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Robert J. DiNicola, chairman and chief executive officer of Zale Corp., will retire at the end of the current fiscal year on July 31.
No successor to DiNicola was immediately announced. Richard Marcus, speaking on behalf of the Zale board of directors, said, "We will take the next several months to explore succession alternatives" while DiNicola and his management team "continue to focus on the business and bringing a successful close to the fiscal year."
DiNicola first became chairman and CEO of Zale in 1994, after Zale's return from bankruptcy reorganization. He built a skilled executive management team, restored Zale Corp. to financial stability (with annual sales topping $1 billion), began expanding, again, internally and through acquisitions in the United States and Canada, and returned Zale to its former spot as industry leader. Today, Zale is the largest jewelry retailer in North America and the world.
In 1999, DiNicola relinquished his CEO responsibilities to prepare the company for an orderly leadership transition. One of his last actions then was the acquisition of Piercing Pagoda, the largest chain of gold jewelry mall kiosks, giving Zale, finally, a presence in every major segment of the jewelry industry.
He retired in September 2000, and was succeeded by Beryl Raff, formerly Zale Corp. president, as chairman and chief executive officer. In her first months, however, sales and earnings dropped sharply due to her new strategy that emphasized aggressive promotions of fashion- and lower-priced jewelry. On Feb. 12, she suddenly resigned, reportedly in disagreement with the board of directors' intent to change her marketing strategy. DiNicola returned as chairman and CEO in February 2001 at the request of the board.
"In a short span of time, and under extremely difficult circumstances," noted Marcus, "[DiNicola] and the team were able to stabilize the business and position the company for future growth."
In making his announcement on Mar. 8, DiNicola said, "I returned to the corporation to help get Zale back to its leadership position. I am very happy to report that [it] has not only weathered one of the most difficult years in retailing history, but has also emerged in solid shape and well positioned for a strong and productive future.
"Having completed the objectives for which I returned, I can now look forward to resuming my retirement and spending quality time with my wife and two children."
He thanked "everyone at Zale Corporation" noting that "once again, our superb team has demonstrated its ability to deliver even in the toughest of circumstances."
Upon retirement, Mr. DiNicola will become a consultant to Zale Corp.
Marcus noted that, "With the business back on track, the management team strengthened, and the integration of Piercing Pagoda and the new credit business completed, the board of directors can now turn its attention to ensuring an orderly transition." He thanked DiNicola for "putting his retirement plans on hold last year and returning to the company," and wished DiNicola and his wife "the very best in all of their future plans."
Zale Corporation operates more than 2,300 retail locations in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico, an online. Zale Corporation's business units include Zales Jewelers, Zales Outlet, Zales Direct at www.zales.com, Gordon's Jewelers, Bailey, Banks & Biddle Fine Jewelers, Peoples Jewellers, Mappins Jewellers and Piercing Pagoda. Additional information on Zale Corporation and its brands is available on the Internet at www.zalecorp.com.Follow JCK on Instagram: @jckmagazine
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text: I woke up this morning with a major leg cramp that has stuck around all day, then I added some shooting sciatic nerve pain and some indigestion. By the end of the day I was really cranky. When I got home a hot shower and a little craft project was just what I needed to cheer me up. Tonight I had fun making these invites for my upcoming baby shower. It also felt good to be able to check something off of my to do list! Now I am heading to bed thirty minutes early with the hopes that I won't be cranky tomorrow!

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Tag Archives: women
Words of Cautions and Words of Thanks
First, a PSA
Last Friday I was handed a message to call someone named J—– W—–. Neither the name nor the phone number was familiar to me. My HOBL said it was a business call, but he could not remember the company's name. I usually would toss such a message into the trash, but on that day, I was expecting information from a book distributor, so I called.
When the phone was answered, there was chaos on the other end – several voices talking, things being dropped. It sounded like a small group of young people sitting at a long table, eating lunch and shouting to each other. At least ten seconds passed before someone actually spoke to me, and , even then, I could not make out the words because of the noise in the background.
Then all went quiet, as though the group had been shushed or the speaker function had been disabled. On the line was a young man whose accent was one that we all recognize from call centers, but one I'd rather associate with champion spellers or good doctors rather than what I later concluded was a scam artist. I asked to speak J—– W——- and gave his the extension. The man asked me to hold, but he did not put the phone on hold or mute. There were none of the clicks associated with a call being transferred. Then the same young man said, "This is J—–W—–."
Right off, he asked my name, and I told him. Then he wanted to know if I was at my computer.
"Excuse me, " I said, "what company is this?" He gave me a high-tech sounding name, which I will not divulge here because there might be a legit company out in the world that shares the same one. Besides, I imagine this guy changes company names, his own name and phone numbers on a near daily basis.
Again, he asked if I was at my computer and told me to turn it on immediately. I did not do a thing. He told me my computer had a virus. When I asked how he knew that, he said information on his monitor told him, and he was going to help me fix the bug. Funny, nobody has ever called and offered such help before. Even before virus programs were developed, I would go into my registry and do the tedious work of cleaning it up.
"Whom do you work for?" I asked. (And, yes, I dangle my prepositions on a regular basis when I talk.) He named his company. "No," I said, "Who pays your company to do this?" He would not say. Instead, he insisted that I start up my computer. "We detected the virus last week. We need to fix this."
Throughout this conversation, I was sitting at my Mac, which is almost virus-proof. I had seen no evidence of any problems. "Which computer are you talking about?"
"It's a Microsoft problem."
"And you detected it last week?"
"Yes," he said.
And that's when I knew for sure I was being scammed, because my other computer, a PC laptop that seldom goes online, had been unplugged for more than two weeks.
"I can't do this now, " I said. "I'm waiting for a call. I'll be back in touch next week."
The guy on the other end did not thank me for my time or offer any pleasantry. Instead, he cut me off.
I went to the PC, plugged it in and powered it up. After checking my virus program for updates, of which there were none, I ran a full scan. All was fine.
Early in my marriage, my HOBL and I spent two years dealing with Identity Theft. This was just after President Clinton signed a bill making it a crime but before the law was enacted. The local police had no idea how to track such things. As a former reporter, however, I knew some handy investigative techniques and how to apply them online. Because of cross-referenced information gathered from banks and businesses that had been targeted, I was able to get the Secret Service involved.
So, Friday, even though J——– W——— gained nothing from me, or at least I have seen no evidence that he did, I filed an online complaint with the federal government, outlining our conversation, providing the telephone numbers and call times involved. Who knows if that's enough for those investigators to do anything, but I do hope this post might help someone.
If you receive such a call, please take a name and number and the reason for the call from the "tech," and then call your computer company, concierge service, and maker of your virus protection software to see if the call is legit. And if it isn't, report it. The federal government has an online internet complaint page.
Now, Something Lighter
As a supportive gesture, a dear friend who is overworked and has no time to read, bought my novel, Cooley & Rose, in e-book form and sent it to his father.
"Why did you do that?" said his wife, who'd already read the novel in an early form and is the person who told me this story. She asked because her father-in-law is an 83-year-old retired CIA employee who reads thrillers, — not quirky, road stories about two flawed characters whose marriage is on the rocks. Although I was grateful and touched by the support from her husband, I was a bit sad that the book would probably go unread,
Almost three weeks passed. The wife called me to say her father-in-law not only read Cooley & Rose but loved it so much that he had been talking about it for two weeks.
Everyday I'm hearing from more and more men who are taking time to sit down with Cooley & Rose.
I've also heard from several women who confessed that reading the novel has made them kinder to their spouses.
Isn't that something? Cooley & Rose is spreading the love.
Feel free to comment on this site about your experience with the story, or go to the online store from where you bought your book to comment and review.
By the way, the novel is available in a trade paperback from Amazon.com and as an e-book from online reader stores. You can read the first chapter for free.
Alethia, Berkley 1940
Eyes wired red
from searching for nits
on the heads of eight kids,
my grandmother sits alone
in the kitchen
on a new cane chair
bought used with money from
Navy boarders.
Her head cocked,
an ear toward heaven,
she listens
for cries from babies
too grown to suckle
breasts long dry,
so tired they rest
atop her belly.
In her lap
her hands are clasped,
red and swollen,
from packing pickles,
washing the linens
of strangers,
fingers too rough for
rings, tender touch.
With knees pressed.
ankles crossed and
ten toes touching
perhaps she dreams
as she sits
the way she told me
a lady should.
No Chat About Cats Today. I've Got A Book To Flack!
I had in mind to write about the frenzy over cat this and that, especially videos. Then, while studying how to promote an e-book, I read that an author is supposed to blog about his novel and post comments on social networks as the book takes shape and makes its way into the market place. Sigh. I learn this in the last month of a writing project that has taken years. As most everyone who knows me will attest, I have no gift for timing, except on the dance floor.
So here goes.
Next month, as long as that wicked non-planet Pluto and his two moons are not hanging over my head, Cooley & Rose will be published as an e-book that will be compatible with all makes of readers, plus I-Phones, Droids and computers.
I've yet to write the zingy blurb for the distributors to use as a sales tool, but this novel, set in South Norfolk, VA during the summer of 1948 is about a married couple who part ways after their love sours. Rose takes off to start a new life in Hollywood; her husband, Cooley, goes to visit his girlfriend, LaBelle. Erle Stanley Gardner, Bob Hope, Louis Prima and a young Keely Smith make cameo appearances, as do an Indian preacher and thieves posing as rich Southern Baptists. But more on that at another time.
For now, I offer the following:
From Janet Peery, National Book award nominee:
"This eminently readable story is a romp in the tradition of Crazy in Alabama and a love story as rewarding as Cold Sassy Tree.
"Cooley & Rose is imbued with place and period but never at the expense of story. As these original and unforgettable characters explore the vagaries of love and the boundaries of connection, they leave their marks on the reader's imagination, providing the best that can be asked of a good book; a feeling that we've encountered people we thought we knew but now more fully understand, the sense that – like family, whether near or far – they'll stay with us, ours for life.
"Terry is a gifted storyteller with an eye for detail, an ear for the rhythms of what's said as well as what's unsaid, and a heart for character depth. I hope you'll give her a read."
From Bob Shacochis, National Book Award winner:
"I loved reading Terry Perrel's first novel, Cooley & Rose. And feel that it's a wonderful . . .work of comic Southern literature. And it goes without saying that Terry is a terrific writer."
A third author, who read Cooley & Rose in a shorter form, said it has "echoes of Anne Tyler, Flannery O'Connor and Eudora Welty." I told this to my agent before he died last year, and he thought the comparison was a bit over the top. Ha! What an understatement.
By the way, the photo at the top of the page? That's my writing shed that my husband, one of my brothers, a few of our friends and I built. That's where I work and nap and, sometimes, hide out.
UPDATE: Cooley & Rose is available as a paperback from Amazon and as an e-book everywhere!
How To Start A Day
How to Start a Day
Begin by letting go of the hem
of your dream. Let it slip
backwards into a black lake
as you greet the dawn. Be thankful
for small aches. You have survived
night's heavy arms to wash yesterday
from your face. Begin to create
the opus of a new day. Look out
from a kitchen window as you savor
a first cup of coffee. House wrens
flap at the feeder. A squirrel
dances osiers so that the willow
shakes with laughter. Be thankful
for the small favors of sunlight
walking across the lawn, a cabbage
butterfly teasing the azaleas,
the pink rain of cherry blossoms.
Even the neighbor's dog barking
ducks from his yard is sacred.
Open to morning's hymns:
the big mouth of the garbage truck,
the mockingbird's purloined songs,
chatter on the corner waiting
for the yellow school bus. The engine
of the day purrs in your throat
as you dress. Sweep your calendar
clean of doctor appointments,
chores. The vacuum and the duster
can wait. Let the day surprise you.
Be thankful to be who you are.
This is a poem I long ago tacked to a wall in my office where I would be sure to see it when I needed to — which has been often. It appears in Jane Ellen's prize-winning chapbook, The Long Life, and in her latest, The Red Coat, which is now available from Amazon.com.
Since day one of this blog, I wanted to share this poem and its creator's name. So, with her permission and photo, here it is for you to read, enjoy, perhaps reread and share while I try to pare the rambling post I've written about my elderly father-in-law and happiness.
Happy Tuesday, all!


