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Spend less on storage
Serial ATA disks can save you big bucks, but there's a bigger story here. By using RAID and a SAN, you can overcome many of its inherent reliability and performance limitations. It's time to rethink many of your assumptions about storage costs.
- Marc Farley, Microsoft
The advancements in disk drive technology have been as influential to the progress of business computing as microprocessors. Without the capacity and performance advances we've come to take for granted, it would be impossible to run the majority of today's applications and operating systems.
|Enter SAS
It's almost ridiculous to propose how large-scale storage could be accomplished without disk drives providing the fundamental storage function. There are other potential technologies that could be used in place of disk drives, such as nonvolatile memory and optical recording devices, but disk drives have the best combination of reliability, performance, cost and operating requirements.
The last company that attempted to create a new storage technology was TeraStor, based in Milipitas, CA. It failed to deliver competitive technology after burning through $80 million of venture funding several years ago.
There's nearly universal interoperability among disk drives, which means customers can choose products largely based on price. The competitive pressures and the imperative to develop new, inexpensive drive technologies were chronicled in Clayton Christensen's groundbreaking book, The Innovator's Dilemma, which theorizes how new, disruptive technologies create lower-cost price trajectories for replacement products. In his book, Christensen uses the disk drive industry to show how the rapid churn rate of disruptive technologies put the disk drive industry in the low-margin dungeon where it is today.
Continued improvements in existing disk drive technologies that boost performance and reliability are permitting organizations to start migrating their storage plants from expensive server-class drives to less expensive desktop drives without much risk. Along with the changes in drive technologies, there are two key enterprise storage technologies facilitating this migration: RAID and storage area networks (SANs). A third technology, serial ATA (SATA) is a new disk drive interface that, with RAID and SANs, will allow IT organizations to achieve more of their strategic storage goals at far less of a cost.
Drive classes
Historically, disk drives gravitated into three distinct product classes: desktop, server and laptop. Desktop drives were designed for mass-production with slower performance and moderate duty usage. Server drives were built for the rigors of transaction processing and round-the-clock duty cycles. Finally, laptop drives were made to fit the physical demands of portable computers. From a business perspective, desktop drives have the highest sales volumes and lowest margins, while server drives represent the lowest sales volumes and the highest margins. Server drives typically sell for three to four times as much as similar capacity desktop drives.
While the three product classes were distinct, technologies invented for one class of drive are often integrated into the other classes. For instance, a volume manufacturing process developed for desktop drives can be applied to the production processes of server drives to reduce costs. Conversely, a performance technology developed for server drives can be adopted by desktop product families. Over time, the lower-performing desktop drives inherit the high-performance capabilities of server drives, as the server drives rise to new performance levels.
Competitive pressures between drive manufacturers for the high-volume desktop market nearly guarantee that new performance technologies developed for server drives make their way into desktop drives within two to three years. This year, we're seeing desktop drives reach the 10,000 rpm plateau--a performance specification that had previously only been available for server-class drives.
Generally, desktop drives sold today compare favorably with the performance of server drives that were sold three years ago. By comparison, the performance demands of many applications haven't increased as much. For example, the I/O performance requirements for Windows Exchange servers haven't increased much, if at all, in the same time frame. To use Clayton Christensen's terminology, server-class drives overshoot the requirements for most applications. The performance of today's desktop drives is more than adequate for most server applications.
|ATA vs. SCSI disk performance
In a converged environment, NAS gateways sit alongside block-savvy application servers to enable access to back-end SAN storage. But companies that opt for a multivendor solution often struggle to find a mix of products that will work well together.
Another way to view reliability
There's a certain healthy paranoia existing regarding disk drive reliability. After all, most IT professionals have had serious problems at some time in their past with the loss of a disk drive. But the real requirement is for data availability--not necessarily drive reliability. If other technologies and techniques can be used to achieve data availability, then the reliability of disk drives isn't quite as critical.
One of the fundamental technologies increasing data availability is RAID. Since most businesses can't afford interruptions because of an individual disk drive failure, IT professionals have widely adopted RAID with disk subsystems that support hot-swappable disk drives and hot sparing. The important point is that data availability is provided at a higher level than the disk drive by products such as volume management software and RAID controllers. Just as space allocation is provided as a high-level function by file systems, access to data is provided at a greater level by software and/or controller technology.
Even so, reliability is a primary requirement for disk drives and disk drive vendors are accustomed to competing on reliability metrics. The market punishes vendors who sell drives of substandard quality by avoiding their products. While it's true that server drives are designed for more demanding usage than desktop and laptop drives, it's wrong to say that desktop drives are manufactured to poor quality standards. Most of the components inside disk drives are identical across server and desktop product families today. There's no reason to believe that desktop drives can't be used in enterprise-quality disk subsystems with higher-level data availability features.
The interfaces used for server and desktop drives have been one of the ways disk drive manufacturers have distinguished the two classes of drives. Server drives are made with SCSI or Fibre Channel (FC) interfaces, whereas desktop drives today use the ATA interface. While there are some real cost differences between the interfaces, they are relatively small, and not nearly as great as the cost difference between two similar disk drives would indicate.
|How SATA is being Implemented
There's no way the cost difference between similarly featured server and workstation drives can be justified based on interface alone, although that may be the most distinguishing feature between two drives. Server drives are sold for much higher margins as part of large-capacity server systems or subsystems. The extra money paid for server SCSI drives isn't fully realized by the disk drive vendors, but is shared by the system and subsystem companies.
Network-attached storage (NAS) companies such as Network Appliance Inc. (NetApp), Sunnyvale, CA, have been selling NAS systems with desktop-class ATA drives inside. NetApp's NearStore is based almost completely on the aggressive value proposition of ATA drives to achieve a high capacity at a lower cost per gigabyte.
Although there aren't many external ATA-based SAN storage subsystems on the market, that situation is going to change in the next couple years with the introduction of SATA in enterprise-class storage subsystems.
The idea behind enterprise SATA-based subsystems is to use SCSI or FC external interfaces to connect to host systems and to use SATA drives and interfaces inside the subsystem. This is similar to the situation with SAN storage subsystems that have external FC or iSCSI interfaces.
As it turns out, SANs are also contributing to the acceptability of ATA desktop drives for enterprise applications. For starters, SANs make it easy to set up disk mirroring between two subsystems, each with their own redundancy protection. This technique is commonly being used to build higher availability I/O networks.
In previous articles for Storage, I explained how open- systems store-and-forward software would reduce the cost of remote business continuity implementations. By allowing storage subsystems to be located greater distances from each other, SANs increase data availability in response to a local disaster without any dependence on the disk drive interfaces. Data redundancy through remote mirroring or store-and-forward technologies can take advantage of any type of disk drive interface by using subsystems with multiple controllers. The concept of using cheaper desktop drives for remote or second-tier copies of data has broad appeal for many IT organizations that need low-cost disk subsystems to achieve their business-continuity goals.
Another application targeted for SATA drives has been for disk-based backup and recovery. In general, user requirements for backup have little to do with the disk drive technology and more to do with the backup software and metadata systems responsible for restoring individual files and versions of files. Most proponents of disk-based backup overlook the fact that file systems on disk drives don't lend themselves to storing historical versions or snapshots of files--with the possible exception of the write anywhere file layout (WAFL) file system from NetApp. A backup system that can't store and restore multiple versions of data objects is uninteresting as a replacement for backup. The cost advantages of SATA drives aren't enough to obliterate the fundamental requirement for restoring data.
|Disk drive price comparisons
Source: Disk drive prices collected from StreetPrices.com and Pricegrabber.com.
However, once the software issues have been dealt with, cheaper disk drives will dominate in disk-based backup.
It's not accurate to say disk drive interfaces don't make a difference, because they obviously do. The data availability and scalability features of a disk subsystem depend on the characteristics of the disk interface.
