Thanksgiving

Hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Books read in 2014

Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead do Tell Tales, William Bass & Jon Jefferson
The Big Roads, Earl Swift
Never Suck A Dead Man's Hand: Curious Adventures of a CSI, Dana Kollmann 
Confessions of a Surgeon, Paul A. Ruggieri M.D.
Lincoln's Grace Robbers, Steve Sheinkin
Why Your Prescription Takes So Damn Long to Fill, Drugmonkey
Beyond the Body Farm, Dr. Bill Bass & Jon Jefferson
The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession, Mark Obmascik
True Hollywood Noir: Filmland Mysteries and Murders, Dina Di Mambro
Island of Vice: Theodor Roosevelt's Quest to Clean Up Sin-Loving New York, Richard Zacks   
Mortal Evidence: The Forensics Behind Nine Shocking Cases, Cyril H. Wecht
Amelia, Nancy Nahra
Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures, Robert K. Wittman & John Shiffman 
The Fault in Our Stars, John Green
Hot Lights, Cold Steel, Michale J. Collins, M.D.
Blue Collar, Blue Scrubs, Michael J. Collins M.D. 
Dark Dreams: A Legendary FBI Profiler Examines Homicide and the Criminal Mind, Roy Hazelwood & Stephen G. Michaud 
Swim, Bike, Run: Our Triathlon Story, Alistair Brownlee & Jonathan Brownlee
The Stranger Beside Me, Ann Rule
Beauty, Disrupted: The Carre Otis Story, Carre Otis & Hugo Schwyzer
House of Versace: The Untold Story of Genius, Murder and Survival, Deborah Ball
Trama: My Life as an Emergency Surgeon, Dr. James Cole
Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies, J.B. West
Kitchen Confidential, Anthony Bourdain
Back of the House: The Secret Life of a Restaurant, Scott Haas 
Shooting Stars: My Unexpected Life Photographing Hollywood's Most Famous, Jennifer Buhl
Trauma Junkie: Memoirs of an Emergency Flight Nurse, Janice Hudson
You'll Never Nanny in This Town Again: The True Adventures of a Hollywood Nanny, Suzanne Hansen
NYPD Confidential: Power and Corruption in the Country's Greatest Police Force, Leonard Levitt 
The Things That Matter, Nate Berkus
Chicago Cop: Tales from the Street, Star #14931
The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute of America, Michael Ruhlman
Monica's Story, Andrew Morton
All Too Human: A Political Education, George Stephanopoulos
Flowers in the Attic, V.C. Andrews
Petals on the Wind, V.C. Andrews
If There Be Thorns, V.C., Andrews 
How I Helped O.J. Get Away With Murder, Mike Gilbert  
Rawhide Down: The Near Assassination of Ronald Reagan, Del Quentin Wilber
Standing Next to History: An Agent's Life Inside The Secret Service, Joseph Petro & Jeffrey Robinson  
Intensive Care, Echo Heron
Condition Critical: The Story of a Nurse Continues, Echo Heron
Cabin Fever: The Sizzling Secrets of an Virgin Air Hostess..., Mandy Smith
Dancing with the Devil: The Windsors and Jimmy Donahue, Christopher Wilson
The Season: A Summer Whirl Through the English Social Season, Sophie Campbell
Joe and Marilyn: Legends in Love, C. David Heymann
Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies and the Making of a Medical Examiner, Judy Melinek, M.D.
Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents, Cormac O'Brien
Secret Lives of the First Ladies, Cormac O'Brien
The Man Who Made Vermeers: Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Han van Meegeren
Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General, Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard
Gone Girl, GIllian Flynn
The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art, Don Thompson
Julius Caesar, Philip Freeman
The Painted Word, Tom Wolfe
What Are You Looking At?: The Surprising, Shocking and Sometimes Strange Story of 150 of Modern Art, Will Gompertz
41: A Portrait of My Father, George W. Bush
 
Currently Reading:  Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory, Caitlin Doughty

NCAA Cross Country Championships

John A. Kissane

The NCAA Cross Country Championships took place Saturday at the LaVern Gibson Cross Country Course in Terra Haute, Indiana.

