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This Week -- Bluejay Invitational
Sept. 6 3:30 pm California vs. South Florida Omaha, Neb. (D.J. Sokol Arena)
Sept. 6 6 pm Northern Colorado at #19 Creighton (1290 AM) Omaha, Neb. (D.J. Sokol Arena)
Sept. 7 10 am Northern Colorado vs. California Omaha, Neb. (D.J. Sokol Arena)
Sept. 7 Noon South Florida at #19 Creighton (1180 AM) Omaha, Neb. (D.J. Sokol Arena)
Sept. 7 5:30 pm South Florida vs. Northern Colorado Omaha, Neb. (D.J. Sokol Arena)
Sept. 7 7:30 pm California at #19 Creighton (1180 AM) Omaha, Neb. (D.J. Sokol Arena)
This Weekend
No. 19 Creighton Volleyball (2-0) opens the home portion of its 2013 schedule by hosting the Bluejay Invitational this weekend at D.J. Sokol Arena inside the Wayne and Eileen Ryan Athletic Center (capacity 2,500).
The tournament begins on Friday when California (2-0) takes on South Florida (3-1) in a 3:30 pm match. Creighton (2-0) then takes on Northern Colorado (2-1) in the 6 pm finale.
Saturday features four matches. Northern Colorado takes on California at 10 am before Creighton hosts South Florida at noon. The evening session features South Florida vs. Northern Colorado at 5:30 pm before California takes on Creighton in at 7:30 pm.
Radio Information
Creighton's 10-match volleyball broadcast schedule begins this weekend. Friday's match will air on KOIL (1290 AM), while both of Saturday's matches will be on KZOT (1180 AM).
Brad Burwell will call the play-by-play, while Erin Russell handles color analyst duties.
The matches will be streamed free of charge on the internet at 1180zone2.com (Saturday) and clicking on the Listen Live button on the right side of the page.
Video Information
All matches from this weekend's Bluejay Invitational will be video webcast, including non-Creighton contests.
To sign up, visit www.gocreighton.com and click on the Live Video tab on the top menu bar. A 4-month subscription costs $34.95, while a monthly subscription costs $10.95 per month. Fans can also purchase a 24-hour pass ($4.99) or a 48-hour pass ($5.99) that begins the moment you sign up.
Live Stats Information
All matches at the Bluejay Invitational will have free live stats.
Visit www.gocreighton.com and click on the Live Stats tab on the top of the page for the exact link.
Live stats from all of the Bluejay Invitational matches are also available on your mobile phone by clicking on www.gocreightonstats.com.
Scouting #19 Creighton
Creighton opened the 2013 season with a title at the Hampton Inn Invitational, picking up wins over No. 13 BYU (3-1) and host Bowling Green (3-0).
Michelle Sicner
was named Tournament MVP after averaging 11.57 assists and 3.43 digs per set. She was joined on the All-Tournament Team by middle blockers
Lauren Smith
(2.57 kps., 0.71 bps., .531%) and
Kelli Browning
(2.00 kps., 2.29 bps., .276%).
The Bluejays returned four starters plus libero
Kate Elman
from last year's team that finished 29-4 overall, won the Missouri Valley Conference with a 17-1 league record, and finished 24th in the year-end AVCA poll.
Creighton was picked to win the BIG EAST Conference, while Browning,
Melanie Jereb
Leah McNary
were named preseason all-league picks.
Creighton averages 15.57 kills, 1.57 aces, 17.00 digs and 3.00 blocks per set while hitting .292 as a team.
Scouting Northern Colorado
Northern Colorado picked up impressive victories over Cal Poly (3-1) and Baylor (3-0) last weekend in Greeley before falling on Tuesday at Colorado State (3-0).
Andrea Spaustat leads a balanced attack for UNC, averaging 2.80 kills and 2.20 digs per set while also hitting a team-best .319.
Also averaging multiple kills for the Bears were Alyssa Wilson (2.60, .253%), Kendra Cunningham (2.60) and Brianna Strong (2.60, .217%).
Merideth Johnson tops the club with 5.10 digs per set, while Ashley Guthrie (10.50) directs the offense as the setter.
As a team, Northern Colorado averages 12.40 kills, 1.00 aces, 15.00 digs and 2.25 blocks per set while hitting a collective .221 as a team.
Scouting South Florida
The Bulls went 3-1 last weekend at the USF Invitational, falling to Miami (Fla.) in four sets before picking up wins over The Citadel (3-0), Austin Peay (3-1) and Ball State (3-2).
Erin Fairs (3.50 kps., 5.00 dps.) led the Bulls offensively last weekend, picking up where she left off after winning BIG EAST Newcomer of the Year honors in 2012. Fairs was joined on the All-Tournament Team by Jennica Mullins (1.94 kps., 1.19 bps., .304%) and Natalia Soares (6.06 aps.).
As a team, USF averages 12.88 kills, 1.00 aces, 18.12 digs and 2.62 blocks per set while hitting .192 overall.
Scouting California
Cal enters the second week of play with a perfect 2-0 record after lopsided 3-0 home wins last week vs. Nevada and New Mexico State.
Three starters and libero Mary McKennon return from last year's team that finished 15-16 and was ousted in the opening round of the 2012 NCAA Tournament.
OH Adrienne Gehan averaged 4.33 kills per set last week and hit a robust .477, while Papillion native Lillian Schonewise averaged 3.00 kills and hit an absurd .667 in 27 errorless swings in addition to collecting eight blocks in six sets.
Senior Joan Caloiaro set the Bears to 12.67 assists per set and a team hitting percentage of .400.
As a team, Cal averages 15.83 kills, 1.67 aces, 13.00 digs and 2.67 blocks per set on .400 hitting.
The Coaches
Creighton is coached by Kirsten Bernthal Booth (Truman State, 1997), who owns a 189-119 record in her 11th season with the Bluejays. She became the program's all-time winningest coach on Aug. 25, 2007 with a 3-0 win over Stephen F. Austin and joined the 100-win club with an Oct. 31, 2008 win at Drake.
She was named the 2010 CVU.com National Coach of the Year after leading Creighton to the second round during its first NCAA Tournament appearance, and named the CaptainU College Coach of the Year in 2012 following another run to the second round of the NCAA's.
Last season, Booth helped Creighton move into the top-25 for the first time in program history while also leading the team to a program-record 29 wins and first-ever MVC regular-season and tournament titles. For her efforts, she was named 2012 MVC Coach of the Year.
Booth came to Creighton after going 112-41 in three years at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A native of Lincoln, Neb., Booth played volleyball at Truman State, where she was named conference MVP, an Academic All-American and Missouri's 1997 NCAA Woman of the Year. She ranked third in Division II history with 6,077 assists when she graduated.
Booth is helped by assistant coaches
Tom Mendoza
Angie Oxley Behrens
and volunteer assistant Amanda (Gates) Sjuts.
Northern Colorado is coached by Lyndsey Oates (LSU, 2002), who is 147-101 in her ninth year. Before being promoted three days before the start of fall practice in 2005, Oates was previously an assistant at Northern Colorado and at Samford before that. She is assisted by Jenny Glenn and Tom Hunter.
South Florida is coached by Courtney Draper (Florida State, 2000), who is 20-16 in her second season with the Bulls. She served as head coach at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Fla., for eight seasons before heading to USF, and owns a 180-134 career mark when you include her first head coaching job at Jacksonville University in 2003. She is assisted by Brian Imperiale and Kelly Surrency.
Cal is coached by Rich Feller (San Diego State, 1973), who owns a 285-153 mark in 15 seasons with the Bears, and a 584-320 mark in 29 seasons overall when you include his 14-year run at Colorado State. He's assisted by Ben Bodipo-Memba, Jennifer Carey and Lazaro Beltran.
Series History vs. Northern Colorado
Creighton is 2-1 all-time vs. Northern Colorado, including a 1-0 mark in Omaha during the 2005 Bluejay Invitational.
UNC won in four sets at New Mexico in 2004 before Creighton swept the Bears at the Bluejay Invitational in 2005 in Lyndsey Oates' first match as a head coach. Last season, CU swept UNC to claim the Northern Colorado Classic title.
Kirsten Bernthal Booth
is 2-1 vs. Northern Colorado and 2-0 vs. Oates, while Oates is 0-2 vs. Creighton.
Series History vs. USF
Creighton swept USF in the only previous meeting (25-18, 25-22, 25-23) on August 25, 2012, in Tampa.
