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Pittsburgh's charming downtown area is filled with great locations for your engagement photo shoot. Start off at Point State Park, a Frank Lloyd Wright creation that remains an immensely popular attraction for Pittsburgh locals and tourists, alike. Have your engagement photographer snap some candid photos as you and your fiancée take a leisurely stroll around the recreation area, whose large shade trees and lush green lawn will provide a relaxing ambience. You can also pose for photos in front of the glimmering fountain located at the tip of the park. Finally, have your photographer arrange an intimate portrait of you and your fiancée near the waterfront, with the azure Ohio River serving as a backdrop.
Once you've finished at Point State Park, take a short walk over to Smithfield St. Bridge, less than a mile away. Just one of many "sister bridges" that give Pittsburgh its famous moniker, Smithfield Bridge is the penultimate bridge to cross the Monongahela River before it converges with the Alleghany River near Downtown Pittsburgh. Pose with your fiancée beneath the ornate arches at southwestern end of the bridge for a beautiful portrait. As you walk across the bridge, you engagement photographer can snap photos of you and your loved one with the majestic Monongahela River as a backdrop to the east and west.
Finally, take a short car ride through the Mt. Washington neighborhood, which borders the Monongahela River to the south. As you drive through the neighborhood's steep slopes, you'll find numerous gorgeous vista points to stop at. Here, your engagement photographer can use the breathtaking panoramic views of the Pittsburgh skyline and the converging rivers to create the most memorable photos for your engagement photo album.
One of Pittsburgh's most prized cultural treasures is the Frick Art & Historical Center, a set of museums and historical buildings located in Pittsburgh's affluent Point Breeze neighborhood. The Frick covers approximately 5 acres of expanse and contains a plethora of perfect locations for your engagement photo shoot. Begin by exploring the Frick's finely landscaped lawn and botanical gardens, which will provide a pristine natural setting for your engagement photos. The center's lawn and gardens eventually culminate at Clayton, the restored home of Henry Clay Frick, himself. Have your engagement photographer organize some portraits of you and your fiancée using the elegant Italianate style of the mansion as a backdrop. The two of you can pose along the balustrade, seated on the front steps, or even beneath the opulent porte-cochere at located at the side of the estate. Also feel free to visit the Frick's famous greenhouse, whose vibrant and diverse plant life will help create a romantic atmosphere. You can take some seated photos on the benches outside the greenhouse, surrounded by colorful flowerbeds. Finally, visit the Frick Art Museum and have your engagement photographer take photos of you and your fiancée on the front steps or beneath the ornate arched entrance.
Don't miss this opportunity to visit one of Pittsburgh's most stunning architectural achievements!
Contrary to what its nickname suggests, "The Steel City" is not just an urban cityscape with a history of industrial prominence. Pittsburgh also contains numerous scenic recreational parks that have become increasingly popular photography locations.
One of the most oft-visited of these parks is Schenley Park, located just south of Carnegie Mellon University. Pittsburgh's largest civic park covers 456 acres of natural expanse, which includes hiking trails, woods, and fun attractions such as the famous Phipps Conservatory. Along with your engagement photographer, you and your fiancée can spend hours exploring the rugged nature trails or marveling at the gorgeous foliage throughout the park (the trees are particularly colorful during the fall season). You can also relax on Flagstaff Hill, from which you and your loved one can enjoy a romantic view of the entire park, as well as of the Pittsburgh Skyline. Finally, have you engagement photographer create some great portraits with the park's tranquil Panther Hollow Lake in the background.
Just a few miles away, on the other side of the Monongahela River, you'll find Riverfront Park. Strikingly different from any of Pittsburgh's inland parks, Riverfront Park provides a charming walkway that hugs the side of the river and is great for a leisurely promenade during the late afternoon hours. Lining the riverwalk are scattered benches, which you and your fiancée can use to relax and enjoy the sight of the water, as well as of Pittsburgh's countless towering skyscrapers and bridges. Feel free to pause periodically and enjoy the park's many diverse sculptures, which will add a unique artistic ambience to your engagement photos.
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Hey folks,
I use the xf86-video-ati driver and have a lot of artifacts on my screen.
Here my Xorg and dmesg log:
Dmesg: http://pastebin.com/AF8AmJfP
Xorg: http://pastebin.com/8rnQS0sa
My kernel version: 3.8.8-2-ARCH
My /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-radeon.conf:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Radeon"
Driver "radeon"
Option "EXAPixmaps" "off"
Option "AccelDFS" "off"
I tried to use the linux-lts kernel and the mesa-git repository but nothing happend...
KMS is enabled, if I disable it Xorg only works with vesa but very slow and with a bad resolution.
All other framebuffers devices are disabled.
I hope someone can help me...
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[ 36.785] (WW) RADEON(0): Option "AccelDFS" is not used
have you tried with EXAPixmaps and AccelDFS lines commented out ?
Multi-init booting with apg Openrc and systemd coexisting
Automounting : not needed, i prefer pmount
Aur helpers : makepkg + my own local repo === rarely need them
Yes I have...no changes...
I could use the ati catalyst driver to solve this problem but I hate this slow driver.
I also have artifacts on my virtual console...
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Change /sys/class/drm/card0/device/power_profile from default to high fix my problems...
then your card is probably initialised in low power mode by bios / (U)Efi , and thus uses lower clocks.
In that mode, it's doesn't seem to have enough power to drive your system without artifacts.
Multi-init booting with apg Openrc and systemd coexisting
Automounting : not needed, i prefer pmount
Aur helpers : makepkg + my own local repo === rarely need them
I have artifacts with Dynamic frequency switching and Profile-based frequency switching in default mode.
I have no problems with the power profiles low, mid and high.

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An Ocean Beach deli worker surprised two burglars inside the business early Friday.
The employee walked into Chris' Deli and Liquor on Sunset Cliffs Boulevard near West Point Loma Boulevard about 6:30 a.m. The worker saw two men trying to break into a safe, and one of them pointed a pistol at the worker, San Diego police said.
The employee ran away but watched the burglars put a sledgehammer and a gray trash can into the bed of a pickup, police said. The two drove east on West Point Loma Boulevard.
One of the burglars wore an orange hooded sweatshirt, the other man wore a yellow hooded sweatshirt, and both wore white bandanas. Police had no further description of them. The pickup was described as a dark blue, lowered Toyota with no tail gate, and a silver toolbox in the bed.
It wasn't immediately clear if anything was stolen from the deli.


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The Dalí(05:45h-23:00h) and Velázquez lounges (24 hours), with more than five thousand square metres, are characterised by their functional and modern spaces, with unbeatable locations within the terminal, innovative designs and all the services imaginable.
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Do you write books, tutorials or DVDs about Premiere Pro or After Effects? Then you'd probably like to know that there is a simple and powerful way to promote your content. How? Add a comment to Help, that's how! Comments, which may include links to your work, can be added quickly by content creators directly to Help. For example, if you made a video tutorial about titling in Premiere Pro you could go to the Help page about titling and add a comment with a link to your work. This will appear right at the bottom of the page. It's easy to do too. This blog post aims to show you how to do just that.
Before I get into the methodology of adding comments to Help, content creators will want to know the advantages of adding comments in the first place.
- Many more users come to Adobe.com than standard tutorial sites.
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- It's a great way to promote your tutorial books or DVDs.
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To make a comment with a link, start by going to the Help Pages online.
- For Premiere Pro, go to Help online: http://bit.ly/a50FeO
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- In the upper left corner of help, check the "This Reference Only" option, type in the search term for the topic you wish to provide a link for, and then press Enter.
- After you've found the proper page, click "Add Your Comment and Rating" at the top of that Help page.
- The Adobe ID page launches.Log in to Help with your Adobe ID. If you do not have an Adobe ID, go here to get one: http://bit.ly/ab9Zj5
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Our Department currently has ~100 graduate students in residence (35% Masters, 65% Ph.D). Many students are supported on graduate teaching assistantships (GTAs), which provide 4 semesters of support for Master's students and 10 semesters of support for Ph.D. students. Students also may receive graduate research assistantships (GRAs). GTAs holding at least a 25%-time assistantship also receive tuition waivers from the Graduate School, as do the majority of students on GRAs, in the form of Graduate Research Fellowships. All GTAs and GRAs are competitive and support is subject to economic conditions.
