan Vickrey
describes her as, "A great young lady who is going to have an even better
college career."
Also, according to the Indianapolis Star,
Gina Grussing, a 5-11 forward from
Parkland Junior College, has committed to
Butler. Grussing scored more than 2,000 points at Armstrong High School
in Illinois. She was Parkland's leading scorer and rebounder in 2002-03,
and Collegiate Conference of Central Illinois Player of the Year as a frosh.
Indiana AAU fans may remember Grussing when she played with the
16U Terre Haute Hoosier HotShots in 2000, a team that went to the 16U nationals
that year as one of four teams representing the Hoosier State.
Conner and Grussing are the fourth and fifth additions to the Butler roster so far this recruiting season. Cassie Freeman of Heritage Christian and Candace Bain of Clarksville both committed to Couture in August. Also, former Illinois guard Jessica Wright (Cathedral) transferred to Butler this fall and will become eligible for the 2004-05 season.
Valparaiso junior Cassie Kerns (right) is receiving attention from a variety of colleges in-state and across the nation. The 6'3 forward/center is in receipt of genuine communication from 12 colleges right now, including Indiana contenders Ball State, Evansville, Indiana, Notre Dame, Purdue and Valparaiso, as well as out-of-state programs Boston College, Kansas State, Miami (FL), Michigan, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. Kerns, who is also receiving D-I attention for volleyball, is currently taking a two-week hiatus from the volleyball floor to rest her legs from nagging pain that is similar to what she experienced last season before being diagnosed with stress fractures. She is expecting to be back in the fray of things for the 6th-ranked Vikings when the volleyball sectionals start on October 23, three days after the practice season for basketball begins. A long run in the IHSAA tournament could delay her start for basketball, as it could for 3rd-ranked Merrillville and Julie DeMuth. (Photo courtesy of strempkagallery.com.)
We have begun a new format for college commitment reporting at the RRR to include known college interest for prospects in the classes of 2004, 2005 and 2006. Coaches, parents or players, please feel free to submit your information to firstname.lastname@example.com if you would like to have it included in our prospects coverage. We feel this would be a great way for more college coaches to perhaps locate prospects they might not have been aware of, thereby broadening choices for players. When submitting information, please include name, school, height, position, stats, awards and interested colleges. You may also include links to media coverage of feature stories, etc. All submissions, regardless of college level (i.e., D-I, D-II, D-III, NAIA, etc.), are welcome.
How many colleges use the RRR as a recruiting tool? In just the past seven days, we were able to determine visits from the following colleges:
|Western Michigan
Bowling Green
IU South Bend
Oklahoma State
Purdue Calumet
North Carolina
Indiana State
Colorado - CO Springs
Wisconsin-Green Bay
Indiana Northwest
Sam Houston State
Southern Indiana
Notre Dame
Boston College
SW Oklahoma State
Texas A & M
Georgia Southern
New Mexico
Mississippi State
Illinois State
Eastern Mennonite
Cleveland State
Western Kentucky
|Florida Gulf Coast
Case Western State
Iowa State
City Colleges of Chicago
California State-LA
Western Illinois
Southern Illinois
New York
Youngstown State
Rankings from Lindy's College
Basketball Preseason Top 25 include two Indiana teams. The college
season is set to begin on October 18 when practices begin.
|1. Connecticut
2. Duke
3. Texas
4. Tennessee
5. Kansas State
7. Purdue
8. Texas Tech
9. Stanford
10. Penn State
11. Minnesota
12. Georgia
13. North Carolina
14. Louisiana Tech
Some controversial articles of
interest regarding the WNBA. Kinda out there and brutal.
Maybe it's time to celebrate the difference - Full Court Press
WNBA simply must dissolve - Kansas State Collegian
|Wednesday, September 17
Ruth Riley (North Miami) was a
national champion at Notre Dame. Now she's a national champion in the
WNBA, not to mention the tournament's MVP. In what could be called the most
dramatic turnaround for any team in the WNBA's short seven-year history, let
alone all pro sports, the Detroit Shock went from last place in the
league last season to first place this season under new head coach and former
NBA player Bill Laimbeer. Scoring 17 points
over her season average of 9.6 for a game-high and career-high 27 points, Riley
totally dominated LA Sparks center Lisa Leslie,
who fouled out in the final minute of the game with just 13 points. In what she
called "My best game ever,"
Riley brought it home for the Shock in front of over 22,000 WNBA fans in
attendance at her home venue, the Palace at Auburn Hills. In her first year with
the Shock, Riley ranked second in the league in shooting percentage (.498) and
fifth in blocks per game (1.71). Riley was the first overall dispersal draft
pick when the Miami Sol was disbanded last season. She played for the Sol
as as first-round draft pick in 2001 and 2002. More:
Worst to First: Shock Win WNBA Title - WNBA
Riley rolls with hot shooting - Detroit News
Shock completes worst-to-first turnaround - Detroit Free Press
Riley scores 27 as Detroit dethrones LA - ABC
Former Irish All-American Ruth Riley Named WNBA Finals MVP - Notre Dame
Well, its been a bit of a wait for the patient fans of South Bend St. Joseph's and Highland, but we've finally gotten around to compiling photos from the 3A North Semi-State at Plymouth in March. But hopefully it's been worth the wait. In a first-time ever video production by Region Roundball Review, we've mixed photos and a classic basketball tune for a fun look back at that game. To view the video, you will need Windows Media Player, which you can download for free if you don't have it already. Those of you with a fast connection (broadband or DSL) can click and play. Slower connections should download the video clip to their desktop and play it from there for the best viewing results.
According to the IHSAA, Lynda Ann Butler-Storsved has been hired as the new varsity coach at Southridge. The Raiders went 16-8 overall and 5-2 in the Pocket Conference last season under former head coach Stan Roesner. Junior Brittany Neuman (6'2 C), who received votes in last season's AP All-State voting, will be back as the main offensive threat for the Raiders after leading her team to a sectional championship in 2003.
The history behind the Hoosier Girls Basketball League is outlined in the Indianapolis Star. Started by Scott Seright in 1996, the league has grown from eight teams in the inaugural season to 166 this fall. Seright started the league when his daughter, Kristen Seright of Carmel, didn't have a league to play in as a fifth-grader. Kristen is now a freshman at Central Michigan where she is playing for the Chippewas on a basketball scholarship. She will have a stellar opportunity to shine her freshman season, as she is the only true center on the roster of Coach
Athlon Sports recently released it's women's preseson Top 25. Two Indiana schools are in the mix:
1. Connecticut (37-1)
2. Duke (35-2)
3. Kansas State (29-5)
4. Stanford (27-5)
5. Texas (29-6)
6. Penn State (26-9)
8. Texas Tech (29-6)
9. Tennessee (33-5)
10. North Carolina (28-6)
11. Purdue (29-6)
12. Louisiana Tech (31-3)
13. Notre Dame (21-11)
14. Georgia (21-10)
15. Virginia (17-14)
16. Michigan State (17-12)
17. Ohio State (22-10)
18. DePaul (22-10)
19. Rutgers (21-8)
20. Utah (24-7)
21. Minnesota (25-6)
23. Arizona (22-9)
24. Virginia Tech (22-10)
25. Southwest Missouri State (18-13)
Articles of interest:
Indiana women tell their Title IX stories - Indianapolis Star
Vanderbilt to merge varsity, intramural sports - ESPN
|Saturday, September 13
Gaines has been named the new head coach at Shelbyville.
