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Ever wondered what it takes to self-publish a magazine? Several firms and type foundries featured in the February 2003 issue of HOW Magazine have done exactly that: launched original, creative publications that have taken on a life of their own, helping promote design ideology and firm/foundry name recognition. Among the most successful of these publications is Emigre, a quarterly magazine whose 19-year legacy is indisputable in professional design circles. HOW writer Jenny Wohlfarth interviewed Emigre founder Rudy VanderLans to get the inside story on the magazine's creation, mission and formula for success.
HOW: In your opinion, what publication(s) really launched the trend of design firms/font houses publishing their own magazines? What indie-press (or mainstream) publications served as examples for you when you launched Emigre in 1984?
Rudy VanderLans: I'm not sure who started the trend, or if there ever was a trend, but ITC's U&lc, when Herb Lubalin designed it, was perhaps the first magazine published by a foundry that I was aware of, and that I really liked. Plus Hard Werken, the magazine published by the Dutch design group of the same name, was a great inspiration. The fact that the early issues of Emigre were roughly the same size as both Hard Werken and U&lc was no coincidence.
HOW: Why did you decide to start publishing this magazine? What's the inspiration behind the name Emigre?
RvdL: Together with a few artist friends we figured, naively, that publishing a magazine was an easy way to showcase our own work and the work of people we admired. We knew nothing about the pitfalls of magazine publishing and distribution. So we went full-steam ahead. We called the magazine Emigre because the people involved in the magazine were all literally emigres (emigrants). And the idea for the magazine was to feature the work of artists, designers, writers, etc. who had the experience of living and working in different countries. We believed this exposure to other cultures infused their work with a unique flavor.
HOW: As I understand it, once Emigre started attracting attention, readers began asking about the fonts used in the magazine, which were custom-designed for the publication by your wife, Zuzana Licko. In a way, the magazine seems to be the proverbial goose that laid the golden egg for you and Zuzana's careers/business. If it started as a labor of love, did you ever think it would lead to a business that could financially stand on its own?
RvdL: Not at first. Graphic designers were very slow to become involved with the Macintosh. It wasn't until the late '80s or early '90s that designers started working on Macintosh computers on a large scale. That's when our font sales started to take off, and that's when we decided to stop working for outside clients and started concentrating all our efforts on designing, licensing and marketing our fonts. That's when, in a sense, Emigre became a font foundry. And the magazine became the testing ground for the use of these fonts, and it also allowed us to discuss graphic design and type design issues in a way that we felt other magazines were not. But never in our wildest dreams did we think we'd end up running a type foundry selling digital typefaces. Zuzana started off studying architecture at U.C.-Berkeley, and I went to art school because I wanted to become an illustrator.
HOW: Today, do you consider Emigre to be a labor-of-love endeavor or a viable business endeavor? Or is it a mix of both?
RvdL: Emigre magazine is one part of a larger business model puzzle that even we have difficulty understanding, let alone explaining. I wish I could say that Emigre magazine pays for itself through subscriptions, back issue sales and advertising. But it doesn't. Not even close. But it's not just a labor of love or vanity publication, either. Emigre magazine allows us to promote and showcase our fonts, provide a context for their use, and it has helped establish the name and brand of Emigre fonts. It's the Emigre font sales that subsidize Emigre magazine. They're joined at the hip, so to speak.
HOW: Emigre has long defined itself as a "magazine that ignores boundaries" and has lived up to that self-proclamation by being highly experimental and artistically entrepreneurial. But it has evolved and changed (i.e., in the past, the editorial has shifted from very visual content to more theoretical/text-driven in the '90s, and, more recently, back to a more visual-driven approach with the smaller format). How do you describe/characterize the personality of this magazine today? How has its mission evolved since 1984?
RvdL: Its central mission, the underlying motivation to publish Emigre, has remained the same. We simply want to challenge ourselves creatively and intellectually and in the process hope to engage our readers. It's taken on a variety of forms and expressions, including formal experiments, critical writing about graphic design, interviews with designers, social commentary, and the inclusion of music CDs. I would describe the magazine's personality as benignly schizophrenic.
HOW: What would you identify as some of the key moments/highlights of the magazine's evolution over the years? (i.e., the Designers Republic issue, the publication of the First Things First manifesto, the launch of the Emigre music label in 1990).
RvdL: Every single issue is a major undertaking. Since it's a quarterly, I spend three months working on each issue. It's a great deal of effort: from buying the paper directly from the paper manufacturer to dealing with the advertiser who can't figure out how to submit their ad as an Illustrator EPS file to editing and designing. Some of the issues come out really great, others really bad. But to me they all present key moments, because so much work goes into every single issue. They're all monumental accomplishments, for me.
HOW: What are some of the more memorable issues - or your favorites, if you have any? Or what past issues/features/topics do you consider to be exemplary of Emigre's mission/goal?
RvdL: The issues I'm most happy with are the ones that have a very strong theme in terms of content and design, such as Emigre #34, #39, #54 and #56. Formally, my two favorite issues are #32 and #39. They are the complete opposite in terms of their design concept, but they both perfectly visualize, strengthen and underline the theme of the respective issues.
Issue #39 featured a series of articles dealing with the notion of "Graphic Design and The Next Big Thing." Since nobody really ever knows what the next big thing will be, I decided to design a rather "neutral" layout using one sans-serif typeface, set flush left and ragged right, printed in black and red, without a single image or reproduction of any kind. This may not sound like much, but we published this in the heydays of typographic experimentation, when legibility was being tested to the utmost, often within the pages of Emigre. I was very proud of the restraint in this issue. And looking at design trends today, perhaps I wasn't far off the mark regarding the next big thing, either.
I'm also quite proud of the some more recent issues: Emigre #60, which presented music CDs, and a DVD in issue #62, as their main content. It was a new way of looking at what the content of a magazine can be. It was also quite a challenge to figure out which manufacturers to use, what materials to use, how to assemble - all on a very limited budget. These were definitely memorable issues, and they are perhaps exemplary of Emigre's goal to challenge ourselves on every level, and to always try and reinvent what we do.
HOW: How is the magazine distributed? Is it still available on newsstands or is it entirely subscription-based now? What's the average print run per issue? What's the total paid and unpaid circulation?
RvdL: For the past 20 issues or so, our circulation has hovered between 25,000 and 40,000 copies depending on how many "active" customers we have in our mailing list. Most of these copies are mailed directly to our qualified U.S. customers for free. Emigre distributes about 2,000 copies to stores around the world, and we have about 700 foreign subscribers who pay for the magazine.
HOW: I recall reading that your first issue had no typesetting budget, so the text was basically typewriter type resized on a photocopier. How, initially, did you afford to publish Emigre? What production tricks did you have up your sleeve for keeping the publication's costs manageable in the earlier years?
RvdL: We paid for it simply by emptying our bank accounts. The few ads we sold barely covered the cost of sending out the promo kits to get advertisers. The first issues were published before the Macintosh was out, so typesetting was done as you describe it, and I spent a lot of time at the local Xerox copy place either enlarging or reducing typewriter copy. For Emigre #3, in order to save money, Zuzana and I rolled up our sleeves and saddle-stitched 3,000 copies by hand. For issue #4, I did all the prepress work myself; shooting halftones on a stat camera, stripping, burning offset plates, etc. We have also relied heavily, and still do, on the kindness and goodness of the many people who have contributed their time and talents to Emigre for no or little pay. It was never easy or glamorous. It was a lot of really hard work, and it was worth it.
HOW: What percentage of your business's annual revenue does the magazine account for?
RvdL: Emigre magazine accounts for roughly one-tenth of our business's total annual revenue, derived from back-issue sales, advertising and foreign subscriptions.
HOW: The magazine has garnered its own colorful reputation over the years, but how did you originally market it and get the word out about it?
RvdL: It was a matter of building a mailing list, little by little, and sending out small postcards, flyers and posters. Also, in those early days I used to lecture a lot at universities and local AIGA chapters around the country, and did workshops. This was a great way to get exposure for our work, plus I was able to make a lot of contacts with people who ended up contributing to Emigre magazine.