Michelle Sicner
had career-highs with 10 kills on .643 hitting to lead the Jays to victory.
Kirsten Bernthal Booth
is 1-0 vs. USF and coach Courtney Draper, while Draper is 0-1 against Creighton.
Series History vs. Cal
Creighton and
Kirsten Bernthal Booth
has never faced Cal or head coach Rich Feller.
Creighton is 0-5 all-time against the current members of the Pacific-12 Conference, going 0-1 against Arizoan State, Colorado, Oregon, Stanford and Washington State.
Last Weekend Summary
Creighton opened the 2013 season with a title at the Hampton Inn Invitational, picking up wins over No. 13 BYU (3-1) and host Bowling Green (3-0).
Michelle Sicner
was named Tournament MVP after averaging 11.57 assists and 3.43 digs per set. She was joined on the All-Tournament Team by middle blockers
Lauren Smith
(2.57 kps., 0.71 bps., .531%) and
Kelli Browning
(2.00 kps., 2.29 bps., .276%).
Up To 19th Nationally
Creighton is up to a best-ever 19th in the AVCA poll this week, collecting a program-record 423 points in the voting.
Dating to last season, this is the sixth consecutive week Creighton's been among the nation's top-25.
Creighton in the AVCA Poll, All-Time
Date Votes Received Rank
12/21/10 3 36th
08/27/12 2 T-38th
09/10/12 7 T-36th
09/17/12 34 32nd
09/24/12 14 33rd
10/08/12 2 T-37th
10/15/12 22 32nd
10/22/12 35 28th
10/29/12 31 27th
11/05/12 80 25th
11/12/12 156 23rd
11/19/12 242 21st
12/18/12 172 24th
08/12/13 133 25th
09/02/13 423 19th
Quest For A Title Continues
Though this will be the ninth edition of the Bluejay Invitational, host Creighton is still in search of its first championship at its own tournament. Creighton is 11-11 in its Bluejay Invitational history.
Champions, by year, include Iowa State (2005), Iowa (2006), Middle Tennessee (2007), Minnesota (2008), Illinois (2009), Kansas (2010), Northern Illinois (2011) and Kansas State (2012).
Longitude Aptitude
There have been 19 previous schools (besides Creighton) to play in the Bluejay Invitational. Teams located west of Omaha are a combined 5-20 with one title, while teams to the east of Omaha are 26-11 with seven titles.
Of this year's field, USF is east of Omaha while Northern Colorado and California are located west of Omaha.
Ranked Teams In The Bluejay Invitaitional
History shows that being a ranked team in the Bluejay Invitational is a good omen. No. 19 Creighton will be the fifth ranked squad to participate in the Bluejay Invitaitonal. The previous four clubs are 10-1 in the event with three titles.
The only ranked team to lose was No. 21 LSU, which was swept by No. 16 Minnesota in 2008.
That means that ranked teams are 9-0 against unranked competition in the Bluejay Invitational.
Ranked Teams in Bluejay Invitational
Year Rank, Team W-L
2008 #16 Minnesota 3-0
2009 #10 Illinois 2-0
2012 #21 Kansas State 3-0
2013 #19 Creighton ? ? ?
Nebraskans Return Home
Northern Colorado and California both have Nebraska natives returning to their home state this weekend.
California's roster features Papillion native Lillian Schonewise, who went to Papillion-La Vista South.
Northern Colorado's squad includes Omaha product Andrea Spaustat (Marian HS) and Lincoln native Makenna Meier (Waverly HS).
Back For More
Cal setter Joan Caloiaro is likely to become the first visiting player in history to play in more than one Bluejay Invitational.
Caloiaro played for the University of San Francisco in losses to Creighton, Kansas and Lipscomb in the 2010 event, the first matches of her college career.
Caloiaro had 32 assists, 21 digs and six kills in her debut vs. Creighton, had 19 assists, seven digs and four kills vs. Kansas, and 12 assists, 12 digs and eight kills vs. Lipscomb.
For her work, Caloiaro was the lone player from USF named to the All-Tournament Team that weekend.
Creighton has won 10 of the 47 regular-season events its played in all-time, but has won back-to-back events just once. That came in 2004, when Creighton won the Comcast Lobo Invitational in Albuquerque before winning the Quality Inn Tiger Invitational in Columbia, Mo., one weekend later.
One Of The Best
Creighton's been on quite a run since the start of last season to rank among the nation's best clubs. Combine a 29-4 campaign in 2012 with this year's 2-0 start and Creighton is 31-4.
The 31-4 mark gives the Jays a .886 win percentage in that span, tied for second nationally behind only Penn State.
Creighton's 31 wins in the same span rank tied for sixth nationally.
Best Win Percentages, Since 2012 (thru 9/3/13)
Name W L Pct.
Penn St. 35 3 0.921
Creighton 31 4 0.886
Stanford 31 4 0.886
Hawaii 29 4 0.879
Western Ky. 35 5 0.875
Louisville 31 5 0.861
Texas 31 5 0.861
Florida St. 30 5 0.857
Florida 30 5 0.857
Southern California 33 6 0.846
Most Wins, Since 2012 (thru 9/3/13)
Penn St. 35 3 0.9211
Western Ky. 35 5 0.8750
Southern California 33 6 0.8462
Oregon 33 6 0.8462
Central Ark. 32 6 0.8421
Creighton 31 4 0.8857
Stanford 31 4 0.8857
Louisville 31 5 0.8611
Texas 31 5 0.8611
Minnesota 31 8 0.7949
Have You Heard?
Jess Bird
made an immediate impact in her first tournament. Bird had a match-high 14 kills and added 12 digs in Creighton's 3-1 win over No. 13 BYU on August 30th.
Bird's 14 kills were the most ever for a player making their Creighton debut, one more than the 13 by JoDe Cieloha in 1994.
Bird's double-double made her the fourth player in CU history to debut with a double-double, but first with a kill-dig double-dip since Cieloha also did it in 1994. The last CU player with a double-double debut had been setter Korie Lebeda (39 assists, 10 digs) in 2005.
Bird added 10 kills in her second career match, joing Cieloha as the second player in CU history with double-digit kills to start a career. Cieloha did it in eight straight matches to begin her career.
No Ordinary Smith
Redshirt freshman MB
Lauren Smith
averaged 2.57 kills and 0.71 blocks per set while hitting a league-best .531 last weekend. As a result, she became the second CU freshman in program history to earn All-Tournament Team honors in her first event as a collegian, joining JoDe Cieloha in 1994.
Smith had nine kills in 14 errorless swings to hit .643 in her debut, a 3-1 win vs. No. 13 BYU. She added four blocks in the win over the highest-ranked team Creighton has ever beaten.
The following morning, Smith once again had nine kills on .444 hitting while adding a block and two digs in a 3-0 sweep at Mid-American Conference favorite Bowling Green.
Smith is the first CU player with nine or more kills on .350 or better hitting in each of the first two matches of her career.
Beating Top Teams
Wins over BYU and Bowling Green made Creighton one of three teams nationally with a pair of wins during the opening weekend over teams that reached the second round of the 2012 NCAA Tournament, joining Illinois and USC.
It was the fourth tournament title for Creighton in the past two seasons, joining the USF Invitational, Northern Colorado Classic and Missouri Valley Conference Tournament that were all claimed last fall.
Season Opening History
With its 3-1 win over No. 13 BYU last Friday, Creighton improved its record to 12-8 in season-opening matches since restarting the program in 1994. Creighton head coach Kirsten Bernthal Booth is 8-3 in opening matches and on a five-year winning streak. The five straight wins in season-openers is the best mark in program history.
Booth also improved to 9-2 in Creighton's first match away from home, helping Creighton improve to 12-8 in such contests all-time.
Creighton's five straight wins in season-openers is the longest active streak in the BIG EAST, one more than St. John's.
Creighton enters Friday's match vs. Northern Colorado with a 12-7 mark in home openers, including a 7-3 mark under
Kirsten Bernthal Booth
Some Fab Freshmen
Jess Bird
last Friday, Creighton has started six true freshmen in a season opener in the last four years, and 12 such players since 2000.
Since 2000, the only true freshmen to start CU's season-opener have been Brittany Coleman (2003), Carolyn Decker (2004), Korie Lebeda (2005), Allie Oelke (2007),
Brooke Boggs
Heather Thorson
Julianne Mandolfo
Katie Neisler
Michelle Sicner
Melanie Jereb
Ashley Jansen
(2012) and Bird (2013).
