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The New Yorker, March 13, 1971 P. 116
Review of the latest Prix Goncourt novel "Le Roi des Aulnes" ("The King of the Alders"), by erudite literary newcomer Michel Tournier. It is a violent, fascinating, scholarly, & rich picaresque novel that furnishes new views on the malefic Nazi idealism that rotted the German people, lost them the world's respect, &, indeed, helped them lose the war. It is a remarkable historical volume, based on 4 years research & unpublished testimony collected by the author. The book is now being translated into English for publication in NY next year. Tournier's other book, "Vendredi, ou les Limbes du Pacifique," won him another major French literary prize, Le Grand Prix du Roman de l'Academie Francaise.

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In the Rakow Research Library’s collection is a small catalog titled, For the Bride: Modern American Glassware (1945), which includes targeted advertisement of the Modern American glassware for the American bride. This series would become the last handmade glass produced by the Libbey Glass Company of Toledo, Ohio.
In 1939, Libbey designed a new line of stemware called “Modern American” with the help of Edwin W. Fuerst, former student at the Toledo Museum of Art’s school and former head of the Package Department at Owens-Illinois. A pre-introductory Modern American Glassware catalog was printed in 1939 when the line was first designed, however the series was not introduced until 1940 at the Crystal Room of New York’s Gotham Hotel. Shortly after its formal introduction, approximately 300 leading stores featured the line with great success.
The first page of the catalog features a photograph of a Libbey gaffer forming a bowl with the caption:
“Modern American Glassware will be cherished by every bride, as long and as dearly as her memories. It is fine glassware … superbly fine … and every piece is handmade by masters of their craft. Each design is a work of art, with beauty that never grows old. You could not choose a more royal possession […]”
If the language itself wasn’t enough to persuade a bride to purchase Libbey glass, the catalog even came complete with a list of stores east of the Rockies where one could find Libbey Glass.
The “Monticello, 5700” design was part of this Modern American line. The name and design were inspired by the neoclassical architecture of Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s home in Charlottesville, Virginia. Monticello was featured in For the Bride, Modern American Glassware: “The master designer Thomas Jefferson would have liked this stately pattern, as American in feeling as Monticello’s columns. Gracefully flaring bowl helps make the pattern a great favorite.”
Unfortunately, a little more than a year later, World War II manufacturing restrictions delayed production of the series. Deemed an essential industry for the war effort, Libbey’s craftsmen turned their skills to making radar, X-rays, electronic tubes, and “heat-treated” tumblers. In anticipation of the war’s end, and in hopes of retaining customers, Libbey continued to advertise the Modern American line through special explanatory inserts in their tableware catalogs. Such an announcement is included in For the Bride, Modern American Glassware. It reads:
“With Apologies to the Bride,
Because skilled Libbey craftsmen are devoting their every working hour to the making of glass articles for war, it is possible that your dealer may not be able to supply you with Libbey crystal.
However, we are sending you your Bride’s Booklet in order that you may select your stemware pattern. If you are able to purchase a few goblets in the pattern of your choice, we assure you that when the Victory is won, your dealer will have the matching pieces you desire.”
With the end of World War II, Libbey’s management decided against reinstating the line of fine handmade crystal. As the Libbey name became synonymous with the tableware for the American home, Libbey focused its effort on mass-produced tableware. The new focus, coupled with ample advertising, enabled the company to continue growing.


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Former double MX2 World Champion Jeffrey Herlings has offered his opinion on 2015 title winner Tim Gajser’s surprise move to MXGP for 2016 and hints that the Slovenian could be anticipating a season with less pressure as a premier class rookie than as defending MX2 number one.
Herlings himself has committed to another year in MX2 and will not face three of the riders that challenged his authority in 2015 with Gasjer’s decision for MXGP and both Valentin Guillod and Jordi Tixier forced off the 250s due to their age. Gajser won his first Grand Prix this year by beating the Dutchman at Arco di Trento for the Grand Prix of Trentino with Herlings – now 21 years old – still searching for full fitness and form after complications with a broken femur in the winter of 2014. The HRC rider will run full CRF450RW factory machines from the Gariboldi team for ’16.
“We’re both in a different situation,” Herlings says. “Maybe it is hard what I am about to say but the Honda 250 is a lesser bike than the 450. If he moves up and finishes fifth or sixth or whatever then that will be fine. If he is a reigning world champion and gets beat the season after [in MX2] then that’s a pity. I think the KTM is a better bike currently. Normally if I didn’t get injured then I would have won the championship with a big amount of points. It is hard to be in his position…but maybe it is also a good thing to step up to MXGP and have less pressure than in MX2.”
Herlings also believes his sad experiences of watching massive points leads in 2014 and 2015 being chipped away by his rivals while absent from Grand Prix due to injury has matured his approach to a championship strategy. “I knew four months ago what I do now then the season would have finished very differently!” he claims. “To become a champion – whether in MX2 or MXGP – you seem to just need an average finish of top five every round. Febvre was sixth or seventh in the standings after a couple of rounds and the same with Gajser. Halfway during the season he was 200 points down on me…and still managed to win the championship! Every year is different…but I have many regrets. I ruined the championship two years in a row through injury and being stupid. Thinking too much about winning when maybe I was not capable. But I’ve learnt from it and now I want to be 100% healthy and 100% before I get back on the bike.”
’84’ published news on his 2016 direction via his official Facebook page earlier this week.

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They might be the biggest rivals on the tennis court but Swiss legend Roger Federer and Spaniard Rafael Nadal have immense respect and affection for each other. Sunday saw Nadal winning the French Open – his 13th Roland Garros title – beating Novak Djokovic 6-0 6-2 7-5, and equalling Federer's record of 20 Grand Slam titles.
The Swiss great was quick to congratulate Nadal on drawing level with him for the first time in his career. "I have always had the utmost respect for my friend Rafa as a person and as a champion," Federer said on Twitter. "As my greatest rival over many years, I believe we have pushed each other to become better players. Therefore it is a true honour for me to congratulate him on his 20th Grand Slam victory.
It was the 100th win at Roland Garros for the 34-year-old, on Sunday. He did not cede a set in his favourite tournament this year. "It is especially amazing that he has won Roland Garros an incredible 13 times, which is one of the greatest achievements in sport. I also congratulate his team because nobody can do this alone. I hope 20 is just another step on the continuing journey for both of us," Federer said. "Well done Rafa, you deserve it."
Nadal, no. 2 in the rankings, improved to 100-2 at the French Open, including a combined 26-0 in semifinals and finals, and picked up his fourth consecutive title in Paris.
Federer, who turned 39 in August, missed the US Open and French Open as he was recovering from an injury, but will be back at the Australian Open next year.
Djokovic is third on the list with 17 Grand Slam titles.


