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This chapter describes how to build and run CAM in its standalone configuration. We do not provide scripts that are setup to work out of the box on a particular set of platforms. If you would like this level of support then consider running CAM from the CESM scripts (see CESM-1.0 User's Guide). We do however provide some examples of simple run scripts which should provide a useful starting point for writing your own scripts (see the Section called Sample Run Scripts).
In order to build and run CAM the following are required:
The source tree. CAM-5.1
is distributed with CESM-1.0.3. To obtain the source code go to
the section "Acquiring the Code" on the
Home Page. When we refer to the root of the CAM source tree,
this is the same directory as the root of the CESM source tree. This
directory is refered to throughout this document as $
Perl (version 5.4 or later).
A GNU version of the make utility.
Fortran90 and C compilers.
A NetCDF library (version 3.6 or later) that has the Fortran APIs built using the same Fortran90 compiler that is used to build the rest of the CAM code. This library is used extensively by CAM both to read input datasets and to write the output datasets. The NetCDF source code is available here.
Input datasets. The required datasets depend on the CAM configuration. Determining which datasets are required for any configuration is discussed in the Section called Building the Namelist. Acquiring those datasets is discussed in the Section called Acquiring Input Datasets.
To build CAM for SPMD execution it will also be necessary to have an MPI library (version 1 or later). As with the NetCDF library, the Fortran API should be build using the same Fortran90 compiler that is used to build the rest of CAM. Otherwise linking to the library may encounter difficulties, usually due to inconsistencies in Fortran name mangling.
Building and running CAM takes place in the following steps:
Configure model
Build model
Build namelist
Execute model
Configure model. This step is accomplished by running the configure utility to set the compile-time parameters such as the dynamical core (Eulerian Spectral, Semi-Lagrangian Spectral, Finite Volume, or Spectral Element), horizontal grid resolution, and the type of parallelism to employ (shared-memory and/or distributed memory). The configure utility is discussed in Appendix A.
Build model. This step includes compiling and linking the executable using the GNU make command (gmake). configure creates a Makefile in the directory where the build is to take place. The user then need only change to this directory and execute the gmake command.
Build namelist. This step is accomplished by running the build-namelist utility, which supports a variety of options to control the run-time behavior of the model. Any namelist variable recognized by CAM can be changed by the user via the build-namelist interface. There is also a high level "use case" functionality which makes it easy for the user to specify a consistent set of namelist variable settings for running particular types of experiments. The build-namelist utility is discussed in Appendix B.
Execute model. This step includes the actual invocation of the executable. When running using distributed memory parallelism this step requires knowledge of how your machine invokes (or "launches") MPI executables. When running with shared-memory parallelism (using OpenMP) you may also set the number of OpenMP threads. On most HPC platforms access to the compute resource is through a batch queue system. The sample run scripts discussed in the Section called Sample Run Scripts show how to set the batch queue resources on several HPC platforms.
The following sections present an interactive C shell session to build and run a default version of CAM. Most often these steps will be encapsulated in shell scripts. An important advantage of using a script is that it acts to document the run you've done. Knowing the source code tree, and the configure and build-namelist commands provides all the information needed to replicate a run.
For the interactive session the shell variable camcfg is set to the
directory in the source tree that contains the CAM configure and build-namelist
utilities ($
Much of the example code in this document is set off in sections like this.
Many examples refer to files in the distribution source tree using
filepaths that are relative to distribution root directory, which we
denote, using a UNIX shell syntax,
by $CAM_ROOT. The notation indicates that
We start by changing into the directory in which the CAM executable will be
built, and then setting the environment variables
INC_NETCDF and
LIB_NETCDF which
specify the locations of the NetCDF include files and library. This
information is required by configure in order for it to produce the
Makefile. The NetCDF library is require by all CAM builds. The
directories given are just examples; the locations of the NetCDF include
files and library are system dependent. The information provided by these
environment variables could alternatively be provided via the commandline
arguments -nc_inc and -nc_lib.
% cd /work/user/cam_test/bld % setenv INC_NETCDF /usr/local/include % setenv LIB_NETCDF /usr/local/lib
Next we issue the configure command. The argument -dyn fv specifies using the FV dynamical core which is the default for CAM5, but we recommend always adding the dynamical core (aka dycore) argument to configure commands for clarity. The argument -hgrid 10x15 specifies the horizontal grid. This is the coarsest grid available for the FV dycore in CAM and is often useful for testing purposes.
We recommend using the -test option the first time CAM is built on any machine. This will check that the environment is properly set up so that the Fortran compiler works and can successfully link to the NetCDF and MPI (if SPMD is enabled) libraries. Furthermore, if the configuration is for serial execution, then the tests will include both build and run phases which may be useful in exposing run time problems that don't show up during the build, for example when libraries are linked dynamically. If any tests fail then it is useful to rerun the configure command and add the -v option which will produce verbose output of all aspects of the configuration process including the tests. If the configuration is for an SPMD build, then no attempt to run the tests will be made. Typically MPI runs must be submitted to a batch queue and are not enabled from interactive sessions. But the build and static linking will still be tested.
% $camcfg/configure -dyn fv -hgrid 10x15 -nospmd -nosmp -test Issuing command to the CICE configure utility: $CAM_ROOT/models/ice/cice/bld/configure -hgrid 10x15 -cice_mode prescribed \ -ntr_aero 0 -ntasks 1 -nthreads 1 -cache config_cache_cice.xml \ -cachedir /work/user/cam_test/bld configure done. creating /work/user/cam_test/bld/Filepath creating /work/user/cam_test/bld/Makefile creating /work/user/cam_test/bld/config_cache.xml Looking for a valid GNU make... using gmake Testing for Fortran 90 compatible compiler... using pgf90 Test linking to NetCDF library... ok CAM configure done.
The first line of output from the configure command is an echo of the system command that CAM's configure issues to invoke the CICE configure utility. CICE's configure is responsible for setting the values of the CPP macros that are needed to build the CICE code. Note that the line "configure done." immediately after the CICE configure commandline is being issued by the CICE configure, not by CAM's configure.
The next three lines of output inform the user of the files being created by configure. All these files except for the cache file are required to be in the CAM build directory, so it is generally easiest to be in that directory when configure is invoked.
The output from the -test option tells us that gmake is a GNU Make on this machine; that the Fortran compiler is pgf90; and that code compiled with the Fortran compiler can be successfully linked to the NetCDF library. The CAM Makefile is where the default compiler is specified. On Linux systems the default is pgf90. Finally, since this is a serial configuration no test for linking to the MPI library was done.
In the previous section the configure command was issued without
specifying which Fortran compiler to use. For that to work we were
depending on the CAM makefile to select a default compiler. One of the
differences between the CAM standalone build and a build using the CESM
scripts is that CAM provides a generic makefile which provides defaults
based on the operating system name (as determined by the Perl internal
$OSNAME), while the CESM scripts require the user
to specify the machine (and compiler if the machine supports more than one)
as an argument to the create_newcase command.
