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July 26, 2012
Eero Saarinen, Birch Hall, and the Master Plan
Eero Saarinen (1910–1961) was not yet the celebrated, controversial architect he would become when Antioch College engaged his firm to put together its first campus master plan in 1944. That year a fledgling Campus Planning Committee had concluded that the College required the services of an experienced reputable architect to help merge the many physical needs of a campus barely changed since its inception almost a century before into a viable plan for the future. At the time planning the future was on the community's mind in many ways: By summer 1944 the possibility of victory for the allies in World War II was beginning to seem real, and to that end, Antioch College held a series of conferences on post-war reconstruction of Europe sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee. At the same time, administrative council was considering how best to address the expected expansion of the student body at war's end. More dormitories and dining facilities topped the list of needs, much as they have in the planning of the newest manifestation of Antioch College.
The Antioch College Master plan by Saarinen & Swanson. Birch Hall, the only building completed under the plan, is #12 at right.
Saarinen's signature works, the monumental Gateway Arch in St. Louis and the air terminals at Dulles and JFK International airports, all completed after his untimely death from a brain tumor, were still years away. What he had already received acclaim for was furniture design. In collaboration with noted designers Charles Eames and Florence Schust Knoll, Saarinen created award-winning furnishings, some manufactured to this day by the Knoll Company, culminating in the "Tulip" chair, released in 1956 and popularized by its use on the set of the television series Star Trek.
While Saarinen's critics derided him for not having any discernible style, those who worked with him pointed to his lack of interest in developing a signature style as perhaps his greatest strength. Rather than cultivate an identifiable "look," Saarinen built according to the needs of the client and the site, an approach that produced radically different, but equally pleasing, results. The plan his firm put together called for several much-needed buildings of specific function—dining hall, library, student union—all of which were eventually built, just not with Saarinen's firm. In 1950, citing his expensive fee and the College's underutilization of the firm's collective talents, Saarinen asked to be let out of his contract.
In the case of Birch Hall, the women's dormitory he designed for Antioch College, Saarinen's client-centered approach was on full display, and his comments to that effect are included in his dedication speech for the building, reprinted below. Showing a sense of history, Saarinen acknowledges the planning exhibited by the campus' original deed, a tract of 20 acres given by local magnate William Mills that attracted Antioch College to Yellow Springs in the first place, and its stipulation that nothing could be built on Front Campus, thereby preserving the magnificent view of Main Building from the east, and especially from what was still the railroad in the 1940s.
Eero Saarinen gives the dedication speech for Birch Hall on the sunken patio in 1947.
From The Antioch Alumni Bulletin, vol. 18, #4, September 1947:
The Beginning of Something More
Speech by Eero Saarinen, Architect
I wonder if we are not really here to lay two cornerstones, a small one and a large one. This stone for the Hugh Taylor Birch Dormitory and this whole building is the cornerstone for the future over-all plan for Antioch—the master plan.
I would like to talk first about the Hugh Taylor Birch Dormitory and the thinking that formed this building. The location of the building and the general shape, which it is taking, is really part of the larger pattern of the master plan and I will come to this later.
The plan and the elevation, which it forms, is an expression of the four hall units within. We have tried to use natural materials within and without, brick and wood, and plaster. A great deal of time was spent in finding brick which in our minds made a nice texture and one that was harmonious with the existing buildings. The building is modest in lines and we feel should be such. It should be a background for the life within it. That is its purpose.
I would like now to talk about the second corner stone for the master plan. During the next twenty years Antioch will have many new buildings, the second dormitory unit, the new dining hall, the new library, Union Building, and many other buildings. The purpose of the master plan is of course to anticipate those needs and to place them into a functional organic plan.
Plan of Our Fathers
You may be interested in knowing some of the early thinking that went into this master plan. I would like to tell you a few of these thoughts. When we started to plan we found that some of the basic planning had really been done for us about eighty years ago. The original deed for the old campus included a provision that no building was ever to be placed on the east half of the old campus. That was really good and farsighted planning. We felt that the general expansion of Antioch should be parallel with and closely related to the Glen because of the beauty of this natural feature instead of west away from the Glen. There was land available west of Livermore Street to place the Women's Quadrangle, but the reason that guided us in placing it where it is now was the desire to keep close to the Glen.
We feel that the campus physically as well as in other ways should be thought of as a community, an orderly community with all the central facilities at the center. In a small town you have the commercial district, the library the city hall, and maybe the high school in the center and the housing all around. So the library and the Union Building, the dining hall and others become the central function and the housing becomes the periphery in a college community.
The Space Between
Another principle that guided us was that the creation of an orderly and beautiful campus depends not only on the architecture of the buildings themselves but also, and sometimes even more upon the relations of these buildings to each other, the formation of the space between them, the landscaping, the relations of materials, etc. Just as when you come into a room, you are not impressed by any one wall, but you are impressed (or depressed) by the room as a whole. So also out-of-doors the relation between the bordering buildings creates the space—not any one building itself.
The Yeast That Leavens
I would like to emphasize one last point. The order and beauty, and I shouldn't really use both, because they are synonyms, that you create in your college community have implications far beyond your bordering streets. The cities and communities created by our civilization have not yet achieved order. They are ugly and confused. This, I feel, is not a permanent state. Other civilizations have gradually formed their communities into things of great beauty and harmony. The old medieval town was that; the New England village, and some of the old towns in Maryland and Pennsylvania. But the town of today is still very, very ugly.
The college communities have a great opportunity of creating orderly physical environments to lead the way for our cities and it is in this field that Antioch has a real challenge.


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WASHINGTON, May 20 (UPI) -- Republican backers of the planned Keystone XL oil pipeline haven't been paying attention to climate issues, a Democratic opponent said.
