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I decided to catch up on sleep today. Will try again tomorrow.
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Workout Day 10
Workout Day 9
Because of the storm last night I didn't make it to work today so I slept in as long as I could and made the drive back home. Then had dinner with some friends. So I've been busy and jump on the exercise mode tomorrow hopefully.
Blog January Twenty Six
I know I said I would blog yesterday but I got busy this weekend so I'll post now. Skipped the workout today, but that's okay. It's not like I want to be a body builder or anything.
I've been trying to read more lately. For my birthday in November I got a Kindle Paperwhite. If you haven't noticed, my side bar that tells you about my Goodreads postings is mostly the Harry Potter novels. When the books first came out in 1997 my brother got into them. I tried reading the first book and got to about chapter nine when I decided it wasn't for me. I was more of a Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants kind of girl. I did watch the movies and I loved them and now thirteen years after the first movie came out, I've decided to finally read the books. They're a super easy read especially since I have the Kindle, I'm able to read anywhere. I'm on book three and so far I can't see why I couldn't get into them. I can't say it's my favorite but I definitely don't hate it. It gets kind of annoying trying to imagine the scenes and not get confused with the movies though. Also, because I've seen the movies and know what happens at the end of it all, I get to see all the foreshadowing that people who read the books first probably didn't get, which is a gem in itself.
In other news, this whole Midwest Polar Vortex thing sucks. I came to visit my parents for a weekend in a town about two hours away from where I live now. I needed to go back home today so I could make it to work tomorrow and I'm driving on the interstate. Huge gusts of wind carried the snow from one side of the road to the other. It was a huge cloud of doom in certain areas that was so thick I could barely see the lines on the road or what was in front of my car. It took me an hour to drive what should have only taken twenty minutes. At that point it was the worst it had been the whole trip and I pulled over to call my parents and see what they suggested. As my dad was telling me it was up to me and if I could continue or not a police car came up behind me. I get off the phone to talk to the officer and tell him why I had stopped. He says the roads will be getting much worse and I shouldn't have even left my parent's house. I had seen at least one jack-knifed semi-truck, a tour bus with it's butt end in a ditch, and several cars on the side of the road. The officer was right, I shouldn't have left. So I go to the nearest exit and try to get off the interstate to turn around. I couldn't see the exit and think I may have cut two lanes of traffic. Getting back onto the interstate going the opposite direction I don't even think I was driving on actual road. At one point I couldn't see the lines in the road, the clouds of doom were so thick I know I was all over the road, swerving and some jerk decides I'm not going fast enough and passes me. Well with the swerving I could have almost sideswiped the guy. And now I just feel like I'm ranting for no reason.
Time for bed so I can get up early in the morning and try to make the drive back home.
Workout Day 6
So I got up, ten minutes later than usual but I got up. Roommates had a party and there were random people sleeping on our couches. The workout buddy was no where to be seen so I went to my room and worked out by myself. Quietly, since the boyfriend was still sleeping. But anyway, it went well. I can't dance as usual and it didn't help that I couldn't hear the music to bounce along with. Tomorrow is rest day, so I plan to rest and maybe actually post a real blog. Or story, but probably a blog.
Workout Day 5
Despite being out late last night, I got up and worked out this morning. My workout buddy and I decided to switch between Insanity and Hip Hop Abs and today was Insanity day. I picked a random video out of the booklet and it happened to be "pure cardio" which if you know anything about insanity and cardio… you would know it's crazy. Even Shaun T mentioned something in the warm-up that he was afraid for what was to come. Again, I can't do all the moves so I just jogged in place. I think I maybe should have worked harder because I felt no different throughout the day. Though I did have energy and didn't even start yawning until my work day was way over half done. Tomorrow, should I actually wake up and not feel horrible, will be my first consecutive workout since I started this all on Sunday. Maybe I should get off the internet and sleep so I will get up.
Workout Day 4
Excuse excuse tired excuse didn't workout today. At least I made a post.
Workout Day Three
I actually got up this morning and actually worked out and ate breakfast and went to work. No dizzy spells either. So that's great. I can feel the muscles as I lift boxes at my job so the workout is doing something. Still very uncoordinated, I think that puts me in the category of "white girls who can't dance." Though, my exercise buddy was just as uncoordinated as I was (especially since she hadn't done day one with me) so that made me feel better about myself.


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This is a bit self-indulgent. I was going to call this 10 great things about Sealink, but I couldn't find enough to list.
I used Sealink a lot in the 60s, 70s and 80s as a child and then as a student going back and forth from France and Spain. For those old enough to remember, Sealink was what we used to get to continental Europe before the Channel Tunnel came along. It was real travelling. No antiseptic, air-conditioned high-speed trains here. This was real contact with the wind, air and diesel fumes.
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The beauty of Sealink ferries was that they connected with ports with railway stations, Dover Western Docks, Folkestone Harbour, Newhaven Harbour, Calais Maritime ("Calais Maritime, ici Calais Maritime, tous les voyageurs descendent du train, assurez-vous de rien avoir oublié dans la voiture"!), Boulogne and Dieppe Maritime. Just get off the train on to the boat. Now that was a great thing! Simple really.
student travel
I used the Newhaven-Dieppe ferry a lot from 1980 onwards. It took me on my first permanent move to France in 1981. I had a suitcase and a yellow rucksack on my back. I travelled light in those days. I was a student in Brighton, so with short train journey to Newhaven, I'd leave at lunchtime and be in Paris by mid-evening. In the late 70s and early 80s, that was fast, believe me.
first-class on cross channel ferries
In these days of low-cost cattle truck airlines, it's difficult to imagine the latter-day colonial atmosphere of the MV Invicta (see photo) with its first-class tea rooms, wicker chairs and promenades. Invicta was built for the Southern Railway in 1939 and went straight into war service. It transferred to British Railways in 1948 and worked the Dover-Calais route until 1972 when it was retired and scrapped. It connected on the British side with the Golden Arrow, the old Pulman service whose coaches are now used by the Orient Express. I can still remember the table cloths and the protective wooden barriers around the tables that prevented the cups from falling off.