The CAM makefile currently recognizes the following operating systems and compilers.
xlf90_r, mpxlf90_r
pgf90 (this is the default)
pathf90 (has had minimal testing)
g95 (not tested)
The above list contains two IBM Blue Gene machines; BGL and BGP. The executables on these machines are produced by cross compilation and hence the configure script is not able to determine the machine for which the build is intented. In this case the user must supply this information to configure by using the -target_os option with the values of either bgl or bgp.
On a Linux platform several compilers are recognized with the default
being pgf90. It is assumed that the compiler to be used is in the user's
path (i.e., in one of the directories in the
PATH environment variable).
If it isn't then the -test option will issue an
error indicating that the compiler was not found.
Suppose for example that one would like to use the Intel compiler on a
local Linux system. The CAM makefile recognizes ifort as the name
of the Intel compiler. To invoke this compiler use
the -fc argument to configure. The following
example illustrates the output you get when the compiler you ask for isn't
in your
PATH (assuming the -test option is used):
% $camcfg/configure -fc ifort -dyn fv -hgrid 10x15 -nospmd -nosmp -test Issuing command to the CICE configure utility: $CAM_ROOT/models/ice/cice/bld/configure -hgrid 10x15 -cice_mode prescribed \ -ntr_aero 0 -ntasks 1 -nthreads 1 -cache config_cache_cice.xml \ -cachedir /work/user/cam_test/bld configure done. creating /work/user/cam_test/bld/Filepath creating /work/user/cam_test/bld/Makefile creating /work/user/cam_test/bld/config_cache.xml Looking for a valid GNU make... using gmake Testing for Fortran 90 compatible compiler... **** FAILED **** Issued the command: gmake -f /work/user/cam_test/bld/Makefile test_fc 2>&1 The output was: .... gmake: ifort: Command not found gmake: *** [test_fc.o] Error 127
Some verbose output was eliminated for clarity. But the final lines of
output let the user know that the ifort compiler was not found. This
means that the
PATH environment variable has not been correctly set. The
first thing to try is to verify the directory that contains the compiler,
and then to prepend this directory name to the
PATH environment variable.
Another instance where the user needs to supply information about the Fortran compiler type to configure is when the compiler is being invoked by a wrapper script. A common example of this is using the mpif90 command to invoke the Fortran compiler that was used to build the MPI libraries. This facilitates correct compilation and linking with the MPI libraries without the user needing to add the required include and library directories, or library names. The same benefit is provided by the ftn wrapper used on Cray XT and XE systems. In the usual case that a Linux OS is being used, since the CAM makefile will not recognize these compiler names, it will assume that the default compiler is being used, and thus will supply compiler arguments that are appropriate for pgf90. The compilation will fail if pgf90 is not the compiler being invoked by the wrapper script (invoking configure with the -test option is a good way to catch this problem). The way to specify which Fortran compiler is being invoked by a wrapper script is via the -fc_type argument to configure. This argument takes one of the values pgi, lahey, intel, or pathscale.
The -fc_type argument to configure could also be used if it is desired to use a Fortran compiler that isn't in the above list of recognized compilers, but the compiler is one of the types listed above. For example, to use the pgf95 compiler the configure commandline would contain "-fc pgf95 -fc_type pgi".
Note: We have not yet ported CAM to work with the gfortran compiler.
Before moving on to building CAM we address configuring the executable for parallel execution. But before talking about configuration specifics let's briefly discuss the parallel execution capabilities of CAM.
CAM makes use of both distributed memory parallelism implemented using MPI (referred to throughout this document as SPMD), and shared memory parallelism implemented using OpenMP (referred to as SMP). Each of these parallel modes may be used independently of the other, or they may be used at the same time which we refer to as "hybrid mode". When talking about the SPMD mode we usually refer to the MPI processes as "tasks", and when talking about the SMP mode we usually refer to the OpenMP processes as "threads". A feature of CAM which is very helpful in code development work is that the simulation results are independent of the number of tasks and threads being used.
Now consider configuring CAM to run in pure SPMD mode. Prior to the introduction of CICE as the sea ice model SPMD was turned on using the -spmd option. But if we try that now we find the following:
% $camcfg/configure -dyn fv -hgrid 10x15 -spmd -nosmp ** ERROR: If CICE decomposition parameters are not specified, then ** -ntasks must be specified to determine a default decomposition ** for a pure MPI run. The setting was: ntasks=
A requirement of the CICE model is that its grid decomposition (which is independent of CAM's decomposition even when the two models are using the same horizontal grid) must be specified at build time. In order for CICE's configure to set the decomposition it needs to know how much parallelism is going to be used. This information is provided by specifying the number of MPI tasks that the job will use via setting the -ntasks argument.
Note: The default CICE decomposition can be overridden by setting it explicitly using the configure options provided for that purpose.
When running CAM in SPMD mode the build procedure must be able to find the MPI include files and library. The recommended method for doing this is to use scripts provided by the MPI installation to invoke the compiler and linker. On Linux systems a common name for this script is mpif90. The CAM Makefile does not currently use this script by default on Linux platforms, so the user must explicitly specify it on the configure commandline using the -fc argument:
% $camcfg/configure -fc mpif90 -dyn fv -hgrid 10x15 -ntasks 6 -nosmp -test Issuing command to the CICE configure utility: $CAM_ROOT/models/ice/cice/bld/configure -hgrid 10x15 -cice_mode prescribed \ -ntr_aero 0 -ntasks 6 -nthreads 1 -cache config_cache_cice.xml \ -cachedir /work/user/cam_test/bld configure done. creating /work/user/cam_test/bld/Filepath creating /work/user/cam_test/bld/Makefile creating /work/user/cam_test/bld/config_cache.xml Looking for a valid GNU make... using gmake Testing for Fortran 90 compatible compiler... using mpif90 Test linking to NetCDF library... ok Test linking to MPI library... ok CAM configure done.
Notice that the number of tasks specified to CAM's configure is passed through to the commandline that invokes the CICE configure. Generally any number of tasks that is appropriate for CAM to use for a particular horizontal grid will also work for CICE. But it is possible to get an error from CICE at this point in which case either the number of tasks requested should be adjusted, or the options that set the CICE decomposition explicitly will need to be used.
Note: The use of the -ntasks argument to configure implies building for SPMD. This means that an MPI library will be required. Hence, the specification -ntasks 1 is not the same as building for serial execution which is done via the -nospmd option and does not require a full MPI library. (Implementation detail: when building for serial mode a special serial MPI library is used which basically provides a complete MPI API, but doesn't do any message passing.)
