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As we've chronicled in these pages, the powerhouse firm of Weil Gotshal has been experiencing some upheaval. The big summer layoffs have been followed by a steady stream of partner departures, mainly from offices outside the power center of New York.
Many of the defections have taken place in Texas, but Weil's Washington outpost has also been hard hit. Last month, that office lost three IP litigators to Greenberg Traurig. Said one of our sources, "IP was one of Weil D.C.'s most profitable practice groups. Expect downsizing or partner acquisition from another firm to compensate for loss." And that wasn't all. Earlier this month, BuckleySandler snagged Walter Zalenski, a prominent player in financial services regulatory law, from Weil.
Today brings news of another departure from Weil in Washington. Who is leaving now, and where is he going?
We've learned that Heath Tarbert, head of Weil's Financial Reform Working Group and Financial Institutions Regulatory (FIR) Practice, is lateraling to Allen & Overy. Said a source, "Heath is beyond brilliant and has an incredible pedigree, but Weil simply didn't support his efforts to develop FIR. His last day was last Friday."
"Incredible pedigree" is no exaggeration. As you can see from his bio, which is still on the Weil website (and pasted on the next page in case it comes down), Tarbert has a plethora of degrees — including a B.S., a J.D., an S.J.D., and a D. Phil. — and impressive government experience. Before joining Weil, he worked at the White House Counsel's office, the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel, and the U.S. Senate Banking Committee. He clerked for Judge Douglas Ginsburg and Justice Clarence Thomas.
We understand that Heath Tarbert will be starting at Allen & Overy next month. The Washington office of A&O is growing — they moved into spacious new offices in September, with lots of room to expand — and Tarbert's hiring is part of a planned expansion. He may be joined by other lawyers in the financial regulatory space, but not necessarily lawyers from Weil. Neither Weil nor Allen & Overy had comment for this story (but we wouldn't be surprised to see a press release from A&O sometime next month).
Congratulations to Heath Tarbert on his move and to Allen & Overy on its new hire. Flip to the next page if you'd like to behold Tarbert's résumé, which is as dazzling as a decked-out Christmas tree.
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The Belgian international enjoyed a good start to his Anfield career following his summer move from Sunderland.
A couple of errors have dogged him in recent weeks - but Rodgers is in no way worried about his number one.
"The fact is that Simon has been a wonderful capture for us," Rodgers told the Liverpool Echo.
"Okay, people will maybe look at a few of mistakes Simon has made but I just think it's normal for a keeper to make mistakes.
"I remember listening to Bob Wilson once who said expect a top keeper to make maybe 70 mistakes a season. If you think Simon is on three then he's done all right.
"His attitude has been excellent and the saves he has made for us have been exceptional.
"There will be one or two areas he will maybe be disappointed with, but I will always take an honest mistake from someone who is working tirelessly to be the best they can be."


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DaySpring ministers to Christians and helps them express their faith and love through the creation, production, and distribution of greeting cards, gifts, and related paper products.
- The Bible -
We believe that the Bible, both Old and New Testaments, is the divinely inspired and only authoritative Word of God; supreme and final in its authority in matters of faith and practice.
- God -
We believe in the triune God of the Bible, the God who created the world, who made man in His own image, who so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son for mans redemption.
- Christ -
We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ, that He is coeternal and coequal with God the Father. We believe the biblical account of His virgin birth, sinless life, words, works, vicarious death, bodily resurrection, ascension, and promise of His personal return. Christ came into the world to provide salvation through faith in Him as Savior and Lord, and to restore men to fellowship with God.
- The Holy Spirit -
We believe that God the Holy Spirit, as revealed in the Bible, is a person coequal and coeternal with God the Father and God the Son. The Holy Spirit brings an awareness of guilt, brings about the new birth, and indwells the believer so that he may lead a godly life. The Holy Spirit strengthens faith, brings comfort and peace in time of sorrow and distress, enlightens our hearts and minds to understand and apply the truth in Christ and the Bible, and empowers us to serve God more effectively.
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We believe that men become children of God by true repentance, turning from sin, and turning to Christ as Savior. True repentance results in a changed life. The believer now seeks to live his life according to the will of God.
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We believe that men who have received Gods forgiveness for sin through Christs atoning death and triumphant resurrection possess saving faith. The faith is awakened and strengthened by the hearing of the Word of God. Believers strive to express this saving faith through the total commitment of their lives to Christ as Savior and Lord.
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We believe the Christian life is lived by trust in Christ and fellowship with Him, for He is the way, the truth, and the life. The Christian life manifests itself in service to God and fellow men of all races and stations in life. It is also expressed as a graciousness in our relationships with others. It is summed up in the two great commandments: to love God with all our hearts, souls, strength, and minds; and to love our neighbors as ourselves.