The Republican-controlled House Transportation Committee voted 33-24 in favor of a bill supporting the Keystone XL pipeline. The measure heads to the full House.
Republican legislators on the House Natural Resources Committee and Energy and Commerce Committee passed similar measures. They say approving the pipeline would ensure U.S. energy security and provide a source of economic stimulus.
The House bills would bypass a State Department review process for cross-border pipelines.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was in the United States last week, pressing for the project. He said that, versus rail, pipelines have a better safety record.
Transportation committee member U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., said the pipeline would push the energy debate in the wrong direction given growing concerns about the environment, however.
"This bill sets a dangerous precedent, undercutting our environmental laws and short circuiting the review process," he said in a statement.
Production of Canadian crude oil, the type designated for Keystone XL, is considered more carbon-intensive than other forms.
Last year was the ninth warmest on record and the 27th consecutive year global temperatures were higher than the 1961-90 average, the World Meteorological Organization reports.

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Growing up in Italy, Valentino remembers the wonderful Christmases with his family. They kept the tradition of the 7 Fishes for Christmas dinner. They would all go to Midnight Mass together on Christmas Eve at the small church near his home. Only a few doors from their house, the family would all walk together. Christmas Day all the extended family would gather for a huge feast. Mama Concetta had spent hours cooking for everyone. Although the family was quite poor in Post WWII Italy in the early 1950s, he remembers the food at Christmas always seeming to fill the table to overflowing!
There would be the traditional fried smelts, small fish dipped in flour and fried. Then vinegar and garlic would be sautéed for a moment and poured warm over the smelts. Bacala (dried cod) was served along with big platters of steamed mussels. There would be fresh anchovies with basil and lemon, calamari in oil and fried, perhaps a white clam sauce over pasta. Naturally there would be huge bowls of Seafood Fra Diavolo.
We still try to keep this tradition for our family. Many times over the years we were not always able to afford all the fish varieties but we would spend time in the kitchen making the seven dishes with what we had. We live in Florida so our sons would go fishing and shrimping with their dad. They would also catch crabs so we would manage to save a nice assortment for the feast! When our finances began to improve we added stuffed lobster tails to our menu too!
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This year's Relay event scheduled to begin July 12
Relay for Life is getting off to a great start this year, as more than $5,400 was raised at the Pink Game between Ionia High School and Portland High School girls basketball teams Feb. 19.
The total is almost $1,000 more than was raised at last year's event.
Ionia Relay for Life event chair Dana Kamradt said money was collected through donations, a raffle, T-shirt sales, the sale of coaches vs. cancer signs and a game called "Miracle Minute," which raised $406 alone.
IHS varsity girl's basketball coach Andy Barr said he believes the funds show the generosity of the communities that came together for the game.
"I thought it was great support. Most of the crowd had pink shirts on at the event," said Barr.
The Relay for Life kickoff event will take place at 6:30 p.m. March 14 the Steele Street Hall. This year's Relay event is scheduled to begin at noon July 12. For more information, visit www.relayforlife.org/ioniami.
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UK High Court criticizes Ministry of Defense probe of war crimes allegations
[JURIST] A three-judge panel of the UK High Court [official website] strongly criticized [Guardian report] the Ministry of Defence (MOD) [official website] Friday for its failure to properly setup an independent inquiry into claims that war crimes had been committed by British soldiers following a May 2004 gun battle, known as the "Battle of Danny Boy" [BBC backgrounder], in Southern Iraq. The panel, which was composed of Lord Justice Scott Baker, Justice Silber, and Justice Sweeney, derided the MOD's lack of disclosure of information in the case, saying that MOD's chief witness, deputy head of the Royal Military Police (RMP) [official website] Colonel Dudley Giles, lacked credibility because his actions appeared to have blocked the proper function of the inquiry. The MOD had originally agreed [JURIST report] to set up the independent investigation in July, as the result of allegations [JURIST report] brought by a group of Iraqis who claimed that British soldiers killed as many as 20 detainees and tortured others following the battle. The panel is scheduled to reconvene in two weeks to decide a proper course for the inquiry.
In July, UK Secretary of State for Defence Bob Ainsworth [official profile] admitted to the High Court that the MOD had failed to disclose documents that showed that senior government officials were aware of allegations of torture, mutilation, and murder by British troops at Camp Abu Naji following the battle of Danny Boy, and therefore hindered the ongoing judicial review of an RMP investigation. In April, six Iraqis brought suit [BBC report] alleging mistreatment and illegal killings following the firefight and sought the creation of an independent inquiry into the incident. The MOD initially refused this request and urged reliance on an early RMP investigation [Guardian report], which found no evidence of wrongdoing, saying that the lack of timely complaints by Iraqis discredited the allegations. However, soon thereafter documents were made available by the MOD that showed that the International Committee of the Red Cross [official website] had recorded the complaints within days of the incident.


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They also did Christmas in New York, one of the few Christmas songs that doesn't induce nausea.the Pogues wrote:Ah london you're a lady
Laid out before my eyes
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Klezmatics did two New York songs--Man in a Hat and This Undoing World.
Leningrad Cowboys have a song called Leningrad. Or maybe we can get their whole catalogue declared "Thematic."
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Clinton girls bowling wins Blissfield Baker Tournament
The Division 2 No. 7-ranked Tecumseh High School wrestling team advanced to the championship match of the Holt Team Tournament on Saturday and dropped a 43-29 decision to the Division 1 No. 6-ranked host squad.
Tecumseh went 3-1 on the day, posting wins early over Jackson (58-9), Holt's B team (61-7) and Eaton Rapids (51-26) to advance to the final.
