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Two former world number one stars, Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka, triumphed over their respective rivals in the fourth round at the Roland Garros 2013 on Monday. Sharapova jolted down a 6-4, 6-3 victory against Sloane Stephens,
The second seed, Sharapova showed her class at the Stade Roland Garros. She swiftly slid her entire serves with conviction. The Russian got the breakthrough in the seventh game and clinched the opener with a 6-4 score line.
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2. Helen Fielding released the cover for the new Bridget Jones novel. I told you guys two weeks ago that the Bridget Jones series are my two favorite movies . I'm thrilled beyond words that a third book installment is coming this October!
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This was our 3rd cruise together in our 9 years of marriage. Click here to see our Italian Riviera cruise (and I apologize in advance for how pregnant I am!) and click here to see when we took our kids on a Scandinavian cruise.
The next morning, we woke up bright and early and I ate breakfast in our cabin while watching Fraiser (I'm on a cruise ship...my choices were limited! I'm so glad he brought those DVDs for me!), while Andrew ate on the Lido deck.
After a morning in Eze, we took another bus up to Nice. I found a little bakery and bought myself some macaroons. alamo car rental canada (We have an understanding in our marriage...if I see a macaroon, I buy it. I looooove a good coconut macaroon!).
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Soooooooo glad I was able to score that maxi skirt for you. It s such a great addition to your wardrobe! And I am loving getting to go on vacation with you guys! Your room looks like the biggest room I have ever seen on a cruise ship. SO FUN!
This is reminding me of the cruise that we took a few years ago only in reverse (started in Athens and ended in Barcelona). We were on Oceania Cruise lines and were definitely one of the youngest people on there and I completely agree with you about older couples making great cruise companions. Love looking at your pictures.
Hi Shay, I ve been looking forward to getting to the cruise part of your vacation! Looks like y all had a great time! My husband and I are big cruisers, and there aren t many other people around the same age who like it so much. We re leaving in 3 weeks for the Greek Isles, our fifth cruise together since our honeymoon in September 2011. I ll look forward to seeing your packing lists, too! Katy (in Austin)
King Kevin...hilarious! Okay so this looks like a fabulous way to see that part of the world. I ve never really had a desire alamo car rental canada to take a cruise (partly because I m scared alamo car rental canada I ll get sea sick). I didn t know you could see so much in a day! That looks like a lot of fun! I m enjoying traveling vicariously for the moment!
Two things : #1) you guys look so , so happy! Like glowing!! A good vacation will do that to you I guess!! #2) are those pink Sketchers go walk shoes ?! If so...... Are they not the most comfy things on the planet!? They re coming to the grave with me. They a fabulous!! Xoxo Jen
I had to laugh because my husband and I are the same way with the older tourist crowd. Sometimes it is by choice and most of the time by accident. We went on a Costa cruise alamo car rental canada to Scandanavia a few years ago and loved it because we got to meet so many older Italians. And girl I stop everytime I have a Macaroon sighting too!
I have always wanted to visit Monte Carlo! Did you get to check out the casino at all? It looks like you used Holland America for your other cruises. Do you like them the best? I have been on Carnival and Royal Caribbean before, but I was wondering if Holland was better. I love me a good macaroon!
This post made me totally want to go to Nice. And the photos alamo car rental canada of your food made me super hungry! alamo car rental canada I m not typically a fan of cruises {I ve been on 3} but the way you describe it makes it sound fantastic!!
Such a stylish traveler...love that!!! I want more pics of the towns too...those look amazing! And um, we ve been on one cruise (it was with kenny chesney, before alamo car rental canada he got buff, but that s another story), and our room looked NOTHING like that!!! Well done upgrade!
I m so glad you named Smith Smith and not George. :-) And I m not a fan of cruises but I like the way you think about the old people. Scott and I are kind of like old people anyway - we would fit in.
I love Smith s name! SO much better than George!! Anyway, your cruise looks like it was so much fun!! I really want to go to Europe! All of your vacation outfits are adorable, too. So glad you got that maxi! I really wish I had bought one before they all sold out!

Mugabe is talking and acting like a man who knows it does not matter if every single registered vote

(ANALYSIS)MDC-T had the last laugh over its opponents with a ground swelling rally of red sea that engulfed Harare all day Monday. Dubbed the Cross-Over rally, it lived up to expectation and it could be concluded that it did send shivers to the man currently occupying the State House and still bidding to remain there.