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We believe that the Church, described in the Scriptures as Christs body, is composed of all people who have accepted Christ in faith and have committed their lives to Him. In any local community the Church consists of all such people, regardless of the Christian group with which they are affiliated. The Church, spiritually conceived, is a living organism which expresses itself through dedicated Christians in all groups of believers, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
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The Kingdom of God is the rule of God, which has as its final goal the overcoming of every force which resists Gods will. The Kingdom of God now manifests itself in daily life through Christs rule in the lives of individual believers, those who have accepted and responded to the claims of Gods Kingdom through Christ. The Church, while not identical with the Kingdom of God, is a present manifestation of it. The Kingdom of God will be consummated when Christ comes again.
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We believe eternal life begins here in this world, when one comes into a transforming, saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. It means also life after death for all ages to come. Eternal life further means a certain kind of life, a quality of life which God imparts to those who become Children of God. Those who have rejected Christ as Savior and Lord are eternally separated from Christ, and thus are excluded from the everlasting bliss reserved for those who have accepted the love and forgiveness of God revealed in Christ.


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Minutes and Years: The Westminster Assembly Project: An Interview with Chad Van Dixhoorn
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In an article last year, The Economist coined the phrase `Londonism' to refer to what it regarded as a distinct ideology driven by the office of Mayor. It cited as the central tenets of `Londonism': enthusiasm for the financial services industry; an openness to immigration; and the unceasing pursuit of economic growth. The success of this new way of thinking, according to the piece, is symbolized by the redevelopment of the Docklands to the east of the city's centre. The landscape of this part of the city is now replete with tall, shimmering citadels of global financial behemoths, futuristically-designed transport hubs and high-value property developments. Unsurprisingly, however, the article fails to look beyond the streets paved with gold. Since its transformation began in the 1980s, the Docklands has become an enclave for the élite of the neo-liberal economy, while the dilapidated streets of the some of the poorest areas of western Europe sit almost literally in their shadow.
Similarly, on a superficial level, it might appear that London's football clubs have been raised by this tide of prosperity. Currently, the capital has some five representatives in the top flight and nine more across the three divisions of the Football League. However, look underneath the shimmering surface and there may be trouble ahead.
While in the rest of the country still reverberates to the piercing `pop' of the property speculation bubble, the market in London remains afloat, buoyed by the continued influx of foreign speculators and the failure of government – local and national – to increase and improve the stock of public housing. Just as those of us outside the golden circle find our choices become more and more limited, clubs wishing to improve or relocate facilities have their options severely reduced by absurdly high land and property values. This could be seen as a blessing for some: Brentford, Crystal Palace and Leyton Orient, among others, could make a tidy sum in selling the land from underneath their seats. But, all three of those clubs – particularly the former two – have struggled for quite some time to find affordable plots for new stadia in or near their present locale. The latter, meanwhile, faced the prospect of being crowded out of their manor by local rivals, a threat which hasn't gone away since the process to award the Olympic Stadium to West Ham collapsed late last year. In December 2011 Barnet indicated that they would be leaving Underhill at the end of the current season, following a long-running dispute between chairman Tony Kleanthous and the Tory overlords of Barnet Council. However, it remains unclear where they will relocate to, and the danger is that anything more than one or two seasons outside of the borough would cause irreperable damage to its community links.
As their clubs have remained in situ, many of their traditional supporters have long since departed from the streets and communities around them. Demographic change and migration into and out of the inner districts are pertinent topics for policymakers for reasons not unrelated to the concerns touched upon in the previous paragraph. The continued transformation of parts of inner London into a playground for the moneyed classes has put a strain on the housing budgets of many local authorities, which, having been prevented from building its own housing to meet demand, have been forced to contribute to market rents to house tenants in private accommodation, something which has been seized upon by the coalition government as it attempts further to erode welfare provision.
It could be argued that the expected influx of people with disposable income is a positive development for clubs. After all, won't those people buying spanking new apartments next to the Den want to see what all that noise is about? Certainly, if they are to maintain their status, inner city clubs need to make greater efforts to coax those newly arrived in their immediate vicinity to attend games and engage with their new local team. Received wisdom among existing fans is that migrants from both within and without the country are just not interested. But ticket prices are surely a greater obstacle, especially to those struggling to pay their rent, but to those with cash for leisure as well? The cheapest adult ticket at Barnet this season costs £14 for a place on the terrace, while the cheapest adult ticket at West Ham is £32 (and this is only for the lowest category games). Another issue is competition: the sheer density of professional football clubs within the capital may well be inhibiting growth. Crystal Palace and Millwall are cases in point. While the latter showed an increase in average attendance in the 2010/11 season, this was almost entirely symptomatic of promotion to the Championship from League 1. Indeed, with the team struggling this year, there has been a noticeable decline. Similarly, the Eagles posted a small increase in numbers, but for both clubs the average has remained under or around 60% of total capacity in recent seasons, depriving them of vital funds without which it will become increasingly difficult to compete in the second tier. On the fringes of the city too, Watford's average crowds appear to be in steady decline. The effect is even more pronounced in League 1. In 2010/11 Brentford, Charlton and Orient each recorded a decrease in attendance compared with the previous campaign, although very strong starts to 2011/12 by the former two may reverse this effect.