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By Virginia McCormick
At the start of the Next Generation Radio program at Sacramento State, we were asked to come up with three personal goals that we'd like to accomplish throughout the week. I listed mine as: to develop more focused angles, be able to cover a subject that I have established connections to, and improve my ability to think about deeper perspectives.
This was after our pitches, of which I had six in total. Seeing as I ended up scaling it back down to two pieces, in hindsight I really should have added "be able to reserve expectations" to my list of goals. This was something that my mentor, Elaine Heinzman, helped me pin down as an issue. On the drive back to campus after interviewing for the student reporters piece, Elaine talked me through this idea. I realized that I was having trouble wrestling with my desire to complete the things I wanted with any reasonable application of time and effort. And for my previous three goals — I think I was able to touch on them all as well.
The first spot was intense. I'd decided to interview three different people for the piece — student reporters from Sacramento City College. It was an emotional topic, covering how they juggled their emotions with being reporters covering a shooting that happened on their own campus. It ended up being a super-spot, mainly because I wanted all three voices included. It presented many problems, from timing to structure. But the big issues came on day three.
I was so frazzled going into the editing that I forgot crucial steps for taking care of the audio I had recorded the previous day. There was a moment when Tom, our resident tech hero, wasn't sure if he'd be able to save the project I had spent so much effort putting together. But it worked — thankfully. And it showed me how I really needed to step back and make sure I'm hitting all the small but essential details before trying to progress.
Going into the the web story and spot, I felt much more confident in my abilities. I had the near technical meltdown behind me, and was ready to tackle The Guardians piece with a positive and significantly more fun-orientated attitude. It helped that the subject itself was more amusing. Plus, Elaine and I got to start day four with a scavenger-hunt downtown!
It was nice to be able to walk around and work on the puzzle — not only because it helped me in the writing process, but also because it was just a fun, stress-reducing change from the previous day. The day's interview went much smoother, which I think was due to a confident headspace and more familiarity with my equipment. The calm extended to day five, shifting between audio layouts, script reading and eating tomatoes in the Capital Public Radio garden. There was also a lot of laughs and hula-hooping (for stress relief!), and it was to wind down the week.
I honestly can't speak highly enough of Elaine. She was the perfect amount of teacher and boss for the week, and made sure that I was keeping track of myself and my work. We bounced off each other perfectly, and I appreciated how she never coddled me. Any time I was struggling, she was willing to talk me through it and see the light at the end. My mistakes were my own to make, and Elaine helped me learn from those mistakes fully.
This week has been wonderful. It was absolutely one of the most challenging things I've experienced so far. There were times when I almost felt like crying, but I was always supported by the fellow students, the mentors and the Next Gen Radio staff. And the crying feeling only happened a little bit — it was hugely offset by a sense of healthy difficulty and a ton of learning.
Overall, what an amazing experience!


