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Music From Grey's Anatomy Season 8, Episodes 5: "Love, Loss, and Legacy"
Relationships come and go, characters die or move to other shows, but one thing we can always count on with Grey's Anatomy is that the music will be great. So check out the tunes from Season 8, Episode 5, "Loss, Love and Legacy." If you download these songs, perhaps you, too, can fight with your mother during surgery to the perfect soundtrack.
Artist: The National
Song: "Anyone's Ghost"
Album: High Violet
Scene: MerDer pack up Zola's clothes (*sniff*)
Say you stay at home
Alone with the flu
Find out from friends
That wasn't true
Go out at night with your headphones on, again
And walk through the Manhattan valleys of the dead
Artist: Cults
Song: "Abducted"
Album: Cults
Scene: Cristina (Sandra Oh) and Owen (Kevin McKidd)'s adorable morning romp.
I knew right then that I'd been abducted
I knew right then that he would be taking my heart
I knew right then no one was above him
I knew right then that he would be breaking my heart.
Artist: Miss Li
Song: "Hit It"
Album: Beats & Bruises
Scene: The residents compete for a place on the penis transplant operation.
The air is thick and the place is packed
I'm going out to get a heart attack
The light flashes and the mind goes numb
My head beats like a drum
Please hand another rum and coke
Something, to moisturise my soul
Artist: Mostar Diving Club
Song: "Echoes"
Album: Echoes - Unreleased
Scene: Montage: Catherine, Mark (Eric Dane), Jackson (Jesse Williams), and April (Sarah Drew) finish the operation while Alex (Justin Chambers) tells MerDer Zola will be okay.
The sound of our footsteps carried away
And it's you and me
For always.
Artist: Kathleen Edwards
Song: "Chameleon/Comedian"
Album: Voyageur
Scene: Closing montage.
Out of the cameras,
Out of the shadows and the lies,
You're a comedian.
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Torri Allen is a second team All-SEC selection.
Oct. 29, 2012
ATHENS, Ga. --- Georgia soccer junior defender Torri Allen has been named to the All-SEC second team, according to Monday afternoon's announcement from the league office. Conference awards are decided on by a vote of the 14 member institutions' head coaches.
Allen picked up the second All-SEC honors of her career after starting all 20 games and logging the second-most minutes among field players with 1,811. Allen – a center back – played a crucial part in the Bulldog defense that limited opponents to 1.10 goals per game and recorded six shutout efforts on the 2012 season. She also fired a shot on goal and posted two huge defensive saves – a rare stat given to defensive players for directly preventing an opposing team from scoring.
In 2010 Allen was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team in addition to landing on the All-South Region's third team for her play as a rookie on the back line.
Allen and the Bulldogs finished the 2012 season with an overall record of 7-11-2 and 3-8-2 in SEC play.
2012 SEC Women's Soccer Awards
First Team All-SEC
Tatiana Coleman, Auburn – F, 5-8, So., Boca Raton, Fla.
Holly King, Florida – M, 5-9, Sr., Ashburn, Va.
Jo Dragotta, Florida – M, 5-8, Sr., Tampa, Fla.
Erika Tymrak, Florida – M/F, 5-5, Sr., Bradenton, Fla.
Arin Gilliland, Kentucky – D, 5-8, So., Lexington, Ky.
Alyssa Diggs, Missouri – F, 5-4, Jr., Coppell, Texas
Dominique Richardson, Missouri – M, 5-6, Jr., Fullerton, Calif.
Hannah Wilkinson, Tennessee – F, 5-11, So., Whangarei, New Zealand
Jordan Day, Texas A&M – GK, 6-0, So., Gilbert, Ariz.
Annie Kunz, Texas A&M – F, 6-0, So., Golden, Colo.
Meghan Streight, Texas A&M – D/M, 5-5, So., McKinney, Texas
Second Team All-SEC
Pia Rijsdijk, Alabama – F, 5-9, So., Numansdorp, Netherlands
Merel van Dongen, Alabama – M, 5-8, Fr., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Allie Chandler, Arkansas – F, 5-3, Sr., Mesquite, Texas
Christen Westphal, Florida – D/M, 5-6, Fr., Brecksville, Ohio
**Torri Allen, Georgia – D, 5-4, Jr., Stafford, Va.
Jade Kovacevic, LSU – F/M, 5-6, Fr., Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
Mandy McCalla, Ole Miss – M/F, 5-8, Jr., Fayetteville, Ga.
Rafaelle Souza, Ole Miss, Ole Miss – F, 5-7, Jr., Salvador, Brazil
Elisabeth Sullivan, Mississippi State – F, 5-5, Jr., Memphis, Tenn.
Sabrina D'Angelo, South Carolina – GK, 5-8, So., Welland, Ontario
Ali Hall, Tennessee – D, 5-8, Sr., Hawthorn Woods, Ill.
Shea Groom, Texas A&M – F, 5-6, So., Liberty, Mo.
All-Freshman Team
Katie Bourgeois, Alabama – F, 5-5, Fr., Katy, Texas
Merel van Dongen, Alabama – M, 5-8, Fr., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Ashleigh Ellenwood, Arkansas – F, 5-9, Fr., Michigan City, Ind.
Kala Faulkner, Auburn – D, 5-5, Fr., Alpharetta, Ga.
Christen Westphal, Florida – D/M, 5-6, Fr., Brecksville, Ohio
Kelli Hubly, Kentucky – F, 5-9, Fr., Elk Grove, Ill.
Courtney Raetzman, Kentucky – M, 4-11, Fr., Elk Grove, Ill.
Jade Kovacevic, LSU – F/M, 5-6, Fr., Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
Candace Johnson, Missouri – D, 5-10, Fr., Dallas, Texas
Jackie Tondl, Texas A&M – D, 5-9, Fr., Omaha, Neb.
Cheyna Williams, Vanderbilt – F, 5-7, Fr., Hampton, Ga.
Coach of the Year
Becky Burleigh, Florida
Offensive Player of the Year
Erika Tymrak, Florida
Defensive Players of the Year
Holly King, Florida
Freshman of the Year
Merel van Dongen, Alabama
Co-Scholar-Athletes of the Year
Rafaelle Souza, Ole Miss
Allison Hu, Missouri

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The Future of Political Reform with Sen. Russell D. Feingold and Judge Ken Starr
April 30, 2013 6:30pm - 8:30pm
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By: Jill Galus, KOB Eyewitness News 4
Albuquerque Public Schools increased security on campus Wednesday after a rumor on Facebook about a shooting planned to happen on 12/12/12 surfaced.
Parents told KOB Eyewitness News 4 that a rumor was enough to keep their children home, while others said it was no reason at all.
"I just felt I had to keep him home today," Sabine Walsh, whose son attends Cibola, said. "I strongly feel that that's a parents decision whether to keep their kid in school."
Walsh said she learned about the 12/12/12 shooting rumor from her son. "I didn't sleep at all last night, worrying, and I'm worrying today too," Walsh said.
APS spokeswoman Monica Armenta said the district did not notify parents directly but took extra precautions. "It is a rumor of a Facebook posting about a threat," Armenta said. "We've yet to see anything, hear anything, talk to anybody."
Security was ramped up for students, who also had fear about the rumor.
"I was scared, I thought they were going to come and shoot up the school," a middle school student said.
"You're dealing with rumors every day. We have to address those rumors without alarming the public and interfering with the whole educational process," Armenta said.
A rumor turned into a threat got two students at Tony Hillerman Middle School expelled back in September, when they were accused of planning a school-wide shooting on 12/12/12.
Wednesday at Tony Hillerman, 140 students were not in class, compared to 137 absences exactly one year ago.
District officials said there were no significant absences at any of the schools Wednesday. "It's a rumor," one parent emphasized. "It's no reason to not send to the school," another parent said.
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DURHAM, N.H. – Freshman Lynne Lehman (Landisburg, Pa.) netted a goal early in the contest and the Wildcat defense stepped up the rest of the way as the 22nd-ranked University of New Hampshire field hockey team shut down 13th-ranked Boston University, 1-0, Friday evening at Memorial Field.
With the win, New Hampshire (8-7, 4-0) earns at least a share of the America East regular season title, while Boston dips to 9-6 overall and 3-1 in conference action.
Sophomore Carlie Tarbell (Wakefield, Mass.) registered nine saves for the Wildcats, including six in the first half, while Jess Maroney recorded a pair of stops for the Terriers.