An increasing population brings opportunities, but not all of those who move in are freshly minted: migrants from the English provinces will more often than not bring a footballing allegiance with them. Meanwhile, those without a ready-made affiliation will take some persuading to embrace the third tier over Sky's festival of hyperbole. The conundrum is that few, if any, of the smaller clubs have the resources to project themselves across a wider geographical area, while the larger clubs are already spending increasing amounts doing just that: even while living within walking distance of a Championship stadium, I received frequent mailshots from Fulham's marketing department, attempting to flog tickets for undersubscribed clashes with fellow mid-table fodder.
Given the density of clubs, the potential for the poaching of lower-league support by the larger clubs is likely to bite in future years. Increasingly, Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs are regarded as standard-bearers for the whole city and not just owners of a particular patch. It has long been commonplace on a matchday to see kids from the estates circling the ground sporting Arsenal or Chelsea replica kit.
What, then, are the long-term prospects for London's nine Football League clubs? My fear is that, as in society at large, perpetuation of the status quo leaves many with a bleak future: declining facilities, a draining away of their traditional support by socioeconomic forces, and aggressive competition from better-resourced clubs. On the plus side – for some, at least – there is probably room for one or two more representatives of the capital to nestle in the lower reaches of the top flight, reflecting more accurately London's role as the driver of the country's economy. Despite their recent travails, both Charlton and West Ham retain Premier League infrastructure, and appear well placed to regain the top rung (the latter very soon).
Those left behind, though, will have to implement radical policies or face oblivion. The scorched-earth approach of leaving the concrete streets to the marginally fresher air on the other side of the M25 is one that should concern supporters most. The sordid tale of Wimbledon's relocation to Milton Keynes shows just how possible this is. Indeed, it has been widely reported that those in charge at Orient have actively considered the idea of moving to the `virgin' territory at the end of the Central Line or even to the mid-century splendour of Harlow. Nevertheless, such an approach wouldn't necessarily be a panacea. Many of the satellite towns orbiting the capital already host established League clubs that would not welcome further encroachment by their London counterparts on their catchment areas.
Personally, I would like to see the deepening of local ties as a counterweight to the globalism of the big three. Clubs should forge closer ties with their respective local authorities to ensure a presence in the communities they represent, while much more innovative thinking in their marketing and ticketing policies is needed to encourage lost supporters back and attract new attendees from their own doorsteps. The city's non-league scene – which has already been losing clubs (although perhaps at the moment due merely to bad management) – is also a potentially fruitful partner. The professional and semi-pro clubs seem to exist entirely separately of each other at the moment, which is a wasted opportunity. Greater contact between them could help all parties to survive the destablizing effects of current policies. Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner, that I want all of the capital's clubs to contnue to thrive. A true `Londonism' shouldn't leave anyone behind.


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If you have any concerns and want help regarding specific parts and components, do not hesitate to create your own thread. This is more of a general thread for information regarding the process of building a PC.
Anyway, courtesy of the great cusideabelincoln:
So you're interested in building a PC? Read this post first! In this thread you can get some general guidelines and a foothold idea of where to begin building your own PC. But most importantly when you're absolutely ready to take the plunge, please create your own thread on this board with this information:
- What is your budget? How much are you planning to spend? E.g. "I do not want to spend more than $800."
- What country do you live in?
- How do you feel about rebates?
- What is your overall goal for this machine? What do you plan to do with it? E.g. "I want to play games at max details" or "I'm going to do a lot of video editing."
- Are you looking to build the tower only, a complete computer package with peripherals, or simply upgrade parts of your current computer?
- Do you need to buy an operating system and does that need to fit in your budget?
- Do you need to buy any peripherals (monitor, mouse, keyboard, headphones) and do they need to fit under your budget?
- Please list your monitor and its resolution if you are going to reuse it. If you are upgrading your current machine, please list your current specs.
- List any other special interests that come to mind. E.g. "I want low power and cool-running system," "I have zero interest in overclocking and will not do it," or "I don't care about upgrading; I'm just going to build this machine and use it."
Sample builds
Following are some sample builds to give you an idea what kind of parts you can get at a few different price points. Keep in mind many of these parts can be mixed and matched, and there are more options out there should your needs not fit into these categories. There's something for everyone. You can spend a little bit less on the case and a little bit more on the video card. You could drop a few different components down a notch to fit an SSD into your budget. The possibilities are endless! Which is a great reason why you need to start your own thread!
What can you get for gaming - $500?
- AMD Athlon II X3 445 - $75
- ASRock 970 EXTREME4 - $105
- 4GB 2x2GB DDR3-1333 - $24
- 1TB Spinpoint F3 - $50
- DVD Burner - $20
- NZXT Gamma - $36
- 430W Corsair CX V2 - $45
What can you get for gamng - $750?