HOW: What are the greatest challenges involved in creating/self-publishing this magazine? On the flipside, what are some of the perks (such as being able to set your own agenda in the magazine's pages)?
RvdL: The challenge is to keep what we do exciting for ourselves. This is made easier when graphic design as a whole provides some kind of excitement. The early '90s, for instance was a very exciting time for graphic design, and for us. Design became computerized, technologies changed, and many established notions about graphic design were being challenged and questioned by a new garde of young designers who were very vocal. We found ourselves right in the middle of this, and were able to use Emigre as a platform for debate and experimentation.
HOW: How do you find time to publish a high-quality, intellectually and visually stimulating quarterly magazine in addition to running a type foundry? It appears that you still shoulder the bulk of the editorial and art direction/design functions of the magazine yourself. How many "full-time" people work on Emigre? What nuclear-strength caffeine are you consuming on a daily basis?
RvdL: My main function at Emigre is to publish Emigre magazine. Zuzana runs the type foundry. And Tim Starback is our general office manager; he's in charge of sales and distribution. There is no editorial or design or production staff at Emigre. I am the entire magazine staff. Zuzana takes care of all the type-related issues, including design and production. Emigre is currently a four-person company. And I drink decaf.
HOW: You've said before in interviews that people tend to overlook the business side of Emigre. How much of your time is spent on the business (vs. the creative) side of making Emigre happen?
RvdL: Perhaps too much at times. We find pleasure in having complete control over the entire process of creating products - from conceptualization to design to manufacture to marketing to distribution. It places you in a unique relationship with the products that you create. You can make informed and quick decisions every step along the way. We're also involved in licensing issues, contract writing, etc. But it does, at times, become a precarious juggling act in terms of time. Zuzana and I went to art school. We knew nothing about running a business, so we learned everything the hard way.
HOW: How do you recruit your contributors, and are they typically paid for writing/guest editing/designing?
RvdL: We were lucky enough to be around in the early '90s when schools like Cranbrook and CalArts and Yale were encouraging students to write about design as an extension of the practice of design. Most of our regular writers and guest editors came from these design schools. And Emigre magazine owes a great deal of its reputation to these contributors. And yes, we have always tried to pay our contributors, but this may take on various forms, from actual money to all kinds of trades and bartering, depending on a variety of circumstances.
HOW: The magazine received much criticism in the late 1980s/early '90s from outspoken design traditionalists/modernists. How did that motivate you to push the magazine's boundaries even farther? How did those difficult years - or do you even consider them to have been "difficult"? - contribute to or influence the magazine's long-term growth and success?
RvdL: I was surprised that people had paid such close attention to what we were doing. In those days our circulation was around 3,000 copies. Right then I realized that the ideas we were presenting through Emigre were quite good. Why else would these "design traditionalists" make such a fuss? But these were not "difficult" years. It was exciting! The old garde was very passionate about their work, and so were we. And it created some wonderful debates about graphic design, which played out over a number of years in various magazines, such as the AIGA Journal, Eye and Emigre.
HOW: In your opinion, why do people read Emigre? What draws them to it?
RvdL: I think they're somewhat intrigued by the spectacle. There's a lot of absurdity, but they know that if they dig around, they'll find the occasional nugget.
HOW: Does Emigre reflect design culture, influence it, define it or challenge it (or all or none of the above)?
RvdL: Emigre has often been described as a culture or subculture magazine, suggesting, perhaps, that we reflect or define culture. But this sounds uncomfortable to me. I'm not sure if we fulfill that role. What we do comes very much from within ourselves. The books we publish, the topics we cover in Emigre, the fonts we release, Zuzana's ceramics. These are all things we are personally interested in. What we do is not in any way meant to reflect a cultural or subcultural or underground movement. Maybe that was the function of Emigre in the very early days, when the Macintosh had just been introduced, and there was what you could call a subcultural movement of a few people who were interested in exploring this strange new design tool. But currently we do not try to belong to, or feel specific affinity with, any specific group or approach. So there's no pressure to publish any specific issues dealing with particular subcultural and/or current topics. We simply follow our own personal interests and tastes.
HOW: In the 1980s/'90s, Emigre was the "wild child" of the design-publication industry. What will the Emigre of the 21st century be? What would you like to see it do in the future? What are your plans for the publication in the next 5 to 10 years?
RvdL: We have never made any long-term goals. Currently, our biggest plans are that Princeton Architectural Press will become the co-publisher of Emigre magazine. Princeton, like Emigre, is a small independent company that has carved out its own niche over the years and publishes wonderful books about architecture and design. And they're very supportive of design writing and criticism, which is an area we'll return to with our next issue. The biggest change people will notice is that Emigre magazine will no longer be free, except to some of our very best customers. We're very excited and proud about this collaboration with Princeton. It's a new venture, and we have no idea where it will lead us. But whatever comes of it, I'm sure it will be worth the ride.
Interviews with Rudy Vanderlans
Page magazine. Published in 2010. Interview by Antje Dohman.
Print magazine. Published in June, 2010.Interview by Caitlin Dover.
Fast Company magazine. Published in 2010.Interview by Alissa Walker.
Open Manifesto. Published in 2009. Interview by Kevin Finn.
CMYK magazine. Published in 2006.Interview by Laura Richard Janku.
IDEA magazine (Japan). Published in 2005.Interview by Toshiaki Koga.
Print magazine. Published in 2005.Interview by Steven Heller.
How to be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul.Published by Princeton Architectural Press in 2005. Interview by Adrian Shaughnessy.
AIGA website. Published in 2004.Interview by Steven Heller.
HOW Magazine. Published in 2003.Interview by Jenny Wohlfarth.
Mute magazine (UK). Published in 2002.Interview by Dave Mandl.
SpeakUp. Published in 2002.Interview by Armin Vit.
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text: Gaslight Square 'Violinist' Uses Mystery Plot To Illuminate Autism At STL's Gaslight Theater By Nancy Fowler • Aug 7, 2014 Provided by Gaslight Theatre Parents face many twists and turns as they forge through the mystery of their child's autism. An updated local play about autism also involves unraveling a thorny thriller. The Jazz History Of St. Louis-Part 5: The Gaslight Square Period By Dennis Owsley • Aug 1, 2014 Unknown / Courtesy of the Charlie Menees Collection, UMKC On Sunday, August 3, Jazz Unlimited will present Part Five of the Jazz History of St. Louis: The Gaslight Square Era. Gaslight Square is one of the cultural events never to be forgotten by St. Louisans. Jazz music of all styles was heard there. We will hear Sammy Gardner, Singleton Palmer, Muggsy Sprecher, the St. Louis Ragtimers, Ceil Clayton, Clea Bradford, Jeanne Trevor and the Quartet Tres Bien, among many others, along with the voices of people like Jeter Thompson, Norman Menne, Jean Kittrell and Joe Buerger, who made the history. Twelve St. Louisans Take Us Back To The Mid-Century Heyday Of Gaslight Square By Véronique LaCapra • Jul 30, 2014 Courtesy of the Charlie Menees Collection, UMKC. It spanned less than three blocks at the intersection of Olive and Boyle. And it only lasted about ten years. But the arts and entertainment district known as Gaslight Square flourished in the 1950s and '60s, making St. Louis a national destination for music and culture. In honor of St. Louis' 250th birthday, I took a little detour off my usual science beat to explore this extraordinary time and place in our city's history. Remembering Ragtime Pianist And Scholar Trebor Tichenor By Camille Phillips • Mar 7, 2014 Courtesy St. Louis Ragtimers Ragtime pianist and scholar Trebor Tichenor passed away last month after a stroke. He was 74. Longtime St. Louis Public Radio listeners may remember his weekly program "Ragophile" that aired on the station in the 1970s and '80s. We dedicated the entire hour of Cityscape today to remembering Tichenor with his son Andy Tichenor and fellow band members Don Franz and Al Stricker. Acclaimed Tom Waits Singer And Locals Ken Page, Tim Schall Kick Off Cabaret Festival By Nancy Fowler • Feb 17, 2014 Gaslight Cabaret Festival The nine-week Gaslight Cabaret series includes Marissa Mulder's "The Songs of Tom Waits," lauded by the New York Times as "the best of the season." St. Louisans who like to gorge themselves on entertainment may already indulge in movie marathons and TV binge-watching. Beginning Thursday, Feb. 20, they can also get their fill of cabaret performances. Gaslight Cabaret Festival To Open With Broadway Veteran Ken Page By Camille Phillips • Feb 14, 2014 Gaslight Cabaret Festival The Gaslight Cabaret Festival, two months of cabaret performances at the Gaslight Theater, opens next week with a show by Broadway veteran and St. Louis native Ken Page. Page got his start at the MUNY more than 40 years ago. After two summers performing at the MUNY, he moved to New York City, where he performed on Broadway in the original casts of "Cats," "Ain't Misbehavin'," "The Wiz"," Ain't Nothin' But The Blues," and "Guys & Dolls." Fans of "The Nightmare Before Christmas" may recognize him as the voice of Mr. Oogie Boogie. Money-What Makes Public Radio Go Around By Dennis Owsley • Mar 6, 2013 Dennis C. Owsley / Copyright Dennis C. Owsley The March 10, Jazz Unlimited will be devoted to an examination of tunes about money. Money is what fuels St. Louis Public Radio. Some of the srtists to be heard to night include Muggsy Sprecher recorded live at the Silver Dollar Club on Gaslight Square, Ahmad Jamal, J.J. Johnson, Count Basie with Buddy DeFranco, Art Tatum, Phil Woods, Cannonball Adderley, Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, Jay McShann and the World Saxophone Quartet. Check out my photos of some of the artists heard on the show.