Michigan State Spartans won the women's championship with 85 points by placing four runners in the top 21. Iowa State finished second (147), New Mexico (188), Georgetown (189) and Arkansas rounded out the top 5 with (209) points. Other Big Ten teams participated as well. Wisconsin Badgers placed 10th with 382 points, Michigan was 18th (474) and Ohio State was 26th with 577.

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Winning the individual title was Kate Avery from Iona in 19:31.6. Wisconsin's Sarah Disanza was second in 19:39.9. Leading the way for the Spartans was Rachele Schulist (4th - 19:54.3), Lindsay Clark (11th - 20:16.0), Leah O' Connor (17th - 20:20.8) and Julia Otwell (21st - 20:29.5).

Michigan's first runner was Brook Handler (89th - 21:08.8).

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Buffaloes won their second straight NCAA championship with 65 points over second place Stanford with 98 points. Portland finished third with 175, Northern Arizona was fourth (188) and Syracuse was fifth with 206. The Big Ten had many teams compete: Wisconsin finished 10th (335), Michigan 11th (365) and Indiana 15th (416).

Winning the individual title was Edward Cheserek from Oregon in 30:19.4. Wisconsin's Malachy Schroblilgen was 10th in 30:32.6 and Michigan's Mason Ferlic was 13th in 30:37.1.

Watch the D1 Women's Cross Country Championship replay.
Watch the D1 Men's Cross Country Championship replay.

Abraham Lincoln's New Salem V - Petersburg, IL

Books read in 2014

Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead do Tell Tales, William Bass & Jon Jefferson
The Big Roads, Earl Swift
Never Suck A Dead Man's Hand: Curious Adventures of a CSI, Dana Kollmann 
Confessions of a Surgeon, Paul A. Ruggieri M.D.
Lincoln's Grace Robbers, Steve Sheinkin
Why Your Prescription Takes So Damn Long to Fill, Drugmonkey
Beyond the Body Farm, Dr. Bill Bass & Jon Jefferson
The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession, Mark Obmascik
True Hollywood Noir: Filmland Mysteries and Murders, Dina Di Mambro
Island of Vice: Theodor Roosevelt's Quest to Clean Up Sin-Loving New York, Richard Zacks   
Mortal Evidence: The Forensics Behind Nine Shocking Cases, Cyril H. Wecht
Amelia, Nancy Nahra
Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures, Robert K. Wittman & John Shiffman 
The Fault in Our Stars, John Green
Hot Lights, Cold Steel, Michale J. Collins, M.D.
Blue Collar, Blue Scrubs, Michael J. Collins M.D. 
Dark Dreams: A Legendary FBI Profiler Examines Homicide and the Criminal Mind, Roy Hazelwood & Stephen G. Michaud 
Swim, Bike, Run: Our Triathlon Story, Alistair Brownlee & Jonathan Brownlee
The Stranger Beside Me, Ann Rule
Beauty, Disrupted: The Carre Otis Story, Carre Otis & Hugo Schwyzer
House of Versace: The Untold Story of Genius, Murder and Survival, Deborah Ball
Trama: My Life as an Emergency Surgeon, Dr. James Cole
Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies, J.B. West
Kitchen Confidential, Anthony Bourdain
Back of the House: The Secret Life of a Restaurant, Scott Haas 
Shooting Stars: My Unexpected Life Photographing Hollywood's Most Famous, Jennifer Buhl
Trauma Junkie: Memoirs of an Emergency Flight Nurse, Janice Hudson
You'll Never Nanny in This Town Again: The True Adventures of a Hollywood Nanny, Suzanne Hansen
NYPD Confidential: Power and Corruption in the Country's Greatest Police Force, Leonard Levitt 
The Things That Matter, Nate Berkus
Chicago Cop: Tales from the Street, Star #14931
The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute of America, Michael Ruhlman
Monica's Story, Andrew Morton
All Too Human: A Political Education, George Stephanopoulos
Flowers in the Attic, V.C. Andrews
Petals on the Wind, V.C. Andrews
If There Be Thorns, V.C., Andrews 
How I Helped O.J. Get Away With Murder, Mike Gilbert  
Rawhide Down: The Near Assassination of Ronald Reagan, Del Quentin Wilber
Standing Next to History: An Agent's Life Inside The Secret Service, Joseph Petro & Jeffrey Robinson  
Intensive Care, Echo Heron
Condition Critical: The Story of a Nurse Continues, Echo Heron
Cabin Fever: The Sizzling Secrets of an Virgin Air Hostess..., Mandy Smith
Dancing with the Devil: The Windsors and Jimmy Donahue, Christopher Wilson
The Season: A Summer Whirl Through the English Social Season, Sophie Campbell
Joe and Marilyn: Legends in Love, C. David Heymann
Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies and the Making of a Medical Examiner, Judy Melinek, M.D.
Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents, Cormac O'Brien
Secret Lives of the First Ladies, Cormac O'Brien
The Man Who Made Vermeers: Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Han van Meegeren
Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General, Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard
Gone Girl, GIllian Flynn
The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art, Don Thompson
Julius Caesar, Philip Freeman
The Painted Word, Tom Wolfe
What Are You Looking At?: The Surprising, Shocking and Sometimes Strange Story of 150 of Modern Art, Will Gompertz

