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Current Research Projects
Diane Barker
Supervisor: Professor Dan Potts (The University of Sydney / Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University)
Associate Supervisors: Professor Peter Magee (Bryn Mawr College, Philadelphia) and Professor Alison Betts (The University of Sydney)
Mapping Regional Development and Change in Prehistoric Southeastern Arabia: The Bronze Age Settlement at Tell Abraq, United Arab Emirates
Tell Abraq, a settlement on the Persian Gulf Coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is one of the most important multi-period archaeological sites in southeastern Arabia. It is distinguished by a continuous archaeological sequence spanning approximately 2000 years, with a Bronze Age occupation from approximately 2200 to 1250 BC.
My research has two primary aims. Firstly, a detailed study of the architecture and stratigraphy will provide new insights into the diachronic development of a multi-period site in a region characterised by a scarcity of such sites. The intensity of development at Tell Abraq provides an opportunity to undertake a critical analysis of the dynamics of site formation at the local level. The site-specific analysis will lay the foundation for a broader consideration of settlement patterns, occupational intensity, economic spheres of influence and social complexity during the southeast Arabian Bronze Age.
Secondly, although the ceramic assemblage will be used as an aid in clarifying the phasing of the archaeological sequence, Tell Abraq's uninterrupted stratigraphy also presents a unique opportunity to trace the internal development of the local ceramic sequence during the Bronze Age. Unlike traditional pottery studies, groups of ceramics will be analysed within their stratigraphic contexts, regardless of shape, to identify the ceramic forms in use at Tell Abraq at different times. This exercise will represent a unique 'point-in-time' developmental study of ceramic shapes for the mid to late Bronze Age. This investigation will be married with the analysis of the architecture and the stratigraphy in order to present a fully contextualised study of the Bronze Age period at Tell Abraq.
Ana Becerra
Supervisor: Dr Javier Álvarez-Mon
Associate Supervisor: Professor Daniel Potts
The Lion, the Bull and the Griffin in the Iconography of Assyria, Elam and Persia, c. 1000 – 330 B.C.E.
By the first millennium B.C.E. the iconography of the elite in the ancient Near East had developed into a complex symbolic medium replete with images chosen for their connotations of power, hierarchy and world order. When analysing objects from the Assyrian, Neo-Elamite and Achaemenid Persian periods, it is evident that animal and animal-hybrid imagery, notably that of the lion, the bull and the griffin, is strongly associated with the expression of imperial control and humanity's relationship with the natural and spiritual realms.
My research examines the role that images of the lion, the bull and the griffin play in the construction of the Achaemenid Persian vision of kingship. Whilst these creatures have a long history as the attributes and antagonists of royalty and the divine in the ancient Near East, it is during the Achaemenid period that they appear inextricably linked to the official image and mythology of a dynasty of kings. In line with recent movement the study of Achaemenid Persia, my research will understand the importance of lion, bull and griffin motif to Achaemenid art within the context of preceding Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Elamite traditions with an eye for stylistic and symbolic continuity.
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Natalie Blake
Supervisor: Dr Martin Gibbs
Associate Supervisor: Dr Annie Clarke
Economy, Subsistence and Trade in the Late Prehistoric Southeast Solomon Islands: a Makiran case study
My major focus is on the archaeology of the late prehistoric period in the southeast Solomon Islands. I am working as part of an Australian Research Council funded project named 'Beyond the New World: a 16th century Spanish colony and its impact on indigenous populations in the Solomon Islands', with Dr Martin Gibbs as Chief Investigator. This project is in close collaboration with the Solomon Islands National Museum and local landowners.
I am looking at a range of cultural markers that have the potential to characterise the late prehistoric period in the southeast Solomon Islands with Mwanihuki, an abandoned village site on the northern coast on Makira as a case study. This site has a number of indicators that show the study area was the location of a highly populated area, with evidence of economic and social intensification in the late prehistoric period. The presence of 16th century Spanish pottery on the surface of the site, intermixed with a dense scatter of chert, along with worked and subsistence shell on a number of middens, as well as rectangular burial structures and house platforms provides a rich source of data to consider these themes.
Initial work was conducted here by Professor Roger Green and Michael W. Kaschko in the 1970s, recent excavations were conducted here in 2010 and 2011 and work is ongoing.
David Brotherson
Supervisor: Professor Roland Fletcher
The Demise and Transformation of Angkor: A Study of Ceramics and the Urban Environment
The demise of Angkor is only beginning to be understood in terms of the archaeological record, having been based too long on unreliable historical records. To understand the transformation of Angkor from an urban capital to a scattered group of villages requires the identification of when certain areas cease to be occupied. In general the chronology of domestically produced (Khmer) ceramics are poorly understood and practically unknown for the late- and post-Angkorian periods (14th to 18th centuries). Conversely, ceramics produced in China, Thailand and Vietnam were exported extensively throughout Southeast Asia (and beyond) and, due to the variety of contexts in which they are found, offer a finer chronological resolution.
The primary research objective is to use the foreign produced ceramics found at Angkor to date archaeological contexts, specifically, the terminus date of occupation. Pedestrian surveys gather surface collections of ceramics over wide transects of the Angkorian settlement. In conjunction with targeted test pit excavations, areas with promising surface scatters are investigated to establish a chronology for post-Angkorian Khmer ceramics. In addition to ceramic analyses, modifications to the infrastructure of the urban environment (i.e. hydraulic, religious, defensive) are also considered, and how the spatial and temporal implications of these phenomena relate to the population model.
Stephen (Steve) Brown (PhD)
Supervisor: Dr Anne Clarke
Associate Supervisor: Dr Denis Byrne
Placing attachment, practicing heritage: Re-thinking belonging in the field of heritage studies
In the field of heritage theory and practice, place-attachment is typically characterised as a process of bonding between a group and place. Attachment is thus conceptualised as a linear relationship (i.e., people + place = attachment) in which the component parts are stable and separate entities. I suggest that this model is problematic on two counts. First, material things (natural materials and culturally produced objects) are absent. Second, in line with work being undertaken more broadly across the humanities and social sciences, I argue for a conceptualisation of place-attachment that emphases co-evolution, co-production and co-enactment and focuses on entanglement between people, place and things rather than interactions of pre-existing, separate entities. I propose the following definition: place-attachment is a distributed property that emerges through the entanglements of individuals (or groups), places and things.
I explore the implications of this definition through four field studies. These are: Old Currango (Kosciuszko National Park), Glen Eden (near Bathurst), Darcoola Station (near Hay), and 85 Fairview Street, Arncliffe (my home). The field data is used to examine the implications for heritage practice of conceptualising place-attachment as assemblages of humans, places and things that become embedded, entangled or enfolded across and into one another.
Jillian Comber
Supervisor: Dr Annie Clarke
Associate Supervisor: TBA
Heritage in the context of dispossession: an analyses of applied cultural heritage and Indigenous people in rural New South Wales: A study of the creation of "dissonant heritage" in the management of the past as a resource in conflict resolution.
The terms "cultural heritage" and "heritage" have multiple meanings. Where once "cultural heritage" had a very specific application to the physical remains of human culture the term and its abbreviation to "heritage" have now evolved into a multiplicity of meanings. These meanings have been usurped for political benefit by both the Indigenous and non-Indigenous community. The exploitation of the past for the creation of "heritage" inevitably affects the nature of the resource which could lead to a distortion of the past. The distinction between the past as history and the past as heritage will be examined in association with a rural Aboriginal community in Central NSW, the Bogan River Wiradjuri. The data will be analysed to understand the cultural significance of archaeology and anthropology to the Bogan River Wiradjuri. The archaeological research will contribute to Indigenous representation, identification and understanding. Identity in the modern world creates and is created by the past. The denial of Aboriginal prehistory, occupation and identify through "terra nullius" and cultural appropriation has contributed to the ongoing denial of Aboriginality and inclusiveness. Aboriginal people are relegated to the margins of mainstream Australia through ongoing cultural colonisation and dissonance.
Ghada (Rada) Daher
Supervisor: Professor Alison Betts
Associate Supervisor: Dr Ina Kehrberg-Ostrasz
Terracotta Figurines from Beirut, 13 Century BC to 4th Century AD
My PhD research is on Beirut terracotta figurines, from the 13th century BC to the 4th century AD.
The archaeological remains in Beirut are extremely rich in artefacts covering all the important archaeological periods in the Mediterranean from Prehistory through to Classical and on to Ottoman. Preliminary reports on recent excavations in Beirut proved that, contrary to Herodotus, Beirut was established well before the 5th century BC. Through my research I intend to confirm these preliminary reports and provide a detailed specialised study of Beirut terracotta figurines.
My corpus includes around 1400 figurines (most incomplete). I aim to identify the typology, qualitative/quantitative material and investigate their evolution. This new data will help to determine Beirut's population, the development of its cults, and also the interrelations between typology and local/imported productions. I will also seek to explain the socio-cultural-religious dynamics in the ancient city. Using GIS, I will look at the distribution of the figurines in the city between temples, houses and shops.
I collected 349 samples for chemical analysis. Analyses reports will be incorporated in my thesis and will determine the provenance of the figurines and confirm locally made/imported types and their concentration in the city.
This data will help to write an account of the missing link in the history of ancient Beirut.
Meg Dains
Supervisor: Associate Professor Lesley Beaumont
Associate Supervisor: Associate Professor Julia Kindt
Archaeological investigation of the religious landscape of an Aegean Early Iron Age settlement: the case of Emporio
My research project is an archaeological investigation of the religious landscape of settlements in the Aegean in the Early Iron Age, with specific focus on the case study settlement site of Emporio on the island of Chios.