Three Tecumseh wrestlers won all four of their matches — Ricky Azelton at 103 pounds, Landon Pelham at 215 and Preston Pelham at heavyweight. Going 3-1 on the day were Drew Martin at 112, Robert Comar at 125, Jake Hilton at 130 and Drake Vandenberg at 189.
Tecumseh (15-2) travels to the Onsted Tournament on Dec. 28.
Addison at Ovid-Elsie Marauder Individual Invitational: The Division 4 No. 8-ranked Panthers took second place at the 14-team tournament with 191 points. Vicksburg took first with 195 points.
Addison produced five champions: Marcus Richardson (112), Jacob Voss (119), Collin Haag (130), Jake Kimble (152) and Nick Burt (215).
Seth Harvey (103) placed second, Mason Groenhout fourth (135) and Mark Meckley fifth (145).
Onsted at Livonia Franklin Tournament: Onsted placed seventh of 10 teams with six of the Wildcats placing in the top four of their respective weight classes.
Ray Baiz captured the 140-pound weight class, and in so doing, defeated the 10th-ranked wrestler in Division 4, Caleb Richter of Westland Lutheran, 20-5 in the final.
Placing second for the Wildcats were Thomas Kast at 145, Braxton Hella at 215 and TJ Ratliff at 285, with Hella and Ratliff being unseeded entering the tournament. Picking up a third place was Ben Pickford at 135, while Isaac Westgate was fourth at 130.
Madison, Sand Creek, Onsted Clinton at Blissfield Baker Tournament: The Clinton girls won the tournament at Rich Lanes. The Redskins beat Blissfield in the final match 145-109 and 148-146. All six of the team members made key contributions, according to coach Mike Porath.
Qualifying took place over 12 Baker games. Clinton qualified in the first position with a total score of 1,999. Other qualifying scores included: Madison 1,1612; Madison 1,468; Sand Creek 1,413; and Onsted 1,302.
Clinton beat Sand Creek in the semifinals 181-113 and 142-117.
Tecumseh Invitational: Columbia Central won both the varsity and junior varsity divisions at Saturday's Tecumseh Cheer Invitational. The Golden Eagles totaled 684.4 to win the varsity and a 562.74 to win the JV division.
Adrian's varsity finished second with a round one score of 199.6, a round two score of 169.36 and a round three score of 262.6 for a 631.56 total while Tecumseh was third with respective round scores of 201.3, 159.7 and 257.9 for 610.9. Clinton was fourth with scores of 199.4, 168.18 and 256.4 for a total of 607.98.
The Tecumseh middle school team won its portion of the met with a total of 305.14.


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16 places not to miss on the O.C. boardwalk [Pictures]
On any trip to Ocean City, you're probably going to visit the boardwalk, voted one of the top family attractions on the East Coast. At 3 miles long, the boardwalk is packed with food and fun - you can't go wrong stopping into any of the vendors. But there are some spots that you just don't want to miss. Here are 16 that should be on everyone's list. - Rachael Pacella, Special to The Baltimore Sun
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Exclusive DetailsRobert F. Chew -- best known for playing Proposition Joe on "The Wire" -- was found dead yesterday in his apartment in Baltimore ... TMZ has learned.
According to the coroner in Baltimore, Chew died of cardiovascular disease. "Morbid obesity" was listed as a contributing factor.
Chew had very little acting experience before "The Wire" or after. He was on the cult HBO show -- which took place in Baltimore -- for five seasons.
Jamie Hector, who played Marlo on the show, tweeted this afternoon, "I didn't want to believe this #RIP Robert F Chew, Prop Joe will always be remembered Robert Chew will always be loved and missed!"


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Three people were killed in a shooting at an Indiana grocery store on Wednesday night, including the gunman who was reportedly killed by police.
The shooting took place at a large supermarket in Elkhart, Indiana, a city of 50,000 near South Bend, about 100 miles east of Chicago. Police were called to the scene at Martin's Supermarket around 10 p.m. and found an armed man in the store, Indiana State Police Trooper Brooks Shirk told CNN. According to CNN affiliate WXIN, the man, who had already gunned down two people in the store, fired at officers with a semi-automatic handgun. Officers then fatally shot the gunman.
Police found the bodies of two women, one shopper and one employee, about a dozen aisles apart in the grocery store. Officials said it's unclear whether there was any connection between the gunman and the two women, and a motive for the shooting is not clear. Indiana State Police Sgt. Trent Smith said the gunman, who was also wielding a knife in addition to the gun, was aiming his firearm at another shopper when police shot him. According to WSBT, there were only about 12 people in the store at the time of the shooting.
"You never know why this happens," Smith said, "You just can't explain these things a lot of the times."


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However… I now found something that might turn out to be an exciting opportunity, I'd be better able to follow up on: It's called the Big Audition at Pizza Express Jazz Club London. Starting as of July 27th, 2011 – which was two days ago – the Big Audition is open for artist submissions to enter a contest that will be rewarded with a live performance among the top 50 candidates at one of their outlets. The winner gets to take home a prize of 5,000 British Pounds! As Pizza Express's founder Peter Boizot is a huge music proponent, they have made live music venues an integral part of their concept from the beginning. And guess who got their big break there? No lesser man than Jamie Cullum, Britain's own wunderkind himself! Legend has it, he performed there for a free meal and got discovered on the spot with regular follow-up performances!
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Kevin Nealon is Whelmed, But Not Overly, to Talk SNL and Political Potheads [INTERVIEW]
Kevin Nealon just seem like a nice guy. I based this assumption on his numerous TV appearances, stint on SNL, random tweets about my home state and everything else I'd read or heard about him over the years.
