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April 13, 2008
Settling A Homebrew Beer Blogger Dispute
The homebrewing community is, by and large, a very helpful, generous, and kind group. They're quick to help each other, always ready to offer advice, and enjoy the fraternity of "do-it-yourself" mentality that we all share.
So, when a few homebrewing bloggers got into a 90's-style internet flame war, we knew this could not stand. Travis from CNYbrew.com is a homebrewer in New York. A Syracuse fan and a northerner, he'll brave the elements to brew, even if it means dressing like a gay Eskimo. The Monday Night Brewery guys, Jonathan, Joel, and Jeff, met a few years ago in Bible study, and wish to help the beer-starved Southeast by opening their own brewery in Georgia within the next few years. Plus, they're huge Bryan Adams fans, which makes Travis' brokeback overalls seem far more normal. The flame war begun, with Travis intimating that MNB was its own grandpaw, and MNB suggesting that Travis simply can't brew. There was only one way to settle this – man to man, mano a mano, cerveza a cerveza! A brew-off!
So they decided to send samples of their IPA to myself, and two other brewers. This is good, as I consider myself a connoisseur of IPA's, and live in the mecca of the IPA, Southern California. So, two packages arrived, each containing two IPA's from each brewer, and my brother-in-law and I took to the task of settling this dispute!
First, the intangibles. MNB sent two bottles of their beer with their custom labels, a very nice presentation. Travis sent his beer in two Saranac bottles that he had neglected to even remove the original label. MNB sent a few bottles of Terrapin Rye Pale Ale, one of the beers I missed from my time in Georgia (which I liked so much that I brew my own RyePA), along with a few Monday Night Brewery pint glasses. Of course, I am evaluating purely on the beer, so the
bribes presentation is not a factor in judging.
Travis' IPA:
Pours a pale gold color, with a strong head that persists for quite some time and leaves very nice lacing on the glass. This got me a bit excited, as the color was exactly what I want in an IPA. I took a few nice long whiff's of the beer, and got very little hop aroma. What I did pick up was a slightly heavy ester & higher alcohol aroma, suggesting high fermentation temps. The mouthfeel was very thin, with low to moderate maltiness. Taste followed similarly, with a very thin body, mild bitterness, and little to no hop flavor/aroma. The thin body made the beer feel a bit "hollow", but without a heavy hop aroma, there was little to make up for the light body. I don't mind a light-bodied IPA, in fact I prefer it to be lighter and more crisp, but it didn't have the "clean" dry taste or the in-your-face hop characteristic that I expect.
Pours an amber-reddish color, small head, but the head persists while drinking the beer. The aroma had a very mild hop character, but picked up more maltiness. No higher alcohols or heavy esters detected. In the mouthfeel, there was definitely more body, and more sweetness came through. I wouldn't call this beer a "malt-bomb", which is good, as an IPA should not be one, but the malt is prominent. Tastewise, there was a good balance between malt and bitterness, but the balance was more appropriate for an American Pale Ale than an IPA. The beer could be well served by additional bitterness and dry-hopping.
The Result:
I had already heard that Travis had conceded defeat, and the Canadian judge had awarded the win to MNB, and I thought that I might find this to be a runaway win. Instead, it was actually a very close match. Both beers would really have been improved with some dry-hopping, as they did have bitterness, but not the pungent hop aroma. I think the thin body and more harsh higher alcohol I detected in Travis' brew would be considered a technical flaw, whereas my view of the MNB beer is that it was a good beer, but not a great IPA. But, the results were unanimous (okay, it was only myself and my brother-in-law*), and we also decide in favor of the boys from Atlanta. It was the cleaner technical beer, and in general was something that I'd be more likely to sit down and drink a few in an evening.
So when is round 2?
* The tasting notes are my own, as my brother-in-law is a novice at reviewing beer.
brewpoll.com linked with The Unrepentant Individual » Settling A Homebrew Beer Blogger Dispute...
November 21, 2007
It almost passed by without me realizing it, but The Liberty Papers is now two years old. It's come a long way in the last two years, from a third-rate blog that nobody has ever heard of, to a second-tier blog pulling in thousands of visitors each day. I've had a lot of fun over there, including having the chance to meet several of the contributors in person while traveling. Head on over and give some congrats.
Oh, and it did pass by without me realizing it, but The Unrepentant Individual has now passed 3 years! I do pretty much neglect the blog these days, as I find I have little to write about other than personal news, and keep all of my political writing over at TLP. As I adjust to parenthood and get more free time, though, I hope to find some clearer focus for the blog, and keep it to write about things I'm truly interested in.
Until then, you can always stop by for baby pictures!
Wyatt and I out for a stroll:
Wyatt getting ready for his baptism:
July 11, 2007
Terrorist Metalheads Coming To An Airport Near You!
James Hetfield, lead singer of Metallica, looks suspiciously like a terrorist to the Brits.
I'd describe the full story, but Justin of autoDogmatic has done a much better job. He explains that government is quite capable of dishing out its nonsensical harassment and justice for all:
James Hetfield, lead-singer of Metallica, learned this week that the UK's Luton airport was not on his list of places he can roam freely. Sad but true, Hetfield was detained due to his "Taliban-like beard" making officials nervous. One wonders if the rock star felt like an outlaw torn or just another victim of the master of puppets, big brother government. But for his devil's dance, quickly explaining to the officials that he was a rock star, and not a terrorist, Hetfield may have felt a bit … I don't know … minus human? Though Hetfield escaped relatively unscathed, nay more a hero of the day, I have no doubt that the memory of his detiainment will remain though nothing else matters.
Let this be a lesson: in the land of wolf and man, the bell tolls for us all … until the-thing-that-should-not-be sleeps, that is.
I'd warn those governments about Hetfield, though… He's been known to fight fire with fire, and may leave you blackened.
April 25, 2007
What Made Cho Do It?
It's a question that a lot of people these days are asking. Some folks think he was just an evil sonofabitch, and that people like him should be locked up simply for existing. Other folks have a bit more of a nuanced view, because they have a little bit of an understanding of the conditions that lead to a guy like Cho.
I would point out this post at Jacqueline Passey's blog, where she mentions that she had the occasional fantasy when she was a young'un of sending mythical dragons (yep, she's a sci-fi fan) off to take her childhood tormentors to experience the celestial dirt nap. Quite a debate has taken off in the comments, as the epic battle between those people who were picked on in school and those people who weren't rages. At the same time, I'd point out a post that Mike at the No Angst Blog brings up about one of Cho's victims. This is one of those kids who would have been described as an "at-risk" youth, but turned his life around to become a truly model citizen, the sort that any father would have loved to have court his daughter.
Clearly, the comments at Jacqueline's place point out a disconnect between those who understand Cho and those who don't. To put it simply, the folks who understand him know exactly where he came from, and exactly what sort of hell he might have gone through during his life. Not that this in any way excuses what he did, because nothing is justification for murdering innocent people. But I think that Jacqueline, her commenter Phil (who occasionally stops by here), Mike's subject (and Cho's victim) Matt La Porte, and even I, understand what might have led to Cho's actions. We might have seen the same sort of treatment that led to his actions, but we had enough strength as people to overcome that experience. Obviously I can't speak for any of them, I can only tell my own story.
Childhood, for the popular kids, is a land of milk and honey. For kids like me, it was hell. I can't for the life of me understand what it was that made me so much "different". But I know from an early age, probably at least back to 3rd and 4th grade, I was picked on. I think part of it was a defensive thing, because I was one of the "nerds" who was in the gifted program. I know for a fact that part of it was my voice, which for some unknown reason has an odd nasal characteristic (which I think, thankfully, has lessened over time, thanks to puberty which made it deep, and years of smoking which took out some of the nasal character). But a great deal of it, I'm sure, is that from an early age I never really understood or took part in the social hierarchy. I never really understood the rules. I never knew how to stand up for myself and fight back when I was picked on. The even stranger thing about it was that early in life, I found myself growing bigger than those people who were picking on me. As a freshman in high school, I was bigger than most of the seniors. But the nasty thing about it is that those people who would pick on others can sense when they've found a target that won't strike back, no matter how big they are, and they torment that sort of person even more aggressively.
