Jon Deutsch

Ski Trip

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:13:31 EST

All this snow we've gotten this winter made for some great skiing conditions on the last weekend in February.

Dodgeball Season

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:48:04 EST

The 2010 Dodgeball season came to an end. Our team might have lost more games than we won, but we had a good time. Here are photos from our last game and below is a video.

2010 Dodgeball Video

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:41 EST

33rd America's Cup

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:53:42 EST

I've mentioned the America's Cup and in case you haven't heard this is the Superbowl of sailboat racing and it's happening this week. Larry Ellison (owner of Oracle) and Ernesto Bertarelli a European pharmaceutical billionaire have built a 90' x 90' trimaran and a 90'x90' catamaran. They are absolutely incredible and they sail 2-3 times the speed of the wind.

They are racing a best of 3 series to determine the winner of the America's Cup - the oldest trophy in sports.

The first race was supposed to take place Monday morning around 4am our time, but was abandoned due to lack of wind. The second race was supposed to take place on Wednesday but was abandoned due to rough condition and high waves at the race site. So by the time you read this Friday morning either the first race will be underway, or it also will be abandoned pushing the regatta further into next week.

The races are being broadcast on ESPN360.com starting around 3AM each morning. If you have a chance and want to see these amazing boats, check out some short 2-3 minute clips on each teams' YouTube channel

Challenger from USA
BMW/Oracle
http://bmworacleracing.com/

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/BMWORACLERacingTeam

Favorite Videos:
Win this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNuAWk89Aew < this is the embeded video above.
Astronauts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afw_Wz-Ohm8
Symphony: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rHNigG60WU

Defender from Switzerland
Alinghi
http://www.alinghi.com

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/alinghitv

Favorite Videos:
From the SKy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNtqb636_xw
Through the Clouds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhpTlbQVyhU < They lifted the boat with a helicopter
Sail in Valencia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_etvePIM-E

America's Cup Website: http://www.americascup.com/en/index.html

James River Flooding

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:08:00 EST

This morning I got up early and went down to Pony Pasture to check out the flooding. The river crested at almost 18 feet this morning and Pony Pasture was completely flooded. Riverside Drive was also flooded and closed.

Christmas Vacation

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:29:50 EST

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My family traveled to San Diego for Christmas this year to visit my sister and her husband at their apartment on the UC-Irvine campus. Cheryl just finished her first semester in the graduate program there.

After spending Christmas Day evening having our traditional Christmas get together we spent the next day visiting the state park where Dilip works and walking around the beaches of Laguna Beach.

On the 3rd day we went in to Los Angeles and visited the La Brea Tar Pits and walked around Hollywood Boulevard. In the evening we went to the Magic Castle. Our final day in southern California was spent in San Diego at the San Diego Zoo.

Here are the Pictures

Winter Snowfall

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:57:48 EST

Richmond got quite a bit of snow fall this weekend. I spent some time Saturday outside hiking down to the river and shoveling the snow while taking pictures and video along the way. Check them out.

Shoveling the driveway:

Christmas Tree

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:38:52 EST

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Got the Christmas tree up. If you look closely, you can see both of the ornaments.

ECU to Host Conference USA Championship Game

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:42:46 EST

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ECU beat Southern Miss this weekend and won the opportunity to host the Conference USA Championship game on December 5. It was another fantastic game in Greenville and the Pirates put on quite a show. With the conference championship on Saturday at ECU, that makes 3 trips in 3 weekends to Greenville.

Check out these pictures from the weekend.

ECU vs. UAB game

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:40:06 EST

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UAB came to ECU this weekend and we had another great tailgate. Between flip cup; punt, pass and kick contest; shots over the phone with Chris K who is stationed in England and the game itself, it was another legendary weekend.

My photo experiment for the weekend was a panoramic HDR of the stadium. It took quite a bit of hand editing, but it turned out pretty well. Here are the rest of the pictures from the weekend.