Next consider configuring CAM to run in pure SMP mode. Similarly to SPMD mode, prior to the introduction of CICE the SMP mode was turned on using the -smp option. But with CAM5 that will result in the same error from CICE that we obtained above from attempting to use -spmd. If we are going to run the CICE code in parallel, we need to specify up front how much parallelism will be used so that the CICE configure utility can set the CPP macros that determine the grid decomposition. We specify the amount of SMP parallelism by setting the -nthreads option as follows:
% $camcfg/configure -dyn fv -hgrid 10x15 -nospmd -nthreads 6 Issuing command to the CICE configure utility: $CAM_ROOT/models/ice/cice/bld/configure -hgrid 10x15 -cice_mode prescribed \ -ntr_aero 0 -ntasks 1 -nthreads 6 -cache config_cache_cice.xml \ -cachedir /work/user/cam_test/bld configure done. ...
We see that the number of threads has been passed through to the CICE configure command.
Note: The use of the -nthreads argument to configure implies building for SMP. This means that the OpenMP directives will be compiled. Hence, the specification -nthreads 1 is not the same as building for serial execution which is done via the -nosmp option and does not require a compiler that supports OpenMP.
Finally, to configure CAM for hybrid mode, simply specify both the -ntasks and -nthreads arguments to configure.
Once configure is successful, build CAM by issuing the make command:
% gmake -j2 >&! make.out
The argument -j2 is given to allow a parallel build using 2 processes. The optimal number of processes to use depends on the compute resource available.
It is useful to redirect the output from make to a file for later reference. This file contains the exact commands that were issued to compile each file and the final command which links everything into an executable file. Relevant information from this file should be included when posting a bug report concerning a build failure.
The first step in the run procedure is to generate the namelist files. The only safe way to generate consistent namelist settings is via the build-namelist utility. Even in the case where only a slight modification to the namelist is desired, the best practice is to provide the modified value as an argument to build-namelist and allow it to actually generate the namelist files.
The following interactive C shell session builds a default namelist for
CAM. We assume that a successful execution of configure was performed
in the build directory as discussed in the previous section. This is an
essential prerequisite because the config_cache.xml
file produced by configure is a required input file to build-namelist. One of
the responsibilities of build-namelist is to set appropriate default values for
many namelist variables, and it can only do this if it knows how the CAM
executable was configured. That information is present in the cache file.
As in the previous section
the shell variable camcfg is set to the CAM configuration
directory ($
We begin by changing into the directory where CAM will be run. It is usually convenient to have the run directory be separate from the build directory. Possibly a number of different runs will be done that each need to have a separate run directory for the output files, but will all use the same executable file from a common build directory. It is, of course, possible to execute build-namelist in the build directory since that's where the cache file is and so you don't need to specify to build-namelist where to find that file (it looks in the current working directory by default). But then, assuming you plan to run CAM in a different directory, all the files produced by build-namelist need to be copied to the run directly. If you're running configure and build-namelist from a script, then you need to know how to generate the filenames for the files that need to be copied. For this reason it's more robust to change to the run directory and execute build-namelist there. That way if there's a change to the files that are produced, your script doesn't break because the files haven't all been copied to the run directory.
Next we set the
CSMDATA environment variable to point to the root
directory of the tree containing the input data files. Note that this is
a required input for build-namelist (this information may alternatively be
provided using the -csmdata argument). If not
provided then build-namelist will fail with an informative message. The
information is required because many of the namelist variables have values
that are absolute filepaths. These filepaths are resolved by build-namelist by
prepending the
CSMDATA root to the relative filepaths that are stored in
the default values database.
The build-namelist commandline contains the -config argument which is used to point to the cache file which was produced in the build directory. It also contains the -test argument, explained further below.
% cd /work/user/cam_test % setenv CSMDATA /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata % $camcfg/build-namelist -test -config /work/user/cam_test/bld/config_cache.xml Writing CICE namelist to ./ice_in Writing DOCN namelist to ./docn_ocn_in Writing DOCN stream file to ./docn.stream.txt Writing CLM namelist to ./lnd_in Writing driver namelist to ./drv_in Writing dry deposition namelist to ./drv_flds_in Writing ocean component namelist to ./docn_in Writing CAM namelist to ./atm_in Checking whether input datasets exist locally... OK -- found depvel_file = /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/chem/trop_mozart/dvel/depvel_monthly.nc OK -- found tracer_cnst_filelist = /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/chem/trop_mozart_aero/oxid/oxid_1.9x2.5_L26_clim_list.c090805.txt OK -- found tracer_cnst_datapath = /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/chem/trop_mozart_aero/oxid OK -- found depvel_lnd_file = /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/chem/trop_mozart/dvel/regrid_vegetation.nc OK -- found xs_long_file = /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/waccm/phot/temp_prs_GT200nm_jpl06_c080930.nc OK -- found rsf_file = /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/waccm/phot/RSF_GT200nm_v3.0_c080416.nc OK -- found clim_soilw_file = /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/chem/trop_mozart/dvel/clim_soilw.nc OK -- found exo_coldens_file = /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/chem/trop_mozart/phot/exo_coldens.nc OK -- found tracer_cnst_file = /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/chem/trop_mozart_aero/oxid/oxid_1.9x2.5_L26_1850-2005_c091123.nc OK -- found season_wes_file = /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/chem/trop_mozart/dvel/season_wes.nc OK -- found solar_data_file = /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/solar/solar_ave_sc19-sc23.c090810.nc OK -- found soil_erod = /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/dst/dst_10x15_c090203.nc OK -- found ncdata = /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/inic/fv/cami_0000-01-01_10x15_L30_c081013.nc OK -- found bnd_topo = /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/topo/USGS-gtopo30_10x15_remap_c050520.nc OK -- found bndtvs = /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/sst/sst_HadOIBl_bc_10x15_clim_c050526.nc OK -- found focndomain = /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/ocnfrac/domain.camocn.10x15_USGS_070807.nc OK -- found tropopause_climo_file = /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/chem/trop_mozart/ub/clim_p_trop.nc OK -- found fpftcon = /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/lnd/clm2/pftdata/pft-physiology.c110425.nc OK -- found fsnowaging = /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/lnd/clm2/snicardata/snicar_drdt_bst_fit_60_c070416.nc OK -- found fatmlndfrc = /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/lnd/clm2/griddata/fracdata_10x15_USGS_070110.nc OK -- found fsnowoptics = /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/lnd/clm2/snicardata/snicar_optics_5bnd_c090915.nc OK -- found fsurdat = /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/lnd/clm2/surfdata/surfdata_10x15_simyr2000_c090928.nc OK -- found fatmgrid = /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/lnd/clm2/griddata/griddata_10x15_070212.nc OK -- found prescribed_ozone_datapath = /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/ozone OK -- found