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Foreign Collusion Is as American as Apple Pie
Shady international influence over U.S. politics didn’t start, and won’t end, with Donald Trump.
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign was brazen in its willingness to cross legal lines surrounding foreign money and influence, as revealed in the felonious behavior of the U.S. president’s campaign manager Paul Manafort and personal attorney Michael Cohen. But Americans would do well to leaven their justified outrage with a history lesson. The use of foreign money to influence U.S. politics is not something that Trump invented. It’s been clear for at least 50 years that interested foreigners could purchase U.S. policy for the right price—with the price tag determined by candidates’ election campaigns. The question is whether anyone in American politics will ever see fit to do anything about it.
In a broader sense, the purchase of foreign influence is as old as U.S. politics itself. George Washington contended with French meddling from Edmond-Charles “Citizen” Genêt, Abraham Lincoln struggled to block British subsidies to the Confederacy, and 20th-century presidents policed foreign agents promoting their country’s goals to American audiences. But, prior to the mid-20th century, America’s elected leaders were on the other side of these influence operations and worked to limit the effects of money and influence from abroad.
Since the late 1960s, however, the availability of foreign money and influence in close elections has lured ambitious candidates to draw on resources from abroad. Candidates for elected office, desperate for large donations and sensing riches on offer from abroad, started to bend, and even break, campaign finance laws. Foreign leaders recognized these conditions, and started to exploit them.
The 1968 presidential election is an object lesson in the endemic temptations of foreign money in U.S. politics—and perhaps the clearest predecessor to Trump’s current travails. Running for president 50 years ago, Richard Nixon relied upon a wide range of consultants, handlers, and fixers. One of the most important was a Chinese-born American socialite, Anna Chennault, who funneled money from the government of Taiwan and its supporters to Republican candidates. She gave more than $200,000 to Nixon’s presidential campaign and, more important, she used her foreign contacts to help get Nixon elected to the White House.
In a tight presidential race with Hubert Humphrey, Chennault interfered to scuttle the outgoing Johnson administration’s efforts to negotiate an end to the Vietnam War. Nixon feared that if President Lyndon Johnson and Vice President Humphrey made progress at the negotiating table, they would win over many of the critics of the war. Two weeks before the election, Nixon ordered his campaign aide H.R. Haldeman to, “Keep Anna Chennault working on [South Vietnam].” He demanded all possible efforts to “monkey wrench” potential progress in White House negotiations.
Chennault worked with Henry Kissinger, then an advisor for both Johnson and Nixon, to convey the Republican message to the leaders of U.S.-allied South Vietnam. Chennault warned that the Johnson administration was selling Saigon out, and that South Vietnamese leaders would get stronger support if they resisted all negotiations until Nixon’s election. Chennault, Kissinger, and others sent a similar message to communist North Vietnam: Nixon would be able to negotiate a more enduring peace with longtime adversaries than the current discredited American president. Through Chennault, Nixon arranged for Taiwanese leader Chiang Kai-shek to spread the same advice.
Johnson learned of this meddling. He described it as “treason,” but did not share the information with the American public for a mix of reasons that resonate after the 2016 election. Johnson could not prove a direct connection between Chennault’s meddling and Nixon (he did not have Haldeman’s notes, released to the public in 2007), and he feared the appearance of partisanship on the eve of the election to decide his successor. Johnson was also convinced that Nixon might be more supportive of his policies after the election than Humphrey, who had grown more vocal in his criticisms of the war as Election Day approached.
On Nov. 3, 1968, just two days before the election, Nixon promised to help Johnson on Vietnam in a very duplicitous phone call: “if you felt, or the secretary of state felt, that anything would be useful that I could do, that I would do it. … And I really feel this—and I feel this very deeply—that I think you’ve gotten a bad rap on this thing.”
Nixon was covering for his collusion with Chennault and his efforts to undermine Johnson’s peace efforts. It worked. Nixon was elected president, and Chennault’s influence over U.S. policy continued to grow. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, she remained a funnel for foreign money into Republican campaigns. She had ties to Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, serving both as an emissary to East Asian leaders, especially Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping.
Paul Manafort is Donald Trump’s Anna Chennault. Manafort has been convicted on eight counts of tax and bank fraud, and much of the money behind these convictions came from foreign sources connected to Ukraine and Russia. Manafort will stand for a second trial in Washington, D.C., focused more deeply on the foreign money sources. As a campaign advisor and manager for Trump, Manafort attended at least one meeting with Russian representatives and high-level Trump campaign staff.
More important, he helped to formulate and promote Trump’s appeasing strategy toward Russian President Vladimir Putin. There’s reason to think Manafort and others implemented this strategy illegally during the presidential transition, often through Michael Flynn, the incoming national security advisor (who pled guilty to felony charges last year). The Russian appeasement strategy reached fruition in the two presidents’ fawning Helsinki press conference on July 16, and in Trump’s persistent refusal to respond to continued Russian interference in U.S. elections, despite warnings from every American intelligence agency.
There is, of course, still much more to learn about Manafort and the other characters around Trump with suspicious ties to Russian money and influence. The continuity with Nixon and Chennault is the ease in which shady figures can ally with foreign governments and simultaneously work for American politicians. Modern communications have surely facilitated this collusive behavior, and large quantities of available foreign money have incentivized it. Chennault was not prosecuted because Nixon won the election and covered it up. Manafort has been exposed because Trump is evidently not as skilled at hiding his transgressions.
The stakes for U.S. foreign policy are enormous. The nation cannot defend its interests if it cannot elect leaders uncorrupted by personal commitments to foreign sources of money and influence. That is a bedrock constitutional principle that is now frequently violated in presidential, Senate, congressional, and other elections. Like Nixon and Trump, too many candidates look far from their shores for the assistance they need to win.
The debate about campaign financing has generally focused on large donors within the United States, but the Chennault and Manafort cases show that the problem is really an international one. Putin is a worse violator and a greater threat than any big donor at home. And he is surely not alone. The future of American foreign policy requires quick and effective action to limit corrupting influences in U.S. elections. In addition to combatting hacking and social media propaganda, the United States must act to create more rigorous oversight of money flows and other influences during campaigns. Figures like Chennault and Manafort must be stopped, and information about their contacts and activities must be shared with the public.
People make policy. U.S. foreign policy has deteriorated due to the increasing distraction of those who make it, and those who oversee it, by other commitments. Limiting foreign influences on policymakers more rigorously is a necessary step in returning policy to the nation-centered internationalism that Washington, Lincoln, and most 20th-century presidents defended in their time.


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BEAUFORT – A judge has allowed the state attorney general to intervene in a case in which a Morehead City property owner seeks to remove deed restrictions put in place when the land was set aside for conservation.
Judge William W. Bland, who presided Monday over Carteret County Superior Court, granted Attorney General Josh Stein’s motion to intervene on behalf of the defendants in the case filed by Beverly Pham of Morehead City against Blair Pointe LLC, the now-dissolved development company that donated the undeveloped Morehead City parcel, Coastal Hunting Land Group Inc., the nonprofit group that received the 12.6-acre donation, and Carteret County.
Bland ruled that the attorney general had grounds to intervene because of the state’s “substantial interest in the outcome” of the decision on Pham’s request to extinguish conservation restrictions on the property.
Officers with the development company received tax credits for the donation in 2003, but the principal with the nonprofit that received the land died without having received tax-exempt status for the property. The county foreclosed for non-payment of taxes in 2016 and Pham’s husband purchased the property in an upset bid 10 days after Morehead City had placed the high bid. The city had planed to create a park with water access at the site on Calico Bay.
Pham contends that the foreclosure and auction effectively extinguished any restrictions on the property, which her husband purchased for $44,742. The parcel had been for sale since March 2017 with an asking price of $575,000.
The judge gave the attorney general 10 days to file its response to Pham’s complaint.

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Friday, 19 April 2013
Orange To Give Album Deal To African Musicians
In order to promote new African music talent, Orange’s portal, StarAfrica.com (http://www.StarAfrica.com) has launched the second edition of the StarAfrica Sounds music contest, in partnership with Deezer and Zimbalam.
Open to all, the contest aims to give maximum visibility to artists coming from the African continent, notably through the distribution of their songs on the main streaming and downloading streaming platforms.
The first stage will be held between April 15 and May 31 2013. In this phase, the candidates (singers, groups, artists, musicians etc) will have the opportunity to register on StarAfrica.com http://en.starafrica.com/music/starafrica-sounds-2013 , proposing an original song, representative of their musical universe.
This song will then be online on StarAfrica.com, and available for everyone to enjoy. The second phase - from May 31 to July 1, 2013 - will let the public vote on StarAfrica.com and support their favorite candidates.
The 5 candidates who will have collected the highest number of votes will then be selected for the final. In a third and final stage, a jury composed of music professionals will designate the overall winner from the five finalists. The musician’s identity will be revealed in exclusivity on StarAfrica.com on July 8, 2013.