According to the
Shelbyville News, Gaines, who currently teaches at Blue River,
served as the boys varsity assistant and 8th grade boys coach there. A 2000
Purdue grad, Gaines was a member of the practice squad for the 1998-1999
national championship Boilermakers squad and later also for the Indianapolis
Fever. More:
Young coach to guide Bears - Indianapolis Star
New coach to use 'Princeton' offense - Indianapolis Star
Former Hammond Gavit standout, Leslie Tyburski (left), was recently featured in The Times in relation to the second anniversary of the 9/11 disaster. Tyburski is a guard for the Georgetown Hoyas, whose campus is right in the heart of Washington, D.C. Tyburski talks about living as a student with the threat of terror to the nation's capital.
IUPUI grad
Tiffany Kyser was named the Indiana NCAA
Woman of the Year finalist yesterday. Looking at a three-tiered assessment of
academic, athletic and service/leadership achievements, Kyser was named the
Indiana nominee over every other 2003 Indiana college female athlete graduate in
the state, regardless of sport or division. Ten finalists for the award will be
announced later this month, and the ultimate winner will be announced on
November 1 at the 2003 NCAA Woman of the Year dinner in Indianapolis. More:
Woman of the Year state winners announced - NCAA
According to the Merrillville girls basketball website, seniors Marshay Jolly and Julie DeMuth, pictured at right with fellow classmate Lavell Cook, have been named to the 2003-04 Indiana Basketball Guide Tremendous 26. The Guide, which is usually out in late October, will honor 26 of the state's best basketball players, 13 of them girls, on its cover for the fourth season in a row.
The Monticello Herald-Journal reports that Rush McColley has been named the new head coach at Frontier. The former boys coach at Crawfordsville for the past three years takes over a Falcons program that went 13-9 last season.
According to the Linton Daily Citizen, former Bloomfield coach Paula Fettig has been a finalist for four coaching positions this summer. Shelbyville, Beech Grove, Eastern (Howard) and Oldenburg Academy all called the former coach in for a second interview, but she did not get the hire at any of those schools. Fettig has not coached for the past two years and hopes to get back into the coaching ranks again soon.
On a sad note, former Western Boone girls JV coach and Hoosiers actor Kent Poole (left) was found hanged outside his home this week in an apparent suicide. According to the Indianapolis Star, Poole played Merle Webb, the character who urged his teammates in the final game, "Let's win this one for all the small schools who never had a chance to get here."
South Bend St. Joseph's is a talented team, even without one of its toughest defenders, who gave up basketball to concentrate on her soccer career last season. According to the South Bend Tribune, Susan Pinnick reluctantly decided not to play for Coach Mike Megyese during her junior year when she was offered an opportunity to play club soccer with a team out of Carmel. Although considered a huge loss for the basketball program, Pinnick's choice was a good one, as she was offered a soccer scholarship to play at Notre Dame and is now headed to Los Angeles this week to play with an U-17 national team where she will compete with some of the country's soccer elite.
Shenandoah will be hosting a tournament this year that will be played over the Christmas holidays. On Monday, December 29, the four-team marquee will feature Richmond, Madison, Tri-Central and Shenandoah. The tourney opener features Tri-Central v. Madison at 6:00 p.m., immediately followed by Richmond v. Shenandoah. On Tuesday, December 30, the four JV teams will play in at 10:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., and then the varsity teams will return at 6:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. for consolation and championship games.
Southern Indiana Basketball recently posted a boatload of pictures from the South Junior All-Star game. As always, great coverage and great pictures.
|Thursday, September 11
Wow, as someone said on our message board yesterday, it sure is quiet around the RRR. Well, it's our job to stir things up, so we've put together 15 Burning Questions to get the season juices flowing. We hit on five questions each for basketball in the Region, State and college. And not to be outdone, you can put together your own burning questions on the RRR message board thread we've begun just for that purpose. Hope you enjoy our lengthy ramblings!
In case you missed the update on our home page
over the weekend, 5'7 Rochester guard Courtney
Felke has also committed to Evansville along with AAU teammate
Rebekah Parker of Tippecanoe Valley,
which we reported last week. Felke was an Indiana Junior All-Star this past
summer and averaged 18.9 points, 7.2 assists and 4.9 rebounds in leading
Rochester to a 22-3 record last season. She also visited Indiana State,
Central Michigan, Bowling Green and Butler before making
her decision. More coverage:
Pair of all-stars commit to UE for basketball
Merrillville has had two more notable transfers since the end of last season besides former Highland senior Julie DeMuth. Sophomore guard Michelle Cannon from Gary Wirt and junior power forward Natasha Jennings from Lew Wallace will both be competing for a purple and white varsity position this season. Also, former Highland standout Amy Govert will be a varsity assistant for Pirate head coach Bob Maicher.
RRR charter member Brian Sullivan (a/k/a Sully) has been hired as an assistant coach at Division II Bellarmine in Louisville. Sully is looking forward to the new rigors of Division II coaching, which allows him to actually offer athletic scholarships after seven years at D-III Franklin College. His plans are to do some serious mining of the talent in Indiana. One Hoosier native is already on the Bellarmine roster. Redshirt junior Lynne Johnson of Corydon Central is a power forward for the Knights and was the team's leading scorer at 17.4 points per game as a sophomore. She is expected to take on a leadership role this season in a starting lineup that includes four former Kentucky All-Stars.
The 2003 Indiana High School Basketball Guide is nearing its submission deadline for the upcoming season. Coaches, if you've not turned in your team's information, please do so by September 22. If you don't have a team questionnaire, you can find one online at www.hssp.cc.
If you haven't visited the IHSAA website recently, take a look. They've got a new format and even an introductory flash ad for their role model campaign. Kudos to the IHSAA for a better navigation format as well. One feature coming soon that we'll all appreciate is directions to all the schools in the state.
Former Homestead and Xavier standout point guard Amy Waugh has been named to the coaching staff at Youngstown State. Waugh will work with the Penguin perimeter players while coordinating film exchange, camps, travel and monitor student-athletes academic progress. Waugh had a great college career at Xavier after being passed over for the 1999 Indiana All-Star team. She averaged 19.0 points per game as a senior for the Musketeers and led the nation with 3.6 treys per game. She was an Atlantic 10 All-Conference selection several times and also won the ESPN College Three-point Championship after her senior season. Probably the highlight of her career was when Xavier beat Tennessee in the 2002 NCAA Tournament.