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If you've never "had it your way" at the Burger King in Camden, S.C., you're missing out. We hear the milkshakes there are especially delicious.
Of course, you do run the risk of this fine dining establishment being closed when you get there, but there's generally a good explanation as to why.
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We are lucky enough to work with some terrific clients who require bespoke designs. This month has been no exception, with the South Pole beckoning.
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We designed the initial basecamp for them in 2007 and are proud to say that it's done its job incredibly well, especially considering this seasons freak weather conditions… not just one but two hurricanes!
However, White desert has been such a success, that the camp needs to grow and evolve, so we have been asked to assist them with the next generation of domes. Less Shackleton, more Sci Fi!
So through the joys of Skype and e-mail, the designs were agreed, fabricators were found and the okay was given to go ahead with the build. The domes were created in America, sent by cargo ship to South Africa and then flown onto Antarctica…. Interior design on a global scale!
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This weekend marked the first of three doubleheader weekends in the IZOD IndyCar Series and it provided more dramatic racing which has been the norm this season and it also provided two surprise winners. Mike Conway took the Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit Race 1 on Saturday and Simon Pagenaud won the Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit Race 2 on Sunday at the Belle Isle course.
Conway was running a one-off weekend with Dale Coyne Racing and found out he had the ride on this past Tuesday in the No. 18 car that Ana Beatriz drove in the first five races of the year. Earlier on Saturday, Conway won Dale Coyne Racing its first pole which was for Dual Race 2. Then he backed that up in the afternoon by shocking everyone with great team strategy to win.
The team used a strategy to run the first two stints of the race on the faster and more durable black tire compound and then only run the final few laps of the 70 lap race on the red compound which was about 1.5 seconds per lap slower.
Conway was able to open such a big lead over the first two stints that he had up to a 20 second lead at one point that no one could make up even with the blacks on the last run. He won by 12.9 seconds over Ryan Hunter-Reay.
The win was the second of Conway's career and first since the 2011 season and also was the first win for DCR.
"I can't thank Dale enough for making this possible," said Conway. "They've given me a great car all weekend. The car was amazing on the blacks and even on the Reds. Amazing pace and great job from the crew guys."
Hunter-Reay finished second for Andretti Autosport and Dale Coyne Racing also placed Justin Wilson on the podium with a third place finish. Scott Dixon was fourth, Helio Castroneves fifth, Dario Franchitti sixth, Josef Newgarden seventh, Will Power eighth, Graham Rahal ninth, and James Jakes tenth.
AJ Allmendinger crashed on lap 1 hard into the tire barriers in Turn 1 after riding over the rear of Scott Dixon. Allmendinger finished last without completing a lap. Dixon's team made repairs and he stormed through the field all the way to a fourth place finish. Sebastien Bourdais retired with mechanical issues on lap 19 and Alex Tagliani made contact and retired on lap 28. Sebastian Saavadra retired on lap 32 after contact.
Sunday's Dual Race 2 had much more contact than Race 1 did on Saturday and when the dust settled Simon Pagenaud scored his first career IZOD IndyCar Series win and also the first for Schmidt Hamilton Racing. He finished 12th in Dual Race 1.
"It's such a relief," said Pagenaud. "There was so much emotion going through the cockpit those last two laps. I've been working for this my entire career. This is so freakin' awesome."
James Jakes finished in second for his first career podium in 38 starts and Mike Conway finished off his strong weekend with a third place finish and second podium in two days.
Contact and surviving was the name of the day. AJ Allmendinger crashed out for the second straight day before finishing a lap and finished last after hitting the Turn 2 exit wall.
Simona de Silvestro had a tire issue on lap 10 and crashed into the wall and finished 24th. On lap 17 Ryan Hunter-Reay crashed in the same spot, he finished in 18th, 11 laps down.
On the lap 14 restart, Ed Carpenter made contact into Alex Tagliani and the caution came right back out. A caution on lap 21 for more debris brought a lap 24 restart where Takuma Sato made contact into Tristan Vautier who hit the tire barrier. Sato finished 23rd and Vautier one lap down in 14th.
The lap 28 restart produced a nine-car melee when Sebastien Bourdais touched Will Power who spun in Turn 1. Justin Wilson and Alex Tagliani retired from their damage and finished 22nd and 21st respectively. Power continued after repairs but finished 20th, 17 laps down. Bourdais finished in 11th on the lead lap. In the accident many other drivers made nose changes after damage including the eventual winner Pagenaud.
After that accident the severe contact was done for the race and the charge to the finish was on with Pagenaud besting Jakes and Conway. Scott Dixon finished fourth for the second straight day and Dario Franchitti was fifth. Marco Andretti was sixth, Charlie Kimball seventh, Helio Castroneves eighth, Graham Rahal ninth, and Sabastian Saavadra tenth.
The points standings were shuffled following the Dual races and now after seven completed races Helio Castroneves and Marco Andretti are tied atop the standings with 206 points. Ryan Hunter-Reay is 15 points behind in third. Scott Dixon is fourth, Simon Pagenaud fifth, Takuma Sato sixth, Justin Wilson seventh, Tony Kanaan eighth, James Hinchcliffe ninth, and Charlie Kimball tenth.
Race eight is on Saturday night, June 8th at Texas Motor Speedway.Tags: Belle Isle, Dale Coyne Racing, Dario Franchitti, Helio Castroneves, IndyCar Series, James Jakes, Justin Wilson, Marco Andretti, Mike Conway, Motorsports, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Schmidt Hamilton, Scott Dixon, Simon Pagenaud


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Enterprises today have many more backup choices than they used to have, and they're taking advantage by pairing legacy technologies such as tape with newer disk-based data protection options. Depending on budget, performance and availability requirements, enterprises can mix and match different techniques to meet their disaster recovery objectives.
Six years ago, 63% of enterprises relied exclusively on tape backups, according to Dave Russell, research vice president at Gartner. Today, just 13% of enterprises back up directly to tape -- without any disk -- while 65% have adopted a disk-to-disk-to-tape approach, whereby they back up to disk first and then write to tape.
This trend toward a multi-tiered backup infrastructure is expected to remain strong. More than 50% of midsize organizations and more than 75% of large enterprises will implement tiered recovery architectures by 2013, Gartner predicts.
[IN DEPTH: Will cloud backup services finally put tape backups in the trash can?]
Engineering firm Strand Associates has added disk-based backup and recovery tools to its arsenal while moving away from – but not entirely abandoning – tape backups. The combination enables greater backup reliability and much speedier recovery times and has freed the IT team from hours of weekly backup administration tasks.