SATA is influencing the evolution of storage subsystems. SATA transforms the limited legacy direct-attached storage (DAS) ATA bus into a miniature, serial switched fabric. As hot-swappable disk drives are a fundamental requirement for greater data availability, SATA is the latest, low-cost alternative to enable hot swapping. Unlike SATA, the ATA bus was never designed for hot swapping. In fact, it can be argued SATA is a better interface than FC for hot swapping because of the cost of FC and the problems with inserting/deinserting devices on a FC loop.
Low-cost strategy
To start developing a strategy around lower-cost SATA drives, you'll need to become familiar with SATA-based subsystems. Look for enterprise storage features such as multiple SAN ports, multiple RAID levels and hot swapping. Even though the prices may seem ridiculously low, you should still try to get the best deal possible. After all, it wouldn't be a storage purchase without haggling over price. Finally, plan to use your SATA-based subsystems initially for applications with moderate requirements such as Microsoft Exchange. After you get some installations under your belt, you will probably feel like saving yourself big bucks every time you need a few more terabytes.


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Financial Management Reporting
When numbers don't tell the whole story
In today's reporting and disclosure environment, narrative is equally as important as the numbers! That's why we've developed CCH Tagetik's Collaborative Office for Management Reporting solution within our Financial Performance Platform, so you can have both in one solution!
Our unique collaboration capability with Microsoft Word and PowerPoint connects the narrative to numbers across your Annual Reports, Budget Books & Board Books, Earnings Presentations and more!
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Dynamically updates ALL reports, documents and presentations any time a narrative or number is updated
Built-in audits and controls ensure accuracy and consistency automatically
Consistency of narratives and wording across dozens of reports with hundreds of collaborators
Eliminates time-consuming audits and vetting
Multiple users collaborating in the same document or presentation without conflict
CCH Tagetik's Collaborative Office offers the following capabilities
Microsoft Office Integration
Native integration with Word and PowerPoint, plus built-in accountability, status and workflow function. CCH Tagetik's unified CPM solution automates disclosure reporting and supports multiple output formats including PDF, PPT, Excel and Word.
Collaborative and Controlled
Multiple contributors can work simultaneously on the same document or presentation with full security and governance. An audit trail provides the Office of Finance with a complete activity log. Finance uses the tools they know - Word and PowerPoint - plus has built-in access, status, and financial logic and all controls and auditability that they require.
Numbers and Narrative
CCH Tagetik automates the entire close-to-report process. Dynamically linking numbers and narrative in financial statements, annual reports, board books, regulatory reports, and more.
Self-service Reporting
CCH Tagetik automates management reporting and offers easy-to-use, self-service dashboarding for custom and ad hoc analytics. Whether online, in the Cloud or on a mobile device, reports can be produced using our native integration with Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint – and distributed via SharePoint.
Packaged Performance Reporting
From industry-specific reports, to monthly performance review books and board presentations, to annual reports and proxy statements - CCH Tagetik offers packaged templates to simplify and accelerate all kinds of reporting.
Single Version of the Truth
Say good-bye to discrepancies between financial statements, reports and analytics. All data comes from the same trusted, vetted CPM repository and applies the same logic, rules, calculations and financial intelligence. With a single version of the truth across your organization, all reports and contributors are aligned.
CCH Tagetik's Collaborative Office Software is trusted by leading companies across all industries
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SYS-CON's 2nd International Cloud Expo, held on March 30 -April1, 2009, in New York City, attracted more than 40 sponsors with over 1,300 delegates, a record attendance, up from the 1st Cloud Expo in San Jose, CA.
Cloud Computing, through which massively scalable IT-related capabilities are provided as a service using Internet technologies, has many interpreters just now - and many interpretations. The next event, Cloud Expo Europe will take place, May 18-19, 2009, in Prague, Czech Republic.
The three content-packed days emphasized value with a rich array of sessions led by exceptional speakers about the business and technical value of cloud computing. Enjoy the photo album of the show, which is updated daily.
Record Attendance For Cloud Computing Expo with More Than 1,200 Delegates
1st International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, last November in San Jose attracted more than 1,200 delegates from 43 different countries.
Virtualization Conference Attracts More Delegates Than Any Recent Gartner Event
Last year's Virtualization Conference & Expo in New York City was larger than any recent Gartner event with more than 1,500 delegates attending from 37 different countries.
Leading Virtualization and Cloud Computing Companies As Conference Sponsors
Upcoming event in New York City is sponsored by more than 30 leading Virtualization and Cloud Computing technology providers including such companies as: 3Tera, Aria Systems, AppSense, CA, Corporate Technologies, Cycle Computing, EMC, ExactTarget, IBM, MeetTheBoss.com, Metron, Microsoft, mindSHIFT, ParaScale, RightScale, Sun Microsystems, Tranxition, VIRTERA, and Zeus Technology.
Most Distinguished Conference Faculty of 2009
2nd International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, colocated with 5th International Virtualization Conference & Expo presents the most distinguished faculty of speakers on any technology conference taking place in 2009. Speakers, general session and keynote presenters include such names as: ,Ajay Anand (Yahoo!), Alan Williamson (AW 2.0 Ltd), Anthony Arrott (Trend Micro), Bill McColl (Cloudscale), Bob Quinn (3Leaf Systems), Brian H. Prince (Microsoft), Brian Zanghi (Kadient), Bryan Wade (ExactTarget), Clod Barrera (IBM), Daniel Beveridge (VIRTERA), David Bernstein (Cisco), David Bressler (Progress Software), David Douglas (Sun Microsytems), David Linthicum (Blue Mountain Labs), Doug Tidwell (IBM), Ed Sullivan (Aria Systems), Glenn Brunette (Sun Microsystems), Jeff Bauer (Forbes.com), Jeremy Geelan (SYS-CON Media), Jim Rymarczyk (IBM), Joe Gregorio (Google), Joel York (Xignite), John Barr (Yieldex), John du Pre Gauntt (Media Dojo), John Laferriere (Corporate Technologies), Jon Pyke (Cordys), JP Morgenthal (J.P. Morgenthal Blog), Kenneth Oestreich (Egenera), Kevin L. Jackson (Dataline), Kristof Kloeckner (IBM), Lucian Lipinsky de Orlov (VIRTERA), Martin Ingram (AppSense), Matt Holleran (Emergence Capital), Michael Hill (IBM), Omer Trajman (Vertica), Owen Garrett (Zeus Technology), Patrick Kerpan (CohesiveFT), Pau Garcia-Mila (eyeOS), Peter Coffee Salesforce.com), Peter Nickolov (3Tera), Phil Fritz (IBM), Prasad Rampalli (Intel), Raghavan Srinivas (Intuit), Ranjith Ramakrishnan (Cumulux), Reuven Cohen (Cloud Interoperability Forum), Rich Wolski (University of California), Ronnie Thomson (Quark), Russ Daniels (HP), Sajai Krishnan (ParaScale), Scott Wiener (Cloud9 Analytics), Simon Wardley (Canonical), Stephen Elliot (CA), Steve Milroy (OnTerra Systems), Stuart Charlton (Elastra), Thorsten von Eicken (RightScale), Tien Tzuo (Zuora), Tim Crawford (Stanford University), Vik Chaudhary (Keynote Systems), Warren Wilbee (Microsoft), Werner Vogels (Amazon.com), William Fellows (The 451 Group).
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Police say a man bled to death outside a New York City restaurant after he fell on a broken bottle during an argument early Saturday.
Witnesses tell police two men were involved in a dispute inside an eatery in Brooklyn and got into an altercation outside around 4 a.m.
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: Thu, Sep 16, 7pm - 9pm
An Evening with Norman Seeff: The Power and the Passion to Create
Norman Seeff, photographer and filmmaker, will discuss the results of over 35 years of working with luminaries such as The Rolling Stones, Ray Charles, Miles Davis, Martin Scorcese, John Huston, Bob Fosse, Steve Jobs, Norman Mailer, Alicia Keys, will.i.am, Sir Francis Krick and many other Nobel winning scientists.
Through millions of feet of film and in person interviews with thousands of artists and innovators of all major creative disciplines, Seeff has explored the inner dynamics of, and documented a new paradigm for, the creative process.