Seven of those 11 women (Coleman, Decker, Lebeda, Oelke, Mandolfo, Sicner and Jereb) went on to land a spot on the MVC's All-Freshman Team.
Hello World!
Two of the 13 players on Creighton's 2013 team have never played a point at the Division I level, as freshmen
Kenzie Crawford
Amanda Foje
could both make their Division I debut this weekend. Below is the current Creighton players and how they performed in their regular-season collegiate debuts.
Records for a Bluejay debut can be found at the bottom of page seven.
Year Name SP K E TA Pct. A SA DIG TB
Jess Bird
• 4 14 5 29 .310 3 2 12 0
Kelli Browning
5 11 3 31 .258 0 0 1 6
Lauren Smith
• 4 9 0 14 .643 0 0 0 4
Katie Neisler
• 5 5 5 24 .000 1 0 18 1
Melanie Jereb
• 4 5 2 28 .107 0 0 14 0
Savannah Smith
4 3 1 7 .286 0 0 1 2
Leah McNary
2 2 2 6 .000 0 0 0 0
Kate Elman
4 1 0 2 .500 4 1 22 0
Ashley Jansen
• 4 1 0 3 .333 1 1 10 0
Lizzy Stivers
4 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0
Michelle Sicner
• 5 0 1 4 -.250 1 0 9 1
Regular-Season Tournament History
Creighton is 70-70 in the 47 regular-season tournaments it has participated in all-time, including a 10-1 mark since the start of last season.
Kirsten Bernthal Booth
's teams are 50-37 in 31 regular-season tournaments, including eight titles.
Creighton won two regular-season tournaments last season, taking the season-opening USF Invitational as well as the Northern Colorado Classic, before claiming last week's Hampton Inn Invitational.
Creighton had won just two of 16 regular-season tournaments prior to Booth's arrival.
Turned Up To 11
Creighton Volleyball 11 straight home wins are a program record. CU's only home loss since the start of last season came against No. 21 Kansas State during the Bluejay Invitational.
Each of the three previous streaks of six straight home wins or longer were snapped in the Bluejay Invitational.
Creighton's Longest Home Win Streaks
Wins Dates Snapped By
11 Sept. 1, 2012 - Present ? ? ?
8 Sept. 25-Nov. 20, 2010 Northern Illinois, 3-0
7 Oct. 17, 2008-Aug. 28, 2009 #10 Illinois, 3-0
6 Oct. 22, 2005-Sept. 2, 2006 Iowa, 3-2
Some Serious Streaks
Below is a list of the nation's longest active home win streaks, according to numbers tabulated by Creighton's Sports Information office. Creighton's streak ranks eighth-longest.
Longest Active Home Win Streaks (9/3)
Streak School Next Home Match
27 Penn State 9/20
22 North Carolina 9/13
18 Miami (Fla.) 9/13
18 Northeastern 9/20
16 Stanford 9/4
13 San Diego State 9/13
11 Creighton 9/6
11 Idaho State 10/4
The Votes Add Up
Creighton has six matches scheduled against teams that received votes in the preseason AVCA Top 25 poll, including five teams in the top-25.
Creighton plays matches against teams that were preseason ranked No. 11 (Hawai'i), No. 12 (UCLA), No. 13 (BYU), No. 20 (Kansas) and No. 24 (Wichita State).
Creighton also hosts Cal, which received enough points to finish 37th in the voting.
Even after a difficult opening weekend, six of Creighton's next 10 contests come against teams receiving votes in the Sept. 2nd AVCA Top 25 poll.
Among teams in the preseason top-25, Creighton's five non-conference matches vs. top-25 foes is tied for the national lead with Texas, Hawai'i, Florida State and Western Kentucky.
Jays vs. Ranked Teams
Creighton's win over No. 13 BYU last Friday marked the team's third win over a ranked foe in the last five seasons. The Jays defeated No. 25 Wichita State in 2009 and No. 16 Iowa State in 2010. The victory over BYU was the highest-ranked team that Creighton has ever beaten.
Creighton is 3-48 all-time against ranked schools (3-32 under
Kirsten Bernthal Booth
). That includes an 0-26 road record, 1-17 at home and 2-5 at neutral sites.
Creighton vs. Ranked Teams All-Time
Date Opponent Result
09/01/98 at #5 Nebraska L 0-3
09/04/98 vs. #19 Texas A&M (@Pacific) L 0-3
09/05/98 at #11 Pacific L 0-3
09/14/99 at #24 Kansas State L 0-3
10/16/99 #19 Northern Iowa L 0-3
09/08/00 at #6 Hawai'i L 0-3
10/03/00 at #1 Nebraska L 0-3
09/08/01 at #24 Santa Clara L 1-3
09/09/01 vs. #13 UC Santa Barbara (at Santa Clara) L 0-3
09/25/01 at #1 Nebraska L 0-3
10/13/01 #16 Northern Iowa L 0-3
11/09/01 at #18 Northern Iowa L 0-3
09/06/02 vs. #13 Pacific (at Columbia, S.C.) L 0-3
09/21/02 at #7 Northern Iowa L 1-3
09/29/02 at #5 Nebraska L 0-3
10/18/02 #10 Northern Iowa L 0-3
10/04/03 at #10 Northern Iowa L 1-3
11/01/03 #12 Northern Iowa L 1-3
10/10/04 vs. #5 Nebraska (North Platte, Neb.) L 0-3
09/06/05 at #24 Kansas State L 0-3
09/10/05 vs. #3 Stanford (Boulder, Colo.) L 0-3
10/11/05 at #1 Nebraska L 0-3
10/29/05 at #25 Wichita State L 1-3
09/24/06 #1 Nebraska L 1-3
08/31/07 at #1 Nebraska L 0-3
09/02/07 #18 Cal Poly L 0-3
09/15/07 at #13 Minnesota L 1-3
11/10/07 at #24 Wichita State L 0-3
08/29/08 #16 Minnesota L 0-3
09/27/08 #14 Wichita State L 1-3
10/05/08 #2 Nebraska L 0-3
10/24/08 at #12 Wichita State L 0-3
08/29/09 #10 Illinois L 0-3
09/01/09 at #6 Nebraska L 0-3
10/02/09 #25 Wichita State W 3-1
11/10/09 #20 Saint Louis L 0-3
11/20/09 at #21 Northern Iowa L 1-3
11/27/09 #20 Northern Iowa L 0-3
09/01/10 #7 Nebraska L 0-3
09/24/10 #16 Northern Iowa L 1-3
10/23/10 at #14 Northern Iowa L 0-3
11/27/10 at #11 Northern Iowa L 1-3
12/03/10 vs. #16 Iowa State (Minneapolis) W 3-2
12/04/10 at #12 Minnesota L 0-3
09/08/11 at #11 Nebraska L 0-3
10/15/11 #12 Northern Iowa L 0-3
11/11/11 at #12 Northern Iowa L 1-3
09/01/12 #21 Kansas State L 0-3
12/01/12 at #11 Minnesota L 1-3
08/30/13 vs. #13 BYU (Bowling Green, Ohio) W 3-1
As A Ranked Team
Creighton enters this weekend ranked No. 19 nationally. All-time, Creighton is 9-1 when playing as a ranked team in the AVCA poll, including a 1-1 mark as a ranked team while facing a ranked foe.
Creighton As A Ranked Team All-Time
Date CU Rank Opponent Result
11/09/12 25 Indiana State W 3-0
11/10/12 25 Illinois State W 3-1
11/16/12 23 at Wichita State W 3-2
11/17/12 23 at Missouri State W 3-2
11/23/12 21 vs. Illinois State W 3-1
11/24/12 21 vs. Wichita State W 3-0
11/30/12 21 vs. Marquette W 3-0
12/01/12 21 at #11 Minnesota L 1-3
08/30/13 25 vs. #13 BYU W 3-1
08/31/13 25 at Bowling Green W 3-0
Most Improved?
After going 17-14 in 2011, Creighton improved its record to 29-4 in 2012. Extensive research indicates it was tied for the nation's third-largest win increase last year, and second-best among NCAA Tournament teams.
2011 2012 Win
W-L W-L Increase School
17-15 30-5 +13 Central Arkansas*
4-22 17-12 +13 Loyola Chicago
17-14 29-4 +12 Creighton*
4-25 16-13 +12 Akron
9-21 21-11 +12 High Point
9-18 21-9 +12 Southern Illinois
9-22 20-14 +11 Arizona State*
8-20 19-11 +11 Temple
15-14 26-7 +11 Kansas*
*2012 NCAA Tournament Team
Taking The Fifth
Creighton is 33-17 in five-set matches under
Kirsten Bernthal Booth
, including a 4-1 mark last year. That's impressive since Creighton had never finished a season with a winning record in fifth sets prior to Booth's arrival.
