Friday, October 30, 2009

The hits keep coming!

John Brown and son, William, stand outside the Caswell Library at DA before the official tour of campus! Keep your fingers crossed! The entire family was on hand for the 12:30 pm tour and at 4:45 pm the family vehicle was STILL parked in front of the Main School Building! That's what I call a quality visit. This was 6th school (saving the best for last) and DA did not disappoint...even though the students were dressed in halloween costumes instead of class dress. That would not have been allowed in our day, right? John is at TimeWarner in NYC with Jeff Bewkes '70 and runs both the "This Old House" business as well as "Health", so he's busy. always great to have more Class of '83 on campus...

Sunday, October 18, 2009

So good you don't even realize it...Thanks Jeff!

Ever wonder what it takes to see Nick Swisher of the Yankees blink as he hits a single to the opposite field? Ever amazed at how much a well placed camera can make an event fun to watch (can you say World Series of Poker) or how high resolution slow motion cameras can really give you a sense of skill in an athlete?

Don't forget to thank Jeff Silverman's company Inertia Unlimited.

From the LA Daily News' Tom Hoffarth on October 15th...

== There is a new X-Mo super slo-mo camera stationed on the low first-base side that will shoot 1,000 frames a second -- one step better than the X-Mo you've seen on an FSN telecast or even a Fox MLB game. It's a camera usually reserved for NFL A-game broadcasts and will only be available to TBS on Games 1 and 2 (but not on Sunday's Game 3 because of the NFL use)."It's something that NFL Films loves to use, and they'll have it tied up Sunday and Monday," said Diamond. "You can really see the ball come out the pitcher's hand and the seems of the ball like nothing else you've ever been able to see." http://www.insidesocal.com/tomhoffarth/archives/2009/10/what-to-watch-f.html

Jeff answered my query about what he's up to: "We’re in the midst of shooting the NFL League commercials right now with NFL Films. We’re getting a lot of buzz about it. They are the commercials with the exceptionally slow motion (1000fps) shot at actual games. We will also have slow motion cameras on TNT’s and Fox’s baseball playoff coverage (LCS and WS) in the next few weeks (and NBC Sunday Night Football and NFL Network and CBS and Fox and HBO live boxing events and 24/7 and Hard Knocks)….) and the Superbowl. Don’t forget poker, High Stakes Poker, Face the Ace, Million Dollar Challenge, WSOP Europe, US Poker Championship, Poker After Dark and a few others. But nothing too big really."

Pretty impressive for three people in Southern Vermont! THANKS JEFF!!!

Friday, October 16, 2009

'Tis the season!


Always great to see classmates back on campus, today it was Mark Czuj and his family. Oldest daughter is looking at DA and we wish her all the best! Mark looks forward to subscribing to the Class of '83 Blog tonight when he gets home and hopes you'll encourage all of our classmates to join in.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Compagno Architecture included in prestigious show

We are pleased to announce that one of Alex Compagno's buildings has been chosen by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) for inclusion in their new exhibition: "Context\Contrast: New Architecture in Historic Districts, 1967-2009" at the Center For Architecture. Only a few representative buildings were chosen as being emblematic of the Landmarks Preservation Commission's philosophy of appropriate new architecture in historic districts over the last 40 years. Please join us in celebrating this honor. website: www.alexandercompagnoarchitect.com

Monday, October 12, 2009

Pryce, Lemieux and Witherspoon leave voicemail from Barcelona

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Click on the writing under the equalizer icon to hear today's voicemail from birthday boy Scott Pryce and his two visitors to Barcelona; Hank Lemieux and Andrew Witherspoon! Just need the picture and we're all set!!! Thanks for reaching out and sorry I missed the call...

Friday, October 9, 2009

Geoff Bennett and Doug Schmidt see JK in NYC

With apologies for breaking my cardinal rule and forgetting to take a picture, it was great to see Geoff and Doug at the 1797 Society dinner in NYC. Geoff's fund has merged with a larger one but he is still focused on Japan and East Asia - and he travels to NYC regularly now from his home (and wife and 4 kids) in San Francisco.

Schmidt claims he will recive his first paycheck in years today - we wish him a hearty congratulations and will expect a scaned image as proof! Also the networker, Schmidt does indeed seem energized by his new employment. Go get 'em JD!

Knight, once again, was forced to dine on delicious food and schmooze with scads of Deerfield alums and parents. Long day at "the office".

Kudos to Chris Waddell '87

A bit of a departure for the '83 blog, but this is indeed incredible. To summit Kilamanjaro as a parapalegic takes you know what...


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Tuesday, October 6, 2009

News Flash: Crow family visits DA!

Yup, that's Peter Crow and his son Jack flanked by John Knight and Eric Suher (aka the welcoming committee) today, October 6th. Not pictured because she is taking the picture - Pete's wife Sarah. Always a happening when a classmate returns to campus!!!

Sox or Yankees? Averill has a thought...

Freshly stolen off of Facebook, looks like the Averill family rests firmly on the side of the Sox as they attended the last regular season home game at Fenway Pahk! Great to see Chris again - hope he sends some news to jknight@deerfield.edu someday!

Friday, October 2, 2009

Steward and Guyer send news! (next?)

Brian Steward sent this photo as proof that he was representin' at the Austin City Limits music festival http://www.aclfestival.com/default.aspx. Thanks big guy!

Leigh Guyer had a guest starring role on TNT's Leverage a couple of months ago. They filmed the entire second season here in Portland, and scuttlebutt says they'll be back next year! The video is embedded - he appears after only about a minute in and winds up in a nasty wreck so CHECK it out! Click on the "play" arrows - no need to register - then go to full screen mode. THE KID CAN ACT! (Flounder's next movie should be in Portland?)
Here is a link to the episode called "Beantown Bailout" (episode 201).
https://mail.deerfield.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=0e61449c08184af8abf5dab2371b83f0&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.casttv.com%2fshows%2fleverage%2fthe-beantown-bailout-job%2fdlakni
http://www.casttv.com/ext/28cvv91

Two regular guys linked by the greatest school on earth who took the time to share. Thx boys...