- Cooler Master HAF 912 - $60
- 620W Antec HCG - $70
- 8GB 2x4GB DDR3-1600 - $53
- DVD Burner - $20
- 1TB Spinpoint F3 - $50
- Intel Core i5 2400 - $190
What can you get for gaming - $1000?
- Rosewill Blackhawk - $100
- 750W Antec HCG - $90
- 8GB 2x4GB DDR3-1600 - $53
- DVD Burner - $20
- 1TB Spinpoint F3 - $50
- ASRock P67 EXTREME4 GEN3 - $160
- Intel Core i5 2500K - $220
- Xigmatek Gaia - $30
- Tuniq TX-2 thermal compound - $7
64GB Crucial M4 - $115
80GB Intel 320 - $160
120GB OCZ Vertex 3 - $200
128GB C rucial M4 - $200
Building Tutorials
Newegg TV How to Build a PC
Power Supply (PSU)
- I want to learn the basics of power supplies.
- How much power do I need?
-Use this chart from Tomshardware to manually estimate how much power your system will use, and then pick a power supply bigger than that.
-Use this post at overclock.net to manually and more accurately estimate what power supply you'll need.
-Use this PSU calculator to automatically estimate your power needs.
-Use my more labor-intensive method: Add the load CPU power from the latest Lost Circuits review with the *PEAK* power chart from the latest TPU review. Then add 60W for the rest of the system components. Multiply that number by 1.3 to get the PSU required. Overclocking? Add 50-100W for the CPU and another 50-100W for the video card. The range is large because it depends on how much you overclock, so go a little bit bigger if you're unsure.
-Use my alternate method: Instead of using reviews you can just add the TDP of the CPU and GPU, then add 60W for the rest of the system. Multiply that number by 1.2 to get the required power supply. AMD.com, Intel.com, and GPUReview can be used to find TDP (Thermal Design Power or Max Power Draw). Google can also be used.
- How do I know if a power supply is good?
A list of recommended power supplies at OCN - people have already done the research for you!
- I want to find out who really makes a power supply.
Tomshardware "Who's Who in Power Supplies 2011"
Hardwaresecrets "How to Discover Your Power Supply's Real Manufacturer"
JonnyGuru UL database
Want to help update the sticky?
If you would like to add something to this sticky, whether it be a sample build, tutorial, new section, or update to old section, then do so. Let's try to keep this as up to date as we can, and it's easier if it's a community effort. Changes can be discussed in this thread and a mod will be needed to edit the OP.


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Programs Summary
Life Pieces engages boys and young men through three main programs:
After School Program -- This program engages about 105 apprentices in rigorous after-school homework assistance, tutoring, literacy training, math skill development and computer training. Our location at Drew Elementary School in Washington, DC is open to apprentices six days a week from 3:30-7:30 after school during the week, and during flexible hours on the weekends.
For more about our After School Program, click here.
Saturday Academy -- This program takes place three Saturdays per month for five hours, offering African American male high school students training in our Human Development System as well as engaging them in a series of interactive workshops focused on life skill building for college-bound students. Topics covered include: resume building, mock interviews, essay writing, financial management, college preparedness, study skills.
For more about Saturday Academy, click here.
For a story about Kasim, one of our Saturday Academy mentors, click here.
Summer Program -- "Connecting Communitites Across The Globe," a six-week program with a global perspective. For more on our Summer Program, click here.
Education ArchitectsTM-- This is an innovative approach to help youth be more receptive to learning, prepare them for the workforce and help them develop leadership skills.
Our vision for Education Architects is to:
- Develop the leadership of young men of color ages 18 – 25.
- Increase men of color motivated to seek careers in education and social work.
- Motivate our young men to become teachers, principals, social workers, philanthropists, and work and volunteer in organizations serving low income communities.
- Provide positive male role models to children in a classroom setting.


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The Pour Fool: What to Drink from the World and NW
You'll usually taste as many as fourteen different bottles to find one that fits your tastes and budget. The Pour Fool can help you beat those odds!
Monthly Archive for May, 2013
The Non-Fiction Poll: America's Best Beer Places! YOU'RE The Decider!
There are two criteria here: Quality of the breweries, and Number of breweries in one geographic area. That's IT. [Read More]
Shameless Homerism: Coyote Howls, Haystack Rocks, Alexandria Nicole Dazzles
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Room to play ... Julie Power and her twin boys, Jim, left, and Ned Tulip.
On any measure, Matthew Pearce Public School in Baulkham Hills would be considered a good school: it has a committed group of teachers covering a plethora of subjects, programs and activities to its almost 1000 students.
But the school also happens to be one of the best academically in the state, according to the federal government's MySchool website. And John Russell of Richardson and Wrench Baulkham Hills suspects this largely is why parents are clamouring to buy houses within its catchment area.