Applicants must have "faculty sponsorship" for their graduate program:
"Primary Sponsorship" (especially for Ecology/Evolution/Physiology/Organismal Biology Applicants), in which the student immediately joins a professor's laboratory and begins his/her research program, and the professor agrees to sponsor the student and serve as Graduate Advisor (Major Professor). In this case, the student typically contacts a prospective Graduate Advisor directly (usually by email) prior to formal admission, and inquires about the possibility of sponsorship. Applicants should consult the departmental website for more information about potential Graduate Advisors. Please note that a consenting Graduate Advisor must be identified before the applicant is considered for admission.
To ensure adequate time for financial aid consideration (GTA or GRA) applications are due at least 6 months prior to the first semester of enrollment (e.g., by Feb 1 for Fall enrollment ). If possible, we recommend an on campus interview. There are normally many applications for available positions, and interviews are helpful in making final decisions. Interviews also allow the applicant to meet with prospective advisors, graduate students, and to see our facilities. Funding is available on a competitive basis to prospective students, for travel from within the continental U.S. to visit the department for interviews. Arrangements for interviews can be scheduled either through the faculty contact person, through the departmental Graduate Program Officer (Dr. Mary Mendonca, email@example.com).
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You need Adobe Flash Player version 9 to play Scarygirl by Nathan Jurevicius - The Game.
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Nintendo 3DS Gets Miiverse and Nintendo Network ID Update
A new update for the Nintendo 3DS gives us access to the Miiverse and the ability to enable Nintendo Network ID functionality on our handheld systems.
3DS owners can now register a NNID to their 3DS systems or use their current Wii U NNID to combine eShop balances and Wish Lists. NNIDs are now required to download free content from the eShop, such as demos, so it's advantageous to register one, regardless of whether or not you own multiple NIntendo systems.
Players can now join the Miiverse on their 3DS systems as well. This service allows fans to connect with other players around the globe. You can talk to others, give them your sagely advice about certain games and even share images with each other. Just keep in mind that you'll need a NNID in order to share your comments or images.
For those of you without access to broadband internet, there's an offline mode for the Miiverse. You can prepare up to three posts that will be send out as soon as you connect to WiFi.
For more information on the update, you can go here.


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Network redundancy reduces risk, downtime
What happens if a failure occurs within the networked automation and control infrastructure, resulting in a sudden and unexpected production stoppage? How much product would be lost? How much productivity? For most companies, the time, effort, and costs associated with recovery, repairs, and restarting the line after a sudden outage are significant—and, in some businesses, the costs can be astronomical. Whether a plant is involved in discrete or process operations, ensuring that production runs smoothly and uninterrupted is critical to the bottom line.
Network redundancy is like an insurance policy for industrial networks. Acting as a quick-response backup system, the goal of network redundancy is to mitigate the risk of unplanned outages and ensure continuity of operation by instantly responding to and reducing the effects of a point of failure anywhere along the critical data path. When you consider the direct and indirect costs of unplanned downtime, it becomes clear that making the investment in network redundancy is a smart strategy.
Who needs redundancy?
Any network that inherently requires high availability or is involved in mission-critical operations will benefit from data path redundancy. Certainly the use of industrial-grade network components, such as ruggedized switches and hardened or armored cables, alleviates the potential for damage or breakage of parts. However, if a switch should fail or a cable break, a redundant system ensures continuity and avoids disruption of critical communication and data flow.
Network redundancy works by creating multiple data paths within a network, between any and all locations. If a cable, switch, or router suddenly fails, another pathway will be available to maintain the communication flow. Redundant systems deliver significant value in a host of industrial applications and are especially essential to:
- Process industries operating 24/7 such as metals, pulp and paper, water/wastewater
- Food and beverage and pharmaceutical plants and some manufacturing in which regulations demand constant data monitoring and precise process control recordkeeping
- Industries where one process depends on the output of another and production stoppage directly impacts downstream and sometimes upstream operations
- Any plant where an interruption or outage may lead to significant product damage, scrap, spoilage, or waste
Overview of redundancy protocols
Implementing a network redundancy strategy will depend on many factors, largely dictated by the application and the existing network topology—the physical layout, location of systems, processes and devices, and the way the cabling infrastructure is run. Certain redundancy methodologies are more suited for one system configuration than another.
Redundancy protocols may be standards-based or proprietary. In general, standards-based redundancy protocols provide outstanding interoperability but slower recovery times, whereas proprietary protocols in most cases offer faster recovery speeds and are designed specifically for industrial recovery applications. There is some overlap in the features and functionality of redundancy protocols, and in many applications, the use of hybrid protocols (a mix of methodologies) is quite common.
Two of the most popular standards-based redundancy protocols include:
- Rapid spanning tree protocol (RSTP) This uses an algorithm methodology to determine which paths are used for the primary communication, which are redundant, and which are the most reliable. This option is best suited for complex mesh network topologies that have multiple redundant links, but it can also be used in a ring topology. However, RSTP is not largely scalable and recovery speed is one second or more, which may be far too slow for some automated industrial processes.
- Link aggregation is not truly a methodology but provides a way to group multiple links into one virtual link. Consider a situation in which a number of links—up to eight—have been established between two locations. If eight 100-Megabit connections are in place, link aggregation will make them one 800-Megabit connection. In this case, if one link fails or breaks, the system drops back to 700 Megabits but remains intact. Link aggregation is often used in conjunction with a RSTP methodology but, like RSTP, recovery speed is one second or more.
Commonly used proprietary redundancy protocols include:
- Ring protocols offer high availability, reliability, and predictability. Because they are ring protocols, they will not work with mesh topologies. However, they are highly scalable—ring protocols have been tested in single rings of up to 200 switches and recovery times were fast and consistent. Leading vendors of proprietary ring protocols are now offering recovery times of 300 ms or less, with newer versions recovering at 10 ms or less.
- Dual-homing or redundant coupling is another variation, which typically offers recovery time speeds in the 200 ms range. This approach can be used to give redundancy to or connect a ring topology—either proprietary or standards-based—to enable redundant links between the ring, or between other lower level networks and a higher level network.
Managed switches
Networks employing redundancy must be equipped with managed switches as opposed to unmanaged switches. This is because unmanaged switches are basically plug-and-play devices without built-in intelligence. Managed switches, however, are intelligent devices that provide visibility into the network.
Many managed switches incorporate a link-loss-learn capability that simplifies and speeds recovery from a link fault or failure. If a link breaks, the managed switch immediately recognizes the break. Internal mechanisms prompt it to automatically flush its MAC (media access control) address table, alert the other switches within the redundant topology of the change, and then force the other managed switches to do likewise, reducing recovery time to the sub-second level.
Redundancy protection
Selecting the right protocol and configuration of redundancy protection requires careful evaluation of the application requirements and a review of available redundancy options.
Three elements need to be factored into the decision making process:
- Required protocol speed. How fast a recovery time does the application demand?
- Physical layout. How will the cabling be configured? Does the system cover a large geographic area or a more compact one? A mesh network, for example, uses more cabling than a ring configuration. And, with the addition of each redundant switch and connection, an associated cable must be installed. Here, especially, is where cost factors enter into the equation.
- Probability of failure. Some applications and infrastructure environments pose a greater risk than others. In mining, for example, buried cabling might be at risk of breakage. Such circumstances may indicate a need for more than one redundant path and suggest selection of a rapid spanning tree solution.
Let's look at two examples of redundancy in different plant applications. In a discrete manufacturing plant, the network design is configured into smaller segments in which some areas have more need for redundancy than others and can be configured accordingly. An automated painting area involving a lot of motion, for example, may require a faster and more complex redundancy protocol to prevent moving parts from colliding, impacting other components or injuring workers. Conversely, a less critical area where damage or breakage from an outage is unlikely can rely on a single-point redundancy protocol.
Weigh risk vs. value
Clearly, since network redundancy requires an additional investment, each industrial company needs to evaluate its specific application and network infrastructure, and then weigh the potential risks versus the benefits.
In general, redundant networks offer significant value: they need little or no maintenance, they are self-healing systems and, thanks to fast recovery times, they can save money over the long term—even if a relatively small number of breaks occur to disrupt communication flow. Even with redundancy, breaks still need to be repaired. However, the indirect costs of production outages—which more than likely are far higher than the repairs—can be averted. This is the core of the network redundancy value proposition.
As with every effective insurance policy, the goal is to reduce the risk and mitigate its effects, both operationally and financially. It comes down to simple mathematics: the cost of downtime versus cost of a redundant system. Many industrial firms have already determined that the initial investment is a small price to pay for the peace of mind the insurance of redundancy can bring.