In this program, Seeff will show film clips from The Sessions Project archives, revealing a process rather than goal oriented approach to creative success. This screening and a short video of his photographic work will include an engaging audience interaction.
This event is a collaboration between ACP, Lumiére and the High Museum of Art.
Vintage prints of Seeff's photographs can be viewed by appointment at Lumière, contact the gallery for further information.
This program is free, however seating is limited and must be reserved through the Woodruff Arts Center Box Office at 404-733-5000. Limit 2 tickets per person. Tickets to the Museum are sold separately.
High Museum of Art
Hill Auditorium
1280 Peachtree St., NE
Atlanta, GA 30309 [map: Google Maps]
p: (404) 733-4400
web: http://high.org
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/669
ACP Listing #: 001
: Sat, Sep 25, 4pm - 9pm
Ansel Adams: A Legacy
Exhibition opening at 4pm.
Lecture by Susan Todd-Raque at 5pm.
Please join us for the opening of Ansel Adams: A Legacy at the Booth Western Art Museum in Cartersville on Saturday, September 25, from 4 to 9 p.m. This exhibition showcases more than 100 of Adams' most famous images, originally printed by the artist himself and given to The Friends of Photography to represent his legacy.
At 5pm, photo-historian and curator Susan Todd-Raque will present a keynote lecture on the life and career of Adams; focusing on his stirring portraiture, high resolution still lifes and transformative images of America's wilderness.
Admission is $10 per person and includes complimentary beer, wine and hors d'oeuvres.
This event is a collaboration between ACP and the Booth Western Art Museum.
Booth Western Art Museum
501 Museum Drive
Cartersville, GA 30120 [map: Google Maps]
p: (770) 387-1300
web: http://boothmuseum.org
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/670
ACP Listing #: 002
: Thu, Sep 30, 5pm - 8pm
Join ACP as we kick off our 12th festival with a reception at the Hagedorn Foundation Gallery. This reception will also mark the opening of Lisa Kereszi's exhibition Allure.
Lisa Kereszi was born in Chester, PA in 1973 and graduated from Yale with an MFA in 2000. She has exhibited internationally and has won numerous awards. Kereszi finds treasure in the cast off and left behind, relishing the mundane details of the American cultural landscape, transforming them into "semi-abstract images of transcendent beauty."
Reception starts at 5pm. Hear Lisa Kereszi speak about her work at 5:30pm.
Image © Lisa Kereszi, Courtesy Hagedorn Foundation Gallery and Yancey Richardson Gallery.
This event is free and open to the public.
Hagedorn Foundation Gallery
425 Peachtree Hills Ave, #25
Atlanta, GA 30305 [map: Google Maps]
hours: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri: 10am - 5pm
p: (404) 492-7718
web: http://www.hfgallery.org
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/671
ACP Listing #: 003
Exhibition: Sat, Oct 2, to Sat, Oct 30 2010
An open to everyone exhibition!
Saturday, October 2nd, from 9am - 1pm
All photographers are invited to hang their best photo in the Piedmont Park Community Center!
Saturday, Oct. 16th, 23rd, & 30th, from 9am - 1pm
My Atlanta celebrates the democratic nature of photography. This is an opportunity for photographers of all ages and with all levels of experience to exhibit their work and to compete for prizes. You are invited to hang your best photo (the best you've ever taken or the best you've taken this week)!
The general public, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, High Schools and Senior Centers are encouraged to participate.
This year ACP is proudly partnering with Creative Loafing for this event. One of CL's editorial staffers will be the judge, and prizes will be awarded in nine categories:
Critic's Choice
Viewer's Choice
Best Use of Color
Best Use of Black and White
Best High School
Youth under 12 (1st, 2nd and 3rd place)
Teen 13 -18 (1st, 2nd and 3rd place)
Adult (1st, 2nd and 3rd place)
Senior (1st, 2nd and 3rd place)
Photographs must be hung on Saturday, October 2nd, between 9am and 1pm, and must be picked up on Saturday, October 30th, between 9am and 1pm. Please bring photographs 11 x 14 or smaller. Framed photographs are not allowed.
This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by the Piedmont Park Conservancy, The Showcase School, and the City of Atlanta Department of Parks and Recreation and Creative Loafing.
Piedmont Park Community Center
1071 Piedmont Avenue
(Park Entrance at 12th St.)
Atlanta, GA 30309 [map: Google Maps]
hours: Sat: 9am - 1pm
p: (404) 876-4024
web: http://www.piedmontpark.org/visit/directions.html
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/672
ACP Listing #: 004
Workshop: Sat, Oct 2, to Mon, Oct 11 2010
Want to experience innovations in camera technology? Interested in winning prizes with your photographs? Want to be inspired to take better pictures? ACP, Showcase and Olympus have teamed up to bring you this great opportunity.
On Saturday October 2nd, see a presentation by famed Olympus Visionary and Magnum Photographer Eli Reed about his award winning work and the new Olympus E-PL1 and E-PL2 cameras. Then take a camera out on loan for a couple of days and have some fun! When you return the camera, bring us your best shot. Each photo will be entered into a contest. Olympus will judge the photos and the top three winners will receive a 16 x 20 gallery wrap print of their photo courtesy of Showcase, a certificate and some coveted ACP merchandise will be the icing on the cake.
About Eli Reed:
Olympus Visionary and Magnum photographer Eli Reed is capturing history-- and making it--with an Olympus camera in hand. An Olympus Visionary since 2003, Reed began his photojournalism career almost 40 years ago and became a Magnum photographer in 1988. Later that year, he photographed the effects of poverty on America's children for a film documentary called Poorest in the Land of Plenty, narrated by Maya Angelou. In the 1990s and 2000s, Reed took iconic photographs of celebrities including Russell Crowe, Ice Cube, Tupac Shakur, Tyra Banks and Eminem. He has penned notable books including Beirut: City of Regrets and Black in America.
About the camera:
The Olympus E-P1 marks an innovative new era in digital imaging. This camera has the photographic optics of an SLR and the size and simplicity of a point and shoot (12.3 megapixels). Combining the still image quality of a digital single lens reflex (DSLR) with the A/V quality of both a High Definition camcorder and high-end audio recorder, the E-P1 is a virtual full-service imaging studio in one ultra-portable and stylishly retro body.
How to participate:
To learn more and to sign up please visit bit.ly/ACPOlympus
Participation in this program is limited to 45 participants. You must register online or call ACP at 404-634-8664 to reserve your place. Registration closes at 5pm on September 30th.
Showcase Photographics
2323 Cheshire Bridge Rd., NE
Atlanta, GA 30324 [map: Google Maps]
p: (800) 866-1976
web: http://showcaseinc.com
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/678
ACP Listing #: 005
: Sat, Oct 2, 6pm - 8pm
Exhibition: Sat, Oct 2, to Sat, Oct 30 2010
ACP Public Art: "Before 1190 Huff Road"
ACP has a rich history of temporary public art projects that reach out to audiences who may never go into traditional arts venues. Each year a different artist is commissioned to produce a project. Our featured artist for 2010 is Karen Brummund. Looking down the tracks of the Western & Atlantic Railway, industrial buildings testify to Atlanta's past glory as "Terminus." Inside these historic warehouses worked a community that fueled the forward thinking and booming economy of the early 20th century. Now obsolete, these buildings take on new identities.
Returning to their home off Marietta Street soon after the surrender of Atlanta in 1864, Sara Huff can't recall a single country home or church that once destroyed was restored. A few months after escaping Sherman's march down the tracks, young Sara describes their homestead as a "monument to solitude" in a "picture of desolation." Built on the foundation of an 1830s log cabin, this pre-civil war home survived Sherman's march, but did not survive the industrial enlightenment of the 1950s.
In this installation, a photograph of the Huff House is placed on a warehouse from the 1950s that stands on the earlier Huff family property. Over time, this historical photograph will deteriorate and fall off. As the two dimensional representation of the past intermingles with the three-dimensional building, the installation reveals imaginative, abstract, and fresh ways to see the story of this community. As we look forward to a prosperous and generous city, this temporary public artwork considers what is gained and lost through time.