The Madison, Wisc.-based firm used to do daily tape backups at each of its 11 U.S. offices, where local admins or engineers were responsible for manually performing the backups. There were frequent problems, including failed hardware, lost tapes, accidental overwrites and missed backups, recalls Justin Bell, network engineer at Strand Associates.
Today the firm relies on hourly disk-based snapshots, combined with replication for electronically vaulting offsite data copies and, as a final line of defense, weekly backups to tape.
"The primary driver was looking at the amount of time it would take for us to recover from an incident and how far back we would have to go, how much data we would lose from an incident," Bell says of the decision to upgrade to disk-based backup technologies.
Strand Associates is using FalconStor Software's continuous data protection (CDP) technology. A FalconStor CDP device in each office handles local backup, as well as retains 18 months worth of historical snapshots for that office. "It's replicated all the time, so it's up-to-the-second current with what's on the server. If there were a localized disaster, such as a server dies, we could restore off that pretty easily," Bell says.
Data from each of the remote offices is replicated nightly to a FalconStor CDP device in Wisconsin. In addition, data from headquarters is replicated to a CDP appliance in Illinois, which allows the firm to maintain an offsite copy of its data.
A key benefit of the new system is the ability to recover data from disk very quickly, typically in about 3 to 5 minutes, Bell says. Because it's so easy, the IT team does hundreds of restore jobs each year.
"We view it as a service that we can provide to our users," says Bell, who tells the firm's engineers that "if something happens to a file, or you're designing a roadway and you put some wrong numbers in and you're an hour into it, don't spend a lot of time redoing it. Just call us, and we'll get your file back."
Keeping tape backups in the mix is part of Strand Associates' multitier strategy. "We do the tape to have that last absolute last line of coverage, a last resort," Bell says.
It's an insurance policy of sorts in the event something catastrophic were to happen to the firm's disk-based backup systems. "If you want to erase a year's worth of tapes, it's going to take you a long time to screw up that many tapes. But if you wanted to erase a year's worth of snapshots, it takes about four button clicks," Bell says.
"We haven't had any problems so far, and we haven't had to go back to our tapes since we got FalconStor, but it's nice to know if something happened, if someone accidentally deleted something or screwed up the raid array, that we could go back to tapes if we had to."
On the horizon, there may someday be a place for cloud backup services in Strand Associates' multitier architecture, which would likely further scale back the role of tape. "I think as the cloud proliferates for us, as an additional tier of offsite storage, that will also diminish tape's hold a little bit more," Bell says.
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text: My, My, My -- what a conference we're going to have. If I do say so myself. - diane - STANLEY'S POWER OF COMMITMENT RELEASED TODAY!! TAH DAH - "MY HUSBAND'S AFFAIR BECAME THE BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME"- ON OPRAH!! ########################## - THE POWER OF COMMITMENT RELEASED TODAY!! TAH DAH The Power of Commitment, Scott Stanley's latest book is officially released today. Or, should we say "the power of commitment is unleashed!!" -- that has a nice ring to it and sure could solve a lot of our problems. Buy the book and sign up for Scott's Special Master Workshop on Commitment and you'll be all the more equipped to help 'teach commitment'. Which reminds me to tell you that this year there will be workshops closing -- sold out; so get your registrations in just as soon as you finish your taxes!! If you register by the first week of MAY, you should still get all your first choices. But this Commitment workshop by Scott will be a very close call. As someone asked today, WHY didn't you make this one a keynote so everyone could see it??!? Well, because Scott wanted to do a keynote on the new Prep Program for Low Income Individuals AND because he liked the idea of having 90 whole minutes all to himself to talk about commitment -- that's why. I can't tell him what to do -- I can only introduce him. ;) - diane Here is the workshop description: > 501 - Saturday, June 25, Dallas > The Power of Commitment in a ³Maybe I Do² World > Scott Stanley, PhD > Explore how commitment develops, is maintained, and how to avoid partners who > are less committed. Why do men resist marriage and why do women, so often, > over-interpret the commitment levels of men? And, here is a description of the new book -- also gives you a better idea of what will be covered in the 90 min workshop: The Power of Commitment: A Guide to Active, Lifelong Love By Scott M. Stanley Forward by Gary Smalley What is commitment and what's so scary about it? How can we better understand and appreciate the value of commitment and make it lastfor a lifetime? In his new book, Scott Stanley, best-selling marriage expert, reveals that the secret ingredient for finding lasting love is understanding commitment. Too often, men and women find themselves in half-committed, Maybe I Do, relationships that lead to frustration, sadness, and, in many cases, divorce. But it doesn't have to be this way. Scott Stanley offers a five-step planbased on his groundbreaking marital research and uniquely spiritual approachfor understanding commitment, including learning to handle the pressures of everyday life, moving through the pain of unfulfilled dreams and hopes, overcoming attraction to others that might endanger a marriage, transforming your thinking from "me versus you" to "we" and "us," and capturing the beauty and mystery of lifelong devotion, loyalty, teamwork, and building a lasting vision for the future. The new work also includes frank discussions of myths and pitfalls of the cultural trends toward premarital cohabitation and the search for a soul mate. Endorsements for The Power of Commitment "Nobody is more qualified to write this book than Dr. Scott Stanley. As a renowned expert on commitment in marriage, Scott not only speaks from a platform of unquestionable authority, but he also makes his message easy to grasp. If you are looking for tangible steps to make your relationship rock-solid, you can¹t afford to miss out on The Power of Commitment. It is sure to be one of the most important books you ever read for your marriage." Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott, Seattle Pacific University, Authors of Love Talk "In an age where disposable marriages are commonplace, The Power of Commitment with its clear, action-oriented formula for making marriages last is a breath of fresh air. This book should be mandatory reading for dating, engaged, newlywed and not-so-newlywed couples. Bravo!" Michele Weiner-Davis, author, Divorce Busting and The Divorce Remedy "This is one of the finest books on divorce prevention ever written. Dr. Stanley uses his groundbreaking research to help individuals and couples revitalize their marriage and insure it for safekeeping." Pat Love, Ed.D., author of THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE "In The Power of Commitment, marriage researcher Scott Stanley cuts through the cultural misinformation (much of it coming from therapists) that threatens and undercuts marriage in our society. Stanley is grounded in his religious commitment, his mature practicality and in the research and literature on marriage and divorce. This is a basic and practical book brimming with wisdom and hope." Frank Pittman, M.D., author of Grow Up! How taking responsibility can make you a happy adult. BUY THE BOOK ON AMAZON for only $11.53 by clicking http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0787979287/smartmarriages Books sold out at the conference last year like hotcakes and many of you complained that by Sat morning the books were all gone. It's a good idea to order the book now and bring it with you to the conference if you want Scott to be sure you have a book for Scott to sign while you're in Dallas. See him at the workshop or at the PREP exhibit booth. - diane ########################### - "MY HUSBAND'S AFFAIR BECAME THE BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME"- ON OPRAH!! This, "My Husband's Affair Became the Best Thing that ever Happened to Me" is the title of a book by Anne Bercht who will present at Smart Marriages in a workshop with Peggy Vaughan on the BAN Network. She'll also be part of a new combined exhibit on "Infidelity Prevention and Recovery Resources" -- all kinds of resources gathered at one exhibit to help you help couples learn that you can, indeed, recover from infidelity and restore commitment. And, here is Anne's most interesting email today, about Oprah's interest in the book and the issue. - diane Diane, My husband, Brian, is in Chicago to be taped for the Oprah show. They are doing a program on cheating husbands. They called at 10AM yesterday morning and Brian got on a plane at 6PM last night. Today they will tape a panel discussion with 5 men who¹ve had affairs. The discussion will be facilitated by Oprah herself, not a psychologist. The producer says that Oprah said, ³No way. I¹m doing this myself. I want to find out why they did it.² I am flying to Chicago tomorrow morning to tape the live audience portion of the show. As I understand it I will sit in the front row with the other wives, and we may or may not be asked questions. Of course, all of this could change depending on how the show goes and how the topic develops. They do not plan to feature our book on the actual show, but have promised to feature it on the Oprah website. The producers say they like our story because we are like that good all-American family, the type others can relate to, and that you wouldn¹t expect affairs to happen to. They like Brian because he is a good guy who was morally opposed to affairs and believed that he could never do such a thing, also because he now takes full responsibility for his actions and does not blame me. And that people would be touched and helped by our lives and story. We do not know the airdate yet. I'll keep you posted Anne Bercht Passionate Life Seminars Www.passionatelife.ca Here is the workshop description. Anne and Brian are BAN support group coordinators and Brian runs a website for the offending spouse. Also look for a Poster Session on the BAN Network and info on the BAN chapters at their exhibit. > 408 - Sat June 25 > BAN (Beyond Affairs Network) > Peggy Vaughan and BAN Coordinators > Learn to utilize community-based BAN support groups and resources to help > people recover from the devastating impact of affairs. Sponsor a chapter in > your community. To buy the book which has 5-star ratings by everyone that reviewed it on amazon, click http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1412033209/smartmarriages ************************** Copyright CMFCE. All rights reserved. To SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE, or Change your subscription address, use the form on our website (http://www.smartmarriages.com). Click Newsletter - right under the puzzle piece. Please respect our copyright. If you wish to use any of our content send an email and request permission. 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Daniel A. Haber, MD, PhDDirectorMassachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
Kurt J. Isselbacher Professor of OncologyHarvard Medical School
The Haber laboratory focuses on understanding the fundamental genetics of human cancer, from inherited mutations that confer familial predisposition to genetic mutations that are acquired by tumors themselves and may render them susceptible to specific targeted drug therapies. For example, we have identified mutations in the EGFR gene that confer dramatic sensitivity of some lung cancers to drugs that inhibit that pathway, pointing toward the importance of genetic classification of common epithelial cancers in applying novel targeted therapies.