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When I was a kid I went to Sunday School and learned all about the heroes of the Bible. People like David, Moses, Gideon, Samson, and many others. All of the amazing things they did through the power of God were brought to life through the wonder flannel graph. I marveled with childish wonder at the strength of Samson, the deadly accuracy of David, and the strategy of Gideon.
The first time I ever read through the Bible cover-to-cover I was around 20 years old. I remember being shocked that many of the "heroes" I had learned about as a kid weren't really very heroic. In fact, most of they seemed like downright scumbags! The picture I had seen of them in Sunday School as a kid was very incomplete. Yes, Samson was physically strong, but he was also a womanizer, liar, and a vengeful jerk. Sure, Gideon trusted the Lord and took on more than a hundred thousand Midianites with just 300 men, but he was also narcissistic and bloodthirsty and bent on revenge. And yes, David did defeat the giant Goliath, vanquish the Philistines, and lead Israel into its golden age, but his personal life was a shambles, consisting of womanizing, adultery, lies, and murder.
Why was I ever taught that these guys were heroes? It's no wonder that some people who, like myself, grew up in the church and learned all their Bible stories became disenchanted with the Bible after having read it as adults. All of those men and women we were told were heroes and who were worthy of emulation seem to be anything but. In my opinion, the people whom God used in the Bible are decidedly not heroes. A quick look at the accounts of their lives easily disqualifies them from heroic status.
The problem is that, in trying to find human heroes throughout the pages of scripture, we have inadvertently overlooked the one true Hero of the Bible, the only One worthy of admiration or emulation: God. God is the hero of the Bible. The Bible shows us no other hero but Him. All of the other characters in the story of the Bible are broken, flawed, damaged, sinful human beings who are empowered by God to perform heroic deeds in spite of their very significant personal moral failings. If we look to the Bible for human heroes, we won't find many, because human heroes will always have flaws. But that's not the point of the Bible. The point of the Bible is to focus our attention on the only Hero who is worthy of praise.
One of the amazing things about the Bible is its transparency. "History is written by the victors," as the saying goes, and usually the victors write their history in such a way as to magnify their own strength, courage, power, and glory. This is not the case when it comes to the Bible, however. In almost every instance of the Bible's portrayal of a person whom God used for his purposes, you not only get a sense of their God-empowered courageous actions, but also of their significant personal shortcomings. The Bible bares all when it comes to its heroes: their glorious victories, and their most depraved failings.
But this reality should not cause us to despair that all of our childhood Sunday School heroes are frauds. Instead, this reality should serve to magnify God's amazing grace, and leave us in awe and wonder that God can even extend his saving grace and use the scumbags recorded in the pages of scripture for his purposes.
Think about it: Samson was a man who was only concerned with his own selfish desires. This led him to womanizing and the loss of innocent life. But God extended his grace to him, and even used him in the process of delivering the Israelites from their oppressors. What kind of God does such a thing for such a lowlife as Samson? Only a truly heroic God could do such a thing. Or consider Gideon: fueled by bloodlust and a sinful desire for revenge, he went on a rampage and ultimately led his people away from God by creating a false object of worship. What kind of God could reach down and rescue such a wayward individual? Only a truly heroic God could do such a thing. And think about David: his power and lust led him from woman to woman, until he ultimately murdered a woman's husband so he could have her for himself, and then he tried to cover the whole thing up. Certainly only the most amazing of grace could come into his sleazy, murderous heart and deliver him from such sin. Finally, think about Jephthah, whom God raised up to deliver Israel from their oppressors, but who was also the barbaric thug that convinced himself that sacrificing his own daughter was the right thing to do. The kind of grace that is required for his redemption is no doubt inconceivable to the human mind.
No, there is no such thing as a Bible hero, and that's a good thing. Because if there were, they wouldn't need grace. Thank God that all of the people we read about in the Bible are failures. Thank God that all of them have debilitating character flaws. Because it is in the contrast between their failures and God's kindness towards them that his grace is most magnified. In other words, because our Bible "heroes" were such louts, we can more clearly see the true Hero who rescued them through his amazing grace.
So don't become disillusioned when you read about the failings of the people recorded in scripture, and don't try to fool yourself into thinking that they weren't actually as bad as they were. These were first class losers. But don't forget, they're just acting like sinful people, just like the rest of us. It just so happens that their failings are different than yours and mine, but we are all on the same level when it comes to our need for grace.
Unfortunately, we sometimes try to sugar-coat the characters of the Bible, especially when we teach their stories to our kids. We shouldn't. Instead, we should know them in the fullness of all of their magnificently sinful failures. Because when we realize who the heroes of the Bible aren't, we'll know who the true Hero is. The more we can know their (and our own) sin, the more we will know and appreciate God's amazing grace that saves them (and us).


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Court Documents Show EPA Approved Destructive Monsanto Herbicide After Consulting with CompanyBy Nick Meyer On July 29, 2018
These days Roundup gets all the attention, but there's another highly destructive and highly poisonous herbicide from Monsanto that has also made news for all the wrong reasons in recent months: dicamba.
Hit with a ban in Arkansas and restricted in many other states, this herbicide is highly toxic not just to weeds and other nusiance plants and insects, but also to the very crops that sustain farms across the country.
Damage has been swift and widespread.
Missouri's biggest peach farm is suing due to dicamba damage in the millions of dollars because of wind drift, which happened despite the fact that it was supposed to be safe if applied properly.
Now it's being revealed that the U.S. EPA actually consulted with Monsanto over changes to the label of this highly destructive substance that has been killing off crops across the country.
Court Documents: EPA Worked With Monsanto
A review of more than 800 pages of court documents taken from a lawsuit filed against the EPA in 2017 has been brought to light showing how the agency made label changes, according to this report from The St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The lawsuit was filed by a host of natural and organic grassroots organizations including the Center for Food Safety, Center for Biological Diversity, the National Family Farm Coalition and the Pesticide Action Network North America in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
The suit alleges that a version of dicamba made by the St. Louis-area Monsanto company was unlawfully approved, which then led to a situation in which millions of acres of crops on neighboring farms of areas where it was sprayed were badly damaged.
Perhaps the biggest revelation was an EPA head speaking directly with a Monsanto lawyer.
"Like I said, no surprises," chief of the Herbicides Branch of the EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs Reuben Baris said to Thomas Marvin, a Monsanto lawyer, just hours before the announcement of the new dicamba label according to an email dated October 10 obtained as part of the lawsuit.
The correspondence between the EPA and Monsanto is not a new thing, unfortunately.
The very agency that is tasked with policing these companies and protecting us from their chemical concoctions has clearly been in close contact with Monsanto for years.
"If I kill this, I should get a medal," one EPA officially named Jesse Rowland was also revealed to have said to a Monsanto executive according to earlier email links about a pending Roundup safety study.
On August 29, oral arguments will begin for the latest in a long line of legal troubles for Monsanto, which ironically have occurred to the company widely known for suing farmers over GMO seed patents.
Monsanto said in response according to the article that the lawsuit is an attempt from NGOs to take a "valuable tool out of the hands of farmers" (read the full statement here).
The Future of the Monsanto Company
With Monsanto now squarely under the Bayer umbrella, the transition to the new super-company will take time.
Meanwhile, however, Monsanto is locked in countless legal battles that threaten the very future of the company, including thousands of lawsuits alleging Roundup gave its users cancer.
At the end of the day, the two companies' combined reach will remain huge. But we're putting a dent in their bottom line in many different ways, and it's sure to take a heavy toll when it's all said and done.
For now, keep buying organic, and be sure to keep your eyes on the headlines.


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The Towering Redwoods of Muir Woods National Monument
"Daddy, are we going to see any deer?" cried C from the back seat as we crossed the Golden Gate bridge on the way to Muir Woods National Monument to see the famous park filled with giant redwood trees.
Muir Woods, located a little over an hour outside of San Francisco, is one of the few places on earth where your children will have the opportunity to experience true old-growth redwoods up close and personal. Many of these towering pines have been alive between 600 and 800 years, with the oldest clocking in at an astounding 1200 years old. The trees are fsanl, with the tallest of the trees reaching an incredible 258 feet towards the Californian sky.
Muir Woods National Monument offers a few different trails to help you explore. The Main Trail follows the sparkling Redwood Creek and is built boardwalk style, giving easy access to strollers. Kids can learn about the stream's Steelhead Salmon, the Redwood trees, and Banana Slugs. The National Park Service also offers a fun Discover Quest for children who are exploring Muir Woods. You can download it here to add some education to your exploration. The park has a bigger brother too. Located 5-hours north is Humboldt County, where over 30 sq. miles of old growth redwoods can be found.
On our adventure, we made the horrible mistake of not having lunch prior to our hike and in our rush to get out, not packing snacks. As anyone who travels with children knows, no food and hungry kids is a recipe for disaster. Lucky for us, our children have become veterans of travel and were mostly able to ignore their rumbling bellies as they climbed in and out of the huge Redwood trunks, waded through the shallow streams and searched high and low for elusive deer.
Hunger finally got the better of the kids towards the end of the hike and Christina and I rushed towards the Visitors Centre at the beginning of the trail where we splurged on some delicious sandwiches and juice and the children instantly returned to Dr. Jekyll from Mr. Hyde.
Older children may enjoy the longer hike up Fern Creek. The Fern Creek trail includes a bridge that is built over a giant downed Redwood. The trail continues on to the Lost Trail, followed by the Ocean View Trail before reconnecting with the Main Trail.
Be aware that the Muir Woods area is home to Poison Oak, a leafy plant that is green in the spring and reddish brown in late summer. Kids can easily brush up against these plants and get a bad rash. Muir Woods is also susceptible to fog and sharp drops in temperature. Be sure to carry sweaters or a light jacket with you just in case.
With our bellies full we packed up and headed to the car to make our way back to San Francisco. When, at the top of the hill, we spotted two deer snacking on some leaves. I called back to C to let him know, but he was already asleep in his car seat.
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It's some list sunday! I figured that today, I would share my all time 5 favourite books, because – why not? I am an avid book reader, but there are some that I always come back to.
- Wild Magic – Tamora Pierce
- This is *the* book that got me into the whole fantasy genre. It's the first in a series that follows a girl who possesses magic that allows her to talk to animals. Also, she gets a pet dragon along the way.
- Guards! Guards! – Terry Pratchett
- The book that introduced me to the Discworld Series. Enough said.
- The Fires of Heaven – Robert Jordan
- Book 5 of The Wheel of Time series. This one was one of my favourites, as it's when shit got real.
- Polgara the Sorceress – David Eddings
- This is the story of my favourite character from the Belgariad series. I like David Eddings work, as it has the comforting element of knowing that none of the good guys are in any actual real peril. Sometimes, you need that!
- The High Lord – Trudi Canavan
- The last book in the Black Magician trilogy. I love the worlds that Trudi Canavan creates. This follows a girl who ends up learning the forbidden Black Magic, due to an unfortunate series of events.