The study employs data from domestic and sanctuary contexts at Emporio and its environs to explore how the religious landscape of the settlement is constituted. It engages with recent scholarship on theories of ritual behaviour, interaction, agency and materiality to reconsider accepted interpretations and models and to develop new understandings. It considers how investigation at the local level contributes to broader debates about Early Iron Age religion.
Harriet Donnelly
Supervisor: Professor Roland Fletcher
Reuse and Transformation in Western and Central European Urbanism 500 - 1000 AD
The period following the demise of the Roman Empire in Western and Central Europe has come to be known as the Dark Ages; a time characterised by decline in the social, economic and political conditions of Europe. The decline and abandonment of Roman towns has been well documented both where abandonment is followed by repopulation such as Londinium and Canterbury, as well as permanent abandonment such as Iruña-Veleia in Hispania. This phenomenon is important in our understanding of the shift in urban practices and development from Roman to post-Roman. However, the period between 500 and 1000 AD was also a period of intense change with shifting power and the expansion of the Viking and Islamic worlds into Western Europe. New urban power centres emerged such as Metz, Paris and Reims in France and Toledo and Cordoba in Spain, which facilitated the development of new trade networks and the communication of knowledge and religion. The introduction of the Islamic urban layout has frequently been excluded from discussions of urban development in this period which have tended towards a central Mediterranean or Northern European focus. However, the Islamic towns of the Iberian Peninsula became a significant part of a new Western European network. That network is to be analysed in terms of a north-south gradient in regards to initial breakdown, reuse and transformation of the urban space. There are three processes within the phenomenon of breakdown and reformation; the decline of old Roman towns, the redevelopment of other Roman sites and the establishment of new towns. Traditional urban markers such as population, density and areal extent as well as changes in function are vital in mapping and understanding how Europe and its new developing cultures and powers remade itself in the context of the declining urban network of the Roman Empire.
Amanda Dusting
Supervisor: Professor Daniel T. Potts
Associate Supervisor: Dr Javier Alvarez-Mon
Columns, Merlons and Parapets: The architecture of Achaemenid Qaleh Kali
The architectural remains if the "way station" or "royal pavilion" at Qaleh Kali in Fars province Iran was excavated from 2007 – 2009 by a joint Iranian Centre for Archaeological Research (ICAR) and the University of Sydney Mamasani Archaeological Project, and forms the basis of my thesis. A small proportion of the structure has been excavated and I am focussing on the architectural elements recovered such as; carved bell shaped column bases in the 'court style," merlons and parapets, stairs and jointing clamps and site stratigraphy.
Denis Gojak
Supervisor: Dr Martin Gibbs
Associate Supervisor: Dr Annie Clarke
Secret visitors to Australia: the disciplinary response to pseudoarchaeological claims
I document and analyse the widespread popular belief that Australia was discovered by secret visitors - other maritime nations prior to the Dutch in 1606. This has been a long-standing vernacular belief despite being contrary to archaeological and historical orthodoxy. Claims for such contacts are often supported by evidence such as misinterpreted natural and human environmental phenomena, skewed readings of historical texts and pseudoarchaeological evidence. The belief in secret visitors remains current in different forms, ranging from the plausible - Spanish shipwrecks on the Queensland coast to preposterous - Egyptian burial chambers near Sydney - to explicit appropriation of arguments to push political ideologies, e.g. multi-migration models of Aboriginal origins favoured by rightwing groups. With the rise of the internet dissemination of such beliefs has increased and many older claims have also been rejuvenated. Managing and responding to these claims is often an onerous and controversial task for public sector heritage managers and archaeologists throughout Australia.
The thesis addresses how professional archaeology and history have dealt with this challenge over two centuries in order to [a] understand the reasons for the belief in secret visitors and its longevity, [b] critically evaluate the evidence put forward to support the claims and [c] identify potential strategies to improve public understanding of archaeology and to enhance critical understanding of the historical past.
For further information please visit the Secret Visitors Project blog
Taryn Gooley
Supervisors: Prof Meg Miller and Dr Craig Barker
Cypriot Trade During the Classical Period
The geographical location of Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean meant that the island had a significant role in Mediterranean trade in all periods. The island was a convenient stepping-stone for traders travelling to various parts of the Mediterranean during ancient times. Despite this, relatively little has been done in the way of researching the importance Cyprus held during the Classical period in regards to trade.
This Masters thesis examines the lacuna present in our knowledge of 'Classical trade and Cyprus' and will attempt to bridge it where possible. Most scholarship on Cypriot trade (or role of Cyprus in maritime trade) has to date focused on the Bronze and the Early Iron Ages or the later periods in history after Roman occupation. The Classical period (c.475- c. 325 BC) however, has received considerably less attention.
This study attempts to utilise the imported wares, particularly transport amphorae, discovered at sites within Cyprus to conduct a distribution analysis as a vehicle for establishing the workings of Classical trade and the role of Cyprus. Questions to be explored include whether chronological patterns are discernable and whether there is a noticeable difference between various regions of the island in relation to the origins of amphorae.
Justin Hewitt
Supervisor: Dr Annie Clarke
Associate Supervisor: Dr Martin Gibbs
Understanding Authenticity: The role of tradition design in contemporary heritage management
In a built context, architectural and conservation doctrines of the nineteenth and twentieth century have shaped the way we understand, practice and manage heritage. They have also clearly defined the way in which we interpret the authenticity of heritage, to understand what is real, and what is not.
The principle of this theory is that any intervention to a building must appear contemporary to ensure historical authenticity. The same theory has also broadly evolved to mean that no historical or traditional styles of architecture can be copied, thus ensuring an identifiable and unmistakable period of modern design.
However, historical designs have often been used as a way to manage heritage and continue tradition. Many buildings listed on heritage registers are themselves derived from traditional designs. Yet the practice today is considered to be a falsification of history. So, at what point then did the authentic become unauthentic?
This study will use the practice of traditional design as a case study to examine the meaning and relevance of authenticity in heritage management. The presentation will also evaluate the social response to traditional design, how the public view heritage through design and to what extent authenticity is really valued.
Annika Korsgaard (PhD)
Supervisor: Dr Martin Gibbs
Associate Supervisor: Dr Annie Clarke
The Archaeology of Colonialism: State, Church, and Industry in the Solomon Islands, 1893-1942.
My dissertation examines how British colonialism was physically articulated on the Solomon Islands landscape through the colonial institutions of missions, plantations and British governance in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. I am investigating the British Solomon Islands Protectorate (BSIP) capital on Tulagi Island, and Catholic and Anglican missions, and commercial copra plantations, on northern Guadalcanal. My aim is to characterise the materiality of these institutions and investigate how the material culture of each system was representative of broader British colonial processes. The pre-WWII cultural landscape is highly significant to understanding how the Solomon Islands underwent the colonising process with so few Europeans present in the region.
I am conducting this investigation from a regional perspective. I am using a combination of Trimble and base station GPS survey, and documentary archaeology, to determine site placements and planning, natural landscape manipulation, architectural styles and building materials, and Indigenous resettlement patterns, to determine the degree to which the landscape was politicised and racially hierarchical. To date, no-one has examined the combined archaeological signatures of state, church and industry in the South Pacific. This research will greatly benefit historical and colonial archaeology in the region, as it will serve as a spring board for comparative colonial studies.
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Hannah Li (PhD)
Supervisor: Professor Roland Fletcher
Associate Supervisor: Dr Alison Betts
The Tools of State: The Evolution of the Chinese Scholar's Toolkit
The central role of the scholarly elite within political and social spheres in early dynastic China is widely recognized and their writing tools are crucial as both symbols of power and as the practical instruments with which the agendas of the state were carried out. Traditional studies, however, has revealed a tendency to seek a single point of ancestry for these writing tools and, by extension, adopt a linear perspective of the development of not only the material but also that of early Chinese states. This research examines the evolution of the "Scholar's Desk" assemblage from the Shang to the end of the Han dynasty with a focus on broad geographical and inter-dynastic patterns of interconnection and regional diversity in order to reassess the traditional centrist and linear view of early Chinese state development.
Peta Longhurst
Supervisor: Dr Anne (Annie) Clarke
Associate Supervisor: Dr Peter Hobbins
Materiality and Ideology at North Head Quarantine Station: The archaeology of maritime quarantine
My research is concerned with the ways in which disease has been materialised at sites of human quarantine. Within the context of public health it is places, rather than just people, that are diagnosed as infected. The nineteenth and twentieth centuries saw earlier ideas about disease transmission such as miasma give way to modern germ theory. This study will consider the extent to which these shifting ideas of public health and contagion were enacted within sites of maritime quarantine. This will be achieved through an archaeological study of the built environment of the North Head Quarantine Station in Sydney, Australia. Comparisons will also be made to related sites such as Angel Island in San Francisco. This research forms part of the University of Sydney's multidisciplinary Quarantine Project.
Alexandra Lucas
Supervisor: Professor Roland Fletcher
Associate Supervisor: Dr Li Baoping
Chinese trade during the Tang and Five dynasties period:
Chinese trade wares in South and Southeast Asia
This thesis will examine China's participation in the South and Southeast Asian trade networks during the Tang dynasty (618-907 CE) and Five dynasties period (907-960 CE). The Tang dynasty was the period when China first started to export wares on a large scale, and Tang trade wares have been found in many land and maritime sites across South and Southeast Asia. Whether China physically participated in these trade networks during these dynasties is speculative, there is a dearth in information about Chinese trade with South and Southeast Asia prior to the Yuan and Ming dynasties. Information is minimal and scattered widely; authors more frequently focus trade between China, the Mediterranean and the Middle East.