We have also collaborated with the bioengineering team led by Dr. Mehmet Toner, the molecular biology group of Dr. Shyamala Maheswaran, and the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center clinical disease centers to develop, characterize and apply a microfluidic device capable of isolating rare circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the blood of patients with cancer. This new technology offers the promise of 1) noninvasive monitoring of cancers during their treatment for the emergence of drug resistance; 2) early detection of invasive cancers; and ultimately 3) understanding and preventing blood-borne spread of cancer.
Daniel A. Haber, MD, PhDPrincipal Investigator
* co-directed with Shyamala Maheswaran, PhD
** PhD Candidate
Our laboratory is interested in the genetics of human cancer. Current projects include the use of a microfluidic device to capture circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and its application in molecular-directed therapy and in the study of human cancer metastasis.
Circulating Tumor Cells and Molecular Genetics Underlying Targeted Cancer Therapeutics
Activating mutations in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) were identified in our laboratory in the subset of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with dramatic responses to the tyrosine kinase inhibitor gefitinib. We have studied mechanisms underlying such oncogene addiction, as well as the pathways that lead to the acquisition of resistance to targeted therapies, including the application of irreversible kinase inhibitors to circumventing mutations that alter drug binding affinity. Following on our efforts to monitor the emergence of drug resistance mutations, we are now collaborating with the Toner and Maheswaran laboratories to characterize novel microfluidic devices capable of isolating CTCs from the blood of cancer patients. Our most advanced version of these CTC-Chips relies upon blood flow through a specialized chamber, which allows the high efficiency separation of antibody-tagged leukocytes, thereby identifying intact CTCs without selection bias. In a series of CTC studies, we have shown that the number of captured CTCs correlates with clinical evidence of tumor response, and that the cells can be used to define molecular markers characteristic of the underlying malignancy, including EGFR mutations and EML4-ALK translocations in lung cancer, and measurements of androgen receptor (AR) activity in prostate cancer. We have applied next generation single-molecule RNA sequencing to identify non-canonical Wnt signaling as a suppressor of anoikis pathways in circulating pancreatic cancer cells, while in melanoma and in glioblastoma, we developed tools to isolate and molecularly characterize CTCs.
Our most recent studies have focused on breast cancer, where we demonstrated treatment-associated epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) within CTCs. Using a combination of mouse models and patient-derived studies, we observed that tumor-derived fragments generate CTC-Clusters, which have greatly enhanced metastatic propensity compared with single CTCs. CTC-Clusters are held together by plakoglobin, whose knockdown dramatically suppresses CTC-Cluster formation and metastatic spread of breast cancer cells. We successfully established long-term in vitro cultures of CTCs from patients with estrogen-receptor positive breast cancer, identifying treatment-associated mutations in the estrogen receptor (ESR1), as well as acquired mutations in drugable therapeutic targets, such as PIK3CA and FGFR. The development of such CTC-derived cultures may enable functional predictive drug testing, combined with detailed genetic analysis of tumor cells sampled noninvasively during the course of cancer treatment.
Current efforts are directed at isolating single CTCs to uncover the heterogeneous nature of these rare metastatic precursors, including remarkable cell plasticity that contributes to drug resistance. Further technological improvements in CTC capture and detection are under study for potential applications in early detection of cancer, monitoring tumor genotypes over the course of treatment, and biological characterization of CTCs themselves.
View a list of publications by researchers at the Haber Laboratory
Selected Publications
Nicole Vicent Jordan, Aditya Bardia, Ben S. Wittner, Cyril Benes, Matteo Ligorio, Yu Zheng, Min Uu, Tilak D. Sundaresan, Joseph A. Licausi, Rushil Desai, Ryan M. O'Keefe, Richard Y. Ebright, Myriam Boukhali, Srinjoy Sil, Maristela L. Onozato, Anthony J. Iafrate, Ravi Kapur, Dennis Sgroi, David T. Ting, Mehmet Toner, Sridhar Ramaswamy, Wilhelm Haas, Shyamala Maheswaran, Daniel A. Haber. HER2 expression identifies dynamic functional states within circulating breast cancer cells. Nature, in press, 2016.
Miyamoto DT, Zheng Y, Wittner BS, Lee RJ, Zhu H, Broderick KT, Desai R, Fox DB, Brannigan BW, Trautwein J, Arora KS, Desai N, Dahl DM, Sequist LV, Smith MR, Kapur R, Wu C-L, Shioda T, Ramaswamy S, Ting DT, Toner M, Maheswaran S*, Haber DA*. RNA-Seq of single pros-tate CTCs implicates noncanonical Wnt signaling in antiandrogen resistance Science 349 (6254)L 1351-6, 2015.
Rothenberg SM, Concannon K, Cullen S, Boulay G, Turke AB, Faber AC, Lockerman EL, Rivera MN, Engelman JA, Maheswaran S, Haber DA. Inhibition of mutant EGFR in lung cancer cells trig-gers SOX2-FOXO6-dependent survival pathways. Elife Feb 16: 4 doi: 10.7554/eLife.06132, 2015.
Aceto N, Bardia A, Miyamoto DT, Donaldson MC, Wittner BS, Spencer JA, Yu M, Pely A, Engstrom A, Zhu H, Brannigan BW, Kapur R, Stott SL, Shioda T, Ramaswamy S, Ting DT, Lin CP, Toner M, Haber DA*, Maheswaran S*. Circulating tumor cell clusters are oligoclonal precursors of breast cancer metastasis. Cell. 158(5):1110- 22, 2014.
Yu M, Bardia A, Aceto N, Bersani F, Madden M, Donaldson MC, Desai R, Comaills V, Zheng Z, Wittner BS, Stojanov P, Brachtel E, Sgroi D, Kapur R, Shioda T, Ting, DT, Ramaswamy S, Getz G, Iafrate AJ, Benes C, Toner, M, Maheswaran S* and Haber DA*. Ex vivo culture of circulating breast tumor cells for individualized testing of drug susceptibility. Science. 346(6193): 216-22, 2014.
Ting DT, Wittner BS, Ligorio M, Vincent Jordan N, Shah AM, Miyamoto DT, Aceto N, Bersani F, Brannigan BW, Xega K, Ciciliano JC, Zhu H, MacKenzie OC, Trautwein J, Arora KS, Shahid M, Ellis HL, Qu N, Bardeesy N, Rivera MN, Deshpande V, Ferrone CR, Kapur R, Ramaswamy S, Shioda T, Toner M, Maheswaran S*, Haber DA*. Single-cell RNA sequencing identifies extracellular matrix gene expression by pancreatic circulating tumor cells. Cell Rep. 8(6): 1905-18, 2014.