Below is a list of Creighton's record in five-set matches on a yearly basis:
Year Set 5 W-L Total W-L
1994 0-2 5-20
1995 0-2 11-19
1996 2-6 9-19
1997 3-5 15-13
1998 2-3 7-18
1999 3-3 13-15
2000 3-3 16-12
2001 1-1 14-13
2002 1-3 3-23
2003 5-1 12-18
2004 4-0 18-11
2005 3-1 16-14
2006 4-2 21-10
2007 2-0 21-10
2008 2-3 18-9
2009 1-4 14-17
2010 3-3 21-12
2011 5-2 17-14
2012 4-1 29-4
2013 0-0 2-0
Total 48-45 282-271
Use The Fours
Creighton went 13-2 last season in four-set matches. According to numbers crunched by Rich Kern of RichKern.com fame, the 13 four-set wins led the country in 2012, one more than Georgia Southern.
This year's team is 1-0 in four-set matches.
2-0 Better Than 0-2
Creighton is 181-8 (.958) all-time when leading a match 2-0, including a 123-2 mark under
Kirsten Bernthal Booth
. They own an 84-4 all-time mark in home matches they lead 2-0 in.
Conversely, the Jays are 7-171 (.039) all-time when trailing a match 0-2, including an 0-58 mark in those home matches. Those seven comebacks from down 0-2 are listed below:
Date Opponent Sets 3-5 scores Coach
09/19/97 at Bradley 15-11, 15-13, 15-8 Wallace
10/01/99 at Drake 15-6, 17-15, 15-11 Wallace
09/03/04 vs. Montana 30-20, 30-21, 15-11 Booth
10/15/04 at Bradley 30-22, 30-23, 15-11 Booth
10/15/05 at So. Illinois 30-25, 30-24, 15-8 Booth
09/21/07 at No. Iowa 31-29, 30-26, 15-12 Booth
11/16/12 at Wichita St. 25-16, 25-20, 16-14 Booth
Survival of the Fittest
Creighton has won six matches under
Kirsten Bernthal Booth
after surviving an opponent's match point. Three of those wins have come against Wichita State.
On the other hand, Creighton is 189-1 under Booth when it reaches a match point opportunity, falling only when it wasted two match points on Sept. 4, 2010 to Iowa in an eventual 20-18 fifth set loss.
Surviving Match Points, Under Booth
Date Opponent MP(s) Faced Final Set 5
08/30/03 vs. McNeese State 13-14, 15-16 18-16
10/10/03 Wichita State 13-14 16-14
10/13/06 at Wichita State 12-14, 13-14, 14-15 17-15
09/11/07 at Drake 13-14, 14-15 17-15
08/26/11 vs. UTSA 12-14, 13-14 16-14
11/16/12 at Wichita State 13-14 16-14
Booth Picks Up Win 300
Kirsten Bernthal Booth
enters this weekend with 301 career college wins after picking up victory No. 300 last Friday vs. No. 13 BYU.
Booth claimed 112 wins at Kirkwood (Iowa) Junior College and has won 189 matches since arriving at Creighton in 2003.
Booth's 189 wins at Creighton are 121 more than the previous recordholder in CU's modern (since 1994 reinstatement) era held by Howard Wallace.
Marian Pipeline
This is the 11th straight season that Creighton Volleyball had at least one product of Omaha Marian High School on the roster, as sophomores
Kate Elman
Ashley Jansen
are in the program.
Interestingly, the Jays had never had a volleyball player from Marian between 1994-2002. Here's a look at Creighton's pipeline of players from Marian.
Kate Elman
Ashley Jansen
Kate Elman
Ashley Jansen
Julianne Mandolfo
2010: Lisa Greisch,
Julianne Mandolfo
2009: Lisa Greisch
2008: Emily Crowley, Korie Lebeda
2007: Korie Lebeda, Katie Mehal
2006: Korie Lebeda, Katie Mehal, Emily Greisch
2005: Korie Lebeda, Katie Mehal
2004: Katie Mehal, Emily Greisch
2003: Emily Greisch
Production Returning
Creighton returns 9-of-14 letterwinners from last season. Below is a breakdown of the production that returns:
Stat Returners Departures
Points 1705.5 (77.8%) 487.5 (22.2%)
Kills 1164 (70.1%) 496 (29.9%)
Digs 1468 (68.3%) 680 (31.7%)
Aces 104 (67.5%) 50 (32.5%)
Matches Started 126 (63.6%) 72 (36.4%)
Blocks 237.5 (62.7%) 141.5 (37.3%)
Assists 256 (16.9%) 1260 (83.1%)
Just Do It, Again
Eleven of Creighton's 29 wins last year came against 2011 NCAA Tournament teams in Ball State, Tulsa, Marquette, Northern Colorado, Missouri State, (twice), Northern Iowa (twice) and Wichita State (three times).
Two of the three teams (Northern Colorado and Cal) that Creighton will face this weekend were in the 2012 NCAA Tournament.
Year W-L vs. Previous Season NCAA Teams
1994 0-4
1995 0-2
1996 0-2
1997 0-3
1998 0-5
1999 2-4
2000 0-4
2001 1-6
2002 0-5
2003 0-3
2004 2-2
2005 0-6
2006 4-6
2007 4-9
2008 6-8
2009 1-11
2010 4-7
2011 2-6
2012 11-2
2013 2-0
TOTAL Under Booth 36-60
BIG EAST Preseason Poll
Creighton has been picked to win the BIG EAST Conference in a preseason poll of league coaches.
CU received 63 points in the poll and seven of a possible eight first-place votes. Marquette received the remained votes for first place and was second with 57 points, while Xavier was third with 50 points.
Creighton also led the way with three of the 12 members on the BIG EAST's preseason all-conference team, a trio that included
Kelli Browning
Melanie Jereb
Leah McNary
Browning was named Co-Preseason Player of the Year, an honor she shared with Marquette setter Elizabeth Koberstein.
This is the first time that Creighton Volleyball has ever been picked to win its league, and the school's first team picked to win the BIG EAST in any sport.
Radio Broadcast Information
Brad Burwell and former Bluejay volleyball player Erin (Swanson) Russell will broadcast at least 10 home matches this season.
The matches will air on KZOT (1180 AM) and KOIL (1290 AM) and be webcast online at www.gocreighton.com as well. The pre-match show typically starts approximately 5-15 minutes before first serve. The post-match show also lasts about 15 minutes and includes post-match interviews.
A complete list of remaining matches follows:
2013 Volleyball Broadcast Schedule
Sept. 6 Northern Colorado (KOIL 1290 AM)
Sept. 7 South Florida (KZOT 1180 AM)
Sept. 7 California (KZOT 1180 AM)
Sept. 10 Kansas (KZOT 1180 AM)
Oct. 11 DePaul (KOIL 1290 AM)
Oct. 13 Marquette (KZOT 1180 AM)
Oct. 18 Xavier (KOIL 1290 AM)
Oct. 20 Butler (KZOT 1180 AM)
Nov. 3 Seton Hall (KZOT 1180 AM)
Nov. 22 Georgetown (KOIL 1290 AM)
Set 1 Result = Match Result
Creighton is 160-18 overall under
Kirsten Bernthal Booth
when it wins set one. In that same time span, CU is just 27-101 under Booth when it drops the first set.
Creighton went 24-1 last season when winning the opening set of a match. The season-ending loss to Minnesota was the first time all season that it lost after leading a match after any completed set.
Last Year Summary
Last year's team finished 29-4 while compiling one of the best seasons from any women's team in Creighton history. The Bluejays closed their 19-year run in the MVC by winning the program's first Valley regular-season and Tournament titles.
CU won early-season tournaments at USF and Northern Colorado before clinching the outright league crown with a memorable 3-2 comeback win at rival Wichita State. The Jays would sweep the Shockers eight days later for the Valley Tourney title, and sweep Marquette to open NCAA Tournament play before falling at Minnesota.