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The House Financial Services Committee canceled a scheduled “mark-up” of a bill to ban congressional insider trading last night, amid concerns that the committee’s chairman, Spencer Bachus, was moving forward with the bill to take the heat off his personal political troubles.
Bachus’ trading habits during the financial crisis were featured in a ’60 Minutes’ profile last month as an example of potential insider trading on the part of lawmakers. He’s denied those allegations, and seized upon the trading ban — called the STOCK Act — to rebuild his image.
Bachus announced last night that he was postponing the vote indefinitely to allow for further consideration of the bill.
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According to Politico, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor put a stop to the legislation:
In a Wednesday meeting described by one source as “extremely direct” and as “very blunt” by another, Cantor ripped into Bachus, explaining that it was unacceptable for Bachus to mark up the bill without running it by GOP leaders and other chairmen with jurisdiction over its provisions.

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This Earth Day sketchbook is great to doodle, draw and sketch in for kids and teens who love to be creative. Makes the perfect gift for any special occasion like Birthdays and Christmas. Your doodle book is 8.5 x 11 with 108 blank pages, high quality paper and a glossy soft cover....
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Jules Veterinary Center
We have officially MOVED! Our new location is 1755 W 11th Street. (Next to Prime Shine Car Wash, behind Safeway.) Our bed & biscuit lodging facility, Stay! Pet B&B is due to open November 17, 2017! Please don't hesitate to stop by and say hi!
Jules Veterinary Center has been serving the Tracy California community since 2002. Dr. Kecia Valdez opened the practice to honor her Miniature Schnauzer who was the reason she attended Veterinary School. Sadly little Jules passed away just before the hospital opened. Jules prides itself on helping clients understand their pet's medical conditions. Your pets are a member of the family and we take every precaution in keeping them safe and healthy. The staff at Jules Veterinary Center is always open to your questions and concerns and prides themselves on client education and preventative health care. We encourage our clients to browse our website for staff biographies, hospital hours, special announcements, and valuable information.
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Novel High-Frequency Air Transducers
Ultrasonic transducers operating in air in the frequency range of 1–10MHz have major applications in robotics and nondestructive evaluation. For robotics applications, high-frequency air transducers make possible range measurements with a resolution in the 30–100 μm range. For nondestructive evaluation, it is possible to make transmission C-scan systems operating in air for the inspection of composites, green ceramics, and even metals at elevated temperatures. In this work, we report on the use of ligneous materials as a matching layer for PZT-based transducers.
KeywordsNondestructive Evaluation Insertion Loss Silica Aerogel Ultrasonic Transducer Robotic Application
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Students may be missing out on exam help
The Dyslexia Foundation can't understand why more than 100 high schools didn't make a single application for special help for NCEA students sitting exams last year.
The latest New Zealand Qualification Authority (NZQA) figures show nearly a quarter of New Zealand's secondary schools failed to make a single application for special exam assistance.
The Dyslexia Foundation said Special Assessment Conditions (SAC) which provide help for students such as reader or writer assistance, computer use, or extra time for their exams, were critical to some student's NCEA success.
The figures show overall, total SAC applications increased by 27 percent in 2015, up from 5544 students to 7039.
Dyslexia Foundation chair of trustees Guy Pope-Mayell said the overall increase in total SAC applications was very pleasing. But he said the figures also showed issues that needed to be urgently addressed.
Mr Pope-Mayell said 23 percent of New Zealand's 466 secondary schools made no SAC applications for any of the 7541 students who attend those schools.
He said half of the schools that made no applications were in decile one or two, reflecting inequality in the education system.
Qualifications Authority deputy chief executive Kristine Kilkelly said it would be contacting schools that did not make any applications last year and would offer support along with learning difficulty services provided by the Ministry of Education.
"What we propose to do now we will be starting to go back to every school, in deciles one to three where we don't have an application, or we have what we think is a lower number then we might've expected, and we and the RTLB service will work with those schools to help them make sure that we've identified the students and met their needs."
Resource Teachers: Learning and Behaviour (RTLB) staff are funded to work with schools, teachers, and students in years 1-10 with learning and behaviour difficulties.
Kristine Kilkelly said NZQA was making positive progress, and wanted to see application numbers rise further.

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April 27, 2023
Governor Hochul and members of her administration just announced a “conceptual agreement” on the 2023-24 State Budget. She was not joined by either Majority Leader Stewart-Cousin and Speaker Carl Heastie. Both Democratic Majorities left the Capitol earlier today saying that a deal was not yet in reach according to various press reports. The Governor said she had spoken to the leaders and that the discussions were at a point where bills could start being printed.
Leaks regarding various deals (described as ‘tentative’ just a few hours ago) have increased over the last 8 hours to include discussion of a 7.5% Medicaid rate increase for inpatient hospital services and a 6.5% hike for outpatient hospital care and nursing homes, totaling $100M.
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The leadership role was expected. It was formally announced Wednesday by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after the House Democratic Caucus approved the pick.
Pelosi said in a statement Deutch’s “towering integrity and firm commitment to fairness and justice will be invaluable to our mission to restore transparency, ethics and accountability to the Congress.”
She also called him “a powerful voice for the American people and a relentless champion for the public good.”
A committee chairmanship is a major advance for a member of Congress. The Ethics Committee can prove somewhat tricky because the panel interprets and enforces ethics rules — which means judging alleged transgressions committed by other members of Congress.
When the new Congress is sworn in on Jan. 3, the South Florida delegation will have a strikingly new look. It’s dominated by women and Democrats. From West Palm Beach to Key West, there’s only one Republican from southeast Florida.
The Ethics Committee is unusual in that it isn’t dominated by the majority party. It’s a bipartisan panel evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans.
“As members of Congress, we must hold ourselves to the high ethical standard that our constituents expect from us. Ethics in government and the integrity of our nation's elected officials remain of great concern of the public — and rightly so,” Deutch said in a statement.


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Fed projects unemployment rate could be below 8% by Election Day
President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign got some modestly good news from the Federal Reserve today: Fed officials project that the unemployment rate during the fourth quarter of this year -- i.e. around Election Day -- will be 7.8 percent to 8 percent.
That’s down from the Fed’s last projection, made in January, when officials projected fourth-quarter unemployment would range from 8.2 percent to 8.5 percent. The unemployment rate currently is 8.2 percent.
All of these unemployment rates are high -- especially if you’re out of work. But getting below 8 percent by Election Day would be an important milestone for Obama. He won’t be able to boast that he made the jobs picture better for Americans -- if the unemployment rate does drop to 7.8 percent, it will match what it was when he took office in January 2009. But he could at least say he didn’t make things worse.
The Fed’s economic projections were about the only news that came out of the two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee. Its policies remain the same: exceptionally low interest rates until late 2014.
The Fed also now projects slightly stronger economic growth this year than it expected in January. It projects gross domestic product will grow 2.4 percent to 2.9 percent in the fourth quarter, compared to its projection of 2.2 percent to 2.7 percent in January.