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Broken tri
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Hare pied
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Lemon & White
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Breed Colours
"Just as colour prejudice among humans causes problems throughout the world, the colour of Beagles has caused considerable controversy among their breeders, exhibtors and judges. Non specialist judges are frequently unaware of the wide variety of colours found among Beagles, so tend to prefer the traditional tricolour, whereas some specialist breeders and judges show a definte preference for a particular colour. While colour prejudice has not completely disappeared in the UK, it is much less than is found in some European countries, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the USA.
One of the causes of colour problems is the interpretation of the Breed Standard (UK) which states: "Any recognised hound colour other than liver. Tip of stern white". This means that no colour or combination of colours, is more correct than another and the distribution of colour or markings does not matter, providing the tip of stern is white. With one exception, no hound can have a wrong colour, that exception is liver which is considered objectionable because it is frequently accompanied by very light eyes, or even green eyes with pink rims. - ( Lilac & Chocolate are not recognised hound colours. Webmaster)
Of the recognised hound colours the three basic ones are black, white and tan, each of which can vary in shade, even black & white! The total number of combinations these three colours can provide is 14 which can be divided into the following groups:-
Tricolours : Have solid patches of the three basic colours - because tricolours used to be and still are the most numerous they were frequently regarded as the traditional and only group. Tricolours with large patches of white are described as "flashily"or "brightly "marked; those with a large area of black are often referred to as "black blanketed" hounds. A typical description from a non specialist judge hedging his bets is "hound marked".
Two Colours : (not normally referred to as bi coloureds) They have become popular in the UK and frequently possess great quality. White is the basic colour accompanied by tan, which can vary from a pale lemon shade to rich chestnut. Those with a pale lemon colouring are "Lemon & Whites"; those having a darker shade of tan are "Tan & Whites". if the has a reddish or orange tinge, the hound is a "Red & White". Black & white is permissable is rarely found.
Single Colour: The only single colour permitted is white. This is rarely found but there have been several examples with small patches of very pale tan barely visible from a distance.
Pieds: Pied hounds are those in which the three basic colours intermingle and do not occur in solid patches except white. Where the hairs of one colour predominate, the overall shade changes and gives rise to several types of pied hounds: "Lemon Pied"mainly lemon or cream hairs intermingling with black or white: "Hare Pied", more tan than black or white, giving a coat resembling that of a hair, and "Badger Pied"which contains a majority of black hairs. The pieds are found less frequently than the other colour combination groups.
Mottles: Similar to tri colours and the two coloured hounds but with small black and tan spots, known as flecks or mottles on the white parts. The names used to describe these are "Tri Colour Mottles", "Lemon Mottles", "Tan Mottles"and "Red Mottles".
Many years ago some hounds found in Wales and Southern Ireland had a definite bluish tinge to the black and were correctly called 'Blue ,Tan & White". Nowadays these are rare but some have been seen recently in Australia & the USA. These "Blue, Tan & Whites"can have blue flecks and are therefore called "Blue Mottles".
A lighter shade of blue, almost a slate grey has been seen on rare occasions but they are usually accompanied by light eyes. The blue/grey colour is not a true colour but a degenerate black which should not be regarded as a recognised hound colour.
It should be remembered that the colours of newly whelped puppies can change. For example the head, ears & shoulders of tri colour puppies are often black but gradually turn to tan during the next few weeks. Similarly shades of cream, brown or grey on the back usually disappear fairly soon and a covering of little white spots all over the black and tan usually disappears within 12 weeks, to the relief of novice breeders. Hounds not possessing a strong deep shade of black often loose it in old age and can appear almost white.
The size, symmetry or distribution of colour does not matter, with the exception of a white tip to the stern, but they can create optical illusions of which a judge should be aware. For example on the head, a wide white blaze down the middle of the forehead between the eyes makes the head look too broad, and an unbroken black blanket from head to stern can make the hound look too long. A white patch on the spine can give the impression of an uneven topline, and uneven tan & black markings down the legs, both front & rear, can give an impression of loose elbows, poor angulation and poor movement.
Beagles are found in a great variety of colours, virtually all of which are correct, and it is one of the factors which have made the breed so popular. Personal prefrerence may be permitted in breeding & exhibiting, but never in judging. Without doubt, these colours must all be encouraged and no prejudice against one or another be allowed to develop. "
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Using Your Personal FB Page for Business Sh*t: Is This a Do or a Don't?
I had a full on adult tantrum on my personal FB page the other day ... like a 'woe is me' moment ... it was about my daughter and her upcoming birthday party << you know, the real important sh*t in life ... Anyhoo, I posted it, had my moment of shaming and shame, and an hour later I deleted it and moved on (sorta ... I am still fuming on the inside a bit) ... but it got me thinking:
>> When it comes to your personal FB page, is it a do or a don't to post business sh*t? <<
I have always been very 'no boundaries' when it comes to my social media accounts ... even during the Style Unveiled days the only social media accounts that were full on business were the Style Unveiled business FB page and the Style Unveiled Google+ page ... and with The Editor's Touch it's the same ... personal with a side of business. But with my personal FB page I have TONS of 'friends' who are in the wedding industry ... so I typically share lots of The Editor's Touch news on my personal page ... but then I also do my personal posts, which apparently now include adult tantrums ...
So, I'm trying to figure out if I have to be 'have it together Heather' for my personal FB posts and try to remain always professional since I share business posts there ...
What does everyone else think about this subject? I am still deciding! Post in the comments and we'll discuss!
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People from around the globe will descend upon Northern Nevada this weekend to take part in one of the largest arts and cultural events in the country -- Burning Man.
Located about two hours north of Reno in the Black Rock Desert, the festival has become one of the largest cultural events in the nation. And this year it's expected to draw an estimated 70,000 people to Northern Nevada. But what is the impact of the event, and what can we expect to see this year?
Reno Public Radio reached out to the Reno Gazette Journal 's Burning Man Reporter Jenny Kane to get the details


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Retreat Reflections from Uruguay
I'd forgotten how many stars there are.
We were only about 25km from the nearest town but it was new moon and the Milky Way was cloudy in comparison with the inky black around it and the stars were sparkling and sooooo abundant. No wonder the guest house is called Posada de las Estrellas. Stargazing was a number one pastime, right up there with water-hyacinth contemplation and cloud watching. We even got a short storm and a rainbow on the last day.
Two other highlights for me were the cupula and the sweat lodge.
The domed cupula is encircled by a kind of glassed in deck where we practiced yoga with beautiful views of the sierras. The cupula was designed so that both music and silence reverberate and fill your ears in a most delicious way. I felt the silence as a velvety sensation. We read poetry to each other after the last yoga class and then I stayed a moment to sit right in the center to let the absence of sound fill my ears like the stars at night filled my eyes.
I've participated in several sweat lodges, or Temazcales, and this was the first one I have enjoyed. Enjoyment is not necessarily the goal. It's similar to how meditation is not really about enjoyment- it's something I do because life feels better when I do it, but the moments I spend sitting still are rarely full of joy.
I was talking with our cook Ludmila, whose husband lead our sweat lodge, before we went in. She has a sort of warrior energy and wonderful sense of humor. She said that for her surrendering to the heat and trusting that the whole process is healing and beneficial is like surrendering to love and allowing it to have it's own process and way with us. Her husband said the same thing in different words somewhere about halfway through the lodge. Another thing that inspired me to let go was the trust our participants exhibited. I could see anxiety in their faces before the flaps closed and left us in darkness. But every single one stayed to the end and left glowing and proud of themselves, and over the next few days each shared positive reactions to the sweat.
I also loved the meals and sleeping in rooms with window screens so we could listen to humming insect sounds without any buzzing of mosquitos inside. I could write a whole other blog about swimming in the river and watching the water crash over various little falls.
I am looking forward to our return.