This research will consolidate and contextualize information on past and recent finds of Chinese wares in South and Southeast Asia. GIS will be used to systematically map current finds and trade routes for comparison with present theories and historic accounts of trade. The findings will be used to determine the level of China's involvement in trade; and which cultures actively participated in the trade of Chinese wares to South and Southeast Asia from 618 to 960 CE.
Kristen Mann
Supervisor: Dr Lesley Beaumont
Associate Supervisor: Professor Margaret Miller
Social living: A methodological consideration of Early Iron Age households, settlement organisation and archaeological interpretation, a
case study of Zagora on Andros
My doctoral research investigates household material, distribution patterns and spatial arrangements at the EIA site of Zagora on Andros. It aims to examine activity patterning, spatial use and household life cycles in order to investigate social organisation at the settlement. It also investigates the extent to which we can use inherited datasets to answer current research questions, and how best we can manage various issues (such as deposition/post depositional processes, and the original sampling and recording methods employed) that affect our ability to draw social inference from excavated household data in a manner that is both constructive and accountable.
Alba Mazza
Supervisor: Dr Ted Robinson
Associate Supervisor: Dr Martin Gibbs
Maritime and coastal archaeological landscape of Sicily-Italy. Understanding the Sea-human-landscape relationships through the study of the ancient maritime and coastal landscape
The maritime and coastal archaeological landscape is one of the major representations of the sea-human relationship in the past. Despite this importance, very little investigation was devoted to understand ancient coastal and maritime landscape of very well known Greek and Roman cities in Sicily like Selinus, Lipari, Naxos, Himera. For example we ignore their harbour location, whether they have a commercial/military dedicated sea-space as well as the infrastructures related to the waterfront. As the maritime and coastal landscape is unknown, this give the impression that these cities were never connected with the sea.
The goal of my research is to fill this gaps by studying the coastal archaeological landscape of selected Sicilian key sites within an holistic approach. I will undertake a multidisciplinary investigation focused on palaeolandscape reconstruction combining archaeological, geomorphological, historical data to investigate nature, origin, evolution and present situation of coastal and submerged archaeological sites in Sicily. When my research will be completed I will have a more complete and realistic understanding of the topography of ancient cities in Sicily, and how those are connected with the sea; I will be able to understand past maritime and coastal landscape more realistic than before and finally draft conclusion on environmental/climate changes in the Sicilian coastal landscape over time. The project is in collaboration with Soprintendenza del Mare, Sicily http://www.regione.sicilia.it/beniculturali/archeologiasottomarina/
For more info, http://albamazza.wordpress.com/
Iona Kat McRae
Supervisor: Professor D.T. Potts
Associate Supervisor: Dr Javier Álvarez-Món
Achaemenid and Post Achaemenid pottery from Qaleh Kali, Iran
The archaeology of Achaemenid Iran is profoundly influenced by the excavations of the Royal capitals; Susa, Persepolis and Pasargadae. While these sites provide detailed evidence regarding aspects of monumental (palatial) architecture and sculpture, there are comparatively few studies concerning the chronology and technology of Achaemenid ceramics as documented by these, or other, sites. Achaemenid era pottery is poorly represented, not only in the heartland of the Persian empire, but throughout Iran, and clear ceramic horizons for the early, late and post Achaemenid have yet to be defined.
The recent (2007-2009) excavations at Qaleh Kali (Tappeh Servan, Jinjun, MS [Mamasani Survey] 46) provide a well-stratified sequence of Achaemenid, and post Achaemenid occupation spanning the period of c. 500 – 50 BC. Using the ceramic evidence from Qaleh Kali it is possible to examine this transition in the local Fars district, with the intention of understanding the socio-economic landscape of southwest Iran during this crucial juncture in Iranian history; and to provide a systematic typological and archaeometric analysis of Achaemenid ceramics for the wider region of southwestern Iran.
Jennifer Migliore
Supervisor: Professor Margaret Miller
Associate Supervisor: Dr Richard Miles
Cosmological Mosaics and Identity in Late Antiquity
Cosmological motifs seem to become particularly popular in mosaic, wall painting and relief throughout the Roman Empire in late antiquity. This period is one of great change throughout the Roman world, and one in which communal, religious and cultural identities were evolving, as has been the subject of much recent scholarship. My purpose in this thesis is to examine the relationship between several important late antique communal identities and the cosmological iconographic mosaics that enjoyed popularity in the western provinces between the third and fourth centuries CE, and in Palestinian Jewish communities, between the fourth and sixth centuries CE. The specific iconography with which I am concerned includes the motifs of the sun and the signs of the zodiac, and the personifications of these in the Classical artistic tradition. Accordingly then, this thesis has two parts: a historical analysis, which also incorporates a methodological discussion of how we should approach the issue of identity in late antiquity; and an investigation of the art-historical and archaeological elements of the topic. In order to limit the scope of this topic, which could all too easily become unwieldy, the corpus of cosmological iconographic mosaics examined will not be exhaustive, and items will instead be selected according to their representativeness in terms of historical/identity issues and/or the art-historical/archaeological aspects of our investigation.
Michelle Negus Cleary
Supervisor: Prof. Alison V.G. Betts
Walled sites of the ancient oasis of Chorasmia, 7th/6th century BCE – 4th century CE: a landscape approach
The late Iron Age fortified sites of western Uzbekistan are major features of the archaeological landscape of ancient Chorasmia, a polity located in a zone of interaction between the Achaemenid and steppe worlds. These walled enclosures were interpreted as the urban centres and military installations of a presumed hydraulic state by Soviet archaeologists. This thesis presents a study of the ancient Chorasmian landscape in order to better understand the role of these monuments in the settlement regime, their significance as 'places', and a clearer idea of how the ancient landscape was shaped and inhabited. Although many of the enclosure sites are large in size, there is little archaeological evidence that they were used a permanent settlements, and perhaps represent a different manifestation of urbanism, that may be regionally specific in Eurasia. This study employs new ways of 'engaging' with ancient military architecture, and utilizes landscape archaeological methods to investigate urbanism and settlement practices at the key site of Akchakhan-kala and its surrounding region. It explores the various ways in which the ancient landscape imbued power (territory and status), communicated meaning (tenure, symbolism, social memory) and shaped lifeways (occupation, production, reproduction).
Claire Reeler
Supervisor: Prof Alison Betts
Changing settlement patterns through time on the island of Bahrain, as expressed through a study of the lithics
My project concerns a spatial archaeological study of settlement patterns through time on the island of Bahrain. I chose to approach this from a study of the lithics, as the lithics of Bahrain had never been analysed in detail and lithics provide a way of identifying sites with particular technologies. At the inception of the project I discovered that there was no current map of archaeological sites on the island of Bahrain and so part of my project has been to provide a comprehensive map of archaeological sites on the island of Bahrain with associated data. These sites range in age from the early Holocene (and possibly late Pleistocene) to the historic period. The maps and data are stored in the Heurist database created for this project and Quantum GIS software was also used for the analysis. This data will be provided as a resource for researchers at the conclusion of this project.
In addition to locations determined from a wide range of published and unpublished literature, most of the sites have been ground-verified. A survey was conducted of the central south-eastern part of the island as part of this project and the lithic material from Bahrain stored in Moesgaard Museum in Denmark has also been analysed. This project not only provides new insights into understanding changing settlement patterns through time on the island of Bahrain, but also contributes the most comprehensive map of archaeological sites and associated information ever produced. Thus our understanding of the archaeology of Bahrain is increased by this study, and valuable resources are provided to assist other researchers in the area.
Ana Silkatcheva
Supervisor: Dr Ted Robinson
Associate Supervisor: Dr Kate da Costa
Mosaics in North-west Jordan: Iconology and Workshop Movements
While the mosaics of Jordan were last published twenty years ago, a great number of new discoveries have been made, predominately in the north-west of the modern country. Numbering some ninety pavements, the current collection of northern Jordanian mosaics may be dated to a tight window of approximately 160 years in the late Byzantine/early Umayyad period, with the majority occupying a religious (Christian) context. This thesis is the first work to synthesise these new discoveries and to subject them to analysis.
An examination of the figural and non-abstract motifs has suggested that the religious community here had aniconic inclinations and a more spiritual focus, in contrast to the preferences for a Classical repertoire found in Madaba, the renowned "city of mosaics", towards the south.
Coding and subsequent statistical analysis of geometric motifs has revealed two major workshops based in north-west Jordan, and it has been possible to trace their movements across the region with the assistance of dated mosaic inscriptions.
This study has resulted in further insights not only into the community that inhabited the immediate region, but also into the manner of the transmission of motifs – and therefore, of ideas – across the Byzantine East.
Alix Thoeming
Supervisor: Professor Roland Fletcher
Birka to the Black Sea: Urban Trajectories in Northern and Eastern Europe
Up until the turn of the first millennium, there have been very few known settlements in Northern and Eastern Europe interpreted as decisively 'urban'. Urban growth in these areas seems to coincide with the growth and expansion of Scandinavian trade routes, most notably in the south-easterly direction of Byzantium and the Caspian. Characterisations of these sites, however, have generally occurred on an individual or regional scale rather than as a whole. While largely consisting of similar characteristics and circumstances, these settlements met different ends; some were abandoned, some superseded, and some persist to this day. This study proposes to use a multiscalar and multivariate approach to determine the reasons for the multiple trajectories of these sites, incorporating various theoretical frameworks as well as others drawn from alternate disciplines.