Megan Bober
was named MVC Player of the Year and Tournament MVP, while
Kelli Browning
was tabbed MVC Defensive Player of the Year. Both women were named Honorable Mention All-Americans and were joined on the All-MVC First Team by
Melanie Jereb
Kirsten Bernthal Booth
was named MVC Coach of the Year and CaptainU National Coach of the Year. Creighton spent four weeks in the AVCA Top 25 for the first time, reaching as high as No. 21 before finishing No. 24.
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NEW YORK Syracuse University handled Louisvilles vaunted pressure defense with aplomb and confidence the first half on Saturday night, building an impressive 13-point halftime lead.
But the final 16 minutes turned into a turnover nightmare for the Orange. The Cardinals turned up the heat, eventually caught up and then sprinted past SU for a 78-61 win in the Big East Conference championship game at Madison Square Garden, ending its 34 years in the league.
Second-seeded Louisville (29-5), winning its second straight title, overwhelmed No. 5 SU (26-9) with an unbelievable 49-16 closing run to deny the Orange a fifth Big East crown in a battle of future Atlantic Coast Conference foes.
Its certainly disappointing to play like that the final 15 minutes, SU coach Jim Boeheim said. But I think weve proved down here we are a pretty viable NCAA Tournament team, and that we can play with the best teams in the country.
SU turned the ball over just six times in the opening 20 minutes, and Louisville converted them into just seven points as it fell behind 35-22.
But the second half was a much different story. Fourteen Orange miscues became 25 points for the Cardinals. And that, for all intent and purpose, was the story.
We had handled their press well in the first two games (a win and a loss), Boeheim said. But I believe they are probably the best pressing team in the country. And to play them on our fourth day here, that was the toughest matchup we could have had.
Said Orange senior forward James Southerland: Our communication wasnt nearly as good the second half, and our rotations were slower. Then we just didnt make smart plays during their run.
Freshman forward Montrezl Harrell exploded for 20 points, including 14 during Louisvilles second-half burst. Peyton Siva, tournament MVP for the second straight year, had 11 points, eight assists and four steals.
Junior C.J. Fair led SU with 21 points, making 7-of-10 shots. But after taking 31 shots the first half, making 14, including six 3-pointers, the Orange managed only 18 second-half shots and went 3-for-10 from behind the arc as the offense stalled out.
We took so many bad outside jumpers the first half (shooting 26 percent), so the press wasnt effective, said Louisville coach Rick Pitino, whose team was in the finals for the fourth straight season. In the second half, we worked the post better, went to the high-low a lot, and got better shots. Consequently, we could get into the press more often. You can only press if you make shots.
After taking an impressive 13-point lead into the break, the Orange extended the edge to 45-29 just over four minutes into the second half after back-to-back 3-pointers by Fair and Southerland.
But Louisvilles pressure finally began taking its toll, helping the Cardinals run off 10 straight points and draw within six, 45-39, after a follow shot by Stephan Van Treese with 13:52 to play.
The Orange went nearly three minutes without a point before Fairs follow shot at the 12:51 mark. That, however, would be its only basket over the next 11 minutes as Louisville took control and SU came completely unraveled on both ends of the court for a telling stretch.
A Harrell dunk gave Louisville its first lead, 49-48, with 9:52 left to cap off a 20-3 run. And a Kevin Wares 3-pointer finished off what was a 27-3 spurt, boosting the Louisville lead to 56-48. SU had no answers the rest of the way on offense.
They switched their traps the second half, and we didnt adjust well, said SU sophomore point guard Michael Carter-Williams, who scored 11 points and had nine assists, but also turned the ball over four times. And we didnt get nearly the same shots the second half as the first. Give Louisville credit for how they came out on us.
The Orange continued its stellar offensive and defensive effort of the past four days with a dynamic first half again.
They seized an early 8-0 lead as Fair and Southerland hit 3-pointers, then really turned it on over the final nine minutes of the opening half after Louisville had cut the deficit to 17-15.
SU went on a 16-7 run over the last 8:52, paced by Carter-Williams who scored nine straight points, including a spinning runner in the lane and a banked 3-pointer.
SU, which shot 45 percent from the floor, also held a significant rebounding edge, 24-17.
Probably the worst thing for us was to be up that much at halftime, Boeheim said. It basically forced them to press even harder, and they did a great job of executing and we did not.
Even though it was not the ending it had hoped for, the Orange looked at the Big Apple trip as a positive experience.
Were back on track, and that makes everybody feel better, said senior Brandon Triche, who scored 10 points and made the all-tourney team along with Southerland. Hopefully, well keep taking steps forward after going backwards the last month.
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KU Islamic Dean Dr. Shakeel Auj Shot dead: Apparently another "blasphemy" related issue.
It seems that this blasphemy thing has taken another precious life. This time Karachi University Dean of Islamic Studies Department was killed by some unknown gunmen.
Apparently, the issue is related to some blasphemy allegations on him for some academic opinion he gave.
According to The Express Tribune:
The tragic incident followed the killing of Dr Maulana Masood Baig, another teacher of the same faculty, who was targeted in a similar fashion in North Nazimabad a week earlier, said Gulshan-e-Iqbal Superintendent of Police, Abid Qaimkhani.
The story further says:
On November 6, 2012, Dr Auj had registered an FIR 460/12 in the Mobina Town police station, stating that a message, declaring him guilty of blasphemy, and thus liable to be killed, was circulated via a mobile phone number, 0303 273 8856.
The FIR, a copy of which is available with The Express Tribune, stated that the deceased professor wanted the police to take legal action against those responsible for circulating this message because the accusation of blasphemy with the explicit words 'Dr Shakil Auj maloun ki saza, sar tan se juda [Beheading is the punishment of accursed Dr Shakeel Auj]' could get him killed.
Later, during police investigations, the names of four of Dr Auj's colleagues, including a former dean of Islamic Studies Faculty, Dr Abdul Rasheed, surfaced for their alleged involvement in the circulation of these text messages.
We should strongly condemn this barbaric act in the name of some supposed blasphemy issue. Islam is against all kinds of injustices even with the enemy (let alone a respected professor):
"O ye who believe! Be steadfast witnesses for Allah in equity, and let not hatred of any people seduce you that ye deal not justly. Deal justly, that is nearer to your duty. Observe your duty to Allah. Lo! Allah is Informed of what ye do." [Al-maeda ,8]
Religious extremism was always there in Pakistani society but in the past decade government especially army and military dictatorship of General Musharraf exploited sectarianism and such issues to forward war agenda. People like Tahir ul Qadri, Zaid Hamid, Faisal Raza Abidi etc were promoted in the media to spread venom against other sects and school of thoughts using concepts like blasphemy or some supposed historical concepts. Few years ago, Salman Taseer (Ex-Governor Punjab) was killed by Mumtaz Qadri (a police officer) on blasphemy issue where Salman Taseer merely criticized a man made law 295-C.
Even few days ago, a media channel Geo was targeted for some alleged blasphemy where an anchor used a sectarian song on some actress's re-enactment of wedding. This was done with the backing of ISI and army who were settling their political scores against the channel. Even many so called liberal and progressive civil society members and political figures backed this insane allegation campaign.
Allah never allowed forceful following of religion and in Quran He clearly mentions that :
"There is no compulsion in religion. The right direction is henceforth distinct from error. "(Al-Baqarah, 256)
It's time for us to start adopting reasoning and critical thinking in religious affairs instead of blindly following verdicts of clergy or state. I hope someday principles of justice will prevail against prejudices and hatred.
Strongly condemn state terrorism of Nawaz government against peaceful protesters in Islamabad.
Strongly condemn actions of Nawaz government against peaceful protesters.
However, whatever is happening in Islamabad is not unexpected. People accepted the right of government and security institutions to torture or kill civillians or even bomb the civil areas during Ayub, Yahya, Bhutto, Musharraf, Zia and many other times.
If Nawaz government is using the same wrong principles and excuses like law and order or some national security or some writ of state type excuses to justify their actions then it is also not new.
We have tolerated even worse against people of Bangladesh, FATA, Baluchistan etc and if it is happening with Urban or so called settled area people then it shouldn't be shocking. Its highly condemnable but not unexpected.
Most of us believe in the concept of humanity but for most people the main issue seems to be their definition of the entity called "human".
The definition seems to be greatly dependent on race, religion ,sect, nationality, political ideology and other sources of discrimination.
If wrong actions are accepted as principles just because they are not against "our kind" then we shouldn't feel shocked if same is repeated against us or people we actually consider as humans.
Who Allowed ISIS To Flourish And Who Is Benefiting From Their Murderous Onslaught?