The teams battled through heavy rain and wind throughout the contest, but UNH jumped on the board just nine minutes into the game as Lehman netted her fourth goal of the season. After UNH drove into Terrier territory, there was heavy traffic right in front of the net as several players on both sides tried to gain possession, but Lehman was able to push the ball past the dive of Maroney for the 1-0 advantage.
The UNH defense clamped down from there, despite several scoring opportunities by the opposition during the remainder of the opening stanza. Boston had three penalty corners in the final six minutes of the half, but Tarbell came up with a pair of big saves during the stretch to preserve the 1-0 lead at halftime.
The Terriers were on the offensive to open the second half, recording a pair of shots at the 37th and 40th minute marks, but both sailed just wide and high of the cage.
Following a 30-minute delay due to lightning, the teams returned to action with 21:46 left in the contest as UNH generated four scoring opportunities over the next ten minutes. New Hampshire's best chance came in the 62nd minute when Lehman and Emma Erler (New Hampton, N.H.) posted back-to-back shots, the later turned away by a defensive save.
New Hampshire held the Terriers without a shot in the final five minutes to seal the victory.
BU won the battle for penalty corners by a 7-4 margin and also outshot the Wildcats, 15-10.
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Gary Waddock will not be placing any under-contract Oxford United players on the transfer list
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Oxford United's players have been given no assurances they will be in the side next season, but Gary Waddock has not transfer-listed anyone under contract.
During a desperately disappointing finish to the campaign, which saw the U's drop out of the Sky Bet League Two play-off places, the head coach suggested nobody was safe this summer.
Following a home defeat to Accrington Stanley last month, he said: "Big decisions need to be made and they certainly will be."
Deane Smalley, Sean Rigg and Scott Davies, whose contracts expired at the end of the season, were released last week.
Loan trio Ryan Williams, Nicky Wroe and David Connolly have returned to their parent clubs, while James Constable and Tom Newey are considering contract offers.
For the moment no-one else is likely to leave, with those remaining at the club told they will be given the chance to claim a place in the team during pre-season.
Waddock said: "I've spoken to the players who are under contract.
"When they come back in they have to earn the right."
The U's boss has been busy chasing targets to improve the squad since the season finished, but is not actively looking to free up more room in the squad by making players available for transfer.
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"There's no point in doing that," he said.
"There's a good group of people here.
"The one thing I did say is there's no guarantee they will be starting in that first team – that goes across the board.
"The ones I've moved out are out of contract and they've gone.
"Players that don't figure in the early part of the season will have to make their minds up."
Waddock also confirmed Jake Wright will remain United captain after the club activated a clause in the defender's contract which extends his stay for another 12 months.
He said: "We've had a number of conversations since I've been here and he's been good within the dressing room.
"His form wants to be better than it has been and he's had injuries through the course of the season.
"He needs a breather just like all the other players do."
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dry bread crumbs
5 tablespoons
melted butter
6 ounces
shredded Gruyere cheese
1 cup
1/4 cup
dry white wine
1 tablespoon
chopped fresh parsley
1 pound
sea scallops, quartered
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button mushrooms, sliced
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chopped onion
Okay, I've got this down now, I've made it a several times since my first review. Here are my changes...1/2 cup mayo, 1/2 cup light sour cream. I use Emmentaler swiss cheese melts very well and is cheaper than Gruyere. If I can't find button mushrooms I use regular sliced mushrooms. I add a little flour and water (before adding the scallops) to the sauce so it's not too runny. And very important...the bread crumbs. I use plain Panko (Japanese style) bread crumbs...so much better than the fine bread crumbs and I squeeze a little lemon juice into the melted butter and Panko crumbs. Let the casserole stand for a few minutes after removing from the oven to allow the sauce to thicken. Better than any restaurant!
Hubs made this for us tonite and he said unless you want this swimming in mayonnaise and cheese cut back....on EVERYTHING - except the scallops, of course. So a weak three stars as written. If he cut back on everything to get this to taste as awesome good as it did then I'd take his advice, especially since neither Gruyere nor scallops are cheap. Whatever he did this was beyond 5-star delicious and decadent. Prepared in porcelain shell dishes, this was impressive and elegant as well as lip-smacking good.
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Took other reviewers' advice and used mostly thick cream with just a spoon or so of mayo to make up the quantity. Apart from that, followed recipe exactly and it was fabulously good. The other half practically burst into song and said it was the best Coquilles St Jacques he'd ever had. What we both loved about it was that the balance of the wine in the sauce was perfect - sometimes restaurants use so much it's overpowering. Will definitely make again. And again. And again. Thank you.
Delicious! I followed the recipe the way it read the first time and modified it the next. It was unbelievably FANTASTIC this way: Bay scallops, 1/2 C. crumbled Ritz crackers and 1/3 C. Italian seasoned bread crumbs for the top, regular grated Swiss, cut the button mushrooms in 1/2 (instead of sliced ones), and cut down on the mayo slightly. Yum, yum, yum. 10 stars :)
My husband said this was the best Coquilles St. Jacques that he has ever had at home or in a fine restaurant. It is also the best I have ever made or eaten anywhere. Very rich and smooth with the wonderful nutiness of gruyere cheese. I plan to make this for dinner the next time I have good friends coming. Didn't rate it high for kids because of the onions and mushrooms. Kids don't know what's good.
The mayo taste can be overpowering. I substitute half the mayonnaise with a heavy cream or cream cheese and it is delicious. We serve it often.
I found the mayonnaise taste overwhelmed everything else in this recipe. Not something we will make again.
My husband LOVED this,,,he thought it was restaurant material! Some changes I made though. I used 6 jumbo scallops (the bigger ones I halved) because I was afraid the smaller ones would overcook and get to rubbery. I seared them, then I used a splash of apple juice in place of wine, 1 tblspn of mayo ONLY, marble cheese (that is all I had) and some parmesean. Once that all blended together, turn off the heat, add the scallops and a splash of cream....maybe 2-3 tblspns. Amazing!
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Servings Per Recipe: 4
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 888
Calories from Fat: 663
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Suspended lawmaker Wa Ode Nurhayati on Tuesday stood by her accusations that leaders in the House of Representatives leaders and the House Budget Committee received kickbacks worth more than Rp 1.2 trillion ($127 million) from the Rp 7.7 trillion budgeted for regional infrastructure adjustment funds.
"The money was distributed and it didn't go to me," she told the Jakarta Anti-Corruption Court on Tuesday.
Wa Ode said the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) learned of the amount from a seized laptop, where the data showed payments of Rp 300 billion to a person under the code name K and Rp 250 billion each to four other people under the same code name. A smaller amount went to four other people under the code name P.
She said the amount was the same as the figure that should have been channeled to 126 regions, but the data was erased.
Wa Ode said she believed the people under the code name K were the House speaker and four deputy speakers, while the people under the code name P referred to Budget Committee leaders.
"I am only reading the investigation report on Nando, an expert staff at the Budget Committee. The KPK found a laptop in the Budget Committee's room and asked Nando to explain it," she said.
Although Nando told the KPK that the code name K referred to a coordinator, Wa Ode insisted that was not the case because the amount was bigger than those received by the Budget Committee leaders.
Wa Ode Nur Zaenab, the National Mandate Party (PAN) lawmaker's sister and attorney, asked the court to put House Speaker Marzuki Alie on the witness stand.
She said Marzuki played a role in the case her sister was facing.
"We would like to summon Marzuki Alie because the case emerged after Marzuki asked the PPATK to scrutinize Wa Ode's account and that's breaking the law," the lawyer said, referring to the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center.
Marzuki swore he didn't receive Rp 300 billion in kickbacks. "I'll swear in the name of God. Let me be cursed for seven generations, if necessary," he proclaimed.
Marzuki said Wa Ode had to support her allegations with evidence by identifying who distributed the money, where it was given and the motive for the kickbacks.
Wa Ode said the KPK prosecutors built their case against her only based on assumptions and not facts. She said the case was built on information from one person, Haris Surahman.
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HI, I am going to Vegas in a few days and will be renting a house with a kitchen but am hoping to go out a few times. I found Lazy Joe's Fish and Chips online and was wondering if anyone has tried it - good experience? Although I found a few places that seem to be good at accomodating, I always want more input and suggestions (that are kid-friendly please!!)! Thanks so much!