The StarAfrica Sounds contest will allow the finalists to have their songs on Deezer Africa and North Africa, and distributed on the main digital platforms by Zimbalam.
Prizes to be won include: - 1st prize : a highlight on StarAfrica.com and Deezer Africa and North Africa, a contact with the prestigious African music label Musiki, a Deezer for Artists certified account, a one year free access to Deezer Premium + and 3 album accounts on zimbalam.com
2nd to 5th prizes : a Deezer for Artists certified account, a one year free access to Deezer Premium + and 3 album accounts on zimbalam.com The StarAfrica Sounds previous edition had been marked by the participation of more than 60 artists, coming from 19 countries, and the final victory of Kutchala Sutchi with his song “Gomanan”.
Deezer, the global music subscription service, recently launched in Africa bringing people access to over 20 million songs on any device with just one subscription. Deezer’s mantra is music discovery, helping fans rediscover the joy of finding and sharing fantastic new music. Deezer’s partnership with StarAfrica.com will offer artists an exciting platform to reach new audiences around the world.
Thanks to the partnership with Zimbalam, the finalists will have the possibility to sell their music on the streaming and downloading platforms all over the world, receiving 90% of the generated royalties, without exclusivity or time commitment: they remain independent, free and owner of their music.

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The Dallas Historic Courthouse Foundation (DHCF), a 501(c)(3), tax-exempt Charitable Foundation, has as its mission -- to solicit, provide, and manage resources and support for the preservation, protection, renovation, improvement, upkeep, maintenance and operations of the Nationally-Registered, historic, (1848) Courthouse building and surrounding public Town Square in Dallas, North Carolina. To this end, and as a follow-up to its highly-successful Phase I, building renovation, the DHCF is now conducting an ornamental memorial brick paver sale to allow for the further development and enhancement of the Public Town Square grounds surrounding the Courthouse Event Center. Specifically, all funds raised from the sale of the brick pavers will be used to enhance and expand the gazebo and public courtyard area with the addition of a hard-surfaced plaza area; an expanded band-shell-like arts venue; benches and seat-walls; and upgraded landscaping, walks, and outdoor sculpture. Each engraved brick will be permanently installed within the hard-surface plaza and walk areas memorializing in perpetuity the donor's contribution. In supporting Dallas' historic legacy, you, your friends and family members can each become a permanent part of that egacy.


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DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - In an effort to drum up federal support for the proposed $125 million Los Angeles Streetcar, 14th District City Councilman José Huizar and dozens of Downtown business and civic leaders last week took Congressman Bill Shuster (R-Penn.) on a 90-minute “whistle stop tour.”
The May 29 event ferried Shuster, who is chairman of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, along the proposed route of the project.
The tour included stops at L.A. Live, Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Orpheum Theatre, as well as talks with Downtown stakeholders.
The move is important because Huizar and officials with Los Angeles Streetcar Inc. hope to secure $52 million in federal funds to pay for the project (in December, Downtown residents approved a plan to tax area property up to $85 million for the circulator). Huizar hopes to secure the money through a single grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Small Starts program, and has said an application will be filed this year. Shuster’s Transportation & Infrastructure Committee has oversight of the DOT.
The streetcar would connect L.A. Live and the Civic Center with a main spine on Broadway.
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text: Jan 21, 2014 February is a short, but busy, month at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, opening with three temporary exhibitions – At First Sight: Collecting the American Watercolor, Edward Hopper: Journey to Blackwell’s Island and Born of Fire: Ceramic Art in Regional Collections. At First Sight, opened on Jan. 18, offers a glimpse into the personal collection of museum founder, Alice Walton, whose love for watercolor launched her passion for collecting American art; Journey to Blackwell’s Island, opened Jan. 18, reviews the artistic process of artist Edward Hopper by showcasing his preliminary sketches for his large painting, Blackwell’s Island, recently acquired by the museum; and Born of Fire, opening Feb. 1 for a year-long exhibition, will nod to one of the oldest building materials: clay, with selections from the collections of three regional institutions. In celebration of the Arkansas artist Carroll Cloar’s centennial year and the upcoming special exhibition on Cloar at the Arkansas Arts Center, Crystal Bridges will host Celebrating the Life and Artwork of Arkansas Native, Carroll Cloar, a panel discussion on Feb. 5, featuring four outstanding Cloar scholars. The Museum will screen filmmaker Sedat Pakay’s Josef and Anni Albers: Art is Everwhere, on Feb. 7. The film includes rare footage of Josef and Anni Albers and features a number of unprecedented interviews with people significant in both of the Alberses’ lives. Love is in the air at the museum for our Valentine’s Day activities – including a Family Sunday, a Preschool Playdate and a family workshop that all feature a holiday theme, plus the return of the Black Hearts Ball on Feb. 15, an anti-Valentine’s party hosted by artinfusion, the young patrons’ affinity group within Crystal Bridges’ membership. As part of the museum’s “Unplugged” concert series, finish the short month with a free concert by Candy Lee and the Sweets on Feb. 28. Lee is the 2011 Northwest Arkansas Music Award winner for best female singer/songwriter and best female singer in a band. A full listing of February programs is below. Information and registration are also available on the calendar of events on Crystal Bridges’ website: http://calendar.crystalbridges.org/. Sign up for Crystal Bridges eNewsletters here: https://crystalbridges.org/ENews. February Public Programs Saturday, Feb. 1, 10 am to 6 pm Museum Store Event | Meet the Artist: Brian Watson, Balance by Brian jewelry designs Brian Watson’s jewelry designs work with the idea of balance, rather than symmetry. His signature earrings are mismatched: similar in concept, while wholly individual in design. He sculpts, twists, and manipulates sterling wire and adds semi-precious stones, crystals, glass from the Czech Republic, and beads to create each earring—which is unique, just like the wearer. Come to the Museum Store to meet the artist and browse his collection of earrings, necklaces, and bracelets. Free, no registration required. Saturday, February 1, 1-2 pm Art Talk | Looking Closely at Robert Louis Stevenson and His Wife Look closely at the portrait Robert Louis Stevenson and His Wife by John Singer Sargent with Museum Educator Amanda Driver. This interactive discussion will explore dualities found in the work, including the painting’s composition, the couple’s mood and dynamic, and the relationship between the sitters and the artist. Free, no registration required. Monday, February 3, 1 to 3 pm Figure Drawing Join us on the first and third Mondays each month to draw from a clothed model. Whether you’ve always had a love for figure drawing or are trying it for the first time, you’ll enjoy an afternoon drawing with others at the Museum. A variety of drawing materials will be provided, and model poses will include both shorter warm-up poses, and longer poses. $10 for non-members, free to Members. Register online or at Guest Services. Wednesday, February 5, 12, and 19, noon to 1:30 pm Lunch & Learn Intro to Art | America’s Most Innovative Artists In just three afternoon classes, enhance your understanding and appreciation of ten of the most innovative artists in the Crystal Bridges collection. Many of these artists were key leaders in sparking new styles in the art world. Join Interpretation Manager Aaron Jones as he provides an overview of the artists’ lives and their artwork on exhibit at Crystal Bridges and beyond. $30, ($25 for Members) / 3 sessions. Register online or at Guest Services. Wednesdays, February 5, 12, 19, 26, March 5, and 12, 6 to 8:30 pm Adult Program | Studio Studies Series: Printmaking Discover the rewarding art of printmaking! Local artist Amber Perrodin will lead an exploration of the enjoyable process of creating linocuts. In the studio, learn about printmaking tools and techniques as you produce multi-colored prints. This is an introductory six-week series; no printmaking experience is necessary, but if you have tried printmaking in the past, you’ll enjoy the opportunity to learn more from Amber while refreshing your skills! All materials are provided. $200 ($160 for Members) / 6 classes. Register online or at Guest Services. Wednesday, February 5, 6:30 to 8 pm Panel Discussion | Celebrating the Life and Artwork of Arkansas Native, Carroll Cloar In celebration of the artist Carroll Cloar’s centennial year and the upcoming special exhibition on Cloar at the Arkansas Arts Center, join us for a panel discussion featuring outstanding Cloar scholars. Cloar’s paintings represent a unique style in the Crystal Bridges’ collection of Regionalist painters, expressing a Southern narrative and our region’s cultural heritage with a surrealist edge. The panelists include: Rick Gruber, former Director of Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans and leading scholar on Cloar; Patty Bladon, Assistant Director and Curator of Collections and Education at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, who developed a close relationship with the artist spanning over 20 years; and