ACP would like to thank the following for allowing the use of their building for this project. Please visit these showrooms, artist studios and businesses while you are there:
RYR Properties
Provenance Antiques
Stanton Home Furnishings
Art Space International
M2M Draperies & Upholstery
1190 Huff Road NW
Intersection of Huff Road and Ellsworth Industrial
Atlanta, GA 30318-4124 [map: Google Maps]
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/683
ACP Listing #: 006
: Wed, Oct 6, 7pm - 8:30pm
Art Streiber: Editorial Photography Behind the Scenes
What does it take to produce a photo shoot for the nation's top magazines? What goes on behind the scenes during pre-production, on the shoot and in post-production? How do those production details scale up if you're shooting eight, twenty-three or thirty-five subjects? And what are the key technology pieces that enable the pace of editorial work?
Art Streiber is one of the best-known, most-prolific portrait and entertainment photographers in the country. Over the past 17 years, he's been commissioned by every major American culture-oriented magazine, from Vanity Fair, Entertainment Weekly, and Rolling Stone to Esquire, Wired, and Time, resulting in an archive of portraiture of the most intriguing newsmakers at the start of the 21st century. Art is also a regular contributor to and collaborator with all of the major Hollywood studios and networks, having shot posters and related promotional collateral for ABC, CBS, NBC, HBO, MTV, Universal Studios, DreamWorks, and Sony Pictures.
This event is free and open to the public. Doors open at 6:30.
Savannah College of Art and Design - Atlanta
4C Event Space
1600 Peachtree St., NW
Atlanta, GA 30309 [map: Google Maps]
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/684
ACP Listing #: 007
Other: Fri, Oct 8, 6:30pm - 10pm
ACP proudly presents our 5th annual photography auction! Denise Bethel, Director of the Photographs Department of Sotheby's New York, will return as our delightful auctioneer at the King Plow Arts Center.
At 6:30pm the evening will begin with a reception and silent auction. The silent auction will be filled with photography books and other small treasures. This year Auction Chair Mary Stanley has curated a table of "Ones to Watch", work by photographers handpicked by Mary specifically for the ACP auction. Immediately afterward at 7:30pm we will be ushered into the dining room for the delicious seated dinner by Bold American Catering and the exciting live auction.
The live auction will feature a dazzling array of photographers including Harry Callahan, Danny Lyon, Martin Parr, Julie Blackmon, Brian Oglesbee, Peter Bahouth, Lisa Kereszi, Tom Murphy, Jonathan Torgovnik, Peter Essick, Maggie Taylor, Jerry Uelsmann, Vincent Laforet, Jeannette Montgomery Barron, Mario DiGirolamo, Olivo Barbieri, Andrew Moore and others. The quality of photography available at this auction is unprecedented, as many internationally known photographers and galleries have donated work to benefit ACP. Atlanta's premier fine art framer Myott Studio has donated the framing for this event.
Advance purchase of tickets required. Seating is limited.
PDF Download:
ACP 12 Auction Catalog
King Plow Arts Center
877 W. Marietta St. NW
Atlanta, GA 30318 [map: Google Maps]
p: (404) 815-1178
web: http://www.kingplow.com/
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/673
ACP Listing #: 008
: Tue, Oct 12, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Brooklyn-based artists Bradley McCallum and Jacqueline Tarry, a husband and wife collaborative, have produced an impressive body of work that possesses a potent combination of seductive, exquisitely crafted images, and incisive content. Their thought provoking large-scale public projects, interactive sculpture, painting, photography, and videos challenge audiences to reflect deeply on a wide variety of topics including teen homelessness, gun violence in inner cities, homicide, the legacy of the civil rights movement, and their own experience as an interracial couple.
This lecture coincides with an ongoing exhibition at the Spelman College Museum of Art entitled Evenly Yoked. This exhibition presents McCallum and Tarry's latest video endeavor Evenly Yoked (2010) and part of the Projection series for the first time in the Southeast. In this new work, they explore their relationship through the lens of a series of interconnected and historically bound narratives. The exhibition also includes other works such as Bloodlines (2007), Cut (2006), Exchange (2007), Topsy Turvy (2006), and Whitewash (2006 – 2009), that exemplify their engagement with self-portraiture, archival investigations, history, and race relations.
Evenly Yoked is organized by the Contemporary Museum, Baltimore and is a version of the recent exhibition Bearing Witness: Bradley McCallum & Jacqueline Tarry presented by the Contemporary Museum and the Maryland Institute College of Art.
This event is a collaboration between ACP and Spelman College Museum of Art.
Spelman College Museum of Fine Art
350 Spelman Lane, Box 1526
Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby Academic Center
Atlanta, GA 30314-4399 [map: Google Maps]
hours: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri: 10am - 4pm
Sat: 12pm - 4pm
p: (404) 270-5607
web: http://www.spelman.edu/museum
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/674
ACP Listing #: 009
: Thu, Oct 14, 7pm - 9pm
Jerry Uelsmann has been called a "legend" and a "master photographer". Using labor intensive techniques to achieve his crisp, dreamlike, black and white compositions, Uelsmann is one of photography's best known darkroom pioneers. He has exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide and is in the permanent collections of major institutions on over 6 countries.
Maggie Taylor works solely with digital images. Her playful spirit comes through in her work and contributes to its wide acceptance. She won the Santa Fe Center for Photography's Project Competition in 2004 and her work has been exhibited throughout the United States and Europe and is represented within the permanent collections of numerous museums.
Jerry and Maggie are also husband and wife - two innovative photographers who create their imagery in very different ways with very different results, but equally dazzling effect!
This lecture coincides with exhibitions by Jerry Uelsmann and Maggie Taylor at the Art Institute of Atlanta's Sandy Springs and Decatur Campuses (see ACP listings 061 & 062 for details).
Robert C. Williams Paper Museum
IPST Georgia Tech Campus
500 10th St
Atlanta, GA 30332-0620 [map: Google Maps]
p: (404) 894-7849
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/679
ACP Listing #: 010
Workshop: Sat, Oct 16, 8am - 5pm
Through a juried review of nearly one hundred submissions, 52 photographers were selected to participate. These photographers will display their portfolios to a distinguished panel of reviewers to get expert opinions, advice and guidance. This portion of the event is closed to the public.
2010's distinguished panel of reviewers include:
Danielle Avram - Curatorial Assistant, Photography & Modern and Contemporary Art at the High Museum of Art
David Bram - Founder, Fraction Mag, NM
Taj Forer - Editor, Daylight Magazine, NC
Sylvie Fortin - Editor, Art Papers Magazine, GA
Stuart Horodner - Artistic Director, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, GA
Michael Kochman - Artistic Director, Turner Image Management, GA
Stella Kramer - Independent Photo Editor, Consultant, NY
Lisa Kurzner - Independent Curator, Art Critic, Research Assistant Cleveland Museum of Art, OH
Yan Li and Li Shufeng - Curators, Beijing, China
Evan Mirapaul - collector, art critic, independent curator, NY
Laura Moya - Director, Photolucida, OR
Christopher Rauschenberg - President and Founding Member, Blue Sky Gallery, OR
Anna Walker Skillman - Owner, Jackson Fine Art, GA
Susan Todd-Raque - Private dealer, independent curator, GA
Paula Tognarelli - Executive Director, Griffin Museum of Photography, MA
Caroline Wall - Director, Robert Mann Gallery
Grady High School
929 Charles Allen Dr.
Atlanta, GA 30309 [map: Google Maps]
web: http://www.acpinfo.org/programs/portfolio_review.shtml
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/685
ACP Listing #: 011
: Sat, Oct 16, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
David Bram of Fraction Magazine will discuss the magazine's origins, it's current place in contemporary photography and how social media has helped it become an online destination for viewing new work. David will also discuss the future of Fraction Magazine as an online platform for promoting photographers.