Mike Miclot is vice president of marketing for Belden Industrial Solutions Division. John Mower is industrial Ethernet technical support engineer for Hirschmann, a Belden brand. Belden designs and manufactures signal transmission solutions for enterprise, industrial, wireless networking, and specialty markets.


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Researchers break W3C XML encryption algorithm, push for new standard
Researchers in Germany have demonstrated weaknesses in the W3C XML encryption standard used to secure websites and other Web applications.
Researchers in Germany are urging the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to develop an improved XML encryption algorithm following a proof-of-concept of a serious attack against the W3C encryption algorithm.
"There is no simple patch for this problem... We therefore propose to change the standard as soon as possible."
Juraj Somorovsky, Ruhr-University
Extensible Markup Language (XML) is the standard used for data exchange in most Web applications. XML encryption was designed to protect sensitive data, such as ecommerce transactions and sensitive company information. It operates in conjunction with other security standards, such as XML signature and XML key management (XKMS). IBM, Microsoft and Red Hat Linux use XML encryption. The XML encryption standard is maintained by W3C.
The researchers, from Ruhr-University in Bochum Germany, presented their proof-of-concept attack targeting the XML encryption weaknesses last week at the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security in Chicago.
According to the university, Juraj Somorovsky and Tibor Jager exploited a weakness in the XML encryption cipher block chaining (CBC) mode. "We were able to decrypt data by sending modified ciphertexts to the server, by gathering information from the received error messages," the researchers said in a statement."
Reached via email, Jager said "the weakness affects any standard-conformant implementation."
"Depending on the application scenario there may be an ad-hoc fix. For instance, the attack relies on the fact that the adversary is able to distinguish 'valid' from 'invalid' ciphertexts, e.g. by sending the ciphertext to a Web Service and observing the response.If the attacker is not able to do this (e.g. since it would have to login first), then this prevents the attack. But one has to take extreme care with any ad-hoc solutions, since there are many other ways to mount the attack with only minor modifications."
The researchers disclosed their findings before presenting it at the conference. Companies were informed through the W3C mailing list and the researchers worked with some companies on possible workarounds. The attack was tested against a popular open source implementation of XML encryption and the implementations of companies that responded to the responsible disclosure; in all cases the attack succeeded.
"There is no simple patch for this problem," Somorovsky said in a statement. "We therefore propose to change the standard as soon as possible." The researchers informed all those possibly affected.
In their paper, "How to break XML Encryption," Somorovsky and Jager say all possible workarounds are difficult to employ and can be defeated. The CBC mode of operation, which provides message integrity needs to be replaced, they said. Changing the standard will not be easy and could create deployment and backwards compatibility issues, the researchers said.
The complexity of XML encryption has been known to pose potential risks, with the earliest demonstration in 2002. Performance and authentication may introduce problems and attackers have long figured out how to use XML denial-of-service attacks (XDoS) to take down services. To protect against possible attacks, security vendors introduced Web services and XML firewalls to enable companies to apply security policies and antivirus signatures to the raw XML messages.
There is not a large opportunity for attackers to attempt attacks on XML traffic, said Jason Bloomberg, president of McLean, Va.-based ZapThink, a Dovel Technologies Company. Most organizations that accept XML traffic from outside their network put XML firewalls in place. While XML is used widely across the Web, XML encryption is in limited use, because it is processor intensive.
"Instead of having to rely on a protocol that decrypts and encrypts XML other approaches give organizations fine grained control for security within the message," Bloomberg said.
For example, Amazon provides SOAP based connections for companies that have applications that interact with Amazon's cloud infrastructure, but other interfaces are available and more widely used.
Attacks have been minimal and mostly proof-of-concept due to their relative sophistication. Last year, researchers Juliano Rizzo and Thai Duong created the Padding Oracle Exploit Tool (POET), which automatically finds and exploits cookie encryption padding vulnerabilities in ASP.NET Web applications. There have been no known attacks reportedly using the tool, although detecting an attack would be difficult and most organizations are not likely to announce a successful breach.


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XX752 wrote:You dont appear to have any photos of Ipswich at the mighty Carrow Road. Especially last November when Super Grant Holt was putting 3 past you!
tink_norfolk wrote:Looks like you follow Ipswich Town, did you get any photo's from the 1st March 2015 away game by chance?
Stan wrote:Handsome ground Huddersfield have got...
Wrexham Mackem wrote:
Despite the empty seats, the miserable position the club's in, and my football mojo at an all time low.........
Its a great travelogue, as ever Chris.
Aviationcafe wrote:Some cracking photo's of the grounds in here, I've only ever visited one Prem ground and that was Goodison Park in the late 90's.
To me I find they lack the character of the lower levels of football grounds i.e:
Abbey Hey (nwcfl), Marine (evostik), Clitheroe (evostik), Barnton (nwcfl), Cheadle Town (nwcfl) to name a few.
The closest I'd get to a Prem ground now is the Halton Stadium in Widnes which is around a 13,000+ capacity, where I photograph for Widnes in front of the lowest which is around 30 supporters to the highest which i think is 452 in last seasons clash against Charnock Richard.
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Nan Martin (15 July 1927 – 4 March 2010; age 82) was an American actress who portrayed Victoria Miller in the Star Trek: The Next Generation first season episode "Haven". She also voiced the character of Admiral Tsubar in the Captain Sulu Adventures story Envoy.
Personal life Edit
Martin was born in Decatur, Illinois on 15 July 1927. She began acting professionally in the 1940s and was a first-year member of the Actor's Studio. In the 1960s, she was appointed as a member of the Arts Advisory Committee by President John F. Kennedy.
Martin married Academy Award-nominated composer Robert Emmett Dolan in 1948 and had one child with him named Casey. Martin and Dolan later divorced, and in 1970, Martin married architect Harry Gesner. Their son, Zen Gesner, is also an actor.
In 1981, Martin suffered a stroke. Nonetheless, she continued working until 2006. She died of complications from emphysema at her home in Malibu, California, on 4 March 2010.[1]
Career Edit
Notable works Edit
Martin received a Tony Award nomination for her performance in the 1958-59 Broadway play J.B., in which she worked alongside Christopher Plummer. On television, Martin was perhaps best known for her recurring role as Mrs. Louder on the television comedy series, The Drew Carey Show, on which Diedrich Bader was a regular performer.
Perhaps her most notable film role was that of Mrs. Ben Patimkin in the 1969 Paramount Pictures romantic comedy Goodbye, Columbus.[1] She is also known for playing Amanda Krueger, the mother of infamous serial killer Freddy Krueger in the 1987 horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine guest star Craig Wasson had a lead role in this film, also co-starring were Brooke Bundy and Clayton Landey.
Broadway performances Edit
Martin made her Broadway stage debut in A Story for a Sunday Evening in 1950. Her next Broadway production was The Constant Wife, in which she worked with Liam Sullivan. Following her Tony-nominated role in J.B., she appeared opposite Robert Lansing in 1959's The Great God Brown. This production also featured Fritz Weaver, whom Martin again worked with in the 1960 Broadway production of Henry IV (which itself co-starred Jerry Hardin).
Martin co-starred in the original production of Under the Yum-Yum Tree, which was subsequently made into a film featuring the aforementioned Robert Lansing. In 1967, she acted in the comedy play Come Live with Me, and in the 1970s, she starred in Summer Brave (with Peter Weller) and The Eccentricities of a Nightingale. The latter was her final Broadway appearance.
Films Edit
Martin's first film was the 1956 drama The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, in which she and DeForest Kelley had uncredited roles. Her first credited film role was in the 1957 biographical drama The Buster Keaton Story. In the 1960s, she appeared in such films as Toys in the Attic (which features music by George Duning), Bus Riley's Back in Town (co-starring with Kim Darby and James Doohan), Norman Jewison's The Art of Love (with Roger C. Carmel), and Three in the Attic (with Richard Derr).
Martin had a major supporting role in the 1975 drama The Other Side of the Mountain, which also featured an appearance by Peter Canon, stunt work by Max Kleven and Loren Janes, and sound mixing by Dan Wallin. She also co-starred in the 1978 sequel, The Other Side of the Mountain Part 2, on which John M. Dwyer was set decorator and Michael S. Glick, the production manager. In addition, Martin had a role in the independent film Jackson County Jail and appeared in the short film Number One, opposite Gary Lockwood.