David Lusk of the David Lusk Gallery in Memphis , which holds a considerable collection of Cloar’s work. Moderating the panel is Stanton Thomas, Curator of European and Decorative Art at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art and curator of the upcoming exhibition at the Arkansas Arts Center. Admission is free, but tickets are required, as space is limited. Reserve tickets online or at Guest Services. Fridays, February 7, 14, and 21, 2 to 3:30 pm Homeschool Friday Fun | Contemporary Techniques This program is designed for families who want to provide their homeschool students with enriching and fun activities that incorporate inquiry, discovery, and studio art-making. We will use works in the Museum’s permanent collection to explore twentieth- and twenty-first-century techniques and styles such as Pop Art, Abstract Expressionism, and abstract sculpture. $45 ($36 for Members) / 3 classes. Register online or at Guest Services. Friday, February 7, 6:30 to 8 pm Film | Josef and Anni Albers: Art is Everywhere Sedat Pakay’s 2006 film is the first documentary to present in tandem the lives of these two artistic pioneers of twentieth-century Modernism. Produced in close association with The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Josef and Anni Albers: Art is Everywhere includes rare footage of Josef and Anni Albers and features a number of unprecedented interviews with people significant in both of the Alberses’ lives. Robert Rauschenberg, Sidney Janis, Denise Rene, John Szarkowski, John Cohen, and architect Philip Johnson, who was instrumental in arranging for the Alberses’ passage to the US in 1933 as refugees of Nazi Germany, are among the many personal friends and colleagues interviewed in the documentary who attest to the legacy and lasting importance of the Alberses’ work. Free with online reservations. Saturday, February 8, 10 am to 6 pm Museum Store | Peighton’s Place Soap-Making Demonstration Jane Wheeler of Peighton’s Place Handmade Soap will demonstrate the making of artisanal goats-milk soap. Using the cold process method, Wheeler employs a variety of techniques, including swirling, layering, and blending to create her soaps’ unique appearances. Every bar is a work of art and no two are the same. Free, no registration required. Sunday, February 9, noon to 5 pm Family Sunday | I ♥ Art Get in the Valentine’s Day spirit at a Family Sunday celebrating our love of art! Enjoy music, art projects, and fun in the galleries and have a lovely time with your family! Sponsored by Rockline Industries. All activities are free. Monday, February 10, 11 am to 12:30 pm Journaling Group | Rejuvenate with Art through Writing! Inspired by Julia Cameron’s book, The Artist’s Way, join Museum Educator, Sara Segerlin, in absorbing artworks through creative writing. Each journaling session explores a selection of artworks, lessons from The Artist’s Way, and journaling techniques of poetry, prose, and short story to open up creative language. Participants learn to share and express their writing with final readings afterwards. Free with online registration. Wednesdays, February 12, 19, and 26, 1 to 2:15 pm Children’s Class | Preschool Art Class: Water For ages 3 to 5 with an adult. These classes are unique opportunities for our youngest guests to begin experimenting with art materials. Parents or caregivers participate with their preschoolers in gallery conversations and art-making activities each week. Each session includes three consecutive Wednesday classes. $30 ($24 for Members) / 3 classes. Register online or at Guest Services. Thursday, February 13, 11:30 am to 2 pm Preschool Playdate | LOVE Monthly Preschool Playdates feature performances, art projects, creative play, and story time, based on themes from our collection. Activities are geared for children ages 2 to 5 with an adult and begin with a family-friendly performance in the Great Hall at 11:30 a.m. Free, no registration required. Thursdays, February 13, 20, and 27, 4 to 5:30 pm Afterschool Art Class | Watercolors Children ages 5 to 12 will have fun discovering works of art in the Museum galleries and exploring the world around them through watercolor painting with our engaging art instructors! Concurrent classes are offered for two age groups: 5 to 8 and 9 to 12. Cost includes three consecutive Thursdays. $45 ($36 for Members) / 3 classes. Register online or at Guest Services. Friday, February 14, 6:30 to 8 pm Family Workshop | Family Love Box Come together on a Friday night to create art with your family! Celebrate your family’s love of art and togetherness through collaging a family Love box. Personalize your box with your own small family treasures by bringing them to the workshop. $20 per family ($16 for Members). Register online or at Guest Services. Saturday, February 15, 22, and March 1, 1 to 2:30 pm Saturday Art Class | Discover the Artists of Crystal Bridges: Artists in the Country Children ages 5 to 12 will learn about the artists in Crystal Bridges’ collection while making art inspired by their work. We will discover a new artist each week by exploring the galleries and working with a variety of art supplies in the studio. Concurrent classes are offered for two age groups: 5 to 8 and 9 to 12. Cost includes three consecutive Saturdays. $45 ($36 for Members)/ 3 classes. Register online or at Guest Services. Saturday, February 15, 8 to 11 pm artinfusion Event | Back in Black: The Return of the Black Hearts Ball Just like that bad ex that you keep going back to, the Black Hearts Ball is back – in all its cruel contempt. Members of artinfusion, Crystal Bridges’ affinity group for Members ages 21 to 40, are invited to the second annual anti-Valentine’s bash. Nurse your smoldering, jaded bitterness among kindred spirits while DJ Robert Barron spins the tunes on the dance floor, or shut out the world at the silent disco. Make art, (not love) in the art studio, and placate your twisted, broken heart with sweets and savories for every taste, prepared by Eleven’s chefs. Finally, end your night at 21c Museum Hotel, with an after-party at The Hive and special room rates available to Members. Artinfusion is sponsored by Blue Moon Brewing Company. You must have a ticket for admission to the event. Reserve tickets online or by calling 479.418.5728. Sunday, February 16, 1 to 5 pm Adult Workshop | Wildlife on Wood Be inspired by Eureka Springs artist Robert R. Norman’s vibrant technique of painting nature’s creatures on natural wood surfaces. Robert will guide you in creating a colorful, stylized work of art based on the animal of your choice, using acrylic paints. Spend a fun Sunday afternoon painting with an energetic and approachable teaching artist! This workshop is great for both beginner and intermediate painters. To learn more about Robert, visit www.RobertRNorman.com. $55 ($44 for Members). Register online or at Guest Services. Monday, February 17, 10:30 am Member Monday Museum Members are invited to meet at the coffee bar at 10:30 am for a cup of coffee or other beverage and then gather in one of the Museum’s function rooms for an informal topic discussion with a Museum staff member beginning at 11 a.m. Free, no registration required. Monday, February 17, 1 to 3 pm Figure Drawing Join us on the first and third Mondays each month to draw from a clothed model. Whether you’ve always had a love for figure drawing or are trying it for the first time, you’ll enjoy an afternoon drawing with others at the Museum. A variety of drawing materials will be provided, and model poses will include both shorter warm-up poses and longer poses. $10 for non-members, free to Members. Register online or at Guest Services. Wednesday, February 19, 6 to 7 pm WOW | Wednesday Over Water Join Crystal Bridges Culinary Director Case Dighero and Leo Mazow, Associate Professor of art history at the University of Arkansas, in a lively evening tasting session featuring drinks and hors d’oeuvres from Eleven, inspired by Edward Hopper’s Blackwell’s Island, a painting recently acquired by Crystal Bridges and now on view with several of Hopper’s preliminary studies for the work on loan from the Whitney Museum of American Art. Open to guests ages 21 and above. Sponsored by Premier Dermatology. $30 ($24 for Members). Purchase tickets online or at Guest Services. Thursday, February 20, 1 to 2 pm Art Talk | Born of Fire: Ceramic Arts Take a walking tour of the temporary exhibition, Born of Fire: Ceramic Arts, with Assistant Curator Manuela Well-Off-Man. The exhibition is located in the Great Hall Corridor and features ceranuc works from the permanent collections of The Arkansas Art Center in Little Rock; the Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO; and the Sequoyah National Research Center at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock. Free, no registration required. Friday, February 21, 6:30 to 8:30 pm Adult Program | Art by the Glass: Watercolors Spend an evening inspired by the beautiful watercolor exhibition currently on view. Enjoy wine, cheese, and great conversation while dabbling in the wonderful world of watercolors. Learn a new technique, or try this fascinating media for the first time. The registration fee includes two glasses of wine. $45 ($36 for Members). Register online or at Guest Services. Sunday, February 23, 1 to 4 pm Drop-In Drawing Drop in anytime for a free, informal drawing session. Materials are provided and an art instructor will be on hand to get you started. Check at Guest Services for the specific location. All ages are welcome! Free, no registration required. Friday, February 28, 7 to 9 pm Unplugged Concert | Candy Lee and the Sweets Candy Lee is the 2011 Northwest Arkansas Music Award winner for best female singer/songwriter and best female singer in a band. She pulls you in with her sweet, catchy melodies and moving music, but it is her smart, creative lyrics that deserve a second listen. Her music has been described as delightfully conscious and “philosophically giddy.” Admission is free, but tickets are required, as space is limited. Reserve tickets online or at Guest Services.