bad weather
I was only ever seasick once, on a hovercraft. But those boats that crossed the English Channel in the 1960s weren't big, they carried no cars and some had no stabilisers. It may be just because I was a child, but I'm sure I can remember seeing just sea on one side of the ship and just air on the other. I didn't like it very much.
sleepless nights
I'm the first one to have a swipe at low-cost cattle truck airlines, but the worst cattle truck of all was the Dunkerque - Dover crossing used in conjunction with the Paris to London train as it was called. The train arrived in Dunkerque at 2.30 in the morning and the boat left at 4. Sleep? Forget it. One of the two times I took it, admittedly after a rather well-oiled dinner, I fell asleep on the train. The port in Dunkerque is a long way from the town centre and I woke up after the train had reached the port and returned to the siding in the station back in the town. I had to get a taxi back to the port and only caught the boat because it was running late. I arrived in London with something of a hangover and fell asleep in the theatre that night. Sorry to Griff Rhys Jones - 25 years later. It was nothing personal.
slightly less sleepless nights
The Dieppe-Newhaven version of that journey was more civilised and both routes had a cheaper fare over night. At 150 francs, it was a bargain for hard up students. The train arrived at a much more civilised midnight and was followed by a 4 hour crossing that tended to extend sometimes so you could get a good amount of sleep. If you were smart, you could get in the bar and lay out on one of the benches. Those were the days! .
the train goes on the boat
Years before the Channel Tunnel, it was possible to get on a train in Paris and get off in London. Three boats on the Dunkerque route, the Chartres, the St. Eloi and the Vortigern all had rail tracks fitted to their car decks. I never took it but it seems that loading the train on to the car decks was a little shaky. The service first started in 1936 and although it was suspended during World War II, it continued until October 1980 - I remember selling the odd ticket for it in Paris that year. In March 1982, the Vortigern was beached on the way in to Ostend and it seems that only its hull that was reinforced to take the weight of the trains prevented it from breaking up.
An unnamed Sealink ship with very 1950s/1960s wooden interiors (Invicta perhaps?) appeared in a famous French film A nous les petites anglaises in which a couple of French schoolchildren were sent to Kent to improve their spoken English. Generations of both British and French kids have done the same thing (I even met my wife on one - that's another story).
And so went Sealink, privatised in 1984, through a variety of corporate mergers and takeovers before sinking into oblivion. I'm sure the old ghosts of the Invicta, the Vortigern, the Horsa and the Hengist are out there somewhere, rattling about under the waves of the English Channel.


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The explosive growth of cloud services has driven major advancements in data center, networking and telecom equipment. The next wave underway is the Internet of Things (IoT) with its billions of devices connected to the cloud. All of this growth greatly impacts the servers, storage, and networking switches that process an ever-increasing amount of data and video. It's pushing infrastructure equipment to the limit in terms of processing power and bandwidth. For power designers, the main challenge is how to efficiently power and cool this equipment, while ensuring minimal electricity usage. Designers also must balance board power footprints with thermals when using today's advanced processors, ASICs and FPGAs.
This white paper examines the evolution of the multiphase converter architecture from analog to digital implementations, and compares the various control mode schemes. We will look at a new class of multiphase controllers that leverage digital control techniques to provide synthetic cur- rent control. This evolution in control technology allows the power solution to provide cycle-by-cycle current balancing and faster transient response, while tracking each phase current with zero latency.
The Multiphase Evolution
With the increasing functionality of end systems, greater capabilities and IoT interconnectivity, there is a corresponding increase in processing power to address these requirements. This processing capability is centralized in data centers where high end CPUs, digital ASICs, and network processors run servers, storage, and networking equipment. They are distributed across the network through telecom equipment, and occurring at the point of transaction with point of sales machines, desktops or embedded computing systems using CPUs or FPGAs.
What all of these devices have in common is that their digital processing needs have a similar power profile. With shrinking processor geometries and increased transistor count, processors are now requiring higher output currents that can range anywhere from 100A to 400A or more, depending on their complexity. While this trend has persisted for years, the industry has been able to adapt by integrating lower power states into the digital loads. This allows them to idle at lower currents, and then peak to full power when demanded. While beneficial to the overall system power budget, it adds another challenge to the power designer. The full load current in excess of 200A still needs to be delivered and thermally managed, but now the supply has to react to the demand of a large load step of over 100A in less than a microsecond while keeping the output in a narrow regulation window.
In end systems, the common solution has been to use a multiphase DC/ DC buck converter to provide the required power conversion, typically ~1V output from a 12V input. To provide the large load currents, it's easier to design a multiphase solution splitting the load across smaller stages (called phases) rather than trying to deliver it via one stage. Attempting to handle too much current in one phase presents challenges in designing the magnetics and FETs, as well as managing thermals, from a (I^2)*R perspective. A multiphase solution offers high efficiency, smaller size and lower cost than a single stage for high currents. This approach is analogous to the technology direction taken by the end loads where multicore CPUs divide the workload. Figure 1 illustrates a multiphase solution that utilizes four phases to provide 150A to the CPU.
Voltage Control Schemes
While multiphase solutions provide the best power architecture, the implementation needs to be carefully evaluated to match up with the latest generation of processors. The trend with end systems has always been enhanced features, smaller size, and improved power management. This is reflected in power designs increasing their switching frequencies to minimize size and manage lower output voltages with higher current in full load and transient conditions. These trends have presented problems in how power supplies are regulated, requiring control loops to evolve over time to keep pace. The key challenge in a multiphase controller is managing the current in each phase, which requires considering these key points:
• Each phase current must equally share the load. If N number of phases exist, the current for each phase should be Iphase = Iout / N at all times.
• Phase currents must be balanced during steady state and transients.