The economy will gradually pick up in 2013 and 2014, according to the Fed, but it dialed back its growth projections for those years a bit.
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91 Drumm St, San Francisco, CA 94111
Bike Parking: Yes
Cuisines: Mediterranean, Caterers
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I LOVE this place. I've been going here for years - even though i'm not there often, they always remember me. The owner is amazing, he remembers everyone in there. They crank out the best Falafel wrap I've ever had. The line is always long, so I'm not the only one who thinks so.
It's also great they're open until 10 pm so you can get some real food if you work late or go out for a cocktail and need something to eat -you're not stuck with taco bell or other fast food.
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This place doesn't look like much, but they know how to make a tasty wrap. They grilled my kufta kebab to order and it was worth the wait. The best thing about Oasis Grill was that they really nail their tahini/spicy sauce flavor which is something that a lot of other Mediterranean wrap places seem to neglect.

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Thanksgiving Day: We got back from the airport and immediately started eating the deviled eggs I made earlier in the morning. Angela and Will (friends from Oregon) showed up around 3:30, just in time for Robb’s famous spinach-artichoke dip and wine. We ended up drinking a total of 6.5 bottles of wine before the evening ended around 9:30. We ate dinner around 6. Robb made the turkey, mashed potatoes, homemade cranberry sauce, green bean casserole, and rolls. I contributed cucumber dill salad and fried corn. After a delicious dinner we ate my yummy homemade pumpkin cheesecake and chose to eat Robb’s spice apple dump cake a couple of days later. As I mentioned earlier, wine flowed freely and conversation was ample. It was a really nice Thanksgiving. My parents went to bed by 10, exhausted by their day of flying that started at 5:00 am, Eastern Time.
Friday: Because obviously we hadn’t been drinking enough the day before, the parents, Robb and I chose to visit Chateau Ste. Michelle winery in Woodinville, WA. I’ve been very excited to visit this winery because for a long time they’ve created my favorite riesling. On our way, we stopped in Seattle to eat at Red Mill Burgers. I know I’ve mentioned their amazing onion rings before, so we had to let my parents experience the greasy goodness. I think they aren’t as impressed as Robb and I are, but they still liked them. We got to the winery just in time for the 1:00 tour, which was fairly unimpressive. At the end of the tour we got to try three wines, a chardonnay (pretty bland), a merlot (very good), and a dessert wine (which I refused to try because it’s too sweet). We then were herded into a gift shop and my parents paid for us to sample four more wines, all of which were good, but the $40 reserve merlot was phenomenal. After that we headed across the street to Red Hook Brewery and tried a flight of their beer. I enjoyed their flagship beer and their blonde, but didn’t care for the IPA, stout, or holiday blend. We drove home, relaxed for awhile and then headed to Bellevue to eat dinner at Z’tejas. My parents fell in love with the original Z’tejas when we lived in Texas and I ate dinner their once and was blown away. We were all very excited to eat their again. However, it was extremely disappointing. The menu had changed, the food was bland, and the service terrible. Robb and I just feel so bad for my Dad because he was so looking forward to this dinner! We were determined that the next day’s food choices would be better.
Saturday: We started with breakfast at Panera and then drove to Seattle and parked near the Space Needle. I had read about an international holiday bazaar and we went into the Center and found a total of three booths, a huge disappointment. So we walked a few blocks until we got into the ride free zone to take the bus downtown. (There is a certain area in downtown Seattle where the bus is free, which is a very nice convenience). We took the bus to Pike Place Market and walked around so my parents could take in the sights. We also ate at Piroshky Piroshky, Beecher’s, and Pike Place Chowder. I’m pleased to report that my parents liked the perogi-imitation and proclaimed that the clam chowder was the best they ever had. It was the first time that even Robb and I ate the macaroni and cheese at Beecher’s, and we were all impressed with the best mac and cheese we’ve ever had. Seriously. How cool is it that in Pike Place exists the best clam chowder and best mac and cheese in the entire world? After our food celebration we took the free bus to Pioneer Square to check out a few of the local stores and more specifically, visit Elliot Bay Book Company. I had heard that this was the best book store and Seattle and felt compelled to bring my Mom. It turns out to be a beautiful book store in a very old brick building. It really is an amazing store and once I have some more money coming in, I want to spend some more time in there and actually buy something. On the way to the bookstore we came across Waterfall Park, a dedication to UPS workers (UPS was founded in Seattle.) This beautiful water fountain is hidden behind a couple of walls in the Pioneer Square district. It's really quite stunning and beautiful to have such an impressive waterfall in the middle of the city. After the bookstore we took the bus back to our car and on our way home stopped at REI so my Mom could see the original REI store. We then went home opened up a bottle of wine and headed for dinner at La Casa Bella in Federal Way. Robb and I had been to this Italian restaurant twice before and were excited about sharing our favorite local restaurant with them. We were NOT disappointed that evening. All of the food was phenomenal. We had balsamic portobello mushrooms and caprese for appetizers. All of the entrée’s were phenomenal and at the end of the night, after deciding against dessert, the waitress brought out a complimentary (probably because we spent a fortune on food and wine) pineapple sorbet served in a hollowed out pineapple. It’s just so nice to have a great Italian restaurant in our little town!
Sunday: Got up real early to take my Dad to the airport. He had to be back at work on Monday, so he had to leave a day before my Mom. Later in the day, Mom, Robb, and I went to the mall in Bellevue to eat lunch and go to the movie theater to see Michael Clayton (pretty good movie, slow in the beginning, but speeds up to a pretty good story.) My mom bought me a couple of shirts for my new job and then we headed back to Federal Way and just ordered pizza in and watched a couple of movies at home. She left very early Monday morning. Overall very good weekend and I already miss my parents terribly!
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United Airlines are going to remove its own $200 charge to alter residential tickets efficient quickly, ditching a persistent resource of client rage as providers make an effort to get individuals back on airplanes.
Consumer groups have long pushed for airlines to do away with change fees, arguing they can be unreasonable, sometimes costing nearly half the price of the original ticket.
Good news for airline passengers.
This will be a very big competition for all of the Airlines because all of them are charging $200 ticket change fee.
United is extending its current flight change fee-waiver for tickets purchased after March 3 for both domestic and worldwide flights to December 31, which is a benefit that basic economy passengers can take advantage of, though.
Trump pays Japan's Abe 'highest respect,' plans to call him
Abe has had ulcerative colitis since he was a teenager and has said the condition was controlled with treatment. The format that party executives pick to choose their next leader will have a big impact on the outcome.
Mileage Plus Premier members can confirm a seat on a different flight on the same day with the same departure and arrival cities as their original ticket, if a seat in the same ticket fare class is available.
Additional changes have also been for award flight travel. This enhanced option will be available to all customers for travel within the US and to and from global destinations beginning on January 1, 2021.