Steven Vasilakis (PhD)
Supervisor: Dr Lesley Beaumont
Associate Supervisor: Dr Martin Gibbs
An Archaeological Approach from the Sea: A Seaman's Perspective of the Maritime Cultural Landscape/Seascape in the Prehistoric and Protohistoric Eastern Aegean
From a Postmodern/Postcolonial perspective, it would be fair to say that over the last few decades there has been a substantial increase in interdisciplinary studies conducted in the Aegean and wider Mediterranean. Following global trends, the sea, as a socio-cultural actor, has entered traditional lines of enquiry otherwise reserved for a Classical and Near Eastern audience. For instance, the Braudelian (and Post-Braudelian) approach to contextualise the longue durée of human maritime endeavour into diverse micro-ecologies has provided a conceptual shift from a Mediterranean dominated by narratives of historical events to a sea of socio-cultural activity.
This research looks at how an archaeological approach from the sea can provide another way of seeing, interpreting, and constructing alternative narratives specific to the social reproduction of ancient maritime culture. The study aims to incorporate anthropological reflections on the archaeology of the eastern Aegean to explore the people's sense of place and identify specific space-related perceptions that are deeply embedded in the phenomenology of the sea. This study is underpinned by a maritime cultural landscape approach, a theoretical concept widely used in Scandinavia, Britain, and the Asia-Pacific, but yet to be adequately applied to maritime cultural studies in the Aegean and wider Mediterranean.
Amy Mosig Way (PhD)
Supervisor: Professor Peter Hiscock
The prehistory of Lake George
My project forms part of an ARC Linkage grant titled 'Landscape evolution, environmental change and human occupation history of Lake George – an outstanding natural archive'. The aim of the project is to examine both the human occupation and environmental prehistory of Lake George.
The Lake George environment is unique in Australia, as a massive, resource rich, upland freshwater lake that has been environmentally varied over both the short and long-terms. There is a significant, and as yet unanswered question about the nature of prehistoric foraging in such a landscape within Australia.
My thesis seeks to characterise a regional sequence of occupation in the Lake George region. To do so, I plan to excavate several sites within the Lake George basin to examine spatial and temporal changes in foraging technologies throughout the occupation period. I aim to contribute to current archaeological debates regarding the nature and role of technology in landscape exploitation and the sequence and timing of technological changes in south eastern Australia. Additionally I plan to contribute to the debate regarding the degree of association or disjunction between environmental and technological changes.
Karyn Wesselingh
Supervisor : Professor Alison V.G. Betts
Associate Supervisor: Dr Stephen Bourke
The Hellenisation of the Near East – a zooarchaeological case study from Jordan and Syria
The effects on everyday life of Hellenisation in this region, reflected in the diet has, to date, been poorly studied. This is the result destruction of much of the material by subsequent civilizations and the lack of emphasis on environmental studies up until the 1960's.
The purpose of this study is to use faunal remains from Pella, Jordan and Jebel Khalid, Syria to look at changes in everyday life in the region. The site of Jebel Khalid is a rare example of a single period site, which has not been damaged by Roman occupation. It is large and complex and comprises a number of areas of differing functions allowing for some intra-site comparisons.
Pella, Jordan was occupied in the period prior to the Hellenistic hence it is possible to examine changes in animal management and consumption in the wake of Hellenisation. Late Iron Age and Roman material has also been studied from this site, in addition to the Hellenistic remains.
Jennifer Wright
Supervisor: Dr Lesley Beaumont
Associate Supervisor: Prof Margaret Miller
Greek Textiles from the Archaic to the Classical Period
Textiles have a number of different functions-clothing, furnishings (such as wall hangings, floor coverings and bed coverings), funerary use (such as a shroud for the corpse or alternatively a wrapping for cremated bones) and offerings to the gods. It is therefore somewhat surprising that the scholarship, both ancient and modern, on ancient Greek textiles has been scarce and scattered. Whilst there has been increased interest in the last twenty or so years, not only in textiles per se but also in their manufacturing, including experiments in the use of loom weights and spindle whorls, this has been scattered among various fields of expertise and perhaps not adequately disseminated or alternatively not noticed by the wider archaeological world. My aim is to take an holistic approach to collect and collate this information in order to consider the following questions:
- what types of plant and animal fibres, their association with man and the consequences of that association, were used in this time period in the production of textiles?
- how were these fibres used – this will require examination of the production line from raw fibre to finished product.
- what conclusions, if any, can be drawn by the application of such a multifaceted approach?


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FSU Volleyball At A Glance: The Ferris State University women's volleyball team hits the road for a five-match Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) road swing starting this weekend (Sept. 15-16). Ferris will square off against Ashland Friday, Sept. 15, starting at 7 p.m. (EDT) in AU's Kates Gymnasium at Ashland, Ohio. The Bulldogs will then battle nationally-ranked Findlay Saturday, Sept. 16, in a 4 p.m. (EDT) encounter at UF's Croy Gymnasium in Findlay, Ohio.
Last Weekend: Ferris split two league matches last weekend (Sept. 8-9) in FSU's Ewigleben Sports Arena at Big Rapids, Mich. FSU recorded a 3-0 league-opening win over divisional foe Northwood in Friday's (Sept. 8) match before dropping a 3-2 decision to Saginaw Valley State Saturday (Sept. 9). Ferris won the opening two games and led 29-26 in game three versus SVSU before the Cardinals rallied to win the third frame and defeat Ferris in each of the last two games.
Last Season: Ferris State advanced to the NCAA Division II National Tournament for the 13th time in school history during the 2005 campaign after previously claiming its ninth Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Championship in 2004 by winning the league's annual postseason tournament for the first time ever. FSU posted a 22-10 overall mark last season along with a third-place tying 12-6 mark in GLIAC North Division action. Ferris, which compiled the program's eighth consecutive winning campaign in 2005, also made its eighth-straight league tourney appearance a year ago.
Ticket Information: Tickets for all 2006 Ferris home matches will be available at the door. For more information, please contact the FSU Athletics Ticket Office at (231) 591-2888.
The 34th Season: The 2006 campaign represents Ferris State's 34th season of women's volleyball. The Bulldogs own an all-time mark of 723-409 (.639) to date. Since the program's inception in 1972, the Bulldogs have won nine GLIAC titles, made 13 NCAA-II Tournament appearances and registered 26 winning seasons.
GLIAC Preseason Poll: FSU was picked to finish third in the 2006 GLIAC Volleyball Coaches Preseason North Division Poll, which was released by the league office. The Bulldogs totaled 26 points in the balloting, which was conducted by the conference's head coaches. A year ago, Ferris took fourth place in the preseason poll with 26 points. Defending NCAA Division II National Champion Grand Valley State was the favorite to repeat as regular-season divisional champions as the Lakers recorded 36 points along with six first-place votes. Hillsdale, which placed third in the South Division last campaign, received 23 points and four first-place votes in being selected this year's South Division favorite.
The Head Coach: FSU head coach Tia Brandel-Wilhelm presently ranks second among Ferris' all-time coaching victory leaders. Brandel-Wilhelm, who has a current 339-128 (.726) career mark, is 221-108 (.672) in her 11th season at Ferris. A 1990 Alma graduate, Brandel-Wilhelm guided the Bulldogs to NCAA-II Tournament appearances in 1999, 2002, 2004 and 2005. Brandel-Wilhelm was voted GLIAC Coach of the Year in 2002. She registered her 200th Bulldog win with a victory last year (Sept. 10) over Edinboro (Pa.) at the Findlay (Ohio) TownPlace Suites Classic.
On The Internet: Ferris State University Athletics' official web site can be found at www.ferris.edu/sports. The site features information on all of FSU's varsity athletics programs including rosters, statistics, yearbooks and more. The squad's 2006 yearbook can also be found at the site.
Live Stats: "Live Stats" of all 2006 Ferris home matches will be provided in progress via the internet. Visit www.ferris.edu/sports and click on the "Live Stats" icon to access the "Live Stats" feature.
Great Stretch: Ferris has won 20 or more matches seven times under 11th-year head coach Tia Brandel-Wilhelm. The Bulldogs are 188-71 (.726) over the past nine years and have reached the NCAA Division II Great Lakes Regional Tournament four times in that span. FSU has advanced to the GLIAC Tournament eight consecutive years to date.
Tough At Home: The Bulldogs have compiled a 245-64 (.793) record to date in 25 seasons of competition at Ewigleben Sports Arena since moving from the Health and Physical Education (HPE) Building in 1981. Ferris, which has compiled six undefeated home seasons in the facility, registered an 11-2 mark at home in 2005. Overall, Ferris is 98-24 (.803) in home matches under head coach Tia Brandel-Wilhelm.
Hitting The Road: Ferris State is 635-298 (.681) overall since 1981 and sports a 408-237 (.633) record in road/neutral site matches during that span. The Bulldogs were 6-5 in road matches last campaign and posted a 5-3 record in neutral site encounters.
Bulldog Captains: Senior outside hitter Danielle Baucher (Kalamazoo/Mattawan), senior middle hitter Karla White (New Baltimore/Anchor Bay) and junior outside hitter Jamie Palazzolo (Emmett/Yale) are serving as tri-captains for the 2006 campaign. Baucher had both a team-high 451 digs and 408 kills last season. White totaled 267 kills along with a team-best 121 total blocks while Palazzolo chipped in 272 digs during the 2005 campaign.
The FSU Roster: Ferris' 2006 active roster includes two seniors, three juniors, four sophomores and six freshmen. Seven of the 15 players are outside hitters, four are middle hitters, and four others fill the squad's setter, defensive specialist and libero roles. All 15 squad members are from the state of Michigan.