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The upright vertical face of a doorway which supports the lintel and protects the wall-opening. In Egyptian and Achaemenian monumental architecture, the whole door-frame could be built of stone (sometimes cut from a single block). Elsewhere, bricks or wood or a combination of both were in use. Jambs with figurative relief ornamentation, especially on important gateways, ensured the magical protection of the building or city. Pairs of human-headed colossal bulls or lions (see LAMASSU) flanked the gateways in Assyrian and Achaemenian palaces; the Hittites carved images of lions, warriors and sphinxes on their monolithic gates.
Mesopotamia, see map p. xviii. Neolithic farming-settlement (c. 6700-6000 BC). The twenty-five excavated houses had rectangular ground plans with a courtyard in the middle. The walls were built of PISÉ on stone foundations. The clay floors were laid over a bed of reeds. The roofs were probably pitched and covered with mudplastered reeds.
Jericho (modern Tell es-Sultan)
Palestine, see map p. xix. This site had a very long sequence of habitation. It had a good position at the foot of hills, near clear water wells and lay on a frequented route along the Jordan Valley into the Judean Hills and the Dead Sea. The present stratigraphy was established by K. Kenyon.
The earliest Mesolithic levels (10th millennium BC) are associated with a population of hunters and food-gatherers living in simple hut-like shelters. The remains of one solid building, generally interpreted as a sanctuary, were found near the springs. It was a rectangular structure (3.50m×6.50m) with stone walls enforced by wooden posts. Three large stone blocks had holes bored right through them, perhaps in order to support some upright object of ritual significance.
The succeeding period (Proto-Neolithic; 9th millennium BC) marks the transition from a semi-nomadic, hunting way of life to a settled community based on agriculture. The impermanent huts became solid houses made of handshaped bricks, circular and semi-interred.
The settlement prospered and assumed urban character in the following Pre-Pottery Neolithic A period (8th millennium BC). A free-standing stone wall (1.98m wide) surrounded the town. One great circular watch-tower survived to a height of 9.14m. It was also built of stone (8.50m diameter) and had an internal staircase leading to the top.
The site was repopulated after a period of abandonment and the architectural

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Of Blood and Bone: Chronicles of The One (Book 2)
Author: Nora Roberts
Published: December 4 , 2018
Reviewed By: Jessica
Dates Read: March 17-25, 2019
Jessica’s Rating: 4 stars
They look like an everyday family living an ordinary life. But beyond the edges of this peaceful farm, unimaginable forces of light and dark have been unleashed.
Fallon Swift, approaching her thirteenth birthday, barely knows the world that existed before—the city where her parents lived, now in ruins and reclaimed by nature since the Doom sickened and killed billions. Traveling anywhere is a danger, as vicious gangs of Raiders and fanatics called Purity Warriors search for their next victim. Those like Fallon, in possession of gifts, are hunted—and the time is coming when her true nature, her identity as The One, can no longer be hidden.
In a mysterious shelter in the forest, her training is about to begin under the guidance of Mallick, whose skills have been honed over centuries. She will learn the old ways of healing; study and spar; encounter faeries and elves and shifters; and find powers within herself she never imagined. And when the time is right, she will take up the sword, and fight. For until she grows into the woman she was born to be, the world outside will never be whole again.
Year One was the first in this series and now we have book two in the trilogy with Of Blood and Bone. The story continues and the books focus is on Fallon, who is nearly thirteen, and she knows what her future will be in being The One. And let me tell you, even in a post-apocalyptic world, teenagers will still be teenagers! At times it was humorous to read. We do see Fallon grow as she undergoes her training with Mallick. It was good to see some of the other characters returning from the previous book to see what is going on in their lives. My favorite character is Arylis, so I liked being ‘updated’ on her life.
Now, I am not a fantasy reader and the fantasy element really kicks in for this book. It’s the story of the people and living in an apocalyptic world that intrigues me. I couldn’t care less about the faeries, magic, etc, so Of Blood and Bone isn’t really for me. Because Fallon is the focus, Of Blood and Bone has a YA feel to it, but remember she IS a teenager! I am still surprised that this series is written by Nora Roberts, who writes romance. I have never read any of her other books, but wow, she can write!
Year One dealt with the ‘end of the world’ and I am thinking the final book in this series will heavily focus on the future battles and will have a significant fantasy element, so I might skip out on it. There is nothing wrong with the novel, I am just not the demographic reader for this series. If you enjoy fantasy books, then The Chronicles of The One series will be for you!
Author: Neal Shusterman
Published: November 22, 2016
Reviewed By: Jessica
Dates Read: April 30-May 11, 2018
Jessica’s Rating: 5 stars
Thou shalt kill.
A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery. Humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death. Now scythes are the only ones who can end life—and they are commanded to do so, in order to keep the size of the population under control.
Citra and Rowan are chosen to apprentice to a scythe—a role that neither wants. These teens must master the “art” of taking life, knowing that the consequence of failure could mean losing their own.
I loved Scythe 100% by Neal Shusterman! Thank you to Kim whose review influenced me to want to read it. Her review is here. I listened to the audiobook and OMG, I wanted to keep driving and not stop! I can’t say anything negative about Scythe!
Scythe takes place in the future in a world where natural death no longer occurs and the Internet is an all-powerful being called the Thunderhead. All knowledge is acquired and we all have ‘nanites’ in our blood that heal us. If someone does die then they can be revived….. So no one dies… But you have to wonder: What about overpopulation?!?!?!? That problem has also been solved and the answer is one word: Scythes.
Scythes are appointed to perform random ‘gleanings’. Gleanings are deaths where one cannot be revived. All first responder type occupations are not to interfere with any Scythe business. There are many rules to gleaning. One of them is the scythe gets to decide the method of the gleaning. And we get to experience various methods of gleaning throughout the novel: from no pain to pure brutality.
You can see where this is going…. Scythe will make you think long after you have finished it. It will cause serious thought-provoking ethical discussions. I did figure out and suspect a few things that were revealed as twists later on, but it did not cease my enjoyment.
I liked both Citra and Rowan and we see them evolve over the course of the novel as they become apprentices. I adored Scythe Faraday and really liked Scythe Curie. I look forward to reading the sequel Thunderhead, and then I can bet I will be highly anticipating the third in the series which Goodreads has titled as The Toll. I just need to find Thunderhead on audio!! Neal Shusterman is a genius!!
Scythe is very highly recommended!![Top]
Today Kim reviews The UnWind series by Neal Schusterman. I am sure you all know by now how much she loves him! He is becoming a favorite author of hers.
The UnWind Series by Neal Shusterman
Books in the Series:
Series Summary Description:
After the Second Civil War, the Bill of Life states that human life may not be touched from the moment of conception until a child reaches the age of thirteen. However, a loophole allows parents to retroactively get rid of a teenager through a process called “unwinding.”
Three teens defy the system and run away from their unwinding: Connor, a rebel whose parents have ordered his unwinding; Risa, a ward of the state who is to be unwound due to cost-cutting; and Lev, his parents’ tenth child whose unwinding has been planned since birth as a religious tithing.
As their paths intersect and lives hang in the balance, Connor, Risa, and Lev must work together to survive—and they may change the fate of America in the process.
Published: June 2, 2009
In a society where unwanted teens are salvaged for their body parts, three runaways fight the system that would “unwind” them. Connor’s parents want to be rid of him because he’s a troublemaker. Risa has no parents and is being unwound to cut orphanage costs. Lev’s unwinding has been planned since his birth, as part of his family’s strict religion. Brought together by chance, and kept together by desperation, these three unlikely companions make a harrowing cross-country journey, knowing their lives hang in the balance. If they can survive until their eighteenth birthday, they can’t be harmed — but when every piece of them, from their hands to their hearts, are wanted by a world gone mad, eighteen seems far, far away.
Published: August 28, 2012
Thanks to Connor, Lev, and Risa—and their high-profile revolt at Happy Jack Harvest Camp—people can no longer turn a blind eye to unwinding. Ridding society of troublesome teens while simultaneously providing much-needed organs for transplanting might be convenient, but its morality has finally been brought into question. However, unwinding has become big business, and there are powerful political and corporate interests that want to see it not only continue, but also expand to the unwinding of prisoners and the impoverished. Cam is made entirely out of the parts of other unwinds; he is a teen who does not technically exist. A futuristic Frankenstein, Cam struggles to find identity and meaning and wonders if a rewound being can have a soul. And when the actions of a sadistic bounty hunter cause Cam’s fate to become inextricably bound with the fates of Connor, Risa, and Lev, he’ll have to question humanity itself.
Published: October 15, 2013
Connor and Lev are on the run after the destruction of the Graveyard, the last safe haven for AWOL Unwinds. But for the first time, they’re not just running away from something. This time, they’re running towards answers, in the form of a woman Proactive Citizenry has tried to erase from history itself. If they can find her, and learn why the shadowy figures behind unwinding are so afraid of her, they may discover the key to ending the unwinding process forever. Cam, the rewound boy, is plotting to take down the organization that created him. He knows that if he can bring Proactive Citizenry to its knees, it will show Risa how he truly feels about her. And without Risa, Cam is having trouble remembering what it feels like to be human. With the Juvenile Authority and vindictive parts pirates hunting them, their paths will converge explosively—and everyone will be changed.