In the 1980s, Martin appeared in such films as Loving Couples (with Stephen Collins and John de Lancie), Doctor Detroit (with Parley Baer), All of Me (with Richard Libertini, Michael Ensign, and cinematography by Richard H. Kline), and Animal Behavior (also with Richard Libertini). Her later film credits include 1995's Last Gasp (directed by Scott McGinnis and co-starring Alexander Enberg), 2000's Big Eden (with George Coe and Louise Fletcher), and 2000's Forever Lulu (with Frank Kopyc and Michael J. Pollard).
Martin also played the mother of Helen Hunt's character in the acclaimed 2000 drama Cast Away, which also featured Michael Forest. She then appeared in the popular Farrelly brother 2001 comedy Shallow Hal, along with Jason Alexander and Bruce McGill. Martin's final films were the 2005 dramas Greener Mountains (which co-starred Hal Landon, Jr.) and Mrs. Harris (with Larry Drake, Caroline Lagerfelt, John Rubinstein, and Bill Smitrovich).
Television appearances Edit
1950s – 1970s Edit
Martin made her television debut on the live anthology series Studio 57, in an episode directed by Herschel Daugherty. In the 1960s, Martin appeared on such programs as The Untouchables (with Elisha Cook, Jr., Theo Marcuse, and John McLiam), The Twilight Zone (with Mary Carver and Phillip Pine), The Defenders (with Dean Stockwell), The Fugitive (with Arthur Batanides, Paul Lambert, John McLiam, and Jason Wingreen), The Invaders (with Ted Knight, Jon Lormer, James B. Sikking, and Harry Townes), The Mod Squad (with Tige Andrews, Clarence Williams III, and William Windom), Mannix (with Susan Oliver and Paul Winfield), Medical Center (with James Daly and Richard Webb), and The F.B.I. (including an episode with William Smithers).
In the 1970s, Martin guest-starred on series like Bewitched (with Felix Silla), Mission: Impossible (with Sid Haig), The Sixth Sense (with Willard Sage and Michael Strong), The Streets of San Francisco, Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (two episodes, one in which she and Fritz Weaver portrayed a married couple), Wide World Mystery (again working with Fritz Weaver), Room 222 (starring Lloyd Haynes), Ellery Queen (with Don Keefer), and Visions (including an episode with Kevin Conway, Brad Dourif, and Jerry Hardin). She also made a return appearance on The F.B.I. in 1972, in an episode with Richard Kiley. In addition, she worked with William Schallert in an unsold TV pilot called Remember When and co-starred in such TV movies as A Circle of Children (with Ray Buktenica and David Ogden Stiers) and Mrs. R's Daughter (with Barbara Tarbuck and Craig Wasson).
1980s – 2000s Edit
Martin's TV movie credits during the 1980s included Prime Suspect (starring Teri Garr and James Sloyan) and I Take These Men (co-starring Earl Boen, Hamilton Camp, and John Rubinstein). She also worked with Teri Garr in the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie The Winter of Our Discontent. In 1983, Martin appeared in the Part One of the mini-series The Thorn Birds, which starred Richard Kiley, Christopher Plummer, and Jean Simmons. Part One also featured Antoinette Bower, John de Lancie, and Meg Wyllie. In 1986, Martin and Star Trek: The Original Series guest star Barbara Babcock were both regulars on the short-lived sitcom, Mr. Sunshine.
Martin additionally made guest appearances on Insight (directed by Robert Butler), Hart to Hart (in an episode with David Spielberg), St. Elsewhere (with Ed Begley, Jr., Ellen Bry, and Norman Lloyd), two episodes of The Twilight Zone (including an episode with Richard Libertini), Buck James (with Paddi Edwards), two episodes of My Sister Sam (starring Joel Brooks), L.A. Law (with Corbin Bernsen, Larry Drake, Earl Boen, and Ray Wise), and Columbo (with Molly Hagan and Time Winters).
In 1991, Martin played columnist Diana Vreeland in the mini-series A Woman Named Jackie. This series also featured performances by Stephen Collins, Bob Gunton, and Tim Ransom. Martin also acted in the 1990s TV movies Matters of the Heart (directed by Michael Ray Rhodes), Child of Rage (with Rosana DeSoto, Mariette Hartley, Dwight Schultz, and George D. Wallace), Mother of the Bride (directed by Charles Correll and co-starring Brett Cullen, Paul Dooley, Conor O'Farrell, Jennifer Parsons, and Jeff Yagher), and Terror in the Family (with Andrew Kavovit). Her more recent TV movies included 2001's The Song of the Lark (co-starring Christopher Curry, Richard Herd, and Norman Lloyd) and 2002's Dancing at the Harvest Moon (with Eugene Roche).
Throughout the 1990s, Martin guest-starred on such shows as The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. (with Jeremy Roberts, John Vargas, and Tracey Walter), The 5 Mrs. Buchanans (with Mark Moses and Richard Poe), Sisters (with Elizabeth Hoffman and directed by James Contner), ER (in an episode with Gabriel Damon,Kirsten Dunst, and Lily Mariye), The Practice (with Jack Kehler and Lawrence Monoson), Maximum Bob (with David Clennon), and Profiler (with John Billingsley). Following her last appearance on The Drew Carey Show in 1999, Martin was seen on such shows as Gideon's Crossing (with Bruce McGill), The Michael Richards Show (with Bill Cobbs and Bill Erwin), Crossing Jordan (starring Miguel Ferrer), and the pilot for The Agency (with David Clennon and Ronny Cox).
In 2002, Martin appeared in an episode of the HBO series Six Feet Under, along with David Andrews, Michael Bofshever, Joel Brooks, Graham Jarvis, and Alice Krige. That same year, she appeared on the Whoopi Goldberg-developed series Strong Medicine with Robert Pine. She then guest-starred on Nip/Tuck (with Jerry Hardin, Clyde Kusatsu, Julie Warner, and Ruth Williamson), NYPD Blue (directed by Ed Begley, Jr., in an episode with Tim Halligan and Ed Lauter), and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (with Wallace Langham). Her final TV guest appearance was a 2005 episode of the NBC series Las Vegas, which starred fellow TNG guest actress Nikki Cox.
References Edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Barnes, Mike. "'Drew Carey Show's' Nan Martin dies". The Hollywood Reporter, 4 March 2010.
External links Edit
- Nan Martin at the Internet Movie Database
- Nan Martin at Wikipedia


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It's about Land. Israel is a colonialist settler state supported by the US and the other usual western powers. It has been expanding its borders since its violent inception:
As such the plight of the Palestinians bears many resemblances to the plight of indigenous cultures across the globe, and what they're resisting, at the end of the day, is the attempted annihilation of their culture and the termination of their way of life (if not their lives). In other words: genocide. Fittingly Israel's most unwavering support comes from nations likewise built on the theft of land from – and the wholesale slaughter of – indigenous populations: the US, Australia, Canada, followed closely by the expansionist post-imperial states, most notably the UK (which waged its own genocidal campaigns on 'its' home soil against the Scots, the Welsh, the Irish as well as the English peasantry):
Why such eagerness to supply these killers with their weaponry? UK backing of Israel goes way back, and the reasons haven't changed. Writes historian Mark Curtis:
[I]t was argued in files from 1969 that, even given Britain's massive stake in oil in the Middle East and the subsequent need to keep friendly relations with Arab despots, Britain's economic interests in Israel were also a factor. The Joint Intelligence Committee reported in 1969 that:
rapid industrialisation [in Israel] is taking place in fields where British industry can readily supply the necessary capital goods … Israel is already a valuable trading partner with a considerable future potential in the industrial areas where we want to develop Britain as a major world-wide manufacturer and supplier.
Britain's ambassador to Israel added that:
Israel is already a valuable trading partner for Britain, and … there is a high future potential for our economic relations with her … On the other hand, it seems hard to avoid the conclusion … that our prospects for profitable economic dealing with the Arab states are at best static, and may indeed over the long term inevitably decline.
If this was the case then, it is even more so now, as Britain steps up its trade with Israel, especially in new technologies. It is this priority, together with maintaining special relations with Washington, that defines Whitehall's stance on the plight of the Palestinians. (Unpeople: Britain's Secret Human Rights Abuses, p.157)
Basically they're white folks like us, and we can do business with them, especially if they stop those uppity Arab nationalists from trying to hold on to their own resources. In related news 'the [most recent] Israeli offensive on the blockaded Gaza Strip has left 134 factories completely destroyed, causing more than $47 million in direct losses and rendering 30,000 workers jobless'. In other words, they are destroying what's left of their subsistence base, their only means of independent survival (the illegal settlements have gobbled up most of the land best suited to cultivation, and the destruction of olive groves by specially designed bulldozers has been part of the sadistic collective punishment).