GLIAC Honoree: FSU's Karla White was named last week's (Sept. 5) GLIAC North Division Player of the Week in an announcement made by the league office. White earned the distinction after leading the Bulldogs to a perfect 4-0 mark in the Alamo City Classic (Sept. 1-2) held in San Antonio, Texas. The 6-0 White had 58 kills in 13 games (4.46 kpg) during the four-match stretch. She also posted an impressive .413 attack percentage with only 13 errors in 109 total attempts. White had 11 kills or more in three of the four matches, including a personal career-high 25 kills in FSU's 3-1 triumph (Sept. 1) over tourney host Incarnate Word (Texas).
National Rankings: The Bulldogs dropped out of this week's (Sept. 12) CSTV/American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Division II Coaches Top 25 Poll announced by the AVCA. FSU, which was ranked 25th last week (Sept. 5), currently is listed second among the other schools receiving votes with 12 points. FSU previously registered 76 total points in the balloting process last week and was among four conference schools listed in the top 25. Presently, four GLIAC schools are featured in the current poll including Grand Valley State (2nd), Hillsdale (14th), Findlay (23rd) and Northern Michigan (24th).
Ferris State Trends: The Bulldogs have compiled more kills, assists and aces while posting a higher attack percentage than their opponents in all 11 matches to date this campaign ........ Ferris is currently unbeaten (9-0) in matches taking four games or less to complete. Conversley, the Bulldogs are presently 0-2 in five-game encounters this season ........ The Bulldogs have compiled a 80-15 (.842) overall record in three-game matches since the start of the 2000 campaign.
Bulldog Bites: The Bulldogs had their eight-match winning streak snapped with Saturday's loss to the Cardinals. SVSU's victory was only its third in 27 all-time meetings at the Ewigleben Sports Arena ......... Ferris' 9-1 overall start this year prior to Saturday's setback represented the school's best season opening performance since beginning the 2000 campaign with a school-record 10 consecutive wins ......... Karla White recorded her 700th career kill versus Northwood ........ Ferris improved to 12-5 (.706) overall in conference openers since 1990 with Friday's triumph and now sports a 7-2 home mark in those matches during that period. The Bulldogs have won seven of their last nine league openers to date .......... Danielle Baucher notched her 1,300th career dig against Saginaw Valley State .......... Sophomore setter Candice Marut (Pinconning) tallied her 500th career assist versus SVSU.
FSU Invitational Recap: Ferris' Danielle Baucher and junior outside hitter Lindsay Tye (Gregory/Chelsea) both were named to the FSU Invitational All-Tournament Team held earlier this campaign (Aug. 25-26). Twelve individuals were selected to the all-tourney team. Eleven teams took part in the annual event. Both Hillsdale and California (Pa.) finished with 4-0 marks while the Bulldogs along with Saginaw Valley State compiled 3-1 ledgers.
Alamo City Classic Recap: FSU posted a perfect 4-0 mark in the Alamo City Classic hosted by the University of Incarnate Word (Sept. 1-2) in San Antonio, Texas. Six teams took part in the field. FSU dropped only one game in its four outings against Chadron State (Neb.), UIW, Midwestern State (Texas) and Western Oregon at the event. The Bulldogs and Northern Michigan, who did not play each other, both wrapped up play in the classic with unbeaten 4-0 marks. Lindsay Tye was one of eight players named to the Alamo City Classic All-Tournament Team following the conclusion of the event.
Streak Snapped: Ferris' first loss this campaign came to California (Pa.) in the FSU Invitational (Aug. 25) at the Ewigleben Sports Arena. The loss was FSU's first non-league home setback in 11 seasons under head coach Tia Brandel-Wilhelm. The Bulldogs had compiled a 29-0 cumulative mark in non-conference home outings prior to the loss.
Baucher Continues Climb: Ferris' Danielle Baucher became the 14th player in school history to notch 1,000 career kills and only the sixth Bulldog player ever to record both 1,000 career kills and digs in Ferris' season-opening home win over St. Joseph's (Aug. 24). The 5-10 Baucher currently has 1,160 career kills and is 62 shy of tying Alaina Olds' (1999-02) 10th-place career total of 1,222 kills at FSU. Her 1,310 career digs presently is 58 away from matching Kathy O'Connor's (1990-93) fourth-place mark of 1,368 digs on Ferris' career leaders list.
What's On Tap: Ferris ventures to Michigan's Upper Peninsula for three league matches next week. The Bulldogs open the trip Thursday, Sept. 21, versus Lake Superior State starting at 7 p.m. (EDT) in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. FSU then squares off against Northern Michigan Saturday, Sept. 23, beginning at 4 p.m. (EDT) in Marquette, Mich. The Bulldogs conclude the trip with a 2 p.m. (EDT) match Sunday, Sept. 24, at Michigan Tech in Houghton, Mich.
A Look At The Opponents:
Ashland: The Bulldogs own an 11-2 series advantage heading into this Friday's tilt with Ashland, but dropped a 3-2 decision in the most recent meeting (9/23/05) at Big Rapids, Mich. AU tallied a 23-10 overall record and a first-place 13-4 GLIAC South Division mark in 2005. The Eagles, who are coached by fourth-year head coach Connie Surowicz, are currently 7-4 overall and 1-1 in league play this season following Saturday's (Sept. 9) 3-0 GLIAC home win over Wayne State. Ashland had lost four of its previous five encounters this season prior to the victory. The Bulldogs, who claimed eight consecutive series' meetings before last season's setback, are currently 9-2 against the Eagles in the Tia Brandel-Wilhelm era and 6-1 all-time in road/neutral site matchups versus Ashland. AU was picked to finish tied for second in the 2006 GLIAC South Division Preseason Coaches Poll.
Findlay: Ferris State holds a 6-3 series edge entering this Saturday's meeting and recorded a 3-0 triumph last season (9/24/05) at Big Rapids, Mich. The Oilers are currently 8-2 overall and 1-1 in league play heading into this Friday's (Sept. 15) league home match versus Grand Valley State as a result of Saturday's (Sept. 9) 3-1 league home loss to Hillsdale. UF compiled a 22-10 overall record in 2005, including a second-place 12-5 GLIAC South Division finish. Findlay, which had won seven-straight outings prior to Saturday's loss, is coached by ninth-year head coach Wick Colchagoff. FSU head coach Tia Brandel-Wilhelm currently holds a 6-3 career coaching mark versus UF. The Oilers were picked tied for second place in the 2006 GLIAC South Division Preseason Poll and are currently listed 23rd in this week's (Sept. 12) CSTV/AVCA Division II Top 25 Rankings.


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The master of the modern musical adores London, a city he first visited in 1952, and it's safe to say that the capital more than repays Stephen Sondheim's affections. The veteran Broadway composer and lyricist rarely goes unrepresented on local stages, and it's the Chichester revival of Sweeney Todd, currently in the throes of transferring to the West End, that has brought him here for a long weekend.
He has been invited to attend the new cast recording of his 1979 musical, which famously begins with an exhortation to "attend the tale" of cannibalism, black comedy and revenge. The leads on this occasion are Michael Ball as the single-mindedly murderous Sweeney, and Imelda Staunton as Mrs Lovett, the Fleet Street barber's chirpy yet cunning accomplice.
"You don't necessarily want to see a piece of your own when you've worked on it that much and seen it that many times, but I think those two performances are extraordinary," Sondheim says of his latest stars in Jonathan Kent's production. He had worked with Ball on the 1996 London premiere of Passion, about an army officer's love for a dying woman, so knew that the veteran of many an Andrew Lloyd Webber mega-musical could tackle more difficult material as well. But Sweeney? The musical theatre butterball as a man consumed by a rampaging bloodlust?
"Michael, in my view, is what they used to call in critical circles a revelation; who knew he could grow facial hair for a start?" says Sondheim, his wryness and perceptiveness un-dimmed with age; 82 on March 22 (his birthday shared with Lord Lloyd-Webber), he was fêted at a tremendous gala 80th birthday concert two summers ago at the Proms. An occasional searching for names marks the only concession to age during a chat that finds him relaxed and convivial, even with the long-haul flight back home looming as soon as our time is up.
As for the "absolutely remarkable" Staunton, she won an Olivier Award in 1991 for her co-starring role (opposite Julia McKenzie) in the West End debut of Into The Woods. "But I didn't think she was going to do musicals again, or if she wanted to. But if you're going to do so-called dramatic musicals, Mrs Lovett and Rose" - the focus of the 1959 musical Gypsy for which Sondheim provided the lyrics - "are the two juiciest female parts: they're sort of the Hamlet and Lear of the female repertoire."
Sondheim chimes in enthusiastically when I mention that the diminutive powerhouse would make a formidable Momma Rose in the musical inspired by the life of Gypsy Rose Lee and her overbearing stage mother. "Imelda wants that part very badly, and I'm hoping it will work out."
It was during one of his many London visits - this one, appropriately, in 1973 for the Angela Lansbury revival of Gypsy - that he travelled to Theatre Royal, Stratford East, to see Christopher Bond's play of the Sweeney story, and the idea for his musical was born.
"I was so intrigued that I thought, this is my kind of thing. I had lunch with [the late director] John Dexter and said, 'Tell me about Sweeney Todd, because I really know nothing.'" Six years later, the show about the vengeful barber whose lovesick companion makes pies out of his victims opened on Broadway, with Lansbury as the female lead and without Dexter's endorsement.