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Ok, I am back and if anyone else is planning a trip to Vegas soon I wanted to let you know about my two experiences! Lazy Joe's isn't on the strip - it is about 15 min drive - but it was fantastic! Not healthy - it is fried food - but we never eat junk and it was really fun to order it - onion ring, fries, mozzeralla sticks, fried mushrooms, zuchinni fries, so much seafood, etc. The owner was absolutely awesome - so friendly and aware. A really great experience. He said a woman had a taken a cab from the strip just to eat there gluten-free and he felt bad, so he drove her back to her hotel! We also went to Rainforest Cafe for the kids and the food was safe the chef was nice - our wait for the food was so very long (1 1/2 hours) but we did eat safely. I drove up to the gluten-free bakery but they were closed for the day unexpectedly - a last minute thing. Hopefully this helps anyone else!
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UPCOMINGThe University of New Mexico track and field team will make a rare visit to the City of Angles this weekend when it takes on a pair of national powers in Texas A&M and Southern Cal in the Trojan's Cardinal & Gold Invitational on Saturday at Katherine B. Loker Stadium. It's the Lobos' first trip to Los Angeles since 1992 and first of four scheduled meets in California this spring, including the 2006 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Sacramento.
After the full team opened the outdoor season last weekend in Tucscon, Ariz., New Mexico will send a reduced travel party of 32 athletes to Los Angeles. The Lobos will host the 16th annual Don Kirby Memorial Invitational at Great Friends of UNM Track Stadium on Saturday, April 29.
THE CARDINAL & GOLD INVITATIONAL AT A GLANCEResults: Meet results will be available online at www.usctrojans.com.
Schedule: The meet will be held all day on Saturday, April 1.
The Opponents: The USC men (6th) and women (7th) both finished among the top-10 at the 2005 NCAA Outdoor Championship meet and were in the top-20 (women - 8th, men - tied for 19th) three weeks ago at the NCAA Indoor Championships. The Texas A&M men (tied for 25th) and women (17th), coached by Matt and Mark Henry's older brother Pat, both placed among the top-25 at the NCAA Indoor meet. The Aggies were 29th on the men's side and 47th on the women's side at last year's outdoor championships. Both schools visited Albuquerque during the recent indoor season, competing in the Modrall Sperling Lobo Invitational.
Weather: Saturday's forecast in Los Angeles should be fairly agreeable for track & field competitors. The weather report calls for partly cloudy skies, a high of 61 degrees and light 5 mile-per-hour winds. While 50 percent humidity will be a change of pace for the UNM athletes, there is no chance of precipitation.
Last Meet In Los Angeles: UNM competed in the 1992 Oxy Invitational, hosted by Occidental College, in L.A. two weeks before the Western Athletic Conference Outdoor Championship meet. The Lobo women last competition at Southern Cal was in 1986 when it faced USC and San Diego State. The men's last meet at USC was in 1985 against the host Trojans and UC-Irvine.
LAST TIME OUT: JIM CLICK SHOOTOUTSenior Matt Keeran led the Lobos in their outdoor season-opener in Tucson, Ariz. with career-best and NCAA regional qualifying throw of 218' 8" in the javelin. The former Albuquerque La Cueva standout was one of four UNM men to punch their ticket to the NCAA regional meet at the Jim Click Shootout, while rookie Sandy Fortner recorded an NCAA provisional qualifying score of 5,017 in her first collegiate heptathlon.
The Lobos' powerful javelin crew came home with seven top-5 finishes, including freshman Katie Coronado's victory (138' 5") in her collegiate debut. Coronado, senior Jessica McIntyre (131') and fellow freshman Vanessa Strobbe (127' 3") finished 1-2-3 on the women's side.
Keeran, however, was the story of the day for the men as he recorded the best mark by a Lobo since Donnie Lujan set the modern javelin record 15 years ago with a throw of 225' 4". Keeran smashed his previous personal best by over seven feet as he and promising Albuquerque Highland High School product Anthony Fairbanks (193' 5") finished 2-3 in the men's event. Arizona senior transfer Saku Kuusisto, a three-time Finish national junior champion, won with a heave of 227 feet even.
Senior Derek Mackel, a 2006 NCAA Indoor Championship qualifier, got off to a solid start in the outdoor opener, winning the pole vault with a regional qualifying mark of 17' 3/4". The victory was Mackel's third this year and sixth of his career.
Freshman high jumper Josh Cosio, meanwhile, turned in an outstanding performance in his first outdoor meet, clearing 6' 10 3/4" to secure a berth in the NCAA Midwest Regional field. Cosio was part of a 1-2-3 freshman finish in the event, which was won by national high school record holder Scott Sellers (7' 2 1/2") of Kansas State.
Sophomore Jarrin Solomon paced the Lobos on the track, clocking a tremendous early season time of 47.18 in the 400-meter dash to qualify for the Midwest Regional meet for the second straight season. Solomon, the 2005 Mountain West Conference runner-up in the event, finished 0.15 seconds behind the winner, former Big East champion Ryan Postel of Notre Dame.
Fortner set the early tone for New Mexico finishing fifth in a powerful field during the two-day (Thursday-Friday), seven-event heptathlon competition. The former Fort Sumner (N.M.) High School standout was one of five athletes to surpass the NCAA provisional standard, including two-time national champion Jacquelyn Johnson, who won with an automatic qualifying score of 5,797. Fortner used a balanced performance, finishing seventh or higher in six events, to defeat eight other competitors. Her score was the best by a Lobo since 2003 when UNM assistant coach Keren Bentzur qualified for the NCAA Championship meet.
ROSTER MOVESFifth-year senior Cameron Clarke, a three-time all-MWC honoree in cross country and 2005 indoor all-MWC 800m runner, is back for his final season this spring. Clarke finished his indoor eligibility last year and redshirted the 2005 outdoor season. His last race on the outdoor oval was a 5,000m run at the 2004 Midwest Regional Championship meet.
Fifth-year senior Jamie Fishencord, UNM record holder and an all-MWC honoree in the hammer throw, is also back for her final campaign. Fishencord did not compete during the winter after completing her indoor eligibility last year.
Seniors Dan Feltman and Timmie Murphy are redshirting the outdoor season and will return to competition in the spring of 2007. The coaching staff is hopeful that Feltman, who missed virtually the entire 2005 indoor season due to injury, will have one more season of indoor eligibility as well next year.
THE GRIDIRON CONNECTIONThroughout UNM head coach Matt Henry's six years at the helm of track and field, the men's team has maintained close ties with Rocky Long's Lobo football program. Long has allowed any players in good academic standing to train and compete with track team after completing their spring football committments.
Since 2001, eight scholarship football players have competed for the UNM track team, including five on associate head coach Mark Henry's sprint crew. Over the past five years, the Lobo football players have combined to earn all-MWC honors nine times (all outdoors), including a high jump title by former wide receiver Hank Baskett III in 2004.
Four active or former UNM football players are on the 2006 roster: seniors Aaron Brack (sprints), Jerrell Malone (sprints) and Mike Powdrell (jumps) and junior Marcus Smith (sprints). Brack and Powdrell were the first football players under Matt Henry to compete indoors this past winter. Brack set the UNM indoor record in the 60 (6.88) and finished fourth in the event at the MWC meet, while Powdrell combined for five points in the high jump (T4th) and long jump (8th). Malone joined the team after the MWC Indoor Championships and Smith, the only active player on the team, will hit the track in late April after spring football practice ends. A fifth two-sport athlete, freshman sprinter Phillip Williams, is a scholarship track athlete who walked on to the football team in the fall, playing cornerback for the defensive scout team last season. Williams is also expected to rejoin the team following the spring football season.
The following is a list of the scholarship football players who have competed under Henry:
WR Hank Baskett (2002-04): 3-time all-MWC (high jump), `03 MWC Champion
WR Aaron Brack (2005-current): MWC 60m/100m finalist, UNM 60m record holder
WR Larry Davis (2001): 2-time all-MWC (200m/4x100m relay), UNM indoor 200m record holder
CB Jerrell Malone (current): First season
DT Guillermo Morrison (2003): all-MWC (discus)
WR/CB Mike Powdrell (2002-current): all-MWC (high jump)
WR Marcus Smith (2005-current): MWC 100m/200m finalist
RB Quincy Wright (2002-03): 2-time all-MWC (100m/4x100m relay)
NEW MEXICO POLE VAULTINGSixth-year assistant coach Scott Steffan has established one of the premier men's and women's pole vaulting programs in the nation at New Mexico. A former teammate of three-time All-American and school record holder Simon Arkell, Steffan rebuilt the vault crew from the ground up after returning to Albuquerque. Under his watch, three New Mexico pole vaulters have competed at the NCAA Indoor Championship meet with junior Robert Caldwell earning All-America honors in 2006. UNM has also had at least three athletes qualify for the NCAA Regional meet outdoors each of the past three years. The Lobo vaulters have also earned all-MWC honors seven times since 2003. Since 2002, UNM has boasted seven 16-foot vaulters on the men's side, including three that have cleared 17 feet. Five women have surpassed the 12 foot mark, including two over 13 feet. Four have also been nationally ranked in the event by Trackwire.com
Led by NCAA Championship qualifiers Derek Mackel and Robert Caldwell, the Lobo vaulters enjoyed their best indoor season in 2006. Mackel (17-11.00), Caldwell (17-07.25) and sophomore Whitney Johnson (13-01.50) all surpassed the NCAA provisional qualifying standard with career-best marks. Meanwhile, senior Zach Bingham (16-00.00), sophomore Zach Graham (16-02.75), junior Nicole Huyge (12-00.75) and junior Stefany Setliff (11-07.00), a first-year vaulter, all recorded their career bests this winter.