"Oh, you're interviewing Kevin Nealon?" my assistant editor asked last week while looking over the weekly assignments. "I met him backstage at 'Saturday Night Live' when I was like seven. I just remember him being really nice to me, even though I was a nerdy little kid."
Nice to a child? Oh, he must be demented.
Kevin called me way too early in morning considering he was in California and had just flown back from the east the night before. Fine, he's just a nice dude. We talked SNL, politics and his latest Showtime comedy special, 'Whelmed, But Not Overly', which is now available on DVD.
How long have you lived in California?
I moved out here in 1978, and except for those nine years I was working in NYC, I would always come back for the summer though, so maybe about 36 years or so.
So when you got the job on SNL, you were already living in CA?
Yeah, I was. I had to go to LA to get a job on the East Coast.
Yeah, it's usually the other way around.
I grew up in Connecticut– I was always kind of intimidated by NYC as a kid. It just seemed so busy, and metropolitan, and New-Yorky. So I went in there maybe ten times in my whole life before I went to LA.
Once you finally got to the city did you think "Okay, this wasn't that big of a deal, or was it everything you imagined?"
It was better than what I imagined. Somebody said, "Make sure you find a good neighborhood to live in." And I was thinking, "What do you mean neighborhood. It's a city. A whole big city." I just knew neighborhoods where I used to live. And I learned that there was the Upper West Side, and different streets that were neighborhoods where they had close subway stops and good grocery stores.
You just finished some dates in NYC. I've seen some of your shows are just you, but then you're doing some dates with Dana Carvey and Dennis Miller. How's that?
We did a tour in 1987 –me, Dana, and Dennis– after our first year on SNL and now we're going to go out and do it again. We're going to see how it goes; we're thinking about six shows or seven shows together right now.
I'm sure life now is exactly the same as is was in 1987.
You know I just found a playbill from our 1987 tour and was flipping through it thinking to myself 'I can't believe this much time has gone by already.'
Speaking of SNL, Seth Meyers is leaving, which means there will eventually be an opening on the Weekend Update desk. Is that more pressure because it's a solo moment on the show? I've always heard it's more pressure because you're the only person in the cast that says his or her name every week.
I guess it is a little bit more pressure, but it's also more opportunity. I guess it's all how you look at it. It's a really cool and different position on the show. It's a show within a show. And you're responsible for it. It's up to you. People blame you or praise you. It's almost like the incoming and outgoing president. Some people are going to hate you at first, but then they'll get used to you, and like you. The fans of the person before you hate you immediately. Everyone's got their favorites. I have people come up to me, and say, "Hey, you were my favorite Weekend Update guy." I know that for everyone who comes up to me and says that somebody is going up to the other Weekend Update people and saying the same thing.
When you did Weekend Update you were still performing in sketches. The last few anchors, Tina and Seth, were either head writers or Update was their only job on the show. Do you think it would have been easier if Weekend Update was all you did?
I took over Dennis Miller and he was just doing Update. I remember when I was getting ready for sketches that were coming up like 20 minutes before Weekend Update and he was in his room looking over his notes and getting ready. I wish I had that kind of time while doing Update. I'm jumping in and out of costumes before and after that segment. I didn't even have a chance to look at the Update jokes to make sure they're printed correctly. Sometimes I would do Weekend Update and have to run and get changed for the next sketch. Two sketches later I'm thinking "what happened to that joke on Clinton or whatever?"
How long were you on the show?
Nine seasons and I did Update for three seasons.
It felt like you did it longer.
Yeah, that's the thing. Chevy Chase only did it for one season, but it felt like he was on for five seasons.
You're leaving soon to shoot a new movie with Happy Madison productions. How many is that now?
I think this will be my twelfth movie with Sandler.
Did you really think when he was on SNL that Adam had at least twelve to twenty movies in him.
He is so dedicated. He loves his work. But at the time, no. You don't know what anyone will do. I didn't know that Phil Hartman and Chris Farley would be dead. The experience of SNL was such a whirlwind of activity and excitement that you couldn't look too far down the road.
You said before with the playbill thing, that you can't believe how much time has passed. Do you ever look back at old SNL stuff you did and think, "Wow, I don't remember that at all?"
Yeah, and I wasn't even doing drugs or drinking. You do so many, once you do your sketch, you forget your lines, and you forget it ever happened. Unless you wrote it. And the one's I've written, I can't. Sometimes, when I'm flipping through channels, I'll see an old SNL, and be like "I'm in this sketch! I have no idea what this is about."
What moment in your career, not just SNL, do you look back on say, "Wow, I had a lot of fun with that?"
My first 'Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.' Probably that. My biggest highlight. Getting to sit down, with his approval.
How old were you when that happened?
I was 30. I don't remember how many times I did it, but at the time it was really important for a comic to get on the 'Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.' August of 1984. It was the first real big thrill. SNL was great too. Getting on that show was more of a surprise. I never expected to be on it; it wasn't like I was trying to get on it.
How did that happen?
It's like when you're not looking for somebody to fall in love with, but it happens. I was living in the Hollywood Hills and doing stand-up. Dana Carvey rented the room over the garage when he came down from San Francisco. I knew him from stand-up and we were friends. We used to sit out in the driveway and just make up characters. He actually got SNL that summer of '86 and I was excited for him but wasn't jealous at all. I wasn't a sketch guy and I didn't do characters or impressions. I was dating Jan Hooks at the time, and she was up for it, and she got it and I was really excited for the both of them
That summer, Dana called me from Lorne's house and said that they were looking for another cast member and he told them about me. They wanted to see my tapes. I sent the tapes and flew in for an audition. I wasn't nervous because I thought I would never get it. I did my stand-up and a couple of things Dana and I used to do in the driveway. A week later they offered me a job on the show. It happened so quickly; I had to move in three days. I didn't get a chance to tell my friends.