Currently Reading: 41: A Portrait of My Father, George W. Bush

NCAA Grand Lakes Regional Cross Country Championships

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The NCAA Great Lakes Regional Cross Country Championships took place Saturday at the Zimmer Championship Course in Madison, Wisconsin.

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In the women's race (6,000 meters), Michigan State's Leah O'Connor and Rachele Schulist went 1-2 to help lead the Spartans to the win. O'Connor and Schulist both finished the race in 19:45, but O'Connor was the individual champion. Michigan's Brook Handler was the top finisher for the Wolverines, placing seventh in 20:08. Finishing second for Michigan was Megan Weschler in 22nd place in 20:40. Michigan's top two runners, Erin Finn and Shannon Osika, did not run in the regional championship.

Michigan State won the regional with 28 points, Wisconsin was second (82), Toledo third (133), Michigan fourth (137) and Ohio State rounded out the top five with 155 points.

Michigan women's cross country team earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Cross Country Championships on November 22 at the Wabash Valley Family Sports Center in Terre Haute, IN. A live webcast of the championships will start broadcasting at noon (ET) on NCAA. com.

The Wisconsin Badgers men's cross country team won the overall title Saturday at home. The Badgers scored 61 points to win the meet on the 10,000 meter course. Coming in second was Michigan State with 82 points, Michigan was third with 94, Indiana was fourth (126) and Eastern Michigan fifth with 164 points.

Winning the individual title was John Mascari from Indiana State in 30:07. Wisconsin's Malachy Schrobilgen finished in 20:10. Michigan had two runners in the top 10, Mason Ferlic was seventh in 30:25 and Ben Flanagan was 10th in 30:31.

The Michigan men's cross country team also earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Cross Country Championships this Saturday. The men's race starts at 1 p.m. ET.

Women's Team Standings

 1. Michigan State     28
 2. Wisconsin          82
 3. Toledo            133
 4. Michigan          137
 5. Ohio State        155
 6. Notre Dame        195
 7. Indiana           198
 8. Eastern Michigan  202
 9. Butler            210
10. Purdue            221

Top 10 Individual Finishers

 1. Leah O'Connor, Michigan State       19:45
 2. Rachele Schulist, Michigan State    19:45
 3. Sarah Disanza, Wisconsin            19:58
 4. Molly Seidel, Notre Dame            19:59
 5. Julia Otwell, Michigan State        20:06
 6. Lindsay Clark, Michigan State       20:07
 7. Brook Handler, Michigan             20:08
 8. Katie Borchers, Ohio State          20:11
 9. Gabi Anzalone, Wisconsin            20:14
10. Victoria Voronko, Eastern Michigan  20:16

 

Men's Team Standings 
 1. Wisconsin          61
 2. Michigan State     82
 3. Michigan           94
 4. Indiana           126
 5. Eastern Michigan  164
 6. Notre Dame        205
 7. Indiana State     241
 8. Butler            252
 9. IUPUI             253
10. Ohio State        277