In a video message to customers, Chief Executive Scott Kirby said getting rid of fees is often a top request from passengers. "Following previous bumpy rides, airline companies toughened choices to make it through, at times at the cost of customer support".
The United CEO acknowledged that airlines facing tough times have often "made hard decisions to survive, sometimes at the expense of customer service". "Instead, we're taking a completely different approach - and looking at new ways to serve our customers better".
The company announced Sunday that it will begin offering free same-day standby and flight changes to flyers starting in January 2021. A year ago, US transporters got $2.8 billion in ticket-change and retraction charges, as indicated by the Department of Transportation.
The announcements come as the industry faces an unprecedented drop in air travel in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and carriers around the world are struggling to stay afloat. According to the TSA, the number of travelers who were screened is down by more than 70% compared to a year ago.

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About the Book
Book: Season of Hope
Author: Carol James
Genre: 20th Century Christian Historical Romance
Hope Stockton’s life is dead, frozen in a winter of guilt, deceit, and fear. When a handsome young pastor, Josh Lewis, comes to serve in her church, she wonders if she can trust him with her past. Will he be able to help her find the answers to the questions that have been buried in her heart for years? Or will his own secrets drive them apart and prevent him from helping Hope find her spring of forgiveness?
Set in small town Texas in the years during and following the Vietnam war, Seasons of Hope is a story of forgiveness and restoration.
Click here to get your copy!
About the Author
Carol James is an author of inspirational fiction. She lives in a small town outside of Atlanta, Georgia with her husband, Jim, and a perky Jack Russell “Terrorist,” Zoe.
Having always loved intriguing stories with happy endings, she was moved to begin writing to encourage others as she’d been encouraged by the works of other authors of inspirational fiction.
Her debut novel, Rescuing Faith, has been a number one best seller on Amazon.
Carol enjoys spending time with her husband, children, and grandchildren, traveling with friends, and serving in the production department at her church. And most days, in the late hours of the night or the wee hours of the morning, she can be found bringing her newest novel to life.
More from Carol
Overcoming the Darkness
The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. John 1:5
I’ve read or heard this verse hundreds, maybe thousands, of times. But I remember exactly the moment I truly understood the picture it paints.
I sat in church one Sunday morning. For weeks, I’d been elbow-deep in crafting a manuscript set in the years following the Vietnam war. The title was Season of Hope.
In the squeaky voice our congregation loved, Pastor Buddy read this scripture and then asked a simple question. “Have you ever thought that light always overcomes darkness?”
Of course I’d thought that. I knew The Light was Jesus. I knew through His perfect sacrifice, He overcame the darkness of sin and death to give us life and light.
But then, in his folksy manner that would sneak up on you and drop the truth right in your lap, Buddy’s sermon began to paint a poignant illustration.
You can walk into a dark room with any amount of light, no matter how small—a candle flame, a flashlight beam, or even the illumination from the face of your phone—and the light will always…always…invade the darkness.
But the opposite is never true. No matter how great the darkness and how small the light, darkness never prevails. Never overcomes the light.
And what little you manage to see in the darkness is distorted, not an accurate representation of reality. Because darkness hides reality. It shows us only colorless, indistinct imitations. Light, however, shows us beauty and truth.
Simple, right? Maybe. But like so many truths in the Bible, the idea is rich and full of meaning when you meditate on it.
When I left church that day, I knew my heroine’s battle was to be a clash between light and darkness, truth and lies.
In Season of Hope, Hope Stockton’s heart is frozen in the dark winter of her past. She’s spent so many years hiding her failures and fears from the light of truth, she questions whether her heart will ever feel the warmth of spring again.
Then she meets Josh Lewis, and she wonders, can she entrust him with the dark secrets that have been buried in her heart all these years?
Author Interview with Carol James
What literary pilgrimages have you gone on?
Some of my favorites are:
- Shakespeare’s birthplace and Anne Hathaway’s house in Stratford-upon-Avon, as well as the recreation of the Globe Theatre.
- Grasmere where William Wordsworth lived. I sat on the daffodil-covered hillside that tradition says inspired his poem “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.”
- Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Walnut Grove and the site of the little dugout by the river.
- Lucy Maud Montgomery’s family home, Green Gables.
- But one of the most intriguing places I visited was Longfellow’s Wayside Inn in Sudbury, MA. There I stumbled across the writings of the Secret Drawer Society, and knew I would one day write a book about the letters I found. The working title of that manuscript is A Time for Singing.
- I’ve also visited Margaret Mitchell’s home and museum, The House of Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne), Carl Sandburg’s home (Connemara), Eugenia Price’s St. Simons home and Christ’s Church, and others.
What’s your favorite under-appreciated novel?
Wow, this is such a difficult question to answer! But, I am going to say Summer of the Oak Moon by Laura Templeton. It is a coming of age story that deals with racial injustice in the south. And Ms. Templeton has a gift for writing beautiful descriptive language. I loved this book.
How do you select the names of your characters?
- I find choosing character names can be a challenge. When I first began writing, I felt God was leading me to write three novels in which the heroines were named Faith, Hope, and Charity. So, here we have Hope in Season of Hope. Faith is featured in Rescuing Faith. And Charity is still in manuscript form. Other female names can depend upon the seasonal setting (Holly and Mary for Christmas novellas). And then sometimes I hear an unusual name and know it will be perfect for a certain character, as Ethne in No Longer a Captive.
- The names of my heroes are all Biblical names because they are timeless. Joshua is the hero’s name in Season of Hope. Even though Josh is flawed, he exhibits the grace of Jesus.
What was your hardest scene to write?
Without giving too much information away (because it’s a crucial plot point), the scene in Season of Hope I struggled with and rewrote multiple times is the one in which our hero, Josh, returns from a fishing trip, discovers Hope in his room, and realizes she has gone through his things. I had to make certain that their reactions were true to both characters.
What is your favorite childhood book?
I absolutely loved Robinson Crusoe. The ingenuity of the characters and simplicity of life fascinated me. The Little House series ran a close second. I loved, and sometimes envied, the characters appreciation of the simple things in life.
If you had to do something differently as a child or teenager to become a better writer as an adult, what would you do?
My imagination and all my seemingly never-ending questions and tales used to try my parents’ patience, I’m sure. For as long as I can remember, I have loved to follow my imagination and make up stories. But, I never wrote any of them down. I wish I had journaled as a child and teenager. I’d probably have some amazing plotlines to follow.
What comes first, the plot or characters?
That’s a great question. I think it varies from novel to novel. In Season of Hope, the plot came first. I knew the basic story long before the characters were fleshed out. In Rescuing Faith and No Longer a Captive, the characters came first and the plot developed around them.
Who is the author you most admire in your genre?