Published: October 14, 2014
Proactive Citizenry, the company that created Cam from the parts of unwound teens, has a plan: to mass produce rewound teens like Cam for military purposes. And below the surface of that horror lies another shocking level of intrigue: Proactive Citizenry has been suppressing technology that could make unwinding completely unnecessary. As Conner, Risa, and Lev uncover these startling secrets, enraged teens begin to march on Washington to demand justice and a better future. But more trouble is brewing. Starkey’s group of storked teens is growing more powerful and militant with each new recruit. And if they have their way, they’ll burn the harvest camps to the ground and put every adult in them before a firing squad—which could destroy any chance America has for a peaceful future.
Published: December 15, 2015
Find out what happens to Connor, Risa, and Lev now that they’ve finally destroyed the Proactive Citizenry in this collection of short stories set in the world of the New York Timesbestselling Unwind Dystology by Neal Shusterman. Connor Lassiter’s fight to bring down Proactive Citizenry and find a suitable alternative to unwinding concluded in UnDivided. Now Connor, Risa, and Lev are free to live in a peaceful future—or are they? Neal Shusterman brings back his beloved Unwind characters for his fans to see what’s left for those who were destined to be unwound.
Kim’s Rating of the Series: 4.8 stars
Kim’s Review of the Series:
This series blew me away! Neal Shusterman is easily becoming one of my all time favorite authors. He manages to bring in philosophy without being pompous and boring. He takes controversial issues, keeps to neutral ground, and shows the reasoning behind both sides. You start out knowing exactly which side of the issue that you’re on, but then find yourself agreeing with some of the reasoning behind the other side. I didn’t think anything could top the Scythe series, but this one did.
I love Connor, Risa, and Lev so much. They are teens who start out with narrow viewpoints, as regular annoying teens and then are thrown into very adult situations, and they shine! The supporting characters are believable and fit the story perfectly. There are several rabbit trails that branched off of each story, but they were simple and easy to follow and keep track of. And as I’m sure you’ve noticed by now that there’s a decimal up top in the rating. This was a difficult one to rate, mostly because I wanted so badly to give 5 stars. There were very small things that I didn’t like, a little teenage drama within the series, and some weaker short stories in UnBound that kept me from giving a perfect score. But overall, I loved this series, and I think this is the perfect series for teens. I might even be giving this series out as Christmas and birthday gifts this year! I would absolutely recommend this series to everybody![Top]

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30-Minute Chicken Recipes
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Topped with creamy yogurt salsa, these burgers put a new spin on dinner. Use an instant-read meat thermometer to achieve the perfect doneness.
Couscous and olives add healthy Mediterranean flavor to dark meat chicken thighs.
Fortified marsala wine is the secret to this fast favorite. Use turkey instead of the traditional chicken for a brand-new taste.
No grill is required for these easy skewers -- just pop them under your oven's broiler.
White wine, lemon, and butter flavor this simply delicious chicken classic.
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Served with Tuscan bean spread on French bread toasts, this main course salad makes for a hearty meal.
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|Publication number||US5825638 A|
|Application number||US 08/713,380|
|Publication date||20 Oct 1998|
|Filing date||13 Sep 1996|
|Priority date||13 Sep 1996|
|Also published as||CN1080478C, CN1236501A, DE69710344D1, DE69710344T2, EP0925637A1, EP0925637B1, US5959851, WO1998011657A1|
|Publication number||08713380, 713380, US 5825638 A, US 5825638A, US-A-5825638, US5825638 A, US5825638A|
|Inventors||Bruce Wayne Shutts|
|Original Assignee||Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc.|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (9), Non-Patent Citations (2), Referenced by (39), Classifications (16)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
The invention relates to a switch mode power supply control circuit.
Switched-mode power supplies efficiently generate a variety of regulated voltages from a single line voltage level (e.g., 110 volts AC). One important use of these power supplies is within a television signal receiver where they are used to produce a regulated B+ voltage for the horizontal deflection circuit as well as other regulated voltages for powering various digital and analog circuits.
Typically, a switched-mode power supply contains a full-wave rectifier, a power supply controller, a switch, and an output transformer. The switch is typically a high-power transistor such as a MOSFET. To regulate the output voltages, the controller activates and deactivates (e.g., pulse width modulates) the gate of the transistor in response to power supply loading and other control parameters. The switched voltage from the transistor drives a primary winding of the transformer, while various power supply loads are connected to one or more secondary windings. As such, the power supply converts an AC input voltage into one or more DC voltages.
One particular controller is an integrated circuit available from Siemens as Model TDA 4605. This power supply controller is typically used to drive the MOSFET transistor, which in turn drives the primary coil of the transformer. This specific integrated circuit, as well as others used in the art, typically contain a control mechanism that disables the power supply when the input voltage drops below a pre-defined voltage level. Such protection is necessary because, to produce regulated output voltages, the switched-mode power supply increases the duty cycle of the control signal driving the transistor as the input voltage decreases. At some point, the input voltage decreases to a level where the output of the power supply is unregulated (e.g., the maximum pulse length is used to drive the transistor). Such unregulated operation can damage the power supply electronics, but is more likely to damage the load electronics.
For the integrated circuit (IC) TDA 4605, as defined in the TDA 4605 Technical Manual available from Siemens AG, dated Jul. 27, 1989, pin 3 of the integrated circuit is used for sensing or monitoring the primary input voltage (vp) for the power supply (e.g., the rectified AC voltage). The threshold voltage for disabling or deactivating the integrated circuit, and thus the power supply, is pre-established by the controller at one volt. As such, the primary input voltage (vp) is reduced using a voltage divider at the input of pin 3. By selecting appropriate resistor values within the voltage divider, a nominal value of monitoring voltage is applied to pin 3. Typically, this voltage is approximately 2.0 volts for a primary input voltage of 120 volts. When the primary input voltage falls to a level that causes the monitoring voltage at pin 3 to fall below one volt, the power supply is deactivated to avoid unregulated operation.
As stated above, this form of switched-mode power supply has been finding use within television signal receivers. However, television receivers, in particular, present peculiar loading characteristics to a power supply. Specifically, a television receiver power supply is called upon to produce a regulated B+ voltage, typically of approximately 140 volts, as well as a low voltage DC level of 16 volts for powering all of the digital and analog circuitry within the receiver. When the television receiver is switched from stand-by to run mode, a heavy load is produced by the in-rush of current into filter capacitors connected to the regulated B+ voltage. This heavy load causes the power supply to temporarily operate in an unregulated (maximum pulse width) mode, and may cause the primary input voltage to drop to a low level. Furthermore, when the degaussing circuit is activated to degauss the cathode ray tube (CRT), the main AC supply voltage is depressed due to the substantial load presented by the degaussing circuit. Consequently, the drop in line voltage could typically cause the monitoring voltage to drop below the 1 volt, first threshold level, and as such, to disable the power supply.
Therefore, there it is desirable to produce a monitoring voltage indicative of the primary input voltage, but to insure that the power supply will not be deactivated for the expected heavy loads found in a television receiver.
The IC TDA 4605 includes a foldback point correction circuit that reduces the maximum duty cycle of the MOSFET control signal, when the monitoring voltage exceeds a second threshold level of approximately 1.7 V. The monitoring voltage is applied to the correction circuit also via pin 3.
In a circuit embodying an inventive feature, a resistive voltage divider that produces the monitoring input or sense signal from the primary input voltage is designed such that the first threshold level is not attained during the expected temporary loading of the primary input voltage. However, such a voltage divider results in a higher voltage being applied to the monitoring voltage input of the controller during normal operation of the power supply. As such, an increase of the primary input voltage to a higher level, which is still within the acceptable tolerance range of the AC line voltage, can cause the monitoring voltage to rise to a level that exceeds the second threshold level at which the integrated circuit begins to limit the maximum duty cycle of the control signal that controls the MOSFET, i.e., the controller applies a foldback correction technique. When the second threshold level is exceeded, the power supply automatically limits the output power of the power supply for an increase in the primary voltage. As a result of the voltage divider design that provides sufficient headroom to overcome loading generated drop outs in the primary input voltage, the maximum power supply output could be, undesirably, significantly reduced at high primary input voltage.
In carrying out an inventive feature, to insure that such inconsequential increase in the primary input voltage does not cause the power supply to significantly reduce the maximum duty cycle of the control signal and thereby, the power output of the power supply, a zener diode is coupled to the voltage divider. The zener diode limits the magnitude of the monitoring voltage to a level that avoids further maximum duty cycle limiting when the primary input voltage further increases. Consequently, when the power supply is used in a television signal receiver, the voltage divider provides enough head room for the primary voltage to drop substantially due to degaussing circuit activation or other loading conditions, while the zener diode insures that the primary voltage can rise above its nominal voltage without causing a significant power limitation of the power supply output.