More schedule previews are out for Indiana colleges:
UE women can expect numerous challenges
BSU Releases Women's Basketball Schedule
Hoosiers 2003-04 Schedule Announced
Some other articles of interest:
Additional NCAA reforms expected to force athletes to pick up academic pace - San Antonio Express-News
Coaches could be liable for athlete injuries - USA Today
we can't let this day go by without this tribute. In memory of all those who
perished two years ago today -- the passengers and the pilots on the United Air
and AA flights, the workers in the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and all
the innocent bystanders -- our prayers go out to the friends and families of the
If I knew it would be the last time
That I'd see you fall asleep,
I would tuck you in more tightly
and pray the Lord, your soul to keep.
If I knew it would be the last time
that I see you walk out the door,
I would give you a hug and kiss
and call you back for one more.
If I knew it would be the last time
I'd hear your voice lifted up in praise,
I would video tape each action and word,
so I could play them back day after day.
If I knew it would be the last time,
I could spare an extra minute
to stop and say "I love you,"
instead of assuming you would KNOW I do.
If I knew it would be the last time
I would be there to share your day,
Well I'm sure you'll have so many more,
so I can let just this one slip away.
For surely there's always tomorrow
to make up for an oversight,
and we always get a second chance
to make everything just right.
There will always be another day
to say "I love you,"
And certainly there's another chance
to say our "Anything I can do?"
But just in case I might be wrong,
and today is all I get,
I'd like to say how much I love you
and I hope we never forget.
Tomorrow is not promised to anyone,
young or old alike,
And today may be the last chance
you get to hold your loved one tight.
So if you're waiting for tomorrow,
why not do it today?
For if tomorrow never comes,
you'll surely regret the day,
That you didn't take that extra time
for a smile, a hug, or a kiss
and you were too busy to grant someone,
what turned out to be their one last wish.
So hold your loved ones close today,
and whisper in their ear,
Tell them how much you love them
and that you'll always hold them dear
Take time to say "I'm sorry,"
"Please forgive me," "Thank you," or "It's okay."
And if tomorrow never comes,
you'll have no regrets about today.
|Friday, September 5
Valley standout Rebekah Parker (right)
has given a verbal commitment to
The 5'10 guard/forward scored 451 points (18.0 ppg) last season. She also
averaged 7.8 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 3.2 steals. The Junior All-Star scored her 1000th
career point in the sectional final against Plymouth in February and ranks as
the No. 2 all-time career scorer in Tippy Valley girls history with 1051 points.
TV's all-time leading scorer is Cathy Welch
(1250 points), a 1978 Indiana All- Star and member of this year's Silver
Anniversary Team. According to Valley head coach Gary
Teel, "Rebekah is an outstanding student athlete. Her work ethic,
intensity and passion for the game are remarkable. Rebekah makes everyone around
her better as many times her unselfish play finds an open team mate. She has
been very instrumental in our team's success and will be an impact player for
Evansville University."
Known for her toughness, Parker even played football in junior high as a wing
back. More:
Just one of the guys - Warsaw Times Union
According to the Knoxville News, forward Shyra Ely (Ben Davis) of Tennessee was in car accident over the Labor Day weekend on her way home to Indianapolis for the holiday. Fortunately the 2001 Miss Basketball did not sustain any serious injuries. However, it has given her a different outlook on life and basketball.
According to latechsports.com, Purdue has signed the 3rd best recruiting class in the country behind Vanderbilt and Duke as determined by Michael White's All-Star Girls Report. Purdue's recruiting class includes Indiana's number one basketball player from the Class of 2003, Miss Basketball Katie Gearlds of Beech Grove. Gearlds will not appear in her usual #5 jersey at Purdue. She has fittingly chosen #1 as her number for the next four seasons.
Washington Township assistant coach Kari Nelson, wife of head coach Dustin Nelson, will be coaching softball as an assistant at Valparaiso University, her alma mater, in the spring. Because NCAA rules prohibit dual coaching roles between high school and college, Nelson will have to give up her duties with the Senators. According to the Post-Tribune, Nelson said, One of the major decisions was not being able to coach high school anymore. Being together at Washington Township was something special in our relationship. But one neat thing is that I can go watch his basketball games now.
According to IHSAA Overtime, Julie Meeks has resigned as girls head basketball coach at Sullivan. Meeks, a graduate of Sullivan and IUPUI, was the head coach for the Golden Arrows the past four years, compiling a 60-30 record, including a 14-9 season and a sectional championship in 2002-03.
Shelbyville's search for a coach with the departure of John Fair to Indianapolis Howe is going slowly. According to the Shelbyville News, a search for a new coach has not produced any viable candidates as of yet.
According to the Indianapolis Star, former Warren Central girls basketball coach Rodney Clark passed away earlier this week. The 53-year-old coached the Warriors to a 1991 Regional championship.
According to the Indianapolis Star, former IUPUI star and Culver Girls Academy graduate Tiffany Kyser (right) has signed to play professional basketball in Greece. Kyser finished her career at IUPUI as the school's career leader in rebounds, free throws made and games played, and second in career scoring. She was a First Team All Mid-Continent Conference player three times in her four-year career. More at the IUPUI website.
Jackie Batteast (SB Washington) of Notre Dame is ready to start the season with an aggressive outlook, according to the South Bend Tribune. Batteast suffered from a lack of confidence last season and felt her game suffered when the Irish needed her most. But after a summer of playing against some of ND's football players in open gym, Batteast gained new confidence heading into the upcoming season. Batteast and her Division I classmates at Notre Dame were recently honored by the NCAA. The overall Irish athletics program ranked first in the nation in Division I-A graduation rates at 92 percent. IUPUI was also honored as the Division I-AAA school with the highest student-athlete graduation rates above the average of the student body at 34 percent, and Division II Oakland City was honored with 54 percentage points above the student body average for graduation. Indiana was the only state in the nation to have three schools so honored.
Evansville women's basketball will be hosting a coaches' clinic this Saturday. Featured speakers include Brenda Frese from Maryland, Nancy Winstel of Northern Kentucky, Teri Moren (Seymour) of the University of Indianapolis, Bruce Dockery of Evansville Memorial and Tom Campbell of Owensboro Catholic.
Some articles of interest from around
the country:
Detroit Shock's
Ruth Riley steps up to coach's challenge -
Oakland Press
Fewer women in coaching - The Buffalo News
Internet helps fans but can hurt teams - Indianapolis Star
|Monday, September 1
The Purdue women's roster is out for the upcoming season, and walk-on Brianna Howard (Southwestern) is not among the Boilermakers listed for 2003-04. According to various sources, Howard has decided to forego college basketball to concentrate on her pharmacy degree, for which she received a four-year academic scholarship from Eli Lilly. The 2002 Indiana All Star played in 13 games for the Boilermakers last season, averaging 2.0 minutes in those games. As a high school senior, Howard led Southwestern (Hanover) to a 2A state championship, averaging 19.9 points, 6.0 rebounds, 5.8 steals, and 2.7 assists per game. Howard is the second 2002 Indiana player to leave the Purdue roster after Missy Taylor (Connersville) transferred to Louisville earlier this summer. Howard is also the second 2002 Indiana All Star to hang up her high tops. Triton Central forward Jessica Scherer is no longer playing at Evansville due to chronic injuries she sustained during her high school career.