For more about the Lobos' vaunted vaulters, check out the group's website, dedicated to pole vaulting in New Mexico: www.nmpv.com
TRACK & FIELD DOJOWhile most UNM track and field athletes enjoyed success in additional sports during their high school careers, three Lobos also received high honors in the martial arts. Senior Jamie Fishencord, the UNM record holder and an all-MWC honoree in the hammer throw, is a black belt in Shotokan karate. Senior pole vaulter Derek Mackel, a two-time all-MWC selection, has a second degree black belt in tae kwon do and freshman thrower Briana Paxton is a first degree black belt in tae kwon do.
LOBO TRACK & FIELD ALUMNI CLUBChampionship track and field programs are not built overnight. They are constructed gradually, built upon a strong foundation of pride, tradition and a commitment to excellence. The University of New Mexico track and field program has built its legacy with the same championship formula.
Since 1930, New Mexico athletes have earned All-America honors 69 times, won 11 NCAA Championship events and claimed 197 conference events. Perhaps the most exceptional group of athletes ever to compete in any sport at UNM were on legendary coach Hugh Hackett's track and field teams of the 1960s.
A large group of Lobo legends from that era, including coach Hackett and former national champions Adolph Plummer and Art Baxter, reunited in Albuquerque on Jan. 20 for a memorable evening spent sharing memories and reaffirming a commitment to New Mexico track and field excellence. That night, reunion organizer Rene Matison, a two-time All-American at UNM, announced the founding of the Lobo Track and Field Alumni Club.
The Alumni Club seeks to unite all the men and women from the 1960s, `70s, `80s, `90s and even the 2000s who have been part of New Mexico's proud track and field history. Its goals include celebrating and preserving the program's proud tradition while helping current and future generations of Lobo track and field athletes establish a championship legacy of their own through facility and equipment upgrades and donations to the track and field scholarship fund.
For more information on the Lobo Track and Field Alumni Club, contact Rene Matison via email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFYING 101Making sense of the official NCAA qualifying formula for outdoor track & field can be a challenge. The basic system, however, is relatively simple when its broken down.
In order to be eligible for the outdoor national championship meet all men and women must first qualify and participate in the NCAA Regional Championship meet their school is affiliated with (West, Midwest, Mideast or East).
Athletes have from the beginning of March through the middle of May to earn a regional qualifying mark.
Any athlete or relay team that wins an event at their conference championship meet is also automatically entered into the regional meet.
Once at the regional meet, any athlete that finishes in the top-5 of an event or any relay team that places in the top-3 earns an automatic berth to the national championships.
Athletes and relay teams that do not finish in the top-5/top-3 at the regional championships can still earn an at-large bid to the national meet if their best performance of the season ranks high enough.
After the automatic bids are awarded, the next three finishers (6th-8th for individuals, 4th-6th for relay teams) at the regional meet are placed into an at-large pool.
The at-large pool of athletes are then listed in order of their best performance of the year, including any top marks recorded at the regional meet.
The NCAA Championship Committe selects hands out between 5-10 at-large bids to the national meet.
Each year between 25-30 individuals are selected to compete in each event at the national meet. Between 18-20 relay teams are invited to nationals as well. The NCAA Outdoor Championship field consists of a maximum of 544 men and 544 women.
The exception? Three events, the 10,000-meter run, men's decathlon and women's heptathlon, are not contested at the regional meets. Athletes in those events must reach either the NCAA automatic qualifying standard or provisional qualifying standard during the season to be eligible for the national championship meet.
Provisional Qualifying Standards: Competitors who meet the provisional qualifying standard during the season are candidates to be selected for the national championship field. Provisional qualifiers are selected using a descending order performance list. The number of athletes selected from the provisional qualifiers list is determined by the number of automatic qualifiers in each event. Again, between 25-30 athletes are generally selected to fill each event at the national meet.
Automatic Qualifying Standards: Competitors who meet the automatic qualifying standard during the season are guaranteed a spot in the national championship field.
INDOOR SEASON REVIEWThe 2006 indoor season proved to be one of the most memorable in recent UNM track and field history. As the Albuquerque Convention Center quickly earned a reputation as America's best new indoor venue, head coach Matt Henry's Lobos thrived in their new world-class facility. The following are some of the superlatives from the winter of `06:
New Mexico qualified two athletes (pole vaulters Robert Caldwell and Derek Mackel) to the NCAA Championship meet for the first time since 1990...UNM had two national qualifiers in the same event for the first time indoors...junior Robert Caldwell became the second Lobo to earn All-America honors in the pole vault, tying for eighth (17-06.50)...Caldwell (Socorro) was the second New Mexican in the past two years to earn All-America honors indoors, joining Santa Fe native Matt Gonzales (5,000m).
The UNM men (5th - 67 pts.) and women (5th - 57 pts.) matched their highest finish at the MWC Indoor Championships...the teams had their best combined performance (127 pts.) in 15 years of joint appearances at the indoor conference championship meets...the New Mexico men defeated Wyoming for the first time since it joined the MWC, despite losing 79 percent of their (53) points from the 2005 MWC indoor meet.
UNM athletes earned all-conference honors 10 times, including a program-record six medals for the women...five school records fell during the season, including four on the women's side.
AMERICA'S BEST NEW INDOOR TRACK & FIELD FACILITYThe Albuquerque Convention Center earned a well-deserved reputation in 2006 as the best new indoor track and field facility in America. The City of Albuquerque and the University of New Mexico hosted eight meets in downtown Albuquerque, including the Mountain West Conference Championships.
Fourteen top-25 men's and women's teams, 56 nationally ranked athletes and seven of the nation's top 4x400m relay teams competed in Albuquerque during the regular season. Six of those individuals and two relay teams went on to win gold medals at the NCAA Indoor Championship meet. On the season, 14 NCAA automatic qualifying marks and 108 provisional qualifying marks were recorded in the Convention Center, including two of the top marks in Division I in 2006. Texas' Trey Hardee set a collegiate record of 6,208 points in the heptathlon during the Zia Classic Multis competition (Jan. 26-27).


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|March 15 2012, 04:05 AM
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|March 15 2012, 05:20 AM
Mac's Personal Assistant
Location: M/C and D/L heaven
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I hope not.
|March 15 2012, 06:39 AM
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I gave this episode an A-. Nice to see that a CSI is allowed to have a life with family outside of the lab.
Solid case as well. Nice to see that even though the professor won't be brought up on rape charges,he is going to lose his job and reputation due to the social media,something that wasn't possible to do to people like him even ten years ago.
|March 15 2012, 12:39 PM
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I really enjoyed the episode. It was good to see Archie.
Nicky, please cut your hair.
|March 15 2012, 12:50 PM
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As for Finn and DB...the fact that Charlie knows whatever it was that happened and didn't seem angry or anything seems to suggest it wasn't an affair or anything.
I liked this one pretty well, probably because of the even participation of everyone, except Sara of course. That makes me wonder if maybe they simply have too many characters since it seemed to work well last night with the five of them. Of course, I'd take a five that included Sara and didn't need the addition of Finn.
I continue to really enjoy the way Ted Danson plays this part. Last night was Nick's turn to be yelled for in the lab.
Good to see Archie, but...why does he have to stand at that computer instead of sitting?? That just seems weird...standing there the whole time while researching online.
And speaking of tech....how cool was that table??!
|March 15 2012, 02:04 PM
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I'm going to out myself as a COMPLETE nerd, but.....Terry Small ( the Brain guy) says that your brain actually functions better while standing! There are many executives, scientists, etc... that have elevated desks where they stand instead of sit!