A switch mode power supply, embodying an aspect of the invention, includes a source of an input supply voltage. A switch is responsive to a first control signal having a controllable duty cycle and coupled to the source of input supply voltage for generating an output supply voltage, in accordance with the duty cycle of the first control signal. A duty cycle modulator is responsive to a second control signal for generating the first control signal and for controlling the duty cycle of the first control signal in accordance therewith in a manner to control the current pulses. An increase in the duty cycle produces an increase in a magnitude of the current pulses. The modulator is responsive to a signal that is indicative of the input supply voltage for decreasing the duty cycle when the input supply voltage increases. A limiter is coupled to the modulator for limiting the decrease in duty cycle, for a given increase in said input supply voltage, when the input supply voltage exceeds a first magnitude.
FIG. 1 depicts a schematic diagram of a switched-mode power supply incorporating the teachings of the present invention.
FIG. 1 depicts a schematic diagram of a switched-mode power supply 100 incorporating the present invention. The embodiment shown is designed for use as a power supply for a television signal receiver, wherein the power supply generates a regulated B+ voltage (e.g., 140 volts) and a low voltage (e.g., 16 volts). The regulated B+ voltage is used to power a horizontal deflection circuit and the regulated low voltage is used to power the digital and analog electronics (continuous load 118). Other applications for the power supply may require slight variation in the depicted components and their interconnections; however, such variations are well within the scope of the present invention.
The power supply contains a number of major components, including a full-wave rectifier 102, the power supply controller 106, a MOSFET transistor Q1, a monitor voltage generator 110, an output transformer 112, and a plurality of circuit components used to complete the power supply electronics. Illustratively, the input to the power supply is a 110-volt AC, 60 hertz voltage.
Rectifier 102 is a conventional full-wave bridge rectifier coupled to an AC input voltage source 101. The output of the bridge rectifier 102 is coupled to capacitor C1 approximately 680 μF). A voltage RAW B+ forms raw (unregulated) B+ voltage (also referred to herein as the primary input voltage vp) having a nominal value of approximately 150 volts. Capacitor C1, connected from the output of the rectifier to ground, smoothes the voltage from the bridge rectifier such that a DC voltage, i.e., the primary input voltage vp, is available at the upper terminal of the transformer's primary winding W1.
The primary input voltage forms an input to the monitor voltage generator 110 which produces a monitor voltage VZ1 for the controller 106. The monitor voltage generator is discussed in detail below.
The controller is illustratively a TDA 4605 power supply controller available from Siemens AG of Munich, Germany. The eight pins of the controller are connected to signals and voltages that enable the controller to produce a pulse width or duty cycle modulated signal at pin five for controlling the duty cycle of the transistor Q1. Specifically, pin 4 of controller 106 is grounded. Pin 3 is coupled to the monitor voltage.
Pin 2 is supplied information concerning the primary current. A primary current increase in the primary winding W1 is simulated as a voltage rise of a periodical, ramp voltage VC2 at pin 2 using an external RC element formed by resistor R3, capacitor C2, and resistor R4 (where R3 is approximately 360 kΩ, C2 is approximately 6,800 pF; and R4 is approximately 220 Ω). These elements are connected in series from the primary input voltage to ground. Pin 2 of the controller 106 is coupled to the junction of R3 and C2. A pulse width modulator 106c of the controller 106 controls the duration of the forward phase, and thus, the primary peak current, using ramp voltage VC2 that is proportional to the drain current of the transistor Q1. As indicated before, the ramp voltage is derived from the primary input voltage using the RC elements connected to pin 2, i.e., the ramp voltage simulates the primary current. Controller pin 1 is supplied secondary voltage information which internally compares the control voltage sampled from the regulating winding W3 of the transformer 112 and compares that sample voltage with an internal reference voltage.
Pin 5 generates a duty cycle modulated control signal or voltage VOUT via a push-pull output driver for rapid charge and discharge of the input capacitance of a MOSFET power transistor Q1 (Model IRF740).
Pin 6 is coupled to the supply voltage for the controller. Pin 7 forms a soft start input terminal. Capacitor C5 (0.1 μF) is connected from pin 7 to ground to reduce the pulse duration during start-up. Lastly, pin 8 is the input pin for the oscillator feedback.
In operation, the transistor Q1 is used as a power switch controlled by the controller 106. A snubber circuit is connected to the drain of the transistor Q1. The snubber circuit contains a combination of diode D3, resistor R16 and capacitor C12, which together limit the voltage overshoot when the transistor is turned off. D3 is a MUR450 diode, C12 is a 1000 pF capacitor, and R16 is a 2-watt, 30 kΩ resistor.
Together with the stray capacitance of the transformer, capacitor C7 (470 pF connected from drain terminal to ground) determines the no-load frequency, and consequently, the maximum slew rate of the drain voltage for a transistor Q1.
Transistor Q1 is driven with pulse width modulated signal VOUT produced at pin 5 of controller 106 and coupled to the gate terminal of the transistor via resistor R11 (35 Ω). Furthermore, a capacitor C6 (4700 pF) is coupled from the source terminal to the drain terminal. The source terminal is coupled to ground through resistor R13 (0.27 KΩ). Resistor R12 (10 kΩ) is optionally connected between the source terminal and gate terminal to ensure that the transistor will not be activated if power is applied to the power supply without the controller 106 being installed. The drain terminal is coupled to one terminal of the primary winding W1 of transformer 112. Consequently, the transistor Q1 controls the current flow from the primary input voltage through the primary winding.
The secondary circuit of the transformer 112 consists of several windings, each of which has a different number of turns, polarity, and load capacity. Specifically, winding W2 forms the output voltage for the regulated B+, while winding W4 forms the output winding for the regulated 16-volt low voltage output, and winding W3 generates the feedback voltage for the controller 106.
The load circuitry includes, connected to winding W2, an output diode D4 and capacitor C13 that couple power to the horizontal deflection circuit 116. Additionally, the center tap of the output secondary winding is connected to ground, and winding W4 is coupled to diode D5 and capacitor C14. This output is the 16 volts that powers the continuous load 118 of the television receiver, e.g., all of the electronics and integrated circuits. This circuit 118 also controls the timing of when the degaussing circuit 114 is activated using degaussing control line 120. The control line for the continuous load is the run/standby control signal that essentially turns the television receiver on and off. The continuous load circuitry 118 is also coupled to the horizontal deflection circuit 116 to provide control signals therefor.
The controller 106 is started up using resistor R17 (100 KΩ) as a start resistor. As such, capacitor C11 (100 μF) is charged with half-wave currents at the voltage supply pin of the controller 106, e.g., pin 6. These half-wave currents are supplied from the primary input voltage through resistor R17 (100 KΩ) to ground through series connected resistor R14 (202 Ω), diode D2 (148 Ω) and regulating winding W3. When the voltage at C11 reaches the switch-on threshold, the switched-mode power supply begins to function and supplies the feedback voltage, via winding W3, resistor R14 and diode D2. This feedback voltage, when rectified by diode D2 and smoothed by capacitor C11, forms the supply voltage (vcc) for the controller 106 via pin 6.
A control signal or voltage VCT for pin 1 is generated in a circuit parallel to the controller supply voltage circuit. The control voltage is produced by diode D1 (ERB43) charging capacitor C3 (1.5 μF) through resistor R8 (10 Ω). The RC element, consisting of series connected R15 (30 Ω) and C10 (0.01 μF), prevents peak value rectification of high frequency components of the feedback signal.
More specifically, regulating winding W3 is coupled to one terminal of resistor R15. The other terminal of resistor R15 is coupled to capacitor C10 to ground. Diode D1 is connected at the junction of resistor R15 and capacitor C10. Capacitor C9 (1000 pF) is connected in parallel with diode D1. Diode D1 has an output voltage that is coupled to series connected R8 and C3 which couples the output of the diode to ground. The output of the diode is also coupled through resistive divider network R6 and R7 which are respectively connected in series to ground. The voltage at the junction of R6 and R7 forms control voltage VCT and is coupled to pin 1 of the controller 106. These resistors define the no-load frequency of oscillation of the controller 106. Therefore, they are typically 0.1% accurate resistors having R6 being 5.49 KΩ, and R7 being 174 Ω. Control voltage VCT is coupled to a pulse-width modulator 106c within controller 106 that controls the duty cycle modulation of voltage VOUT for regulating, for example, voltage REGB+.
During the power supply start-up, capacitor C5 at the soft-start pin (e.g., pin 7), influences the duration of the forward phase by controlling the error voltage of the pulse width modulator. The controller detects the end of the transformer discharge phase via resistor R10 (20 KΩ) that is coupled at one end to controller pin 8 and at the other end to resistor R14, and ultimately to the regulating winding W3. Additionally, capacitor C8 (0.022 μF) is coupled from the junction of R10 and R14 to ground. At this point, the voltage changes polarity from positive to negative, i.e., the voltage represents zero crossings.