Yes, MDC-T were the last pipers on Monday arizona car rentals and played their own tune but can they take the tune to the last day of the election season, and prove wrong the oldest adage that one who pays the piper calls the tune? For the first time in Zimbabwe s 33 year history, the entire outer Sheraton grounds (Harare s Golden Hotspot) were glittering in red with music and loud shouts of victory which could be heard from as far away as Belvedere and the Avenues.
Now, battle lines have been drawn but the ground is uneven according to reports surfacing as the country approaches election eve. Tsvangirai and his party have already accepted that they are being frog-marched into this election, but can they beat the odds and ride over the rigging wave that has disappointed  them all these years.
Interesting that they paint the city red, then on another day they claim they are being intimidated , being beaten and so on yet everyone is free to support whoever they wish as we can see from this picture.
Kana rwendo runo akaba maresults edu oti ndiye avhoterwa, tinoifira arizona car rentals Zimbabwe kusiri kufa hapana. Ajaira Robert. Akutora Zimbabwe secompound yake. Ngaanyare mhani. Haaoni kuti achembera zvokusagona kuita kana chinhu?
i feel e pressure is on zanu pf to give pple some amazing offering y create a thot that mdc is better u maje an advertisement yekuti combi yatorwa necouncil yatsvangirai as if the law belongs to him indeginisation does not mean lawlessness pple are clustered in epworth and u claim to want em gve smethin nw.
Repeat of 2008. Don t underestimate Mugabe s rigging machinery. He has been rigging since 2002. Iam not sure though if his rigging skills will be enough to circumvent the will of the people this time around.There has been a tremendous ground swell of anti Mugabe sentiment.
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Best wishes MDC may God be with you and all the citizens voting tomorrow. Zimbabwe is my birth country and sadly I am no longer there but will wear red in support. This fight has been too long . I can feel the freedom although the zanu PF trickery is a concern for all us.
TSVANGIRAI PAINTED HARARE RED .WITH HIS STUPID FOLLOWERS .I remembered his statements in the year 2002 -he said VANHU VARINGOMERA KUNGE HOWA the second statement said MURIKUTI MURIKUSHAYA CHIKAFU,MUCHANYATSOSHAISISA the MDT-C Leader is spreading HATE again to Zimbabweans and he threatened war veterans and Army Service Chiefs and Traditional Chiefs arizona car rentals to punish them when elected to office what kind of a Leader is he?? who want rule the Country by solving his grudges on other Zimbabweans ..please arizona car rentals tell me Clement Moyo
God s will, God s tym. If any man thinks he is greater than Him let him languish in deceit. 4 surely, by day the nets of such deceit will catch him, and even his gun, shall be used against him mysteriously. As we cast our votes, let no man think any wiser. 4 all things that do take place here on earth are God tymed. If any man refuse to accept the outcome thereof, he should know that he/she arizona car rentals is working against the mighty hand! His wrath shall be upon such! For Zimbabwe arizona car rentals is God s!!!
Revolutions have a life of their own. Once they start nobody can stop them, not even Robert Gabriel Mugabe. The people cannot arizona car rentals be denied their will for ever. The more you deny them, the more they will want it.
Zvimwe ndezvimwe zanu bvumai kuti hamuchadiwa. Ko yema rates yakazopera sei. ndovaka arizona car rentals kanzurirwa mabills emvura ka ava. kokuzoti dai musina kukanzura mabills hamafambika muharare. VIVA MORE GAIN FOR MORE. mugabe HAMBA
God gave us wisdom and chance to choose between good and bad. it is so so surprising to still see blind folded people. If Zanu is in the hearts of the people, then why use treats and force. there is one interesting secret, no matter how hard you try, you messed arizona car rentals up so what is it that you will use to convince the people.anyone who is sorber,will never vote for znpf. You forced me to yr rallies,made me wear your t/shirt and cap but i will never give you my vote. MDC-T TAPINDA. kutodada nekuriga, zvapera hamunyare.
I would like to thank the mighty Baba Jukwa for enrooting the evil thugs for their regrettable rigging tactics for yrs. You are the corner stone for the change in our country. All the eyes are on you on the celebration date. We adore and cherish you.