When you're in a place in life like that, you have a sense of despondence that most people don't understand. They don't even have the capability to understand it. After all, to the kids who weren't picked on, "it's just high school". "It's not that bad." No, sorry, assholes, but it IS that bad. When you're in middle school and high school, you don't know anything different. There were times in high school that I even contemplated suicide, because I simply wanted an escape. But I just had this sense inside that maybe, when I finally got out of that hell, I could triumph. I thought to myself that the real world can't be as superficial and idiotic as the high school land of cliques and "prom court".
Luckily for myself, I had a couple of things in my life that helped. None of them were really related to school, though. I was in a large high school, and that made it a little easier to have a few acquaintances who faced some of the same challenges. Thankfully, I also have a very close friend who I've known since I was 2, that helped me through some of these times. He wasn't as much of an outsider as I was, since he found his niche in the band, but I think he was able to understand some of what was going on in my life. As a result, he's been my lifelong best friend, was best man in my wedding, and is the only person in my entire high school with which I keep regular correspondence.
But the real thing that made it bearable was withdrawal to a safe haven. When I was 11, my parents enrolled me in martial arts, and I was able to take my experiences there and run with it. Much like the victim of Cho that Mike profiles in the above link, the sort of rigidly-enforced rank structure, and the idea that anyone who applies himself can succeed in a merit-based system, allowed me to both express myself and find an outlet for some of my issues. As I grew into my role at the karate school, I started to also be given responsibilities and privileges. I became an instructor, and I saw how some of the younger students looked up to me. This started to give me the sense of self-worth that classmates were trying to take away from me. The day I earned my black belt, I really began to gain confidence in myself, and understand that I was actually accomplishing something pretty special. Even more fulfilling was the school's demonstration team. The largest demonstration we ever gave was in front of a crowd of nearly 3,000. It was my participation in that team that made me realize that I had talents and skills, and that there was a world out there that would value those talents, even if my classmates would not. (That experience was also what helped me conquer my fears of public speaking.) To this day, I consider my martial arts experience as something that really saved me as a person. Had I not had something that could both be an outlet for the pain I felt at school, and which could also fulfill my human needs for achievement at an age where I really needed to feel some self-worth, I have no idea where I'd be today (or if I'd be here at all).
I never really faced those people at my high school as an equal, because I had an outlet and never really felt that I had to. Things got a bit tougher when I got to college, and again, I was lucky enough to use the lessons I'd learned to get me through. When I got into college, I never thought I'd have joined a fraternity. But one night, I went up with a friend from the dorms to the house he was pledging, and immediately felt a connection with some of the folks there. They were a group of laid-back, relaxed guys. They weren't the pretentious jerks I'd seen at other houses. It seemed like they were a group of guys I could be happy living with. So I ended up rushing, getting a bid, pledging, and moved into the house my sophomore year. It was then that I began to face some trouble. You see, when you live in a house with 50 other testosterone-fueled 18-23 year olds, there's a lot of back and forth ribbing that goes on. But I'd never been exposed to that, other than being picked on as a child, and so I fell into my old patterns of being hurt by that behavior, instead of standing up for myself. And began to fall into the despondence I had experienced in high school. But I struggled through it, and I suddenly had an epiphany. If I didn't show them that they hurt me, they didn't get any enjoyment out of it. All of a sudden I started to learn how to play the give-and-take of jocular insults, instead of being the victim. I began to see a very pronounced change. Suddenly the people who would get on my case and throw out a jagged verbal barb weren't the people who were trying to hurt me. Those folks would head towards easier marks. The people who would do something like that were the types who knew I had something to throw right back at them. All of a sudden I understood the difference between playful ribbing, and hurtful attacks. And when I learned that, I realized that nobody in the world could hurt me unless I let them.
There are days that I wonder what my life would have been like if I hadn't gone through what I have. And truthfully, I've grown to really like the person I've become. I don't think I'd be that person if I didn't have the experiences I've had. Part of what has made me a fiercely independent person is the fact that I was never part of the "in" crowd, and I grew to choose my own values instead of what the "popular" kids chose. But I look back on all the things that have gone on, and I see the ways it could have been different. I've seen what Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold had to face. I've seen the sort of treatment that Cho Seung-Hui endured. And I understand what might have driven them to the actions they took. It's not right. It's not something that should have happened. But I've been in a despondent stage where all I wanted was an escape, and where I felt rage towards the people who were making my life hell. I was strong enough to fight through it, with the help I had available to me. I was raised by good, loving parents who gave me other options. I took those other options, and used them to make myself a stronger person. And these days, I consider myself to be a strong, independent, ethical person, who took the attacks of youth and fashioned them into armor which has protected me ever since. Folks like Cho or the Columbine kids didn't have those outlets, and didn't have the tools I had to work through those problems. And they lashed out as a result.
I look at the kids who are sitting in the position I was 12 years ago, as a confused, hurt, depressed 16-year-old, and feel truly sorry for them. I know what it feels like to be an outsider in the high school culture, where it's only acceptable to be "in". People who have never been there don't have a clue how painful it is to think that there's no place in the world where you have value. It's a false belief, to be sure, because in the grand scheme of things, high school culture is stupid and pointless and has nothing to do with the real world. But how many kids see beyond that, when the world around them doesn't seem to offer any understanding? It's a false belief, but it SEEMS real.
So there's a message in this story. And that message goes out to the people reading this who are in the same place I was 12 years ago. I have a feeling that those sorts of people have followed this story to the end, because I'm sure you feel like I'm speaking right to you. And I am. I've been there. I know how much it hurts. And no matter how much it feels like there's no way out, it gets better. The world's a really big place, and the speed at which everyone forgets who the prom queen was will make your head spin. 10 years after high school, when that prom queen is on her third kid and has lost her figure, all she has left to hold on to in life is her memories of the "good old days". You, on the other hand, have the world open to you. Dream big, hit the throttle once you graduate, and leave the rest of those assholes in your dust.
March 24, 2007
An interesting piece of satire by the Scott Stein, about the pill that makes you taller. Well, not really, the pill that makes you THINK you're taller.
The pill didn't take immediate effect. For about 10 minutes you felt nothing. Then you were taller. That is, you believed you were. The drug convinced its user, whatever his height, that he was three inches taller. It was a new technology, and its power was limited, if perfect in its simplicity and specificity. Three inches was all it added. Gargantuanx could not alter the physical world–boxes of pasta on supermarket shelves which were out of reach before taking the pill did not get any closer after a dose. But under its influence, one was certain that the shelf of pasta was three inches higher than it had been, so the illusion that one was three inches taller was intact.
Heading down the proverbial rabbit hole [which seems an apt analogy when "one pill makes you larger"], the questions comes up: should Gargantuanx be prohibited? Thus, the name of the piece, Garghibition.
Check it out. If you have the same sort of bizarre sense of humor as I do– and you probably wouldn't be here if you didn't– you'll like it.
March 19, 2007
News At The Liberty Papers
Over at The Liberty Papers, we crossed over the 100,000 "unique visitor" mark back in late January. Needless to say, myself and the other contributors were a little happy to see that.
In the 55 days since that occurred, we racked up another hundred thou, and we just crossed the 200,000 mark.
I doubt that many of you who used to read this blog for political reasons haven't found your way over there. But if you haven't, or if you're politically minded and would like to check it out, head on over. The site is updated more often, and there are quite a lot of good conversations in the comments.