You could do worse than watch this Democracy Now interview with Noam Chomsky for a little more background and honest description of what's going on in Palestine. Here's the key passage:
Israeli experts have calculated in detail exactly how many calories, literally, Gazans need to survive. And if you look at the sanctions that they impose, they're grotesque. I mean, even John Kerry condemned them bitterly. They're sadistic. Just enough calories to survive. And, of course, it is partly metaphoric, because it means just enough material coming in through the tunnels so that they don't totally die. Israel restricts medicines, but you have to allow a little trickle in. When I was there right before the November 2012 assault, [I] visited the Khan Younis hospital, and the director showed us that there's—they don't even have simple medicines, but they have something. And the same is true with all aspects of it. Keep them on a diet, literally. And the reason is—very simple, and they pretty much said it: "If they die, it's not going to look good for Israel. We may claim that we're not the occupying power, but the rest of the world doesn't agree. Even the United States doesn't agree. We are the occupying power. And if we kill off the population under occupation, [it's] not going to look good." It's not the 19th century, when, as the U.S. expanded over what's its national territory, it pretty much exterminated the indigenous population. Well, by 19th century's imperial standards, that was unproblematic. This is a little different today. You can't exterminate the population in the territories that you occupy. That's the dovish position, Weissglas. The hawkish position is Eiland, which you quoted: Let's just kill them off. ["You cannot win against an effective guerrilla organization when on the one hand, you are fighting them, and on the other hand, you continue to supply them with water and food and gas and electricity. Israel should have declared a war against the de facto state of Gaza, and if there is misery and starvation in Gaza, it might lead the other side to make such hard decisions."]
The indigenous struggle, I'm thinking, should not be seen as referring only to tribes on the frontiers of civilisation, but as something ongoing in the living situations of the poor and disenfranchised who make up the lower ranks of the civilised. At base is some element of control over your own life, which grants a certain sense of security. This might come from growing or gathering your own food or it might come from a reasonably steady job in a factory (it might have to come that way if you've been shunted off the land through enclosure or other means). But the powers-that-be hate this kind of independence: they want you insecure, they want you dependent – on them and the 'services' they provide (at such a reasonable cost) – that way they've got you where they want you: working your fingers to the bone to satisfy their insane fantasies of wealth, notoriety and domination*.
That's why the phrase 'we're all Palestinians now' makes sense to me.
A few more words about resistance.
Tim Holmes has an excellent article on the backlash against Lib Dem MP David Ward who made the mildest possible attempt to empathise with the Palestinian people and try to understand the motivation of those who choose violent means of resistance. He tweeted: 'The big question is – if I lived in #Gaza would I fire a rocket? – probably yes' and all hell broke loose in the dominant political culture with near unanimous calls for his expulsion from the party and one report to the police from Tory MP Nadim Zahawi for supposed 'encouragement of terrorism'.
As Holmes points out this provides a textbook example of a phenomenon memorably identified in the 'premises' of Derrick Jensen's 2006 book, Endgame:
Premise Four: Civilization is based on a clearly defined and widely accepted yet often unarticulated hierarchy. Violence done by those higher on the hierarchy to those lower is nearly always invisible, that is, unnoticed. When it is noticed, it is fully rationalized. Violence done by those lower on the hierarchy to those higher is unthinkable, and when it does occur is regarded with shock, horror, and the fetishization of the victims. (link)
Do I need to explain how this applies to the Israel-Palestine conflict? If you've paid any attention to corporate media coverage over the last few weeks you can't fail to have noticed the prominence given to Israeli deaths, funerals, grieving relatives etc. – even when these were soldiers killed whilst invading and brutalising Gaza – and only token gestures offered to Palestinian victims with Israeli justifications and denials given full prominence (C4 news presenter Jon Snow followed an analysis-free expression of compassion for Palestinian civilians with an interview a few days later of a Hamas official which attempted to make the issue entirely about their response: 'Why are you encouraging [Israel] by continuing to fire your ineffective rockets?') Feelings of empathy have been shepherded towards the Israeli population suffering the indignity of air raid sirens and bomb shelters, cowering in fear from the threat of rocket attacks. "Would you put up with this happening to you in your own home?" Except it isn't their fucking home! They live in occupied territory which was stolen from the original inhabitants. Obviously they should have known to expect some form of reprisal. Meanwhile the colossal violence meted out on their behalf apparently merits little or no empathic outreach. No shrieks of 'Responsibility to Protect' here. No comparison to the Blitz or the Nazi occupation of Europe. And yet we should all be worried because another reason we're all Palestinians is that Gaza and the occupied territories are where the elites road test all their military hardware as well as their techniques for crowd control and suppression of dissent (sorry I don't have a source for this – I've heard it argued in various places, with specific examples of tactics and hardware used against UK demonstrators as well as the lucrative 'battle tested' stamp of approval for military technology). They have it over there and soon we'll have it over here…
So yes, resistance. Chomsky argues that the primary goal should be to minimise, or at least not worsen the suffering of the victims, but makes the crucial point that it's not for outsiders to dictate how Palestinians will or will not respond:
it's very easy to recommend to victims, "You be nice guys." That's cheap. Even if it's correct, it's cheap. What matters is what we say about ourselves. Are we going to be nice guys? That's the important thing, particularly when it's the United States, the country which, quite rightly, is regarded by the—internationally as the leading threat to world peace, and the decisive threat in the Israeli case.
But he appears to believe that strict nonviolence is the best strategy in this instance (albeit a focus on Israeli nonviolence). At least his reasons for discouraging a violent response are apparently tactical rather than ideological. Other commentators have noted the reluctance of the Israeli public to tolerate military casualties. It seems that militants have gotten better at exacting a toll on ground troop invasions – around 65 this time and not all through friendly fire for a change. Now it might jeapardise my future career prospects in politics to say this but… Good. They got what was coming to them. A soldier invading another sovereign territory on a brutal mission of collective punishment, involving shelling of schools, hospitals, mosques, UN shelters and the levelling of whole neighbourhoods, is fair game if anyone is. If higher casualty rates lead to a greater reluctance to pursue similar tactics in the future, so much the better.
But maybe that's just me, and I leave Palestinian activists and civilians to make their own decisions and trust them to know how best to react in their situation, of which, I admit, I have only the dimmest comprehension.
* – Although, as Chomsky cautions, there are times when the occupying power might not even want you for slave labour. They might want you out of the picture permanently:
In the Occupied Territories, what Israel is doing is much worse than apartheid. To call it apartheid is a gift to Israel, at least if by "apartheid" you mean South African-style apartheid. What's happening in the Occupied Territories is much worse. There's a crucial difference. The South African Nationalists needed the black population. That was their workforce. It was 85 percent of the workforce of the population, and that was basically their workforce. They needed them. They had to sustain them. The bantustans were horrifying, but South Africa did try to sustain them. They didn't put them on a diet. They tried to keep them strong enough to do the work that they needed for the country. They tried to get international support for the bantustans.
The Israeli relationship to the Palestinians in the Occupied Territories is totally different. They just don't want them. They want them out, or at least in prison. And they're acting that way. That's a very striking difference, which means that the apartheid analogy, South African apartheid, to the Occupied Territories is just a gift to Israeli violence. (ibid.)
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Priscilla Bayley serves as the women's cross country coach for the Harvard University Track and Field and Cross Country program. In her three years on the Cambridge campus, Bayley has led the resurgence of the program to national prominence.
In 2012, the women's cross country team qualified for their first NCAA national championship since 1983. The Crimson qualified as a result of a fourth place team finish at the 2012 Northeast Region Championship and garnered a third place finish at the Ivy League championship.
Success continued for the Crimson in 2013 as the women earned their first ever USTFCCCA poll ranking at #27, narrowly missing a repeat NCAA national championship appearance.
Under Bayley's guidance, the Crimson women have reached unprecedented success in track and field. The Harvard women won back-to-back Ivy League indoor championship titles in 2013 and 2014 and continued that success in winning the 2014 Ivy League outdoor championship. Bayley's strong core of middle-distance and distances runners have directly impacted Harvard's championship success and have set over 10 school records including: 500m, 1000m, 1500m, 3000m, 3000m steeplechase, 5000m, sprint medley relay, and indoor/outdoor distance medley relay and 4x800m relays respectively.
Bayley's pupils have also garnered regional and national recognition in athletics and academics. Emily Reese '14 and Viviana Hanley '15 earned USTFCCCA All-Region accolades, while Hanley and Lauren DiNicola have been inducted in the Phi Beta Kappa honor society.