''I have people ringing and asking if we've got anything in the Matthew Pearce catchment and I'd say, 'I have exactly what you want up the road in another catchment' - and they're not interested.''
Smart investment ... buying a house close to good schools is a major reason for purchase.
Such is the demand for these houses that a well-maintained three- or four-bedroom bungalow in a good street can fetch up to $50,000 more than a similar one outside the boundary, Russell says.
But Matthew Pearce is not an isolated case.
All across Sydney, buyers are choosing where to live based on which school they want their children to attend and in many instances paying a premium for the privilege.
In nearby Carlingford, Russell recently sold a house that would have been $100,000 more if it had been within the catchment of Carlingford Boys High, he says.
It's the same story in Eastwood, West Ryde and Denistone East. The principal of Anthony Trees First National, Anthony Jasprizza, says the demand for houses in the catchment of these popular primary schools ''can add up to 10 per cent [to the price] if everything is right''.
Matthew Pearce has always been sought-after but Russell says this popularity has increased markedly since the advent of the MySchool website. ''[Parents] are quoting to me what ranking the school is,'' he says.
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Virginia Nicoll from Harris Tripp First National at Summer Hill is another agent who believes the MySchool site has increased the popularity of Summer Hill Public school, which has a strong reputation. She is seeing more people than ever wanting to buy there because of the school. She says this is probably having an impact on prices.
''Buyers are coming with school catchment maps; they know the streets where the cut-off points are.''
The MySchool website doesn't provide rankings, it gives scores for individual schools. However, the Herald and parents have extrapolated the information.
For example, figures from Australian Property Monitors showed that for the top-20 primary schools based on the MySchool data (of which there are actually 21 because two schools were tied), 17 had price growth over the past year compared with the Sydney median house price, which slumped 1.6 per cent over the same period.
The head of propertybuyer .com.au, Rich Harvey, says it is difficult to quantify how much being in the catchment boosts a house's value. But he reckons it can be one of the key factors among many that motivate families to want to live in an area. And the buyer's agent says the MySchool site is giving buyers more information to make that choice. ''I do think it's having an effect,'' he says.
Domain first canvassed the potential of the website as a driver of property prices in February last year, just after it was launched.
However, Joel Windle, who teaches in the education department at Monash University and is an expert in the field of school choice, says since then he has found no evidence the site is contributing to a spike in property prices in these catchment suburbs.
''My data suggests that parents don't put much faith in it relative to word of mouth and school visits,'' Windle says.
This is backed up by many agents who say that while buyers are often keen to be within a school catchment, the website is rarely mentioned as the reason they chose the school. This can be shown by the popularity of schools that don't have a top MySchool ranking but which still attract students.
One of these is Killarney Heights Public - still ranked in the top 25 per cent - which has a highly regarded bilingual program in French and English. Harvey says the school has attracted French speakers from all over Sydney wanting to send their children there.
It's a similar story in Fairfield West. The sales manager at Raine and Horne Fairfield, Ben Palmerone, fields weekly calls from parents wanting to buy within the boundary of Westfields Sports High, the alma mater of sporting champions such as Harry Kewell, Michael Clarke and many others. Palmerone says this demand has helped house prices in Fairfield West outstrip those in the surrounding suburbs of Fairfield or Fairfield Heights.
Buyer's agent Patrick Bright, a director of EPS Property Search, says one in five of his clients is looking for a house specifically in a school catchment area and suburbs with these popular schools generally have a lower turnover of stock, which helps keep prices high.
''Logic would tell you that if you have a school that is really performing well and everyone knows it and they want to get into the area, that would have an impact on price,'' Bright says.
Thorough homework helps pinpoint target after time abroad
When it came to finding a house back in Sydney after 16 years of living in the US, Julie Power and her partner, Peter Tulip, knew they wanted something akin to what they'd left behind in Bethesda, Maryland, a small town just outside Washington, DC.
It had to be close to a train line, no more than 25 minutes from the city and have space for their nine-year-old twin boys to run around. But most importantly, the house had to be near a good public high school for the boys, who would be going there in a few years.
So before they left, the couple - she a journalist and he an economist - swung on to the MySchool website to get a feel for which schools were performing well. They also discussed the merits of suburbs and schools with friends back in Australia via Facebook and email.
Power says by the time they arrived back in Sydney they had worked out that there was a good cluster of public primary and secondary schools on the north shore - an area they had both grown up in.
About three months ago they rented a house in Lindfield, within the catchment of Killara High, and are now hunting for the right house - which among other things has to have room for their two chooks.
Power says they liked Killara High because it had a similar level of academic achievement and the student profile to a top public school in their local area in the US.