Yesterday i decided to drive to Bulawayo to see old friends before i go back to China next week and had the opportunity to visit a few clubs like Horizon,BAC and Cape To Cairo. While we were at the Horizon i had conversation with one gentleman who told me a very interesting story about Chematama.He told me that while Chematama was addressing a rally at White City Stadium last week he referred to the late Vice President Joshua Nkomo, Nikita Mangena and Lookout Masuku as sovereignities.
Chando Kupusa looks like you have run out of zanoo steam and been reduced to being a bar gossiper. What ever girlie gossip you shared with your man lover will not stop the inevitable change Zimbabwe sorely needs.
Sellout bandits pliz give us cadres a break! We find the noise u are making a big nuisence! As sure as the sun will rise 2morrow, I promise u, total and absolute massacre in the ballot. Harare arizona car rentals city is a heaven for sellout goons.so even if u fill n spill Chibuku stadium , do u seriously think we gonna loose sleep. If it was UMP, Mudzi, Mt Darwin etc, nigger u cld have gotten our attention!
This clearly shows Zimbabweans are now mature no violence and rallies are allowed and people will chose there leader tomorrow and we pray the will of the people will be respected. Well done Tsvangirai your rally this monday was massive ahead of tomorrow but lets wait and see tomorrow who will win because Mugabe rallies were also packed in other areas especially rural areas and even Bulawayo was packed so tisa dherere Zanu Pf nekuti it did not have a star rally like the Harare on red monday. Well done Zimbabweans for been mature on this crucial elections
If those who a living now cannot remember our history and our real destination those resting in Chimoio, arizona car rentals Nyadzonya, Warren arizona car rentals Park and other heroes acres will wake up to remind the nation arizona car rentals of our true destiny.
True revolutionaries understand that our nation is divided into idea camps. We are united because we seek change to make Zimbabwe a just society. However if we fail to remember one fact, that no one else can create arizona car rentals a better Zimbabwe than us we will fail to find common ground and there a consequences to any society that sells it s soul. Sustainable arizona car rentals change is not based on cheap promises. arizona car rentals Sustainable change is based on a shared set of values and a vision that can stand the test of time. Tomorrow there is only one winner. A leader who leads through values and discipline. We are all free Zimbabweans today, even free enough to digress. Let s not forget the real price of such freedom and mostly let s not forget the purpose of those who were maimed, brutalised, incacerated and murdered. Our vote is their only hope remaining for their noble purpose to be fulfilled. Change brought by independence must never be reversed lets move forward as a liberated people. Let s vote for a legacy of a sovereign Zimbabwe. That s our only source of true greatness. Zimbabwe will stand when tested tomorrow because Zimbabwe is an enduring, self determined civilisation.
Mugabe arizona car rentals is talking and acting like a man who knows it does not matter arizona car rentals if every single registered voter elects to vote against him his riggers have ensured he will still have enough rigged arizona car rentals votes to win outright in the first round.
When I listened to Tsvangirai at this rally, arizona car rentals I finally saw a statesman, and not just a politician. We have all suffered, Morgan as well. But he is not bitter. Mugabe, on the other hand, is full of hate hate of every one who is not his fawning crony. Zimbabwe does not need or deserve such a hater. We need someone to unite us all. God bless Zimbabwe. The time for change has come.
musanyanyofara henyu nekuti Harare arizona car rentals is a MDC stronghold so it doesnt mean yahwina the other thing being Mugabe not stupid enough Bhora mugedhi Kuti Jongwe ndokuti Tobaiwa Mudede ndokuti kuhwina machinja get ready to cry again

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The real problem lies in expecting every school to teach the same, motivate the same and accomplish the same, when in reality their students are very different. Sure children have potential, but for those who come to school daily unprepared and unsupported, real learning becomes much harder. These video game, I-tune, and You Tube trained minds learn differently. This is why the razzle dazzle tech dependent learning works only in the short run. Real learning must be modeled and applied at home and in the community.
NCLB never acknowledged the hurdles which marginalized students needed to overcome in order compete on the same playing field. Erroneously, it blamed teachers for student failure. With it's demise, I wonder if we have learned anything beyond downtown toronto hotels the same political gibberish.