Fraction Magazine is an online photography magazine and photographic review. It was started in a little coffee shop in Albuquerque, New Mexico in March of 2008 by Joshua Spees and David Bram. In 2009, Josh got married, moved to the East Coast, and is now pursuing other photographic avenues.
Today, Fraction Magazine is edited and curated by David, and often includes guest curators and writers such as Melanie McWhorter, Mary Goodwin and Larissa Leclair.
Grady High School
929 Charles Allen Dr.
Atlanta, GA 30309 [map: Google Maps]
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/686
ACP Listing #: 012
Other: Sat, Oct 16, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Calling all gallery owners, art consultants, collectors, curators, students and photography lovers!
You are invited to view the work of the 52 photographers who participated in the ACP Portfolio Reviews (from 19 states and 3 countries!) and to meet the distinguished panel of reviewers. This will be a great opportunity to see what is happening right now on the international photography scene, buy some great art directly from the artist, or make your next big discovery.
This event is free and open to the public.
(Parking on 8th street. Use 8th street entrance.)
Grady High School
929 Charles Allen Drive, NE
Atlanta, GA 30309 [map: Google Maps]
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/675
ACP Listing #: 013
Other: Wed, Oct 20, 7pm - 9pm
The Past Again - Reflection of the Daguerreotype with Grant B Romer
This event is intended for an audience without special knowledge or experience with the Daguerreotype process and its pictorial legacy. It will introduce the basics of daguerreotype connoisseurship through an overview of the history of the process and illustrations of the varied special aspects of the daguerreotype, as both image and object, which distinguish it from all other forms of photography. There also will be much for the advanced connoisseur to enjoy, since Romer will be introducing recently evolved thinking about the Daguerreotype in light of the dramatic changes in imaging and information technology in the last ten years.
Romer specializes in the history, practice and preservation of the daguerreotype. Since 1975, Romer has practiced and taught this striking 19th century form of photography, gaining intimate knowledge of the medium. His uniquely extensive scholarship and experience is an invaluable resource to collectors, dealers and institutions.
This event is in conjunction with the Daguerreian Society's 22nd annual symposium taking place in Atlanta Oct. 21 – 24. Visit www.daguerre.org for more information, or see ACP listings 150, 152 & 156.
Presented with the Daguerreian Society and the High Museum of Art. This program is free, however seating is limited and must be reserved through the Woodruff Arts Center Box Office at 404-733-5000. Limit 2 tickets per person. Tickets to the Museum are sold separately.
High Museum of Art
Hill Auditorium
1280 Peachtree St., NE
Atlanta, GA 30309 [map: Google Maps]
p: (404) 733-4400
web: http://high.org
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/676
ACP Listing #: 014
: Fri, Oct 22, 7pm - 9pm
Jeff L. Rosenheim is Curator in the Department of Photographs at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, where he has worked for twenty-two years. The author of many books on Walker Evans, he acquired the artist's complete archive of negatives, papers, and collections for the Metropolitan in 1994. In 2007 Rosenheim brought to the museum the archive of Diane Arbus and is currently at work cataloguing the vast collection.
Rosenheim will discuss the history of the Metropolitan's collection of photographs, the value of artist's archives, and what he believes is the evolving role of the camera in American society.
White Hall is #1380 on this campus map. Please see directions to campus.
The nearest parking is Peavine Parking Deck or Fishburne Parking Deck - click on the blue Ps on the map at the above link to access Google maps and directions to the garages.
This event presented with Jackson Fine Art and Emory University.
Free and open to the public.
Emory University
White Hall, Room 208
Atlanta, GA 30322 [map: Google Maps]
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/687
ACP Listing #: 015
Exhibition: Sat, Oct 23, 10pm - 1pm
Photography Books are more popular than ever. Today, the fastest growing segment of photography books are those that are self-published. With a growing selection of ways to publish your own work, photographers are now able to realize projects that are meant to be seen in sequence, or that translate best to the printed book.
Following the success of last year's inaugural Photo Book Fair, ACP continues to provide an opportunity for photographers who have published books (on their own, or with publishers) to show, discuss, and sell their books to the public.
A special presentation on self-publishing by myphotopipe.com about their "Real Life" photo books will take place at 11am. Coupons and special offers will be distributed at the event.
If you are an admirer of photo books, do not miss this rare opportunity to see these limited edition works of art!
To sign-up for this free event, please visit: http://bit.ly/PhotoBookFair
Piedmont Park Community Center
1071 Piedmont Avenue
(Park Entrance at 12 St.)
Atlanta, GA 30309 [map: Google Maps]
web: http://www.piedmontpark.org/visit/directions.html
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/688
ACP Listing #: 016
Film Screening: Tue, Oct 26, 7pm - 9pm
PROGRAM ONE - Warren Sonbert: Friendly Witness and Other Films
Atlanta Celebrates Photography and Film Love present three nights of films by this crucial figure of the American avant-garde.
A "friendly witness," Warren Sonbert (1947-1995) holds a unique place in American independent film. On one hand he shows the distinct influence of Hitchcock and the Hollywood melodramas of Douglas Sirk, and on the other he was a rigorous avant-gardist. Sonbert's films have been the subject of retrospectives at the Guggenheim Museum and other institutions, but remain available only in 16mm prints and are too rarely screened.
Juxtaposing early and late works, tonight's program (one of three) explores the maturation of Sonbert's style as well as his masterful use of music. His early trilogy of short films, set to exuberant rock and roll and documenting the seedy glamour of the 60s New York art world, established Sonbert's notoriety while he was still a teenage film student at NYU. Twenty years later, Sonbert returned to the music soundtrack in his masterpiece Friendly Witness - an intricate and deeply moving mosaic of people and places around the globe.
Presented by ACP, Film Love and Eyedrum. Curated and hosted by Andy Ditzler for Frequent Small Meals. Film Love was voted Best Film Series in Atlanta by the critics of Creative Loafing in 2006.
Free Admission
Amphetamine (1966) 10 minutes co-directed with Wendy Appel
Hall of Mirrors (1966) 7 minutes
Where Did Our Love Go? (1966) 15 minutes
Friendly Witness (1989) 22 minutes
Postcards from Warren (Jeff Scher, 1998) 3 minutes
Warren (Jeff Scher, 1995) 3 minutes
290 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr, Suite 8
Atlanta, GA 30312 [map: Google Maps]
p: (404) 522-0655
web: http://www.eyedrum.org
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/680
ACP Listing #: 017
: Thu, Dec 9, 7pm - 9pm
Mark Steinmetz is a street photographer in the purest sense of the word. Influenced by Gary Winogrand and Lee Friedlander, Atget and Cartier-Bresson, it is obvious that Steinmetz knows about the "decisive moment". His strong belief in discipline and consistency mixes with his keen eye, wandering habits and an uncanny ability to know where to stand, to produce brilliant images of life in the American south.
Steinmetz is one of a rare breed of photographer today who develops his own film and prints his own black and white photographs by hand.
Steinmetz' work is in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and most recently the High Museum of Art. He is represented in Atlanta by Jackson Fine Art and by Yancey Richardson Gallery in New York.
He is getting a lot of attention for the success of his three books published by Nasraeli Press: "South Central," "South East" and "Greater Atlanta", the latter chosen as one of Photo-Eye's top photo books of 2009.
Come be inspired by this local talent (he lives in Athens, GA ) as he talks about his work, his career path and future endeavors.
This event is free and open to the public. Reception at 6:30pm.
Big Studio
887 W. Marietta St. NW
Suite E
Atlanta, GA 30318 [map: Google Maps]
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/682
ACP Listing #: 018
Exhibition: Thu, Oct 28, 7pm - 9pm
PROGRAM TWO - Warren Sonbert: Friendly Witness and Other Films
Atlanta Celebrates Photography and Film Love present three nights of films by this crucial figure of the American avant-garde.
A "friendly witness," Warren Sonbert (1947-1995) holds a unique place in American independent film. On one hand he shows the distinct influence of Hitchcock and the Hollywood melodramas of Douglas Sirk, and on the other he was a rigorous avant-gardist. Sonbert's films have been the subject of retrospectives at the Guggenheim Museum and other institutions, but remain available only in 16mm prints and are too rarely screened.