"John thought it should be an opera, which didn't interest me, and he was very ungenerous about the piece when it finally happened. And if John were around now, he wouldn't change his mind for a second."
That is certainly a minority view: in the intervening years, Sweeney has played every possible scale and size of venue, from studio theatres to opera houses, despite offering a hefty 120 minutes of music: a challenge for interpreters at any level. As with all his shows - and Sondheim's masterworks include not just the Britten-esque Sweeney Todd but Follies, Company, A Little Night Music and the troubled but also beautiful Merrily We Roll Along - Sweeney is a piece about adults pitched very much at an adult audience. And though more death-obsessed than is Sondheim's norm, Sweeney folds robust comedy into a bitter, even bruising look at human behaviour, as perhaps befits the perspective of a gay man who wasn't in a relationship of his own (one that since ended) until well into middle age. He has, in much of his work, written piercingly about marital discord and the foolishness of love, not least in the song from A Little Night Music, Send In The Clowns, for which he to this day, arguably, remains best known.
And yet, for all his reshaping of the musical theatre, it's plays that Sondheim seeks out when in London (though he says Matilda "sounds like fun"). This trip, he points out, has been "strictly business", leaving time to take in only one show (She Stoops to Conquer at the National Theatre). When he returns, he wants to see the Hockney exhibition and much else besides. "In New York, you're starved for plays, except Off-Broadway, so when I'm here, I want to go to the National and the Tricycle and the Almeida and the Royal Court and also and also and also." Sondheim laughs. "The list goes on." Then there's the Donmar, which he describes as "quite possibly the best space for theatre in the Western world, in my experience", and not just because Sam Mendes launched his regime there in 1992 with the European premiere of Sondheim's Assassins.
That show, in turn, took a while to catch on with a larger public, given the troubling nature of terrain that a piece about presidential assassins and the lethal American tendency to reach for the gun inevitably describes. How, one wonders, do Sondheim's musicals sit these days back home in an America that can turn a sometimes censorious eye towards art?
"You know that in the US now there are places that won't do [his 1962 comic musical] A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum simply because it uses the word 'virgin'. And that is not a joke. Curiously enough, we rarely get any problems with Assassins. They're much more worried about 'virgin' than they are about shooting presidents."
Sondheim is at a point when he could clearly spend his time globe-trotting and keeping tabs on one revival or another. He tells me that he will be back in a few weeks to check in on previews at the Adelphi and is only sorry that he missed out on a Finnish Opera Sweeney Todd last year. He certainly won't miss a forthcoming Paris production of Sunday In The Park With George, his soul-searing, largely Paris-set musical about the painter Georges Seurat. He'll be interested, he notes, to see if the French "take it the way the British first took Sweeney Todd", when the Broadway original opened in Drury Lane in July 1980 to a chilly response. "They may think, what are the Americans poaching on our territory for and making a musical out of one of our icons?" Time will tell.
Time will also reveal what happens with a planned film adaptation of Sondheim and Sunday collaborator James Lapine's follow-up musical, Into The Woods, to be directed by Rob Marshall, who brought the stage shows Nine and Chicago to the screen. (A separate attempt at filming Into The Woods some years back fell apart despite a line-up of big-name actors: Cher, Robin Williams, Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn.) "James is writing the screenplay now," says Sondheim, who speaks highly of film-maker Tim Burton's recent Sweeney Todd, with Helena Bonham Carter and Johnny Depp.
"It's very hard to conceive a stage play as a movie - I had never seen one that I thought was any good until [Sweeney]. That's because Tim thinks filmically, and it shows."
London's Open Air Theatre production of Into The Woods two summers ago, meanwhile, will open with a new cast in New York's Central Park in August.
Meryl Streep is cited as a possibility to play the defining role of the Witch. "We will see," says Sondheim. "I think she'd be great."
But not content merely to revisit the past, Sondheim speaks of pushing forward and says he has "20 or 30 minutes" written of a new musical that he is collaborating on with American playwright David Ives, a New York regular little known in London. "Having spent the better part of four years writing two books [both sizeable tomes in which he anatomises his own career as lyricist alongside that of others], I'm really rusty. I sit at the piano and think, 'Where's middle C?' Any muscles, as you know, atrophy when you don't use them, and I haven't been using my musical muscles."
So it's no surprise to hear that Sondheim, for all the joy he takes in London, sounds keen to get back to his New York and Connecticut homes and to his dogs, and to tap into his own artistry anew.
"I've got to get back to work," he says, sounding for all the world like his stage version of Georges Seurat. Not that he's concerned about posterity.
"I couldn't care less about that," he states. "If you can't enjoy life while you're alive, then what's the point?"
Sweeney Todd previews at the Adelphi Theatre (0844 811 0053, sweeneytoddwestend.com) from March 10 and is booking to September. The New York Philharmonic's concert performance of Stephen Sondheim's Company, starring Patti LuPone and Christina Hendricks, will be broadcast to selected London cinemas on March 15 at 7pm (picturehouses.co.uk)Reuse content


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Coming off a huge win the week before against Cedar Park Christian, Charles Wright quickly eliminated any thought of a letdown against Vashon Island, scoring 28 first-quarter points on the way to a 44-20 win over the Pirates at home on Oct. 5.
The Tarriers recovered an onside kick on the opening kickoff at the Pirates' 36-yard line, and running back Alexander Moore scored on a 10-yard run six plays later to make it 7-0. After a three-and-out defensively, Moore – the 1A state champ in the 100-meter dash last spring – raced 65 yards almost untouched on a sweep to make it 14-0 with less than five minutes gone.
"Our coaches told us we had to come out hard and fast, and play physical," said Moore, who finished with five carries for 129 yards. "I think we accomplished that. I've got to give the credit to the line. They opened up huge holes and really helped me out."
The Tarriers then recovered a fumble on the first play of the next drive, and Raheem Hughey made it 21-0 on a three-yard plunge two plays later. The defense forced another three-and-out, and the offense mounted an 11-play, 75-yard drive capped by Moore's eight-yard touchdown catch to make it 28-0 at the end of the first quarter.
"I thought we fired on all cylinders," said Charles Wright head coach Mike Finch, who also noted the play of the offensive line. "We're big, we move people. That's what they like to do, too. It's cool."
The first-half dominance was emphasized just before halftime, as Nick Ho intercepted a pass and raced 60 yards for a score with five seconds to go to make it 38-0.
"I didn't really expect that," said Moore, who also serves as a linebacker. "It was kind of like the cherry on top of the ice cream sundae…it was a good first half."
The Pirates were able to creep back into the game facing mainly backups in the second half, and Vashon cut it to 38-20 when Sam Schoenberg hit Peter Evans for a 27-yard score early in the fourth quarter. But the Tarriers responded when Hughey capped a 10-play, 66-yard drive with a one-yard touchdown to put the game away for Charles Wright. Teaming with Moore to carry the offensive load with fellow running back Colin Reynolds sidelined, Hughey finished with 15 carries for 103 yards.
The Tarriers improved to 5-0 for the third time in program history, and the first time since 1989. Combined with the 27-20 victory at Cedar Park Christian on Sept. 28, the Tarriers have the inside track to the division title. With a win at Chimacum on Oct. 12, Charles Wright would host the Nisqually League championship game on Oct. 26.
"Two years ago I think we got the program started," said Finch. "Last year we really pounded that foundation into the ground. I think that foundation is built…those are big program wins like last week, but I think we're just going to continue to see more of those."
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Fresh from knocking off the GOP establishment's candidate in this week's Delaware Senate primary, Christine O'Donnell just wowed a gathering of conservatives here with a feisty us-against-them speech.
In her first Washington appearance since her upset win over veteran Rep. Mike Castle, R-Del., O'Donnell mocked the capital's "cocktail crowd" for writing off conservative insurgents as "aging Reagan staffers and home schoolers."
"They call us wacky," she said. "They call us wingnuts."
But conservatives have shaken off the "despondency and outright fear" they experienced after President Obama's election, O'Donnell said. She thinks she can win the Senate seat that Vice President Biden occupied for 37 years before joining the Obama administration because "there are more of us than there are of them."
O'Donnell used her speech to slam the Obama administration's economic stimulus as a "Keynesian fantasy" and "the green police" who "want to tell you what kind of toilet you can flush and what kind of car you can drive."
Government regulators "will buy your teenage daughter an abortion, but they won't let her buy a sugary drink from the high school vending machine," she said.
O'Donnell, who claims on her website to have raised $1.5 million in campaign contributions since her primary win on Tuesday, is sharing the wealth with conservatives here. She's headlining a fundraiser this evening for the Family Research Council. Tickets are $100 each.
Her appearance capped a day in which conservative activists heard from a parade of potential 2012 GOP presidential contenders: former governors Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney; Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C.; former senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania; and Reps. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., and Mike Pence, R-Ind.
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Catalina Camia leads the OnPolitics online community and has been at USA TODAY since 2005. She has been a reporter or editor covering politics and Congress for two decades, including stints at The Dallas Morning News and Congressional Quarterly. Follow her at @USATOnPolitics.
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The UEFA Champions League final has come to stand for a good deal more than just a climactic game. It represents a yearly check on the health of the soccer body, a temperature reading, a diagnosis. How goes our sport? Healthy? Feverish? Sick? Strong? Weak?
From that perspective, the news is good. We have a game that features two teams, Manchester United and Barcelona, that like to play a skillful game -- arguably the two best exponents that we have of "the beautiful game."
If there is a problem to be discerned, it has to do not with the teams and their styles of soccer, but with the occasion itself, that fact that this is a final .