I would argue that it was closer to the late 80s (when I graduated high school) that things changed. downtown toronto hotels My class was the first to have to take a general knowledge and skills test created by the state in addition to passing all required classes to graduate. It also seems like this was around the time that daycares were being built on every street corner and taking babies as young as six weeks old became acceptable - which leads me to the belief that a large portion of the population from ALL financial sectors view public education as nothing more than the end of out-of-pocket daycare expenses. downtown toronto hotels When 5 year olds show up to kindergarten not knowing basic skills but can get to level 10 in Angry Birds, someone is guilty of neglect!! The finger gets pointed at the schools for the next 13 years because no one DARES hold parents of preschoolers accountable prior to that. Once upon a time, going to school was a privilege and valued by the family. Now, for many, it's just free lunch and babysitting services. So sad.
No Child Left Behind,You Know,because,You Know,was never funded by local or the state level as surely You Know,Budget restraints due to You Know,that silly thing called the economic meltdown/recession.
Sorry Margaret, you have no credibility! That boon-doggle that is NCLB which was never funded really just meant that teachers are teaching kids to take tests, period! For you to "complain" about it now is so typically GOTP hypocrisy, it's a shame!
She doesn't know her posterior from a hole in the ground. A BA in political science and no background in teaching should give one lots to be modest about when it comes to education. NCLB was a welfare bill for test publishers and for those paid tutors in commercial education.
The one thing that would cure most of the problems in public downtown toronto hotels education would be to eliminate all the mandated federal & state testing. And establish end of the semester exams, fail and you go back. Focus on the two portable skills one must carry to any job, English (read and write) and math (basic math & algebra). Everything else rounds out the learning curve. I come from a time when public ed did just that and served most very well. Millions received just such an education, fought wars and then attended college. We were a very literate nation, interested in many things. Now it takes pictures on a cash register for an employee to successfully handle a customers order. It is the "Process" of education that is important, not whether or not you obtain a high ACT or SAT score.
arkans -I totally agree with you but I taught for nearly 40 years in a poor, urban setting. The Education Dept. and schools need to call out parents for not parenting and all that that means. Kids need to come to school rested, fed and dressed appropriately for their schedule that day and the weather. They need to come with homework done and they need to come with having learned that education improves their lives and with respect for the educational process
I totally agree with you on all of the points in your comment. But you and I know there are far too many one parent homes, grandparent homes, or even two parent homes that require both to work to exist. Or worse a two parent home where the parents don't care. In addition to what we both say I would like to see a year round school that could afford more teachers, more tutoring, meals and very firm structure. But I know that is nothing but fantasy.
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The photo also featured the (former?) couple's Vampire Diaries co-star, Paul Wesley , and the caption read: "The trio-Stefan, Elena, Damon..." Nina quickly retweeted the pic, adding to the speculation that maybe, possibly a reconciliation could be in the near future for the raven-haired duo. Who knows? But one thing's for sure -- the fact that Ian and Nina are still all cool with one another only adds to the case that Ian Somerhalder is Christian Grey !
I'm not gonna lie, when I heard about the awkward interaction Ian and Nina had at Comic-Con -- the one where he told an audience member that he would hook him up with her number -- I was a little grossed out. I know it was only a joke, but still. It was a little declasse. But now that I see these two (former?) lovebirds small spain hotel hanging out -- be they just friends or more -- it makes me see the light again. Dude probably just had a momentary small spain hotel lapse in judgment and didn't know what to say. How could he be a bad guy if he and his ex are still so cool?
If Ian doesn't get cast as Christian Grey, I don't know what I'm going to do. I might kill myself. Just kidding. But seriously, the role of Christian needs to go to this hot, blue-eyed man. Anyone else would be uncivilized.

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Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, has given birth to a baby boy. The unnamed son is third in line to the throne. Both mother and child are doing well, Kensington Palace said in a short statement. They will both remain in hospital overnight.
The son of Prince William and Middleton weighed 8lbs 6oz (3.6kg). He was delivered at 4.24pm in the maternity wing of St Mary's hospital, London, by natural birth. The Duke of Cambridge was at the bedside.
"We could not be happier," William said in a statement. A Buckingham palace spokesman said the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh are "delighted at the news". The prime minister, David Cameron, predicted William and Kate will "make wonderful parents".
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The birth of the royal baby had been followed around the world. In America rolling news channels devoted their coverage to the birth, while Australia prime minister Kevin Rudd sent his country's "warmest regards" to the new family.