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The Observation Deck
A blog of opinions on local, state and national issues
Yearly Archive for 2009
About that rogue unit…
We'll be weighing in shortly on Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's investigation into allegations of a "rogue unit" in the State Police, and his report that ultimately didn't definitively say whether one existed or not. But it did find ample evidence that the law enforcement agency isn't immune from politics at the top. What do you […] [Read More]
Obama's challenge: a pollster's viewpoint
Pollster John Zogby believes that President Barack Obama still enjoys the support of an American public that wants him to succeed. But in tonight's speech, he needs to demonstrate that he's willing to fight for what he believes in and unite his support base if he is to prevail with health care reform. Here's his […] [Read More]
Blagojevich: Want to buy my story?
Remember Rod Blagojevich? The disgraced ex-Illinois governor is back, this time with a biography that was written almost as fast as a check for a vacant Senate seat can clear the bank. Catch the juiciest tidbits, unimpeachably gathered by Juliet Lapidos of Slate. [Read More]
Drug in Jackson's death not for sleep
Angie Chuang was administered Propofol during a colonoscopy. Popularly known as "milk of amnesia," Chuang cites firsthand experience observing that rather than a sleep aid, the drug delivers a memorably cathartic, bliss-inducing pharmeceutical experience, without any real negative side effects. Call it a thriller, if you like. [Read More]
Daily Round-Op
From around the state: The topic of the day seems to be the post-mortem on President Barack Obama's address to school children. The Buffalo News said it was a worthwhile message but noted that the early flap surrounding it did get the White House to fix some flaws in the speech; the Poughkeepsie Journal shared […] [Read More]
How not to fix a budget
Also from today's editorial page, we take issue with politicians like Assemblyman James Tedisco who offer populist ideas without saying how they'll pay the tab, much less solve the state's fiscal woes: ______________ In the middle of a budget crisis, Assemblyman James Tedisco offers a perfectly populist idea, calling on New York to scrap a […] [Read More]
Reform? Prove it.
In one of our two editorials today, we call on the state Senate to finally allow Albany to create a permit parking system for neighborhoods around the Capitol: _____________________ Here comes the state Senate, heading back to Albany, ostensibly on a mission to reassure New Yorkers of its ability to attend to the broader public […] [Read More]
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One of my former students sent me an email and asked what techniques I used to get such AWESOME grades. Here are the suggestions I shared with him.
· Getting good grades should be an extremely high priority. The best jobs, those that come with a great deal of personal freedom and that pay the best, are only accessible to people with Masters degrees (or higher). People get these jobs by being in the network, the network accessible only to the elite. To get into this network you need to attend a great grad school, but you can't get in without great grades. That means making sacrifices today.
Choosing classes:
· Not all instructors and classes are equal. Three credits in one course may take twice as much work as three credits in another course.
· Decide what you want from the class. Some classes are probably largely irrelevant to you, like Art History. Others are very important to you. Look for harder courses in your important areas, easier courses in the others.
Choosing professors:
· Look up the professor on www.ratemyprofessors.com.
· Look up the syllabus on the professor's website. If the professor doesn't have a syllabus online, maybe you don't want to take their class. Are they lazy? Are they computer illiterate? Are they too busy with other projects to give attention to teaching? Do they really care about you, their customer?
· Go to the first day of class. If you don't like the professor, drop the class. You need to be able to interact comfortably with your professor to get the most out of any class.
· Don't be shy about going to the professor if you need help.
Class Participation:
· Go to every class. Pay attention. Nod and smile at the professor.
· Asking good questions shows you are motivated and paying attention. The professors will remember you better, which can pay off in the long run.
· Asking bad questions (long and unfocused, overly detailed, or relating to your personal experiences) will make everybody in the room dislike you, so keep questions short and focused.
· Don't volunteer to answer every question the professor asks - the other students hate that - but try to answer a few in each class.
· Just do it. Turn in every assignment; you'd be surprised how many students don't.
· Carefully read and follow the instructions. Check off the steps as you finish them.
· Don't do assignments in a creative manner. Follow the format the instructor asks for and you can't go too far wrong.
Memory Aids:
· I often used flash cards to learn formulas and terminology.
· I underlined key passages and re-read them just before exams.
· If I was working with a list, I would try to make a word using the first letter of each item in the list, or make a phrase that would start with those same letters. For example, Office 2007 uses a hierarchical system for arranging icons – Tabs, Groups, Categories, and Icons. I remember the sequence as The Great Computer Interface. This technique was very useful in studying for essay exams.
Note-taking in Class:
· I rarely took notes in class. I found that I got too distracted writing things down and often missed what the professor was saying next.
· I always read the textbook chapter BEFORE class so I could better follow the professor's lecture and ask intelligent questions to clarify gaps in my understanding.
· See my advice online at www.cob.sjsu.edu/splane_m/PresentationTips.htm
· NEVER give a presentation without practicing – you'll speak too long, you'll forget key facts, and you'll cover too many details.
· The professors notice the faces of the people who sit in the front rows and in the center of the room. This creates a subconscious bias in your favor that may make the difference between a B+ and an A-.
· I always tried to sit in the second row near the middle of the room. You can hear and see better from this location.