(Note: To give a sense of perspective, The Unrepentant Individual has had about 80,000 unique visitors in the 29 months I've had it open. If The Liberty Papers has a couple more good days, it will get close to that number THIS MONTH).
March 12, 2007
Hoops Time
Well, March Madness is just about upon us. Purdue managed to squeak into the Tourney, but has a tough road as a 9 seed. Assuming they can beat 8-seeded Arizona, they'll walk into #1 seed Florida in the second round. There's no shame in losing to the #1 seed, though. Purdue has a relatively new coach and a young team, so that would provide something to build on next year. Considering how unlikely we all thought before the season that we'd even make it to the dance, that's not bad.
I know everyone probably has constant offers of bracket competitions, I'd suggest heading over to Coyote Blog to join in his now annual tournament. I participated last year and it was a good time.
February 2, 2007
John Edwards Has A New Blogger On Staff
Hit & Run is reporting on John Edwards' new blogger, Amanda Marcotte. Some of you remember Amanda as the raving feminist* from Pandagon. Well, it seems that one of the earliest things Amanda has done after the announcement of her new position is to go back and delete a post where she jumped to conclusions about the Duke rape case.
Perhaps she should look further back in her history, to the blog Mouse Words. Before she got picked up by Pandagon, she made a name for herself on that blog. Back in the day, I was a very new blogger, and adopted the resident libertarian position, debating her.
But for those of you "right-wingers" like me (I include libertarians in that group because to a leftist like Amanda, anyone who doesn't agree is a right-winger), you should know something about her. She thinks that those of us on the right are either evil or stupid. I got into it with her on this post at Mouse Words, dealing with creationism and public schools. It was then that I realized she divides right-leaning individuals into one of two groups, and as I pointed out at the time, she thinks I'm in the wrong one.
I've realized that to the left, there are two types of right-wingers: the stupid, and the evil. The evil is a very small, powerful group. Their goal is to find ways to destroy the country in such a way that it shores up their power, and makes them the ruling elite of the country. The stupid group is everyone else that votes Republican. They are pawns, too dim to understand that they are being manipulated by their evil string-pullers.
Now, I tried to defend myself and my right-wing brethren, and mentioned that we are not trying to destroy America as we know it. We have honestly weighed the policies, and believe that the policies that we are supporting are in the long-term interests of our nation as a whole. My frank response got me this:
"Brad, I don't think you do. I think the people who want to be our evil overlords dump millions of dollars into right wing think tanks to come up with arguments that everyday folks think sound reasonable enough and then manufacture crisises so that everyday folks think that we have no choice but to implement the plans that the right wing think tanks come up with."
Looks like I must have landed myself in the "stupid†group. Which undoubtedly has me a little angry. I don't consider myself to be a slouch intellectually, and I'm enough of a skeptic to watch out when people are trying to exploit me. Despite my slight megalomania and delusions of grandeur, I'm not evil. The only explanation I have left is that they must be drugging my water.
This is the kind of mentality that we have to deal with from the left. Obviously our policies are absolutely atrocious, so to support them we must be evil or stupid.
So, if Amanda takes down her older old blog, remember one thing. If you don't agree with her, she thinks you're evil, or you're stupid. And if the folks at Hit & Run are right, she really thinks you're stupid, because she thinks she can just remove her previous words and they'll go away. As they ask, hasn't she ever heard of Google Cache or the Wayback Machine? And she thinks I'm the daft one?
* By "raving feminist", I'm not saying she's in favor of empowering women, which is a cause I'm fully in support of. I'm saying she's the type who thinks that a penis is a weapon, and probably wouldn't object to a policy of forced castration.
January 14, 2007
Traveling Again…
I'll be in CA all week, and in company meetings most of each day. Posting will be light.
In the meantime, head on over to The Liberty Papers, where the posting is more frequent and much more interesting that it is here.
January 13, 2007
New Libertarian Social News Site
Many of you are familiar with Digg.com, a news aggregator site where the actions of the community of readers propel "worthy" stories ahead of the rest. Essentially, they're designed to separate the wheat from the chaff. Unfortunately, Digg has some inherent biases and a herd mentality that usually forces smaller blogs and news items, despite their worth, to be overlooked. That being said, I have submitted stories there, because free advertising doesn't have to be incredibly effective to still be worthwhile.
Recently a new site devoted to the libertarian side of the internet has opened. Liberty Loop operates on the same sort of principle as Digg, but the content is mostly libertarian-oriented. It's also a new site, so submitted stories are more able to rise to the top and be seen than on the larger sites, and based on it's libertarian theme, the stories are likely to be seen by their true target audience. Check it out, I've been browsing a bit already and it looks like there's some good content over there.
Hat Tip: Hit & Run
January 6, 2007
I've written a few times about engineering. But never have I seen engineering, and more specifically, a description of what makes a person an engineer, more clearly explained than over at Chris Byrne's blog, The Anarchangel. In a post aptly titled Engineering, he asks the fundamental question: "What makes a good, or great engineer?" Some excerpts below.
On being an engineer by personality rather than education:
I'm an engineer, because it's what I am, mind body and soul. It's wired into me at the very base level of my intelligence and personality. Sure I could have chosen to do something else, some other profession; and I've certainly held jobs that had little (on the surface) to do with engineering; but an engineer is what I am, no matter what I do. Even serving in the Air Force, and doing security work; I've always had an engineering mindset and method, because it's simply who I am…
This couldn't have described me more accurately. I think I was born an engineer. I think I was an engineer when I was 5 years old and took my Fisher Price tape recorder apart "just to see what was inside". I was an engineer when I was a teenager and built a battery pack and shock-mounted a CD player and speakers onto my bicycle in order to be able to pump tunes while I rode. And I'm an engineer today, whether it comes to building my own DVR, trying to brew better beer, or simply trying to understand how to better arrange my yard and planting so that my grass grows well in the low-sunlight backyard. What does it come down to? A question of how a thing works and how I can make it work better, as Chris explains below.
On what engineering consists of:
A great engineer is a great engineer, no matter what their discipline; no, not all knowledge and experience transfers, but if someone makes great mechanical engineer, they most likely could make a great aerospace engineer, or nuclear engineer with the proper motivation, training, and experience; because great engineering requires three fundamental drives or abilities in edition to training, education, and experience:
- 1. The innate understanding of how components, systems, and methodologies interact with each other; and the ability to distinguish and determine causation, correlation, and effect.
- 2. The absolute drive to figure out the "how" of everything around them.
- 3. The ability to generalize knowledge, experience, and insight gained on one system, component. or methodology; to other systems, components, and methodologies; similar or dissimilar.
We call the synthesis of these things, ingenuity; and it's what makes engineers something other than technicians or scientists.
"How" is the question of the engineer. I don't think I go through a day where I don't ask "how" about something. Even at my job, when I get a result back from our R&D engineers and they say "well, if you remove this resistor, it will fix the problem", I don't trust the answer unless I can figure out how that resistor caused the problem and how it's removal solves it. "How" is all-consuming. And there's a reason for this. You can't understand "why" without "how".
For example, beer is a pretty simple liquid, when you really think about it. Combine barley, hops, yeast, and water, and you get an alcoholic beverage called beer. But it's not really that simple, because the same barley, hops, yeast and water can create an absolutely beautiful brew, or it can create something not even worth drinking, and the results are all tied up in the "how". Often new homebrewers know what they want as a result, and know the ingredients it takes to get there, but there's a big roadmap in between. Understanding the "how" is important, because without knowing the "how", you may end up with something great, or you may end up with something disgusting, but unless you know "how" you don't know "why". Beer is a lot more than the sum of its parts. And as Chris describes below, it's the sum of the parts that needs to be understood, not simply the parts themselves.