I proposed a very similar idea for our front page. Beneath The Guardian masthead there would have been a full-length photo of Prince William, sword drawn and in military dress, stood over a mock up of a new born baby. We wouldn't even have had to change the spelling.
We know many of our customers who are parents will have experienced this. So we have asked parents across the UK, in our Tesco Loves Baby baby club, to share their best advice for life with a newborn.
The new royal baby is the first Prince of Cambridge to be born for more than 190 years. Let's hope he turns out better than the last one, who according to the Press Association had a "wandering eye" and daft ideas about promotion within the military.
Prince George of Cambridge, a grandson of George III and the only son of Prince Adolphus Frederick, the 1st Duke of Cambridge. Prince nevada luxury sport car rental in nevada George of Cambridge was born in 1819 and refused to have an arranged marriage. He wed a commoner for love after falling for the actress Sarah Louisa Fairbrother, who was said to be a classic beauty and a graceful dancer.
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Despite his marriage, George had a wandering eye and soon after he wed he took up with mistress Louisa Beauclerk, who remained his lover for more than 30 years. He went on to become the 2nd Duke of Cambridge after his father's death.
He was said to have been a disciplinarian, who believed Army promotions should be based on social connections rather than ability. He died in 1904. His father, the 1st Duke of Cambridge - who lived from 1774 to 1850 - was never a Prince of Cambridge, but was given the title the Duke of Cambridge by his father George III in 1801 when he was 27.
More excited than most, given his tender age, was three-year-old Frankie Moreno from west London, who sat with his mum outside the hospital swaddled in a union flag and with a golden paper crown on his head, writes Sam Jones .
Montana Rose, 15, from London, said: "Hopefully we will be able to give this directly to the happy couple. The Duchess of Cambridge is one of our volunteers and we hope that the baby carrier will help her continue scouting."
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No word on what the baby is going to be called, of course, or indeed any information other than its weight and sex. I did put a call in to the Buckingham Palace press office to ask if the child "had a regal bearing" but they've not come back to me yet.
Grandparenthood is a unique moment in anyone s life, as countless kind people have told me in recent months, so I am enormously proud and happy to be a grandfather for the first time and we are eagerly looking forward to seeing the baby in the near future.
And here is THE document. Accompanied by a footman, the Queen's press secretary Elsa Anderson has placed the official notice of the birth on a gleaming gold-coloured easel on the gravel outside the palace.
The notice will be placed on an easel in the palace's forecourt just like the announcement of William's birth on June 21, 1982, a traditional element of theatre in marked contrast to the modern age of emails nevada luxury sport car rental in nevada and Twitter.
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Traditionally, the announcement of a royal birth like this one has involved the placing of a proclamation on headed Buckingham Palace foolscap on an easel behind the railings in the palace's forecourt after the Queen and other members of both families have been informed.
Believe it or not, but other news meanwhile continues to happen today, including proposals unveiled by David Cameron for collaboration between police and internet firms to pursue abusers nevada luxury sport car rental in nevada and users of online images and video.
Some more Royal mania from across the pond (was all that stuff between 1775 and 1783 just a misunderstanding?). Our own Adam Gabbatt nevada luxury sport car rental in nevada has been soaking up some of the excitement about today in New York city.
Britons are expected to spend more than 243 million nevada luxury sport car rental in nevada on merchandise, other goods and party food in July and August to celebrate the newborn, reports the Times, attributing that figure to the Center for Retail Research .
Ah, for the old days. Alastair Bruce , Royal, Religious and National Events Commentator at Sky News (quite a title in itself) has been explaining that the easel announcing details about the sex and other details about the baby used to be hung out in front of the railings at the palace's forecourt.
Born on 20 July in Poole Dorset, weighting 7.9lb, our own Royal baby Adriano Omar Lucau took his time and was delivered 20 hours after his mother Shona admitted to hospital. Mother and the baby are doing fine.
My colleague Mirren Gidda has just been speaking nevada luxury sport car rental in nevada to the Greater London authority about its plans to light the Trafalgar Square fountains nevada luxury sport car rental in nevada up blue or pink depending on whether the baby is a boy or a girl (pink if it's a boy - I'm joking). Apparently nevada luxury sport car rental in nevada the fountains are going to stay lit up for seven days.
The View from the Shard, the viewing platform at the top of western Europe's tallest building, will mark the birth of the royal baby by giving free admission to guests who share the little'un's birthday.