It is important to maintain these conditions; otherwise, you'll be stuck overdesigning your power supply. It's important that the control loop has full knowledge of phase currents and the output voltage at all times, without latency or delay in sampling. Historically, this was achieved by using analog current mode control schemes that maintain phase balance cycle-by-cycle. This approach, however, disappeared in the market years ago as output voltages dropped and frequencies increased presenting a challenge in obtaining an accurate signal.
As a result, the market moved towards analog voltage based control schemes including Constant On Time (COT) or traditional voltage mode with type 3 compensation. This was done in an effort to obtain a fast transient response, and minimize the output capacitance needed to manage large transients while avoiding the signal integrity issues in current sensing.
The downside with voltage loops is that you lose the phase current information that is critical for phase balancing and current positioning, either from keeping inductor size down or for positioning with load lines – large digital processors typically implement a load line where the output voltage is moved in relation to the output load. Figure 2 illustrates the problem by showing the current response to a load transient.
Today's newer digital ASICs actively manage their power footprint by continuously scaling their power requirements. This is done by turning
on and off sections of the ASIC as needed by their processing demands. Instead of a constant full load current, their power needs continuously change based on operating conditions. This poses a unique challenge for the power supply. Figure 3 illustrates a common situation with a 6-phase power solution that has to respond to a continuous load transient slewing exactly at the power supply switching frequency and high slew rates.
A Breakthrough with Synthetic Current Control
A new approach was to directly solve the problem of current sensing, as opposed to avoiding the issue using workarounds in voltage control. Intersil's breakthrough was made possible by utilizing state of the art, digital control technology. Advanced control methodologies could be applied by moving the entire control, monitoring and compensation into the digital domain. The result is a synthetic current control loop that provides cycle-by-cycle phase current balancing with fast transient response.
The genesis of the new control scheme was the realization that while the high side current signal is critical in the loop, it is not possible to measure directly due to the short on-time and high noise environment. Instead, the Intersil controller uses a synthetic current signal that is artificially generated, giving it the benefit of being noise-free and accurate and with zero latency. The basic principle is that all the parameters involved in determining the phase current can be measured directly each cycle, allowing the controller to derive the current, as shown in the Figure 4 current waveform.
The Synthetic Control Advantage
The benefits of synthetic current control are that a multiphase power sup- ply can now be designed with cycle-by-cycle current balancing and fast transient response. The current in each phase is known precisely, allowing the device to maintain stable operation under continuous load transients, where all phases equally share current. Combined with zero latency in cur- rent feedback path, synthetic control enables the device to respond faster to load conditions, minimizing output capacitance. Even with high current CPUs, it is possible to utilize an "all ceramic" output capacitor solution. With zero latency, full bandwidth, digital current waveforms, the control loop can position the output voltage exactly according to the load line, mimicking the exact response of the load profile. This avoids the traditional analog RC decay that is seen in output voltages as they settle to the new target voltage. Figure 5 shows that in situations where a load line is not required, the device is still able to meet any load transient, while keeping the device in regulation.
As shown, a synthetic current control loop allows multiphase controllers to power any modern high current loads, whether it's a CPU, FPGA or ASIC. The accurate control and positioning of the phase currents allow the controller to meet any transient with minimal output capacitance without oversizing the inductors.
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Whilst philosophically inclusion is considered the pinnacle of education equality, its broad nomenclature has caused some to become lost as to it's exact meaning. The focus of my piece this week is on the realities of inclusion of students with an intellectual disability within a mainstream secondary setting. Whilst I find integration easy to provide through in class support and alternate courses within the classroom, there comes a time when the student cannot be included as the concepts are beyond him or her. Therefore I would argue that inclusion is best viewed as what a student does at school as opposed to where a student is placed.
Thinking about inclusion as the right for all children to partake in the same experience of education as their able peers is met with the unfortunate reality that many secondary courses go through a quantum shift, as the material presented requires higher order processing skills and moves away from the concrete towards the more abstract. Whilst a student with an intellectual disability can be integrated into the classroom often the challenge is for inclusion within the lesson. Whilst many teachers are supportive of inclusion, the demands of time, curriculum and administration make the adjustment away from the center of the class difficult. There is research that shows that teachers are generally more proficient at setting tasks for the whole class than teaching to meet the needs of diverse learners (Tomlinson, Callahan, Tomchin, Eiss, Imbeau , & Landrum, 1997). The unfortunate reality is that unless the special education teacher sets and monitors an alternate program for the student in collaboration with an Educational Assistant then the student with disability is left to struggle.
It is easy sometimes to understand why some parents make the choice to send their children to smaller schools that specialize in catering for the disability.
Pearce and Forlin (2008) outline that
"funding for an Educational Assistant (EA), tutoring, or alternative program is difficult to obtain because priority is given to students who need support with toileting , feeding, mobility ,behaviour and safety, primarily children in the early years of school or those with severe physical or intellectual disabilities (Meyer, 2001)" (p94).
As a result, some parents choose special education facilities , with smaller classes, trained and experienced teachers, a curriculum that focuses on the needs of the students, partial integration in learning areas where the children are more likely to experience success and at least one EA per class.
It is evident that we are still looking to make students with disability fit into the secondary school structure. Providing support to fit into a system is always a loosing battle as the inclusion of students with disability become the responsibility of the learning support or special needs teacher. The ridged systems of a secondary school were not designed with students who have a disability in mind. Having to negotiate the expectations of multiple teachers, remember to take books to lessons and in the technology age to remember to bring a charged laptop to lesson it all compounds to become a battle against organization instead of a pursuit of learning.
Students with disability are still on the periphery of the education system and despite moves to create a National Curriculum that is inclusive there still continues to be a hegemonic culture in place that puts the student with a disability as an obstacle the teacher has to overcome in his or her already demanding position.