There are so many, but I would have to say Karen Kingsbury. Her Baxter Family novels were the first Christian fiction books I read that seemed to deal with real-life problems. Her books showed me that Christian writers can, and should, deal with the messiness of life our readers are living. I met her at a book signing, and her influence was instrumental in my receiving my first publishing contract.
What do you like to do when you are not writing?
I read, travel, volunteer at a nearby school, serve in the production department of my church, entertain international guests, and enjoy spending time with my children and grandchildren. I love professional soccer and Frappuccinos.
If you could invite one person to dinner, who would it be and what would you cook? Only one? Hmmm. Former first lady, Laura Bush. I admire her dignity and grace. I would love to hear her behind-the-scenes recounting of their years in the White House. I’d serve quiche, salad, and key lime cake.
Thank you, Carol, for letting us get to know you better!
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Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations, August 7
Artistic Nobody, August 8 (Author Interview)
Inklings and notions, August 9
For Him and My Family, August 10
deb’s Book Review, August 11
Simple Harvest Reads, August 12 (Author Interview)
CarpeDiem, August 13
SusanK. Beatty, Author, August 14 (Author Interview)
Adventures of a Travelers Wife, August 15
Musings of Sassy Bookish Mama, August 16
Sodbuster Living, August 17
Batya’s Bits, August 18
Blossoms and Blessings, August 19 (Author Interview)
To celebrate her tour, Carol is giving away the grand prize package of a digital copy of Season of Hope and a $40 Amazon gift card!!
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Making Easter egg crafts with the kids is one of my favorite holiday traditions. Every year we try to create a new Easter egg project along with our normal egg dyeing routine. These pretty Flower Glitter Easter Eggs are a spinoff of our glitter polka dot Easter Eggs we made last year.
The kids loved glittering eggs with glue dots last year! Since I’m really enjoying working with double-sided adhesive lately I thought I would have the kids punch out flower shapes to decorate white wooden eggs with. We found the painted wooden eggs at Hobby Lobby and they were perfect for this craft.
double-sided adhesive sheets
Martha Stewart glitter
Flower Glitter Easter Eggs Tutorial:
1. Punch flower shapes out of double-sided adhesive sheets.
2. Peel backing off of the flower shapes (leave the top layer on until you’re ready to glitter).
3. Once you have all of the flowers in place remove the top layer of the adhesive and pour glitter on each shape. If you are using multiple glitter colors only glitter a few shapes at a time to avoid blending the colors.
4. Use a brush to remove the excess glitter.
This is an easy Easter egg craft that the kids will enjoy and you can use in your decor year after year. However if you simply change your mind you can easily remove the adhesive and start with a blank canvas all over again!
Thanks for stopping by!
What a cute idea!
These are adorable!
What a cute project! I love it so much that I decided to feature it in our roundup of Easter egg crafts! Check it out here: https://www.favecraftsblog.com/easter-egg-crafts/
Have a great day!
Just letting you know that I featured your amazing project today. Thanks for sharing it on The Inspiration Board and have a wonderful weekend.
Adorable!! These are just as cute as the last year’s :) Love it!
Hey gorgeous! Thanks for linking up at Create & Inspire last week! Tonight we’re featuring YOU! Can’t wait to see what you’ve been up to this week. xo, Kimberly
These are adorable! And I love that they’re made with wooden eggs so you can pull them out year after year. Such a fun idea!


|Publication number||US3986053 A|
|Application number||US 05/549,656|
|Publication date||Oct 12, 1976|
|Filing date||Feb 13, 1975|
|Priority date||Feb 19, 1974|
|Also published as||CA1054733A, CA1054733A1, DE2407954A1, DE2407954B1|
|Publication number||05549656, 549656, US 3986053 A, US 3986053A, US-A-3986053, US3986053 A, US3986053A|
|Original Assignee||Siemens Aktiengesellschaft|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (6), Referenced by (10), Classifications (12)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates in general to pulse code modulation regenerators and in particular to a novel and improved pulse code modulation regenerator.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Pulse code modulation regenerators are known as, for example, a system described in the publication entitled "Nachrichtenuebertragung" by Hoelzler and Thierbach, Springer-Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1966, pages 498 to 503. See also the publication entitled "Technische Rundschau," No. 9 of Mar. 5, 1971, at pages 9, 11 and 13. Also, such systems are described in German Pat. No. AS 1,961,950 and in German Pat. No. OS 2,004,036.
In view of the increasing use of the PCM technique, it is desirable to transmit a large number of speech channels through a single PCM transmission link. Link regenerators capable of processing very high data bit rates are necessary, and in order to keep the cost in reasonable limits, it is desirable to design as much as possible of the PCM equipment by integrated circuit techniques.
Therefore, the aim of the present invention is to develop a PCM regenerator circuit capable of processing data at a high rate which can be, to the greatest possible extent, designed using integrated circuit techniques. The regenerator circuit must be capable of processing sin2 half wave signals which are preferably used as input signals at higher bit rates since a transfer into this signal form ensures that the system will be free to the optimum amount from disturbing influences such as thermal noise and cross-talk. Also, the power for driving the regenerators which are distributed throughout the transmission link must be supplied by the data cable and thus each of the regenerators must not exceed a specific power consumption.
In the present invention the PCM regenerator has an amplitude decision device which contains one signal path for positive signals and one for negative signals with each of the two signal paths being formed from a differential amplifier composed of two transistors and operated with common emitters and with the base of one of the two transistors connected to a secondary end terminal of the input transformer. The output of one of the differential amplifiers is connected directly to an input of the time decision device and through a switchback diode to the corresponding output of the time decision device. The collectors of the input transistors of the two differential amplifiers are connected together and through a Zener diode to the first input of a current generator. The phase discriminator contains two D flip-flops and a current generator and the setting input of the two D flip-flops is connected to the outputs of one of the differential amplifiers of the amplitude decision device. The D-input of the two D flip-flops are connected to ground and their Q outputs are connected together through a pair of diodes. The common connection between the diodes is connected through a resistor to the second input of the current generator. The current amplifier contains a differential amplifier which is connected through a Zener diode to the first current amplifier input and consists of two npn transistors and the output of the amplifiers is connected to the current amplifier output. The current amplifier contains an amplifier stage which is operated with emitter connection and consists of a pnp transistor which has its input connected to the second current amplifier input and its output connected to the current amplifier output. The current amplifier output is connected through a low pass filter to the input of a quartz crystal oscillator which serves as a pulse generator and emits a pulse train oscillation which is supplied to a rectangular wave shaping circuit. The output of the wave shaping circuit supplies an input to the time decision device and through the time decision device to the triggering inputs of the two D flip-flops of the phase discriminator.
This invention utilizes the recognition that transistorized switching stages operating in unsaturated condition have a relatively small current consumption and operate satisfactorily at very high frequency rates. The advantages of the invention are that substantial integration and the possibility of direct control of TTL circuits without the use of coupling and matching stages results in an overall greatly reduced structure and a much smaller price than that of prior art devices.