...now back to your regular program scheduling....
|March 15 2012, 03:41 PM
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|March 15 2012, 04:00 PM
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"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." John Lennon
|March 15 2012, 04:14 PM
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Not a bad episode. But, I'm about done with the nauseating techno garbage on yet another college/school party. I'd rather hear some R&B or some hip-hop over that techno crap anytime. I would really hate to think that today's college youth are limited to that kind of music as to what's happening now in their age bracket or what's only danceable or party-worthy to them.
I'm starting to warm up to Julie. I do hope that there is so personal affair going on with her and DB. I'm sure that his son knows about something else (rather unpleasant or unprofessional) that makes him skeptical about his pop working and associating with her, again. I have to say that Nick's rocking that Emo-Spidey do. I wonder if it goes along with the subject of this episode. I prefer his crew cut look the best. It fits him perfectly well. And great to see Archie again.
I'd rather that P.O.S. professor get the painful ass-ramming of his life in jail for 20 to life than be shunned by the students and everybody after losing his job. A suspension is too darn soft. Julie is not so bad in interrogating scenes. But, I'm loving me some angry Nick towards the closet Goth dude. I do wish that Sara was in here as well.
As for the girl declaring her virginity, was the point of revealing her personal decision her need for publicity? I'd always keep my personal, private choices how they should be kept. Personal and private.
Overall, this gets an A-.
Toys in MY pram? You best check yourself before talking down on me. And pray we'll never run into each other. Pray VERY hard.
|March 15 2012, 04:31 PM
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Well I went in with pretty low expectations with this one and I'm happy to say I was pleasantly surprised. I wouldn't say it was anything particularly great but it certainly wasn't terrible, I'd say a little better than a standard "filler" episode.
I liked Finn in this one. I would still prefer Sara and I agree with whoever said it works better with just the five of them working the case.
Everyone got some good screentime. That always gets bonus points in my views.
The opening went on too long. Over glamorised/exaggerated college party = yawn. Was odd seeing them playing beer pong / taping bottles to their hands, pretty much everyday occurrences in my life at the moment.
I still don't care about DB/Finn's history.
Case was okay, I suspected the lecturer and the rape victim were involved somehow but I didn't think it would be an accident. There were a few nice lines throughout. Real lack of forensics in this one = minus points however.
Relating back to forensics, I got really annoyed about the amount of "off-camera processing" going on. For instance: "Nick and Greg went through the vic's apartment..." How about we get to see that instead of focusing about five minutes on some fancy party which looks pretty but I don't care about. Similarly, we get a Mandy mention but no Mandy! Heck, we got about 10 seconds of Henry it wouldn't hurt to have a little Mandy scene either!
DB is still a big favourite of mine! I conclude that Ted Danson's addition to the show has probably been the best decision TPTB have ever made. I'm not going to lie, I actually prefer him to Grissom.
On the whole though, pretty good. I had my doubts considering all the DB/Finn spoilers they've been throwing at us recently, and it turned out to be a nicely-balanced episode for everyone. Finn is beginning to grow on me which is nice but I still don't think we really need her.
Looking forward to next weeks "Hodgesode".
Rating: 7.4/10 (good)
EDIT: One last point, I actually like Nick's longer hair.
|March 15 2012, 05:03 PM
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This episode was okay and Finn is starting to grow on me. I liked that they are using all the characters equally. Gives me hope that Ray Langston Era won't be repeated.
I hated that the professor avoided jail but at least he was fired and everyone knows what he did. He won't be getting anymore teaching jobs.
Nick isn't the only one who could use a haircut. Greg looked like he stuck his finger in a light socket and Morgan's little girl hairstyle made her look the same age as the college students. Maybe younger.
I've always thought that whatever happened with DB and Finn was work related and not romantic. It would be cliched and lazy writing if it was.
|March 15 2012, 11:25 PM
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I guess I'll be the Negative Nancy.
I didn't dislike it; the cast overall had nice screen time (athough someone important was missing).
But, it was just not all that interesting to me. All of the topics in this episode have been done before; there were lots of cliches and no new twists.
Beginning with the stereotypical college party, the 'virgin' player, the straight/gay hunk, smug scumbag professor and a rapist that walks, victim turned killer (accidentally, of course). And the 'old folks' don't appreciate social media.
I like DB. I like Finn. I'll be glad when this whole 'history' subplot is behind us.
Of course I missed Sara, but this one just seemed predictable and didn't hold my attention for a variety of reasons.
And I guess DB is the only one who is allowed to mention his family, and have dinner with them!
It was good to see Archie!
7/10 from me, but that just means acceptable/average. Not one I'll care about rewatching.
|March 16 2012, 12:38 AM
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|March 16 2012, 01:53 PM
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My girlfriend has watched maybe 5 episodes of CSI in the last 6 years (she didn't like it when it got all 'dark'). We watched this one on delay last night, since there was no Sara and I didn't have to be all 'OMG! NOTES! CAPS! AAAAAAAUGH!' about it.
Her comments:
"Hey, that's Elisabeth Shue! She's a pocket CSI! I kinda like her."
"Nick, what's with the HAIR!?"
"That poor girl is going to have to deal with all the rape fall out anyway. Just what she didn't want."
"Wait... Does Jorja even show up in episodes with rape anymore? No? I like her more, now."
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Thursday, May 29th at 18.30
Cambridge, Heffers: An Evening with Jerry Toner
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Cambridge, Heffers: An Evening with Mary Beard
Wednesday, June 11th at 18:30
Robin Waterfield in conversation with Paul Cartledge
Tuesday, April 1st at 18:30
Robin Waterfield is making a rare appearance in Cambridge.
The evening will be chaired by Paul Cartledge. In addition to having translated numerous Greek classics, including works by Plato, Aristotle, Herodotus, Xenophon, Polybius, and Plutarch,he is the author of Why Socrates Died: Dispelling the Myths, Xenophon's Retreat: Greece, Persia and the End of the Golden Age, Athens: A History, Dividing the Spoils: the War for Alexander the Great's Empire and his most recent book Taken at the Flood: The Roman Conquest of Greece. He lives in the far south of Greece on a small olive farm. Apart from the thrilling military action, the story of the Roman conquest of Greece is central to the story of Rome itself and the empire it created. As Robin Waterfield shows, the Romans developed a highly sophisticated method of dominance by remote control over the Greeks of the eastern Mediterranean – the cheap option of using authority and diplomacy to keep order rather than standing armies. And it is a story that raises a number of fascinating questions about Rome, her empire, and her civilization. For instance, to what extent was the Roman conquest a planned and deliberate policy? What was it about Roman culture that gave it such a will for conquest? And what was the effect on Roman intellectual and artistic culture, on their very identity, of their entanglement with an older Greek civilization, which the Romans themselves recognized as supreme? Paul Cartledge is the first A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture at Cambridge University, having previously held a personal chair in Greek History at Cambridge
Michael Scott – Delphi
Tuesday, March 25th 2014 at 18:15
Don't just take our word for it that Michael Scott's talk will be something special: "Like the two eagles released by Zeus from opposite ends of the world who then met in Delphi, Michael Scott gets to the heart of antiquity's most celebrated and enigmatic oracle. A vivid and lucid study that reanimates the mentality of those who consulted Apollo more convincingly than any other I have read." Tom Holland, author of Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West "Few scholars know the history of ancient Delphi as intimately as Michael Scott does. Apollo's injunction to 'know yourself' is as hard to obey now as it was in ancient times, but readers seeking enlightenment will surely be encouraged to learn that the unsettling Delphic effect is good for them. On a more earthly plane, they will find Scott's expert guidance to the site and its museum invaluable." Paul Cartledge, author of After Thermopylae: The Oath of Plataea and the End of the Graeco-Persian Wars Michael is appearing at Heffers, Cambridge, to talk about his latest book "Delphi: A History of the Center of the Ancient World" . Tickets avaliable only from: https://michael-scott.eventbrite.co.uk
Heffers Classics Festival 2013
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Heffers Classics Festival returns to Cambridge: Saturday 2nd November 2013. The venue for this years Festival is the Law Faculty, Sidgwick Site, University of Cambridge.
In association with Cambridge University's Festival of Ideas, Heffers are delighted to be holding the annual Heffers Classics Festival with a host of celebrities from the worlds of Classics Fact and Fiction.
Be transported back to the ancient world with experts, historians and comedians, as we explore everything from long-forgotten cities, heroes and gods, detectives and villains to current exhibitions.