On how engineers see the world and the systems within it:
Now, take what I've just said makes a great engineer; and stop thinking about mechanical systems like cars, and computers.
Engineers are not just mechanics, or machinists, or programmers; they understand SYSTEMS, and by that I don't mean computer systems, or tooling systems or anything else normal people think of when they hear the word system.
A system, is a set of inter-related and interacting components, actions, decisions, behaviors, results, inputs, outputs, and feedback; be it a machine, or a busy intersection, or a city, or a society, or a person; they're all systems.
Normal people look at the world and they see people and places and things going about their business; engineers see something entirely different. We see systems interacting at every level; every action, reaction, result, behavior… they're all interconnected.
This is why an electrical engineer like myself can look at beer and learn to understand it, or look at a car and learn to understand it, look at a production line and learn to understand it. I don't look at a computer as a collection of parts, it's a system in itself. When you understand the rules of a system, you inherently are able to deal with that system as if you created it. I want to brew better beer, so I do everything I can to understand the process, from start to finish, of creating beer, which is a system of interactions within itself and with the outside world. When I said I wanted to open a school, I said I didn't want to teach kids how to fit into the system, I wanted to teach them how the system works. It's because every day, I look around me and try to figure out how the system works, because I can only give myself the best chance to benefit from it by understanding its workings.
Part of my writings about politics are a desire to figure out and improve the system. I don't say government doesn't work because we have the wrong people running it, I say government can't work because the system has flawed incentives that cause it to fail. It doesn't matter all that much who we elect unless the system itself changes. My recent dissatisfaction with the Republicans is largely because they promised to change the system, but instead simply said "plug me in". Of course, understanding the "How" of a political system doesn't necessarily allow it to be changed, because often the "How" is highly linked to ballot choices of people who refuse to even question or investigate that same "How".
In that respect, Chris also points out that any political or human system is complex, and based upon some people acting unpredictably or irrationally. He uses that as a suggestion that trying to understand and fix that system is bound to make an engineer like myself unhappy. That's true to an extent, but if you build that irrationality and unpredictability into your model of understand the system, it's not as depressing as one might think. Engineers, by nature, understand the difference between "working perfectly" and "working well enough". Nothing works perfectly, and while you want to get close to it, you only need to get close enough to meet your requirement, which is usually short of perfection. You can't expect irrational people to behave rationally, but if you can modify the system such that they're largely irrelevant to its continued operation, it'll work "well enough".
I didn't necessarily go to Purdue to "become an engineer". I went to Purdue to get the education I needed to get a job as an Electrical Engineer. The desire and the aptitude for engineering were always there, and come out in everything I do, not just from 9-5. There are a lot of people who never went to school for an engineering degree, and wouldn't consider their job title to be "engineering". But some of them will understand what Chris described as applying to them, because they're still engineers, even if the title isn't there.
December 20, 2006
Interesting Quote
"One has to be really well read to debate a libertarian."
December 18, 2006
Book Review: BMOC
One of my daily reads for quite some time has been Coyote Blog. The author, Warren Meyer, is a business owner out west, as well as a libertarian. It's always one of my top spots for economics and free trade writing, as well as a first-hand account of how ridiculous government regulation has become. If you're not reading it, add it to your list.
Last month, Warren's novel, BMOC, was released. As I am a voracious reader, I'm always on the lookout for new books. I managed* to get a copy of BMOC last week, and read it on my flights to and from Texas this weekend. The book is a suspense-murder-intrigue type of plot:
Book Description
Susan Hunter is a brilliant but lazy student at the Harvard Business School, who has a long-term plan for succeeding at Harvard and getting a high-paying job with the absolute minimum of work. Her plans begin to awry when she receives an invitation for a job interview with Preston Marsh, the quirky millionaire who has built his fortune on oddball businesses from selling designer musical tones to harvesting coins in fountains. Marsh convinces Susan to abandon her path of least resistance to work in his new business called BMOC, which guarantees its student clients that it will make them popular. But nothing in the job description prepares Susan for getting sent to LA to investigate a young woman's suicide. Susan has to struggle to adapt her business school training to what increasingly appears to be a murder investigation, as a consortium of media companies, tort lawyers, and even a US Senator fight to hide the truth. And that was before they started shooting at her.
Now, I should lay out a few reviewer's ground rules here. I'm not a literary critic. I very rarely dislike any novels. So when I say I liked the book, that's not setting the bar very high. So I'll try to go into greater depth, but at the very least I found it to be a very enjoyable read, and recommend it for that reason.
One of the things that struck me as a reader of Coyote Blog was the extent to which I noticed Warren's writing voice and style carried over into the novel. Most of it, of course, was inside things that most non-readers of the blog wouldn't pick up on, of course, which is to say that it certainly doesn't detract from the novel. But writing about an business student allows Warren to throw in a little bit of his own subject matter. And, of course, the main character just happens to have a poli/econ blog called "Spreadsheet Girl", for which Warren's own blogging experience obviously gave him the knowledge to write accurately about. It's not like he's calling the internet a series of tubes. I should point out, though, that it's not overwhelming. Yes, the main character happens to have a blog, but it's an aside to the book, not a central theme (as you could worry about some bloggers-turned-authors doing).
Beyond this, the plot is pretty good, and it flows in a cohesive manner. Warren, as far as I could tell, manages mostly to stay away from some of the problems inherent in murder-suspense thrillers, where the plot is just too incredibly convenient to be plausible. The book is definitely a page-turner, but not at the cost of character development. The action sequences make sense, and there is a bit of poetic justice and humor in certain scenes.
For those of you who look at books for their ideological bent, Warren takes a big shot at government, media, and tort lawyers. All while making the entrepreneur/businessman into the "good guy". Part of this was by design, as he said that he was sick of reading books always portraying the "evil" capitalist businessman. But this isn't a "libertarian" book. This is a murder-suspense novel, and it doesn't feel like you're being beaten over the head with philosophy.
Above all, if you're looking for a new read, give it a shot. Is it going to win any literary awards? Probably not, but it's well-written, and you'll be supporting a fellow libertarian blogger.
* Full Disclosure: Warren graciously offered a few free copies to bloggers. His hope was that bloggers would read and review the book.
December 8, 2006
I Don't Know Art, But I Know What I Like!
Stripping is art, Norway decides
A Norwegian appeals court has ruled that striptease is an art form and should therefore be exempt from value-added tax (VAT).
The owners of the Diamond Go Go Bar in Oslo had refused to pay VAT of 25% on entry fees as tax authorities demanded.
The local authority had taken the club to court over its refusal to pay tax.
Lawyers for the club's owners argued that striptease dancers were stage artists just like sword-swallowers and comedians and deserved the same status.
"Striptease, in the way it is practised in this case, is a form of dance combined with acting," the judges ruled, according to AFP news agency.
Hey, plenty of Renaissance artists painted nudes, so I'll buy that it's an art form.
Funny, though, we used to refer to it in college as going to either the "library" or the "ballet". I guess going to the "art gallery" makes just as much sense
Hat Tip: Below The Beltway
November 26, 2006
Notice: Bloody Leprechaun Irish Red Ale contains no blood!
And Dragon Sausage doesn't contain dragon:
A SPICY sausage known as the Welsh Dragon will have to be renamed after trading standards' officers warned manufacturers that they could face prosecution because it does not contain dragon.
The sausages will now have to be labelled Welsh Dragon Pork Sausages to avoid any confusion among customers.
Jon Carthew, 45, who makes the sausages, said yesterday that he had not received any complaints about the absence of real dragon meat. He said: "I don't think any of our customers believe that we use dragon meat in our sausages. We use the word because the dragon is synonymous with Wales.â€
Yep. The Bloody Leprechaun Irish Red Ale contains no leprechaun.