Two of Northwest Indiana's premier basketball players are also premier volleyball players. Senior Julie DeMuth of Merrillville and junior Cassie Kerns of Valparaiso (left) were both profiled recently for the upcoming volleyball season. DeMuth, who just transferred to Merrillville from Highland, is making adjustments to a new school and a new athletic program. For the first time in her high school career, the 5'11 forward played club volleyball in addition to basketball this summer. The 6'3 Kerns, who is seeking respect as a two-sport athlete, will probably be faced with a tough decision next fall, as she is being pursued by D-I programs in both volleyball and basketball. DeMuth and Kerns will face off at least four times this season in both sports, as both Merrillville and Valparaiso are in the Duneland Athletic Conference. Coverage:
Never in her wildest dreams (DeMuth) - The Times
Net success for Kerns - The Times
Marion junior Tanika Mays (right) was recently named one of the top five athletes to watch in the Grant County Chronicle-Tribune preseason Top 25 Athletes to Watch for 2003-04. A North Central All-Conference selection last season as a 6'0 sophomore, Mays helped the Giants to a 9-12 season in 2002-03. According to Marion head coach Darrell Wisser, "Tanika will be my go-to person next year, and we'll try to build around her. She will continue to work hard, and she has the ability to go to the next level and play. She's a very coachable girl."
Kevin Merriweather, of The Family, Inc. fame, was recently interviewed by Gold & Black Illustrated regarding his ties to Purdue. Merriweather was an All-American at Purdue in 1959, when he averaged 20.8 points and 7.9 rebounds during his senior season. Merriweather's daughter, Katrina Merriweather, a 1997 Cathedral grad and Indiana All-Star, was recently hired by head coach Kristy Curry after two years in the coaching ranks at Chicago State and Cincinnati, which gives the Boilermakers a direct line to the top talent going through the TFI program. Two Purdue targets mentioned in the article include sophomore Amber Harris (6'5 C) of North Central and incoming frosh TaShea Phillips (6'4 C) of Indianapolis Brebeuf.
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Two other players who will be featured in the IHSAA and Indiana Criminal Justice Institute public relations program to promote role model athletes are Jordan Robertson of Greencastle and Kaleigh Gossman of Castle.
The athletic program at University High School in Carmel, a new member of the IHSAA, was recently examined in the Indianapolis Star. University will not participate in tournament play until 2005-06, but that time is highly anticipated by both students and coaches there.
A tempered outlook for the Tennessee women's basketball program for the upcoming season is discussed in the Knoxville News. Both junior Shyra Ely of Ben Davis and sophomore Shanna Zolman of Wawasee are mentioned in the article.
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Swasan- His Love Her Strength (chapter 32 and 33)
Kindly keeep your hankey's with you?
Chapter 32
Swara was standing outside ICU of a well known hospital of Mumbai and her eyes were teary but expressions were blank.
Ansh came from behind and placed his hand on her shoulders.
Ansh: Do you want to meet him, Swara?
Swara came out of her trance and looked at him and nodded in NO and started to move out.
She without saying a word came and sat in the car and Ansh sat on the driver's seat and started to drive, soon they both reached the house.
Sanskar was following them from the morning unknown to them.
As soon as they left the place, Sanskar came and stood near the ICU door.
He peeped inside and was shocked to see 'Shekar' lying on the bed connected with different wires and bandages on his head and arms.
A pang of guilt passed through his heart seeing him in this condition and he started to blame himself. Hell..!! He wanted to punish them but not on the stake of their lifes. His thoughts travelled to Swara, how is he going to face her? Whatever it is, this man lying here is her father, may be she will also blame him and go away from him.. but noo he cant let her go away. Thinking all this he left towards the house to handle his Swara.
He reached there and saw Ansh trying to talk to her.
Ansh: Swaraa.. say something?
(She was still with blank expressions, seeing her like this both Ansh and Sanskar's heart hurts.)
Swara turned towards him.
Swara: Bhai. (Saying this she hugged her and started to cry).
Ansh hugged her back and patted her back.
Swara: Why is this happening to me? Why? Why cant he go away once? Why it still makes me feel bad seeing him this condition? Why bhai? He never gave me love of a father. I always craved for his love when he came to know about me, he still not accepted me but I was fool and stubborn myself to make him my father. Later in every situation, he chose Ragini over me. I know I should not be but I am jealoused. Very much. I still loved him and gave him every right over my life and always followed his decisions and took the blames still forgave him. But he always discriminated between us. For him, I was never his daughter. Just a human whom he have to accept unwillingly, but I thought he too loved me. (saying this she started to cry more).
When Laksh left Ragini, he asked me to break all my ties with Sanskar on the day of our marriage and when Laksh almost killed Sanskar, he asked me to forgive them and adjust. Seriously..?? Am I that bad to not get father's love.???
Saying this she slid down and started to cry sitting on her knees, whatever the situation and conditions is Parents love and specially father's love for a girl is nothing less than most precious feeling. She always wanted to be just his father's princess.
Swara never got the love of her father, maybe she never said but inside it hurts her alot. Ansh too had tears in his eyes, he can easily relate his situation with her's. He from the very little age was craving from the love of both his parents. But now his sister is his first priority.
He remember, how they started a NGO few days back to help people from the evils of the society. Their they got to know a person tried to jump from the bridge and was admitted in the hospital. Ansh came to him and he was unaware who is that person and shifted him in Mumbai, when he told this to Swara. She gave him a hurtful expressions knowing about the person and told him that he is none other than her so called father but she stopped him from telling this to Sanskar as she know that Sanskar will start blaming himself and feel guilty. She said she will tell him herself when these things will sort but she cant see him feeling guilty.
Ansh: Swara we should tell to Sanskar now?
She nodded.
Swara: But he will feel bad and blame himself for that man. That man did this much with my mother but she have always handled herself for so many years taking all the blames and never complained but he… he could not 1% of this. I know in this state, I should not say anything to him but still I hate him. I really hate him. He did very bad, he cant take the result of his deeds itself. I dont have a father. I dont.. (she cried more)..
Someone came and kept his hand on her shoulder. She looked up and saw the person and immediately hugged him and started to cry more.
"Never say you dont have a father. I am your father, remember it always." Said Ram patting her head. She looked up and smiled with tears eyes listening his words.
RamTa and Uttara came to Mumbai when they got to know Swara met with an accident, they immediately took the flight and now they are here.
"I am not only Uttara and Sanskar's father. I am your father also more than them. I never treated you as my D-I-L. I know I have been quite for long time but not now beta. Come to me when ever you want to talk to your father." he said and kissed her forhead lovingly and wiped her tears with his thumb and stretched her lips into a smile with his fingers. Swara let out a small laugh seeing his antics.
Everyone present there wiped their tears.
Sujata: Haye ram..!! Bas karo mahra glycerine khatam ho gya.. (O god…!! Stop this my glycerine is over?)