· Another thing to consider, teammates and study partners are usually selected from people sitting next to you.
Studying Textbooks:
Reading the textbook puts you way ahead of most of the other students.
· Textbooks are written in outline form. If you try to read a chapter straight through, it is very confusing. Don't do this. Read the headings, the first sentence of each paragraph, and examine the charts and sidebars. When you know what the chapter is all about, then you can read it straight through, to pick up the detail.
· I tried to read every chapter twice - once for concepts, once for details.
· Try the sample questions and quizzes that are included within the chapter. If you can't answer those questions, you don't know the material.
· Almost every textbook has a glossary and an index. Use them! If you don't understand a technical term, write it on a flashcard. Look up the definition in the glossary and write it on the back of the card.
· If I knew I was going to have to reread a chapter at a later date for an exam, I would use a yellow highlighter pen to underline key sentences and phrases. Then it was easy to scan through to quickly recall the main ideas.
· If you have trouble staying awake, stand up and try reading that way.
· If you have trouble staying focused, use a kitchen timer to control the length of each study session. Gradually increase the time over several weeks. Your ability will improve.
A good team can make or break your grade so learning how to manage teams is vital.
· Step One - have great teammates.
o This is simple really. Try and take classes with people you have worked with before that you know you work well with. I started this process early, and recruited my teammates ahead of time. In my senior year I had a half dozen people taking classes with me that I knew I could rely on.
o Whenever you have a problem, talk to the instructor for guidance.
· Step Two – resolve the leadership issues quickly.
o The first week you should get the email address of every team member. The first person who sends out an email outlining what they think the group should do becomes the de facto leader.
o Be a good teammate. Don't argue over minor details; your role is to encourage and support others. Stay positive at all times.
· Step Three – create a project plan.
o Break down the project into smaller subject areas. This should be part of your initial email the first week of the project. Include specific timelines.
o Ask people if your outline makes sense.
o Ask them to each volunteer for a specific subject. It creates buy-in from the other students; they chose the role they want. Slackers become more motivated and the group will unite behind you if you have a problem.
o Volunteer to take on the piece(s) that nobody else wants. You often wind up with the most interesting and educational piece and everybody is grateful to you for doing the dirty work.
o Don't try to do all of the work yourself. Have somebody in charge of writing the final draft, and somebody else in charge of creating the PowerPoint slides.
· Step Four – create reasonable project deadlines.
o Allow for slack time in the plan. Everybody will fall behind, so build in a couple of weeks for catching up, one in the middle and one near the end.
o Allow at least two weeks for preparing and practicing the PowerPoint presentation.
o Insist on practicing the PowerPoint as a group, using a timer.
· Step Five – prepare an agenda for group meetings.
o Circulate it ahead of time.
o The group usually agrees with the first suggested meeting place. If you know a convenient spot for you, suggest it.
For multiple choice exams:
· Read all of the possible answers. Cross out any answers that you know are wrong.
· Circle the number on questions when you are unsure of the answer. Skip them and finish the questions you know. Now go back and look at the circled ones. Often the later questions will give you a clue to earlier ones.
For essay exams:
· Anticipate what the questions will be. Look at the questions in your textbook at the end of each chapter. See any questions that require listing several details to answer? Well, your professor is doing the same thing.
· Write each likely exam question on a flashcard. On the back of the flashcard, list the ten or twelve key words that you need to include in your essay.
· Generally each item in the list is going to be worth one point. The professors or their TA's are grading on the key words, not the logic of your sentences or arguments.
· Carry the cards with you and look at them whenever you get a chance, like at a traffic light.
Definitions, Terms, Acronyms, and Formulas:
· Use flashcards to help you memorize the materials.
Time Management:
· Don't try to do too much. The world is not going to end tomorrow; take your time to get the most you can out of school. If you're working full time and taking more than two or three classes, you're overdoing it.
· Using flashcards was an extremely efficient way to learn. I could use them in the car at red lights, during TV commercials, etc.
· I scheduled some quiet time for studying when I knew I would be undisturbed. For me this was Sunday afternoon and evening, at a minimum.
· I kept a calendar that listed each class and when each assignment was due. I estimated how long each assignment would take.
· I broke down the big projects into smaller tasks with a deadline for each task.
· I tried to keep a week ahead, in case I got sick or something unexpected came up.
I found it was extremely helpful to study with another student, so I did a lot of tutoring.
· If I couldn't explain the material to somebody else, I didn't know it well enough.
· My study buddy's questions helped to clarify my thinking and exposed gaps in my understanding.
· Knowing that somebody else was depending on me helped to keep me motivated to study, on those days when I was feeling lazy.
· It was also fun as a social activity.
Written Assignments:
I handled these in three different ways, depending on how familiar I was with the topic.
· If I knew what I wanted to say, I would sit down a week or two before the assignment was due and write a complete first draft, then edit and rewrite it three or four times.