Sonbert's later filmmaking combines his precise but unconventional eye for color, composition, and shot content with his intricate and highly personal editing technique.
Tonight's program presents Sonbert's magnum opus in this style (and his longest film), Carriage Trade.
Notes on Program three, which will occur on Friday, November 19, at Eyedrum:
Program three explores Sonbert's career-long fascination with coupling - the dynamics of communication, romance, and desire. Honor and Obey, made at the peak of Sonbert's late period, and The Bad and the Beautiful, a restored 1960s film set to an effective popular music soundtrack. Also screened are films by two of Sonbert's influences, Stan Brakhage and Marie Menken. Presented by ACP, Film Love and Eyedrum. Curated and hosted by Andy Ditzler for Frequent Small Meals. Film Love was voted Best Film Series in Atlanta by the critics of Creative Loafing in 2006.
Free Admission
290 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., Suite 8
Atlanta, GA 30312 [map: Google Maps]
p: (404) 522-0655
web: http://www.eyedrum.org
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/681
ACP Listing #: 019
Exhibition: Sat, Oct 30, 6pm - 10pm
Join ACP as we celebrate the end of another fantastic month of photography in Atlanta! This year's closing party also marks the occasion of a spectacular one night only exhibition of work by Savannah College of Art and Design students, faculty, staff and alumni.
Over 100 photographs will be exhibited at the Atlantic Station shopping district bordered by 17th and 19th Streets, Market Street and State Street in midtown Atlanta. Come see this juried show featuring some of Atlanta's best talent.
Parking is free for the first two hours. Additional information, location map and a list of participating artists is available at scadatlphoto.tumblr.com.
Atlantic Station Shopping District
Atlantic Drive and 18th St.
Directly above Doc Green's, take escalator 5 to the 2nd level
Atlanta, GA 30363 [map: Google Maps]
p: (404) 610-4298
web: http://scadatlphoto.tumblr.com
permalink: http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/677
ACP Listing #: 020


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Don't get me wrong. I love osso buco. I've even made the time-honored Italian dish. But when I recently got my hands on some nice looking veal shanks, I wanted to try something different. Apparently, I'm not alone in that. Nestled among a bazillion osso buco recipes that a quick search for veal shanks recipes brought up was this plaintive cry on Chowhound: "Need veal shank recipe – Not Osso Buco."
In my head, I traveled the culinary globe off and on for a couple of days. I spent a lot of virtual time in Mexico and Latin America, conjuring up tangy, spicy, chipotle-smoky dishes. Morocco called to me, with cumin, paprika, cinnamon, and golden raisins. In the end, though, I landed right next door to Italy, in France. And the resulting recipe borrowed from classic dishes of both.
For osso buco, veal shanks are braised for a couple of hours, often on the stovetop (for my version, I oven-braised them). This slow cooking makes the mild-flavored meat fork tender and infuses it with the flavors of the braising liquid – aromatics, herbs, wine, and stock. Small wonder this rustic dish is a favorite in Italian restaurants and home kitchens alike.
Cassoulet, comfort food as only the French can do it, blows right past two hours for cooking time. Not only do you cook everything for hours – one of the ingredients, duck confit, is duck that's already been cooked for hours. And you are further encouraged to cook the whole thing a day ahead and then cook it some more before serving.
For this braised veal shanks with white beans recipe, I took advantage of some of the overlap in these two timeless dishes. Then I skewed the whole thing in a cassoulet direction. Traditional cassoulet is a real meat festival. In addition to the aforementioned duck, it usually contains lamb and/or various cuts of pork, and it always includes sausage. The shanks are plenty meaty, so I just used a little bacon to achieve some of the smoky flavor sausage adds. And of course, white beans and bread crumbs are key cassoulet ingredients. They help anchor this dish, too.
Braised veal shanks with white beans
Serves 4
4 cross-cut veal shanks (osso buco cut, 1/2- to 3/4-pound each)
salt and freshly ground black pepper
flour (about 1/4 cup or so)
3 slices bacon
canola oil
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
2 shallots, sliced (or 1 medium yellow onion)
3 carrots, sliced on an angle
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves (or 1 teaspoon dry)
1 tablespoon fresh rosemary needles (or 1 teaspoon dry)
2 plum tomatoes, chopped
1 cup dry white wine (I used a muscadet) [optional, may substitute cooking wine]
2 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth (plus more, if needed)
2 small bay leaves (or 1 large)
1/2 cup bread crumbs
2 15-ounce cans white beans, such as cannellini
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Pat the veal shanks dry with paper towels and tie them with kitchen twine around the outside. Season generously with salt and pepper and dredge in flour, shaking off excess. Set aside. In a cold Dutch oven large enough to hold shanks in a single layer, drizzle a little canola oil and add bacon strips. Cook bacon over medium heat until crisp, turning frequently. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate.
Working in batches, brown shanks on both sides, 3 to 5 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate. Reduce heat to medium-low. Pour off all but 1 tablespoon of fat from Dutch oven and add 1 tablespoon butter. Add shallots and carrots. Cook until shallots are beginning to soften, stirring frequently to avoid burning, three to four minutes. Add garlic, thyme and rosemary to pot and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 45 seconds.
Add tomatoes, wine and 1 cup of chicken broth and scrape up any browned bits. Crumble in the cooked bacon. Season with pepper, but no salt at this point. Nestle shanks into pot, adding any accumulated juices. Add second cup of broth. Shanks should be about 2/3 submerged in liquid. Add a little water if more liquid is needed (or cut back on broth if you don't need it all). Bring to a boil over high heat, then cover Dutch oven and transfer to the oven.
Braise shanks for 2 hours, until meat is completely tender, checking every 30 minutes to see if additional liquid is needed. If so, add water; adding more broth could make it too salty – and too brothy.
Meanwhile, toast bread crumbs. I used Japanese panko – it tends to be lighter and crunchier than other bread crumbs, and the toasted crumbs tend to maintain their crispiness even when sprinkled over cooked foods. But feel free to use whatever white bread or bread crumbs you have on hand.
Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-low flame. Add 1/2 tablespoon oil to pan, swirl to coat. Add bread crumbs and toss to coat with oil. Toast until golden brown, stirring frequently, about 3 to 5 minutes. Watch closely – they will remain stubbornly pale for a while and then suddenly turn brown. Don't burn them. Transfer to a shallow bowl or plate and allow to cool completely. You can toast the bread crumbs a day ahead and, after they're cooled, store at room temperature in an airtight container.
When shanks are just about done, drain and rinse the beans. Set aside one cup of beans. Transfer Dutch oven to stovetop and turn off the oven. Transfer shanks to a platter and tent with foil. Return to oven to keep them warm.
Discard bay leaves. Add beans (all but the one cup you've reserved) to Dutch oven and heat over medium flame. Using a hand masher, mash the reserved beans in a pot or sturdy bowl until smooth, adding a little braising liquid to make it easier. Add mashed beans to Dutch oven and stir to combine. If braising liquid is thin, raise heat to medium-high and thicken slightly. Taste and adjust seasonings – chances are, you won't need to add salt.
Divide bean/braising liquid mixture among four shallow bowls and top with bread crumbs. Place a shank in the middle of each bowl, removing string. Serve.


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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Understanding When to Make A Save
I'm pretty sure that Jonathan Quick probably does understand when a save needs to be made a lot better than Craig Button does. If any goalie is in a position to realize the importance of every goal against, it is the backstop for a Los Angeles team that ranked 29th in the league in scoring and played in nine 1-0 games this season. Even with the Kings' improved playoff offence, it seems very unlikely that Quick was taking anything for granted. Obviously any goalie who allows just six goals against in four games is making a lot of saves, not just a lot of "timely" saves, and Quick has been great so far in these playoffs because he has stopped nearly everything that has been thrown at him.