Whilst many ardent inculsionists will jump up and down at the mere acknowledgment of a special or alternate schooling system for students with disability I think we can learn a lot from the models that they have established. Firstly the smaller school and class sizes do assist in the inclusion of students with disability. If governments were serious about inclusion there would be a serious attempt to limit class sizes. Even the most well trained secondary teacher cannot expect to foster inclusive practice with a full timetable and class sizes of thirty students.
Secondly, it is imperative that support is provided to classroom teachers. This is especially the case for a secondary teacher who has gone from being a specialist in the field in which they teach to having this specialism diluted through the piling on of additional duties. Provide an assistant within all classes that have a student with a disability. Provide a special education coordinator in every school. The retort to this has always been the cost involved with staffing an aide in every class that has a student with disability. In reality with effective coordination of classes you would expect to place two aides per Year group from Year 7- 12 in a large school of 1000 students. This would amount to 12 teaching assistant and one full time coordinator. At present I have three assistant and two teachers and we manage to visit most classes. We run into trouble when we want to run intervention groups or anything in addition to our direct support. Demands are also placed on support when we need to undertake administration duties such as the annual Individual Profile meetings. In essence if you expect inclusion to work you need to provide the support for teachers instead of placing increasing demands on them.
Thirdly, if we are going to pursue ridged high stakes testing like NAPLAN and the National Curriculum then we need to think seriously, how do our students with disabilities fit into this system? Having them opt out or become add on's is not a step towards inclusion. One aspect that becomes alarmingly evident when students move into secondary school is the gap that opens up between students who have an intellectual disability and their peers. Failing to provide opportunity for students to participate or providing token opportunity, further reinforces the divide that exists. Perhaps we need to readjust our paradigm of inclusion when we are seeking to include students within a system based on meeting academic outcomes. Perhaps we need to go back to the question of why are we sending students with disability into a system that is not yet resourced and set up for them?
Despite the many challenges inclusion faces in secondary schools it can work with a re-assessment of what inclusion actually looks like. It is unrealistic to expect students with intellectual disabilities to be included in some classes whilst there is no reason they cannot be included in others. Focus needs to be placed on why parents choose to send their sons/ daughters to a specialist school. As Pearce and Forlin (2008) outline specialist schools offer smaller classes, specialist staff and curriculum that meet the needs of students with disability. If we are to achieve inclusion we need to be able to offer these services within mainstream schools and not watered down or resource stretched versions of these. Inclusion for students with intellectual disabilities in secondary schools is not about being in the same class but it is about the experiences and learning that is carried out alongside their peers.
Michelle Pearce & Chris Forlin (2005): Challenges and potential solutions for enabling inclusion in
secondary schools, Australasian Journal of Special Education, 29:2, 93-105
Tomlinson , C., Callahan , C., Tomchin, E., Eiss, N., Imbeau, M., & Landrum , M. (1997).Becoming architects of communities of learning: Addressing academic diversity in contemporary classrooms . Exceptional Children, 63 , 269-282.


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There are two things that you should never possess in life – one is wealth and the other talent. Unfortunately those are one of the two most important ingredients in life.
These two qualities are interlinked with each other like a simbiotik relationship where both need the other to live. Wealth, yours or anothers is needed to develop your talent, similarly without talent wealth can neither be achieved or maintained.
So why shouldn't you possess the two most important ingredients in life?
Because they are both the root of all problems. Jealousy, greed or betrayal are merely actions that arise due to wealth and talent. Without the root causes you will not be subjected to evil actions.
Funny how life works right?
I always say that life is weirder than fiction. Most of this is based on the stories I've lived through or seen people live. Every now and then I watch a soap drama or two not because they are entertaining simply because the things they show are much milder than everyday life. Only difference in real life, the strong do not cry that much instead they weep silently as they battle the demons flying towards them.
The world is ruled by money and the idiot who says its not important either has too much or is living a lie. Look at the saints of the 21st century who zip across continents in first class flights and live in air-condioned mansions and such. Sure some of them do some good, but didn't they relinquish life? So what are they doing amidst luxury?
Talent is a funny quality. If you're an average dude, no one bothers about you. Anything above average and you'll soon be the target of jealousy for someone wants the money and fame your talent earns you.
That's where we come to Poraali the movie directed by Samuthirakani. It simply means the man who fights to overcome hardship. Its an absolutely brilliant movie.
Watching Poraali reminded me of the disparity in life. Picking the central theme of wealth, the story takes you into the lengths the family would go to attain the wealth that was neither contested nor wanted by the hero, director Sasikumar.
I've lost count of the number of times I've watched the movie, I think I could pretty much quote different parts of the movie and still want to watch it again and again.That's probably why I love the work of director Sasikumar and Samuthirakani. They bring out reality in such a simple way using average people that it seems unbelievable.
Would your own sibling or child go after your money? Trust me the world is a crazy place filled with people who would do anything for money.
For all those people who lust after anothers money or wealth be it your parents or someone else, you should be ashamed of yourself. Its one thing to be gifted something, its another to demand wealth based on your own greed. Until people realise that money needs to be earned and not pulverised from others, greed will hold the upper hand that leads to all kinds of evil.
The simple truth is, trust no one. For all older folks out there, do not leave anything for your children until your death that too make sure you put enough conditions on your will to ensure no one kills you for your wealth. Make sure you have a will and even if it's a family business, ensure the profit of your hardwork comes to you first and not to anyone else. Do not give away your life savings to your child or change your property to their name. those homeless folks on the streets? They're not drug addicts but most are parents who have been left to rot on the streets by their own children.
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Northland is famously described as 'the birthplace of the
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document - was signed in the Bay of Islands in 1840.
Also known as 'the Winter-less north', this area is New Zealan's
warmest region and enjoys sub-tropical temperatures year round,
averaging 2000 sunshine hours per annum. Northland has a wealth of
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The warm weather and clear blue waters also make an acquatic
playground popular with water sport enthusiasts.