Prior to her role at Harvard, Bayley was an assistant coach for the Santa Clara University cross country and track and field program. During the 2010-11 season, Bayley led three student-athletes to All-West Coast Conference distinctions and the best men's team finish since 2007, placing third.
During the 2009-2010 season, Bayley was an assistant coach for the Saint Mary's College cross country program.
Bayley began her coaching career in 2006 as a volunteer head coach for the Buffalo Chips Running Team in Sacramento, California from 2006-09. During her time with the Buffalo Chips, she led the most success junior women's club team in the nation as it boasted two national AAU titles, three national champions and one USA Junior World Team qualifier.
As a former cross country and track and field student-athlete at the University of California, Davis, Bayley was a Division II NCAA national championship competitor and all-conference award winner.
Bayley graduated from UC Davis in 2004 with a Bachelor of Arts degree with double majors in communications and Chicano studies with an emphasis on social and public policy.
Bayley and her husband, Tim, reside in Cambridge.


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Decadent Hazelnut Raspberry Coffee Cake
Best served for brunch or dessert with your favorite coffee.
- In a large bowl, combine dough ingredients until a smooth dough forms. Gently transfer dough from bowl. Lightly coat bowl and surface of dough with cooking spray, return dough to bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Allow dough to rest for 30 minutes.
- In a medium bowl, use a hand mixer to cream together cream cheese, softened butter, egg, 2 tablespoons sugar and 2 tablespoons corn starch.
- In a small bowl, combine raspberry preserves and 3 tablespoons corn starch.
- Cut dough in half. Place half of dough on parchment paper and roll out to a 8x12-inch rectangle, 1/4-inch thick. Place half of raspberry preserves mixture in the middle of the dough, leaving a 2-inch border on sides and a 1-inch border on both top and bottom.
- Spread half of the cream cheese mixture on top of the raspberry preserves. Sprinkle chocolate chips over the entire mixture. Fold the top end and bottom end over the mixture.
- Cut 1-inch slits into the sides of the dough every 1/2-inch. Starting at one end, place the strips over the filling, overlapping the strips from side to side, creating a braided look. Repeat with remaining dough and filling.
- Let dough rest 15 minutes. Preheat oven to 350°.
- In a small bowl, combine reserved egg white and 1 tablespoon water. Brush the egg mixture on top of the coffee cakes and sprinkle with remaining 2 tablespoons sugar.
- Bake the coffee cakes for 30 minutes. Allow to cool. Microwave hazelnut spread for 15 seconds, stir, then 15 seconds more. Drizzle hazelnut spread over coffee cakes.
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New Coating Prevents Punch Ends from Ripping Off
Early in 2008, the firm found that when stamping parts for
A change in tool coatings at Cowles Stamping increased punch life from 3000 to 16,000 hits between sharpenings when stamping HSLA-steel automotive parts
Broken Punches Stalled Job Runs
In its 80,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing facility, Cowles employs mechanical presses from 35 to 250 tons to provide precision small- and medium-sized stampings from material 0.01 to 0.25 in. thick. Other inhouse capabilities include welding and assembly, tapping (in die and secondary-operation), plating, heat treating, powder coating and finishing. Up front, Cowles leverages its engineering and rapid-prototyping expertise to help customers with product development. It also staffs a full-service toolroom to build smaller dies and maintain dies in stock.
On a couple of jobs, including the automotive stamping referenced above, tool maintenance had become quite a burden.
"After 3000 pieces, the punches—coated with a titanium-nitride product—actually pulled apart," explains Cowles engineering manager Whyn Pelkey, describing difficulties experienced on an automotive part stamped on a progressive die in a 250-ton press at 35 strokes/min.
"The punches could not be sharpened due to the punch breakage," recalls Steven Couture, Cowles manufacturing design engineer, noting that these types of punches, used to pierce holes, "are not conventionally restrained, but are taper-cut and then pressed into a holder."
Problems occurred while stamping 0.157-in.-thick high-strength low-alloy steel (SAE-J1392 070XLF, 345-MPa yield strength) using the small, specially shaped punches with sharp corners.
Coating Success
"We suffered excessive premature punch failure," says Pelkey. "Severe galling on the sides of the punches caused the punch ends to actually rip off as they would weld themselves into the material strip on the upstroke of the press. Over time (dating from the start of 2008) we tried various coatings with minimal or no success until we tried the FortiPhy Ultra Endurance chromium-nitride coating (from Phygen, Inc., Minneapolis, MN)."
Unlike hot-processed chemical-vapor-deposition CVD and thermal-diffusion TD coatings, which combine with carbon molecules within the substrate to form a hard layer, the FortiPhy coating is applied to a surface using a special high-adhesion process. It does not require diffusion within the substrate to build a hard coating. Instead, the process applies a layer of nano-sized particles onto the surface and no carbon or other molecules are leached from the substrate. This means that every recoat of FortiPhy has the same toughness and lasts as long as the first. More importantly, no decarburization or weakening of the substrate occurs. Also, because the coating is applied at a relatively low temperature—950 F—there is no distortion or size change to tools, making it easier to assemble complex tooling.
Better Toughness and Hardness Increase Wear Resistance
Cowles' engineers find that the FortiPhy coating exhibits extreme hardness and toughness, brings high abrasive-wear resistance. These properties result from the physical vapor deposition (PVD) coating process, based on the principles of plasma acceleration and which results in high plasma density and an intense, low-energy ion bombardment during coating deposition.
Says Pelkey: "The coating allows us to produce an average of 16,000 stampings per run between sharpenings. And, we can resharpen the punches for continued life, which we could not do before."
Thanks to the improved punch performance, Cowles now can complete a full part run without shutting down the press to remove the tooling and replace broken punches. That's a huge timesaver, according to Pelkey, because the complicated tooling requires lengthy setup time. Broken punches used to cause six or seven stoppages per run.
"The FortiPhy-coated punches last for the whole run without the need for resharpening," Pelkey says. "Producing a new punch consumes 9 hr. just on the wire-EDM machine, then a couple of days to send the punches out for coating. Essentially we would lose a week every time the punches broke. That does not happen now.
"Now, if needed, we can resharpen the punches," Pelkey continues, "which takes just a few hours. But again, the punches last through an entire run, so we don't have to stop the press and resharpen. This saves our company hours of downtime and the expense of replacing punches."
Adds Couture: "The lubricity from the new coating has been spectacular. We no longer have problems with material catching the punches and breaking them." MF
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Railers sweep through competition at County Market Winter Classic to
finish with 5-0 championship
By Jeff Benjamin
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[January 21, 2013]
For the fifth time in the last seven seasons, the Lincoln Railers
swept through the competition at the County Market Winter Classic in
Chatham to finish 5-0 to win the championship, highlighted by a
55-36 victory Saturday night over No. 1 seed Jacksonville.
Every game of the Chatham
tournament seemed to produce a different hero, and in the biggest
game of the tournament, it was the senior, Will Podbelsek, leading
the charge with a career-high 19 points.
"I grabbed him after the game," coach Neil Alexander said, "and
told him that he had just played one of the best games of his
career. He came up big for us tonight, but there's one thing about
Will -- you never have to worry about the effort he'll bring. He has
that kind of heart."
Two other Railers, Max Cook and Tyler Horchem, joined Podbelsek
in double figures with 11 and 10 points respectively. It did take a
while for the offense to get going, but as we've seen throughout
this season, when it's going good and going right, it's almost
impossible to stop.
Things did not get off to the start Lincoln had hoped for in
trying to pay back the Crimsons for their lone CS8 loss, an overtime
defeat at Roy S. Anderson earlier in the season. After Payton Dugan
hit a 3 and Josh Peak scored on a conventional three-point play, the
Railers found themselves down early at 6-0. Then Cook put the
Railers on the board with a 3, and Podbelsek tied the game with the
first of his five 3-pointers on the night. After a free throw from
Edward Bowlby and Jacksonville's Peak going to the bench with his
second foul early in the first, Podbelsek continued the barrage with
another 3 and a shot fake from behind the arc, dribble-in and
pull-up jumper to extend the lead to 12-6.
With Bowlby on the bench with foul trouble, Lincoln got a big
basket from Austin Krusz as his high arching shot just outside the
lane put the Railers up 14-7. In what would be a game of runs, the
Crimsons ran off five in a row, but Podbelsek delivered another big
3 to stop the run and push the lead back to five at 17-12. An area
the Railers were looking for in order to succeed on the offensive
end depended on the shooters Lincoln could put in the corners.