*Co-corresponding authors
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But a clutch start by Hiroki Kuroda and a three-run double by Matt Kemp relegated all of that thinking on the back burner. The Dodgers are 31-12 within the Western Division and only 37-33 against the rest of the Major League teams on the schedule.
"It's really too early to concern ourselves with winning anything," Torre said. "It's just a matter of trying to minimize your bad stuff. We're coming off a three-game losing streak at home. Anytime you do something like that it pokes holes in your confidence."
Los Angeles had not only lost three straight, they had dropped 11 of 17 heading into the series. Torre called a clubhouse meeting after the final loss to Atlanta and shook up the lineup, moving Russell Martin to second, Manny Ramirez to fourth (for the first time this season) and using Mark Loretta at first base instead of the slumping James Loney.
Ramirez started the winning four-run fourth inning with a one-out single. Back-to-back walks to Casey Blake and Orlando Hudson brought up Kemp who has three grand slams this season and was is 6-for-13 lifetime against Giants starter Jonathan Sanchez.
Kemp didn't hit one out but he ripped an 0-1 changeup from Jonathan Sanchez down the left-field line to clear bases and turn a 1-0 Giants lead into a 3-1 Dodgers advantage. Loretta singled home Kemp to make it a four-run inning.
Kuroda allowed a solo homer to Travis Ishikawa in the second, then Fred Lewis was nailed attempting to advance on a pitch that Martin blocked. Kuroda didn't allow another San Francisco hit until into the seventh inning. He allowed six hits and one walk while striking out a pair.
It was the Dodgers sixth win in Kuroda's last seven starts.
The Dodgers used four relievers the rest of the way. Hong-Chih Kuo took over in the seventh with one out and Randy Winn on first bases and struck out Lewis. Ron Belisario ended the inning by inducing a ground ball.
George Sherrill worked around a leadoff double in the eighth to keep the Giants off the scoreboard and Jonathan Broxton came in to save his 25th game in 29 opportunities, although he allowed a solo home run to Bengie Molina.
Juan Castro, taking over for Hudson, made a nice diving stop and a perfect throw to first to retire the final San Francisco batter.
Ramirez was booed at every opportunity by the sellout crowd in his first game in San Francisco since coming back from a 50-game suspension for violating baseball's drug rules, echoing the treatment former Giants slugger Barry Bonds would get in Los Angeles. Ramirez finished 2 hits in four trips and now has five hits in seven trips since going 0-for-7 during the Atlanta series.
The wild crowd must have been a surprise for the rookies who were making their first trip to the city by the bay. "It felt like a playoff atmosphere out there," Hudson said. "It was loud, the fans were into it."
Despite ESPN's attempts to convince the world that the Red Sox-Yankees series the the best and longest-running rivalry in baseball, this sort of game was commonplace in New York and Brooklyn before the turn of the century and the American League was even a gleam in their founder's eye.
Always the perfectionist, Kuroda admitted after the game he was "not completely satisfied" with the way he pitched, pointing out that he lacked command of his breaking ball and his splitter.
But he was well aware of the importance of the game. "There definitely was a lot of pressure, because the Giants were playing well lately and we lost three games and with the extra day a lot of people were expecting me to pitch well," Kuroda told Ken Gurnick of MLB.com. "I'm pleased I was able to pitch well. It felt a little bit like last October. I really like the atmosphere. We played good team baseball today."
The Dodgers scored only in the fourth inning and had four of their nine hits in that inning. Other than the fourth, they were 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position and left eight on base. The top five in the order: Furcal, Martin, Ethier, Ramirez and Blake, left 13 hanging and struck out seven times.
In the second game of the series the Dodgers will send LHP Randy Wolf (5-6, 3.55 ERA) to the mound. Wolf said he had his best stuff in his previous no-decision start against Atlanta. Wolf has a 3.44 ERA in his career against the Giants.
The 'Jints counter with RHP Joe Martinez (2-0, 5.87 ERA) who suffered skull fractures and a concussion after being struck him in his forehead by a line drive in the season's third game. He won his first Major League start in his last outing at Houston.
Score by Innings Los Angeles 000 400 000-4 San Francisco 010 000 001-2 Los Angeles ab r h bi ave Furcal ss 4 0 1 0 .263 Martin c 5 0 1 0 .270 Ethier rf 4 0 0 0 .269 Ramirez lf 4 1 2 0 .314 Blake 3b 3 1 0 0 .290 Hudson 2b 3 1 1 0 .294 Castro 2b 0 0 0 0 .317 Kemp cf 4 1 1 3 .314 Loretta 1b 4 0 2 1 .237 Loretta p 1 0 0 0 .237 Kuroda p 1 0 0 0 .118 Kuo p 0 0 0 0 .000 Belisario p 0 0 0 0 .000 Sherrill p 0 0 0 0 .000 Pierre ph 1 0 1 0 .316 Broxton p 0 0 0 0 .000 -------------------------------- Totals 33 4 9 4 San Francisco 33 2 9 2 2B-Kemp (17), Hudson (30). RBI- Kemp 3 (72), Loretta (21). S- Kuroda 2. LOB- Los Angeles 8, San Francisco 5. CS- Furcal (5). DP- Furcal and Loretta; Hudson, Furcal and Loretta. Los Angeles in h r-er bb so era Kuroda (5-5) 6.1 6 1-1 1 2 4.21 Kuo 0.1 0 0-0 0 0 4.63 Belisario 0.1 0 0-0 0 0 2.37 Sherrill 1.0 1 0-0 0 0 2.12 Broxton (sv 25) 1.0 2 1-1 0 1 2.96 T- 3:04. Att- 40,522.Billingsley Scratched
Chad Billingsley worked a brief bullpen before the game and reported discomfort in his hamstring. He was quickly scratched from his scheduled start in the final game of the series and Torre said he was leaning toward using Jeff Weaver and the rest of the staff since Thursday is a a day off.
GM Ned Colletti said the club continues to search for pitching help from outside the organization, a move that would require a waiver transaction, candidates are scarce. If it necessary to put Billingsley on the disabled list, left-handed pitcher Scott Elbert could get a return ticket from Albuquerque.
Hudson Sidelined
All-Star second baseman Orlando Hudson suffered a slight groin pull in the sixth inning. Hudson had previously extended his hitting streak to 10 games with a double in the top of the sixth inning, but was injured when Giants Eugenio Velez's ground ball bounced off first baseman Mark Loretta's glove and Hudson had to make a sudden change of direction.
His feet went out from under him and he felt a twinge. "I don't wear spikes," Hudson said. "I never do. Always wear rubber cleats. It's just one of those things."
Torre said he expected Hudson to miss at least Tuesday night's game
Loney May Start Tonight
With a right-hander starting for the Giants tonight, James Loney may be back in the lineup for the Dodgers.
The slumping Loney is suffering through a 1-for-20 (and 0-for-13) slump that has dropped his average down to .282, a three-week low.
"Every year I have a slump," Loney said. "More than one, probably three this year. And it's just something you have to fight through. When you're in a slump, you're in a slump. Sometimes you feel bad for a few days and then the day you feel good, you still don't find a hole. And the slump gets bigger."
Dodger Blue Notes-- Torre said injured reliever Will Ohman is throwing bullpen sessions in Arizona and will work out with the club in Phoenix on Friday. He is not expected to rejoin the club until next month. ...Following three games in San Francisco, the Dodgers will take Thursday off and then open a three-game series at Arizona before returning home to open a seven-game stay with the first of three vs. St. Louis. ...Of the Dodgers remaining 50 games, 31 are against NL West opponents. Los Angeles went 28-22 over their 50 contests of the 2008 regular season, and won the National League West Division going away. ...The Dodgers still have the best record in the National League at 68-45 and the largest lead of any first-place NL team, 5.5 games better than the Rockies. The Dodgers' biggest lead was 9.5 games entering play on June 4. ...Coming into the series, San Francisco led the big leagues with a 3.49 ERA, while the Dodgers ranked second among the 30 clubs with a 3.65 ERA. The Dodgers led the Majors with a .234 opponents' average and the Giants ranked second with a .238 mark.