Drive north along the west coast and you'll come across Tane
Mahuta, the tallest Kauri tree in an area that was once covered in
Kauri. Exit the forest and you come to the Hokianga Harbour with
its huge white sand dunes and quiet beach communities. Then head to
the northernmost tip, Cape Reinga, and watch the seas of the
Pacific Ocean and Tasman Sea collide.
The east coast has different charms. Here the pristine beaches
are white-sanded and tranquil, places of relaxation and countless
activities - big game fishing, swimming in solitude, incredible
sailing and diving in marine reserves. In the beautiful Bay of
Islands, take a cruise, soak up the sun or immerse yourself in
Maori culture at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds.
To Do:-
Explore the Far North. Walk out to Cape Reinga and see an Ocean
and Sea merge as one. Return with a trip down Ninety Mile Beach.
Climb the massive sand dunes and try a spot of sand-tabogganing.
Finish the day with a Kiwi favourite - fresh fish'n'chips on the
pier from the famous shop at Mongonui.
Spend the day on the water. Paihia is the gateway to the
beautiful Bay of Islands - although not visible from the shore,
board your yacht for the day to go and discover. Sail alongside
frolicking dolphins and put your line over the side to catch lunch.
You'll be taken ashore on a secluded beach to swim in the clear
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Absorb the local history and culture with a visit to the
Waitangi Treaty lands. Take the ferry over and follow this with a
visit to historical Russell, New Zealand's original capital
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The board of Rosehill Christian School together with the administration has outlined a five-year strategic plan that is focused on the future. This plan specifically includes the expansion of our campus to accomodate the demand for quality education in the northwest corridor of Houston. Rosehill is uniquely positioned in one of the fastest growing areas in the nation. Our school is located just minutes from the Grand Parkway. Anticipating this new thoroughfare, developers have purchased the surrounding prime real estate years in advance. The Parkway provides an ease of connection to Rosehill for this growing demographic. Studies reveal that this area may grow by 30,000 residents.
To address our challenges and to meet unprecedented opportunities before us, we are embarking on a 22.1 million dollar capital campaign to fund our need to construct a multiplex building at a cost 7.7 million, a high school building at 11.4 million, and a chapel for 3 million. We believe that expansion is critical for Rosehill Christian School to continue to make an impact on students, families, and the community. From the beginning Rosehill has focussed on the quality of Christian education. We are committed to growing in a manner consistent with our core values as reflected in our mission statement.
For more information on the Capital Campaign or to get a pledge card, please click here.
The Annual Fund campaign commences yearly on June 1 and ends on May 30 of the following year. Tuition at Rosehill does not cover all of the costs associated with educating your students. Therefore, the school must raise funds each year to maintain the high standards it places on education while remaining affordable to current and prospective students. Annual Fund gifts are used to fund this operating gap as well as other areas of greatest need on campus. Gifts to the Annual Fund are considered "unrestricted gifts," which can be used wherever the need is the greatest. Restricted gifts, on the other hand, must be directed to the area designated by the donor, even if that is not the highest need of the school. Unrestricted gifts allow the school more flexibility in directing funds to areas where they will have the greatest impact.
Please Note: When family participation in the Annual Fund is high (90% or better), RCS is more readily able to obtain financial gifts through various businesses and/or philanthropies. These institutions expect very high parental and faculty support before grants will be awarded. The FACT that your family participates in the Annual Fund is more important to these institutions than the amount that your family gives. Therefore, any amount that you may be able to contribute is very helpful to our cause and is deeply appreciated.
Balancing our school budget depends solely on tuition and donations made by our Rosehill family and supporters of our school. If you would like to make a donation, please click to donate now.
The RCS annual Gala is an event to support our wonderful school that provides children with a quality, Christian education. The Gala is our biggest fundraiser of the year contributing towards our Annual Fund. The Annual Fund is our planned operating gap that allows us to keep our tuition rates as low as possible. OUR GOAL THIS YEAR: $100,000. RCS families including past and present members, as well as others in the community who continue to be considered "family". Grandparents, aunts, uncles, anyone who would like to participate in the evening is invited to attend. Please join us for this fun-filled night as you enjoy a "kid-free" evening with other Rosehill parents, staff, faculty, board and friends.
The Live Auction consists of contributions from ALL of our Rosehill families from preschool through high school seniors are needed for the Live Auction packages to be successful. Please contact Amy Hargrove with any questions regarding the live auction packages. The Silent Auction consists of items and/or services at a minimum suggested value of $25. Our BEST sellers in the Silent Auction are often services offered by students such babysitting, yard work, etc.
Our Annual Golf Tournament is fast approaching: Monday, November 7th at the High Meadow Ranch Golf Club. This event and the February Gala and Auction will raise funds to supplement the operating expenses that tuition does not cover. Each family can makes a difference, small, flat donations go towards the participation goal and helps the overall net goal. The closer to 100% participation this fund raiser gets, the better our chances at applying for future grants. Last year was our highest participation and the most money raised so far. It was due to everyone doing something. I'm sure we can do it again.
Your employer may offer a matching gift program for all employee donations to non-profit organizations like Rosehill Christian School or Rosehill Charitable Foundation. These matching funds can increase the impact of your gift with no extra contribution from you. We are happy to complete any/all paperwork to assist you in maximizing your generous donations.
Many CS donors double, or even triple, their donation to RCS by having their company match their donations through a matching gift program. Please check with your company's human resources department to see if they offer a matching gift program. We are happy to complete the forms for you once you obtain them from your HR department.
Following is a list of companies that have recently matched funds:
AIG, American Airlines, American Express, AT&T, Bank of America, Boein, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Chevron, Dell, Duke Energy, Exxon Mobil, GE, Grainger, JP Morgan Chase, LexisNexis, Macys, MassMutual, Morgan Stanley, Nestle, Pepsico, Pfizer, Prudential, Thrivent Financial, Verizon, W.K. Kellogg, XCEL Energy.
Many departments in our school have wish lists for items they need in order to better their programs. The many wish lists can be found by clicking here.