I don't think Doug from 'Weeds' gets enough respect. He was probably one of the greatest characters of all time. The first two seasons alone were awesome. Did you have a great time doing that?
I did have a good time doing that. The character Doug Wilson, when I first got that script, I hadn't read it yet, and thought it was just stoner show. I've seen that. Then I read it. It was good script. I wanted to meet them and audition for it. The part was just really for the pilot, it wasn't supposed to be a regular character. Then it got picked up, and Jenji Kohan, the creator, liked the character and kept me on as a regular. He just became part of that ensemble. It was fun, fun thing.
It reminded me of those friends when you're younger and you think, "I can't believe this person will one day be a semi-functioning adult." Yet here they are. I look at some of my friends now who were total potheads and worry 'Oh my God, that guy's a school principal.'
It's like Obama's friends, when he would smoke a lot of pot. They probably can't believe he's President of the United States.
'That guy owes me twenty bucks for weed!'
Same with Clinton, same with Bush. Even Hamilton, he used ride his horse drunk.
So basically, if you've got a pothead or stoner friend you should assume they will go into government.
Well, you can't rule it out.
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PHILADELPHIA -- The Brewers' new left fielder heated up during a chilly weekend in Boston.
"And right where we need it," manager Ron Roenicke said.
PHILADELPHIA -- The Brewers' new left fielder heated up during a chilly weekend in Boston.
"And right where we need it," manager Ron Roenicke said.
Khris Davis was 0-for-8 with four strikeouts during Milwaukee's opening homestand before catching fire at Fenway Park, with at least two hits and two runs scored in each of the Brewers' three victories over the reigning World Series champions. In all, Davis was 8-for-15 with four hard-hit doubles and an RBI. The 26-year-old fueled the Brewers' first sweep of the Sox since 1993, and he gave a glimpse of what club officials think he's capable of in his first full Major League season.
Davis will try to stay hot when the Brewers help open Citizens Bank Park for the 2014 season on Tuesday against the Phillies.
"I felt like I was actually doing something to help the team win," Davis said. "Now I have something to build off of."
That is very good news for the Brewers, who moved Ryan Braun to right field over the winter in part to free a spot in the starting lineup for Davis' big bat. Six games into the regular season, Davis' slugging potential is more important than ever, since Braun was limited to designated-hitter duties on Friday and was out of the lineup Saturday because of a troublesome nerve in his right thumb that has sapped his power for nearly a year. If Braun is compromised by that injury again this season, Davis will head the line of hitters counted on to help compensate.
"I think he's an important guy," said Roenicke, who pushed back all spring against those who want to pin pressure on Davis. "I think the combination of him and if I have [Logan] Schafer in there, they're important. The defense is important to me, but the offensive part, [we need] to be deep in the lineup.
"We talk about that we're not an on-base team, we're not a team that works counts, so we have to be deep as far as bashing the ball. You can't count on just your top five guys in that lineup. If you don't do those other things well, you'd better swing it all through the lineup, and I think we have guys that can."
Davis has made a meteoric rise on Milwaukee's depth chart over the past 13 months. He reported to 2013 Spring Training with a miniscule chance of making the team, but made the team anyway after a power display. When he struggled off the bench at the start of the season, the Brewers sent him to Triple-A Nashville. There, Davis rediscovered his swing and his confidence, belting 13 homers in 69 games and earning two trips back to Milwaukee.
Davis returned for good on July 23, the day after Braun was suspended for the rest of the season, and he was one of baseball's best power hitters down the stretch. Davis led the team with 11 home runs and tied for the team lead with 27 RBIs from July 23 through the end of the season, and he finished his rookie year with a .596 slugging percentage. Among big leaguers with at least 20 plate appearances in 2013, only Hanley Ramirez, Miguel Cabrera and Chris Davis (no relation) were better.
After his big series in Boston, Davis' slugging percentage through six games is up to .522.
"The nice thing about this game is Khris Davis went from not feeling very confident to all of a sudden, now, as high as you can get," Roenicke said. "And it can happen in one day."
The same thing happened in Spring Training. Davis was off to an uncomfortable start, batting .194 through his first 31 Cactus League at-bats with one extra-base hit (a home run), nine strikeouts and zero walks. He was so frustrated he was taking extra batting practice until his hands hurt. Davis asked Roenicke for more at-bats in games, so the manager responded by using him as a pinch-hitter to lead off the ninth inning against the D-backs on March 14. Davis doubled and scored the winning run.
Just like that, Davis got hot. Now, after a quiet series to begin the regular season and a discussion with Brewers hitting coach Johnny Narron, it appears to be happening again.
"I made some minor adjustments as far as cutting down my swing and less movement, so if I can be a little more quiet, I think the hits will come," Davis said. "A lot more hard hits."
Davis made those little adjustments on the Brewers' off-day last week, then showed up in Boston on Friday and hit the fourth pitch he saw from Jake Peavy for a double.
"Every day is an adjustment," Davis said. "The first one, now that it's out of the way, you can stop thinking about it and just take your ABs."
Davis is trying to keep a similarly focused approach to the season as a whole.
"I just have to stay under control and do what I know how to do," Davis said. "I don't have to do too much. Braun told me that I don't have to take this team and put it on my shoulders. If I just do the little things -- like get the runner over from second in the second inning, little ABs like that -- that will go a long way for this team.
"Rickie [Weeks] tells me the same thing. A lot of the vets are looking out for me right here, and I'm thankful I have them."