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Watch All the Oscar Nominees…In Under 5 Minutes
We're all busy, but that doesn't mean we want to seem socially irrelevant. If you don't know the difference between a Best Boy and a Line Producer, or are too crushed by Jennifer Anniston's split from Justin Theroux to pay much attention to the Oscars this year, fret not.
The folks at Gfycat —the largest user generated GIF platform in the world—rounded up the most buzzed about nominations in each category and squished them into slightly longer than GIF size for your viewing pleasure.
Break out the (extremely tiny container of ) popcorn and enjoy!
1. Best Picture: "The Shape of Water"
2. Best Director: Christopher Nolan, "Dunkirk"
3. Original Screenplay: "Get Out"
4. Best Cinematography: "Blade Runner 2049"
5. Lead Actor: Timothée Chalamet, "Call Me by Your Name"
6. Lead Actress: Frances McDormand, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
7. Animated Feature: "Coco"
8. Film Editing: "I, Tonya"
9. Supporting Actress: Laurie Metcalf, "Lady Bird"
11. Production Design: "Darkest Hour"
10. Adapted Screenplay: "The Disaster Artist"
Meanwhile, if you're planning on hosting an actual Oscar viewing party, Godiva came up with some chocolate pairings by film. Pay attention, this is some serious chocolate news:
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- Dunkirk — Chocolate was rationed during World War II, which makes it a perfect pairing. GODIVA Limited Edition Chocolate Gift Box is accented with blue and green—a common thread of colors throughout the movie. Sure it's a bit of a stretch, but come on, we're talking about chocolate!
- Get Out — If you've seen the film, you'll never hear the clink of a spoon stirring tea in a mug the same way again. You'll feel a lot safer swapping the teacup for a mug of GODIVA Dark Chocolate Hot Cocoa.
- Lady Bird — We're going for a theme here, so consider Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson's pink hair and efforts to stand out and pair this movie with GODIVA Collectible Beaded Easter Egg, Yellow & Green. Which came first, the Beaded Egg or the Lady Bird? Moving right along. You'll love the cute pink chick and flower design in pretty pastels filled with assorted foil-wrapped Chocolate Eggs.
- Phantom Thread — In this movie, we witness the largest breakfast order in cinema to date, where character Reynolds Woodcock requests a Welsh rabbit with a poached egg; bacon, scones, butter, cream, jam; a pot of Lapsang souchong. Inspired by Reynolds' feast for all senses, Godiva recommends GODIVA Milk and Dark Chocolate Solid Bunnies.
- The Shape of Water — If you're still trying to picture the confectionery goodness that came from the chocolate factory down the street, you'll welcome distraction in the form of an Assorted Chocolate Spring Gift Box.
Don't feel like even expending the effort required to open all that chocolate? The Gansevoort Meatpacking NYC is offering guests the Oscars + Chill package the evening of March 4 as a $30 add-on. Use the code ACADEMY when booking on Gansevoort Meatpacking's website for some fun amenities:
- Handmade, specialty dark chocolate Oscar's Award, courtesy of Li-Lac Chocolate
- Bottle of Prosecco in-room upon arrival
- Large Bag of Popcorn
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- Oscar ballot to cast your vote
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Google to pay web browsers for surfing the net
Privacy is a major issue for internet users and one that is hotly debated in chat rooms, on social media sites and in people's private email conversations around the globe.
And while some individuals push for transparency by encouraging people to use their real names online, others are supporters of the anonymity that comes with virtual communication.
But irrespective of which side of the side you sit on, it seems that a large number of people are concerned about the blurring lines between internet privacy and advertising.
Only this week concerns about companies encroaching on the private lives of individuals came into contention yet again, with an announcement by Google that the search engine is planning to pay web users for information on their browsing habits.
A recent statement from the company outlined the finer details of its new Screenwise program, which will remunerate 'panellists' with Amazon gift cards up to a value of US$25.
So far the announcement has received mixed reviews, with some commentators questioning the timing of the decision.
Search Engine Land wrote: "The timing of this program seems odd, especially considering the backlash that Google has faced over the upcoming changes to its privacy policy.
"Even though this Screenwise program is completely opt-in, some critics are bound to question why Google needs more data about web searchers and the websites they visit."
Regulators in Europe have reportedly called on the search giant to make changes to its privacy policy, while the Electronic Privacy Information Center in the US is attempting to sue the Federal Trade Commission in order to try and stop its changes from being implemented.
But despite attacks being levelled at them from what seems like all quarters, the company is adamant that its user protocols are in the best interest of the internet and its client base.
"We take privacy very seriously. We're happy to engage in constructive conversations about our updated privacy policy," a spokesperson for the company said.
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The extremism of Greece's centre ground
Golden Dawn has become a useful tool in the hands of those who try to equate neo-Nazism with the anti-bailout movement. by Aris Chatzistefanou Walter Benjamin once said that "every fascism is an index of a failed revolution". In that sense, the election of 21 members of the neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn to the Greek parliament could … Continue reading
For Sale: Greek Government Assets — Slightly Used
Greece is trying to raise cash by reviving an ambitious program to privatize state assets. The country's lenders, which include the European Union and the International Monetary Fund, hope the sell-off will cut the country's enormous debt. But Antonis Tsifis, who runs a betting shop in a working-class neighborhood in Athens, is upset that the … Continue reading
It's not rhetoric to draw parallels with Nazism
by LAURIE PENNY Actual fascists in actual black shirts are waving swastikas and murdering ethnic minorities in Athens. "After the immigrants, you're next." That's what was written on flyers that appeared this week in the gay clubbing district of Athens. As violence against immigrants and ethnic minorities escalates across Greece, supporters of the ultra-right Golden Dawn … Continue reading
Spetses, the tycoons' playground where gulf between rich and poor grows wider
by Vanessa Thorpe On a jetty alongside the town beach a loud phone call disturbs the peace of a handful of Spetses residents lying in the sun before taking their daily swim – one free pleasure that is still available to all. A rich weekender from Athens booms ostentatiously into his mobile, directing a man … Continue reading
The Greek patient returns for more help
by BEN CHU The Greek begging bowl is being brandished, once again, in European capitals. The leader of the country's coalition government, Antonis Samaras, wants Athens to be given more time to fulfil the conditions of its IMF/EU bailout. Under the agreement's present terms, Athens is required to reduce its budget deficit, which stood at 9.3 … Continue reading
Greece must bring an end to racist and xenophobic attacks
The Greek authorities must do more to prevent racist and xenophobic attacks and fully investigate those that occur, Amnesty International said following the fatal stabbing of an Iraqi man amid a rise in xenophobic attacks. The 19-year-old died in hospital on Sunday after being repeatedly stabbed near an unofficial mosque in Anaxagora Street in central … Continue reading
ECB Plans to Set Yield Targets for Bond Purchases
Interest rates on Spanish sovereign bonds have been rising to dangerous levels in recent weeks. Now, SPIEGEL has learned that the European Central Bank plans to use a new instrument to stop the trend: The bank is considering setting yield targets on the bonds of euro-zone countries. Should interest rates exceed those levels, the ECB … Continue reading
The women Greece blames for its HIV crisis
Prostitutes have been rounded up and jailed as new cases soar by CHARLOTTE MCDONALD-GIBSON The women glare into the camera, their humiliated, pale faces smeared with make-up and tears. Glazed eyes stare out under lurid headlines warning of "the nightmare of Aids" with "infected prostitutes" posing a "death trap for hundreds of people".
Euro's Medicine May Be Making Greece's Symptoms Worse
By RACHEL DONADIO and SUZANNE DALEY ATHENS — Only a month after Greece installed a new government, the country is facing renewed peril. Its official lenders are signaling a growing reluctance to keep paying the bills of the nearly bankrupt nation, even as the government is seeking more leniency on the terms of its multibillion-euro bailout.
Greece Expels Voula Papachristou From Olympics Over Racist Tweets
By DEMETRIS NELLAS ATHENS, Greece — Triple jumper Voula Papachristou was kicked off Greece's Olympic team Wednesday for her comments on Twitter mocking African immigrants and expressing support for a far-right political party. The Hellenic Olympic Committee said Papachristou is "placed outside the Olympic team for statements contrary to the values and ideas of the … Continue reading