If you would like to make a donation to the school, please print and submit the donation form.
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Rory McIlroy appears to have changed his tune on Olympic golf
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Corporate - Lash Trainer
Travel Required: 50% to 75%
Position Type: Full Time
HR Contact: Mariallys Maragioglio
The corporate lash stylist trainer will be responsible for facilitating the delivery and measurement of all training events and processes for the franchise community. This candidate will provide ongoing training; support and coaching both remotely (via webinar and phone) and in the field in the areas of lash application, product sales and customer service.
- Motivates and recognizes others
- Facilitating the delivery and measurement of all training events for the franchise community.
- Facilitating the delivery and measurement of all training processes for the franchise community.
- Visits studios and provides onsite training programs and coaching in areas as scheduled
- Ensure the materials to support field training programs are available and up to date on internal Intranet
- Assists in product development and quality control to develop, evaluate and improve lash application and retail product education.
- Assists in the creating any pertinent educational curriculum and training materials, including all manuals, and presentations.
- Assists in providing education to studio and clients as it relates to the application process and after care to ensure an excellent customer experience.
- Works closely with Director of Training to ensure all materials and online programs are developed.
- Minimum 2 years of curriculum development and facilitation experience in a classroom type environment.
- Licensed Cosmetologist or Esthetician
- Eyelash extension experience is a plus
- Team player with superior people skills
- Attention to detail
- Possess superior communication skills – written and verbal poise
- Knowledge of curriculum and manual design a plus
- Solid coaching/consulting skills, which deliver measurable results
- Professionalism
- Manages priorities and time efficiently
- Experience as a sales trainer/facilitator
- Experience in the spa/wellness industry
- Independent thinking
- Takes initiative
- Ability to work well under pressure
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Board Director
Hilda M. Arellano was the Director of the Scholars in the Nation's Service Initiative (SINSI) at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School from 2014 to 2016 following her retirement from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Her last assignment for USAID was as the Senior Development Advisor at the State Department's Foreign Service Institute. In August 2013 Ms. Arellano returned from Afghanistan where she served at U.S. Embassy Kabul as the Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs.
Before joining Embassy Kabul, she served as Counselor at USAID in Washington DC, and prior to that as Mission Director in Egypt, Iraq, Peru, Regional Center – Budapest, and Ecuador. Ms. Arellano joined USAID in 1987 and her first assignments were to Guatemala, Bolivia and Ecuador.
Before joining USAID, Ms. Arellano lived and worked in Latin America for 17 years. In 1971 Ms. Arellano joined the United Nations Volunteer Program and was posted to Peru and Bolivia for three years working on credit projects for rural women.
A graduate of Cornell University with a BA in Political Science, Ms. Arellano has a Master of Arts in Political Science from the University of Texas at Austin. She also received her Masters of Arts in Teaching from Antioch College.
A native of Westfield, New Jersey, Ms. Arellano and her husband, Jorge, have four children.


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Cornell Law School Advisory Council
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Saturday, April 13, 2013
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I'm all for online birthday invitations. What could be easier? One click to respond, a few more and it's on the calendar. Easy-peasy, especially for a parent with a nice full box in the basement of suitable gifts for any birthday child. I have birthdays covered.
Except when I can't tell which of my children is invited.
I know, I know. This, in the grand scheme of problems, or even social perils, is small potatoes. We'll struggle through somehow. But please, kind fellow parents who are planning to host one or more of my children (or any children from a family with close-in-age siblings): could you possibly be a little more specific?
My three youngest children are 5, 6 and 7 (next week, 6, 6 and 7). Two are in the same class at school, and they all share friends and play dates regularly. So that online birthday party invitation addressed to my e-mail address tells me nothing about which child is expected. And asking — while the sensible, obvious solution — nearly always provokes "Oh, both (or all) of them! Of course!"
But I am on to you, my fellow parents: you lie. You are trying to be polite, I am trying to be polite. Can't we find a way to be polite and honest at the same time?
I'd have thought I was the only person with this problem, if one of you hadn't written to me about it earlier this week. In her case, she keeps scrupulously bringing only one of her two preschool-age sons to a party (the one closest in age to the celebrated child) and finding a bouncy house full of happy siblings, and mystified hosts: why didn't you bring along number two?
Because he wasn't asked, of course. Or maybe he was. Who knows? A month ago, I erred in the other direction: an online invitation for a joint party for two siblings, a girl my oldest daughter's age, a boy my youngest son's age. My younger daughter had other plans (a handwritten and mailed birthday invitation for her only), and the way seemed clear — except that once we got there, it was obvious (those cursed goody bags) that although both of my children were welcome, only one had been on the guest list.
Earlier this week, I got a lovely e-mailed invitation from one of my most gracious and socially adept friends. It was addressed, at the top, to all of the invited children, and I could have hugged her. One simple line of text made my life much easier, and it's a gesture I'll be sure to repeat.
Have you pondered over an invitation, trying to decide which child was the intended recipient? Or have you had a sibling appear, uninvited, at a child's party? (Maybe now you know why.) And have you asked, or been asked, if a sibling was included — and maybe not given, or received, a straight answer? Just for fun, dish here. And can we all promise to spell it out when the next child's birthday rolls around?


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In case anyone remains skeptical about the US government's commitment to cloud computing, the unveiling last week of a draft roadmap for future cloud-related efforts should lay those doubts to rest. The roadmap effort, which reflects input from experts in government and industry, is no mere bureaucratic exercise. It shows how the Obama Administration's vision for a "cloud-first" IT policy is being turned into operational reality.
In Volume I of the roadmap, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has outlined the biggest questions still lingering around the standards for security, interoperability and portability, among other issues. As NIST sees it, these questions must be answered to pave the way for a speedier adoption of cloud solutions by the federal government and others. What's more — in an even more telling indication of how the federal government is prioritizing cloud adoption — NIST also released a how-to manual for agencies to use in identifying and purchasing cloud solutions to fulfill their IT needs. These documents represent several months' work under NIST's leadership and will eventually make up a three-volume US Government Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap.