If only binary pulses having one polarity occur at the input of the regenerator circuit, in other words, those of the type designated RZ format, a modification of the invention makes a further reduction in size in that it is possible to process the binary signals utilizing a simplified amplitude decision device which contains only one differential amplifier comprising two transistors. Also, a simplified phase discriminator can be used which contains only one D flip-flop whose Q output is connected without diodes through a resistor to the second input of the current generator. Also, a simplified time decision device can be utilized which requires only a single current path.
Other objects, features and advantages of the invention will be readily apparent from the following description of certain preferred embodiments thereof taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings although variations and modifications may be effected without departing from the spirit and scope of the novel concepts of the disclosure, and in which:
FIG. 1 illustrates in block form the PCM regenerator for bipolar signals.
FIG. 1a is a plot of three bits of the PCM signal at the input of the PCM regenerator of the invention shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.
FIG. 1b is a plot of three bits occurring at the output of a PCM regenerator of the invention.
FIG. 2 is an electrical schematic diagram of the PCM regenerator of the invention.
FIG. 3 is a plot of waveforms in the PCM regenerator for the word "1-1-1-10."
FIG. 4 is a plot of another pulse for the PCM word "0-1-1-0."
FIG. 5 is the characteristic curve of a phase discriminator without switchback diodes for the PCM word "0-1-1-0," and
FIG. 6 is the characteristic curve of a phase discriminator utilizing switchback diodes for the PCM word "0-1-1-0."
FIG. 1 illustrates in block diagram form the PCM regenerator of the invention. The input PCM signal 1 is supplied to the input of the PCM regenerator normally in the form of sin2 half waves as shown in FIG. 1a. FIG. 1a is in the form of an eye diagram and illustrates superimposed one upon another as a function of time, all of the function sequences possible at a specific point, in other words, all of the possible transitions from a first bit to the next bit, as for example from 1 to 0, from 1 to -1 and so forth.
An input transformer EU is connected to the input terminals of the regenerator and its secondary winding has a ground tap. The outputs of the secondary winding of the input transformer EU are connected to the input terminals of an amplitude decision device AE which receives the PCM signals. The amplitude decision device AE comprises a threshold value switch which has thresholds as illustrated in FIG. 1a of +S and -S which are set at one half the positive and one-half the negative peak voltage levels of the signals. The amplitude decision device AE rectifies the positive and negative pulses and supplies the rectified signals at its output on plus and minus terminals. Also, the combined output is supplied on the terminal indicated by plus-minus. A phase discriminator PD receives all three of the outputs of the amplitude decision device AE and also receives an input comprising a timing signal from a rectangular wave shaper RF. The phase discriminator produces a control voltage at its output which is supplied through a low pass filter TPF. The output of the low pass filter TPF is supplied to a pulse generator TG which may be cyrstal controlled. The pulse generator TG contains a voltage-dependent capacitor in the frequency-determining circuit such that the control voltage supplied to it from the low pass filter TPF controls the output frequency of the pulse generator. The output of the pulse generator TG is supplied to the rectangular wave shaper RF which changes the sinusoidal oscillations into a rectangular wave which form the timing pulses which are supplied to the phase discriminator PD and to the time decision device ZE.
The structure just described comprises a closed control loop circuit utilizing the "phase-locked-loop" principle. The time decision device ZE receives the positive and negative pulses from the output of the amplitude decision device AE separately through two inputs and thus the plus and negative outputs of the amplitude decision device are received and the time decision device ZE emits these pulses in the middle of a relevant bit, as controlled by the rectangular pulse train oscillation supplied by the rectangular wave shaper RF.
The outputs of the time decision device ZE are positive and negative and are supplied to the two inputs of pulse amplifier PV. The time decision device ZE emits its output pulses in the middle of the relevant bit as controlled by the rectangular pulse train from the rectangular wave shaper RF.
The pulse amplifies PV amplifies the positive and negative pulses separately and applies two outputs to a pulse shaper PF which includes a transformer having low pass filter characteristics, wherein the amplified pulses are converted into sinusoidal half waves and supplied to the output terminals of the pulse amplifier PV.
The second eye diagram illustrated in FIG. 1b represents the regenerated PCM signal which appears at the output of the pulse shaper PF and is available for transmission over additional sub-links.
FIG. 2 is a detailed electrical circuit diagram of the apparatus illustrated in FIG. 1. The incoming signal PCM 1 is supplied to the input terminals of a transformer TR1 which has its mid-point connected to the connection point between a pair of resistors R1 and R2. The amplitude decision device consists of 4 npn transistors T1, T2 and T3 and T4 with the base of transistors T1 and T3 connected to opposite ends of the secondary of the transformer TR1. The transistors T1 through T4 comprise a pair of differential amplifiers and the operative point of the input transistors T1 and T3 of the two differential amplifiers is set by means of the voltage divider formed by the two resistors R1 and R2. The collectors of the two input transistors T1 and T3 are connected to one another and to the output terminal for the plus-minus output of the amplitude decision device AE which comprises the combined positive and negative pulses. The collectors of transistors T1 and T3 and supplied an operating voltage through resistor R3. The positive and negative pulses of the supplied PCM signal can be separately obtained from the collectors of the output-end transistors T2 and T4 of the differential amplifiers with the plus output appearing at collector of transistor T2 and the negative output appearing at the collector of transistor T4. Resistors R4 and R5 supply operating voltage to the collectors of transistors T2 and T4. The plus output is supplied to terminal A which is connected to the input of the time decision device ZE and the negative output from transistor T4 is connected to terminal B which is supplied to the time decision device ZE. The bases of transistors T2 and T4 are connected to ground. The voltage difference between the mean voltage plus U1 and the supply voltage plus U2 is selected to be approximately 5V so that the TTL (Transistor - Transistor - Logic) modules can be directly connected to the collectors of the two output-end transistors.
An amplitude decision device AE constructed in this manner has a number of advantages one of which is that the amplitude threshold is independent of temperature and the transistors operate in unsaturated fashion in the operation of TTL modules and thus very short switching times and very small current consumption will result. Since npn transistors and resistors are utilized it is very simple to utilize an integrated circuit for the construction of the amplitude decision device AE.
The time decision device ZE receives the outputs from terminals A and B from amplitude decision device AE. Device ZE consists of two D flip-flop FA and FB, two NAND gates, GA, GB and two inverter stages N1 and N2. The D input terminals of the D flip-flops receive the plus and negative inputs from terminals A and B and receive the positive and negative pulses respectively from the amplitude decision device AE. The Q output of the first flip-flop FA is connected through the NAND gate GA to a first output F of the time decision device ZE. The output Q of the second D flip-flop FB is connected through the NAND gate GB to a second output terminal G of the time decision device ZE. The second inputs to the two NAND gates GA, GB are connected together and to the output of an inverter N2 through which the timing signal is supplied. The two inverters N1 and N2 are connected in series and the timing signal is supplied through them and at the junction point between the inverters an inverse timing signal is obtained which is supplied to the two setting input terminals of the D flip-flops FA, FB of the time decision device ZE and this terminal is indicated as terminal H.