By Yvonne Ridley
Source: http://yvonneridley.org/analysis-and-opinion/who-allowed-isis-to-flourish-and-who-is-benefiting-from-their-murderous-onslaught/
I have no idea where the Islamic State/ISIS/ISIL or whatever name it uses came from, and I'm just as baffled by the roots of its violent ideology. While I never pretend to speak for the diverse community of Muslims living in Britain today, I reckon my views on this will be echoed by the majority who have watched with growing concern the unprecedented rise of this group.
However, just as unprecedented is the childish invective being spewed out by Islamophobes, racists and so-called terrorism experts encouraged by some sections of the British media. They have not helped at all.
While I've blocked most of the jack-booted trolls who patrol Twitterland demanding that anyone who is or even looks like a Muslim should launch an immediate protest march against ISIS, I'm amazed that similar rhetoric is being pushed by elements of the media.
There are many reasons why I've not spoken out against ISIS. For a start, I'm not sure who it is, where it came from or how it is funded. I've not seen such a militarily- and strategically-savvy fighting force emerge in the Middle East before, other than the highly disciplined and much feared Hezbollah. I, like many others, want to know a little bit more about ISIS before making public comments.
Secondly, why should I organise a march against ISIS? I am not responsible for its actions, just as my Jewish friends are not responsible – and nor should they be – for the actions of that other group of violent psychos in the Middle East, the Israeli military. While ISIS enforcers wield head- and limb-chopping knives, Israel drops bombs called Daisy Cutters which also decapitate and maim anyone caught in the fallout.
Thirdly, my silence over ISIS does not mean that I support the group even if some fools take my silence as a sign that I do. Only when I ask some male tweeters to apologise on behalf of rapists, on the grounds that every rapist is a man so they must all be somehow culpable, does the penny drop; occasionally I'll get a muffled apology.
And finally, even if I jumped up and down and declared that "ISIS is the scum of the earth", exactly what would that achieve anyway? I hardly think its leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi is going to lose any sleep over Yvonne Ridley's views.
There are few certainties in the chaos that is now the Middle East. However, what I can say with authority is that the world would never have heard of ISIS had widow-makers George W Bush and Tony Blair not launched their illegal war in Iraq in 2003. The world would also never have seen ISIS develop into the full blown monster that it is if the West had, at the very least, introduced a no-fly zone in Syria after the chemical weapons were unleashed on civilians by Bashar Al-Assad's forces exactly a year ago this week.
The question to ask is this: Who really benefits from the unfolding ISIS spectacle? The big winners are sitting within the Assad regime. It is that regime which was, by the way, suspected of capturing US journalist James Foley who went missing in north-west Syria on 12 November 2012. How on earth did he slip out of the Syrian government's hands into those of the murderous head-chopping maniacs of ISIS?
The former head of the British Army says that the West should sit down and negotiate with Assad to get rid of ISIS, but what if ISIS was created by Assad and his ally Iran, which has members of the elite Republican Guard in parts of Syria?
As crazy as it sounds, that would explain why Nouri Al-Maliki's Iraqi army fell away so easily in the face of ISIS leaving behind a massive arsenal of weapons for the militia to use. It is virtually inconceivable for a trained fighting force to leave all of its kit behind before doing a runner, just as it's virtually inconceivable that a crack fighting force like ISIS could emerge from a rag tag bunch of ill-disciplined rebel fighters buoyed-up by disaffected youngsters from Europe and beyond.
Make no mistake, ISIS's domination of Iraq is nothing short of breath-taking; it has achieved in a matter of weeks what the US and its allies failed to do in 10 years of occupation. This hasn't happened by accident; military victories on this scale take strategic planning and inside help. So who, exactly, is behind ISIS?
This article was first published in the Middle East Monitor.
Gaza,FATA,Nazi Germany, Israel and Pakistan: Some random thoughts for my troop worshiping Pakistani friends
I have been writing for some time against crimes committed by the Pakistani/USA and other forces in this fake war on terror and Israeli occupation and bombings of Palestinian territory. I have also been observing the reactions of people against and in favor of both operations, wars, genocide or mass murders (Whatever you want to label them).
What I see is that most of us believe in the concept of humanity but for most people the main issue seems to be their definition of the entity called "human".
The definition seems to be greatly dependent on race, religion ,sect, nationality, political ideology and other sources of discrimination. This discrimination blinds many people to the extent that they start considering the lives of a 2 years old on one side of the conflict as less important one than on the other side of the conflict.
If we look at Israeli attacks over Gaza and Pakistan army attacks over FATA then we will see that there is not much difference between Benjamin Netanyahu and Nawaz/Raheel Sharif operations. Same logic of targeting particular groups but in reality damaging lives and properties of common people. Also there is not much difference between pro-war Israelies who were shown on the media enjoying bombings over Gaza and pro-war troop worshipers and fake liberals (In reality sectarian and social class fascists) of Pakistan who support and enjoy aerial bombings and heavy ground bombings over populated areas of FATA. Not to forget another thing. Israel and Egypt's dictator Al-Sissi both have closed their borders for Gaza refugees and here in Pakistan both Sind and Punjab are doing the same with IDPs.
Ask a Pakistan army supporter about Israeli actions and he will use the all the harsh words he or she has against the Israelis and will condemn the attacks strongly. Ask him if these attacks are similar then you will receive harsh words for your self and things like, "There is no general public living in Waziristan & FATA area where Pak Army is doing bombing." Similarly ask an Israeli army supporter about war in Gaza and similarity between their actions and the actions of Hitler's Nazi Germany and he will say " There is no general public living in GAZA area where Israeli Army is doing bombing"
Reality is people don't care as long as its their men doing their job and it's not our head facing the bullet or bombings.
No one is asking from Pakistan army that which high-profile targets were targeted? what are the identities of all those hundreds of so-called Uzbaks? what is the proof that all these so-called Uzbaks were terrorists or they were the refugees we accepted for many years or they were from the younger generation of the old soldiers Pak/US trained to fight the Soviets or were they common tribal people?
Similarly not many in Israel will ask their army about the hatred these bombings will create in the region against Israelis or how long can they bully the whole region and how the actions are different from what Hitler did?
The thing is that long as boots on the ground are our's , bombs from sky are our's and it's not us or the people we care are being targeted, all is OK!
We need to oppose the idea of using aerial bombings over civilian population areas (whether so-called enemy areas or so-called our areas) on principle not on prejudices.
Fear of the other kind is a useful tool in the hands of people like Hitler, Netanyahu, Pakistan's very own dictator Yahya, Musharraf, Bashar al Assad, Stalin, Mussolini, Bush, Obama and others like them.
It's up to the common people to reject this "creating fear and controlling masses" policy. We need to do it not just for the other side and their rights as humans but also for our rights and freedom too.
Wrong actions and policies, if accepted as norms or principles will eventually hit us too and we will have no moral justification to oppose such actions if we would have supported them in the beginning against other people.
Bonfire of dolls lit by Jews in Israel to protest at slaughter of children in Gaza: Thankyou JAG for keeping the hope of peace alive
I felt some hope today when I read a group of Jewish people in Israel showed solidarity with the children of Gaza by protesting in Israel against the genocide of Palestinians by Netanyahu regime.
Salute to these people who took part in the protests organized by Jews Against Genocide (JAG) movement.
People who have suffered the horror of a genocide should feel the pain especially when their own government is doing the same with Palestinians.
When Hitler was doing his massacre of humanity, there were people like Oskar Schindler in Germany who were keeping the humanity alive.
I am glad to see the other side of Israel which shows there is still a chance of peace.
Fear of the other kind is a useful tool in the hands of people like Hitler, Netanyahu, Pakistan's very own dictator Yahya and others like them.
Its up to the common people to reject this "creating fear and controlling masses" policy. We need to do it not just for the other side and their rights as humans but also for our rights and freedom too.
Wrong actions and policies, if accepted as norms or principles will eventually hit us too and we will have no moral justification to oppose such actions if we would have supported them in the beginning against other people.
According to a news on Stopwar.org.uk:
Bonfire of dolls lit by Jews in Israel to protest at slaughter of children in Gaza
JEWISH PROTESTERS set fire to dolls to symbolise the children of Gaza to bring a glimpse of the horror that Gaza faces to Israel's doorstep.
On 12th July 2014, a group called Jews Against Genocide (JAG) held a memorial service for Palestinian children killed by Israel in its current attack on Gaza. JAG set aflame to a pile of dolls covered in red paint at Yad Vashem, Israel's holocaust memorial museum.