prescribed_ozone_file = /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/ozone/ozone_1.9x2.5_L26_2000clim_c091112.nc OK -- found liqopticsfile = /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/physprops/F_nwvl200_mu20_lam50_res64_t298_c080428.nc OK -- found iceopticsfile = /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/physprops/iceoptics_c080917.nc OK -- found water_refindex_file = /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/physprops/water_refindex_rrtmg_c080910.nc OK -- found modal_optics_file = /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/physprops/modal_optics_3mode_c100507.nc OK -- found ext_frc_specifier for SO2 -> /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/chem/trop_mozart_aero/emis/ar5_mam3_so2_elev_2000_c090726.nc OK -- found ext_frc_specifier for bc_a1 -> /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/chem/trop_mozart_aero/emis/ar5_mam3_bc_elev_2000_c090726.nc OK -- found ext_frc_specifier for num_a1 -> /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/chem/trop_mozart_aero/emis/ar5_mam3_num_a1_elev_2000_c090726.nc OK -- found ext_frc_specifier for num_a2 -> /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/chem/trop_mozart_aero/emis/ar5_mam3_num_a2_elev_2000_c090726.nc OK -- found ext_frc_specifier for pom_a1 -> /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/chem/trop_mozart_aero/emis/ar5_mam3_oc_elev_2000_c090726.nc OK -- found ext_frc_specifier for so4_a1 -> /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/chem/trop_mozart_aero/emis/ar5_mam3_so4_a1_elev_2000_c090726.nc OK -- found ext_frc_specifier for so4_a2 -> /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/chem/trop_mozart_aero/emis/ar5_mam3_so4_a2_elev_2000_c090726.nc OK -- found srf_emis_specifier for DMS -> /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/chem/trop_mozart_aero/emis/aerocom_mam3_dms_surf_2000_c090129.nc OK -- found srf_emis_specifier for SO2 -> /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/chem/trop_mozart_aero/emis/ar5_mam3_so2_surf_2000_c090726.nc OK -- found srf_emis_specifier for SOAG -> /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/chem/trop_mozart_aero/emis/ar5_mam3_soag_1.5_surf_2000_c100217.nc OK -- found srf_emis_specifier for bc_a1 -> /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/chem/trop_mozart_aero/emis/ar5_mam3_bc_surf_2000_c090726.nc OK -- found srf_emis_specifier for num_a1 -> /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/chem/trop_mozart_aero/emis/ar5_mam3_num_a1_surf_2000_c090726.nc OK -- found srf_emis_specifier for num_a2 -> /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/chem/trop_mozart_aero/emis/ar5_mam3_num_a2_surf_2000_c090726.nc OK -- found srf_emis_specifier for pom_a1 -> /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/chem/trop_mozart_aero/emis/ar5_mam3_oc_surf_2000_c090726.nc OK -- found srf_emis_specifier for so4_a1 -> /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/chem/trop_mozart_aero/emis/ar5_mam3_so4_a1_surf_2000_c090726.nc OK -- found srf_emis_specifier for so4_a2 -> /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/chem/trop_mozart_aero/emis/ar5_mam3_so4_a2_surf_2000_c090726.nc OK -- found rad_climate for P_so4_a1:/fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/physprops/sulfate_rrtmg_c080918.nc OK -- found rad_climate for P_pom_a1:/fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/physprops/ocpho_rrtmg_c101112.nc OK -- found rad_climate for P_soa_a1:/fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/physprops/ocphi_rrtmg_c100508.nc OK -- found rad_climate for P_bc_a1:/fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/physprops/bcpho_rrtmg_c100508.nc OK -- found rad_climate for P_dst_a1:/fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/physprops/dust4_rrtmg_c090521.nc OK -- found rad_climate for P_ncl_a1:/fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/physprops/ssam_rrtmg_c100508.nc OK -- found rad_climate for P_so4_a2:/fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/physprops/sulfate_rrtmg_c080918.nc OK -- found rad_climate for P_soa_a2:/fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/physprops/ocphi_rrtmg_c100508.nc OK -- found rad_climate for P_ncl_a2:/fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/physprops/ssam_rrtmg_c100508.nc OK -- found rad_climate for P_dst_a3:/fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/physprops/dust4_rrtmg_c090521.nc OK -- found rad_climate for P_ncl_a3:/fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/physprops/ssam_rrtmg_c100508.nc OK -- found rad_climate for P_so4_a3:/fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/physprops/sulfate_rrtmg_c080918.nc
The first eight lines of output from build-namelist inform the user of the files that have been created. There are namelist files for ice component (ice_in), the land component (lnd_in), the data ocean component (docn_in, docn_ocn_in), the atmosphere component (atm_in), the driver (drv_in), and a file that is read by both the atmosphere and land components (drv_flds_in). There is also a "stream file" (docn.stream.txt) which is read by the data ocean component. Note that these filenames are hardcoded in the components and my not be changed without source code modifications.
The next section of output is the result of using
the -test argument to build-namelist. As with configure
we recommend using this argument whenever a model configuration is being
run for the first time. It checks that each of the files that are present
in the generated namelists can be found in the input data tree whose root
is given by the
CSMDATA environment variable. If a file is not found
then the user will need to take steps to make that file accessible to the
executing model before a successful run will be possible. The following is
a list of possible actions:
Acquire the missing file. If this is a default file supplied by the CESM project then you will be able to download the file from the project's svn data repository (see the Section called Acquiring Input Datasets).
If you have write permissions in the directory under
CSMDATA then add the missing file to the appropriate
location there.
If you don't have write permissions under $
CSMDATA then
put the file in a place where you can (for example, your run directory)
and rerun build-namelist with an explicit setting for the file using your
specific filepath.
Expanding a bit on rerunning build-namelist: let's say for example that the
-test option informed you that the
file cami_0000-01-01_10x15_L30_c081013.nc was not
found. You acquire the file from the data repository, but don't have
permissions to write in the $
CSMDATA tree. So you put the file in your
run directory and issue a build-namelist command that looks like this:
% $camcfg/build-namelist -config /work/user/cam_test/bld/config_cache.xml \ -namelist "&atm ncdata='/work/user/cam_test/cami_0000-01-01_10x15_L30_c081013.nc' /"
Now the namelist in atm_in will contain an initial file (specified by namelist variable ncdata) which will be found by the executing CAM model.
Note: This particular configuration of CAM which is using the default cam5 physics package requires that 57 datasets be specified in order to run correctly. Trying to manage namelists of that complexity by hand editing files is extremely error prone and is strongly discouraged. User modifications to the default namelist settings can be made in a number of ways while still letting build-namelist actually generate the final namelist. In particular, the -namelist, -infile, and -use_case arguments to build-namelist are all mechanisms by which the user can override default values or specify additional namelist variables and still allow build-namelist to do the error and consistency checking which makes the namelist creation process more robust.
Note: If you are doing a standard production run that is supported in the CCSM scripts, then using those scripts will automatically invoke a utility to acquire needed input datasets. The information in this section is to aid developers using CAM standalone scripts.
The input datasets required to run CAM are available from a Subversion repository located here: https://svn-ccsm-inputdata.cgd.ucar.edu/trunk/inputdata/. The user name and password for the input data repository will be the same as for the code repository (which are provided to users when they register to acquire access to the CESM source code repository).