Success would force the big guys from Jacksonville to cover those
corners, with hopes of either tiring them out or opening up the
middle for some easy looks.
Being mindful of the 3-point shooting of Horchem caused the
Crimsons to forget about his ability to go to the basket. With the
left side overloaded, Horchem cut to the basket from the right
corner, took the pass and laid it in, starting an 8-0 run. Gavin
Block, the tournament MVP, put in his two, or should I say three,
cents by connecting from long range, as did Horchem, as the Railer
lead grew to 25-14. Lincoln was able to take a 28-16 lead into the
The third quarter was more of the same for Lincoln as Podbelsek
again struck twice from long range as the advantage grew to 34-18. A
basket from Block preceded a 3 from Horchem as the lead grew past 20
at 39-18.
The last notable Railer spurt was a 6-0 run led by Bowlby's
reverse layup on a backdoor, steal and layup from Podbelsek, and a
layup by Cook that was swatted away in frustration by Jacksonville,
resulting in a goaltending call. Not sure many saw this one coming
as the scoreboard read 45-23 going into the fourth quarter.
Cook continued the Railer dominance with four to start the
quarter as Lincoln's lead grew to its largest at 49-23. Credit must
be given to Jacksonville for not just giving in. The Crimsons made a
final push to get into the game by running off 12 of their own to
cut the lead to 49-35. A timeout from Alexander was needed to settle
everyone down.
"There was the one stretch where we started gambling on defense,"
Alexander explained. "We just needed to play defense like we had
Cook's 3 from earlier in the quarter was the only field goal for
the Railers in the fourth as they stepped to the line, going 7 of 9
to finish out the win 55-36.
"Our kids are playing real well right now, and we've got a goal:
We are looking to get that number one seed in the regional. That is
important for this team," Alexander said.
Along with Podbelsek's 19 and Cook and Horchem combining for 21
points, Block scored nine, Bowlby added three, with Krusz scoring
two and Adam Conrady adding a free throw at the end of the first
The Railers placed three on the all-tournament team. Along with
the MVP Block, Cook and Bowlby were part of the 10-man squad.
Depending on the night, there could have been more, but Alexander
said they were lucky to get three.
"When you're as balanced a team as we are, we're lucky we got the
three we did," the coach said. "Sometimes one will cancel out the
other. Take a look at all-conference right now. Who from this team
(Lincoln) would or could you pick?"
See the end of the story for extra tournament notes.
Now, the Railers were able to play for the outright title
Saturday night by virtue of getting by Rochester on Saturday
morning. There were some, yours truly included, who thought the
possibility existed the Railers should get to an early lead, get
some of the starters some rest, so they could be ready for the game
later that evening against Jacksonville. Not everyone thought that,
especially those wearing the Rochester uniform.
Lincoln needed a 15-0 run from late in the third into the fourth
to break open what had been just a four-point game to extinguish the
Rockets 71-52. If not for the record-tying performance of Max Cook,
this one could have been one of the bigger upsets at the Winter
Classic. The Lincoln junior tied the tournament record for 3s made
in a game -- seven, all in the first half -- as his 21 points helped
Lincoln to a 43-34 halftime lead. Yes, that was halftime. A team
that been allowing about 30 points a game in the month of January
saw that go by the board in the first half.
Rochester was able to stay in the game with hot shooting,
especially from 3-point range, where they hit for more than 50
percent in the first half.
"We told them not to let them stand and shoot because they can
hit shots," Alexander said. "So, what did we do? We stood there and
let them shoot, and we see what the result was. I was very
disappointed in our defense in this one."
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The Rockets' first nine points came off 3s, while Lincoln built a
13-9 lead thanks to the long ball as well. The first two of Cook's
3s along with Horchem hitting put the Railers up by four. But it was
a short-lived lead as the Rockets got the ball inside to Matt Swaine,
someone the Railers did not have an answer for as he scored 20
points. Down 14-13, the Railers went on a run to take their first
double-digit lead of the day at 24-14. The run was highlighted by
Bowlby, who scored the last two baskets to push the Lincoln lead to
The Rockets refused to go away, and another 3 cut the game back
to four at 29-25 midway through the second quarter. Cue Mr. Cook.
The junior found a spot on the floor that he liked and he just kept
going there. Cook scored 12 in a row, all on 3s, as the Lincoln lead
expanded to 43-28. Cook's seven 3s tied the record held -- no
surprise to anyone -- by Matt Schick and Jordan Nelson.
But the Railers did not close out the half well defensively as
the Rockets closed with six in a row to put the halftime score at
As he has been very good at doing, Horchem hit two 3s in a row as
Lincoln went back up 49-35. Horchem finished with 15, all on 3s.
Again, it was too much Swaine for Rochester as he scored eight in
the quarter and the Rockets closed to within 49-45. After a pair of
free throws from Block, the Rockets climbed back to within four at
It took a while, but Lincoln finally woke up and started the 15-0
run that finally put the Rockets away. Bowlby started the run with a
basket and two free throws sandwiched around another 3 from Horchem.
Podbelsek also connected for his only 3 of the game, with baskets
from Block and Bowlby finally allowing Railer Nation to breathe a
sigh of relief.
The record shows it to be a 19-point win, but it was not a
19-point game. Against a different team, this one could have ended
up on the wrong side of the win-loss column, but every successful
season has those games that could have been losses. It took about
three quarters for things to start clicking. Certainly a teaching
moment: Take anyone lightly and they can hang a loss on you. Do that
during state tournament play and you go home much earlier than you
wanted to.
Cook, Bowlby and Horchem (21, 16 and 15) combined for 52 of
Lincoln's 71 points. Podbelsek added seven, with Block scoring six,
Adam Conrady five, and Joey Olden added a free throw.
Now things get real interesting as this week finds both SHG and
Southeast on the schedule. The Railers will look to stay near the
top of the CS8 with Friday's game at SHG and then back home against
Southeast. The Spartans won the City Tournament on Saturday and will
come to Lincoln looking for revenge after the Railers knocked them
off in Springfield earlier in the season, while Lincoln has yet to
see a much-improved SHG squad.
By the way, check your calendars. Do you realize there are only
eight regular-season games left? Every year, coach Alexander
stresses how fast the season goes, and this one is no different.
Let's hope this season lasts a lot longer than anyone thought it
would back in November.
MCook 7 0-0 21, Bowlby 7 2-2 16, Horchem 5 0-0 15, Podbelsek 2
2-2 7, Block 2 2-2 6, Conrady 2 1-1 5, Olden 0 1-2 1, Krusz 0 0-0 0,
Perry 0 0-0 0, WCook 0 0-0 0, Ebelherr 0 0-0 0, Dunovsky 0 0-0 0.
Team 25 8-9 71. 3-point field goals 13 (Cook 7, Horchem 5, Podbelsek).
Swaine 20, Neal 9, Fisher 9, Zeigler 8, Dowis 3, Ferguson 3. Team
19 5-12 52. 3-point field goals 9 (Fisher 3, Neal 2, Zeigler 2,
Ferguson, Dowis)
Scoring by quarters:
Rochester 14-20-13-5 52
Podbelsek 7 0-0 19, Cook 3 3-4 11, Horchem 3 2-2 10, Block 2 4-5
9, Bowlby 1 1-2 3, Krusz 1 0-0 2, Conrady 0 1-2 1, Olden 0 0-0 0.
Team 17 11-15 55. 3-point field goals 10 (Podbelsek 5, Cook 2,
Horchem 2, Block).
Keene 10, Armstrong 7, Barlow 6, Hance 6, Peak 6, Dugan 1. Team
12 8-12 36. 3-point field goals 4 (Barlow 2, Keene 2).
Jacksonville 9-7-7-13 36
Other notes
Lincoln finished
5-0 in the tournament for sixth time overall and improved their
all-time record at the Winter Classic to 48-6.
Records tied or
Most 3-point
field goals -- 45 (previously held by Lincoln, 42, 2011)
Best free
throw percentage -- 82.22 percent (37 of 45) (previously
held by Lincoln, 78.43, 2009)
Most 3-point
field goals, game -- 7, Max Cook (tied Matt Schick, 2005,
and Jordan Nelson, 2011)
Best free throw percentage, game --
100 percent, Gavin Block (10 for 10) vs. Glenwood
(previously held by two others, 90 percent)
[By JEFF BENJAMIN]
County Market Glenwood Winter Classic:
Varsity tournament schedule, Jan. 14-19
Sophomore games, Jan. 15-21
Railer-related information:
Jeff Benjamin's Railer basketball articles
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C.J., also known as Chuck during his years at WAC, graduated with a B.A. in Drama, earning Departmental Honors for his senior thesis production of Wit by Margaret Edson. Besides his thesis, C.J. performed in and designed numerous productions, but some of C.J.'s favorites were performing in The Laramie Project (Jedadiah Schultz, Dennis Shepard, etc) and Stop Kiss (Peter).