Adam McCalvy is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brew Beat, and follow him on Twitter at @AdamMcCalvy.


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I would avoid AGAIN. It's pretty mediocre. I would also avoid the Jake Hunter titles. As far as RPGs go, John mentioned the biggies. I'd also recommend Solatorobo. The first half of the game has a pretty standard fare story, but the second half improves a lot.
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I made a few changes from previous descriptions. One is I changed the anaerobic time constant to 120. This is more the upper end, rather than the median, of typical numbers. This may provide a bit more margin against falsely identifying a segment as motorized.
The other change I made was to separate the altitude-smoothing time constant from the anaerobic time constant. Oversmoothing of altitude can result in the overprediction of power when a rider descends small dips. I set the default to 30 seconds. I also added some speed smoothing but only 5 seconds. Without any speed smoothing and there's too much effect from when the Garmin occasionally spits out a single point with ridiculously high speed. But too much longer than 5 seconds and I lost more of the train segments in Italy where the train was making frequent stops and passing through tunnels:
partial tagging of train travel in Italy
Impressive how the train maintains speed constant to the precision of the Garmin...
With these parameter settings, of all the rides I tested segments which tagged as motorized with a speed threshold of 14 m/sec also did so with a power threshold of 6.5 W/kg, and vice-versa. This isn't too surprising, as I've not taken motorized transport up any significant climbs with my Garmin running (if I take motorized transport on my own, it's almost always a train, and the train well exceeds 14 m/sec). Were I to drive up a winding road like Old La Honda, the power criterion would make a difference. Even a car is unlikely to average 14 m/sec up the road, but on the other hand even a pro cyclist with unrestricted pharmacutical access wouldn't be able to exceed 7.4 meters/second.
Back to altitude filtering: here's some examples of the biexpontial filter I so painfully described. First that trainer ride:
Garmin Edge 500 data from riding a trainer, with smoothing
Here you can see that the 30-second smoothing doesn't do as good of a job as the 90-second smoothing, but still not too bad: the early rapid jumps in altitude result in around a peak artificial grade of 0.5%, which corresponds to an extra 0.5 W/kg which results in a VAM of increase of around 120 meters/hour from these data, or around 0.36 W/kg for less than 30 seconds given reasonable assumptions about bike mass to body mass ratio.
And here's another ride, where I show the result of applying different time constants to the resulting VAM:
VAM from an outdoor ride, with different biexponential time constants.
Of course, the resulting power estimation knows nothing about cross-winds, head-winds, rough versus smooth roads, drafting, or mass changes. But the goal here is to simply identify "extraordinarily high" power. For that purpose I think it does fairly well.
P.S. It would be fairly easy to modify the code to add an estimated "Power" field to a FIT file for rides where you want power but didn't have a power meter. However, I'll pass on this one, as I don't think power estimation from speed & altitude is good enough: it would just result in data contamination.


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Proper doesn't have to mean prim - Alice Hawkins gives the bourgeoisie mood of the Autumn/Winter 2010 collections a terribly British spin in a tongue-i...
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Saloni S/S 13
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Rick Owens Portrait
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Drug Take Back Event Scheduled for September 29
On September 29, 2012, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Lincoln/Lancaster County Narcotics Task Force and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked. Bring your medications for disposal to the following sites:
CVS Pharmacy 4800 O Street CVS Pharmacy 1401 Superior Street Walgreens 8300 Northern Lights Drive Walgreens 2630 Pine Lake Drive Walgreens 4000 South 70th Street Four Star Drug 13851 Guildford Street, Waverly
Last April, 798 pounds of prescription drugs were collected at six locations in Lincoln during the Drug Take Back event. Across the country, Americans turned in 552,161 pounds-276 tons-of prescription drugs at over 5,600 sites operated by the DEA and nearly 4,300 state and local law enforcement partners. In its four previous Take Back events, DEA and its partners took in over 1.5 million pounds-nearly 775 tons-of pills.
This initiative addresses a vital public safety and public health issue. Medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse, and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these drugs. Studies show that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. In addition, Americans are now advised that their usual methods for disposing of unused medicines-flushing them down the toilet or throwing them in the trash-both pose potential safety and health hazards.
Four days after the first event, Congress passed the Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2010, which amends the Controlled Substances Act to allow an "ultimate user" of controlled substance medications to dispose of them by delivering them to entities authorized by the Attorney General to accept them. The Act also allows the Attorney General to authorize long term care facilities to dispose of their residents' controlled substances in certain instances. DEA is drafting regulations to implement the Act. Until new regulations are in place, local law enforcement agencies like the Lincoln Police Department and the DEA will continue to hold prescription drug take-back events every few months.


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text: When Pilgrim freshman Austin Jourdain spotted a mailbox designated for letters to Santa at the Warwick Mall, he was inspired to make it easier for kids in the vicinity of his home at 22 Bellevue Ave., off Warwick Avenue, to get their missives to the North Pole. With the help of John Defusco, who participates in Big Brothers, Big Sister of the Ocean State and has been Austin's big brother, he built the box. It is locked securely to ensure there's no tampering with those letters to Santa. As a Santa helper, Austin plans to answer the letters without making any promises, provided the senders provide a return address.


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Little Giants Picked Fourth in Basketball Coaches Pollby Brent Harris • November 4, 2010 Share:
Wabash was picked to finish fourth by the North Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball coaches in the league's annual preseason poll, released Thursday afternoon.
The Little Giants received a total of 55 points in the poll. The College of Wooster, the men's defending regular season and conference tournament champions, were picked to finish first in eight of the nine ballots to earn a total of 80 points. Wittenberg garnered the only other first place votes and finished second in the final tally with 70 points. Ohio Wesleyan was picked to finish third with 56 points, one point ahead of Wabash. Hiram (48 points), Denison (37), Allegheny (27), Kenyon (18), and Oberlin (14) complete the preseason picks.