For some time, soccer has not been producing great finals. Indeed, even a good one is becoming a rarity. There are two clear and cogent reasons for that.
Firstly: Finals, being finals, come at the end of a wearing series of games. Either -- as in the Champions League -- at the end of a grueling season of something like 60 games. Or, as with the World Cup, at the climax of a short but intensely played tournament. It is a commonplace these days to regard the quarterfinals of a tournament as its best games, those played before injuries, suspensions and fatigue take over.
Secondly: In one word -- Caution. Some might go further and call it Fear. Nerves is the kinder word. It is the responsibility of the great occasion, the awful realization that it is now all or nothing. Either the laurels of victory or the ashes of defeat. Listen to Hamlet in his famous soliloquy . . .
Thus caution does make cowards of us all,
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pitch and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.
Yes, I've tinkered slightly with that. Hamlet was talking of conscience -- I have changed it to caution. The numbing effects of both are identical. In soccer terms, it is the recourse to tactical thinking rather than "the name of action."
Is there any reason to believe that either coach, Alex Ferguson or Pep Guardiola, will on Wednesday play mind games to the detriment of full-blooded soccer?
Of course there is. Under "normal" conditions, both Ferguson and Guardiola are surely coaches who prefer to emphasize offense, and who invariably do. But under the conditions imposed by a final they are almost bound to show some caution.
Pregame plans, like the Ten Commandments, are likely to be more about don'ts than do's. Don't allow them to score first; don't allow them to establish their rhythm, don't concede dangerous free kicks. And for this game, the counterbalancing admonitions, don't give Lionel Messi, or Cristiano Ronaldo, any room to operate.
The last time these two teams, both so powerful offensively, met was a year ago. They played two games in the Champions League in 2008, and produced only one goal, scored by Man U's Paul Scholes. Ferguson had his team playing very cautiously in Barcelona (and "cautiously," I must add, is a far cry from the deplorable depths of negativity displayed last month by Guus Hiddink's Chelsea).
So Ferguson can be cautious. Guardiola is, in effect, rejecting caution, saying that his team knows only one way to play, the way they always play, which is to press forward and maintain possession with intricate passing.
It is difficult not to be carried away by the tide of excitement surrounding this game -- I'm reading headlines that say it will be "a classic," that it "shapes up as a thrilling, high-scoring match," even that it "might turn out to be the greatest game ever."
One hopes that all of those predictions come true. But one has read all of them before, and has too often seen the rosy forecasts whither to rather ordinary reality. When it comes to finals, soccer rarely plays them according to the script.
And of course the refereeing of Massimo Busacca will be important. And so on, and so on. The pluses and the minuses mount up. There is, really, just as much reason to fear that this game will be a tedious bore-draw decided on penalty kicks, as there is to expect a classic.
But given that equality of possibilities, I shall look on the positive side, and plump for a classic. I shall trust that neither coach will allow caution to mar the spectacle. A classic final is way overdue -- and this is, after all, the final we all wanted. Both teams are loaded with outstanding attacking talent, and we have the intriguing game-within-a-game contest between Ronaldo and Messi, superb players vying for that "world's best" title.
This is a wonderful opportunity for soccer to show the world just how superb a sport it can be. A glittering occasion that needs, in Messi's words, to be "an open final that will please the fans." And that demands, in Hamlet's words, "the name of action."


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Could anyone confirm which shield pins should be connected to use this with a Netduino in I2C mode? 'Member #226770' and N8VHF both seem to have puzzled it out; Member #226770 suggests connecting GPO1 to +3.3v and grounding GPO2 to enable I2C mode. Unfortunately, it appears that GPO2 in this shield is connected to a pull-up resistor. Do I have to eliminate the pull-up before grounding GPO2? Or is setting GPO1 and GPO2 not even necessary?
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Last week I saw an Instagram post for earl grey chocolate chip cookies which linked to this blog. They sound so good and I really wanted to make them but as you might know, I hate following recipes. It takes the fun out of cooking and baking for me. I know, I know, you can't just estimate with baking, but I do anyway and many times it works out. Maybe just not exactly as I imagined it to, but that's also the fun part! Anyway, I looked at a bunch of recipes and felt like I had the gist of it so I began to explore. I used:
1 tea bag of earl grey tea
1 cup of whole wheat white self-rising flower (MISTAKE, should have used regular flower)
3/4 cup of white sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 tsp of baking soda (MISTAKE! the flower was self rising)
3/4 cup of dark chocolate chips
1 egg
1/4 cup of milk
1/4 cup of safflower oil (MISTAKE – butter was the way to go)
1 tsp salt
a dash of sea salt on each cookie
As always, I tried the batter and it tasted AMAZING so what could possibly go wrong right? WRONG.
They turned out way too fluffy, almost like muffins, but the fluffiness took away from the taste. Dunked in tea they were alright but honestly, not very good.
Things I would do differently the second time: use butter, not use baking soda, use white flower, use 2 tea bags of earl grey or loose leaf tea, warm up the milk, butter instead of oil.
If any of you have tips on how to make thin, crunchy cookies let me know! That's what I was going for.
I also wanted to explain why I am blogging a recipe that didn't turn out so well. I think it's important to showcase our failures just as much as our successes. We are constantly bombarded with beautiful, perfect pictures and recipes that make it seem like everything is so easy and wonderful. But sometimes, cooking and baking can be a fun learning process that doesn't end up turning out perfectly. I am not a food blogger, I just like to blog about and experiment with food. It's a game for me. But I am also aware of how easy it is to photoshop a picture so it looks a lot tastier than in real life, and I've tried a few recipes from other blogs that look and sound amazing but don't necessarily work out so well. So I think it's ok to still post recipes that are not successful, because you can learn just as much or more. I am going to try these cookies again, maybe with lavender tea, and maybe post the recipe up here if they taste really good. Any tips would be greatly appreciated!


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Loki - NA Release Nears
Dreamcatcher has announced they have tweaked the title of Loki (now Loki: Heroes of Mythology) and the NA release of Loki will be September 28th:
September 11 2007. Toronto, Canada: DreamCatcher Games, a leading publisher of interactive entertainment software, today announced that it will publish the Action-Role Playing Game Loki: Heroes of Mythology for Windows®. Set for release in North America on September 28, 2007, Loki: Heroes of Mythology will have players taking on the role of one of four great mythological heroes as they confront hordes of evil minions, battle against great mythological beasts and defy the gods in an adventure bristling with rage.
Egyptian God, Seth, once condemned to a sealed tomb for his evil and malice ways, has escaped to release a fury of pent up revenge onto the Norse, Greek, Aztec and Egyptian worlds. You have been chosen by the other gods to help bring order back. Play as a mighty Norse Warrior, a fierce Greek Fighter, a powerful Egyptian Sorcerer or a mystical Aztec Shaman in your quest, traveling through vast territories in fierce battle against hundreds of legendary and deadly enemies. Prepare yourself for fast-paced, action-packed gameplay where it is up to you to conquer all four worlds and put Seth back where he belongs. "We think that both RPG and action fans are really going to like the frenzied action of this game built into an impressive storyline," said Byron Gaum, Senior Project Manager at DreamCatcher Games. "Players will find loads of gameplay within Loki's solo, co-op and multiplayer game modes!"
• Endless possibilities – Experience your adventure as one of four different mythological heroes each with distinct strengths and combat styles. Worship different gods in order to gain access to more than 200 different skills. A powerful random level generator ensures that you never experience the same game twice.
• Create your legend your way – Embark upon your quests solo or with your friends as part of a group. Challenge others in PvP mode inside a dedicated online arena or dice with death by taking part in one of the online challenges.
• Collect and exchange thousands of items, including 500 unique objects, such as Thor's Hammer and Achilles' Armor. Customize your weapons and armor by visiting the blacksmith's forge. Disassemble and rebuild weapons with new attributes and increase their magical powers with runes.
Loki: Heroes of Mythology is developed by Cyanide and will sell for a suggested retail price of $39.99 USD. For further information please visit our website at www.dreamcatchergames.com.
Source: Bluesnews
Information aboutLoki
SP/MP: Single + MP
Setting: Fantasy
Genre: Action-RPG
Platform: PC
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BMW Scores 99 out of 100 in Carbon Disclosure Project Global Ranking
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The BMW Group achieved its best ever result in the Global 500 ranking of the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) published today. Scoring 99 out of a possible 100 points, the company is Sector Leader, underscoring its leading position as the most sustainable automotive manufacturer in the world. In addition, the BMW Group ranks among the Top 3 of all participating companies worldwide.
Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG, Norbert Reithofer, emphasized: We are focused on climate protection at all our locations worldwide. We consistently promote environmental protection at our plants and have made major progress in recent years. Our success in the CDP Global 500 ranking confirms that we are on the right track.
The Carbon Disclosure Projects ranking is regarded as one of the most prestigious ratings for sustainability and evaluates 500 companies worldwide.
Two Leadership rankings are formed from the Global 500 ranking: the Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI) for transparent reporting and the Carbon Performance Leadership Index (CPLI) for effective action on climate protection. Only the top ten per cent of companies make it onto this index. The BMW Group takes a leading position on both indices.
The BMW Groups excellent rating shows once again that the company pursues climate protection along the entire value chain and has it embedded in the long-term corporate strategy. The BMW Group also informs its stakeholders of progress and goals in the area of climate protection on a regular basis.