If you have a list of files that you need to acquire before running CAM, then you can either just issue commands interactively, or if your list is rather long then you may want to put the commands into a shell script. For example, suppose after running build-namelist with the -test option you find that you need to acquire the file /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/inic/fv/cami_0000-01-01_10x15_L26_c030918.nc. And let's assume that /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/ is the root directory of the inputdata tree, and that you have permissions to write there. If the subdirectory atm/cam/inic/fv/ doesn't already exist, then create it. Finally, issue the following commands at an interactive C shell prompt:
% set svnrepo='https://svn-ccsm-inputdata.cgd.ucar.edu/trunk/inputdata' % cd /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata/atm/cam/inic/fv % svn export $svnrepo/atm/cam/inic/fv/cami_0000-01-01_10x15_L26_c030918.nc Error validating server certificate for 'https://svn-ccsm-inputdata.cgd.ucar.edu:443': - The certificate is not issued by a trusted authority. Use the fingerprint to validate the certificate manually! - The certificate hostname does not match. - The certificate has expired. Certificate information: - Hostname: localhost.localdomain - Valid: from Feb 20 23:32:25 2008 GMT until Feb 19 23:32:25 2009 GMT - Issuer: SomeOrganizationalUnit, SomeOrganization, SomeCity, SomeState, -- - Fingerprint: 86:01:bb:a4:4a:e8:4d:8b:e1:f1:01:dc:60:b9:96:22:67:a4:49:ff (R)eject, accept (t)emporarily or accept (p)ermanently? p A cami_0000-01-01_10x15_L26_c030918.nc Export complete.
The messages about validating the server certificate will only occur for the first file that you export if you answer "p" to the question as in the example above.
Once the namelist files have successfully been produced, and the necessary input datasets are available, the model is ready to run. Usually CAM will be run with SPMD parallelization enabled, and this requires setting up MPI resources and possibly dealing with batch queues. These issues will be addressed briefly in the Section called Sample Run Scripts. But for a simple test in serial mode executed from an interactive shell, we only need to issue the following command:
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The commandline above redirects STDOUT and STDERR to the file cam.log. The CAM logfile contains a substantial amount of information from all components that can be used to verify that the model is running as expected. Things like namelist variable settings, input datasets used, and output datasets created are all echoed to the log file. This is the first place to look for problems when a model run is unsuccessful. It is also very useful to include relevant information from the logfile when submitting bug reports.


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Friday, January 30, 2009
Adelaide heatwave: day 4
This morning I got groggily out of bed and staggered down to the baking back half of the house, and this was the sight that greeted my eyes:
She's waiting for me to get up, tip a bucket of water into it and turn it on, which I immediately did. (This should answer Skepticlawyer's question a few posts back about how the cats are coping.)
Early in the afternoon I went outside and flung a large, ultra-lightweight cream-coloured cat rug over the lemon tree to try to stop the leaves scorching and shrivelling any more than they already have. The minute I got into the sun I could feel the skin burning on my face and arms.
Mindful of the 14 old people who died suddenly at home over a twelve-hour stretch in Adelaide yesterday, I rang my dad this morning to see how he was and to discuss the arrangements for Sunday, which is his 82nd birthday. 'I'm fine,' he said. 'I'm getting quite used to this heat. In fact, I rather like it.' I had a sudden flashback to his 80th birthday dinner, at which he sat back expansively over a plate sparsely scattered with cake crumbs, drained the last of his champagne, and said 'Right. Now I'm striking out for 85.'
22 comments:
- The Paradoxical Cat said...
That's a shocking photograph! Very evocative of the extreme heat you're experiencing. My Tabby couldn't even conceive of it. For the first time I'm almost glad I live in Dunedin (a city that often feels uncomfortably close to the sub-Antarctic).
- January 30, 2009 at 5:46 PM
- Ann oDyne said...
the degree to which a person is CIVILISED is reflected directly in their approach to other living creatures.
At this moment I am hysterically homicidal toward 2 arsonists who have the outer gumtree suburbs of Melbourne ablaze, because I see bushland as the home of wombats and kookaburras and wallabies and aged cockatoos, lizards and possums and things which do not deserve barbecuing.
We can only rage, and take care of the comfort of a cat.
- January 30, 2009 at 5:55 PM
Best wishes to your father on his birthday; may there be as many more as he is willing. He & I almost share a birthdate, so I have some inkling of the Aquarian torment that you must endure.
Funny, that generation. My mother (a youthful 76) complains as soon as Adelaide's temp reaches 28C. But when presented with these extremes she's like a Londoner in the Blitz. She adopts a near-gleeful stoicism: its little old lady vs the elements, where parsimony & determination ultimately trump the forces of nature....
- January 31, 2009 at 1:59 AM
- genevieve said...
Glad to hear your dad is fine. I am grateful my olds have decent aircon, but if the power cuts out...Hope you will get at least a little relief soon.
- January 31, 2009 at 8:19 AM
Here north of Melbourne, at noon Saturday 37, expecting 44 (Top so far 46.1 yesterday at 5.30, but I was at work, where it reached only 38 in my office). My neighbour says the kangaroos are Lying IN her dam. On the upside CFA boy has only been out a few times, unless he gets called up to Gippsland, and I PROMISE your lemon tree will come back from this - don't prune, keep watering, once it cools down (you know - in a few months, citrus food and water, and it will grown new leaves and come back to life.
Tyaakian (but hey - predicting only 39 tomorrow)
- January 31, 2009 at 11:46 AM
- lucy tartan said...
I've been brushing the cats with a hairbrush dunked in cold water and I've opened up the bottom of the wardrobe secret trapdoor to the under-house space so they can go down there and lie on the cool ground. I was really frightened about Pud who came in one evening gasping and squinting. He's been confined to the house since then as he's apparently too silly to stay indoors of his own accord.
Some of my trees are looking pretty damn sad, but the lemon tree is coping remarkably well
- January 31, 2009 at 4:49 PM
- R.H. said...
I've got the same cooler, a Convair, someone gave it to me. I drag the hose indoors to fill it. Kinky RH.
Most of my shrubs are severely damaged: leaves turned to dust. It's a fright, a horror. Never happened before.
This is how the world will end.
- January 31, 2009 at 10:41 PM
- skepticlawyer said...
Poor cats, I hope they cool down soon. Those lovely generous pelts are really unsuited to this weather. I take it you don't have the king-sized air-cons common in North Queensland; my brother used to call the one in the house in Rocky 'the Starship Enterprise'. It's a big sucker. I don't know if I can post links, but the Australian heatwave is all over the Beeb at the moment:
- February 1, 2009 at 2:39 AM
- Pavlov's Cat said...
TFA, re Aquarian torment: oh yes. He is an Aquarian Tiger, too, which makes it worse.
Ms Tartan, yes, Pud has been in my thoughts ever since that gruesome story you told about trying to swallow fur that was still attached to him.
Tyaakian, lovely to see you and I have been thinking about you and yours a lot as well. Tx v much for valuable lemon tree advice as I would indeed have pruned it. I bought one of those shade igloo things on a whim in the supermarket yesterday and will prop it over the tree, which is now looking really, really bad, before I go out to the paternal birthday lunch.