Jews Against Genocide (JAG) is a movement of Jews from all over the world, including Israelis, who are protesting against Israel's intent to commit genocide against the non-Jewish indigenous people of Palestine.
Terrorist Attack on Gaza by Israeli Zionist-Nazi regime and silence of so called civilized world
While the world is busy in watching football, the Zionist-Nazi regime of Israel has launched fresh raids over Gaza and killed dozens of civilians in the process. The so called civilized world is silent on the issue as the so called chosen people of Israel are merely killing the lesser people of Palestine.
Its time we need to realize how Zionist terrorism is destabilizing the whole region through its terrorist activities and terrorizing the whole world. People of the so called civilized who support Israel should stand up and ask their government that why they are supporting a genocide of Palestinians and why they are supporting an apartheid regime of Israel?
Even people in Israel who believe in justice and human rights should stand up against these actions as it will make their lives more difficult. If Israelis want to come out of existential threat then they need to make peace with Palestinians and bombings will not take make their lives easier.
We strongly condemn this terrorism by Israeli forces and Benjamin Netanyahu's fascist regime.
Israel kills dozens in two days of Gaza raids : Al-Jazeera News
Hundreds of air attacks shake Gaza, leaving 41 dead, as Palestinian fighters fire rockets into Israel.
Tel Aviv – Israeli air raids have killed at least 41 people in the Gaza Strip as its operations inside the Palestinian enclave entered its third day.
Palestinian officials on Wednesday said the Israeli attacks, which number in their hundreds, had also wounded more than 300 people.
Palestinian fighters have continued to fire mortar bombs and rockets into Israel, with some reaching Tel Aviv. No casualties have been reported.
Local media in Gaza said that one of the Israeli attacks targeted the house of a commander in the Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas. Casualties figures are unknown.
Footprints: Dispatches from North Waziristan- Article in DAWN by Sailab Mehsud
by Sailab Mehsud
Source: http://www.dawn.com/news/1117751/
IT has not gone unnoticed that ever since Operation Zarb-i-Azb was launched, details emerging about the operation are completely one-sided. Few details are appearing from the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan and those trapped in the area. The ISPR has been constantly issuing press releases making various claims, such as killing scores of militants, on a daily basis. But my clandestine trips to Mirali and Miramshah and the ordinary people that I met in Bannu show a different picture.
I met 65-year-old Zahir Shah from Miramshah in Bannu who was with his family in a truck. He had one of the most heart-rending stories to narrate about his difficult journey. "It feels like the Day of Judgment. I may seem alive to you but inside I am dead. No warnings were given about the impending operation. The bomb attacks started suddenly and I had to leave two of my sick children behind. I handed them over to Shawwal Scouts belonging to the Afridi tribe requesting them to bury my children should they die."
Shah's version appears to have some basis because some local journalists and I had managed to slip into Dattakhel, a village west of Miramshah in North Waziristan Agency, and were present on June 15 when a curfew was imposed unexpectedly and the operation was launched without a proper announcement. The aman jirga and the tribal maliks had been meeting officials for nearly a month to delay the operation. However, this did not happen.
According to Shah and other IDPs, Miramshah Bazaar, a source of livelihood for many, has been completely destroyed. "Air strikes have killed many civilians including women and children and hardly any terrorists. Ordinary civilians have also been shot at sight," claimed Shah. Though Shah said this with authority, his claim — like those of the military — cannot be independently verified.
I was in Mirali nearly 20 days ago. There I saw a house reduced to rubble and I could smell decomposing human flesh. A bystander claimed that the house was bombarded at 1:30am in which 24 members of a family were killed. A girl of about seven to eight years of age survived. Noor Behram, a journalist friend, also undertook an arduous 26-hour journey from Miramshah to Bannu with his family when the operation began unannounced. "There was no way to get out. Roads were closed. We walked all the way to the Sadgai checkpoint on the Bannu-Miramshah Road. My wife and children traversed hidden paths; climbed mountainous tracks all day and night to somehow reach the checkpoint, which is a mere 25-minute drive by car from Miramshah. But it took us 26 hours to reach the checkpoint."
Behram also spoke about the ordeal he and the other IDPs have faced at the hands of security forces during registration. First is the seemingly never-ending wait with thousands of men, women, children, senior citizens and invalids waiting for their turn. Then, everyone goes through a body search, their CNICs are checked, they are cross-questioned and are handed chits which basically say that they are not Taliban and are going to Bannu.
And there are numerous such tales. Mohammad Saiyyid said that air strikes nearly flattened his house. "I was picking bits of rubble when my wife screamed at me and said leave all this, let's take whatever remains of our essential belongings, grab the children and get out of here. We thought we were the only ones but when I turned to look at my house for the last time I saw a sea of people behind me with their belongings and their families. We went uphill and covered a path of many kilometres. Women in our households observe strict purdah, to see them like this in the open…," Saiyyid couldn't speak further.
After hearing everyone's stories, I cannot help but recall Operation Rah-i-Nijaat launched in 2009 in South Waziristan. At the time, the army claimed that within two months the operation would end. It has been five years and the operation is ongoing. Thousands of Mehsuds were displaced and are now living a difficult life in Tank, Bannu and Dera Ismail Khan with some of them subsisting on leftover rotis. The Taliban are present in South Waziristan where they are engaged in an insurgency against the state.
A Taliban commander Gilamand Mehsud called me up and admitted that their men have been killed and injured but not in the hundreds as claimed by the army. "So far nine men have been killed and five injured," asserted Mehsud.
However, my sources tell me that four days ago, six bodies were found lying in Mirali Bazaar and by their appearance they seem to be Taliban. So far neither the army nor the Taliban have claimed them.
—As narrated to Maleeha Hamid Siddiqui


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Samsung is preparing the release of a new touchscreen phone with Wi-Fi called the Samsung S5560. It appears to be a pretty solid contender on the mid-level cell phone market. Equipped with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and a Browser with Java support, it should make an excellent choice for everyday business use. The battery gets up to an impressive 9.5 hours of talk time, a huge plus for the busy professional. Boasting a 3 inch touchscreen with 240x 400 pixel resolution it will make using internet functions a breeze whether reading and responding to emails or general browsing. Minimal outside controls means that most navigation will be through touchscreen commands only. Like previous Samsung models the Samsung S5560 will utilize their TouchWiz user interface. An accelerometer sensor allows you to view images in portrait or landscape view switching automatically when you tilt the phone to the side.
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Jannette Corpus, Director of Information Technology, also has Information Security Officer duties at Cal Maritime.
Information Security System-wide Security Policy
The CSU is enhancing its information security program by developing a set of system-wide information security policies and supports standards. The CSU contracted with a consulting firm to assist in the development of a system-wide responsible use policy, information security policy and supporting standards.
The policies and standards are intended to provide direction and support to campuses in their efforts to protect CSU information assets and provide privacy protection to individuals in accordance with applicable laws and regulations and university requirements. The policies and standards help promote and encourage appropriate use of information assets. Campuses may supplement, but not supersede, the system-wide policies and standards by developing additional campus policies and standards.
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By RICHARD SHAWSun Advocate publisher
The lack of securing a federal grant that usually supports adult education in Carbon County for the next two years will put a real damper on what the program can do for nontraditional students, Adult Education Coalition Committee members were told on Tuesday morning.
"Our money for these programs is almost gone from what we had in the past," said Karlene Bianco, the director of adult education for the Carbon School District. "We have enough to barely float the program through this year, but with the loss of the grant we are down to 20 percent of the money we usually have for it."
Carbon's adult education program has often been cited as one of the best in the state, with high graduation rates and the ability of those who run the program working in a very cooperative way with such agencies as Adult Probation and Parole, the Division of Workforce Services, Vocational Rehabilitation and other support groups.
"When I go to meetings at the state people are always amazed that we can all work together so well," said Deanna Sweet, who retired from the district last year after working with the program and now serves part time as a counselor at the Lighthouse. "They don't seem to be able to do that in the more populated areas of the state."
The cuts affect a lot of things in the program, but nothing more than it has the ABC Learning Center in East Carbon. That program was already in jeopardy because the teacher who was handling the classes there had decided not to do it this year anyway. But hiring anyone else to take over is now impossible because of the lack of funds.
"We really regret having to close that program, but we had little choice considering the situation," said Bianco.