A voltage VZ1, embodying an inventive feature, is generated by the monitor voltage generator 110 and is coupled to pin 3 of the controller 106. Voltage VZ1 is used both for determining the minimum line voltage that will allow the power supply to operate and for controlling a foldback point correction circuit 106b within the controller 106.
The monitor voltage generator 110 contains resistor R1 (270 kΩ) coupled in series with resistor R2 (5100 Ω) to form a resistive voltage divider network with respect to primary input voltage RAW B+. The junction of the two resistors is coupled to the pin 3 of controller 106. Furthermore, a zener diode Z1 (B2X55/C3VO), embodying an inventive feature, is connected in parallel with resistor R2 from the junction point to ground. Zener diode Z1 forms a limiter for limiting the maximum voltage across R2 to the breakdown voltage of the zener diode Z1. Consequently, the voltage at the output of the monitor voltage generator 110 tracks the primary input voltage RAW B+ up to the threshold point where the zener diode Z1 begins to conduct.
The controller 106 includes an under-voltage detector 106a that uses a fixed, internal voltage threshold that causes the controller to disable the power supply whenever the monitor voltage VZ1 drops below a first threshold voltage. For the TDA 4605 integrated circuit, this first threshold voltage is one volt. As such, the divider network of R1 and R2 defines a voltage at the output that under typical operation would not cause the controller to deactivate the power supply.
In one particular application, e.g., a television signal receiver, a degaussing circuit 114 for a television signal receiver is typically connected directly across the input AC power. Consequently, when the degaussing circuit is activated, it will typically cause a drop in the AC voltage that is applied to the input of the voltage rectifier 102. Consequently, the primary input voltage RAW B+ will drop significantly during the degaussing period. Since this is a normal behavior of a conventional television receiver circuit, it is desirable that the monitor voltage generator 110 be designed such that the controller 106 will not deactivate the power supply during the degaussing period.
For a primary input voltage of 120 volts and using a resistive divider of 270 KΩ for R1 and 5100 Ω for R2, the nominal voltage VZ1 at the voltage monitor input pin is 2 volts. Such a value for the voltage monitor voltage will avoid power supply deactivation during the degaussing period or other heavy load period.
When the duty cycle of voltage VOUT is at the maximum as a result of an overload condition, an increase in voltage RAW B+, produced by an increase in the AC line voltage, causes the voltage across primary winding w1 to increase. As the primary input voltage RAW B+ rises, the available input power to the power supply increases which could damage the power supply when the power supply is overloaded. During a period of overloaded, unregulated output, the modulator 106c generates the voltage VOUT having a maximum duty cycle for driving transistor Q1. As a result, a primary current IP in winding W1 of transformer 112 has also a maximum duty cycle. Therefore, undesirably an increase in voltage RAW B+ can produce a large voltage across the transistor that could damage the transistor or other circuitry.
To maintain the power supply within a safe operation range, the controller 106 includes what is known as a foldback or overload point correction circuit 106b. This foldback point correction circuit reduces the maximum duty cycle of voltage VOUT when the primary input voltage exceeds a predetermined magnitude. An increase above the predetermined magnitude causes the foldback point correction circuit 106b to decrease the maximum duty cycle of signal VOUT as voltage RAW B+ increases. The decrease is done by generating a correction current ICOR that is coupled to capacitor C2 causing an increase in the rate of change of voltage VC2 at pin 2 of controller 106 when voltage VZ1 exceeds a second threshold voltage.
When voltage RAW B+ increases and causes voltage VZ1 to further increase above the second threshold voltage an increase in current ICOR produces a decrease in the maximum duty cycle of signal VOUT, in a well know manner. The second threshold voltage occurs when voltage VZ1 is above a voltage level of approximately 1.7 V. The result is that, when voltage RAW B+ further increases the maximum duty cycle decreases proportionally. The decrease in the maximum duty cycle tends to stabilize the maximum power produced in the power supply against an increase of voltage RAW B+. On the other hand, an increase of voltage VZ1 when voltage VZ1 is below the 1.7 V level, does not affect current ICOR and the duty cycle of voltage VOUT.
Because the divider network (R1 and R2) establishes a sufficiently large monitor voltage VZ1 that provides sufficient headroom for preventing power supply shutdown when the degaussing circuit is activated, primary input voltage RAW B+ may be at a level that causes voltage VZ1 to exceed the second threshold voltage of circuit 106b by an excessive amount even when voltage RAW B+ is within the normal tolerance range. Therefore, disadvantageously, the maximum duty cycle may further decrease by a significant amount in a manner to lower the maximum power that can be derived. Such significant reduction in power capability can occur even though primary input voltage is not truly at such a high level that could damage the power supply.
In accordance with an inventive feature, to prevent current ICOR from further reducing the maximum duty cycle of voltage VOUT when voltage RAW B+ increases above a threshold magnitude that corresponds to voltage VZ1 being equal to 3 V, the monitor voltage generator 110 contains the zener diode Z1 operating as a limiter which limits the primary input voltage indicative voltage VZ1 to 3 V. Consequently, the monitor voltage VZ1 can never rise above a pre-defined level (e.g., 3 volts) that would otherwise cause the foldback point correction circuit 106b within the controller 106 to further decrease the maximum duty cycle. In this way, advantageously, the decrease in the maximum duty cycle as a function of an increase in voltage RAW B+ is limited.
The decrease in the duty cycle of voltage VOUT produced by current ICOR, for a given increase in voltage RAW B+, is limited when voltage RAW B+ is greater than a threshold magnitude that corresponds to voltage VZ1 equal to 3 V. In contrast, the decrease in the duty cycle produced by current ICOR is not limited but varies proportionally to voltage RAW B+ when voltage VZ1 is between 1.7 V and 3 V. Thus, zener diode Z1 operates as a limiter for limiting the decrease in the duty cycle when the voltage RAW B+ exceeds the threshold magnitude relative to when voltage RAW B+ does not exceed the threshold magnitude. An increase in voltage RAW B+ that produces voltage VZ1 below the second threshold voltage of 1.7 V, does not affect current ICOR.
Specifically, for the TDA 4605 integrated circuit control, the zener diode has a value of three volts. Consequently, the input signal to the monitor voltage generator cannot rise above the three volt level before the zener diode will begin to conduct current to ground. As such, the monitor voltage generator establishes a range of voltages that pre-defines a range of primary input voltages at which the controller 106 operates in a normal manner that avoids both an undervoltage power supply deactivation and a further decrease in the maximum duty cycle. The input voltage dynamic range is thereby extended.
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Shaun RochonNFL Draft Prospect
Ht: 5.8 | Wt: 189
|NFL | Rochon works out at Pro Day|
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Gil Brandt, of NFL.com, reports Baylor WR Shaun Rochon measured a height of 5-8 7/8 and a weight of 189 pounds at his Pro Day. He ran the 40-yard dash twice with times of 4.59 seconds while completing the short shuttle in 4.31 seconds, the long shuttle in 11.61 seconds, and the three-cone drill in 7.27 seconds. He measured a 35 1/2-inch vertical jump and a 10-foot-5 broad jump. He had a very impressive workout and looked good catching the ball.
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Making instruments and music
Imagine plucking, scratching and striking an 8-foot-tall magnetic percussion instrument. Or running your fingers over a futuristic-looking networked accordion designed with a unique layout of programmable keys. What about cracking open what appears to be a simple wooden cube to hack the electronic circuits inside and create your own sounds.
These inventions are among the 20 semi-finalists competing in an annual competition to find the next generation of music instruments.
The Margaret Guthman Musical Instrument Competition, held at the Georgia Institute of Technology, seeks to find the world’s best new ideas in musical instrument design, engineering and musicianship. Entries represent a dozen countries and expand our assumed notion of what constitutes an instrument and the sounds it can produce.
“This year we have seen a tremendous variety of high-quality submissions – from beautifully designed acoustic instruments to sophisticated electronic instruments utilizing wearable, mobile and robotic technologies,” said Gil Weinberg, director of the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology.
The center, the School of Music, and the College of Architecture sponsor the competition. Contestants compete for $10,000 in prizes.
“In its seventh year, the competition has established itself as the place to go for those who want to get a glimpse of the future of musical performance and expression,” Weinberg said.
During this year's competition organizers will honor Richard Guthman, who recently passed away. Guthman, who graduated from Georgia Tech in 1956 with a degree in industrial engineering, founded the Margaret Guthman Keyboard Competition in 1988 as a tribute to his wife. The event evolved into the current musical instrument competition.
Judging the 20 semi-finalists are: DJ Hurricane, a producer and rapper who is best known for his work with the Beastie Boys; Graham Marsh, a Grammy award-winning producer, mixer and engineer who has worked with Ludacris, Bruno Mars and CeeLo Green; and Joe Paradiso, a physicist who designs electronic music synthesizers and directs the MIT Media Lab’s Responsive Environments Group.