Wabash returns three starters from last year's 18-8 team that finished second in the North Coast Athletic Conference standings with a 12-4 league record. Head Coach Mac Petty guided his squad to second place in the NCAC regular season standings.
Senior Wes Smith (left) is back after starting in all 26 games last season. Smith was a First Team All-NCAC selection for the second straight season along with and D3hoops.com Third Team All-Region honors after leading Wabash in scoring (18.2 ppg), steals (49), and blocked shots (31). He also tied for second on the team in assists (53) and was second in rebounding (6.7 rpg).
The Little Giants will need to replace All-NCAC players Aaron Brock and Chase Haltom. Junior AJ Sutherlin could fill either roll after transferring from Earlham College where he earned Honorable Mention All-NCAC honors averaging 16.8 points and 4.8 rebounds per game. Senior Ben Burkett started 22 games last year, averaging 7.1 points and 3.9 boards a game. Seniors Andrew Gilman and Dominique Thomas and juniors Brian Shelbourne and Aaron Zimmerman will all see playing time at the guard position. Derek Bailey, Jordan Surenkamp, and Nick Curosh provide plenty of experience coming off the bench.
Freshmen Pete Nicksic and Wes Zimmerman could also make an immediate impact in their first season with the Little Giants.
Wabash begins play this Saturday with an exhibition game against NCAA Division I opponent Indiana State University. Tipoff at the Hulman Center in Terre Haute, Indiana is set for noon.


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E-Business Strategies in the Global Marketplace: E-Procurement and Other Challenges
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Many organizations are under pressure to show that they have a coherent plan for using internet technologies. In the area of e-procurement, organizations have been led to expect huge benefits. Even though their e-procurement projects may still be in the pilot phase, many are already feeling let down and are accusing management consultants and technology providers of overstating the business case for e-procurement. For the global organizations profiled in this survey, however, saving a few percentage points on an annual purchasing spend of billions of dollars is a worthwhile return.


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I'm not going to lie - it feels really weird to be writing this right now.
I haven't posted for nearly half a year so blogging feels almost unnatural, which is something I never thought would happen. So much has gone on in the past six months (I remember it as a vague blur of college applications, BSed scholarship essays, coffee binges, and the overall emotional turmoil that is Senior Year), so it would be extremely hard for me to simply dust myself off and pick up things where I left them.
Experimentations of a Teenage Feminist has been in my life for the better part of my high school career, but I think it's finally time to move on to something a little different.
Some of you may be aware of this from one of my Facebook updates; I'm actually planning to start a new blogging community with nine other contributors this coming summer. The project is still in its beginning stages, but I'm really excited because it will give me a chance to move into a more professional-feeling sphere as I move on to college in September. (I'm going to be a University of Washington Husky, a longtime dream of mine!)
I want to thank those of you who've supported this blog over the years. Truthfully, it's a little painful (as in, embarrassing) to read some of the stuff I wrote as a feminist "newbie", but you guys are really forgiving, and as I continue to be baffled by comments from people who say they love this blog, I am overcome with gratitude.
Whether you've stuck with me from the beginning or simply found EOTF during some late-night Google adventure, thank you for two great years!
Cordially yours*,
*The corniest thing I could think of.
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Time to Move On
Posted by Danielle Bürch at 12:00 PM 6 comments
Thursday, November 24, 2011
The Faces of Feminism
I can't believe this day has finally come - I'm proud to present The Faces of Feminism! This project is the product of many months of planning, advertising, and worst of all waiting, but it turned out better than I'd hoped. I set out to collect at least 100 photographs of "self-proclaimed feminists" and by joe, I've done it!
I've said this in the past, but I'll say it again: sometimes identifying as a feminist can be tough when there are so many people in this world dead-set on tearing you down. This post is for any feminist who's ever felt alone in their struggle. The 100+ people pictured below are here to tell you that you're not alone.
Feminists: We're out there. Everywhere.
One of my main hopes for this post is to show how diverse the feminist community really is. Scroll down and you'll see we've got quite the eclectic mix of nationalities, styles, genders, pets (heh), etc. It sounds lame, but as I scroll through these pictures I'm overwhelmed by a sense of awe and admiration. These are real people, dangit. They're not airbrushed. They're not paid spokesmodels. They're just like you and me . . .
So! Mull around, click on the pictures to check out some of these peoples' websites, and have a fantastic Thanksgiving!
(I'll end with some Thanksgiving-inspired corniness:)
- I'm thankful that I live at a time where something like this project is possible.
- I'm thankful to know that there are others out there who share my passion for social justice, empowerment, and change.
- I'm thankful that feminism has been such a huge part of my life for the time that it has.
- I'm thankful to everyone who participated in this post.
- And I'm thankful for the readers who actually give a rat's you-know-what about this blog, and inspire me to keep writing!
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2012 Top Truck Champions Challenge: Tow Test Part 2Posted in Top Truck Challenge: 2012 on June 12, 2012
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We tether each TTC rig to a 37,335-pound cement mixer that dwarfs the TTC machines and we have 'em attempt to pull the mixer as far as they can from a dead stop. Uphill. Yep, you read that right, uphill. We give 'em a short run on flat ground to gather some momentum and then our nasty dirt slope climbs 13 feet in altitude over its 150-foot length at a maximum angle of 16 degrees.