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London Cab Fleet To Get Free Wi-Fi
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A fleet of London cabs are set to be rigged with Internet access. According to the Inquirer, Greentomatocars will equip 300 cars with SIM cards that will stream Wi-Fi for passengers–just need to hop in and log in with the password "ilovewifi." 40 London tube stations are already fitted out with Wi-Fi access, with 80 expected to be ready by the time the Olympics begin, thanks to partner Virgin Media. The London overground is also getting wired for Wi-Fi, courtesy of ISP provider The Cloud.
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speakers for the Future Plans College & Career Fair. These speakers will share their insight and expertise with an estimated 5,000 Central Texas Students from 2:00 - 8:00 PM on Tuesday, March 5 in the Austin Convention Center.SXSWedu is thrilled to announce the twelve
Each speaker will deliver a 20 minute presentation on their respective stages – and in case an attendee misses it – they will present twice! With topics from admissions and financial aid to employment trends and resume drafting, Future Plans attendees will walk away with invaluable knowledge of current college and career processes.
Future Plans is a re-imagined college & career fair in which students are given the power and knowledge to take a thoughtful approach to their individual future. Email email@example.com with questions.


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SeaTac Officers Arrest Suspect in Stolen Car from California Murder and Attempted Murder of Police Officer
King County Sheriff's Office press release:
This morning around 9 a.m. a SeaTac Police Officer pursued and eventually apprehended a man and woman who were driving a California murder victim's stolen car and are suspects in a crime spree in California including Escape and Attempted Murder of a police officer
The incident started just before 9 this morning when a SeaTac Officer ran the license plate of a blue Subaru station wagon that was parked near 18800 block of 32 Ave S. The plate returned stolen and as the officer attempted to contact the occupants, the vehicle took off southbound, ramming the officer's car as it sped away.
A pursuit ensued and the car was boxed in by SeaTac police cars near S188 and Pacific Hwy. The female driver jumped into the back seat and the male passenger got into the driver's seat. The male repeatedly rammed the police cars trying to escape in the vehicle. When the male could no longer move his car the pair was ordered out of the car by police at gun point.
A 25 year old woman and her 24 year old husband were taken out of the car and detained. Officers learned that the male had escaped from the San Bernardino County Jail on August 28th with the aid of the female. California authorities believe the pair went on a crime spree after the escape.
The male is also suspected of the attempted murder of a police officer on Sunday, September 2nd. On that day a Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy approached a suspicious vehicle in the City of South El Monte. An exchange of gunfire ensued between the deputy and suspect. The suspect shot and wounded the deputy with a shotgun.
Additionally, on October 5th a 55 year old woman was found stabbed to death in her home in the City of Hercules near San Francisco. Her blue Subaru station wagon was missing after the murder. That stolen Subaru was the vehicle stopped and the occupants arrested by the SeaTac Officer this morning near S188th and Pacific Hwy. A shotgun was also found in the vehicle. Hercules Police Department officials are not naming the suspects in the murder but plan to interview the pair about the incident and why they were in the victim's stolen car.
Detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office and Hercules Police Department are investigating if the pair committed a number of other crimes including carjacking and robbery while traveling their way from Southern California to Northern California.
Detectives from the City of SeaTac will also contact police agencies in Oregon and Washington to see if the pair may have committed crimes in these states.
The couple has been booked into the King County Jail.
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Today we got the first word from Tartan about the highly anticipated release of the Spanish film H6: Diary of a Serial Killer, which was originally due to debut on DVD here in the states on August 22nd.
To make sure the movie will look and sound as good as possible when it hits the streets, the date has been shifted around a few times, but we were told that the final, official release date for H6 will be November 21st, 2006. The perfect gift to bridge the Halloween/Christmas gap!
H6 tells of Antonio Frau, a man who has spent the better part of his life in prison after "accidentally" killing his girlfriend. Upon his release he discovers he has inherited a former brothel from a long-lost family member and quickly moves in, turning one of the rooms within into his own version of hell for some degenerate victims, all the while keeping up appearances to the outside world via his trusting wife. Check out my full reivew of it right here for more.
Features on the disc will include an interview with the film's young director, Martin Garrido Baron, an interview with star Fernando Asaco, trailer, and other goodies. Click here to pre-order the DVD through Evilshop!
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SHE'S SUPER ADORABLE! >_> sorry had to get that out...now she makes me want candy...for some reason swedish fish mostly. >_> guess because I like them so much.
Oh my gosh! I use to love swedish fish! I was obsessed with them one year at a summer camp...ooooh the sugar highs my camp counselor must have endured n.n
oh gosh lol. but I guess a hyper kid is better than one who won't do anything. >_> though I guess it depends on what kind of sugar high...if it's like my friend heathers sugar high in high school they'd probably think the kid was stoned instead of just sugar high. >_> (don't ask it was traumatic.)
Wow, I heard of being "as sweet as sugar", but Candyfloss really takes that literally... in a crazy awesome way. So cool that ya did Fefe's character justice.
I never thought about it before, but it was a treat [/pun] to see this character done in your style
Nicely done
Nicely done
rofl, I love puns xD I need to draw this character again, she's just so awesome!
Thank you :love
Thank you :love
omg! So cute
Cuuuuuuuuuuuuuute 8D
Awwww she is so cute! This is so beautifully done, I love it!
Thank yoooooou!!! <3
Thank yoooooou!!! <3
sweet sugary goodness she's so cute!!!
She is so cute!
Gorgeous, she'll love it!


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Bomb threat forces evacuation
Firefighters respond to a bomb threat at the State of New Mexico Corrections Department, Probation & Parole Division building located at 5 Grand Avenue Plaza, Thursday morning.The offices of the New Mexico's Region IV Probation and Parole at 5 Grand Avenue Plaza received a bomb threat, Thursday. (Mark Wilson Photo)
The call came in around 10 a.m.
The [auth] facility was evacuated and the Roswell Police Department summoned to complete a search of the facility. The Roswell Fire Department was placed on stand-by at the Wool Bowl, with several fire engines and ambulances ready and alert.
By 10:30, RPD had completed a sweep of the facility, and the all clear was given. "There's nothing inside; nothing outside or on the roof," said Sgt. Ron Smith, who headed the operation.
RPD spokesman Officer Travis Holley said, "We have standard procedures we follow. The building is evacuated. We search.
We often have to rely on the knowledge of the employees who are there day-to-day. They will know if something is out of place, like a suitcase, something that doesn't belong. "
If a bomb is found, the bomb squad with the New Mexico State Police called in to defuse it.
According to Commander William Brown, the last time the bomb squad was called in was eight years ago.
Employees with Probation and Parole were unwilling to comment on the incident.
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Zooey Deschanel
Zooey Deschanel is a musical genuis who sing, plays, and writes her own music. Zooey Deschanel recently married Ben Gibbard. Zooey Deschanel was in Tom Carey "Yes Man" and starred in the upcoming "500 Days Of Summer" movie.
Back in the spotlight after a break to focus on marriage and motherhood, Zooey Deschanel covers the November 2016 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.
Dishing about her experiences during the first year with her newly formed family, the 36-year-old actress also talks about her Twitter fails and finding her happy ending.
It's one of the most-anticipated animated flicks of the year, and "Trolls" finally has a full-length preview trailer for all to enjoy.
The DreamWorks project features a stellar cast including Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, James Corden, Russell Brand, Gwen Stefani and Ron Funches, all under the direction of Mike Mitchell.
Ever the free spirit, Zooey Deschanel didn't rely on tradition when it came to selecting the moniker for her beautiful baby girl.
The "New Girl" star told People that she and her husband Jacob Pechenik decided on a unique name, partially based on their love for water animals.
Kicking off the week with an exciting evening out, Kate Hudson showed up at the Manhattan premiere of her new film "Rock the Kasbah" last night (October 19).
The "Fool's Gold" gal was dressed to the nines as she mingled with costar Zooey Deschanel, while Lady Gaga (who was in the house to support her beau Taylor Kinney) and Jennifer Lopez made their rounds.
Clearly she knows how to keep a secret in Tinseltown, as Zooey Deschanel managed to get hitched and have a baby without the press catching wind of anything.
A spokesperson for the "New Girl" actress told press, "I am thrilled to confirm that Zooey Deschanel and her husband, Jacob Pechenik, are new parents to a beautiful healthy baby girl."
She's the embodiment of the sexy nerd, and Zooey Deschanel is drool-worthy on the June 2015 cover of Cosmopolitan magazine.
Showing off her ample cleavage, the "New Girl" star, who is currently pregnant with fiancé Jacob Pechenik's baby, discusses her philosophy on success- "I'm very focused. I work all the time, but I do what I love and I don't care what people think of it. You don't become successful by trying to be 'a success.' You become successful by doing things that give you pleasure. That's a hallmark of mine."
Last week the GossipCenter reported that Zooey Deschanel is pregnant with her first child, and now she's also engaged to boyfriend Jacob Pechenik.
The "New Girl" actress accepted a marriage proposal from her handsome beau after first getting together back in August of 2014. Deschanel was previously married to Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard.
She's one of the most lovable ladies on television and soon Zooey Deschanel will be a bona fide hot mom!
The "New Girl" actress has confirmed that she's pregnant with boyfriend Jacob Pechenik's child in a new statement to People. Deschanel declared, "Jacob and I are over the moon. We are so excited to meet our little one," and she's said to be due this summer.
We love her quirky antics, and Zooey Deschanel's new music video for "Stay Awhile" is nothing short of fabulous.
In the clip for her band She & Him, the "New Girl" cutie dances with an invisible man while her bandmate M. Ward plays an invisible guitar.
Gearing up for the autumn television season, a smattering of stars showed up at the 2014 FOX Fall Eco-Casino Party in Santa Monica last night (September 8).
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