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Feels Good: The Soundmen Live DJ Set + New Monthly Party in Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Let's face it, The Soundmen know how to make us feel oh so very good. Now they want to make their hometown feel it live and in person. Scott and Justin have teamed up with Crown Heights newest night spot, of the by-locals-for-locals variety, Friends & Lovers for a new monthly party for people looking to get down where no one cares how fast you move that ass or how low you drop it. Feels Good is all about the mood and moves. So come on out, its, and let The Soundmen show you a good thing.
The new party is just the first in a month series that will feature The Soundmen & friends. There is no telling who might show up to man the deck, but on thing is certain, you're gonna feel real good.
Get down to their new DJ set packed with house beats, hip-hop twerk strut, and nu-disco vibes.
1) Sage The Gemini & Iamsu! - Gas Pedal (Salva Remix) 2) Touch Sensitive - Show Me 3) Iamsu! & Jay Ant - Break Her Down 4) Glen Check - I've Got This Feeling (Kartell Remix) 5) Darius - Hot Hands 6) Justin TImberlake - Suit & Tie (Oliver Nelson Remix) 7) Touch Sensitive - Slowments 8) Amerie - 1 Thing (Jetlag Remix) 9) Amine Edge & Dance - Rack City 10) Iggy Azalea featuring Charlie XCX - Fancy 11) Boys Noize featuring Snoop Dogg - Got It (Blood Diamonds Remix) 12) Kanye West - Flashing Lights (TWRK Remix) 13) Le Youth - Dance With Me (TWRK Remix) 14) Chris Brown featuring Lil Wayne & French Montana - Loyal 15) Perseus - Russian Girlfriends


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Knit In Public Round Up/
Finally back home after a week long adventure in the Windy City. There was a lot of knitting in public done, though I ended up frogging most of what I created. Ultimately, that was the best choice because I'm going to have a shawl I will absolutely wear instead of one I was feeling iffy on. It amazes me that color order would impact my enjoyment that much! Bottom left image is the original color line up and bottom right is what I settled on after frogging.
Having knitting with me really helped manage life in general while out all day every day. I broke my foot 72 hours before leaving and had to find ways to keep myself busy while the rest of the family went on parts of our adventures without me. To be honest, I was really angry about the whole foot mess and having to adjust plans to accommodate my pain and ability levels. Thankfully, the family didn't have to hold back on their activities but sitting on the sidelines isn't something I'm good at. Knitting really helped me manage my feels (even though so much frogging. Ugh.) and now I'll have a shawl knit in my favorite yarn filled with great memories of our time together because we all had an amazing time.
This weekend, after catching up on adulting and grocery shopping, I'm planning on laying on the couch to ice my foot so all knitting will be happening in the privacy of my own home instead of taking part in Worldwide Knit In Public Day. But what about you? Are you participating by knitting in public? I'd love to hear about your experiences!


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With barely 12 days to elections day, United States President Donald Trump's Spiritual confidante Paula White has endorsed Vice President Joseph Boakai to win the scheduled October 10, votes.
Pastor White is Trump's closest religious ally who led the Americans into prayer when he was inaugurated as the U.S. 45th President.
The renowned televangelist described the ruling Unity Party's presidential candidate as a dear friend to the United States of America who has been working with her to bring peace to the people of Liberia.
"I believe in the leadership of Vice President Boakai and his ability to lead your nation with courage, with hope and with peace," she said in a video message to Liberians released on Wednesday, September 27.
"He and I share similar story of where we have come from and where we both are now. We both look back and never forget the people and most of all, our God.
"On October 10 of this year the good people of Liberia will go to the polls to elect a candidate that will lead them into the time of restoration, peace and prosperity.
"This election is important to the people of Liberia as it was to the people of the United States of America When John Adams took the office of President from his predecessor George Washington.
"Vice President [Joseph] Boakai is a man of Stature and a great man of integrity. His faith in God will guide him into the coming years of leadership. Should the people of Liberia elect him on the 10 of October, I am praying for peace and prosperity for the nation of Liberia."


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When the 2017 NFL season begins, Minnesota Vikings fans will enter the $975 million U.S. Bank Stadium through the five largest pivoting glass doors in the world. The stadium's entryway is considered one of the most impressive kinetic structures of its kind. Each door is opened and closed by three pairs of 8-in. bore hydraulic cylinders. They stand 75- to 95-ft. tall, are 55 ft. wide, and weigh 57,000 lb. each. Aesthetically, the structure provides fans with an "open-air" experience even from inside the stadium.
U. S. Bank Stadium uses 15 pairs of hydraulic cylinders to open and close the five largest pivoting glass doors in the world. The hydraulic system safely and reliably actuates the doors and has been designed to blend in with the building's architecture, providing fans with an "open-air" experience from inside the stadium. (Photo courtesy of Associated Press)
However, maintaining this critical effect, while properly actuating the doors, was a complex challenge. Issues related to space usage, fluid transfer, controlling door movement, cost management, and others necessitated a solution that was compact, inconspicuous, and economical. The result is a custom regenerative hydraulic system that provides the necessary efficiencies and cost savings over a traditional equal-area circuit design.
Standard or Regen?
In a basic hydraulic system using a single cylinder, a directional valve routes fluid from its A port into the cap end of a cylinder to push a door open around a hinge. At the same time, fluid from the cylinder's rod end flows into the valve's B port and back to tank with minimal backpressure.
However, when a pair of cylinders is used, the push and pull requirements add complexity because pressure and flow requirements at the rod end of one cylinder are different from those at the cap end of the other. This is because the piston rod's volume uses space that otherwise would contain fluid. The rod end also has a smaller effective piston surface area. This complicates using a pair of cylinders to actuate a door because fluid pumped into the cap end of the extending cylinder must be at a greater flow rate than fluid pumped into the rod end of the retracting cylinder. The force difference between the two cylinders (in this case, the extending cylinder would transmit greater force than the retracting cylinder) also presents a challenge.
Advantages of Regeneration
To address this complexity, a pair of cylinders in a push-pull arrangement was modified by adding a continuous regeneration function using a 4-check cushion-lock circuit from Sun Hydraulics Corp. The regeneration function is provided by the extending cylinder within the pair.
Each of five regeneration manifolds has a cross-piloting circuit that allows the pressure from the incoming oil to open a counterbalance valve and route (regenerate) fluid from the cylinder's rod end fluid directly back into its cap end.
The cross-piloting circuit allows the pressure from the incoming oil to open the counterbalance valve and route (regenerate) fluid from the cylinder's rod end directly back into its cap end. This fluid does not go back to tank; not yet, anyway. The same pressure feed for the cap end of the extending cylinder is teed into the pressure feed for the opposing (retracting) cylinder's rod end. When the opposing rod end is pressurized, the same pressure is cross-piloted to the cap-end counterbalance valve. Flow from the cap end now goes straight to tank through the dedicated tank line.
As a result, each time fluid from the cap end of either cylinder is flushed to tank, the purge of oil is complete. An advantage of the cylinder control manifold circuit is that all cylinder work line oil flows are one-way, non-reversing. The return oil from each cylinder flows through a tank return line connected to each cylinder control manifold. Excess fluid from the non-regenerating cylinder flows through the counterbalance valve when pressure is applied and back to tank through the dedicated tank line. This allows a continuous flushing from cylinder to tank, so oil is always filtered.
The makeup oil from the reservoir is almost identical to volume from the rod end of the opposing cylinder, which compensates for the difference between the cap- and rod-end volumes. In addition, this equal area oil exchange and regeneration circuit allows for an extremely small reservoir compared to a conventional circuit. This addressed the application's important need to reduce space. By regenerating and also providing almost the same differential volume for the cap end as rod-end volume of the same cylinder, the close balance of oil prevents the huge flow of oil back to tank that would occur in a conventional design. This significant flow efficiency advantage results in a 100-gal reservoir instead of one requiring 650 gal or more for the entire system of 30 cylinders.
The Cushion-Lock Manifolds
The cylinder cushion-lock manifolds are directly connected to the cap-end block using a Code 62 (6,000 psi) 4-bolt flange port, with steel tubing run to the cylinder rod-end port. Each cylinder-mounted manifold also has two normally closed needle valves, which can be opened to float the cylinder for installation, flushing, testing, or maintenance.
Implementing a direct-mounted and hard-piped solution provides critical benefits for controlling each door. If any work lines from the reservoir or control valves break, leak, or become damaged, the doors will remain locked and controlled. This eliminates risks posed by hoses, which can be cut, wear out, or rupture, resulting in a loss of control of the door.
Three pairs of 8-in. bore cylinders open and close each door. A manifold connected to the cap end of each cylinder not only provides several functional benefits, but adds to aesthetics by not standing out visually.
The design also prevents wind from overrunning the door in either direction. Because of the stadium's location in a high-wind zone, this advantage was vital to system integrity. If excessive wind pushes on the door, the counterbalance valve will lose pilot pressure and smoothly lock the door in place.
Finally, removing air pressure from the work lines is solved through the design of this system. The cylinder work lines are quite long, so the regenerative approach eliminates what would otherwise be a difficult and time-consuming process to purge air from the cylinders and work lines. The circuit continuously purges itself as it operates.
Details on Components
In addition to the small volume of the reservoir, this application also conserves space by making extensive use of hydraulic integrated circuits: multiple cartridge valves mounted in custom manifolds that consume a fraction of the space of conventional, line-mounted components.
The 4-port counterbalance valves were used on the cylinder rod-end ports because the regen circuit places backpressure on the manifold's cavity Port 2. Normally, this pressure would affect the valve's pressure setting, which is typical for regen circuits that require load holding in the cylinder extend direction. However, backpressure at Port 2 on this valve does not affect the valve setting because the spring chamber is vented.
The Sun CWCL valves were used because they have a 2:1 pilot ratio, which makes the circuit stable. Sun documentation explains: "Vented counterbalance valves with pilot assist are meant to control an over-running load. The check valve allows free flow from the directional valve (Port 2) to the load (Port 1) while a direct-acting, pilot-assisted relief valve controls flow from Port 1 to Port 2. A pilot-assist feature at Port 3 reduces the effective setting of the relief valve at a rate determined by the pilot ratio." The cylinder cap-end ports are controlled by a Sun CBBA valve, a restrictive 3-port counterbalance valve selected for circuit stability at the lower flow rates.
The five-cylinder control manifolds use standard NG6 4/3 proportional directional valves with integral electronics from Atos North America. The integral onboard electronics help in setup and reduce extra control hardware and programming. This is because the valve's electronics can be independently programmed to adjust the control and reaction of the valves without external controls—all they need is a standard analog or digital input signal.
The manifolds on the cylinders do all the cylinder control, so the 4/3 proportional directional valve only meters oil into the door cylinders to move them. No return flow goes through the 4/3 directional valve. As already discussed, this feature promotes fluid cleanliness and self-purging of air. The control manifolds' 4/3 proportional directional valves are pressure compensated using Sun's direct-acting PRDR pressure-reducing valves to function as adjustable load-sense modulating cartridge valves.
This hydraulic power unit and bank of cylinders will be installed at U.S. Bank Stadium for opening and closing five massive glass doors. Because the HPU will be installed in a remote location, the doors will move with little noise.
The application requires each door's directional-control circuit to provide proportional pressure cutoff, which is achieved in the control manifolds using Atos RZMO NG6 proportional relief valves as remotely controlled load-sense pressure limiters on the Sun PRDR modulating valves. The Atos proportional valves were used because the customer required industrial-type (6-pin connecting plug) valve electronics. Furthermore, the NG6 (D03) manifold interface pattern allows revising the control manifold circuit if necessary.
Like Nothing You've Experienced
In the end, the engineers solved the many challenges of operating the 40,000-ton glass doors smoothly. By using a custom-designed cushion-lock regeneration circuit design, the issues of minimizing space usage, fluid transfer management, controlling door movement, and keeping costs down were achieved, enabling the Minnesota Vikings organization to create what is considered one of the greatest stadium designs in American sports.
John White, Kevin D. Close, and Dave Keen are with Advanced Fluid Systems Inc., York, Pa. For more information, call (800) 220-1014, or visit the company's site.