Oh, and when someone asks you to go "snipe hunting", you're probably not going to catch any snipe.
Hat Tip: The Liberty Papers
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|Reviews for We Knew Better
| 10000 Dead Roses chapter 5 . 9/22/2007
excellent story
| private chapter 7 . 9/15/2007
I truly loved this story. But what exactly is the babysitter incident?
| TravelingRoses chapter 7 . 9/15/2007
I just want to say that this was a great story.
| Saffron Blade chapter 7 . 8/31/2007
Adored it Absolutely,. I love that Chris is shown as a human, beautiful, strong, but vunerable and young.
And I want that cake.
Great job!
| superinsane95 chapter 1 . 8/20/2007
this is AWESOME! that's how it should have gone. ur really good at writting story and very detailed i love it! keep up the good work on all ur other stories :]
| neb92 chapter 7 . 2/25/2007
Youve probobaly gotten this a thousand times, but what exactly IS the baby sitter incident?
| neb92 chapter 6 . 2/25/2007
Finally we get to the divorce... *evil laugh* This is going to be FUN.
| neb92 chapter 5 . 2/25/2007
Get cleaned up it is... I pity Chris lol. That would be just plain embaressing.
| neb92 chapter 4 . 2/25/2007
DUN DUN DUN! Lol. Piper is an ass in this story, and she stuck her foot in her mouth AT LEAST four times.
| neb92 chapter 3 . 2/25/2007
Future Piper and Chris know Piper too well lol. Oh. What kind of cake are they making anyway? I can't exactly tell, Im salivating from imagining Piper's cooking, and its distracting me from understanding lol.
| neb92 chapter 2 . 2/25/2007
TROUBLE. All that ever comes of tempting fate is trouble.
| neb92 chapter 1 . 2/25/2007
Oh. Poor Chris. Im reading this after its finished, but Im trying to get into the habit of reviewing every chapter I read. Anyways, I can't wait to finish this fic, it looks really good.
| livelongprosper2012 chapter 7 . 2/17/2007
this is great and very cute
| thealmightyspork chapter 7 . 1/13/2007
om! i actually screamed at the end! what is te babysitter incident! you did that on perpose didn't you! evil person! that was so good though! but that babysitter incideent in killing me!
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| lunalupine chapter 7 . 8/4/2006
I read this a while back, before I registered.
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Confessions of a ...
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Procrastination princess
An easily distracted student offers her insight on how to be productive while wasting time I've spent a lot of time mulling over my procrastinating tendencies, most often in an attempt to procrastinate. In fact, it really dawned on me that I had reached a new level when I started looking up tips to solve procrasLINDSAY tination issues PAULSEN before writing a paper. The biggest problem is that this habit perpetuates itself. The more we procrastinate, the better we become at it and the more we do it. I've read countless articles about reforming this practice and they all say the same useless stuff. For example, one source says "just do it" when it comes to tackling your to-do list. That just doesn't quite motivate me. Nor does it actually address the psychological enigma behind why we put off tasks until the everelusive tomorrow. I guess we could argue that it's some kind of a survival mechanism in the sense that we try to delay our own death, but that's a bit of a stretch. Regard-
and find the duds that can be thrown away. We all know how annoying it can be to go to quickly scribble something down and have to try five or six pens before you can find one that works.
2. Let's look on the bright side of living in a dorm and having a refrigerator that is only four cubic feet or less: It only takes about 30 seconds to clean out. 3. Sort through your phone
contacts, email inbox and Facebook friends. Delete whatever is unnecessary. Not only does it eliminate virtual clutter, but it can also be cathartic.
4. Call a friend who you don't Mess aroUnD:
less of the reason, we all do it to some extent. While we suffer from the consequences, we find ourselves swearing to never do it again. Then we do it again. So instead of trying to fight human nature, I decided to just take advantage of it. I've found a way to procrastinate productively.
Cut the crap:
"Eat some now, save some for later … " Looks like the U.S. government could learn something from the Now and Later jingle. I guess no one taught the U.S. the importance of planning out a HOLLY financial future. TAKACH And no one told America not to sell her soul to a power-hungry nation. Therefore I have compiled a list of ways that the U.S. can trim her budget without cutting funding from necessary areas (e.g., Planned Parenthood, the Department of Education, etc.).
Discontinue the Administration on Aging. I'm fairly certain this
can be shut down entirely. Do
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"Angry Birds" or angry professors? The choice is all yours. The following is a list to help you do the same by channeling your procrastinating tendencies into small, productive tasks that seem somewhat trivial, but might make life a little simpler later.
1. If you're sitting at your desk,
sort through your writing utensils
see often. He or she will appreciate the thought, and you might appreciate his or her fresh perspective.
5. Peruse your smartphone for
productive apps. Download anything free that might come in handy later, such as a translator or navigation app. t&c LINDSAY PAULSEN IS A FRESHMAN JOURNALISM AND EQUINE FACILITY MANAGEMENT MAJOR AND IS A STAFF WRITER FOR THE t&c.
Realist suggests cutting useless government programs in order to rescue diminishing U.S. budget
we really need an agency for "aging"? That's what family, friends, nursing homes, retirement funds and Medicare are for — taking care of you when you age.
Cut the U.S. Arctic Research Commission. As explained by
the USARC website, the goal is "to establish the national policy, priorities and goals necessary to construct a federal program plan for basic and applied scientific research with respect to the Arctic." Is this really necessary? Are we thinking of expanding our nation to the landless regions of the north? And people thought it was cold in Russia …
Abolish the Indian Arts and Crafts Board. Don't get me
wrong, I'm always up for some arts and crafts. I also understand that Native Americans are a minority, but should that really
qualify them for their own department to help run their businesses? What ever happened to capitalism and equality? Boards like this are a waste of limited government resources and promote inequality in the workforce.
Stamp out the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee. Is anyone
that concerned with what goes on stamps? Between email, Facebook and cellphones, the only letters I've mailed recently are to pay bills and apply for loans — and I doubt the people at FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) care whether or not my stamp has a cute yellow lab on it.
Eradicate the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission. According to
their website, the JUSFC is "an independent federal agency that provides support for training
and information to help prepare Americans to better meet the challenges and opportunities in the U.S.-Japan relationship through grant programs for institutions." I'm pretty sure anyone applying for the grant is already pretty savvy about the U.S.-Japan relationship; therefore this funding could be put to better use. So there could potentially be some value in these government programs, but funding for these groups is what detracts important government investments in educating our children and helping teenagers protect themselves from STIs (sexually transmitted infections) and unwanted pregnancies. t&c HOLLY TAKACH IS A FRESHMAN PUBLIC RELATIONS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE MAJOR AND A STAFF WRITER FOR THE t&c.
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Get Ready to Graduate at Grad Fest 2011
Head to the Campus Center on April 27 and 28 from 11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. and pick up your pre-ordered caps and gowns. You can also meet with representatives from Jostens to order personalized announcements and class rings. And this is a great time to purchase diploma frames with a 20% discount. Light refreshments will be served. The Alumni Office will be offering information about their events and programs available to you as an alum, including an invitation to the Senior Year Send-Off party June 9 at Medallion Country Club.
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'Cross CaMpUs: Mike Stumpf, assistant director of Greek Life, begins to make his way across Main Street.
Pushing for disability awareness Community gains new perspective with wheelchair scavenger hunt BY ANAJAYE' DIGGS Staff Writer
It's hard to guess what being disabled feels like until walking a mile in someone's shoes, or more appropriately, riding around in someone's wheelchair. Four groups gathered to participate in the Wheelchair Scavenger Hunt during Otterbein's Disability Awareness Week. Starting in front of the library, students, staff and faculty pushed each other in wheelchairs to the Campus Center, the Clements Recreation Center and even through elevators, kitchens and doorways. The purpose of the event was to "raise awareness to the issue of what disability students might face on campus and the barriers people may face and how they have to plan or rely on other people," said Leah Monaghan, coordinator of disabilities services.