This dynamic day long Festival celebrates the Classical World. The programme is a diverse celebration of all that the Classical world has to offer. The programme this year runs over three streams: facts for the academic historians, philosophers and students; fiction for those of you who like your history stories set in the Classical period and, finally, something for our younger friends with storytelling and interactive fun from Matthew Ward, an actor who appeared in Horrible Histories, Hugh Lupton and Caroline Lawrence.
Check out the authors who will be turning up to talk to and sign your books (bought from the on-site Heffers shop of course) along with a range of non-book Classics related goodies to buy!
Throughout the day there will be comedy, theatre, music (courtesy of musician Anna Neale) and thought provoking sessions.
Starting off the Classics Fact day is an early treat: Mary Beard, Jules Evans and Joanna Paul at 10.00 am; the lunchtime Balloon debate features a fabulous cast taking the parts of various Classical figures to debate 'Who is the Greatest Character from Classical Mythology?'
Topping our Classics Fiction sessions this year will see the first public conversation between Lindsay Davis and Simon Scarrow, chaired by MC Scott – this promises to be one of those magical events for fans and novices alike!
On-site café, Origin8, will be serving food all day and is the perfect place to grab a drink and meet up with friends before or after your event.
This year we are delighted to welcome our sponsors OUP, I.B Tauris, Harvard, Princeton, and Bloomsbury who will be providing information about their books and events.
10am – 11am
Jules Evans – Philosophy For Life
Jules Evans is a journalist and writer, who is interested in how people seek the good life in modern societies. He is particularly interested in ancient Greek and Roman philosophies, and how individuals and communities are re-discovering their ideas today. An important part of that story is cognitive psychotherapy's re-discovery of ancient philosophy.
Joanna Paul – Pompeii and Herculaneum
Joanna is a lecturer in Classical Studies at the Open University. Her main research is in Classical Reception Studies. Joanna will be talking about her book A Spectacle of Destruction: Pompeii and Herculaneum in Popular Imagination. Published early 2014
Mary Beard – Roman Jokes: What can they teach us?
Mary Beard is a wickedly subversive commentator on both the modern and the ancient world. She is a professor in classics at Cambridge and classics editor of the TLS.
11.30am – 12.30pm
David Mattingly – Imperialism, Power & Identity: Intentional & Unforseen Consequences of the Roman Empire
David John Mattingly is an archaeologist and historian of the Roman world, who is currently a Professor at the University of Leicester.
William Fitzgerald – How to Read a Latin Poem
William Fitzgerald is a Professor of Latin language & Literature at King's College London. He will be speaking about his latest book 'How to Read a Latin Poem if you can't Read Latin yet.
Natalie Haynes – Ancient Guide to Modern Life
Natalie Haynes is an English comedian and writer. She has been performing stand-up comedy since 1994 and was a member of Footlights at Cambridge University where she read Classics at Christ's College.
2pm – 2.45pm
Balloon Debate – Who is the Greatest Character from Classical Mythology?
Featuring… Harry Sidebottom as Hector, Natalie Haynes as Oedipus, Ruth Downie as Dido, Caroline Lawrence as Andromache and Paul Cartledge as Argus
3.15pm – 4.15pm
Kate Cooper – Band of Angels
Kate Cooper is an ancient historian and professor at the University of Manchester. Her book 'Band of Angels' is published in August.
David Stuttard – Greek Tragedy
David is a writer and lecturer, who also works as a theatre dramaturg and workshop leader. In August last year (2012), Current World Archaeology wrote of him: 'David Stuttard is a classicist well-known for translating and directing Greek plays. His career represents an admirable commitment to popularising classical culture and making it accessible to new non-specialist audiences.'
Charlotte Higgins – The Romans in Britain
Charlotte Higgins is the chief arts writer of the Guardian. She contributes to the Guardian's news, features, op-ed, literary and arts sections. Charlotte studied Classics at Balliol College, Oxford. She will be talking about her latest book 'Under Another Sky. Journeys in Roman Britain.'
4.45pm – 5.45pm
Jerry Toner – The Roman Gods Predict your Future
Jerry Toner is the Director of Studies in Classics at Hughes Hall. He researches into Roman social and cultural history, with a focus on trying to look at history 'from below'. His book, Popular Culture in Ancient Rome, analysed the life of the non-elite in Roman society. He has had two books published this year. One is to show how historians and travel writers have used classical sources to help create various images of Islam and the Orient, which is to be published by Harvard University Press. The other looks at the important role that disasters played in Roman life and culture and will come out next year with Polity Press. For his talk Jerry will use the Oracles of Astrampsychus to read people's fortunes and then analyse the implicit information contained in the oracles.
Peter Heather – Barbarian Popes and the Restoration of Rome
Peter Heather is a historian of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, currently Professor of Medieval History at King's College London. His latest book 'The Restoration of Rome' is published later this year and will be the focus of Peter's talk.
Paul Cartledge – The Oath of Plataea
Paul Cartledge is Professor of Greek History, the A G Leventis Professor of Greek Culture and Fellow of Clare College. He is the author of numerous best selling books and a great supporter of our shop. Paul will be speaking about his latest book After Thermopylae. The Oath of Plataea and the End of the Graeco-Persian Wars.
10am – 10.45am
Caroline Lawrence – Myths, Movies and Storytelling
Caroline Lawrence is an English American author, best known for The Roman Mysteries series of historical novels for children. Caroline studied Classical Art and Archaeology at Newnham College Cambridge and is the current JACT president.
Hugh Lupton – 'From the Tongue to the Page' A storyteller's guide to writing the Greek Myths
Hugh Lupton is one of the most prominent figures in the Oral Storytelling Tradition. He co-founded the Company of Storytellers in 1985, and for a while ran a branch of The Crick Crack Club in Norfolk.
11.15am – 12.15pm
Henry Venmore-Rowland – The Undergraduate Author
Henry was signed up by transworld in his last year at University. His debut novel The Last Caesar was published last summer. It follows the journey of Aulus Caecina Severus and his role in the chaos that was The Year of the Four Emperors. The sequel is published in June of this year.
Harry Sidebottom – Historical Novels of the Classical World
Harry Sidebottom's main scholarly research interests are Greek culture under the Roman empire (thinking about the compromises and contradictions involved when an old and sophisticated culture is conquered and ruled by what it considers a younger and less civilised power) and warfare in classical antiquity (looking at how war was both done and thought about by Greeks and Romans). He has published numerous chapters in books, and articles and reviews in scholarly journals becoming an internationally recognised scholar in these fields.
Robert Fabbri – Writing the Classical era into Fiction
His first novel, Vespasian: Tribune of Rome, was published in May 2011 by Corvus, the genre imprint of Atlantic. The second book, Rome's Executioner, was published in May 2012. With the third book, The False God of Rome, already complete he has just embarked on book four which has a working title of Rome's Fallen Eagle. There will be seven books in the series as well as spin-off short stories revolving around Vespasian's friend Magnus and his crossroads brethren; the first of these, The Crossroads Brotherhood, was published on Kindle on 25th December 2011
2pm – 3pm
Tom Harper – The Whole Truth: Ancient Philosophy and the Art of Detection
Tom Harper studied history at Lincoln College, Oxford. He is a member of the crime writers' association, the Historic Novels Society, the Society of Authors, the International Thriller Writers and the Historical Writers' Association.
Richard Jenkyns – God, Space & City in the Roman Imagination
Richard Jenkyns was an undergraduate at Balliol College, Oxford. He was a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, from 1972 to 1981, Lecturer in Classics, University of Bristol, 1978-81, and from 1981 to 2010 he was a Fellow and Tutor in Classics at Lady Margaret Hall. He became Professor of the Classical Tradition in 1999 and the University's Public Orator in 2004. He was awarded a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship 2007-10.
Harry Eyres – Horace and Me: Life Lessons from an Ancient Poet
Harry Eyres is a journalist, writer and poet. He was educated at Cambridge University, where he studied English language and literature. He will be talking about his new book 'Horace and Me'
3.30pm – 4.15pm
Ruth Downie – Stories in Stones: Telling the Tales of Forgotten People
Ruth is the author of a series of mysteries featuring Roman Army medic and reluctant sleuth, Gaius Petreius Ruso. His latest adventure, SEMPER FIDELIS, was published in January in the USA and Canada.
M C Scott – Ciphers and Oracles. Spycraft in Ancient Rome
M C Scott qualified as a veterinary surgeon from Glasgow University and spent fifteen years in Newmarket and Cambridge specialising in anaesthesia and intensive care, before turning to writing as an alternative, less sleep-deprived, profession. She is the author of the Internationally bestselling Boudica series and the fourth book in her Rome series has just been published.