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Kati Agocs
"An innovative composer moved to write for the instrument after encountering a major player…in Every Lover Is a Warrior, the promising young composer Kati Agócs spins folk materials into a powerful, ruminative suite. Add it all up, and calling this a strong contender for the year's most distinguished debut CD doesn't seem like an overstatement."
- TIME OUT NEW YORK, Review of CD Love is Come Again by harpist Bridget Kibbey (Steve Smith)
"The other works on the program [Britten's Suite for Harp, Carter's Bariolage, and Hindemith's Sonata for Harp] are about what the notes say, as opposed to the program's world premiere, Every Lover is a Warrior, by the 30-year-old composer Kati Agócs, which is more about what the notes suggest. The music itself is like a series of haiku poems, written with an economy that allowed room for the listener to contemplate a multiplicity of meaning as well as the subtle interruptions in symmetry that told you that nothing was what it seemed. With Kibbey's atmospheric range of articulation, the piece seemed as fine as any around it."
- THE PHILADELPHIA ENQUIRER, Review of recital by harpist Bridget Kibbey, March 2006 (David Patrick Stearns)
"Sensitively scored...naturally attuned to the harp's evocative qualities"
- THE WASHINGTON POST, Review of recital by Bridget Kibbey, March 2011 (Joe Banno)
"John Riley", a movement from a work for solo harp called Every Lover is a Warrior, freely adapted an Appalachian song that cycled prettily through a number of decorative variations. Guest artist Ina Zdorovetchi, the coordinator of the Boston Conservatory harp program, played it with an elegant and relaxed virtuosity.
- THE BOSTON MUSICAL INTELLIGENCER, Hub New Music Debuts with "Strength in Fragility", 24 January 2016 (Brian Schuth)
The virtuosic first movement of "Every Lover Is a Warrior," based on the Appalachian ballad "John Riley," had harpist Ina Zdorovetchi wheeling and tumbling through the octaves, drawing out striking, earthy tones. The solo instrument became a full bluegrass ensemble, both melody and rhythm.
- THE BOSTON GLOBE, Hub New Music Transports with all-Kati Agócs program, 27 January2016 (Zoë Madonna)


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Spring One-Day Workshop
Saturday, March 1, 2008, 2 – 6pm
92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave, NY, NY 10128
Suzi Tortora, EdD, ADTR, CMA, LCAT, LMHC
Dance Movement Psychotherapy:
Infants and Young Children
Sensitize yourself to the ways young children communicate, learn and express themselves through their movement and senses. Gain hands-on experience information that is useful for all professionals and parents of young children, with or without special needs. Learn about Dr. Suzi Tortora's Ways of Seeing dance movement psychotherapy program through exploring nonverbal cues expressed by infants and young children and experiencing movement activities that support early attachment relationships and social, emotional, and cognitive development. For parents, caregivers, and professionals, these activities can be used with families or in groups and in dyadic and individual therapeutic, hospital, preventative and childcare settings.
Cost: $75 plus reg. fee
Buttenwieser Hall, 2nd Floor or call 212 415-5500


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Corinne Day, British fashion photographer, self-taught, creative and true in her approach, she is one of my faves! Corinne Day added a new documentary style to fashion photography in the early 1990's with her edgy, youthful and unabashed imagery. Corinne started out as a model herself before deciding on photography. She was living in L.A. at the time she began taking photos of her struggling model colleagues for fun. Back in London with a growing portfolio, Corinne landed a job at FACE magazine for which she featured an 8-page editorial of a then unknown 16-yr old Kate Moss. Corinne Day has been credited for helping to launch Kate's career and her photographs have become iconic for that as well as for their stunning and stark realism just as her work continues to inspire modern fashion and documentary photography today. RIP Corinne Day- we love ya!
Check out more stuff by Corinne Day here and some of her work for Vogue here.


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The Tenth Circuit published its opinion in Roosevelt-Hennix v. Prickett on Thursday, May 16, 2013.
Officer Shane Prickett of the Florence City Police Department used a taser on Lara Roosevelt-Hennix while Roosevelt-Hennix's hands were cuffed behind her back and she was seated in the back seat of a police car. Roosevelt-Hennix brought suit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging Prickett subjected her to excessive force in violation of the Fourth Amendment. Prickett asserted qualified immunity, which the district court denied, thus giving Pickett the right to this interlocutory appeal.
The district court did not set out which opposing set of facts it relied on in denying Pickett's motion for summary judgment. Pickett asserted that Roosevelt-Hennix actively resisted an order to place her legs outside the police vehicle so he could "hobble" her; Roosevelt-Hennix asserted that she informed the officers she could not physically move her legs to the requested position due to a back condition. She also asserted that the officers did not attempt to help her move her legs before tasing her. After Pickett forcefully hobbled her, the plaintiff became paralyzed and required surgery the next day.
The Tenth Circuit found that Pickett's counsel failed in his duty of candor to the court by making factual contentions unsupported by the record. The court also urged district courts to set out which facts they have assumed in deciding summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds. The court drew all reasonable inferences in the plaintiff's favor in finding "sufficient evidence for a jury to conclude Roosevelt-Hennix informed the officers she was physically unable to comply with their request to move her feet outside the patrol vehicle. It likewise contains sufficient evidence for a jury to conclude the officers never attempted to aid Roosevelt-Hennix in moving her feet before applying the taser." The denial of summary judgment was affirmed.