And for the first time, the competition will also include a student challenge. Over 70 Georgia Tech students registered to participate in the Guthman Musical Instrument Design Challenge, sponsored by synthesizer maker Moog and the Georgia Tech Office of the Arts. Student winners will receive cash and in-kind prizes valued at more than $6,000. Participants will also get the chance to present their invention during the main Guthman Competition event.
Judges for the Student Design Challenge are: Michael Adams, CEO of Moog Music; Aaron Lanterman, a Georgia Tech professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering who specializes in digital signal processing; and Lee Lerner, a research scientist with the Georgia Tech Research Institute.
The main Guthman Competition will be held February 19 and 20 at the Klaus Advanced Computing Building on campus. The finals will be held February 20 from 7:00 – 9:00 pm on campus and are free and open to the public. The finals will also be live streamed. More information about the contest and live streaming can be found at http://guthman.gatech.edu.
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Michael Saylor – CEO and founder of the largest corporate BTC holder MicroStrategy – reiterated his bullish stance on the company’s bitcoin strategy and, once again, shook off the rumor regarding a margin call hitting some of the firm’s holdings. Saylor restated his commitment to continue purchasing bitcoin as well.
On the Bitcoin Strategy
Despite the primary cryptocurrency coming near to dip below $20,000, the ultimate BTC bull Michael Saylor still firmly believes that adopting the “bitcoin strategy” nearly two years ago was the best decision out of all the available options. In his view, the asset has performed 10x better than gold, oil, the Nasdaq index, and any other major options during that period.
In the latest interview with CNBC, Saylor said the US software intelligence firm will continue accumulating bitcoin at the current price. Claiming that BTC is a risk-off store of value in a 10-year timeframe, he considered that short-term volatility does not impact its nature. He added that within a four-year period, everyone who holds the asset in spite of market conditions would not lose money.
As such, he went on to explain that as BTC’s four-year moving average sits at precisely around the $21,000 level, the current price level is “absolutely a great buying opportunity.” As MicroStrategy continues to create positive cash flow, it will deploy the capital for bitcoin purchases, he noted.
In a tweet on Tuesday, the billionaire tweeted “stack sats and stay humble,” hinting that he may soon resume the bitcoin buying spree.
MicroStrategy holds a total of 129,218 BTC, with an average cost of approximately $30,700. As reported by CryptoPotato on Monday, when BTC plummeted to its lowest price tag since December 2020 of $23,000, its unrealized loss on bitcoin had reached $1 billion, and it’s a little bit over that since the asset is now trading lower.
On Margin Call and Debt
Saylor clarified again that the $205 million loan from Silvegate bank only accounts for a small percentage of the firm’s bitcoin-focused balance sheet, so he viewed the latest rumor of the company getting a margin call as “only mak[ing] my Twitter famous.”
“On a multi-billion-dollar balance sheet, we’ve only got a $200 million loan that we have to collateralize, and we’re 10x over-collateralized on that right now.”
Given the macroeconomic circumstance of rates hiking up, Saylor touted his early strategy of “borrowing $2.2 billion with a lending interest of 1.8% before interest rate doubles.” He added that most of them, in fact, are “unsecured debt,” with the other $500 million due in seven years. Therefore, he concluded that the company had a healthy balance sheet.


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Back when Governor Jerry Brown was Secretary of State, he helped create California’s Fair Political Practices Commission, which has strived to ensure politicians behave ethically; but now, three decades later, that safeguard may have lost its edge. In the last year since Governor Brown appointed Ann Ravel as Commission Chairwoman, the panel has relaxed restrictions on gifts from lobbyists to lawmakers, scaled back its open meetings, and stopped notifying the public of imminent investigations. Brown’s spokesman, Gil Duran, has stated that the Governor is happy with Ravel’s performance, but some doubt her austerity. In the past, the FPPC has aggressively investigated several conflict-of-interest cases, some involving Brown, but under Ravel, who successfully lobbied against conflict-of-interest rules in Santa Clara County before becoming chairwoman, the commission has been criticized for allowing exemptions to gift-giving regulations on lobbyists.
How do you think the FPPC is doing? How closely should the FPPC be watching and regulating lawmakers? Brown has appointed many of the commission’s members during his time as attorney general and as governor, but is this ethical if they are responsible for the oversight of the governor’s internal affairs?
Bob Stern, president, Center for Governmental Studies; he was the principal co-author of the Political Reform Act, which established the Fair Political Practices Commission and was first general counsel for the Commission from 1975-1983
William Lenkeit, counsel for the California Fair Political Practices Commission


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Spectacular Singapore is most definitely greater than simply a stopover city. It is multicultural and also progressive, full of heritage and society, and its buying can not be beaten! There are, nevertheless, a lot of brand-new experiences to soak up in Singapore, that choosing which of the many tourist attractions to see ( as well as which to neglect) can be a actual problem. But a trip on a Hop-on, Hop-off bus will aid to put the city in context before site visitors focus know the “must-see” views. Some vital locations are included in this short write-up, giving you a flavour of the exhilaration that’s in shop.
Let’s discuss the heritage first.
Certainly, the iconic Raffles Hotel is among the most famous spots in Singapore. It is among the finest resorts anywhere, and is a piece of living background, well worth seeing.
Along the bus route, you’ll also come across the Raffles Touchdown Site, where this renowned British manager first landed in 1819 and also took place to develop the city. Sir Raffles’ sculpture stands in the Colonial Area, which flaunts some gorgeous historical structures, including the Old High court, which is Singapore’s many lovely colonial structure.
Another fascinating location is Little India. This is where 120 Indian aides as well as soldiers made their homes when they showed up with Sir Raffles. Nowadays, the streets right here are colourful as well as crowded, with conventional Indian shops selling everything from flavors to saris, as well as there are likewise a variety of Indian holy places to discover in the location.
Try not to miss out on the Kampong Glam (or “Arab Street”) location, which has plenty of historic 2- and also three-storey shophouses. Site visitors will certainly intend to visit at the Gedung Kuning, or “Yellow Mansion”, which was integrated in the Palladian style in the 1920’s, as well as the Istana Kampong Glam Royal Residence, where the area’s royalty made use of to stay.
There is additionally the Emerald green Hill preservation job to check out. This is a collection of a few of Singapore’s many gorgeous as well as historic houses. There are yet a lot more reconstructions beside Peranakan Location close by, where 6 shophouses have also had a makeover. These now home cafes and bars, yet were built over one a century earlier by well-off Peranakan merchants.
For a contemporary feeling …
2 landmarks really stand apart. The first is the world’s largest observation wheel. Take a trip on the Singapore Flyer to enjoy some of the best views of the city and also past. The other is the Sands SkyPark. This is a gigantic sky balcony that links 3 high-rises at a height of more than 200 metres.
Not for the chickenhearted.
So how regarding the shopping?
Let’s begin with Orchard Road, Singapore’s Fifth Avenue, where you can check out a few of the world’s glitziest shopping malls, prior to moving to Marina Bay, where some other expensive shopping centers can be checked out, as well as the ethnic territories, where you can bring a variety of exotic items and also knick knacks at the outdoor bazaars.

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Fiat Croma facts for kids
Fiat Croma is the name of two different large cars made by Fiat. The first was made between 1985 and 1996, and the design of it was changed in 1991. The second generation has been built between 2005 and 2010. Both have five seats and four doors.
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*Acclaimed teacher and performer Masa Ito, guitar professor with DU Lamont School of Music, will be coaching classical guitar ensembles for both adults and young musicians. New sessions will begin on Monday evening, January 7th. Guitarists will learn to read well in a group setting. 10 week sessions followed by a group performance. See Flyer: Download file
*There are guitar ensembles for young children open to guitarists as young as six, coached by Nick Palan. Ensembles meet on Fridays. See Flyer: Download file
*Colin Thurmond, instructor of Music Theory and Aural Skill from the Lamont School of Music, offers a course to take your musicianship to the next level. Colin will be teaching a college level class at Broadway Music School for anyone who wants to benefit from increasing their listening skills. Classes meet Sunday and Wednesday evenings for 90 minutes. See Flyer: Download file
*Voice teacher Marlena Hooker will lead an adult voice class on Thursday nights at 7:45 PM. Classes will feature: Booklet and warm-up CD, warm-ups, vocal techniques & exercises, group singing, solo singing, individual feedback in a comfortable group setting! Sessions end with a group performance ¬ bring family and friends!
*We also have a Brazilian guitarist, Thiago Trajano coming in January for a workshop and concert. He’ll be available for a few private lessons on Monday, January 14th and will be giving an afternoon workshop on Brazilian music on Tuesday the 15th and a concert Tuesday evening.
Please call or email for more information.
Broadway Music School – 1940 S. Broadway, Denver – 303-777-0833
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