The participants were broken into groups and given a list of rules and wheelchair safety tips, and then they set off with clues.
"In order to get their perspective, you ... have to walk in their shoes." Cierra Sherry senior early childhood education major Sophomore psychology major Andrew Drobnick said, "Well, it definitely (put) things into perspective for me. I have never really taken the time to think about what people in wheelchairs and disabilities go through every day." The rules said that one of the team members had to be in
the wheelchair at all times, all members must be present at all of the stops, the wheelchair cannot be carried up stairs and they can ask for help from anyone on campus. "I learned that in order to get their perspective, you kind of have to walk in their shoes," said Cierra Sherry, senior early childhood education major. Many of the participants faced different challenges as they navigated through campus. "(When) I went to push in the doors, it was very hard to navigate the wheelchair and there was not much room," Sherry said. "I felt low to the ground, and people were ignoring me." Drobnick said, "It took, like, 10 minutes to get to the Campus Center. We had to ask people to help us. I am sure it is not easy to do all the time either. It is a lot more difficult than one might think."
"This is a very important nomination for Otterbein University." Melissa Gilbert Director of Center for Community Engagement Also, the Center for Equine Studies composts 18 tons of waste and bedding each week, buildings have electric meters to monitor the usage and a thrift store has been designed to reuse unwanted items. The university plans to keep working toward sustainability by creating a sustainability plan, ac-
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cording to Paul Baldridge, Otterbein's sustainability coordinator. "In that plan, we'll be identifying specific actions and opportunities. I think that plan is going to be key." Otterbein has also added sustainability into the curriculum by creating an entire degree for it. Heidi Ballard, professor of sociology and anthropology, said that it is a two-track major that offers students a choice between life sciences or social sciences as their emphasis. "One of the things I'm excited about is that students that are in that program really become agents of change on this campus as we make decisions about what needs to be done," Ballard said. SWACO organizes the Emerald Awards each year to celebrate Earth Day. It recognizes those people, organizations and schools that are working toward sustainability. The awards are given out by category, including large business, leadership, small business, community of the year, young and green, good neighbor and environmental education. A panel of judges decides who the recipient of each award in each category will be. t&c
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Otterbein's green efforts are getting their time in the sun. This year, Otterbein University is a finalist for an award in the environmental education category in the SWACO (Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio) Emerald Awards. The winners of these awards will be announced at a luncheon on May 17. "I do believe that this is a very important nomination for Otterbein University," said Melissa Gilbert, director of the Center for Community Engagement. "The award celebrates our efforts to create a sustainable campus environment through important waste reduction and recycling programs like our student organization Plan-It Earth and our recent Recyclemania challenge." Sustainability is listed as one of Otterbein's core values. Many of the programs on campus have worked toward waste reduction, recycling and reuse. "It's a slow process right now, but hopefully the semester
conversion can help integrate sustainability into future classes," said Andrea Conley, sophomore sociology major. Currently, there are several construction projects occurring on campus that are recycling the metals they use.
From the Curriculum Committee: Revision of residence requirement for graduation from 60 quarter hours to 48 semester hours From the Curriculum Committee: Revision of requirement for earning a second bachelor's degree from 45 quarter hours to 32 semester hours
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BY KAITY VORBROKER Assistant News Editor
April 20, 2011
From the Graduate Committee: Proposal for a Master in Science degree in allied health
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University nominated for ongoing attempts to keep campus green
Senate Meeting
From the Graduate Committee: Proposal for a new certificate program — Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP) certificate program
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Otterbein recognized for sustainability efforts
thursday, april 21, 2011
From the Graduate Committee: Proposal for a Master of Arts in educational mathematics degree
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From the Curriculum Committee: Proposal for a Bachelor in Arts in allied health
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From the Student Life Committee: Proposal to approve Men of Vision as a campus organization
inForMation CoMpiLeD by Josh park
Editor's Note
For a profile on senior Hayley Whitman and the interactive security report, please visit www.otterbein360.com
According to the Westerville Police Divison SECURITY (WPD) and the Otterbein Security Log, the REPORT following has been reported from April 12-16.
2. 4/16 Otterbein Security called the WPD after a security officer responded to a disturbance at 76 W. Main St. Security observed a suspect in his or her vehicle spinning its tires and taking off. Once he or she pulled over the car and exited, the officer would not let him or her leave. WPD reported that the suspect smelled of an alcoholic beverage and was slurring his or her words. The suspect admitted drinking some Malibu liquor along with consuming a Percocet pill that he or she crushed up and snorted. The suspect was cited for OVI, prior OVI conviction within 20 years, driving under suspension, and fail to control. inForMation CoMpiLeD by JULia robiDeaU
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1. 4/12 Otterbein Security called the WPD for assistance in removing a suspect from Courtright Memorial Library who had been warned previously to not return to Otterbein property. Security stated that it has had several previous incidents with the suspect after receiving several complaints from students and faculty claiming that he or she was trying to use the Wi-Fi system without permission. The suspect was mailed a trespass warning dated March 24, but he denied ever getting it. The suspect was escorted out of the library and given a summons to Westerville Mayor's Court for criminal trespass.
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arts & entertainment
Do you want to be a DJ? Do you want to have the most fun on campus? Then enroll in MCOM 140 (WOBN Practicum) this coming spring quarter! Get handson experience with radio equipment and learn how to perfect your on-air voice. All majors can enroll!
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This piece is like the others featured in freshman Emily Rose Hirtle's Gallery 202 exhibit.
Art in black and white Freshman sketches her way to her own Uptown gallery display BY JT HILLIER Contributing Writer
Freshman art major Emily Rose Hirtle has something not many other freshman art majors have: a gallery showing. Gallery 202, a nonprofit arts organization in Uptown, is displaying Hirtle's artwork, starting today, until April 30. Hirtle, with a drawing concentration, said she hadn't even considered an art major before her fall enrollment. "I never did art in high school," said Hirtle, whose birth name is Emily Sammons. "When I was accepted at Otterbein, I was hoping to be accepted in theatre, but I wasn't accepted into the program. Then I thought, 'Well, what else should I do?'" After briefly considering a broadcasting focus, an Otterbein admissions counselor suggested Emily go a different route. "Teri Devlin said I should try for the Otterbein art scholarship, and I said OK." Hirtle got the scholarship. Since then, she has also designed banners for Serendipity Ice Cream & Coffee House.
"I love to keep busy," Hirtle said. "I love to work. I like to put myself and my ideas out there. I'm not the kind of person to just sit around." Hirtle prides herself on wearing her inspirations on her sleeve, citing van Gogh, the macabre works of Edward Gorey and Charles Addams as major influences to her own stylistic, hand-drawn works. But what is "stylistic" exactly? "Well, it's not abstract, nor is it representational," Hirtle said. "You know what it is, but it's not realistic. I want people to see this distinction visually." Those who attend the gallery, which will be located in the loft establishment of Amish Originals, can expect to see 12 of Hirtle's "stylistic" hand-drawn pieces, all pen naMe: black-and-white onym. Her illustrations.
The gallery is open to the public with no cover charge, and students are welcome to arrive at any time between 7 and 9 p.m. for the reception, today. "I'm curious to see what people will think about my work now that it's starting to get out there," she said. t&c
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Emily Rose Hirtle goes by a pseudbirth name is Emily Sammons.