If you had to make a case for anything about the Kings being timely, it would be their scoring and possession game more so than their goaltending. Against St. Louis Quick was pretty great regardless of score, posting a save percentage of .947 or better during each of the key score differentials (down by 1, tied, leading by 1). The Kings' offence scored 1/4 (25%) while trailing by one, 6/33 (18.2%) while tied, and 3/35 (8.6%) when leading by one.
Los Angeles was also dominant on the shot clock over the Blues with the score tied. In game one shots were 16-16 and goals were 1-1 with the game tied, and a strong effort from Quick was a big factor in the result. In games two through four, however, the Kings outshot St. Louis 17-6 and outscored them 5-0 with the score tied. To score almost as many goals as shots allowed is amazing. In addition, the average distance on those half-dozen shots against was 42.2 feet and probably only a couple of them could even be marked down as scoring chances.
The biggest problem with Button's logic, though, is the implication that there is choice involved in goaltending. His absurd premise is that any goaltender can choose to stop any puck, if only they have the necessary clutchness or understanding of clutch play to know that it would be best for them to make that save, and that the difference between a goalie who performs well in a pressure situation and one that doesn't is merely a matter of knowledge or understanding. Anyone making that claim obviously doesn't understand how much making saves requires a netminder to play the percentages, particularly in today's NHL where key goals are often scored through screens or from deflections or on pucks ping-ponging around the crease or slot area.
Even if goalies can increase their focus or energy level and actually boost their results (which is debatable), that still doesn't mean they have any chance at all at stopping a screened double-deflection into the top corner no matter how well they understand the delicate balance of momentum at that exact point in the game. It really doesn't take a mathematical background or a detailed knowledge of expected win probabilities to understand that goals against are a bad thing in close hockey games. That simple knowledge is surely the most basic of prerequisites to tend goal in the NHL, and it seems preposterous that it actually has an impact on the outcome of any games.
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- Anonymous said...
After watching each Devil's game over a 20 year period, I have come to the conclusion that this site is a fraud...
Marty bailed his team out many times over the years, although not as much in his late 30's. With that said, he is still a good goalie.
I understand most people's frustration, or should I say fans of the teams he constantly beat, when it comes to the success Brodeur had. Did the team around Marty have something to do with it? Yes. But without Brodeur, those winning teams are nothing more than a competetive team.
- May 11, 2012 at 8:56 a.m.
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- Doctor No said...
I don't understand the "Anonymous" comment above - first of all, it doesn't seem to address this post at all, and second of all, lots of NHL goalies bailed their teams out many times over the years. That doesn't mean that this site is a fraud.
- May 11, 2012 at 5:56 p.m.
- Unknown said...
Great post again..as always..I have done research & nhl games are either tied or up1/dwn1 ~75% of game.Most likely more in playoffs .Implication almost every save is a 'save'.
The other key point is how can so many analysts miss the mark so often like C. Button.D Dregher TSn actually said he was going to vote for Fleury for Vezina? if true, unbelievable. looks like these guys need to take logic 101 & stats 101!
- May 12, 2012 at 1:43 p.m.
- The Contrarian Goaltender said...
Yes, I've seen a study that had it as 72% of the game being played within one goal, and as you say in the playoffs that number would only increase.
- May 13, 2012 at 1:40 a.m.
- Anonymous said...
Pretty pedantic post. There are key moments in games where a big save will keep your team in the game and switch momentum around. Maybe it's not a "choice" but anyone who doesn't understand the importance of a big save has never played the game or spent too much time with his/her head buried in the stats 101 textbook while the game is on.
- May 13, 2012 at 4:23 p.m.
- The Contrarian Goaltender said...
Nobody said big saves aren't important. The argument is in fact the opposite, that nearly all saves are very important. That makes them all pretty big saves, especially in the low-scoring environment of the playoffs.
Is it possible to let in a goal and not switch momentum around? I think most people would answer that in the negative, which means that every save in a close game is a big save based on momentum and "keeping the team in the game".
For a guy like Quick, who plays in a close game nearly every time out, that simply means that talking about big saves is pointless. Just talk about saves, period.
- May 14, 2012 at 9:43 a.m.
- nightfly said...
I'm a goalie. I'm not a pro or anything, but I've played in leagues and tournaments for about 18 years now. What people call "big saves" after a game are saves where that team eventually comes back and ties or wins the game. Similar saves in a game where that team can't tie, or when they give up a goal to salt away the loss, are games where the goalie "couldn't make enough big saves."
So, forget stats for a minute. You love narrative? Follow the advice of Mark Twain, who knew jack-all about ice hockey - "Conerning the adjective: when in doubt, strike it out." Don't say "big" saves, just say "saves." Sentence means the same thing, right? Team lost, goalie didn't make enough (---) saves. Big, small, acrobatic, routine, clutch, easy... none of that really matters on a scoreboard. Goalie didn't make enough saves, period. Or, teammates didn't score enough goals.
Easy peasy.
Sure, Brodeur's really really good. But a lot of his "big" saves become big because the Devils are usually a great team that scores goals to make those saves stand up AS "big." And when they haven't been that good - or when Marty hasn't been that good - you get tons of first-round exits and late leads lost and people saying "They couldn't do enough for Marty." At this point, Marty's reputation writes the story for him, instead of his actual play. No-one says he's terrible, but he makes saves look harder than they need to be sometimes, and has great numbers in part because he only faces 23-24 shots per game, which is a huge help.
- May 14, 2012 at 11:56 a.m.
- Anonymous said...
10/10 post by nightfly
- May 15, 2012 at 11:09 a.m.
- Jonathan said...
Regarding the 72% stat...
A save made when your team is ahead by two goals is just as important as a save when your team is down by a goal. Both saves make the difference between a 1-goal and a 2-goal game. So even more than 72% of all saves are huge and timely.
Bottom line is that most saves are important, and the goalies who do great in "clutch" situations also do great in garbage time.
- May 15, 2012 at 2:24 p.m.
- Anonymous said...
Spectators & players associate 'big' saves with the degree of animation displayed by the goalie, especially during a glove save.
In reality, most 'big' saves are a result of a goalie being out of position in the first place & being lucky or athletic enough to recuperate in time.
In my opinion, the goalie who plays his/her angles, pays attention to the other team's rush, always tracking the puck, has a higher percentage of saves that look 'routinte' is the one that is 'big'. Goaltending is as much physical ability as it is mental stability.
Unfortunately, that goalie who plays solid is always taken for granted & usually only recognized by fellow goaltenders.
Brodeur is one of the few net minders in the NHL that plays hybrid style, not completely relying on his ability to butterfly his legs post to post. In my opinion, his play has been consistently 'big' & frustrating to everyone who isn't a NJ Devils fan over several decades. Not flashy, just consistent.
- May 18, 2012 at 12:09 p.m.
- Anonymous said...
The truely idiotic thing about Button's comment is that it implies that there is a time when a goalie wold say to himself 'Nah, it's not important to make a save now.' Does anyone really think that's true?
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Parsing Asia: What New World Bank Reports Say about Investment in the Region
In the immediate aftermath of the global financial crisis, one obvious truth is that locus of growth has shifted east. While the world frets over the stuttering recoveries in the USA and EU, most Asian economies have rebounded well, including a pick-up of FDI into and from these markets. The latest IMF World Economic Outlook expects growth in developing Asia to be 9.4% in 2010 and 8.4% in 2011. Contrast this with estimates for the USA of 2.6% in 2010 and 2.3% in 2011, and for the EU 1.7% in 2010 and 1.5% in 2011. A similar story will be found in the Global Economic Prospectsreport from the World Bank Development Economics Group to be launched on January 12.
A central question remains, however: Are these high growth rates and the high returns to investment, risk-neutral vis-à-vis investing in developed markets? Or other emerging-market regions? This question is pertinent for both commercial and political risk – but it is the latter to which I now turn.
MIGA (The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, the political risk insurance arm of the World Bank Group) – recently released its annual World Investment and Political Riskreport. This report highlights that political risk remains a major determinant of FDI flows. The report also shows the importance of FDI into Asia, from Asia, and within Asia.