This is important first and foremost because it will allow government to capture the efficiency gains and budget savings that the cloud promises. But NIST's efforts also position the United States to be a leader in cloud policy in much the same way that US businesses are the leaders in the cloud economy. This effort — and the leadership that the US government can continue to provide — has the potential to help set the tone for cloud adoption and policy-making by governments around the world.
For months, BSA and its member companies have been working with NIST to refine several cloud-related standards efforts. Looking ahead, NIST has asked industry representatives and other interested parties to comment on the first two volumes of the cloud roadmap. BSA and its member companies plan to review the documents carefully and contribute ideas. We look forward to further engaging NIST on this important project, and we credit NIST's leadership for affirming the US government's commitment to cloud computing.


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Discussion in 'NDS - Flashcarts and Accessories' started by crescentsaber, Sep 20, 2006.
so worth the wait.....
YEAHHH the black DS lite GRR i should of waited XD think i should see if i can trade my DS lite white for a black??
YAY!! Going to buy Black DS lite tomorrow
What's the cheapest price you guys seen?? I saw $179 at Target
I still prefer white
Although I haven't actually seen a black one yet, perhaps it'll look good in the flesh.
hm I've got mine for $188, I wouldn't mind paying an extra 9 bux to get the black one anyway hahahahahah..
as for the trade off ( white for black ) i don't think its worth it ( eg I wont do it if its me ) but then again its personal preference.. if you always look at your white DSL with regret and anger maybe you should trade it off before you eventually smash it lol
lol i dont really mind my white 1 but the black looks so sleek and sexy =D
Getting mine tomorrow as well... Try to go K-mart and ask them to price beat with Target.
Is that US$ or AU$?
If it's AU$ I think I'll cry. (DSL= AU$ 300 here in Croatia.)
It's AU$
I bought my DS Lite on launch for AU$199
Holy shit, i'd hate to see how much the wii is gunna be.
Blimey, forget the Wii, imagine the price of a PS3...
In regards to the Black DS-Lite, I like the idea of switching to the dark side. Thankfully I'm not fashion-conscious enough to justify the cost.
I miscalculated something somewhere, the DSLite costs AU$ 275 around here.
An educated guess at the Wii price would be AU$ 500 (Nothing has been officially announced so far).
The PS3... I shudder at the thought .
There's only one problem with the white DS Lite, it happens to me all the time. In fact even this morning.
person: "Hey, is that some kind of iPod?"
me: "God damn it no"
Wii= AU$399.95, just saw it on aus nintendo site.
He was referring to the price in Croatia. As I said, around AU$500.


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All new adventures starring Mycroft Holmes by author of the best-selling Mycroft series, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
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Yukon, with a population of a mere 35,000 people spread over 500,000 square kilometres, is the Westernmost of Canada's territories. It remains one of the world's great wildernesses and the best places to stay in the Yukon are a perfect base for exploring this wild landscape.
The territory is bilingual (English and French) and has its capital at Whitehorse. Most of the region lies on the watershed of the Yukon river and the southern portion is dotted with many large glacier-fed lakes that flow into the river.
The Europeans arrived in the early 1800's as a result of the fur trade, missionaries followed and then gold miners. The Klondike goldrush of 1897 transformed the area. Thousands of prospectors descended on the goldfields around Dawson City, whose population grew within months to 40,000 - all adventurers eager to make their fortunes. Within a couple of years the mania had passed, with most leaving disappointed. The memory of these times is a considerable lure for modern day tourists.
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Bombay Peggy's 9 rooms from £95Dawson
Proudly describing itself as "the Yukon's only restored brothel" Bombay Peggy's certainly is a unique stay. Antique furnishings and deep palettes take you back to the time of the gold-miners whilst the pub is a bonafide speakeasy with weekly live musicians playing and plenty of vintage charm.Great walks - Immerse yourself in the history and scenery of Dawson with the Ninth Avenue Trail which loops around the town.Lively - Hip and happening.Full of characterLively area - In the thick of the action.
Northern Lights Resort & Spa 4 rooms from £104Whitehorse
A remote lodge and spa in 160 acres of breathtaking Yukon wilderness. Individual log cabins feature comfy beds, roaring fires, and patios perfect for basking in the beauty of the Aurora Borealis. Outdoor hot tubs, Finnish sauna and expert massage treatments will leave you feeling utterly refreshed.Great walks - Guided and interpreted hikes with a focus on the natural history of the Yukon.Full of characterQuirky - An experience!Traditional


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Sit in during a children's play session and chances are, you will spot a few of them W-sitting – or in other words, resting their bottom between their feet with legs to either side. For years, various healthcare experts have warned parents not to let their children sit in this manner due to the risks of orthopaedic problems and developmental delays.
But is the 'W sitting' position really all that bad for children?
In a Today Parents article, Dr Eduardo Novais, an orthopaedic surgeon at the Boston Children's Hospital, and Dr Jennifer Weiss, a paediatric orthopaedic surgeon at Kaiser Permanente in Los Angeles, provided their views on this matter.
Why children favour the W-sitting position
Most children are born with a condition known as femoral anteversion, where their thighbones are twisted inwards. As your child's knees and feet turn in, his/her legs may look like they are bowed. However, the good thing is that this condition self-corrects for most children as they grow, and until their bodies change, the W-sitting position may come naturally for them.
Dr Novais affirmed that W-sitting is sometimes more comfortable and stable for children at this stage, as they have more internal hip rotation. "They can rotate their trunk, reach out and grab things more easily," Dr Novais said. Similarly, Dr Weiss added that when one's leg has an internal twist to it, it's actually less comfortable to sit in a "criss-cross applesauce" position. Many parents may find it difficult to understand why their children would prefer the "W-sitting" position as their anatomy is different.