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A co-op mode and more devices are among the sequel's new features BY LAINA THOMPSON Contributing Writer
"Portal 2" has opened a whole new portal for puzzle and adventure games. With its full-length campaign, deep storyline, mind-boggling tests, witty characters and co-op mode, this game blows its widely acclaimed predecessor out of the water and back into its rightful arcade game status. Chell is again the controlled player. She has been in stasis for hundreds of years in the Aperture Science facility where the old game took place. GLaDOS, the computerized villain from "Portal," is still shut down and the facility is in ruins. The game opens with the introduction of a new character, Wheatley. He is a small, blueeyed robot whose intelligence is lacking. However, his humor and kindness is not. He wants to
help Chell escape from Aperture Science. Chell locates the portal device, a small gun that allows you to shoot two portals you cross between to reach high places and accomplish tasks, and she gets to work. You must take Chell through a series of tests using the portal device, much like in the original "Portal," while Wheatley floats around and praises you on how well you are doing and acts like he understands the test. Chell and Wheatley wander around the facility completing tests until you stumble upon GLaDOS' old lair. GLaDOS is still shut down from where Chell killed her in the first game. Wheatley sees a place where he can be plugged in and asks Chell to put him there. Upon plugging Wheatley in, a bunch of switches are flipped and GLaDOS is turned back on.
This is just the first problem in the chain of events that is set for Chell in the game. The gameplay is similar to that in "Portal." You guide Chell through the tests, which are puzzles in which the portal is used. You must get from entrance to exit in each test. Spring boards, switches, buttons and laser beams will all assist Chell in using the portal device to get to the exit. There are several new devices in "Portal 2" that can help Chell get to the exits. These include: • Tractor beams — These can be accompanied with portals to bring cubes and other objects in reach of Chell. • Laser reflecting cubes — These are used to reflect lasers, which can activate switches. • Walking cubes — These are used just like the regular cubes to activate switches, except they can walk.
• Light bridges — These are deadly bridges made of light that Chell can redirect with portals to block objects or turret fire.
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Co-op players will use Atlas (left) and P-Body (right) to complete the various puzzles that "Portal 2" throws their way. The gels are probably the most interesting new aspect of the game. There is a blue gel, called the Repulsion Gel, which bounces Chell in the air as if she were on a trampoline. Propulsion Gel works much like a Slip 'n Slide, moving Chell forward at an accelerated speed. The last gel is a white gel that lets a portal be shot on any surface it covers. The puzzles this time around are much more complicated than those in the original. This makes the game highly mentally stimulating. It also provides a lot of frustration. Be prepared to struggle for what seems like forever on one puzzle, and then to want to hit yourself when you finally figure out its complicated solution. Another new aspect to the game is co-op mode. You and a partner play as Atlas and P-Body, two robots that GLaDOS is using for tests. Both robots get a portal gun and must work together to flip switches and make portals for each other. Co-op is fun to play through, but its lack of storyline really hurts this mode, especially since the story for single player is so rich in well-thought-out twists, dialogue and events. The witty writing from the first game is back and better than the first. GLaDOS is downright brutal, making many jokes about
Chell being overweight and adopted. She also uses a smart sense of humor that compliments the difficult and thoughtout puzzles. Wheatley, while unintelligent, also has a few witty things to say. His personality and stupidity come off cute, making him a very enjoyable part of the game. The only other character is Cave Johnson, who is voiced by J.K. Simmons. He is the owner of the Aperture Science facilities, and his pre-recorded messages help Chell as she explores the facility. Overall, "Portal 2" is highly enjoyable. Its only flaws would be the frequent and long loading screens and the lack of direction that can be found at several points during the game. Sometimes the loading screen would load a large area and you wouldn't see one for half an hour. Other times you could sit through four of them in the same amount of time. Old "Portal" fans will be delighted with this sequel for the most part. It is sure to bring new fans to the franchise. t&c
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Will Allen, defensive back and special-teams captain for the Pittsburgh Steelers, will speak at Otterbein on Tuesday, April 26, from 6-7:30 p.m. in Roush 114. Allen will talk about how he has used his Ohio State communication and sports management courses to make a difference in the lives of students and children off the field. There will be a Q&A session with the opportunity for photographs and autographs afterward. t&c
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The brick house at 111 N. West St. has housed Otterbein's presidents for over 50 years now.
Foundation hands off land The title of the President's House will go toward owed pledge money BY LINDSEY HOBBS Editor-in-Chief
Otterbein now owns yet another piece of Westerville real estate. The Board of Trustees Executive Committee voted in favor of accepting the title of the Clements House (also known as the President's House) at 111 N. West St. at the appraised value from the Vida S. Clements Foundation. This title was accepted as payment toward the $770,000 that the Clements Foundation owes Otterbein for the building of the Clements Recreation Center. The house was officially transferred to Otterbein on April 7. According to the Franklin County Auditor, the total current value of the property is $339,300. "They had pledged a significant gift in the beginning of the campaign, and that's why it became the Clements Recreation Center." "They made a second pledge toward the end of the campaign on that same facility … and then just as that was happening, I think that was one of the times when maybe the
market, you know, went down, so that pledge hadn't been paid," said Heidi Tracy, the vice president of Otterbein's Institutional Advancement department. During the establishment of the foundation, it was mandated that the General Motors stock that made up the bulk of its money never be sold. A court order changed all that, though, right as stocks were soaring. Bruce Bailey, the secretary and treasurer of the foundation, said, "In the late 1990s, stock values appreciated tremendously. But (without) the stock boom … the Clements Center wouldn't be there." This is not the first time that the Clements Foundation has pledged large sums of money to the university. Established in 1966 by Vida S. Clements, a 1901 graduate of the university, the foundation has contributed more than $8 million to Otterbein, according to Alan Norris, trustee of the foundation. Clements Hall was named after Clements and her husband in honor of their contributions.
In 2009, Otterbein received over $80,000 in scholarships from Clements. Tracy said that these scholarships are awarded to students directly through the foundation, not through the college. "If it's held within their foundation, they select the recipients," she said. Bailey said, "It's not restricted legally to just Otterbein, but practically." Students around campus said they have never heard of a Clements Foundation scholarship. However, one student said she received one and that her track coach told her about it. The Clements Foundation does not restrict its scholarships only to athletes because it is illegal to do so, according to Bailey. Lori Green, director of investment relations at Otterbein, said that the foundation has also awarded scholarships to the concert choir for its trip to China over winter break, and contributed to the purchase of new uniforms for the marching band.
Founder's Day
Otterbein will be celebrating Founder's Day April 28-30. There will be: • A photography contest (Submissions due April 21.) • Convocation, April 28 at 3 p.m. • Otterbein trivia, April 29 at 7 p.m. • Center for Community Engagement Spring Plunge, April 30 at 8:30 a.m. • Barbecue lunch, April 30, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. • Three-on-three basketball tournament, April 30, 12:304 p.m. t&c
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thursday, april 21, 2011
Bats overpower ONU
Otterbein baseball wins 11-1 and 14-6 against Ohio Northern BY AUSTIN WALSH Contributing Writer
On a day better suited for polar bears, Otterbein University was able to take two in its doubleheader against conference foe Ohio Northern, pulling the team's OAC record to 6-6. A five-run fifth and a six-run sixth was more than enough to help sophomore pitcher Dave Cydrus and the Cards take game one 11-1. Cydrus posted his third straight complete game allowing one unearned run over seven innings, lowering his ERA to 1.14 on the season. Battling the elements, he struck out four and allowed just three walks as he brought his record to 5-0. "At times it was hard to feel the fingers," Cydrus said. "I really focused on throwing strikes. It's nice to be able to keep my pitch count down and know that my defense has my back."