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Well, it's not Joe Dawley and his amazing Technicolor earned run average, but Jason Marquis will have to do. And as 6th starter/AAA insurance go, you can do a lot worse than a guy with Marquis' stuff and experience.
Indeed, Marquis seems to have re-discovered something down at Richmond. The 3.26 ERA is nice, but also encouraging are the 46 Ks in 60 innings pitched. One of the most perplexing and disappointing aspects of Marquis' big league career has been his lack of strikeouts in spite of rather extraordinary stuff. Seeing him re-gain some sort of strikeout feel raises hope that Marquis can be a big part of the Braves future. Jason Marquis deserves a call-up.
But not this call-up. His one relief appearance this year aside, Marquis is a starter, not a set-up man. And right now, the Braves could really use a competent bullpen arm, not a starter's arm ill-suited to the rigors of the bullpen.
The Braves could have put these 2 weeks to good use by adding a Richmond reliever to the 40 man roster spot now vacated by Billy Sylvester. Calling up one of Buddy Hernandez, Travis Phelps, or Bobby M Jones and evaluating them at the major league level would have accomplished something. Instead, we're likely to see Jason Marquis languish in a mop-up/long reliever role in the back of the bullpen for 15 days. It will take a tremendous leap of faith for Bobby Cox to trust Marquis in the high leverage situations that he would need to be used in to justify the call-up.
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The 44-year-old Australian babe was a vision of classic hotness, unlike certain American 44-year-olds.
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After 26 simultaneous Black Friday premieres…what's the score on Taylor Steele's latest brainchild? Maybe better you tell us.
Siskel Ebert says: "This movie made me poop Skittles."
Newsweek wrote: "Best movie since the last one we reviewed."
New York Times says: "A triumph. Tour de force. Simply astonishing."
Really? I mean, really? Anyone who reviews a surf movie the day after the premiere probably didn't enjoy themselves watching it. A surf premiere is a celebration of another surf movie being born into the world. The real reviews occur in the privacy of your home. Pizza and a cold bevvy after you surf. Amped for the next session? Chilling with your bros? This is the real test.
In some ways, Taylor Steele's Innersection even defies review. It's not one movie — it's 25 movies. Different filmmakers. Different surfers. We're asked to pick our favorites, to pull it apart, to choose a $100,000 winner. But the real question is, does it work as a whole? End to end. In your home. When you need it most.
At the Oahu premiere in Honolulu, I personally had a blast. SURFING rolled a party bus out from the North Shore full of Innersection stars like Cory Lopez, Nat Young and Mikala Jones. At Lulu's, we met up with the Guduaskas brothers, John Florence, Flynn Novak, Dylan Graves, Brazilian qualifier Marco Giorgi and Peruvian champ Gabriel Villaran and there was certainly a feeling of celebration in the room. This was the victory lap. The realization of all their hard work. I was pretty keen to watch the movie myself, but ended up working the mic, hucking product around the room, and talking shop with guys already eyeballing next year's prize. Premieres get like that. A great night out, but I kinda missed the movie.
ESPN says it "blew monkeys."
Oprah Winfrey says she "wet herself."
Time magazine says, "We totally puked afterward."
I trust those sources more than anything.
I certainly wouldn't trust a review from me. I'd probably just lie to you. Maybe try to bribe you with a free hat and some stickers. Bro'd out, bro.
It's the day after now, and everyone's calling me for a copy of the movie. They didn't see it either, but they're finally ready. Now the real reviews begin. Every house along the North Shore will be deconstructing the turns, the airs the edits. Slo-mo. Rewind. Skip, skip, skip. And there are critics harsher than Oprah and Newsweek combined: You.
This is how we roll Innersection-style. Power to the people. You voted these surfers in. So why shouldn't you review their performance?
So let's hear what you thought. You've used the Internet before, right? There's a comment box below. Sit down with a freshly printed DVD and get your review on.
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We had a poolside luau here in Orange County last night for the Fusion (40+) group of my church. As late as 9 PM, the temperature was 85˚. And yet, fall was on my mind. There was a teasing warm breeze. My thoughts were shifting from leis and island music to pumpkin latte's, baked fruits, and autumn leaves.
So, here's welcoming dose of fall. Showcased here are some of the adornments that Susan Branch included in a fall feast that she hosted at Martha's Vineyard. I have a number of Susan's books and enjoy her illustrations! This napkin fold is one of my favorites as I love to tuck small guest favors within it's enveloping layers.
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Discussion in 'Fan Zone' started by Galian Beast, Jan 25, 2013.
I would love it but seriously doubt it happens.
Considering this draft is pretty deep at what we're looking for at guard I can see us grabbing Warmack, Cooper or Jones, or sliding up or down for either of them - depending how well they bench and look at the combine. I'd personally love Warmack think he can anchor the left side down with Tyron and be a road grader beside him for a decade - but Jones is incredibly versatile and can play any of the 5 positions.
Melton is a one of a kind disruptive player that would fit the scheme perfectly, but there is no one in hell Chicago lets him walk. That's not just something you do, unless a guy is an UFA and you can't match what he's gonna get on the open market.
I agree, but I also don't know the money situation in Chicago. They would be crazy to let him escape. but, if they let him test the waters, then our new scheme and coaches could use a guy like him. I can imagine someone like Crawford benefitting from having him there tkaing up the double team.
A move like that, if possible, is one of the few things that would make me sway from wanting to put the FA money into the OL.
Holy crap I remember him being a huge RB.....but DT?? The kid must have blew up
Noticed some of the Bears fans were lobbying to bring Witten to Chicago.
Jay Cutler would be one happy man.
I'd rather we flip that script and bring "Oh Henry" back to Texas.


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De Kalb, IL — Imagine more than 10,000 voices and 800 brass instruments joining in a rousing new arrangement of God Bless America. That's the plan for ending this weekend's Drum Corps Midwest 25th anniversary celebration. The voices will be provided by the audience.
Concluding two nights and a full day of public competitions at Northern Illinois University's Huskie Stadium, DCM's silver anniversary is expected to draw, appropriately, 25 corps from eight states and Canada. Brilliant searchlights sweeping the sky will add extra pizzazz for the milestone anniversary.
DCM preliminary competitions begin July 12 at 8:00 PM with 10 of the largest corps, all from division I and II. Prelims resume at 10:00 AM July 13 for the smaller division III corps and for senior corps, the latter comprised mostly of members over age 21.
Tickets are $15 for prelims, covering admission for both the Friday night and Saturday daytime shows. Reserved seats for finals are $30 and $25. For advance purchases, call 414-761-2699; Visa and MasterCard charges are accepted. Tickets will also be sold at the stadium before the shows. General admission tickets for finals are $15.
The Cavaliers, the famed "Green Machine" from Rosemont, IL, will be seeking an unprecedented fifth consecutive DCM Division I title. The Cavies also are the reigning Drum Corps International champions, winning at DCI finals last August 11 in Buffalo, NY.
A Cavies' win Saturday would be the corps' ninth title in DCM history, tying the Phantom Regiment's domination in DCM's early years, which started with a string of three wins 1978-80, but ended with the Rockford/Loves Park, IL, corps' ninth and last DCM title in 1990.
Based on early season performances, many drum corps fans believe the Cavies are headed for this year's DCM title and have a strong chance of winning the 2002 title at the season-ending DCI Division I Championships at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, WI, August 10. The suburban Chicago corps has won four DCI national titles, one of them a tie in 2000.
Other powerhouse corps in the DCM contest at De Kalb: Bluecoats, North Canton, OH; Colts, Dubuque, IA; Glassmen, Toledo, OH; Madison Scouts, Madison, WI; Phantom Regiment, Rockford/Loves Park, IL; Pioneer, Milwaukee, WI; and, Southwind, Lexington, KY. These are all division I corps, with up to 135 members marching per corps.
The division II contest is between two state capital-based corps: Capital Sound, Madison, WI, and division II defending champion Capital Regiment, Columbus, OH.