My colleague Matt Williams in New York writes to report that the Empire State Building will not be going pink or blue for the royal birth although it did go red, white and blue for the royal wedding (here it is lit up for a different occasion last year's US election).
I'm very grateful indeed for the kind wishes for my rather slowly-approaching grandfatherhood ... Some of you may realise that with grandfatherhood comes, in four months' nevada luxury sport car rental in nevada time, old age pensionerhood [he's nearly 65].
After 2 miscarriages we finally made it with our lovely baby daughter born today at 9.29am. nevada luxury sport car rental in nevada Half English, Half Thai she really is the best gift we could have asked for. I read the news only a few hours later and only realised there is a chance that Prince William s baby could be born on the same day...Amazing!!
Diana (7-1 to 9-1) has obvious provenance and is very likely to appear in some form, though probably as a middle name. Elizabeth (7-1 to 10-1) would also be a reasonable bet for a middle nevada luxury sport car rental in nevada name, and is the Duchess of Cambridge 's middle name. Victoria, nevada luxury sport car rental in nevada Caroline and Mary were also seen as safe royal names.
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However, Sam says, a couple of mischievous cameramen have clocked the Lindo Wing's tiny balconies and are jokingly hoping that the Duke of Cambridge will deviate spectacularly from royal birth protocol by dangling the baby over the rail a la Michael Jackson.
Those deemed to be high-risk are delivered in the delivery suite, but for low-risk births the midwives reign supreme in the Midwife-Led Unit. On the Princess Diana ward of the MLU, opened by William's late mother 18 years ago, today's shift leader nevada luxury sport car rental in nevada Paula Cato is making sure new mum Justyna Dabrowska has everything she needs.
She gave birth to Igor, her second child, at 5.23am, and heard the royal baby news a few hours later. "I am pleased because I think everyone will remember this day, and the day my baby was born. Something important happened on this day."
Dabrowska was grateful to be having her second child in the comfort of the Women's Hospital. "I have a friend who just gave birth in Poland and she never wants to have a baby again. nevada luxury sport car rental in nevada If you have friends in the hospital, then maybe you will have a nice birth, but if not then you will not. It is very different here, everyone can have a nice birth."
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The ACC welcoming party lasted two days in New York City, with mascots from every school parading around different city landmarks hotels in mantua italy (the Maryland terrapin was included on the fun-the school hotels in mantua italy will spend one season in the new-look ACC before leaving for the Big 10 in 2014. Louisville, not present in New York, will join the ACC that year, too). The welcoming event concluded with representatives from the conference ringing the closing bell at the NASDAQ Monday.
Florida State head football coach Jimbo Fisher, Virginia hotels in mantua italy Tech head football coach Frank Beamer, former Pittsburgh wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald, Notre Dame head basketball coach Mike Brey, Syracuse head basketball coach Jim Boeheim and the mascots joined Swofford for the closing bell. North Carolina's Roy Williams, originally scheduled to attend, was unable to make it.
Earlier in the day, Swofford and the coaches spoke about the benefits of the new ACC, ranging from the level of competition to marketing opportunities. As Swofford and several others reiterated many times, the conference has the most television households and highest population of any conference nationally. By 2030, 55 percent of the U.S. population is projected to fall within the ACC's "footprint," the buzzword of the day.
"When you're talking about the most population, the most TV households, hotels in mantua italy that goes right back to affecting your recruiting," Beamer said. "We're going to increase our recruiting, we're going to be getting better, and, as Jimbo said, have a chance to compete for the national championship. Everything that has happened helps us in that regard."
While time will tell if the expansion helps long-underperforming ACC football (Notre Dame will keep its football independence while playing five games against ACC opponents annually), it's hard to dispute the idea that the league has the best basketball conference going forward. Duke's Mike Krzyzewski (957 wins), Syracuse's Jim Boeheim (902) and North Carolina's hotels in mantua italy Roy Williams (700) have long been among the coaching greats of the sport.
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The proof is in the results for Notre Dame, which has advanced to the NCAA Women s Final Four on five separate occasions, including each of the past three seasons, going on to play in three national championship games (2001, 2011, 2012) and winning the 2001 NCAA title. The Fighting Irish also have won more than 71 percent united airlines corporate homepage of their games (790-316) during a 36-year run that counts 16 conference championships (10 regular season, six tournament), 10 25-win seasons and five 30-win campaigns among its many successes.