The same defense that played well for Cydrus struggled early on in game two, committing two errors in the second inning. Battling back, sophomore Dominic Porretta turned in a solid six innings of work, striking out seven batters. "He did an excellent job shutting down a good hitting team," sophomore catcher Wes Meadows said. "He's worked really hard over the winter, moving from a closing role to a starting role. We are confident that when he is on the mound we have a chance to win the game." Trailing 4-2 in the bottom of the third inning, senior second baseman Josh Coleman gave Otterbein a one-run lead when he homered to left field off of Ohio Northern starter Ryan Damman. Meadows, who hit a homerun in game one, homered an inning later giving him two three-run homeruns on the day. The team cruised from there. "They were both fastballs," Meadows said about his two
homeruns. "We've been working so hard at getting ahead in the count, and, when we do, about getting the barrel out and not trying to crush the ball. It was good to see everyone hitting the ball well today." Scoring 25 runs in two games, considering the frigid weather, was certainly one of the most impressive stats from the day. "It was important to win these today to kind of get the weekend rolling," Cydrus said. "Now we just have to go out and do what we can … we just have to take care of our games to help our cause from here on out." Today the team will travel to Cleveland to take on Case Western Reserve University at Progressive Field. First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m. Following that, the Cards will play four straight at home, starting with two against 26-6 Heidelberg on Friday. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m. t&c
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Cardinals test their skills at Newberry horse show The Otterbein dressage team will show off its talents at Canterbury Showplace in Florida at the end of April. BY JAZMYNE FLOWE Staff Writer
Anna Beckman, an athlete on the equestrian team, was the only one from Otterbein who qualified for the individuals at the National Championship Horse Show April 30-May 1 in Newberry, Fla. at the Canterbury Showplace. How would you describe being an equestrian to someone with no prior knowledge of it? The IDA (Intercollegiate Dressage Association) in college is all judged on your position and fluidness and a connection with a random horse that you are assigned at the beginning of the day. What is the Intercollegiate Dressage Association? trottin':
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Anna Beckman is one of four members to test at Nationals.
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ride the horse the school has. We each have to do a dressage test, which is a pattern in a ring with letters to guide us ... and we have 10 minutes to warm up. How does it feel being the only one who qualified for individuals at the National Championship Horse Show? It's really exciting, but (I'm) also nervous because there are going to be a lot of people from all over the country who are going to be there. But I know I can do my best. What do you like most about being on the equestrian team here? We are all very close as a team. It is definitely a team effort in practice and competitions. What has prepared you for the National Championship Horse Show? Going to the shows throughout
the season, and also lessons from Otterbein twice a week, and team practice right before a show. What are the different classes that you can progress through? It goes from walk (and) trot, which is just walking and trotting, and then there is walk, trot (and) canter. Another class is novice, which (includes) novice flat and novice jumping. Novice is the lowest height of jumps. Then there is intermediate, and it breaks down into intermediate flat and intermediate fences and open flat and open fences. Right now I am in intro, which is walk (and) trot. t&c
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Jimmy Butler trade presents more questions for futures of Nikola Mirotic, Dwyane Wade, Rajon Rondo
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Lauri Markkanenn will be a Chicago Bull once the trade between the Bulls and Minnesota Timberwolves is finalized sometime Friday when the trade call is sent to the NBA, as he's the first domino to fall in what could be an interesting offseason to come.
A stretch-shooting big man from Arizona who shot 42 percent from 3 last season, Markkanenn is a native of Finland who's more of an offensive threat rather than a defender and rebounder at seven-feet tall. He averaged 15.6 points and 7.2 rebounds for Arizona and has been regarded by many scouts as the best shooter in the draft.
With the Bulls bringing up the rear in that category, one assumes he'll add a level of versatility if he can see the floor—which brings the Bulls to some offseason decisions they'll have to make once free agency begins and even before. Markkanenn conceivably brings Nikola Mirotic's future into question, as Mirotic is a restricted free agent this summer and Mirotic was on the trade block by the Bulls for the better part of last season as he had an underwhelming year trying to fill the role of a stretch-shooting big man.
But officials with the Bulls say Mirotic is still a priority for the Bulls and because he's restricted, they control the process of his free agency. Mirotic shot 41.3 percent and averaged 10.6 points and 5.5 rebounds, as the Bulls still consider him an asset for the present and future as they'll play a new style of basketball next season.
One would think Mirotic will command a salary at least around $10 million as the NBA's salary cap will balloon to $99 million with a luxury tax line of around $119 million.
Rajon Rondo's future has yet to be decided, as the Bulls acquired a point guard in Kris Dunn they've long eyed and presumably one they feel will be their future at the position.
Bulls officials stated they'll wait until next week before making a decision on Rondo, but one wonders if they'll go full youth movement, especially with wanting Dunn to succeed after a rocky rookie year in Minnesota and already having Jerian Grant and Cameron Payne under contract for next season.
Rondo has a $3 million buyout the Bulls can exercise that will make Rondo a free agent or they'll pay Rondo $13.3 million next season.
[MORE: After trading Jimmy Butler, Bulls select Lauri Markkanen]
And then there's Dwyane Wade, who opted in to his deal of $23.8 million for next season. Wade came to Chicago for a number of reasons, notably the salary and chance to play with Butler. With Butler gone and the Bulls changing their direction of the franchise, one wonders how Wade sees himself next season and how the Bulls see Wade with their young players.
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Jose Quintana turns in stellar outing as White Sox crush Twins in series finale
Jose Quintana turns in stellar outing as White Sox crush Twins in series finale
MINNEAPOLIS -- Guess who's back?
Jose Quintana turned in the kind of game on Thursday afternoon that reminds you why he has been one of baseball's top pitchers the past few seasons. Working with a swing-and-miss curveball and another shocking barrel of run support, Quintana waited out a near five-hour delay to produce a stellar outing. Quintana struck out nine batters in 6 2/3 scoreless innings as the White Sox avoided a sweep with a 9-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins in front of 27,684 at Target Field. Jose Abreu, Todd Frazier and Matt Davidson all homered for the White Sox, who finished with 18 hits and a 3-3 mark on their road trip.
After making several baby steps in his past few starts, Quintana ran wild in the series finale against a Twins team that he has always struggled against. While he worked deliberately, Quintana never got into trouble facing a team against whom he was 6-8 with a 4.28 ERA in his career.
The left-hander used a nasty, biting curveball along with sharp fastball command to keep Minnesota hitters off balance. Quintana struck one batter in each of the first five innings before he picked up steam. He struck out two batters each in the sixth and seventh innings and is averaging a career best 8.97 strikeouts per nine innings this season.
He struck out Miguel Sano three times in three trips and never allowed a man past second base in a 113-pitch effort. Quintana allowed five hits and walked none.
Quintana has a 2.25 ERA in his last four starts as he's allowed 19 hits and six earned runs in 24 innings. He has walked eight and struck out 24.
[MORE: White Sox will give Tim Anderson freedom to make mistakes]
The White Sox offense made it all much easier for Quintana for a second straight start. Six days after they produced an early four-spot for Quintana against Toronto, the White Sox scored five times and knocked Minnesota starter Nik Turley out in the first inning.
Showing no signs of malaise after a 290-minute rain delay, Abreu and Frazier each blasted two-run homers off Turley to put the White Sox up 4-0. With two outs and Turley gone, Adam Engel singled off reliever Buddy Boshers to make it 5-0 in the first.
The White Sox continued to add on for Quintana as Kevan Smith and Engel each singled in runs in the third to give the 2016 All-Star pitcher a seven-run cushion. Engel finished with four hits and Smith tied a career high with three.
Davidson increased the lead to 8-0 in the fifth inning with a 427-foot blast off Craig Breslow, his 17th homer. Davidson also singled, doubled and walked. The White Sox scored once more in the seventh when Tim Anderson (two hits) doubled in a run off Breslow.
After they produced 22 runs of support for Quintana in his first 13 starts this season, the White Sox have scored 20 in his last two.


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