At what age do children tend to sit in a W-sitting position?
According to Dr Novais, the W-sitting is more common in four- to six-year-olds, but it is also not unlikely to see younger and older children in this sitting position. Femoral anteversion tends to decrease after the age of 8.
Should you be worried if you see your child W-sitting?
There is no evidence that W-sitting affects children's core stability or will cause orthopaedic problems. In addition, both doctors affirmed that a child cannot dislocate his/her hip by sitting in this position.
"I have no problem with a child W sitting. They're not going to change the shape of their legs. They're not going to change their alignment by sitting like that. They're just responding to their natural anatomy," said Dr Weiss. She added that if a child wants to sit in a W position, there will not be excessive stress on his/her joints, muscles or knees as children know how to avoid pain in their bodies.
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Vi fortsätter idag med mer Eagle Claw Kung Fu. Vi har nu kommit till Ying Jow Pai Kung Fu. Stormästaren för denna organisation är Leung Shum även han numera en äldre herre. Ovan en intervju med honom på hans skola i New York. En rarite´från 1985. I vanliga fall brukar man bara se uppvisningar men här har vi en film som visar vanlig träning. Mycket av det Eagle Claw tränar på är olika former av grepp, handledslås, och kast.
Sifu Shum (left) with Grandmaster Ng Wai Nung (center) and his older training brother Shum Man Lock in the 1950's.
Above: Sifu Shum in his youth, practicing Eagle Claw in a Hong Kong park.
The Northern Eagle Claw system includes 25 fist forms, more than 25 weapon forms, over 25 partner (two-men or three-men) sets and the essence of the system, the 108 locking hand techniques. The techniques of the Eagle Claw system come from the movements of the eagle: powerful claws, fast eyes, smooth movements and lightning fast techniques. The "Seven Principles" of Eagle Claw kung fu are Jow Da Cum Na (clawing and locking), Dim Yut Bye Hei (attacking pressure points and stopping the breath), Cow Wai Sau Fung (locking), Diu Cow Fing Lau (controlling, pushing and pulling), Sim Jim Tong Na (twisting, jumping and dropping to the floor), Noi Sup Chung Dit (falling and techniques using waist) and Fun Gun Chaw Quat (cutting veins and shattering bones).
Above: Master Shum demonstrates a classic Eagle Claw move. This is a combination arm pull, neck grab and leg sweep.
The history of Eagle Claw
Originally the Eagle Claw system, whose complete history is told in Sifu Shum's book Eagle Claw Kung Fu: Classical Northern Chinese Fist, was called Elephant style, a system of hand combat that Ngok Fei, said to be the most brilliant general of the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279 AD), taught to his soldiers. The Song court had fled south of the Huai river, a tributary of the Yang Tse River, before the Jorched (a Siberian people who were the ancestors of the Manchus, the last rulers of China before the country became a Republic), who had conquered North China. The Song court set up its capital in Hang Chow. General Ngok Fei defeated the Jorched every time he fought them. Just hearing Ngok Fei's name filled the Jorched with terror. Ngok Fei was able to win victory after victory because he was a clever tactician, and above all because of the kung fu system he taught to his troops.
Ngok Fei was a junior officer who rose from the ranks of recruits. He was not only an excellent strategist, but also a scholar and always showed moral integrity and loyalty to the Emperor. He inspired discipline among his troops, won the people's support, succeeded in suppressing bandits who were roaming the land, and defeated the Jorched cavalry with infantry tactics.
Above: Master Shum in his youth practicing Eagle Claw grappling with an elder training brother at the Hong Kong school.
Ngok Fei's soldiers, enraged at the grossly unfair punishment he had suffered, disbanded and continued training on their own. A monk named Lai Chin, who was already the master of his own system called Faan Tzi, happened to see Ngok Fei's former soldiers training during his travels. He recognized the value of their techniques and decided to incorporate them into his own system. Faan Tzi Eagle Claw was born: today it is known as the Northern Eagle Claw system.
Great Grandmaster Chan Tzi Ching's Eagle Claw class in the 1920's. His student, Ng Wai Nung, is seated second from the right.
Above: Great Grandmaster Lau Fat Man, disciple of Chan Tzi Ching and manager of the Hong Kong Ching Mo Association.
Lai Chin taught Northern Eagle Claw to his student, another monk named Toa Gai, who in turn passed it on to one of his lay students, Lau Shing Yuo. The latter trained his son, Lau Kai Man, in the system. Originally, the Northern Eagle Claw system was to remain within the Lau clan and was not to be taught to outsiders. But Lau Kai Man taught it not only to his nephew in the Lau family, Lau Fat Man, but also to Chan Tzi Ching, his sister's son.
Above: Chan Tzi Ching, founder of the Ching Mo Association and one of the great Eagle Claw masters.
Chan Tzi Ching founded the Ching Mo Kung Fu Association in Shanghai with his friend, Fawk Yun Gop. Other sifus soon joined the association. Chan Tzi Ching also went to Hong Kong to set up another Ching Mo Association, but he soon had to return to Shanghai and left the Hong Kong Ching Mo Association in the care of Lau Fat Man. Sifu Shum's teacher (our Sigong), Ng Wai Nung, trained extensively under Lau Fat Man.
Above: The Great Grandmaster Lau Fat Man (left) with Grandmaster Ng Wai Nung.
During the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945), the Hong Kong Ching Mo Association was closed. Lau Fat Man spent the war teaching in Canton with Ng Wai Nung. After the war, Lau Fat Man went back to Hong Kong and taught for five years in the Restaurant Workers' Union. Ng Wai Nung also came back and taught in an opera actors' club and gave private lessons in both kung fu and tai chi.
Later Ng Wai Nung opened a school on Tai Po Road in Kowloon, where he taught untill his death in 1992.
Great-Grandmaster Lau Fat Man also opened a school and later taught privately until his death in the mid-1960's. His daughters, Lily and Gini Lau now teach in California.
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