Everyone laughed listening to her and Swara and Ram stood up, that is when Swara noticed Sanskar standing there but have a small fake smile on his face which didnt go unnoticed by her. She became tensed, she dont know what is going in his mind. She wanted to tell him but not in this way.
They all talked for sometime with Sujata cracking jokes.. after sometime at night everyone left to their rooms
In Kolkata
Laksh called Ragini after 2 whole days, she became happy listening to this and came near him.
Laksh: Ragini. I got to know about the person who was with Swara that night. I think as soon as she come back you should talk to her about the marriage.
Ragini became more happy listening to this.
Ragini: Who is he, Laksh g?
Laksh: His name is Ansh. He works with her only and I guess they had a good bond.
Ragini nodded and hugged him but Laksh parted her and moved away still feeling guilty making Ragini sad again and teary eyed.
Laksh: (in mind): May be after this. Swara will be happy in her life and bhai's soul will forgive me. I am sorry bhai.?.
In Mumbai,
SwaSan's room
Swara was sitting on the bed, while Sanskar was in the washroom. He came out after few minutes, Swara looked at him but he avoided her gaze and sat on the bed.
Swara: Sanskaarr..
Sanskar turned towards her, she shifted more to him.
Swara: I am sorry Sanskar. I know I should have told you about this but I dont want to make you feel guilty. I myself dont know how to handle this and telling you, I am sorry Sanskar please dont be angry with me. (She said and started to cry holding his hand).
Sanskar: (gripped her hand and pulled her towards himself): I am not angry with you Swara. I am angry with myself.
Swara: Please Sanskar dont be. Its not your fault. He is not able to handle what he give to other. Please dont feel bad. (She said cutting him off).
Sanskar: I know Swara. I am not sad because of him. I am hurt because of my own self. I failed as a husband, I thought I am keeping you happy, I promised myself I will never let you feel anyone's absence will always fulfill all the voids but I was unable to see the pain you were going through without your father and you were so empty.. you cried you dont know how I felt? I just want to kill mysel..(f)
She placed her hand on his mouth.
Swara: Stop this Sanskar. You dont know what you are for me, you are the best husband anyone can get. I am blessed to have you. When you are near me I dont want to have any other person and wanted to spend all my time in your embrace till I die. I dont feel any void and I was not in the pain. I cried not because I felt bad or empty, I cried because I wanted to forget it all. The pain I will get again and again seeing him in front of me. I need to face them. If I wanted to remove all the relations than I have to forget all the things they gave to me, the pain, the differences. Please dont feel bad. I can bear anything but not my Sanskar this much vulnerable. I Love you Sanskar. ( she said tears flowing down both of their eyes.)
He didnt said a word and engulfed her in a hug.
Sanskar: I love you more.
Swara: I know.
They parted away after few minutes and Swara kissed his forhead, his eyes and wiped his tears, then his nose followed by chin and on cheeks. Finally she placed her lips on rough ones and her hand went in his hairs and started to suck his lips.
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Chapter 33
(Mature Content ahead, skip if you are comfortable and read after ♡♡♡)
Swara cupped her face and kissed his forhead lovingly followed by his eyes, nose, cheeks and chin. Finally she placed her petals on her rough ones lightly sucking them, her hands went to his hair while he wrapped his around her waist pulling her closer and letting her to do whatever she want. Making her sit comfortable on his lap.
She know he right now needed her, he need to know what he is for her. What his presence and love does to her? She never felt any void being his side but he always completed her.
Now she is healing him, making him forget all what he is thinking.
She sucked his upper lip while he did the same with her lower one. She nibbled his lips, licked and sucked them while he responded equally. She pressed her tongue between his lips asking for entrance, he obliged and parted his lips. She pushed her tongue in his mouth savouring his taste and taking his saliva in her mouth, he tried to do the same but she was dominate yet passionate. It was all LOVE, pure love she was showing him without any desire or lust.
Her one hand travelled down his chest and she started to open his shirt buttons slowly, kissing him. Her hand made contact with his skin and both shivered at the slightest contact.
She broke the kiss and looked at his eyes which were closed, she smiled seeing him and kissed his eyes and lowered her mouth to his chest gently sucking, kissing and licking his chest. She finally removed his shirt completely making him half naked?.
She saw him and blushed seeing his muscular chest, he smiled seeing her blush. But she moved down and traced her finger on his chest seductively giving extra attention to his nipples making him groan in pleasure then reaching to the abs, she lowered her mouth to his chest and took his skin between her teeth giving him a love bite to which he moaned in pain, she licked and sucked his bitten area to soothe the pain making him moan again but in pleasure this time.
He started to press his hands on her waist making her moan his name but it only increased the pace of her kisses on his chest. She reached down and unbuckled his pants leaving him in his boxers and helped him to come out of them. She started to kiss every inch of his skin from his feet coming up to his face and placed her lips on his once again sucking and kissing him.
He too removed the pallu of her saree letting it fall away, breaking the kiss. He eyed her and started to suck her skin on neck making her to clutch his shoulders and he started to move his tongue on her skin making her moan.
He unhooked the blouse and removed it from her body and once raising his head from her crook of neck eyed her naked assests with hunger and dug his face in the valley between them placing innumberable wet kisses, her hands moved to his hair pulling them from his scalp as he bit the area and later sucked to soothe the pain.
He took one of them in his mouth and started to roam his tongue on her skin making her shiver and increase her desires. She asked for more and more and he started to bit and suck her skin leaving deep red marks showing the passion of her husband for her. His hardness touched her throbbing core making them moan together and increasing the fire between them.
He did the same with other curve of her while fondling the free one with his hands.
They helped each other to remove the remaining clothes and Swara eased his length inside her moaning in pain and pleasure at the same time, giving pleasure to Sanskar and he closed his eyes feeling her. He held her from her lips for support and she started to move, he pulled her and wrapping his hand behind her neck crashed his lips with her's while she was still moving.
They both moaned in pleasure in each other's mouth. Playing and fighting with the tongue in each other's mouth, trying to win an unsaid battle.
Soon both climaxed and Swara fell on his chest both breathing heavily.
She raised herself and looked at him and placed a gentle kiss on his forhead.
Swara- "I love you".
Sanskar- "I love you too."
With this Sanskar rolled Swara on her back and captured her lips once again. They made love several times that night just assuring and healing each other with love.
Punishing someone who is near you is not easy, it always keeps on reminding you what that person did with you and make you fall weak. But with support of Sanskar, Swara is able to come through this trauma. Maybe now Shekar doesnt mean anything to her but the wounds he gave will always keep hurting her.
He healed her as well.
Last night they made love till 3 and later collasps in each other embrace feeling being tired.
Next day
Sanskar woke up when his phone started ringing, he tried opening his eyes but closed it instantly feeling tired. But the person called again and again.
Swara: Pick your phone or else I will throw you out. (She said being irritated of its continous ringing).
Sanskar immediately opened his eyes widely.
'Yesterday night mam was so tender and now see wild cat.' He thought and picked up his phone and looked at the caller id.
His expressions changed and he made bad faces but finally lifts the call sitting on the bed, Swara moved towards him and kept her head on his lap, he smiled seeing her and started to caress her hairs.