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In recent years, Notre Dame has moved to a more up-tempo style, mixing a frenetic pressing defense and quick-strike transition game with a Princeton-based offense that capitalizes on the athleticism that now fills its roster from top to bottom. The Fighting Irish have been among the nation s leaders in numerous offensive and defensive categories during that time, most notably ranking among the top 10 in the country in scoring united airlines corporate homepage offense each of the past three seasons, including united airlines corporate homepage the 2012-13 season when they averaged a school-record 81.2 points per game and finished second in the nation in that category for the second united airlines corporate homepage year in a row.
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Perhaps a less well-known characteristic of McGraw s tenure at Notre Dame has been her uncanny ability to successfully guide her teams through transitions to new conferences. In just her second season with the Fighting Irish in 1988-89, she led the program into the Midwestern Collegiate Conference (now known as the Horizon League) and would oversee perhaps united airlines corporate homepage the most dominant run by one school in that league s history. united airlines corporate homepage In that seven-year stretch, Notre Dame posted an 87-15 (.853) record in MCC play, going on to win 10 of a possible 14 league titles (five regular season, five tournament).
In 1995-96, McGraw piloted the Fighting Irish into the BIG EAST, where Notre Dame would again prove to be among the conference elite, going 232-64 (.784) in an 18-year membership to record the second-best winning percentage in the history of a conference that dates back to 1982. The Fighting Irish culminated their BIG EAST career in grand style in 2012-13 with the second of back-to-back regular season championships (and third overall), united airlines corporate homepage as well as the program s first BIG EAST Tournament title , thanks to a 61-59 victory in the championship game at Connecticut on Achonwa united airlines corporate homepage s layup with 1.8 seconds remaining.
Since the start of the 21st century, Notre Dame also has emerged as one of the top draws in women s college basketball, with the Fighting Irish placing among the top 16 in the final NCAA attendance rankings every season. In that time, Notre Dame has increased its average attendance by more than 160 percent, from 3,392 fans per game in 1999-2000 to a school-record 8,979 fans per game in 2012-13. The Fighting Irish also have attracted 36 sellout crowds to Purcell Pavilion during that 13-year span (including 30 in the past four seasons alone) and have drawn at least 5,000 fans to 190 of their last 192 home games, a stretch covering the entirety of their 21st-century united airlines corporate homepage attendance growth.
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The ACC began sponsoring women s basketball in 1977-78, the same season united airlines corporate homepage Notre Dame achieved varsity status as an AIAW Division III program, playing three years at that level before rising to Division I as an independent in 1980-81 and joining the NCAA a year later when that organization first sponsored a women s basketball championship.
In the 36-year history of ACC women s basketball, Duke and Virginia have been the standard bearers, with the Blue Devils earning 12 regular-season titles (nine outright, three shared) and the Cavaliers taking 11 crowns (10 outright, one shared). However, Duke has been the leader of late with each of its championships coming since 1997-98 (including all or part of the past four), while Virginia claimed united airlines corporate homepage its most recent ACC regular-season hardware in 1999-2000.
Four other schools have won or shared multiple ACC titles, led by five each for Maryland (three outright, two shared, with only one title since 1988-89) united airlines corporate homepage and North Carolina State (all outright, but none since 1989-90). North Carolina has four championships, including three in a four-year stretch from 2004-05 to 2007-08, while Florida State recently was an ACC regular-season co-champion in back-to-back seasons (2008-09 and 2009-10). Clemson earned an outright title in 1980-81, while Miami emerged as a rising challenger in the conference with a piece of the crown in 2010-11.
Unlike its previous home in the BIG EAST, Notre Dame will enjoy the benefit of playing a conference tournament at a completely neutral site, as the ACC Championship is contested at the Greensboro (N.C.) Coliseum, its home since 2000, and slated residence through at least the 2014-15 season.
The ACC tournament began in the conference s inaugural women s basketball season of 1977-78, with Maryland having a league-high 10 postseason crowns to its credit (the most recent coming in 2012). North Carolina is next on the list with nine ACC tournament trophies (plus nine runner-up showings), united airlines corporate homepage followed by defending champion Duke, which won its eighth title (and third in four years) back in March. N.C. State has earned four ACC postseason championships (along with a remarkable 11 runner-up finishes), while Virginia has won the tournament three times and Clemson twice.