Division III corps include: Americanos, Menasha, WI; Bandettes, Sault Ste. Marie, ONT, Canada; defending champion Blue Stars, La Crosse, WI; Decorah Kilties, Decorah, IA; Glory Cadets, Marion, OH; Kingsmen, Joliet, IL; Memorial Lancers, St. Louis, MO; Racine Scouts, Racine, WI; Twilight Optimist, Fond du Lac, WI.
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Argentina's YPF Seizure Rattles Nerves in BrazilDominic Phillips
The decision by President Cristina Kirchner of Argentina to seize a majority stake in the oil and gas company YPF SA from Spain's Repsol YPF SA shocked analysts and investors around the world, worsening confidence in Argentina's energy market.
Global leaders were quick to condemn it. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said: "This seriously damages Argentina's international reputation."
Mexico's president, Felipe Calderon, warned: "We all need investment, and nobody in their right mind invests in a country that expropriates investments."
The April 16 move also had its critics in Argentina. Joaquin Morales Sola, a prominent political columnist for Argentina's La Nacion newspaper, wrote an April 17 column headlined: "The president slammed the door on the world." In it, he raised a big question: Who would now pay to exploit Argentina's huge reserves of unconventional shale gas, potentially the third-biggest in the world? Sola wrote:
The unconventional gas reserves of Vaca Muerta, the third-largest in the world, require investment of many billions of dollars. Where will Kirchnerism get those resources? Who will invest in a country where the government changes its private property like it changes its wardrobe?
On April 22, the Brazilian O Globo newspaper published an interview with Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri, one of Kirchner's most outspoken critics, who argued that the YPF seizure would decrease confidence in Argentina:
Of course, there is fear and that's why I opposed the expropriation of Repsol-YPF. To fail to comply with our word causes enormous damage to our relationship with the world. In addition, we are going to indebt ourselves by borrowing billions of dollars for many years, when our priority is to invest to have more energy.
The prevailing mood in Argentina was more positive: Six out of 10 Argentines supported the YPF seizure.
But the move has unnerved other companies -- and led many to wonder if it's part of a trend as Argentina pressures energy companies to increase output. Weeks earlier, Argentina's Neuquen provincial government had unexpectedly revoked a license granted to the Brazilian energy corporation Petroleo Brasileiro SA to explore there, saying the company had failed to boost investment sufficiently. That was the same rationale used to justify the YPF seizure. Petrobras Chief Executive Officer Maria das Gracas Foster said the revocation happened without warning.
On April 20, Foster and Edison Lobao, Brazil's mines and energy minister, met with Argentina's minister of planning and public investment, Julio de Vido. They made reassuring comments afterward, suggesting that Petrobras still had an interest in investing in Argentina.
But as journalist Ilimar Franco argued in his April 24 O Globo column, Argentina and Brazil were already quarrelling over trade, and Petrobras wouldn't be the only Brazilian company to come under Kirchner's pressure:
Neither Spain nor YPF is the only victim of the president of Argentina, Cristina Kirchner. Brazil and the companies that are installed here also are. Agricultural machinery, footwear, furniture and pork produced in Brazil and exported to Argentina have been blocked by the 'brother country' customs for about a year now. The Dilma administration and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have taken a blase position in the face of pressure that is creating unemployment and could shut factories in Brazil.
Franco said companies such as agricultural-machine manufacturers Deere & Co., AGCO Corp. and CNH Global NV were coming under pressure in Argentina -- just like Petrobras. "Kirchner is sucking industries and jobs out of Brazil," Franco concluded.
But in the wake of YPF, the confidence of many companies will be further shaken. Following an Argentine request for Petrobras to increase its investment in the country from 8 percent to 15 percent, O Globo reported April 20 that Lobao said Petrobras investments would probably remain the same as last year. Days later, at a public hearing at the Mines and Energy Commission, Foster stated: "We mustn't put all our eggs in one basket."
Kirchner may have done a lot for her government's popularity in Argentina by nationalizing YPF. The consequences for investment, on the other hand, may be a very different story.
(Dom Phillips is the Rio de Janeiro correspondent for World View. The opinions expressed are his own.)
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Jefferson Cup Tournament - Richmond VA. - March 11 - 13, 2011
Ohio Premier Soccer Club had several teams accepted to participate in one of the toughest National soccer tournaments in the country, with several of our teams getting placed in the top tier Championship division. All the teams performed extremely well in this very difficult tournament, with the U10 Boys, U11 Boys and U12 Boys advancing out of pool play.
U10 Boys - Finished in 4th Place in the Championship Tier Division
U11 Boys - Finished as Runner-Up in the Championship Tier Division
U12 Boys - Finished as Runner-Up in the Elite Tier Division
**4/19/2011 - Tuesday training is cancelled due to the current weather and field conditions**
All training is currently being held at the CSU Dome in Cleveland. The following schedule shows which age groups should be attending training on particular days and times:
Field 1 - U15 and U17 Girls
Field 2 - U9, U10, U11, U12 Boys
Field 3 - U9, U10, U11, U12 Girls
Field 1 - U16 and U18 Boys
Field 2 - U13 and U14 Boys
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U14 and up Boys and Girls
Teams to train at the Multiplex:U13 girls- March 2nd
U13-14 boys March 9th
If your team trains on any of the Wednesday dates you will not have training on the Tuesday before. We are trying to give everyone an opportunity to train in a sufficient space.
4-5 – League Game
11-12 – League Games
18-19 – League Games
2-3 - Continental Cup –
Boys 9, 10, 11, 12, 14
Girls 10, 11, 13, 14, 15
*Additional Tournaments and events may be added throughout the season.
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Ohio Premier is established as one of the largest and most successful clubs in Northeast Ohio and throughout the region. Our mission is to provide a top level training and development experience that allows players to reach their maximum potential. Most of our players become team leaders on their respective high school teams and are prepared to play at the collegiate level upon graduation. We believe that players need to compete in the most challenging leagues, tournaments, and other competitions in order to reach their potential. Our teams compete in the AFL as well as the Midwest Regional League and State Cup. Year in and year out, Ohio Premier attends some of the best college showcases and tournaments in the country such as Disney Showcase, Jefferson Cup, Orange Classic, USYSA Regionals, Crossroads of America, Raleigh Shootout, Blue Chip College Showcase, etc.
Tryouts for ALL teams for the fall season will be held from 6/6 thru 6/16 at the normal practice locations for each team. Interested families should contact the team manager for the team they are interested in trying out for.


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Women's Hoop Remains Winless in NESCAC play
January 26, 2002
The turning point came with the game even at 60-60 and less than four minutes remaining. Tufts freshman Alison Love (Duxbury, MA), inserted for the foul-troubled Goodman, hit a jumper at 3:19 to initiate an 11-0 Jumbo run that didn't end until Amherst sophomore Sarah Bergman (Shatsbury, VT) scored a meaningless jumper with three seconds left. In all, the Jeffs went a span of 4:50 without scoring down the stretch.
The win was the first for Tufts over Amherst since 1995. The Jumbos returned to .500 at 8-8 overall and posted their first conference win (1-2). The slumping Jeffs dropped their sixth straight, fell below .500 overall at 8-9, and remained winless in NESCAC at 0-4.
A close game throughout, Amherst led 32-28 at the half. Their lead was as big as nine during the first half, 32-23, following a jumper by Bergman, who had 16 points and seven rebounds in the first 20 minutes. Tufts importantly finished the half by scoring five unanswered points, including a three-point play by freshman Devin Rhoades (Oceanside, NY).
Neither team built a lead of more than five points in the second half until Tufts pulled away at the end. The visiting Jeffs led 35-30 on a three-pointer by sophomore Shannon Russell (Shrewsbury, MA) one minute into the second half. Tufts had a 54-49 lead at 9:03 following a layup by Goodman. There were six ties in the second.
The Jumbos shot 48.3 percent from the floor in the second half (14/29). They also got major contributions from their bench overall, led by Rhoades' nine points. Junior guard Erin Harrington (Fall River, MA) pulled down 12 rebounds to go with seven points and three assists. Junior point guard Hillary Dunn (Medfield, MA) had 11 points.
Amherst was led by Bergman's 23 points. Junior Sarah Walker (West Hartford, CT) finished with nine points and 12 rebounds, while Russell scored 11.
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