'Sir I am Laksh Maheshwari.'
'Yes Mr. Maheshwari, why have you called me this much early.' Saying this he checked the time and it was just 7 and he cursed him under his breathe.
'Sorry Sir, but it was indeed urgent. Actually I want to ask for extra time for paying your loan.'
Sanskar smirked listening to this.
'But you was so sure at the time of contract that you will pay me all the money in 4 weeks and now what happened? Are you trying to run away?'
'No Sir. I wont. I promise I will give you money soon.'
'Look Mr. Maheshwari. Business doesnt work on promises but contracts, so as per contract you have to give my money back in next 2 weeks otherwise get ready to rot in hell.'
'Please no. Please. I have a family to look after. Tell me what you want.'
Even I was having a family to look after Laksh, thought Sanskar.
'Fine. Give me 51% shares of your company. I will free you from the loan'
'How is this possible? You cant do this.'
'I can Mr. Maheshwari, you took a huge loan so it was for sure that it wasnt for some good purpose and your confidence said it same, it will not time for me to find the truth out so better give me your 51% shares or get ready to go to jail. Because you really take a bad decision to ask help from SK.'
'I will do something and will give the money back.'
'This is your choice. You have 2 weeks so after that I will myself take the shares as per the clause of contract. Now enjoy your time and bye.'
Saying this Sanskar cut the call without giving him time.
As soon as he cut the call, he saw Swara staring him with wide eyes and mouth.
Sanskar: (chuckled seeing her expressions): Whaat?
Swara: Early morning Devil. Are you always ready to suck the blood out of people?
As soon as, the words left her mouth. Sanskar hovered her making her gasp at his sudden move.
'Not everyone's but yours.' Saying this he bit her skin hard making blood to come out and then sucked it gently. ?.
Then they got busy again.
Precap: "I hate you Mr. Sanskar Maheshwari" shouted Swara on the top of her lungs in anger?
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Monday is International Chocolate Da,y according to the Internet site, Bizarre, Crazy, Silly Unknown Holidays. The Cacao tree, the source for chocolate, has been cultivated for at least three millennia in Mexico, Central and South America. Chocolate causes certain endocrine glands to secrete hormones that affect your feelings and behavior by making you happy. Travel down Pun Alley today and get your dose of chocolate happiness.
Chocolate ice cream
A man approached an ice cream vendor and asked, "I'd like two scoops of chocolate ice cream, please."
The girl behind the counter replied, "I'm very sorry, sir, but our delivery didn't come this morning. We're out of chocolate."
"In that case," the man continued, "I'll have two scoops of chocolate ice cream."
"You don't understand, sir," the girl said. "We have no chocolate."
"Then just give me some chocolate," he insisted.
Getting perturbed by the second, the girl asked, "Sir, will you spell 'van,' as in 'vanilla?'"
The man spelled, "v-a-n."
"Now spell 'straw,' as in 'strawberry.'"
"OK, s-t-r-a-w."
"Now," the girl asked, "spell 'stink,' as in chocolate."
The man hesitated and then replied, "There is no stink in chocolate."
"That's what I've been trying to tell you!" she replied.
Smart genie
A man found an old bottle on the beach. When he rubbed it out popped a genie, who gave him three wishes. The man wished for a million dollars, and poof! There was a million dollars. Then he wished for a convertible, and poof! There was a convertible. And then, when he wished he could be irresistible to all women, he turned into a box of chocolates.
Just desserts
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Not sure since when the word "HUAT AH" , "HENG AH" is very popular among Malaysians and Singaporean? During "lao sang", we shout Huat ah..... During Chingay prayer, the MC will also keep shouting HUAT AH ... HENG AH..... The interesting fact is no one seem to know the origin of this 2 popular term. I been asking around my relatives (old Johorian). "Huat ah" and "Heng ah" is only popular this few years. This few years may be dated back to 2007. My father agree that this word wasn't used during his childhood.
Thus, I make an hypothesis. The 2 term is originated by Singaporean.. That was told by my Singaporean relatives. Why? Singaporeans like money.
- "Huat"发 is in Hokkien dialect
- "Heng"兴 is in Teochew dialect.
- "Ong" 旺 not sure
Chinese in Johor Bahru are mostly Teochew dialect and Hakka dialect. This 2 terms seem to be exciting and increase festival mood. Malaysians and Singaporeans are like brothers. Thus, throughout the Chingay, you will keep hearing "HUAT AH"... "HENG AH" ...
There are 5 traditional Chinese opera show. It is meant for 5 deities.
- Yuan Tian Shang Di (原天上帝) or Tua Lau Ya (大老爷)for the Teochews,
- Hong Xian Da Di (洪天大帝) for the Hokkiens,
- Gan Tian Da Di (感天大帝) for the Hakkas,
- Hua Guang Da Di (华光大帝) for the Cantonese
- Zhao Da Yuan Shuai (赵大元帅) for the Hainanese.
Back to topic. I do not join the night parade this year. As a family tradition, we will go for prayer at the Xing Gong along Jalan Ngee Heng before the night parade. Since most of the devotees will come for prayers too, we need to park our car at Jalan Tun Abdul Rahman Andak. Jalan Tun Abdul Rahman Andak is very near to Jalan Ngee Heng. We need to walk a small path in funeral parlor to reach the Xing Gong.
dragon dance to pay respect to the deities.
Fire work performance
Small tips:
- Avoid double parking as it will cause trouble to other car owners
- Avoid parking at the entrance whee the is clear and big sign board wrote "DO NOT ENTER". There is a black car causes a delay for a funeral. Xing Gong is just next to funeral parlor. Please respect other too. The RELA are having a bad time locating the black car owner. "Susah kan orang sahaja"
- There will be "miracle" rain after cleaning street activities
- Before the night parade start, there will be another "miracle" rain. It happens every year. The rain seem to be cleaning the street and reduce the heat. So that the participants can enjoy cool wind.
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As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 3,805. It is part of the Ontario, OR–ID Micropolitan Statistical Area.
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Sunday School Classes meet every Sunday at 10 a.m. for the purpose of growing in our relationship with Jesus Christ through small group Bible studies and fellowship. We want to know, care for, and encourage every member, and small-group settings give us that opportunity. Nurturing true, lasting relationships through these small groups is a vital part of our vision.
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Abu Dhabi – Entrepreneurs wishing to start a business in Dubai can now use the Department of Economic Development's (DED) new e-service to get a business licence online.
The new facility allows users to get their licences issued even when they are outside UAE, and is meant to ease the process of starting a business in Dubai.
It is in line with the Smart City initiative launched by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE, and Ruler of Dubai.
"Our focus is on progressively bringing all BRL [Business Registration & Licensing] services on to the e-services platform," BRL Director at DED, Ahmad Ebrahim said.
"Such improvements in service efficiencies are part of the overall strategy of Dubai and essential to demonstrating the ease of doing business and competitiveness, which Dubai emphasises as its key advantages as a business destination," he added.