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Urban pop-up housing environments and their potential as local innovation systems
The need for temporary housing particularly in urban environments is expected to increase dramatically. To address these urgent demands, it is important to find affordable and flexible but sustainable and reusable concepts that are easy to construct and rapid to implement. However, to go one step further, temporary housing will be conceptualized as local innovation systems. In this respect, this proposal focuses on an inter- and trans-disciplinary approach to systematically investigate and evaluate existing temporary housing options, and to create holistic, innovative and sustainable models for pop-up living systems in urban environments. Methods from urban and landscape planning, architecture and building systems technologies are interlinked to resource related disciplines such as energy optimization, green technologies, sustainable waste management, water supply and wastewater treatment as well as social and political sciences. Diverse modelling approaches are integrated into a cross-disciplinary model and subsequent scenarios of pop-up housing environments are developed for different target groups and types of urban spaces. Risk assessment approaches as well as energy and life-cycle-assessments are applied to evaluate the housing models. This research clearly goes beyond state-of-the-art, since for the first time a systemic modelling approach is applied to develop high-quality and sustainable temporary housing environments as innovation niches within urban systems.
Project coordination
Universität of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) – Institut of Waste Management
Project partner
BOKU – Institute of Landscape Planning
BOKU – Institut of Sanitary Engineering
BOKU – Institute of Spatial Planning
BOKU Institute for Chemical and Energy Engineering
Institute of Technology Assessment of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Project status
Start: 04/2018, duration: 36 months
Call: WWTF Environmental Systems Research: Urban Environments Pilot Call 2017
Project budget: € 638.050


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With the Battlefield™ V Open Beta finished, and only two months to go until we launch, we wanted to let you know that there's so much more about the game you're going to hear about directly from us.
And with that, we're making a commitment to the Battlefield community on exactly what you will learn about from us between now and launch. From new trailers, to deep dives on the Battlefield homepage, to more episodes of Battlefield V Dev Talks, and our continued Dev Takeovers for those that follow DICE on Twitter, we can't wait to share more with you.
Below you'll find details of everything we'll be covering for the Battlefield community between now and launch – with a few surprises held back, of course, too.
Open Beta Aftermath: Last week we talked about what we learned from the millions of you who took part in the Open Beta, and how we're making updates before launch, along with the release of the second episode of our Battlefield V Dev Talks with UX Designer Nathalie Ek, Franchise Design Director Daniel Berlin, and Multiplayer Producer David Sirland covering it in full.
Classes and Combat Roles: This week, we'll focus on the Classes and Combat Roles of Battlefield V and how these will give players unmatched choice, control, and the ability to turn the battlefield to their advantage like never before.
Maps of Battlefield V: We teased all eight multiplayer maps available at launch during our recent This is Battlefield V trailer, but now it's time to show you more about these maps, their World War 2 historical inspirations, and the gameplay experiences you'll get across them.
Weapons and Vehicles: You'll experience an immense arsenal of weapons and vehicles at the launch of Battlefield V, and we can't wait to start revealing them to you, as well giving you many more details about how you'll upgrade, customize, and progress them from launch as part of your Company.
War Stories: In our single-player War Stories, you'll witness WW2 through the eyes of the men and women who were entangled in a conflict that would change the world forever. We'll tell you (and show you) more from our Prologue, Nordlys, Under No Flag, Tirailleur, and The Last Tiger War Stories.
Tides of War: We've told you that there will be no more Premium Pass, but what will the post-launch Tides of War journey be for Battlefield V players? We'll bring to life our first Chapter, Fall of Europe, detailing themed, timed events within it and a tease of what's to come in the future as the game evolves and continuously grows.
Combined Arms: We know we've barely scratched the surface with Combined Arms, so it's time to tell you more about what the co-op experience will be and when you'll get to play it. This mode is the perfect warm up before a multiplayer match, or the place to enjoy the thrills, screams, and laughs that come when playing with friends.
Firestorm: Are you ready for battle royale, reimagined for Battlefield V? Prepare to discover more about the all-out war of survival, where players fight to become the last squad standing. It's a new and different way to fight, with the massive scale of weapons, vehicles, team play, and destruction Battlefield is renowned for.
Grand Operations: As we reach the final stretch before launch, we will tell you more about the ultimate multiplayer experience for Battlefield V – Grand Operations. We'll tell you about Grand Operations at launch and then how it will evolve during Tides of War, as you'll fight across other unseen and unplayed battlefields of WW2.
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>In a burst of sentimentality this past weekend, I decided that I should search for bargain airfares and visit Dr. P this weekend in Florida. Given the price of fuel and other cost issues with airlines, I did not expect to find anything. I was shocked when US Airways offered me something for less than I would spend on an advance purchase from New York to Chicago. Remember, just because something doesn't cost a lot in terms of money, it can really add up in other ways. Yes, there are connecting flights in my travel plan.
"Big deal," I thought to myself. "An hour and change should be more than enough."
Silly me! When US Airways informed travels at the exact time that our plane was supposed to land at LaGuardia for my first flight to Philadelphia that it had just left North Carolina, I was screwed. Had someone mentioned the delay earlier, I could have switched to another flight. But it was too late. Long story short, the plane touched down in Philly five hours after I left my apartment that morning, just as my connection left on time for Ft. Lauderdale. Then I learned that the next flight was not for 2.5 more hours. And of course that one was already delayed.
Had I thought about this, I would have booked the ticket from Philly in the first place. (It takes, at most, 2.5 hours on public transportation to get to the Philly airport from NYC.) All the delays meant that I missed the fucking debate last night, which I had been looking forward to viewing for weeks. Argh! I'm hoping to catch it online while Dr. P is at work today. What did people think of it?


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I had family in this weekend so had little time to blog or do any creative work. I've inspired my mother to learn how to sew, so we spent Sunday in my studio--she was working on pillowcases while I was finishing a set of Bargello placemats, which is a leftover UFO started as a class sample.
That got me to thinking about my UFOs, which are currently heaped on my drawing table. I've lost count, but I think that I've finished eleven projects since the New Year. This has been a slow and steady progress, teaching me a lot about patience, time management, as well as really increasing my free-motion quilting ability. But while I am making good progress, I know I have plenty more to go.
I just took a quick turn around my studio and counted the obvious UFOs. I came up with 14. This includes only traditional quilts and/or unfinished class projects. This does not include any unfinished art pieces, which I have put into a different category.
Fourteen is a lot. It's taken me three months to finish eleven pieces, and I picked a fair bit of low-hanging fruit from the pile. I am really trying to stay focused on the task at hand, but I am finding new creative energy and the desire to start something new with each UFO I finish. How do I manage the competing desires: completion of old projects and creation of new works?
When I made my resolutions in January, I wanted to finish one UFO a month while concurrently working on creating new art pieces. But the sense of satisfaction I got from finishing inspired me to keep plugging away on the UFOs. My single-minded focus has helped me progress quickly, and I'm glad for that, but it is time to reassess that decision.
Rather than continue finishing UFOs until none remain, which could take the rest of the year, I think I want to set a deadline. I'll continue my focused work on UFOs until a certain date, at which point I shift focus. With the seasonal shift from spring to summer, an anniversary to celebrate at the shop, and an annual trade show to attend, June feels like a natural transition to me.
What I envision now is taking my list of UFOs and prioritizing them. Then, over the next two months, I'll work my tail off trying to finish as many as possible. Whatever projects remain unfinished will sit for a while until I am established enough in my new work to not be distracted by them. Once June arrives, I'll transition by finishing my unfinished art pieces. By the middle of July I should be mentally and creatively ready to start new work.
08 April 2008
UFOs Again
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Biofuels and Human Nutrition
SAFL's indoor and outdoor flumes host a variety of research projects designed to further understand energy generation from biological sources. Examining the role of physical environmental factors such as turbulence in the productivity of algae can lead to greater energy production.
Focus Areas
Physical and computational model studies of algal biofuel and human nutrition production – Integrating fundamental genetic research with applied engineering research, SAFL researchers are exploring the unicellular green alga's production potential from the laboratory scale to the field scale. A major component of the research is to analyze the growth characteristics and kinetics of Dunaliella under different environmental conditions. We are testing multiple types of algae to optimize biomass accrual, production of lipids, and production of omega-3 nutrition supplements under varying fluid strain rates, water temperatures, and nutrient conditions.