But the budget woes are also even bigger than just losing the federal dollars because the state has also changed the way they give funding to the program. In the past the payoff from the state was heavy on the side of GED/adult high school diploma funding. That formula has been changed and now funding will be judged by a number of factors. Money will come from the following factors:
*25 percent will come from how many students are enrolled.
*20 percent will come from the program being able to show level gains or the progress of students in the program.
*18 percent will come from the total contact hours the student has with the classes being held (There will be no funding for any students who have less than 12 hours of contact time. That basically cuts out credit time for funding for testing and evaluation which still has a cost because someone must be paid to do it,)
*17 percent will be based on students who actually achieve a GED/diploma.
*Nine percent will come from the credits earned by students in the programs.
*The remaining 11 percent is provided by a base given to all adult education programs.
Bianco said the program will be operating on about $59,000 this year, but next year they will only have about $49,000.
"This all means that testing to see what students have achieved and attendance by students enrolled will become all important," stated Bianco. "The fact is that the basic Utah program is already very minimal at meeting federal targets anyway."
Despite this gloom and doom about money the program passed an audit by the state last year that produced few negative comments or corrections that needed to be made.Bianco said the program got "zinged" a little concerning testing scores, which affected some reporting numbers. Otherwise it was pretty positive.
Because of the lack of funds, fees for adult attendees will go up this year. For individuals the cost will go up from $25 to $50. Agencies that use the program will have to pay $100.
The federal funding for the program comes in a two year block, so the district hasn't lost it forever. The district isn't alone either. At least 20 other adult education programs in Utah were denied funds this year as well, with only a few getting funding.
"We'll get through this, we always do. It's just a roller coaster ride right now as to what we can do for the next couple of years," concluded Bianco.


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Kansas City, MO – Seven Beloit College Men's Basketball players have earned mention on the National Association of Basketball Coaches Honors Court for the 2012-13 season. The organization announced today.
The Buccaneers were also part of the inaugural Team Academic Excellence Awards, which recognizes outstanding academic achievement by a team with a cumulative grade-point-average of 3.0 or better for the 2012-13 season, counting the gpa's of every member of the team.
The NABC Honors Court recognizes student-athletes who excelled in academics during the 2012-13 season. The Court acknowledges the talents and gifts these men possess off the court and the hard work they exhibit in the classroom. Criteria includes being a junior or senior who has been at their particular institution at least one year and maintained a cumulative grade-point-average of 3.20 or higher during the recently-completed academic year.
The Buccaneer honorees, all seniors to be, are Chris Bremner, a Studio Art major from Boulder, Colorado (Shining Mountain Waldorf School); Mitch Carlson, a Business Economics major from Pewaukee, Wisconsin (Lake Country Lutheran); Steve Dowden, an English/Education major from Walworth, Wisconsin (Big Foot); Max King, a Psychology major from Rosholt, Wisconsin; James Lazarcik, a Chemistry/Pre-Med major from La Crescent, Minnesota; Joe Poshepny, a Bio-Chemistry/Pre-Med major from Viroqua, Wisconsin; and Laramie Wieseman, a Biology/Education major from Lake Geneva, Wisconsin (Badger).
The Bucs' seven honorees led the Midwest Conference, with Grinnell putting five on the team and Lake Forest and Ripon one each. The group was also the most in the state of Wisconsin, which saw Wisconsin-Stout with four and the University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin-Eau Claire and Wisconsin-Milwaukee with two each.
For the Team Academic Excellence Awards, Beloit was joined by Grinnell as the only MWC teams honored. In the state of Wisconsin the Buccaneers were one of only two recognized, along with Wisconsin-Eau Claire.


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OGDENSBURG Green is coming back this weekend.
The seventh annual Ogdensburg GreenMarket will return to Library Park for the summer and fall season from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. today. The popular venue for locally grown produce and meats as well as crafts also will be open from 2 to 5 p.m. Thursdays beginning May 16 outside Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center at King Street and Mansion Avenue.
Fifteen vendors are scheduled to show up today, many of them GreenMarket veterans.
We got some new ones, too, said Sandra M. Porter, market manager and executive director of the Greater Ogdensburg of Commerce.
Todays GreenMarket will include the Mothers Day market with gift suggestions hanging baskets, bedding plants, perennials, jewelry and others for Sundays observance.
The markets vendors accept food stamps, WIC and senior coupons.
To join the GreenMarket, call the chamber at 393-3620.
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Admissions Criteria and Requirements
Core Courses
Course Pairs
Applicants for admission to the Master of Science Program with a Bio/Cheminformatics option typically have an undergraduate degree in computer science or a related discipline such as mathematics, physics, biochemistry or engineering. Students wishing to enroll in the Master's program in Computer Science with Bio/Cheminformatics option must demonstrate competency in the knowledge areas listed below. Competency in these areas is usually demonstrated by producing a transcript of previous academic experience which contains related courses passed with a B or better, or by earning a B or better in the courses listed below. Competency in the biology and chemistry area may be demonstrated by successfully passing a CLEP exam. Additional information regarding these exams may be obtained at the CollegeBoard website. The following are the knowledge areas in which competency must be demonstrated:
Biology 81.111 Principles of Biology I
Chemistry 84.121 Chemistry I and 84.122 Chemistry II
Discrete Mathematics 92.321 Discrete Structures I and 92.322 Discrete Structures II
C or C++ through Data Structures 91.250 Accelerated C with Data Structures or 91.101 Computing I and 91.102 Computing II
Programming Languages 91.301 Organization of Programming Languages
Computer Architecture 91.305 Computer Architecture
Operating Systems 91.308 Introduction to Operating Systems
Analysis of Algorithms 91.404 Analysis of Algorithms
Calculus 92.125 Calculus A and 92.126 Calculus B or 92.131 Calculus I and 92.132 Calculus II
Core courses: Total 9 credits
91.502 Foundations of CS
91.503 Algorithms
91.531 Design of Programming Languages
The following course pairs are selected from the approved list of Computer Science pairs, these courses have been chosen because they complement the goals of the bio/cheminformatics option.
Total 12 Credits (Two pairs of courses from the approved list of CS pairs.)
91.503 Algorithms I
91.546 Graphics I
91.504 Algorithms II
91.547 Graphics II
91.573 Database I
91.573 or 91.574 Database I or II
91.574 Database II
91.550 Data Mining
91.573 or 91.574 Database I or II
91.546 or 91.547 Graphics I or II
91.522 Analysis and Design
91.541 Scientific Data Visualization
91.523 or 91.525 Software Engineering I or II 91.550 Data Mining
91.523 or 91.525 Software Engineering I or II
91.521 SWD in Context
91.526 Project Management
91.503 or 91.504 Algorithms I or II
91.543 Artificial Intelligence
91.553 Parallel Processing
91.550 Advanced Data Mining
91.503 or 91.504 Algorithms I or II
91.513 Internet and Web Systems I
Topics Course Data Mining
91.514 Internet and Web Systems II
91.503 or 91.504 Algorithms I or II
91.503 or 91.504 Algorithms I or II
91.510 Computational Methods in Molecular Biology
91.543 Artificial Intelligence
Electives - Total 9 credits
Three additional courses will be taken from the list of approved bio/cheminformatics approved courses. The list below is for example only and it includes the current approved courses. This list will be updated as new courses are added to the program.
81.505* (3 credits) Bioinformatics
81.507* (1 credit) Bioinformatics Laboratory (coreq. 81.405)
81.519 (3 credits) Biochemistry I
81.520 (3 credits) Biochemistry II
81.501 (3 credits) Selected Topics I
81.502 (3 credits) Selected Topics II
81.567 Recombinant DNA Techniques
84.651 Selected Topics in Chemistry: Protein and Chemical Informatics
84.550 (3 credits) Biochemistry I
84.551 (3 credits) Biochemistry II
84.567 (3 credits) Biocheminformatics
84.568 (3 credits) Computational Chemistry
84.570 (3 credits) Advanced Protein Chemistry
84.580 Advanced Analytical Biochemistry
92.593 (3 credits) Experimental Design (Mathematics Department)
Although Organic Chemistry is not required as a prerequisite, some of the courses offered as part of this degree rely on knowledge of this subject.
Students should be aware that the above courses may only be used toward the Bio/Cheminformatics option. If the entire requirements of the option are not completed then these courses cannot be applied in isolation toward the M.S. in Computer Science.
Program Total: 30 credits (assuming prerequisites have been filled)
An optional master's thesis can be substituted for at most 6 credits, and may be used to substitute for one pair of related courses.