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In addition to aiding investors and business people, the initiative is part of efforts to enhance the UAE's ranking in the World Bank's Doing Business Report.
An internationally competitive and competent business registration system that offers added value and flexible procedures is one of the criteria against which countries are ranked in the Doing Business Report.
DED has also been introducing various BRL services as smart phones applications. These include inquires and reservations for the business name, inquires for the status of transactions, learning about legal activities, renewing licences, checking for fines, and checking for the location of companies and their business state.
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An October 29 ribbon-cutting ceremony officially celebrated the opening of University Center, a significant new educational facility on the West Campus of Valencia Community College (VCC) designed by C.T. Hsu + Associates. The unique joint use facility is shared by VCC and the University of Central Florida and designed to meet the desire of students to achieve a four-year professional degree in a single location. University Center allows students to enroll at VCC, attend classes on the West Campus, and then transfer to UCF to complete their degree program requirements without having to relocate to UCF's main campus.
The grand opening ceremony was attended by Florida Governor Charlie Crist who remarked, "Every day our students show us their commitment and determination to succeed. It is our responsibility to provide them with high-quality educational facilities such as this to support them as they strive to achieve their goals. We owe it to them, and we owe it to our communities. And, in times such as these, to deliver a facility like this on time and on budget is something that all of us in Tallahassee truly appreciate."
From the outset, University Center was designed to maximize energy efficiency and integrate sustainable design concepts to serve as a tangible example of green building practices for the students and faculty of both institutions. A LEED Gold rating from the U.S. Green Building Council is anticipated for the facility, with final results expected in 2010.
Throughout the design process, CTH+A worked closely with staffs at VCC and UCF to identify sustainability goals and design features for the project. The most significant of these include:
In 2005, the firm adopted Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology to optimize document coordination, design projects in less time at less cost, and manage overall project costs in the construction stage. Recognizing that technology is only as good as the people who use it, CTH+A emphasizes the recruitment of tech-savvy professionals and ongoing staff training to continuously enhance the firm's virtual design and construction capabilities. "University of Hsu" in-house educational programs train staff architects to use BIM software to generate multidisciplinary 3D models that integrate design and documentation plans, sections, details, elevations graphics and data.
For the University Center project, BIM technology also was used to integrate sustainable design concepts into the project through the use of sun path studies and daylight modeling analysis methods. In addition, this new way of producing documents facilitated quick responses to issues that arose during the construction phase, saving all of the project stakeholders valuable time and money.
This proficiency in the use of BIM as a project development and construction phase tool has placed CTH+A at the leading edge of architectural practice in the region.
This year, C.T. Hsu + Associates, P.A. is celebrating 25 years of providing outstanding architectural design solutions that support significant community-building efforts such as those embodied in the University Center project. From the beginning, C.T. Hsu and Tim McNicholas shared a vision for building an architecture firm that held fast to three guiding principles: service to clients, service to the profession and service to the community.
CTH+A design professionals are dedicated to realizing the full potential of every project by integrating architecture, planning, interior design and real estate research services to maximize value and quality. This philosophy includes giving equal consideration to buildings and public areas alike by consistently incorporating such elements as character, sense of place, artistic and historic heritage, and density throughout the firm's work.


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Planting cabbage can be a great therapy – it can relieve stress and it can also be rewarding, especially when harvest time is come. But before imagining healthy cabbage heads in your mind, you should first learn how to sow cabbage seeds.
Once you have chosen the site and have prepared the soil for your cabbage plants, begin my thinly sowing the seeds in drills – about half an inch deep and six inches between rows.
Cover the seeds with soil. Use a fine spray when watering them and remember to keep the soil moist.
Once you have seen the cabbage seeds germinate and have sprout an inch in height from the ground, you may thin out the seedlings to around three inches apart in rows. Now, why should you do this? This would prevent overcrowding which would eventually make your cabbage spindly and weak.
When you cabbage plants are about six inches tall, have developed five to six leaves, and it's early August to late in September, you can plant them out where they would stay until harvest time.
Take note to water the soil a day before planting them to their permanent place.
When transplanting, make sure to plant your cabbage a little deeper than when you did when they were just seeds. They should be positioned about six inches apart in rows. There should be a gap of around 12 inches in between rows.
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Associative Grammar Combination Operators for Tree-Based Grammars
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Polarized unification grammar (PUG) is a linguistic formalism which uses polarities to better control the way grammar fragments interact. The grammar combination operation of PUG was conjectured to be associative. We show that PUG grammar combination is not associative, and even attaching polarities to objects does not make it order-independent. Moreover, we prove that no non-trivial polarity system exists for which grammar combination is associative. We then redefine the grammar combination operator, moving to the powerset domain, in a way that guarantees associativity. The method we propose is general and is applicable to a variety of tree-based grammar formalisms.
KeywordsPolarized unification grammar Grammatical formalisms Modularity Grammar combination
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By Jim
And there
was a great outcry by the people against their money-lending brothers. Some
complained that because of the drought-induced famine they had mortgaged their fields
to get money for food. Others said they had borrowed to pay their taxes, using
their property as collateral. And they described how they couldn't raise enough
food to get money for repayment of their debts, so now their creditors had
taken their children as debt slaves. Nor
was it within their power to redeem them, because other men now owned their
lands and vineyards.
Nehemiah 5:1-5
Mary and I
recently returned from an attempt to follow most of fabled, 2400 mile-long Route
66--sometimes called The Main Street of
America--running from Chicago to Santa Monica, California (we shortened the
journey somewhat by beginning in Joplin, Missouri). Portions of the old road
still exist as virtual alleyways and rutted, broken beds of concrete, while
others now lie buried beneath Interstate 40. But it can be done, although with
much patience and some despair due mainly to poor route markings and unclear directions.
Route 66
opened in 1926 and as the Great Depression deepened it became a way of escape for
unemployed laborers, failed farmers, foreclosed homeowners, and various people
broken in body and spirit. The much-ballyhooed prosperity of the Roaring Twenties was grinding to a halt amid
closed factories and boarded-up stores. Untruthful advertising led the victims to
believe that multitudes of farm-type jobs existed in the great Central Valley
of California, and they had only to get there to avail themselves of renewed prosperity.
But alas, as
later so graphically revealed by John Steinbeck's searing novel, The Grapes of Wrath, starring Henry
Fonda as Tom Joad, this wonderful opportunity was mainly a skein of lies and
broken promises. Relying mostly upon hope, the poor came by the thousands from
the closed factories of Chicago, the dust-bowl farms of Oklahoma, and the
hundreds of seemingly God-forsaken hovels in between. They drove broken-down
old jalopies often turned into trucks by back-yard mechanics, loaded with all
the family possessions, topped by mattresses and canvas tents upon which rode
those passengers unable to get inside the vehicle. They camped along the way,
cooking their meagre food by fires or kerosene stoves. If someone died they
were buried along the road, mourned by their spiritually-torn survivors and
accompanied to the next life by prayers and good words by whatever amateur spiritual
counsel was available.