SL, the two top rooms have R/C split system aircon, but in the back half of the house it's like a furnace. The little personal evaporative doodah works if one sits directly in front of it, something the other cat has taken eight years to figure out.
Tx all for lovely wishes for Papa Cat.
- February 1, 2009 at 10:49 AM
- R.H. said...
Citrus around here seem to have survived; my mandarin tree isn't damaged at all. But my young plants especially have suffered and that's what's upsetting because they were doing so well. I've lost pittosporum, agapanthus, lilly pilly, and most things less than two years old.
But anyway you should keep any dead foliage around the top to help shield what's below in case this blast comes again, otherwise I'd prune it off straight away; it's got no other use and is probably harmful.
If you don't mind me saying, I think your cooler is too close to the wall; it draws air through the rear, and you'd have to pull it out anyway to fill it. I've found that after several hours running flat out they will eventually cool a room. They're really not bad, I point mine at my bed on low speed and laying there star-shaped actually get a good night's sleep.
- February 1, 2009 at 1:29 PM
Completely OT but I just had to share.
Coming up next no doubt "War And Peace And Werewolves".
"Oh Pierre, just because you doubt the existence of a moral God, that's no reason to stop shaving."
- February 1, 2009 at 8:50 PM
Back OT, I just spent thtee hours in a sweltering rehearsal studio where the atmosphere was not improved by a large marmalade cat joining us ...in full shedding mode.
I am amazed by how much hair a cat can effortless lose while still retaining a full coat.
- February 1, 2009 at 8:55 PM
- Pavlov's Cat said...
One of my mother's excellent lines regarding housework was that she'd vacuumed up enough cat hair to knit another cat.
I think Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is just wrong. Excellent blood spatter on the diaphanous empire-line frock, but.
- February 1, 2009 at 9:04 PM
- R.H. said...
You mean Darcy isn't a zombie?
- February 1, 2009 at 10:29 PM
- Adele said...
As a fellow resident of Adelaide, I feel your (and your cat's) pain. I keep thinking there is no possible way I can sweat anymore or that it's not possible for my eyeballs to dry out of my head. I guess we'll see....
- February 1, 2009 at 11:51 PM
- Elsewhere007 said...
You have the same portable evaporative as me -- different colour but same model. I don't think they work so well with humidity...best to leave the bucket of water out.
- February 2, 2009 at 12:33 AM
- Pavlov's Cat said...
No humidity down here at the moment, more your mummifying moisture-sucking dry-up-your-eyeballs vampire heat.
But yes it is indeed a disaster if I put water in it in humid heat. The 'swampie' is well named.
- February 2, 2009 at 12:37 AM
- Helen said...
Tyaakian, does the same advice apply to a baby nectarine? Leaves have crisped :-(
The dogs have disapproving expressions as if to say "why aren't you doing anything about this you all omnipotent twolegs?"
- February 2, 2009 at 4:59 AM
- R.H. said...
Plants that are stressed (due to lack of water for instance) are vulnerable to disease and insect attack. If they're in pots you can prune them and give them part shade until they recover (ie, until new shoots are well established). Otherwise I'd prune only the laterals in places death has occurred.
My cooler is the same colour as well as the same model, seeing it in such an unusual setting gave me one hell of a jolt. I no longer take it for granted.
- February 3, 2009 at 3:41 PM
- Fignatz said...
Ah yes, Adelaide heat. I moved there (from Sydney) in 1972 with two kids under six, and we were almost immediately hit with four consecutive days and nights of heat so unwavering that the nights were virtually as hot as the days, and the kids had to be put to sleep on our Unley backyard lawn until we parents were ready to go inside and crash. Then, on the fifth day, it cooled down – to the extent that the weather report on that evening's news gave the day's maximum as occurring at "one minute past midnight". And yet I still miss Adelaide and Don Dunstan and all that seventies vibe. PS – a great blog. Thank you.
- February 5, 2009 at 4:58 PM
I think it's fair to say that many of us miss The Don, Fignatz. Those years in the early Seventies were times to be treasured, but few - if any - of us miss extended periods of very high temperatures.
PC - "He is an Aquarian Tiger, too, which makes it worse.
[sharply indrawn breath] - perhaps, but several Authorities insist that Aquarian Tigers are to be honoured for their informed & discerning appreciation of home-baked cakes.
Glad to hear (via LP) that the occasion of your father's birthday was properly celebrated.
Any progress on the reminiscences that you mentioned last year?
- February 6, 2009 at 12:08 AM
- Pavlov's Cat said...
Fignatz, thank you! Glad you're enjoying it. God knows there's a lot more where that came from.
Anon -- I assume the mean the war reminscences. Thank you for that timely reminder. I'm the slack one there, not him -- he's written them; I'm still trying to get myself organised enough to spend an afternoon with him chez moi putting the posts up while I show him how it all works.
- February 6, 2009 at 12:50 AM


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Dr. Bienstock received her undergraduate degree in biology from Barnard College-Columbia University. She earned her M.D. from the State University of New York Downstate College of Medicine. She completed her residency at Beth Israel Medical Center and performed a fellowship in maternal-fetal medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Bienstock also holds a master's of public health from Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Bienstock joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 1997.
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Dr. Bienstock is a fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and holds memberships in the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine and the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics. She has served as a peer reviewer for numerous medical journals, including the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Journal of Graduate Medical Education.
- Director, Division of Education, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics
- Director of Residency Program for Gynecology and Obstetrics
- Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education/DIO
- Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Departments / Divisions
Centers & Institutes
- MD, SUNY Downstate Medical Center (1988)
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center / Obstetrics and Gynecology (1992)
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Obstetrics and Gynecology (1997)
Board Certifications
- American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology / Maternal and Fetal Medicine (1999)
- American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology / Obstetrics And Gynecology (1995)
Research & Publications
Selected PublicationsView all on Pubmed
D'Alton, Ma, Hankins, G, Berkowitz, R Bienstock JL, et al. Executive Summary: Neonatal Encephalopathy and Neurologic Outcome, Obstetrics and Gynecology April 2014, Vol 123 Issue 4; p896-901.
Bienstock, JL, Edgar, L, McAllister, R, Obstetrics and Gynecology Milestones. Journal of Graduate Medical Education , March 2014 pgs 1-5.
Stohl H, Hueppchen NA, Bienstock JL. Thyroid disease and gestational diabetes: Is there a connection?". J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2013 Jul;26(11):1139-42
Eichholzer M, Platz EA, Bienstock JL, Monsegue D, Akereyeni F, Holiis BW, Horst R, Rifai N, Pollak MN, Barbir A, Argus-Collins T, Rohrmann S. Racial variation in vitamin D cord blood concentration in white and black male neonates. Cancer Causes Control.2013 Jan;24(1):91-8.