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Next season, the ACC will feature some of the nation s brightest stars, including six All-Americans in addition to Notre Dame s Achonwa and McBride, Duke s Chelsea Gray and Elizabeth Williams, Maryland s Alyssa Thomas and Georgia Tech s Tyaunna Marshall all return for the 2013-14 campaign. The conference also boasts many of

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The NCAA released its annual APR scores today. Wake Forest paris hotel basketball came in at a 942, last in the ACC, 4 points behind Virginia. While there are several nuances and flaws in this score, it is certainly something that the Wake Forest administration cannot be happy about representing the University.
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Each student-athlete receiving athletically related financial aid earns one retention point for staying in school and one eligibility point for being academically eligible. A team s total points are divided by the points possible and then multiplied by one thousand to equal the team s Academic Progress Rate score. paris hotel Example: A Division I Football Bowl Subdivision team awards the full complement of 85 grants-in-aid. If 80 student-athletes remain in school and academically eligible, three remain in school but are academically ineligible and two drop out academically ineligible, the team earns 163 of 170 possible points for that term. Divide 163 by 170 and multiply by 1,000 to determine that the team s Academic Progress Rate for that term is 959.
The NCAA calculates the rate as a rolling, four-year figure that takes into account all the points student-athletes could earn for remaining in school and academically eligible during that period. Teams that do not earn an Academic Progress Rate above specific benchmarks face penalties ranging from scholarship reductions paris hotel to more severe sanctions like restrictions on scholarships and practice time.
Before I get into this I just want to say that I spent a good amount of time trying to break down exactly what they are measuring here in their rolling, four-year period. It's extremely hard to determine why schools were penalized, who was penalized, and what year they were penalized. I suspect it is like this to protect the individual student's rights.
From what I could best determine, this year's paris hotel APR score is measuring the time frame of the 2008-2012 basketball seasons. For context, that is from James Johnson sophomore year (which he left after), to Jeff Bzdelik's second season ( Carson Desrosiers , Tony Chennault and Anthony Fields all left after this season).
Now, it says above in the NCAA's rules that schools aren't hurt by players who transfer or go pro who are in good academic paris hotel standing. It's hard to discern those above who were in good standing, but if I recall correctly, Melvin Tabb was dismissed right before paris hotel the 2011-2012 basketball season. J.T. Terrell withdrew from school in September of that year. Therefore, I believe they both lost at least one point a piece because they did not stay in school. It's unclear as to whether they were in good academic standing or not.
The interesting thing about this (and where a bit of ambiguity comes into it is), is that the score actually went up this year from 939 last season. So that either means that the people we dropped ( Cameron Stanley and Jamie Skeen both transferred from Wake Forest) were worse in APR-terms than Terrell, Stewart and Tabb, or that the problems of Tabb and Terrell were put into the 2011 season.
I'm not sure if the problems of Ty Walker during his Wake Forest playing days actually resulted in any points lost in terms of APR, but it is likely that he lost at least one point for us while here during his two suspensions.
The biggest thing I can discern from these results being released is we are being hurt from both the players going pro (this is not a dig at those three in anyway paris hotel for going to the NBA, just a statement based on our score), as well as the poor academic standing of some of our transfers/withdrawals over the past 4-5 years.
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I'm sure the majority of people who see this will immediately blame Jeff Bzdelik. While there is certainly plenty of blame to go around for these bad scores, I would say the biggest problem lies in the bad decision making and sub-par academics of the student-athletes who were recruited over the past 6-8 years. It will be seen in the next few years as to whether or not the most recent paris hotel departures were in good academic standing when they left Wake Forest, but what is clear is those recruited by Skip Prosser and Dino Gaudio, both those who went pro and transferred, had academic problems while a Demon Deacon.
The good news is we should see an uptick in the APR score next year because everybody who was not a senior last year stayed at Wake. It will be interesting to see how much it goes up, as it will indicate the academic standing of Anthony Fields, Carson Desrosiers and Tony Chennault. These are kids who Wake Forest labeled as "good kids" coming in, but transferred for one reason or another.
It will also give us a little insight as to whether or not James Johnson paris hotel was in good academic standing when he went pro. It doesn't really matter in the long run, but something I've been interested in as Wake Forest continues to label those who go pro as "bad eggs."
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