The phase discriminator PD consists of the phase discriminator and includes the current generator J. The phase discriminator proper includes two D flip-flops FDA and FDB. A pair of diodes D1 and D2 are connected to the Q outputs of the flip-flops and to an output terminal K. Terminal A is connected to the S input of flip-flop FDA and terminal B is connected to the S input of flip-flop FDB. Resistor R8 is connected from a junction point K between the diodes D1 and D2 to the base of a transistor T6 of the current generator J. Transistor T6 is pnp type and is operated in an emitter connection. The second input of the current generator J is connected through a Zener diodes Z2 to the plus and minus output of the amplitude decision device AE to receive the combined signal. This input of the current generator J is connected to the base of a transistor T7 which is the first transistor of a differential amplifier composed of two npn transistors T7 and T8. The emitters of these transistors are connected together. The collector of transistor T7 is connected to ground and the collector of the second transistor T8 of the differential amplifier is connected to the collector of transistor T6 and the outputs of these transistors simultaneously represent the output of the differential amplifier. This output is designated terminal M which is supplied as an input to the low pass filter TPF which comprises the capacitors C2, C3 and resistors R22 and R23 as shown.
Thus, the phase discriminator PD is adapated to the time decision device ZE and it is expedient to consider the two assemblies in terms of their functions. In both assemblies, D flip-flops connected to utilize the TTL technique are used. These flip-flop switches switch with the positive flank of a supplied pulse train oscillation. In the built up state the positive pulse train flank must be maintained in the middle of the bit, that is in the middle in terms of time, of a positive pulse at the D input of one of the two D flip-flops of the time decision device. A positive half wave of the bipolar PCM signal appears as a positive pulse at the D input of the first D flip-flop FA of the time decision device ZE as a signal terminal A. Also, a negative half wave of the bipolar PCM signal appears as a positive pulse at the D input of the secod D flip-flop FB at terminal B. Simultaneously, the bipolar PCM signals from terminals A and B are conducted to second of the two D flip-flops of the phase discriminator through its setting inputs S and as a result these D flip-flops, FDA and FDB are prepared for switch-over by a supplied pulse train oscillation. If a positive pulse train flank now appears, the first D flip-flop of the time decision device ZE and at the same time the first D flip-flop of the phase discriminator PD or the second D flip-flop FB of the time decision device ZE and the second D flip-flop FDB of the phase discriminator PD switch-over the logic state at the relevant output Q. Since the two D flip-flops FDA and FDB of the phase discriminator are as a result of the supply of the signals A and B to the setting inputs, directly reset by these signals, the switch-back of the two D flip-flops FA and FB of the time decision device ZE occurs only with the next pulse train flank which arrives at the earliest one bit-width later. The duration of the output pulses from the discriminator flip-flops FDA and FDB is thus, in contrast to the duration of the output pulses from the D flip-flops of the time decision device, directly dependent upon the phase state of the pulse train oscillation.
This can be observed in FIG. 3 which illustrates the wave shapes at different terminals in the circuit of FIG. 2. FIG. 3 illustrates the wave shape progression between the signal PCM 1 and PCM 2 at different points in the circuit and it may be observed from FIG. 3 that in the event of a pulse train frequency which is too low the positive flank of the pulse train oscillation H will apparently move in the direction of the rear flank of the signals A and B. Thus, the output pulse KU of the phase discriminator which is coupled through the two diodes D1 and D2 becomes increasingly narrower, whereas if the pulse train frequency is too high there will correspondingly be an increase in the width of the pulse at terminal K. It is to be realized in this disclosure that the wave shape at the terminals A through M are designated in FIG. 3 as wave shapes A through M.
The discriminator output pulse which is directly dependent on the phase of the pulse train is transformed into a current pulse of constant amplitude in the emitter amplifier stage by the transistor T6. As a result of the opposing connection of the output signals C emitted at the same time at the plus-minus output for the combined signals of the amplitude decision device, which have been transformed into current pulses having the amplitude J and the constant width t1 through the Zener diode Z2 in the differential amplifiers formed from the transistors T7 and T8, a signal M appears at the connection point of the collectors of the two transistors T6 and T8. Such signal M is furnished through the low pass filter TPF to the pulse generator TG and changes the voltage across the capacitive diode 10 located in the frequency-determining circuit of the oscillator TG so as to control the oscillating frequency of the pulse generator TG.
The low pass filter TPF between the discriminator and the pulse generator TG merely serves to filter the current pulses and to set up the control circuit amplification and prevents the individual pulses from the phase discriminator PD from directly reaching the pulse generator TG. After the initial build-up, a current equilibrium is produced at the connection point of the collectors of the second transistors T6 and T8 of the phase discriminator which equilibrium can be adjusted by changing the current amplitude I in the collector circuit of transistor T6 by using the variable resistor R17. A change in setting of the current amplitude I results in a corresponding change in the phase state of the pulse train oscillation relative to the individual bits of the PCM signal.
The pulse generator is illustrated as a quartz-controlled oscillator controlled by the quartz crystal 11 and the capacitive diode 10 which are connected in a one-stage base circuit of the transistor T9 supplied through a feedback transformer TR3. The oscillation amplitude of the pulse generator TG is limited on the collector-base characteristic curve by an input transistor T10 of a differential amplifier which acts as a rectangular shaper RF and consists of two npn transistors T10 and T11. A rectangular pulse train oscillation can be directly obtained from the output transistor T11 of the rectangular shaper and thus the rectangular oscillation is produced in a circuit which is not very expensive and consumes very little current.
The two D flip-flops FA and FB of the time decision device ZE produce two pulse trains D and E which, respectively, provide one input of one of the two NAND gates GA and GB which are derived from the Q outputs of the flip-flops.
The gates GA and GB emit negative pulses of a width of one half bit to the two outputs of the time decision device in accordance with the supplied pulse train oscillation and said pulses are illustrated in FIG. 3 by wave trains F and G.
The output wave trains pulses F and G of the time decision device ZE are supplied to the two inputs of a pulse amplifier PV constructed from two pnp transistors T12 and T13. These transistors are provided with a common emitter resistor R12 and the pulse shaper PF is connected to the collector circuit of the transistors T12 and T13. The pulse shaper PF comprises a transformer TR2 having determinate stray field between primary and secondary and includes capacitors C1 and C2 connected across the primary and secondary respectively to form a low pass filter which is matched to the surge impedance of the connecting cable. At the secondary of the pulse shaper transformer the PCM output designated as PCM 2 in FIG. 3 is obtained and is utilized as a feed-in into the adjoining cable path.