After graduating from WAC, C.J. has continued his theatrical endeavors by working as an actor, designer, and stage manager in the Philadelphia area. He has had the privilege of working with The Walnut Street Theatre (Les Miserables - 2007), The Arden Theatre Co. (Assassins - 2007), Azuka Theatre (Nerve - 2010), Madhouse Theatre Company (Eric Bogosian's Funhouse - 2009), Weber-Prianti Productions (West Side Story - 2005) and numerous other companies. Somewhere along the way, C.J. also got involved with politics and has been working for Congressman Robert Andrews since 2007. He has found the Holy Grail, if you will: a full-time job that allows him to continue his theatrical career.
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HOUSTON -- For the first time since he injured his oblique swinging the bat a month ago, outfielder Alex Presley took normal batting practice on the field prior to Saturday's game and appears close to beginning a rehab assignment.
"Things went fairly well today, so I'm encouraged," he said.
Presley said he felt a little soreness in the area of the strain, but chalked it up more to inactivity than any sort of setback. The biggest development for Presley was he was able to do his regular baseball drills without incident.
"It's just getting on the field and actually being in the stadium," he said. "You get a little more juiced when you're out in the field. Sometimes you may try to swing harder in certain situations and see what you can do. The intensity will be up, but so far it's pretty normal."
Presley said he hadn't been given any timetable, but it appears he could go on a Minor League rehab in the next couple of days.
"I'm looking forward to getting out there," he said. "It's been a while."
Presley had played his way into a starting role before he got injured swinging the bat June 7 in Arlington. He was hitting .342 with two homers and five RBIs in his 11 games prior to the injury.


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Poitou-Charentes, Atlantic coast & Cognac country
From the Marais Poitevin to the Cognac Cave, from the Atlantic coast to the Futuroscope, from the old Port of Rochelle to Royan, Poitou-Charentes offers a variety of destinations ideal for tailor-made holidays.
Just like a postcard
Following in Gargantua's footsteps, you may encounter the otters, eels, herons and wading birds that inhabit the Charentes-Maritime marshes. The Marais Poitevin (Poitevin Marsh) is listed as a Grand site de France (a Notable Site in France), and the area known as Green Venice at Aiguillon Bay can be explored on the canals aboard a "plate" or a batais (a traditional black flat boat). Or instead, try one of the pathways and cycle paths that crisscross the marsh.
It's possible to cycle to the beaches on both Ile d'Oléron and Ile de Ré. The coastline, with its secured and fortified cities endowed with such rich architecture, inevitably draws history enthusiasts. La Rochelle's towers make for picture-postcard scenes.
Not forgetting Poitiers (the city of 100 steeples) with its baptistery from the fourth century, Rochefort (a spa town) with a royal rope factory,
Niort with its unique twin dungeons, Royan with its seaside villas and church
of Notre Dame (symbolic of post-war
Jewels of Romanesque Art
Poitou-Charentes, on route of Santiago de Compostela, is a haven for Roman art treasures : the Abbey of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe, the Abbey of the Dames of Saints, the Abbey of Fontdouce and the Notre-Dame-la-Grande Church, and the Saint- Pierre d'Aulnay-de-Saintonge Church.
Poitou-Charentes specialities
The Atlantic Ocean supplies Poitou-Charentes with seafood, including shellfish, crustaceans, and the famous Marennes-Oléron oysters and mussels raised in bouchot. Gourmands can feast on Poitevin stuffed lamb, melon from Haut Poitou, mojette (white beans) or potatoes from Ile de Ré with local Poitou-Charentes butter. And be sure to sample the local cheeses: the Poitou chabichou, the tourteau fromagé (a traditional cheese cake), the Poitevin broyé (another traditional pastry), the Charentaise Galette, and the Niort Galette flavored with angelica.
There is no shortage of traditional regional drinks to accompany these delicacies. Try the pineau from Charentes, cognac (produced at the second AOC vineyard in France) and the wines from Haut Poitou.
Festivities in Poitou-Charentes
The Festival of Roman Nights highlights the exceptional local heritage. The streets and port of La Rochelle also come alive with The International Festival of Film and the Francofolies. Angoulême opts for the 9th art with its International City of Comics and Animation and the International Festival of Comics. The Grand Pavois and the International Sailing Week reaffirm the ties that bind Poitou-Charentes to the ocean, epitomized by the Chantier of Hermione and the Phare des Baleines (The Whale Lighthouse). The Museum of the Bougon Burial Mounds, the Museum of Donjons, Castle Oiron and Castle Rochefoucauld recount the history of Poitou-Charentes. The Château des énigmes (Enigmas Castle) is no exception but it's another story you will be told!
Poitou-Charentes certainly has many surprises in store. Enjoy adventures at the Futuroscope. Laugh at the antics of the residents at The Valley of the Monkeys or the Palmyra Zoological Park. And admire the silent balletic dance of the fish in the Rochelle Aquarium.
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When Andy Pettitte was six years old, he cried after a flag football game because he couldn't understand why his teammates were so casual. Pettitte wanted to win. They wanted to play. The boy that wept in the backseat of his father's white Plymouth developed into the determined pitcher who always wants to win, too.
As Pettitte tossed six scoreless innings in a much-needed 6-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Monday night, the image of him as a feisty six-year old flashed into my head. Pettitte has always been a tenacious competitor, a pitcher who scolds himself on the mound after poor results and a pitcher who has fashioned a superb career out of dodging dangerous situations.
The familiar sight of Pettitte allowing baserunners and stranding those baserunners played out on Monday. The Twins loaded the bases in the first inning, but Pettitte retired Justin Morneau and Ryan Doumit. The Twins had two runners on in the third, but Pettitte got Josh Willingham to hit into a double play. The Twins had men on base in five of Pettitte's six innings, but none scored.
"It's the same old Andy," said manager Joe Girardi. "We've seen it for years. When he needs a double play, he finds a way to get it."
The same old Andy. The Yankees needed the same old Andy against the Twins, they need him in his next start against the Blue Jays and they will need him even more if they clinch a postseason spot. In Pettitte, the Yankees trust. Pettitte is a security blanket for Girardi because he has been there and done that in October.
After Pettitte missed almost three months with a fractured left ankle, he has returned to fire 11 scoreless innings in two starts. Pettittie has pitched effectively because he has pitched smart. He mixes his pitches, he steers away from the middle of the plate and he makes adjustments. Pettitte employs a two-seam fastball, a four-seam fastball, a cut fastball, a slider, a curveball and a changeup.
As Pettitte discussed how he escaped the bases-loaded, one-out jam in the first, he said, "You know the situation, but you keep it simplified."
How did Pettitte keep it simple? He wanted to get Morneau to hit into a double play, but once the count stretched to 2-2, he realized he could secure a strikeout. Pettitte said he "set him up" for the called third strike, a fastball that nailed the outside corner. With Doumit, Pettitte uncorked a slider, the new element in his arsenal this season, to nab a double play.
While Pettitte held the Twins to one hit in six at-bats with runners in scoring position, one of his most impressive displays came in an at-bat came with no runners on base. When Trevor Plouffe opened the second, Pettitte threw a curveball for a strike. Pettitte followed with a cutter that rushed inside and that Plouffe fouled off. Then Pettitte threw an outside fastball for a ball. Then Plouffe fouled off a slider, another pitch that hummed inside. Finally, Pettitte unleashed a 2-2 changeup, a pitch Plouffe hadn't yet seen, to strikeout Plouffe. So Pettitte threw five pitches, each a different pitch and each at a different velocity and each in a different location. It was savvy pitching that resulted in a confused hitter.
The perfectionist in Pettitte called himself "a work in progress," and said that he still needs to refine his pitches to make them as sharp as they were before the injury. Pettitte is scheduled to make one more start before the postseason begins, so he will have had three starts to get ready for the most important games of the season.
"That's what we got," Pettitte said, "so it's going to be enough."
The Yankees trust in Pettitte and hope he is right. Actually, after 11 innings in September, the Yankees might trust Pettitte more than any of their starters, especially if he continues being the same old Andy.
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