Lee AS, Cohen SL, Anderson JR, Chanmugam A, Bienstock JL. The Effect of Gynecologic Algorhythim Pathways on Emergency Department Visit Times. J Emerg Med. 2013 Jan;44(1):217-24.
Stohl HE, Bienstock JL, Wilson M, Hueppchen NA. Residents as teachers: A paradigm viewed positively by medical students in obstetrics and gynecology. Ann Behav Sci Med Educ 2012;18:19-22.
Agurs-Collins T, Rohrmann S, Sutcliffe C, Bienstock JL, Monsegue D, Akereyeni F, Bradwin G, Rifai N, Pollak MN, Platz EA. Racial variation in umbilical cord blood sex steroid hormones and the insulin-like growth factor axis in African-American and white female neonates. Cancer Causes Control. 2012 Mar;23(3):445-54.
Stohl HE, Hueppchen NA, Bienstock JL. The Utility of Letters of Recommendation in Predicting Resident Success: Can the ACGME Competencies Help?. J Grad Med Educ. 2011;3: 387-90.
Bradley LA, Palomaki GE, Bienstock J, Varga E, Scott JA. Can Factor V Leiden and prothrombin G20210A testing in women with recurrent pregnancy loss result in improved pregnancy outcomes? Results from a targeted evidence-based review. Genet Med. 2012 Jan;14(1):39-50.
van Landingham S, Bienstock J, Wood Denne E, Hueppchen N. Beyond the first trimester screen: Can we predict who will choose invasive testing? Genet Med. 2011;13:539-44
Case Reports:
Holland MG and Bienstock JL. Recurrent ectopic pregnancy in a cesarean scar. Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Feb;111(2):541-5.
Ebert M, Esenkaya A, Huisman TA, Bienstock J, Kalayci TO, Poretti A, Tekes A. Multimodality, anatomical, and diffusion-weighted fetal imaging of a spontaneously thrombosing congenital dural sinus malformation. Neuropediatrics. 2012 Oct;43(5):279-82.
Bienstock JL, Birsner ML, Coleman F, Hueppchen NA. Successful in utero intervention for bilateral renal agenesis. Obstet Gynecol. 2014 Aug;124 (2 Pt 2):413-5
Book Chapters, Monographs, Books:
- Robinson E, Bienstock J. Fetal Assessment, Normal Labor, and Delivery, in: Lambrou N (Ed.), The Johns Hopkins Manual of Gynecology and Obstetrics. pp 20-23. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, Pa., 1999.
- Bienstock J, Fox H. Comorbid Diseases in Pregnancy, in: Tintinalli J (Ed.), Emergency Medicine, 5th Edition. pp 702-706. McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 2000
- Bienstock J, Fox H. Comorbid Diseases in Pregnancy, in: Tintinalli J (Ed.), Emergency Medicine, 6th Edition. pp 702-708. McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 2003
- Bienstock J. Third Trimester Bleeding, in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 5th Edition. pp 209-215. Beckmann CR, Ling F, Smith R, Barzansky, Herbert W, Laube D, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA 2005.
- Bienstock J. Postpartum Hemorrhage, in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 5th Edition. pp 139-152. Beckmann CR, Ling F, Smith R, Barzansky, Herbert W, Laube D, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA 2005.
- Bienstock J. Abortion in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 5th Edition. pp 153-159. Beckmann CR, Ling F, Smith R, Barzansky, Herbert W, Laube D, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA 2005.
- Barker LR, Askin FB, Barone M, Bienstock JL, Clark D, Dover GJ, Fine D, Hart GW, Hillis A, MacDonald SM, Plotnick LP, Sterni LM, Thomas PA. Silver Book: Professional Development Guide for the Faculty of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Revised 2006.
- Lawson SM, Bienstock JL. Normal Labor and Delivery, Operative Delivery, and Malpresentation, in The Johns Hopkins Manual of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 3rd edition. pp 77-94. Fortner KB, Szymanski LM, Fox HE, Wallach EE, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA 2007.
- Szymanski LM, , Bienstock JL. Complications of labor and delivery, in The Johns Hopkins Manual of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 3rd edition. pp 99-109. Fortner KB, Szymanski LM, Fox HE, Wallach EE, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA 2007.
- Stohl H, Bienstock J. Using the Competencies to Become an Effective Teacher, in Obstetrics and Gynecology: A Competency-Based Companion, Belden M, editor. Elsevier, 2009.
- Bienstock J. Female Genitalia, in Mosby's Physical Examination, 7th edition. pp 535-99.Seidel HM, editor. Mosby/Elsevier. St. Louis, MO 2011.
Guile M, Hurt KJ, Bienstock JL, Fox HE, Wallach EE. The Johns Hopkins Manual of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 4th edition, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA 2010.
Activities & Honors
- Baltimore Magazine "Top Doctors", 2007
- CREOG National Faculty Teaching Award, 2005
- Alpha Omega Alpha, 2003
- APGO National Medical Student Education Award, 2002
- Humanism in Medicine Award Nominee - Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Association of American Medical Colleges, 2002
- Resident Education Award, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 2008
- Delta Omega Honor Society, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, 1995
- Junior Faculty Award - Ambulatory Gynecology for the Practicing Internist, Society for General Internal Medicine, 1995
- Elliot Blumenthal Award for Outstanding Resident Research, Beth Israel Medical Center, 1992
- Berlex Foundation Resident Education Award, 1990
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 1995
- Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 1993
- Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, 1995
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- Congresswoman's 'Miracle Baby' Born Without Kidneys Finally Gets One – from Her Dad: 'We Are Blessed,' People (04/2016)
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SEO & Infographics - an Interview with Eric Enge
Eric Enge, Author and SEO GuruRecently, I had an amazing opportunity to interview Eric Enge about SEO & Infographics. Eric has incredible insight in the world of SEO as a consultant, author, speaker and entrepreneur.
Eric Enge is the CEO of Stone Temple Consulting, a consulting company that provides a full range of Internet marketing optimization services including: strategic business planning, on page search engine optimization, link building, content optimization, conversion optimization, social media optimization, user engagement, and pay-per-click campaign development and optimization. Eric is co-author of the book The Art of SEO, a speaker at numerous search marketing events, and a contributing author to Search Engine Land, Search Engine Watch, and SEOmoz.