The splitting of the signal path in the time decision device and the phase discriminator into two separate signal paths reduces the operating frequency of the modules which conduct the separate signal paths. This reduction in the operating speed and the current generator J which operates in unsaturated condition provides the possibility of processing very high bit repetition frequencies.
In the above described PCM regenerator, in the case of specific PCM signals the phase control circuit can be temporarily set at an incorrect operating point which leads to phase jumps in the pulse train oscillation. If, for example, the input of the described PCM regenerator is supplied with quasi-statistical pulse patterns, for example pseudo-random signals from shift registers exhibiting feedback or specific periodic word sequences with strong spectral lines at the first subharmonics of the pulse train frequency, a specific, incorrect phase may be established.
FIG. 4 illustrates such a case in a pulse diagram which corresponds to FIG. 3. The repetitive PCM work 0-1-1-0 which results in an incorrect phase setting of this kind has been selected as a critical pulse pattern. FIG. 4 illustrates the two possibilities both of which can lead to a current equilibrium at the output of the phase discriminator and thus produce a stable phase condition. In case a the phase shift between the incoming bit and the positive flank of the pulse train oscillation is γ = 180° and in case b is γ = 0° .
FIG. 5 illustrates the phase discriminator curve for the above described PCM word 0-1-1-0 in which in addition to the first stable curve component with the correct phase STR, a second stable curve component with the incorrect phase STF exist. The curve shown in FIG. 5 is formed because the phase is continuously changed between the incoming bit and the positive flank of the pulse train oscillation and thus the current-time produce product I .sup.. T at the output of the phase discriminator changes accordingly with the selected PCM word. Since in both sections of the curve the differential quotients have the same sign both parts of the curve are stable.
Computer observations have shown that the incorrect phase cannot be set to a stable condition until the current I through the transistor T6 of the current generator of the phase discriminator is more than double the current through the transistor T8 of the differential amplifier of the current generator. In order to safely eliminate the possibility of setting the phase on the second stable part of the curve with the incorrect phase, the invention provides two additional switch-back diodes. This assures that the time decision device which has two signal paths have their outputs connected to the inputs through these diodes. This ensures that as illustrated in FIG. 6 that from the formerly stable part of the curve with the incorrect phase illustrated in FIG. 5 there results an astable curve component in which the differential quotient of the curve becomes zero and at this pont a stable operation thus becomes impossible.
The upper part of the phase discriminator curve illustrated in FIG. 6 also shows, in broken lines, a curve component which results in the case of a delay time of up to one-sixth of the pulse train period. This delay time of T/6 which was established with practical measurements is produced through signal transit times in the individual modules, but as shown in FIG. 6 does not have a negative effect on the function of the circuit. In addition the two switch-back diodes reduce the sensitivity of the circuit to interference. The two switch-back diodes prevent two bits of equal polarity occurring directly consecutively as they block the D-inputs of the D flip-flops FA and FB of the time decision device ZE following the transfer of a pulse on the appearance of the next pulse train flank.
When fewer demands are made on the frequency stability of the regenerator, it is possible to replace the quartz oscillator by an LC oscillator. In this case there is an increased basic jitter of the pulse train phase which automatically results in a jumping out of the stable part of the curve of the phase discriminator with the incorrect phase (STF illustrated in FIG. 5). In this case it is possible to dispense with the switch-back diodes. The switch-back diodes are also not necessary when the PCM input signal PCM 1 is available in sinusoidal half wave form or as a binary RZ signal.
It is seen that this invention provides a new and novel RCM regenerator and though it has been described with respect to preferred embodiments it is not to be so limited as changes and modifications may be made therein which are within the full intended scope as defined by the appended claims.
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|Cooperative Classification||H04L25/242, H04L7/033|
|European Classification||H04L25/24A, H04L7/033|


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Harley-Davidson Inc (NYSE:HOG) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 17,115,500 shares, a growth of 9.6% from the June 30th total of 15,618,900 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,790,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 9.6 days. Approximately 10.8% of the company’s shares are sold short.
Harley-Davidson stock traded up $0.92 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $32.26. The company had a trading volume of 1,280,419 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,246,417. The company has a current ratio of 1.15, a quick ratio of 1.03 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.45. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $35.17 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $36.15. Harley-Davidson has a 12 month low of $31.16 and a 12 month high of $46.22. The company has a market capitalization of $5.30 billion, a PE ratio of 8.53, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.20 and a beta of 1.18.
Harley-Davidson (NYSE:HOG) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, July 23rd. The company reported $1.46 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of $1.42 by $0.04. Harley-Davidson had a return on equity of 28.67% and a net margin of 7.99%. The business had revenue of $1.43 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.44 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.52 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down 6.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities research analysts anticipate that Harley-Davidson will post 3.53 EPS for the current year.
In related news, Director Jochen Zeitz sold 2,227 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $33.05, for a total value of $73,602.35. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 1 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $33.05. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CFO John A. Olin sold 30,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, July 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $35.96, for a total value of $1,078,800.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 88,500 shares in the company, valued at $3,182,460. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 47,737 shares of company stock worth $1,699,899 over the last three months. Insiders own 0.86% of the company’s stock.
Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Pinebridge Investments L.P. purchased a new stake in Harley-Davidson during the second quarter valued at $25,000. Patriot Financial Group Insurance Agency LLC purchased a new stake in Harley-Davidson during the second quarter valued at $25,000. G&S Capital LLC purchased a new stake in Harley-Davidson during the second quarter valued at $26,000. Icon Wealth Partners LLC purchased a new stake in Harley-Davidson during the first quarter valued at $27,000. Finally, Flagship Harbor Advisors LLC increased its position in Harley-Davidson by 73.8% during the second quarter. Flagship Harbor Advisors LLC now owns 803 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,000 after acquiring an additional 341 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 91.09% of the company’s stock.
Several brokerages recently weighed in on HOG. DA Davidson reaffirmed a “sell” rating on shares of Harley-Davidson in a research note on Friday, July 26th. Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a “sell” rating and issued a $34.00 price target (down from $37.00) on shares of Harley-Davidson in a research note on Wednesday, April 24th. KeyCorp reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Harley-Davidson in a report on Friday, July 19th. ValuEngine raised Harley-Davidson from a “strong sell” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 30th. Finally, Morgan Stanley dropped their target price on Harley-Davidson from $46.00 to $42.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, July 30th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have assigned a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Harley-Davidson presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $41.00.
Harley-Davidson Company Profile
Harley-Davidson, Inc manufactures and sells custom, cruiser, and touring motorcycles. The company operates in two segments, Motorcycles and Related Products and Financial Services. The Motorcycles and Related Products segment designs, manufactures, and sells on-road Harley-Davidson motorcycles, including cruiser, touring, standard, sportbike, and dual models, as well as motorcycle parts, accessories, general merchandise, and related services.
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