· If I knew some of the material, I would write an outline of the entire paper, based on the professor's instructions. Then I would fill in different segments, at different times, over several days, leaving the tough parts for last.
· If I wasn't sure what to write or how to write about it, I would think about the paper for several days, and then write the whole thing down the night before it was due.
· The common thread is that I thought about the paper for several days.
· I would often copy and paste background information into the document as I was researching, including the website so I could cite the source.
· I also created a bibliography entry for the website address at the same time I pasted the info into my document.
· I always proofread an assignment before turning it in. Reading it aloud helps to catch mistakes.
· Get help with grammar and spelling if you need it.
Please send comments and suggestions to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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18-Bit, 1.5 LSB INL, 250 kSPS PulSAR® Differential ADC in MSOP/QFN
Features and Benefits
- 18-bit resolution with no missing codes
- Throughput: 250 kSPS
- INL: ±0.75 LSB typical, ±1.5 LSB maximum (±6 ppm of FSR)
- Dynamic range: 102 dB typical @ 250 kSPS
- Oversampled dynamic range: 125 dB @1 kSPS
- Noise-free code resolution: 20 bits @ 1 kSPS
- Effective resolution: 22.7 bits @ 1 kSPS
- SINAD: 101.5 dB typical @ 1 kHz
- THD: −125 dB typical @ 1 kHz
- True differential analog input range: ±VREF 0 V to VREF with VREF up to VDD on both inputs
- No pipeline delay
- Single-supply 2.3 V to 5 V operation with 1.8 V/2.5 V/3 V/
5 V logic interface
- Proprietary serial interface SPI-/QSPI™-/MICROWIRE™-/DSP-compatible
- Ability to daisy-chain multiple ADCs
- Optional busy indicator feature
- Power dissipation
1.35 mW @ 2.5 V/100 kSPS, 4 mW @ 5 V/100 kSPS
1.4 μW @ 2.5 V/100 SPS
- Standby current: 1 nA
- 10-lead packages: MSOP (MSOP-8 size) and 3 mm × 3 mm QFN (LFCSP) (SOT-23 size)
- Pin-for-pin compatible with the18-bit AD7690 and 16-bit AD7693, AD7688, and
- V62/14632-01XE DSCC Drawing Number
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Product Details
The AD7691 is an 18-bit, charge redistribution, successive approximation, analog-to-digital converter (ADC) that operates from a single power supply, VDD, between 2.3 V and 5 V. It contains a low power, high speed, 18-bit sampling ADC with no missing codes, an internal conversion clock, and a versatile serial interface port. On the CNV rising edge, it samples the voltage difference between the IN+ and IN− pins. The voltages on these pins usually swing in opposite phase between 0 V and REF. The reference voltage, REF, is applied externally and can be set up to the supply voltage.
The part's power scales linearly with throughput.
The SPI-compatible serial interface also features the ability, using the SDI input, to daisy-chain several ADCs on a single 3-wire bus and provides an optional busy indicator. It is compatible with 1.8 V, 2.5 V, 3 V, or 5 V logic, using the separate VIO supply.
The AD7691 is housed in a 10-lead MSOP or a 10-lead QFN (LFCSP) with operation specified from −40°C to +85°C.
- Battery-powered equipment
- Data acquisitions
- Seismic data acquisition systems
- Instrumentation
- Medical instruments
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Product Lifecycle
At least one model within this product family is in production and available for purchase. The product is appropriate for new designs but newer alternatives may exist.
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AN-931: Understanding PulSAR ADC Support Circuitry
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Features & Benefits
- 18-Bit, 250kSPS PulSAR ADC
- Low Noise Driver
- Greater than 100dB SNR @ 1kHz Input
- Greater than 118dB THD @ 1kHz Input
Recommended Digital Isolators
- For SPI Interface, low power, 5.0 kVrms isolation , we recommend the ADUM4401 .
- For SPI Interface, smallest package, low voltage I/O (1.8 V to 5.5 V) , we recommend the ADUM3481 .
- For SPI Interface, enhanced system-level ESD performance, 2.5 kVrms isolation , we recommend the ADUM3401 .
- For SPI Interface, lowest power, 2.5 kVrms isolation , we recommend the ADUM1401 .
Recommended External Voltage References
- For low drift, low noise and high current output applications , we recommend the ADR435 .
- For low drift, low noise, low power , we recommend the ADR4550 .
- For driving the voltage reference input , we recommend the AD8031 or the AD8655 .
- For low drift, low noise and low dropout , we recommend the ADR445 .
Recommended Driver Amplifiers
- For precision, low power, low distortion applications , we recommend the ADA4841-1, ADA4940-1 or the ADA4941-1 .
- For low frequency, precision, low bias current applications , we recommend the ADA4627-1, ADA4610-2 or the AD8476 .
- For high frequency, low noise, low distortion applications , we recommend the ADA4897-1 or the AD8021 .
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