The awful
part of it all was that hope soon morphed into despair as they reached the bursting-with-food
valleys of California. Yes, the jobs were there, but not at the expected living
wages promised so glowingly by widely distributed handbills. Growers needed their labor, but soon realized
that with scores of workers seeking each job, they did not have to pay the
wages they had promised. So wages were arbitrarily cut to the point that it
soon became impossible to earn enough to even feed one person, much less an
extended family.
But none of
this had to be. The Great Depression could have been prevented or greatly
reduced in effect had economic and political leaders been more willing to abandon
their love of balanced budgets and tight credit in favor of using
already-existing levers for adding to public purchasing power. And the farm foreclosures that drove the "Okies"
into migration could have been avoided with less greed and fear on the part of
prairie bankers and increased credit relaxation funded by the federal
government. Tight money is not useful in
aiding recovery from depression, although then-President Herbert Hoover thought
so. It took three years of suffering before Franklin Delano Roosevelt initiated
recovery through the famous First Hundred Days of the New Deal, but it took the
better part of ten years and the advent of World War Two for prosperity to return
again to those Okies now become Californians.
Weren't the
parallels pretty close between Nehemiah's credit-starved, exploited people and
the desperate victims of greedy farm seizures in Oklahoma and lying food
producers in California? Allowing the banking system almost absolute control
over credit is too often fatal to economic health. Israel knew it back then,
and we are finally beginning to know it now. Route 66 recalls some of the
horrors of that day. Let's not have any new ones today.


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Although Air Force acquisition chief William LaPlante recently told Air Force Magazine that the service would release
the request for proposals for the Long-Range Strike Bomber as early as
the end of June—now only days away—expect no public announcements, said
Air Force spokesman Ed Gulick on Thursday. "The Air Force is committed
to a fair acquisition process" on LRS-B, said Gulick. "To ensure this
occurs, we are prohibited from releasing information" on the current
acquisition phase, he said. Certain parts of the LRS-B program are
deemed too vulnerable to discuss publicly, to
prevent "sensitive information" from reaching "potential adversaries,"
said Gulick. Future release of acquisition milestones, he said, "will be
considered and released as appropriate." LaPlante told the magazine the
final RFP would be out about now—after months of back-and-forth
discussions with potential contractors—and that a downselect to a single
contractor would come in the late spring 2015 timeframe. Contractors
have been especially tight-lipped about the program, and word is the
Defense Department has even forbidden them to run any advertising
promoting their capabilities to accomplish this project. Boeing and
Lockheed Martin have teamed to bid, and Northrop Grumman has indicated
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In this very clever commercial, a newborn baby in a futuristic hospital nursery is depicted as sending biological data via a utopic "smart hospital" environment, created by IBM.
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Since I was already busy with the little dragon this week I decided to use the additional free days to also make a card with the May freebie from Beccy's Place, a beautiful bucket with flowers. The die I used is from Couture creations.
I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
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- Lil Patch Crafty Friends - CHALLENGE #33
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So cool, love the color and the die you used, awesome. Great job! Thanks for sharing with us at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends.ReplyDelete
Leanne DT/LPCF
Wow Petra, this is beautiful! The die you used is a perfect way to frame the image and I love the addition of the little pearls. Great job.ReplyDelete
Gorgeous card Petra, the die around the outside makes a beautiful frame around the image.ReplyDelete
sharon :)
A fabulous card Petra, such a pretty image and lovely colours.ReplyDelete
this die makes your card absolutely fabulous! Petra DT Beccy's PlaceReplyDelete
Love the paper and the die you used for this! Such a fabulous color!ReplyDelete
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Professional athletes spend so much of their time focused on their sport and oftentimes don't get any time for their own personal interests. Between their training schedule and the games played during season, lacrosse consumes their lives. This past weekend, the players shared some of the cool things they were doing outside of the lacrosse world via social media.
New York Lizards goalie Drew Adams is more than just a lacrosse player, turns out he is a triathlete too. Adams posted this photo on Sunday and got tons of support in the comments. That takes some serious strength and determination. Adams set the standards pretty high for athleticism.
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Massachusetts resident Kevin Buchanan spent his Sunday fishing in Provincetown, Ma., and shared some great photos of the fish and the stunning harbor views. The Boston Cannons midfielder had to double-fist his catches - lood like a very successful day at sea.
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Ohio Machine goalie Scott Rodgers is not only a gym rat and highly-talented goalie, he is also a 'Belieber.' Rodgers posted this video on Instagram to show off his dance moves and to also celebrate the new marriage of former MLL player, Ben Hunt and Jenna Pellegrino. Justin Beiber's song Despacito is a great reason to get up and dance - we loved it and wish nothing but happiness for the newly weds!
Chris Bocklet is having a good first season with the Blaze and he revealed his secret to success on Instagram. We can all relate to his favorite part of working out...being done!
Here's the TRUTH. My favorite part about a workout is when it's finished. 3 Gets, Get in, Get after it, Get out. It should be that simple. It doesn't need to be a massive process. Go to the gym with a plan, don't wonder what you should do next, don't take 10 minute water breaks, don't decide for yourself if you should do another rep because your never going to make yourself do it. I did this for years because I didn't know anything else. Now I follow my 3 G's with a plan and in result I walk in and out in 35 minutes. If you feel like you are wasting time or need a plan reach out! I know how you feel!!
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Warrant Officer (W/O) Toni Tate enlisted in the Air Force in 1986 as an Accounts Clerk. Following organisational change in 1998 she transferred to the Administration Trade. W/O Tate has served at Air Force Bases; Te Rapa, Woodbourne, Air Staff and Ohakea. She served on Number. 2 Squadron, Nowra Australia with the A4 Skyhawk detachment. During this posting she completed various squadron exercises throughout Australia. W/O Tate has deployed with Number. 40 Squadron to Joint Readiness Training Centre in Little Rock, Arkansas and to East Timor in 2007 as the S1/S9 on Task Group Gyro, Operation Koru.
W/O Tate has completed the Singapore Warrant Officer Joint Advanced Leadership Programme and the Joint Warrant Officer Advanced Course. W/O Tate has also completed the Institute of Leadership Development, Lead Organisation course and is an alumni of the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies and the New Zealand Defence Force Command and Staff College.
W/O Tate has been awarded the New Zealand Meritorious Service Medal for services and leadership during organisational change. W/O Tate has a Diploma in Frontline Management and a New Zealand Diploma in Business.
In 2007, W/O Tate was promoted to Warrant Officer and appointed the W/O of the Administration Flight Ohakea. W/O Tate was then posted to the Directorate of Career Management in HQNZDF(Air) as the Career Manager for the Air Force non-technical trades in 2010. Following this posting, W/O Tate was posted to Base Warrant Officer at Ohakea and in 2012 she was appointed the Command Warrant Officer at 488 Wing in Ohakea. She then continued as the Ohakea Command Warrant Officer to the newly appointed Base Commander in 2015. W/O Tate was appointed Warrant Officer Joint Forces New Zealand in December 2015 at the NZDF operational headquarters in Trentham.
W/O Tate was appointed the Warrant Officer of the Air Force in January 2018.