Top 10 Individual Finishers
 1. John Mascari, Indiana State     30:07
 2. Malachy Schrobilgen, Wisconsin  30:10
 3. Matt McClintock, Purdue         30:17
 4. Caleb Rhynard, Michigan State   30:17
 5. Erik Peterson, Butler           30:22
 6. Michael Clevenger, Notre Dame   30:22
 7. Mason Ferlic, Michigan          30:25
 8. Joseph Stewart, Miami (Ohio)    30:29
 9. Evan Esselink, Indiana          30:29
10. Ben Flanagan, Michigan          30:31

Abraham Lincoln's New Salem IV - Petersburg, IL

Books read in 2014

Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead do Tell Tales, William Bass & Jon Jefferson
The Big Roads, Earl Swift
Never Suck A Dead Man's Hand: Curious Adventures of a CSI, Dana Kollmann 
Confessions of a Surgeon, Paul A. Ruggieri M.D.
Lincoln's Grace Robbers, Steve Sheinkin
Why Your Prescription Takes So Damn Long to Fill, Drugmonkey
Beyond the Body Farm, Dr. Bill Bass & Jon Jefferson
The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession, Mark Obmascik
True Hollywood Noir: Filmland Mysteries and Murders, Dina Di Mambro
Island of Vice: Theodor Roosevelt's Quest to Clean Up Sin-Loving New York, Richard Zacks   
Mortal Evidence: The Forensics Behind Nine Shocking Cases, Cyril H. Wecht
Amelia, Nancy Nahra
Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures, Robert K. Wittman & John Shiffman 
The Fault in Our Stars, John Green
Hot Lights, Cold Steel, Michale J. Collins, M.D.
Blue Collar, Blue Scrubs, Michael J. Collins M.D. 
Dark Dreams: A Legendary FBI Profiler Examines Homicide and the Criminal Mind, Roy Hazelwood & Stephen G. Michaud 
Swim, Bike, Run: Our Triathlon Story, Alistair Brownlee & Jonathan Brownlee
The Stranger Beside Me, Ann Rule
Beauty, Disrupted: The Carre Otis Story, Carre Otis & Hugo Schwyzer
House of Versace: The Untold Story of Genius, Murder and Survival, Deborah Ball
Trama: My Life as an Emergency Surgeon, Dr. James Cole
Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies, J.B. West
Kitchen Confidential, Anthony Bourdain
Back of the House: The Secret Life of a Restaurant, Scott Haas 
Shooting Stars: My Unexpected Life Photographing Hollywood's Most Famous, Jennifer Buhl
Trauma Junkie: Memoirs of an Emergency Flight Nurse, Janice Hudson
You'll Never Nanny in This Town Again: The True Adventures of a Hollywood Nanny, Suzanne Hansen
NYPD Confidential: Power and Corruption in the Country's Greatest Police Force, Leonard Levitt 
The Things That Matter, Nate Berkus
Chicago Cop: Tales from the Street, Star #14931
The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute of America, Michael Ruhlman
Monica's Story, Andrew Morton
All Too Human: A Political Education, George Stephanopoulos
Flowers in the Attic, V.C. Andrews
Petals on the Wind, V.C. Andrews
If There Be Thorns, V.C., Andrews 
How I Helped O.J. Get Away With Murder, Mike Gilbert  
Rawhide Down: The Near Assassination of Ronald Reagan, Del Quentin Wilber
Standing Next to History: An Agent's Life Inside The Secret Service, Joseph Petro & Jeffrey Robinson  
Intensive Care, Echo Heron
Condition Critical: The Story of a Nurse Continues, Echo Heron
Cabin Fever: The Sizzling Secrets of an Virgin Air Hostess..., Mandy Smith
Dancing with the Devil: The Windsors and Jimmy Donahue, Christopher Wilson
The Season: A Summer Whirl Through the English Social Season, Sophie Campbell
Joe and Marilyn: Legends in Love, C. David Heymann
Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies and the Making of a Medical Examiner, Judy Melinek, M.D.
Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents, Cormac O'Brien
Secret Lives of the First Ladies, Cormac O'Brien
The Man Who Made Vermeers: Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Han van Meegeren
Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General, Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard
Gone Girl, GIllian Flynn
The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art, Don Thompson
Julius Caesar, Philip Freeman
The Painted Word, Tom Wolfe
 
Currently Reading: What Are You Looking At?: The Surprising, Shocking and Sometimes Strange Story of 150 of Modern Art, Will Gompertz