4.45pm – 5.30pm
Hard Heads, Hard Helmets – for the First Time Ever, Lindsey Davis and Simon Scarrow in Conversation.
Lindsey Davis is an English historical novelist, best known as the author of the Falco series of crime stories set in ancient Rome and its empire.
Simon Scarrow is best known for his Eagle Series of Roman Military fiction set in the territories of the Roman Empire, covering the second invasion of Britain and the subsequent prolonged campaign undertaken by the rump of the Julio-Claudian dyasty.
This event is being chaired by author M C Scott
10.30am – 11.30am and 2pm – 3pm
Matthew Ward – Ruthless Romans and Gruesome Greeks
All the nasy bits of classical history that you'll never learn in school! Activities and fun with Matthew Ward, who appeared in three series of the award-winning 'Horrible Histories'
12.15pm – 12.45pm
Storytelling with Hugh Lupton
Hugh Lupton is one of the most prominent figures in the Oral Storytelling Tradition. He co-founded the Company of Storytellers in 1985.
3.30pm – 4.30pm
Caroline Lawrence: Creative writing workshop for kids 8 to 88 years old!
Best-selling kids-lit author Caroline Lawrence is often asked 'Where do you get your ideas? and 'How do you start writing?' In a lively, illustrated talk, Caroline will share over a dozen fun tips including: How to Plunder the Greek Myths, the three ingredients of a story, seven steps of a good plot, five archetypal characters from Pixar/Disney and How to Daydream. Bring your writer's notebooks if you want to participate in some minute-long exercises… Or just sit back and enjoy!
Heffers Classics Festival 2012
The line-up for the 2012 Festival, Cambridge.
Please see the dedicated page on this blog for this years Festival!
Tickets now on sale!
Session One 10.30-11.15
Philip Hardie
|Aeneas in the Americas: Virgil and the New World
Mary Beard
The Importance of Classics
David Gwynn
The Roman Republic
Session Two
Harry Sidebottom
The Classical World in Fiction
Andrew Wallace-Hadrill
Mark Walker
Hobbitus Ille: New Latin Translation of 'The Hobbit'
Natalie Haynes
The Ancient Guide to Modern Life
Session Three
Adrian Goldworthy
Antony and Cleopatra
Michael Scott
Charlotte Higgins
The Importance of Homer Today
|Session Four3.30-4.00
Bettany Hughes
Q & A session and signing
Session Five
Tom Holland
When did the Roman Empire Fall?
Paul Cartledge
Spartans and Thermopylae
Mary Beard
Meet the Romans
Mary Beard, Tom Holland, Paul Cartledge & Michael Scott
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What an excellent event!
What a great day! I had such an enjoyable and interesting time listening to all the talks ~ it was well worth the trip from Kent. Thank you for putting on such an excellent event and I hope that you will be repeating it next year?


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Back in 1995 I found out my live-in girlfriend was seeing/carrying-on with two different guys. So, I packed as much as I could into a black hefty bag, paged a friend and left. But not before I kissed my one-year-old daughter on the forehead as she slept in her crib.
The old friend pulled into my driveway, I walked out. Normally, I would've left in my own car, but just weeks earlier the engine on my ride died, it cracked, croaked and everything else. I sold it for scraps.
As I walked out the door my, now, ex yells, "If you walk out now, you can never come back." I nodded and said, I knew. As I closed the door I heard ramblings of "Punk ass white boy."
I knew I needed transportation, a job and something to keep me busy – quick.
A friend that I had lost touch with, about eight years earlier tracked me down and got me a job at Kinko's. She was dating the manager there and said I could grab any shift I wanted. I chose the night shifts. The later the better. Night time is when I missed my daughter the most. Once I had some money the manager started letting me take the Kinko's van home on weekends, making it easier for me to take my daughter on weekends.
After about six months I was promoted to assistant manager in the computer department, and then moved across town to another Kinko's. I spent the next couple of months trying to move up and out to a different location. Eventually, I became a sort off clean-up manger. When different Kinko's would terminate a computer department, I would be sent in to overall and streamline everything. Once that was done I'd leave. Eventually, I was hired fulltime at the Pasadena location.
I've always loved Pasadena; it's like Downtown L.A. without being quite as filthy. And 90% less homeless people peeing in alleys.
When I first got to Pasadena the computer staff did not like me. I had already earned the reputation as the "clean-up" guy, and no one likes things being changed.
Over time everything fell into place. Everything became familiar fast. For example there was a Hispanic homeless man that sat on a bench a half a block down and everyday we'd have the same conversation as if we were both stuck in the movie Groundhog Day:
"Con permiso, you have matches?"
"No, I don't have any matches."
"You have cigarettes?"
"No, I don't have a cigarette."
"You have marijuana?"
At this point I wouldn't need to answer, because he would be laughing so hard he'd be rolling off the bench.
I would see the marijuana man daily, but one of my favorite people would be opera man. Once a week this little mentally challenged man, who wore glasses and was about five foot five, would walk into Kinko's, stand in the middle of the lobby and bust into the loudest, booming opera you have ever heard. He would scare the shit out of some people, while others would ask me, "What station are you playing?" Then after a couple of minutes he would turn and walk out the door.
Then one of the coolest oddballs was this black lady (who was also mentally challenged) that came to the store about once a month. She would walk in and wave over each and every Kinko's employee and hand them one or two blue cans of some kind of Spam-like canned meat.
She was quick about this. I'd be in my office and she would come up behind me and drop two cans on my desk and bolt out of there. Not a word was spoken. The one time I was able to make eye-contact with her, she just smiled and rushed away.
Something about all the chaos kept the customers on their toes. If an employee was starting to get chewed out and Opera-Man popped up the customer would be completely out of sorts and have to restart the thought process. It was kind of cool.
After a year of working in Pasadena I was transferred to Glendale and then over to Monrovia. Finally, I decided I didn't want to hear the sound of copy machines anymore and I left to work for a design studio that was contracted with Universal Pictures.
I still think about Pasadena all the time.


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Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, December 2005, pages 42-43
Special Report
The American University of Beirut: A Year Of Tragedy and Hope
By Marvine Howe
|A mix of students, some wearing headscarves and long skirts, others jeans and T-shirts, pass through AUB's Main Gate (Photo M. Howe).
NEAR THE main entrance of the American University of Beirut, a grand Lebanese cedar rises in memoriam to Rafiq Hariri, former prime minister of Lebanon and much admired university trustee, killed in a massive explosion on Feb. 14, 2005. In front of the school library, an olive tree and memorial stone honor four of the school's alumni, among the 20 other victims of the same blast, which has led to a new wave of political violence in this beleaguered land.
AUB, as the school is generally known, is still mourning its martyrs from Lebanon's devastating civil war between 1975 and 1991. Under a giant banyan tree, a Corinthian column stands in memory of Malcolm Kerr, former university president, who was assassinated outside his office by two unknown gunmen, on Jan. 18, 1984. The list of AUB casualties is lengthy and incomplete, according to the school's Office of Information. A score of the AUB faculty, staff and students were killed, including two former deans, Ray Goshn and Robert Najemy. Another 30 AUB-connected people were abducted during the war, but it is not known what happened to all of them. Acting President David Dodge was kidnapped in June 1982 and held for more than a year before being released, and Thomas M. Sutherland, dean of agriculture, was seized in June 1985 and not set free until November 1991.
Today the university is demonstrating the same resilience and resolve evident throughout the civil war. The school never completely shut down then, even in the darkest period of 1989, when classes were suspended for seven months, except for the school of medicine. AUB alumni, who kept the school's flame burning, can be found in the foremost medical centers in the United States and in key positions in government, business and academia throughout the Arab world.
Over the past five years, AUB has recovered its élan and cosmopolitan spirit. Americans are signing up for Middle Eastern and Arabic-language studies. Arab students who want an American education, but have difficulties in obtaining visas or are reluctant to go to the United States, are coming to AUB. The school has embarked on a 20-year Master Plan for the complete upgrading of the campus and its facilities.
Even after the Hariri assassination plunged Lebanon into a new period of uncertainty, AUB forged ahead with its expansion program. Cranes and workmen are busy at the sites of a new School of Business, an Engineering Laboratory Complex, and a Student Center. Renovations have been carried out on several of the original buildings, are due for completion on the Archeological Museum in January 2006, and are underway on the Medical Center. The AUB School of Nursing celebrated its centennial this summer with plans to develop a full-fledged faculty of nursing, including a doctoral program and research center.