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I'm gonna rank my faves all-time:5: Sugar Kiper - An underdog but can turn the game on when luck is on her side.4: Russell Hantz - I think he is the mastermind in the game. Too bad he has too much pride.3: Parvati Shallow - I think she is the virus in the game. She uses her charm to control people.2: Cirie Fields - I think she is the master marionette of the game.1: Boston Rob - I think he defines the real definition of Survivor: Outwit, Outplay, Outlast
No secret my fave player is Amanda, because I love her style of play, and her emotional breakdowns. And the frickin' immunity idol. That episode back in Micronesia is still to this day my most favourite episode ever.And the rest of my 4 faves I could really care less. JK!
My all time favorite is Russel Hantz. It occurred to me tonight, he's the first player on Survivor I've seen who plays the game like Dr. Will Kirby played Big Brother. He's arrogant and egotistical... but he does it in such a way that makes it fun to watch. If he only had Will's looks and charm, he could pull it off.
Unfortunately Russell Hantz is a total jerk and nobody will ever vote to give him the million dollars. He can outwit, outlast and outplay them all, and still go home with only second or third place money.
Can we just give Amanda a million bucks??Please???
But what about Russell??? Wont he get mad Quote from: Joab on April 08, 2010, 09:21:17 AMCan we just give Amanda a million bucks??Please???
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John Calnan and Kelli Currie are out riding the STP right now and when they get done are going to post about the event, how they did, and more. Both have been posting on their personal blogs: Off to Portland, Sleep eludes me.
Also see Do the Seattle to Portland (STP) ride and Portland Anyone?
While John and Kelli pedal those miles, I'll be racing with the boys in the Skagit Flats in a Kermesse style race, which is a fast circuit.


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Q&A: Multipurpose community telecentres in Africa
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CTA. 2003. Q&A: Multipurpose community telecentres in Africa. ICT Update Issue 10. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Gaston Zongo, former Executive Director of the Acacia Initiative (email: mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com firstname.lastname@example.com), explains why multipurpose community telecentres (MCTs) have succeeded or failed, and where they are headed. Can you give a short description of MCTs? MCTs are shared information and communication facilities for people in rural and isolated areas. They usually offer basic communication services such as telephone, fax, typing, photocopying, printing, training in the use of computers, email and electronic networking. What is the background to MCTs? MCTs are key strategic interventions by international donors to help bridge Africa´s digital divide. The main programme in this area is a joint initiative co-funded by ITU, IDRC/Acacia and UNESCO, in partnership with local NGOs and the national telecommunication operators. The countries that have benefited from the programme´s pilot phase include Benin, Mali, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda. Many other international aid agencies have joined the movement, including USAID-Leland, the I-Earn-supported Songhai Centre in Benin, the francophone Multimedia Centres, and the WorldLinks for Development initiative in Zimbabwe. What is the rationale behind MCTs? It´s a commonly shared vision by researchers that integrating rural development and universal access to ICT tools can empower disadvantaged communities and address sustainable development issues. That´s why evaluating the impact of MCTs on the social and economic development of communities is so important. The Evaluation and Learning System for Acacia (ELSA) has been instrumental in this respect, leading to the definition of various indicators and evaluation guidelines, the organization of seminars and workshops, and ongoing online discussions and forums. What has been the outcome of evaluations so far? Many pilot MCT projects have failed because of common problems such as illiteracy, language barriers, low incomes, and the lack of or expensive power supplies. Another key problem has been that various projects have focused on the technology and infrastructure rather than on the content. This is not surprising considering the selected areas are usually under-served by national telecommunication networks and require an investment of more than ?500,000 per MCT. That´s way above the annual GDP of the MCT´s service area?and beyond the management capability of the targeted community. Also, using a philanthropic rather than maket-oriented approach, developers have not paid enough attention to the scalability and cost-recovery aspects of MCTs. It would have been better to apply the ´village bakery´ model, in which investors from African villages build local, scalable bakeries and set a price for the bread that local people can afford. MCTs that have been designed to deliver specific services to a given community, and are operated by the community, have proven to be the most successful. Examples include ENDA-Ecopole´s Cyberpop projects, in which community access is designed to help women with their fishing business. A final stumbling block has been African governments. Contributions from governments have rarely gone beyond the provision of premises, and no important long-term measures have been taken to support MCT initiatives. The sustainability of MCTs has also been dramatically jeopardized by the recent reforms of the telecommunication sector. They have reduced the financial capacity of the incumbent operators to invest in rural areas or to do something about the high costs of line subscriptions and connection charges. Where have MCTs succeeded? They have helped raise awareness at various levels, resulting in a greater commitment of African governments to bridge the digital divide. Africa is strongly backed by donor agencies and the international private sector. There is a clear global trend to enhance community access to ICT tools through software with low access costs. The Indian Simputer, a low-cost, hand-held computer based on Open Source software, is a good example. It is an alternative to the PC that allows people to use simple icons to get information via the Internet, and thus overcomes problems such as language barriers and illiteracy. Many African countries have already indicated their interest in introducing the Simputer for disadvantaged communities. In countries such as Burkina Faso, Mali, Rwanda, Senegal and Uganda, private cybercafé owners are moving into the rural areas because of the fierce competition in urban centres. Meanwhile, many post office companies are planning to transform their rural premises into cybercafés, emulating countries like Brazil and China. These positive developments are supported by continuing World Bank funding for rural telecommunications and new services like Uganda Telecom´s Freenet, which makes every landline an Internet line without the need for subscription fees or registration. In short, there are tremendous opportunities for the development of sustainable community access in Africa. The African governments are starting to define their e-government, e-governance, e-democracy and e-education strategies. And to ensure that most people will fully participate in these initiatives, the governments have started to draft new, nation-wide telecentre programmes to be implemented in partnership with the private sector, or at least using business-oriented models.
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