If we take two recent high profile publications from the World Bank Group (Doing Business and Investing Across Borders) – the evidence on the relative political risk of Asia is mixed. Doing Business 2011 shows East and South Asia as two of the most reforming regions when it comes to facilitating business enterprises. In the areas of 'rotecting investors' and 'enforcing contracts' (two key political risks) – East and South Asia are the second and third most hospitable regions to investors.
Whereas, Investing Across Borders shows Asia performing poorly versus other regions and the global average when it comes to key risks for foreign investors: investing across sectors; starting a foreign business; and access to industrial land; arbitrating commercial disputes.
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How Small Are Intel's Chips Getting?
Intel has unveiled chips that will soon fit into mobile phones and perhaps even wearable technology like smartwatches. Steve Power Brown, Intel's chief techology evangelist joins digits from the Intel Developer Conference in San Francisco. Photo: Intel.
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Gilded Age New York was a city of divergent worlds. While industrialists like Cornelius Vanderbilt built opulent residences uptown and Edith Wharton observed the social mores of the Upper West Side's fashionable elite, millions of immigrants from eastern and southern Europe flooded into lower Manhattan, crowding into squalid tenements and crime-ridden slums. What we know about the lives of the latter owes much to the work of Danish-born photo-journalist and social reformer Jacob Riis, who used the newly developed technology of flash photography to illuminate the conditions of the city's poorest inhabitants.
Riis' powerful photography and legacy is the subject of the new website "Jacob Riis and the Other Half" for which Lisa Xie, a senior at University High in California took home a top prize at the 2012 National History Day. Xie, who competed in the 9-12th grade division in the website category of the national competition, was one of 31 young historians to be named NEH scholars at the National History Day June 14 award ceremony.
By focusing on the work of a single influential activist, Xie's website offers a sophisticated analysis of the complex issues of race, immigration, urbanism, and social reform. Xie combines 19th- and 21st-century media to demonstrate her thesis: that Riis' innovative blend of journalism and activism helped reshape the conception of the modern city and inspired a new era of urban reformers.
Addressing the theme of the 2012 National History Day competition, "Revolution, Reaction, Reform in History" Xie examines the reforms prompted by Riis' 1890 bestseller How the Other Half Lives such as the Tenement House Act of 1901 which mandated improved ventilation, lighting, toilet facilities, and fire safeguards for the city's tenements. She compares the reactions these reforms provoked among various segments of society– from landlords and corrupt politicians who opposed changes to the status quo, from intellectuals who saw in Riis' work a challenge to their theories of Social Darwinism, and from immigrants who found themselves displaced after the clearance of city slums.
Xie's website explores Riis' influence in his own time and beyond: how his work inspired contemporaries like writer Stephen Crane and Jane Addams, the founder of Hull House, and laid the groundwork for reformers, journalists, and documentarians such as Fiorello LaGuardia, Lincoln Steffens, and Dorothea Lange. Riis' message remains relevant, concludes Xie, who visually pairs Riis' shocking photos of 1880s poverty with images of similar conditions today.
Xie's integration of well-researched visual and textual evidence demonstrates the unique effect that the medium of the website can have in bringing history alive. In essence, her website is not only an argument about the social reform movement sparked by Riis, but how modern media – whether photography or websites—can be harnessed to deliver a social message to a wide audience.
The National Endowment for the Humanities extends hearty congratulations to Lisa Xie and her fellow NEH scholars on their fine work and excellent National History Day projects.


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World record blob launch attempt to take place at Tahoe
A group of extreme athletes will battle the blob in search of a world record at Lake Tahoe later this month.
Not the 1950s-era science-fiction blob, but an inflatable airbag sitting on the surface of the lake with the ability to launch a person uncomfortably high into the air before sending them plunging into the water.
The stunt will entail accomplished skiers, BASE jumpers and stuntmen taking flight in a powered paraglider, dropping onto an inflated airbag and sending another one of their peers airborne, said Brigham Dallas, a spokesman for Fat Boys Water Trampolines. The company built the specially designed blob which will be used during the event, an attempt break the world record for highest launch off an airbag.
Typically, blob launches are accomplished by people jumping from a cliff, crane or other stationary object. A moving paraglider adds a unique challenge to the effort, Dallas said.
"It's going to be a crazy stunt," Dallas said. "Nothing like this has ever been done."
Organizers hope athletes will break a world record by reaching heights of 70 feet or more after launching from the airbag.
A November video posted on the Guinness Book of World Records YouTube channel shows an 18-meter, quadruple back-flipping airbag launch that the brewing company considers the world record.
The Lake Tahoe effort will take place at Round Hill Pines Beach and Marina on the Nevada side of the South Shore. People are encouraged to come watch the attempts, Dallas said. Athletes will take to the blob starting the morning of July 13 and continue through July 17, weather permitting. World record attempts are expected later in the week as the athletes get used to the setup.
The event will raise money through merchandise sales for the victims of recent tornados in Oklahoma, Dallas said. He expects to post video of the attempts to http://www.watertrampolinesexpress.com.


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Houston police chief hits pedestrian downtown
Houston Police Chief Charles McClelland said he accidentally hit a man he didn't see crossing the street Wednesday morning, as the city's top lawman was driving to police headquarters in a city vehicle.
McClelland described the accident as "unnerving," adding the heavy mix of pedestrians and motorists in Houston's busy downtown district is a "very dangerous situation."
The man the chief hit suffered apparently minor injuries to both arms, according to the Houston Police Department.
The accident happened about 8:15 a.m. at the intersection of Clay and Travis, about a block from police headquarters, said HPD spokesman John Cannon. Police have not released the name of the man the chief hit, but union officials predicted the chief would not be prosecuted.
"It was just an accident," McClelland explained. "I made a left turn from Clay onto Travis. I had a green light, and obviously he had a green light to walk across the street, and for whatever reason I didn't see him."
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"It's very unnerving to strike somebody with a vehicle and know they may receive injuries, so it's not a good way to start a day," McClelland said.
McClelland said he went to check on the accident victim at St. Joseph Hospital several hours after the accident, but the man had been discharged. "I'm not sure about the extent of his injuries, but I'm certainly concerned about him," he said.
His accident, the chief said, should remind residents of the dangers of crossing the busy streets downtown.
"It also kind of highlights how we all should be ... extremely careful in the downtown business district where pedestrians are mixing with vehicular traffic, " he said. "It's a very dangerous situation. We've had employees in our own building that have been struck right in front of police headquarters, and my accident was a block away."
McClelland was driving east on Clay in the far left lane, Cannon said. He came to a stop before turning left onto northbound Travis on a green light, looked into the intersection and didn't see anyone in the crosswalk.
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"He made the left turn and suddenly an adult male stepped off the curb into a moving lane of traffic," Cannon said.
As is standard procedure, the accident is under investigation by the HPD Vehicular Crimes Division.
However, police union officials doubted McClelland would be issued a ticket, even though pedestrians have the right of way in a crosswalk.
Ray Hunt, president of the Houston Police Officers' Union, said city police are not required to issue a citation when an accident occurs, but generally do so when there are witnesses who say a driver was operating a vehicle negligently.
"I would be very surprised if the chief got a ticket. I wouldn't have written him one, nor would I have written a citizen one in that same situation," Hunt said.
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Houston police have said they prosecute traffic cases in which a driver was speeding, racing, driving drunk or impaired in another way, texting or using a cellphone.
A Houston Chronicle review in August 2011 showed that only 17 percent of drivers involved in 174 fatal pedestrian accidents were prosecuted in the previous 3½ years. Many of the pedestrians had broken traffic laws, such as jaywalking or crossing against a light, and a percentage of the drivers fled and were never identified, the Chronicle reported.
"Pedestrians have the right of way in a crosswalk, and we're sometimes going to have unfortunate situations where they are going to be struck," said Hunt. "When you got a large number of people on foot and driving, you're going to have accidents - that's in any city."


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