AUB President John Waterbury called 2005 "a year of tragedy and a year of hope" in his commencement address to the 1,688 graduates of 2005—the second largest class in the school's history. Dr. Waterbury, who has presided over AUB's revival, declared that his hopes outweighed his fears because "the Lebanese have proved they can, through will power and determination, change situations that had been cause for despair."
One of the oldest universities in the Middle East, AUB was founded by American missionaries in 1866 as the Syrian Protestant College, an independent institution with a focus on medical studies, chartered by New York State. In 1920 the college was renamed the American University of Beirut, and in 1924, became one of the first coeducational schools in the region. During World War II, AUB's Hospital was open to combatants on both sides, and the campus served as a relief center.
With the foundations of the new science building in the foreground, College Hall, with its rebuilt clock tower, after it was destroyed in the Lebanese civil war, stands on top of the hill at right (Photo M. Howe).
Traditionally AUB officials tried to stay away from politics, aware of the need to preserve the good will of their Lebanese hosts and American and Arab supporters. But with the Arab-Israeli wars of 1967 and 1973, many students and faculty members openly expressed their anger against the American bias in favor of Israel. At the same time, the U.S. Congress and public reacted with increased hostility toward Arab radicals, and AUB activists in particular. During the 16-year civil war, AUB suffered tremendously; enrollment plummeted, American and Arab funding dried up, and the Lebanese government provided funds for the school to carry on.
A major problem for AUB from 1984 to 1998 was the U.S. government ban on American citizens traveling to Lebanon, which discouraged other foreigners as well. Some American professors used Irish passports to stay on at AUB, while a number of Lebanese Americans traveled on Lebanese passports. American presidents of AUB had to run the school by remote control. In January 1998, Dr. Waterbury, professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton, became the first American president to reside in Beirut since the ban, giving hope to the university community that life had returned to normal in Lebanon.
"AUB is still the school of choice in the region, with one of the world's greatest campuses overlooking the Mediterranean, but many schools in the United States have better infrastructure, classrooms, labs, recreational facilities," President Waterbury said in a recent interview. He emphasized the need for major works to provide state-of-the-art facilities for teaching and research.
Another wartime casualty was AUB's traditional diversity. In pre-war days, Dr. Waterbury noted, 50 percent of the students came from around the Arab world, and the faculty had a strong American component. Today, he said, the student body has doubled and stands at 7,000, with 600 full-time faculty members, but 80 percent of the students and 75 percent of the faculty are Lebanese.
Samir Kadi, associate director of development, said that after Sept. 11, "there was a great flow of applicants from the Arab world." He hoped the school would achieve a ratio of 40 percent foreign to 60 percent Lebanese within a few years.
In an important show of confidence, AUB embarked in 2002 on a campaign to raise $140 million for its development plans. By summer 2005, the university had reached 76 percent of the goal, according to Steve Jeffrey, vice president for development. In the past, AUB raised between $5 million and $6 million a year, mostly from American foundations, alumni and Protestant mission families. This year, according to Jeffrey, that figure has more than doubled to between $14 million and $15 million, with half of the contributions coming from the Arab world. In the critical months following Hariri's assassination, the United States also provided new support, contributing $2.2 million to AUB's scholarship fund.
Associate provost Waddah N. Nasr acknowledged that Hariri's death and the recent bombings have had a negative impact on recruiting students and faculty abroad, but believed it would be temporary. "Students see in AUB a side of America that contrasts sharply with the prevailing perception of the United States as a dominant power supporting tyrants," Nasr said. "This is the best face of America: freedom, tolerance, an alternative to the clash of civilizations where people learn together and are free to disagree."
Meanwhile, AUB is developing its role as a bridge between the United States and the Middle East. In the wake of 9/11, the university launched a program for Understanding Contemporary Islam. Funding came from private American organizations such as the Carnegie Corporation and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. Dr. Abdul Hamid Hallab, head of the program, said 29 Islamic scholars have been sent to teach in American colleges and universities, and 13 of them have been invited to set up programs in Islamic studies.
AUB's Center of American Studies and Research was inaugurated in June 2003 with a $5 million endowment from Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal of Saudi Arabia. The chair in American Studies was established to honor Edward W. Said, the Palestinian-American scholar who died in September 2003. Said, a member of AUB's international advisory council, had long stressed the need to teach American culture to Middle Easterners.
The university's Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies, suspended during the civil war, reopened in 1997 with only five students. Since Sept. 11, 2001, however, American interest in Middle Eastern studies has soared, according to the center's director, John Meloy, who said 50 students are now working for their master's degree. The center also offers an intensive Arabic-language summer course at six levels; enrollment has grown from 49 in 2001 to 76 this summer, with most of the students American undergraduates.
"AUB really introduced the American system of higher education to the Arab Gulf states during the Lebanese civil war," said George Khalil Najjar, dean of the business school and vice president for external programs. He recalled how the university had kept scores of professors on its staff with the creation in 1978 of an off-campus program, "loaning" professors to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and other countries of the region.
Now, Dean Najjar stressed, AUB is competing with top American universities like Cornell, Texas A & M, Georgetown and the University of Arizona for the pool of students, faculty members and projects in the Arab world. He cited four advantages that AUB has over its wealthy American competitors: "We know the Middle East and speak the language better than they do. AUB costs a lot less than its U.S. counterparts. We have continuity and are not going away. Also, AUB has brand recognition throughout the region as far as the Bedouin village at the tip of Oman."
Marvine Howe is the author of Turkey Today: A Nation Divided over Islam's Revival and the recently published Morocco: The Islamist Awakening and Other Challenges.


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Plan II/Engineering Honors Team Wins the Liberal Arts Honors Student Council's 3rd Annual Honors Quiz Bowl
Captain David Zummo, Ashley Powell, and Brad Parro
Posted: April 5, 2011
David, Ashley and Brad accepting the prestigious James T. Kirk Bobblehead Trophy of Knowledge, and a diploma honoring their achievement.
Three Plan II / Engineering Honors students, Captain David Zummo, Ashley Powell, and Brad Parro, won the 3rd annual Honors Quiz Bowl on Saturday, April 2. They competed against 24 opposing teams representing the best of Dean's Scholars, Liberal Arts Honors, Plan II Honors, Business Honors, Engineering Honors and Turing Scholars.
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MacBook Pro Blu-Ray ready?
So I'm about to drop 3grand on a new Macbook Pro. Now my biggest issue comes down to the fact that I won't be able to watch Blu-Ray movies through the output at 1080p. If Apple comes out with a Blu-Ray drive down the road you think it'll be a hot swap or some proprietary sizing for a newer generation of laptops? I don't wanna spend 3 grand then have to pay more money for a drive that is external :Shouting: Thoughts?
you could get a popcorn hour and use blue-rays rips.Welcome To Popcorn Hour but this is usually for ppl who want to use their HDTV. Why do you want to watch 1080p on your laptop?
*out* of my laptop directly to an HDTV.
I basically want to replace my ps3 with my new Macbook Pro. Being able to install windows I am covered with games...I'll be losing blu-ray though...
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The first big challenge to overcome with any new NoSQL database deployment is figuring out how to deploy the cluster in an environment that lets you scale as needed within a single data center and even across multiple data centers. To save cash, many customers make the mistake of trialing the product on cheap hardware with limited RAM across clusters that are inadequate for the application.
We think there's a better way to run your evaluation. At GoGrid, we've made it possible to deploy a 5-node Riak cluster on beefy, high-performance machines with the click of a button. Check out the specs we're providing as an orchestrated deployment using our 1-Button Deploy™ technology:
- 5 nodes
- 16 GB RAM per node
- 16 cores per node
- 640 GB storage per node
- 10-Gbps network
- 40-Gbps private network connectivity to additional Block Storage volumes (as needed)
Once the first cluster is deployed, you can point-and-click to add more nodes as you need them. Geek out for a moment on what you can do with this technology: You can run a user/session store for your application, use it to target and serve advertising, perform MapReduce operations, or any number of other things with just a few clicks of the mouse. And you can do it all in 4 easy steps.
Step 1: Login to GoGrid
To get started, login to your GoGrid account at https://my.gogrid.com to access the management console. If you don't yet have an account, go ahead and create one: visit www.gogrid.com and click the Get Started button in the upper right-hand corner of the screen.
Step 2: Add New Infrastructure
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