The interview covers some of the hottest topics that impact the infographics design industry today:
Infographics as part of a content marketing strategy
How Google's changes to their algorithm impacts infographics
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Using attribution links, anchor text and embed code for infographics
Infographics on Pinterest
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text: Bookmakers are listing Tokyo are the favourite, although Istanbul represents a new destination for the Games, which has proved popular in recent voting [AFP]Exactly eight months before the vote, the race for the 2020 Olympics moved into a crucial phase Monday with the three candidate cities submitting their bid plans to the IOC. Leaders from Istanbul, Madrid and Tokyo were handing over their documents at the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee, setting the stage for the final months of a global campaign featuring three cities bidding again after previous defeats. Madrid is bidding for a third consecutive time, Tokyo a second time in a row and Istanbul a fifth time overall. The so-called "bid books'' run to several hundred pages and represent the cities' master plan of venues, budgets, financial guarantees, security, accommodations, transportation and other key aspects of the multi-billion-dollar projects. The files are to be released publicly by the bid cities on Tuesday. The IOC's evaluation commission, headed by Craig Reedie of Britain, will visit the cities in March and prepare a report for IOC members before a meeting with the bidders in Lausanne in July. The full IOC will select the host city in a secret ballot in Buenos Aires on September 7. Repeat business The 2020 field initially included six candidates, but Rome dropped out when the Italian government refused to offer financial support and the IOC cut Doha, Qatar, and Baku, Azerbaijan, from the list last year. Istanbul is bidding again after failed attempts for the Olympics of 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012. Madrid is back after finishing third for the 2012 Games and second for 2016. Tokyo, which hosted the 1964 Olympics, finished third in the voting for 2016. Tokyo received the highest praise in an IOC technical report last year which said the Japanese bid presents "a very strong application.'' Madrid has a "strong application,'' while Istanbul's project "offers good potential,'' the report said. While bookmakers list Tokyo as the favourite, Istanbul holds the advantage of representing a new destination for the Olympics, a key factor in recent host city votes. The IOC is taking the 2014 Winter Games to the Russian city of Sochi, the 2016 Olympics to Rio de Janeiro and the 2018 Winter Games to Pyeongchang, South Korea. Challenging times All three bids for 2020 face geopolitical and economic challenges. Spain is in the throes of its second recession in just over three years, with its economy battered by a collapse in the real estate sector and unemployment as high as 25 per cent. Madrid bid leaders said the Olympics could serve as a catalyst for economic recovery. Japanese leaders have said hosting the Olympics in Tokyo would serve a symbol of recovery from the disastrous earthquake and tsunami in 2011. Japan has also been in a nasty dispute with China over a cluster of disputed islands in the East China Sea and has just undergone a change in government that brought Shinzo Abe to power as prime minister. Istanbul, meanwhile, is seeking the Olympics at a time when Turkey is in conflict with Syria. Turkey is a former ally of Syria but turned against President Bashar Assad's regime over its violent crackdown on dissent in the nearly 2-year civil war that has left 60,000 dead. Turkey is supporting the Syrian opposition and rebels and is providing shelter to some 150,000 refugees. SOURCE: AP Business & Economy Sport Azerbaijan China Japan


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When starting out in your career, having a mentor can help lead you in the right professional direction.
But many professionals don't think about having more than one mentor to get the most out of their relationships.
"Mentorship is an opportunity to really learn from someone who's been there before you," says Amanda Pouchot, Co-founder of the Levo League. "They can help you problem solve so you get where you want to go, help you identify your goals, introduce you to people."
Pouchot recommends that everyone should have three different kinds of mentors:
1. A mentor about the same age as you
This is known as the peer mentorship relationship. A mentor your own age is someone you connect with and learn from, and who probably learns from you as well.
2. A mentor two to four years older than you
Someone who's been through the same thing you're currently going through can give you valuable advice — especially if they went through it only a few years before.
3. A mentor much more senior than you
A mentor who is much older than you will have had a lot more time to reflect on issues they've seen when they were your age. If the problem you face is heated or tied to some emotion, a senior mentor has had time to distance themselves from the problem and can offer you objective advice.
However, also remember that a mentor doesn't always have to be older than you.
"I even learn a lot from our new college graduate," says Pouchot. "I would consider I'm her mentor, but she's four years younger than me and I learn things from her every day that I would not even think about."


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Join Jennifer Gray, co-curator of Frank Lloyd Wright at 150: Unpacking the Archive, for a conversation with Janet Parks, former curator of drawings and archives at Columbia University's Avery Library and a contributor to the exhibition, about Wright's studio practices and Parks's perspective on moving Wright's vast archive to New York.
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MISSION VIEJO – With signs in hand and a determination to reach as many potential voters as possible, a half dozen residents from across the county protested Tuesday evening outside of Assemblywoman Diane Harkey's annual holiday party.
Protesters said Harkey's husband, Dan Harkey, had cheated them out of millions of dollars in investments.
"The money was supposed to go to my grandchildren's education, so he stole from my grandchildren," said Huntington Beach resident Sherryl Wiseman, standing outside the party, which was held at Norm Reeves Acura.
Wiseman, 68, said she invested $600,000 in Harkey's company, Point Center Financial, and lost it.
Investors sued Point Center and the Harkeys, alleging they mismanaged investors' money and siphoned some for their lifestyle and her political campaigns. Diane Harkey was later dropped from the lawsuit after successfully arguing that she wasn't involved in her husband's business.
The investors won verdicts against Harkey and Point Center in the summer and fall for $10 million and $2.5 million. Meanwhile, Point Center had filed for bankruptcy in February.
A judge in late November handed down a $12.5 million breach of fiduciary duty judgment against Dan Harkey and his company, allowing investors to attempt to collect on the verdicts. And earlier this month state regulators moved to revoke the licenses of Dan Harkey's corporate real estate brokerage firms.
Diane Harkey, R-Dana Point, is a candidate for a seat on the state Board of Equalization, which handles the administration and collection of state sales taxes. She dismissed the protesters, saying they were supporters of Sen. Mark Wyland, who also is vying for the seat.
Other candidates include Sen. Lou Correa, D-Santa Ana and former Republican Assemblyman Van Tran. State Sen. Tom Harman said hasn't decided whether to run, but he has opened a campaign account.
Laguna Niguel resident Susan Schleede said she invested and lost half a million dollars in Dan Harkey's company.
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View Wireless Authentication Type Using Wireshark In Network Capture: PSK, WPA
It is possible to crack WPA/WPA2 wireless network credentials using any number of open source tools available now including oclHashcat+, aircrack-ng, or pyrit to name a few. If you are having trouble cracking a password it is possible that the network uses RADIUS authentication instead of pre-shared keys(PSK). Now you could see this when if you looked at the details of the network you were attempting to capture authentication packets for as it would display as WPA Enterprise versus WPA Personal. It definitely happens though that this is not considered during the capture so you may need to verify that a network is WPA/WPA2 Personal versus WPA/WPA2 Enterprise once you are attempting to crack the authentication. You can do this using Wireshark and the details below.


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By Joshua Trudell
For the Express-News
TERLINGUA — We're witnessing a rebirth.
Days earlier, the grass and trees next to the Rio Grande had been burned yellow and brown by the summer sun.
Now, floating down the river on a surge of recent rainwater, the river banks were bursting with thick green sheaves of river cane.
"This is the greenest it has been in three years," our guide, Tim Reynolds, said as he paddled us down the river.
"I thought this was all scrub brush like West Texas, but I had a great time," said Larry Wallace of Waxahachie, who rafted the river with his wife, Michele.
Change was a theme on our rafting trip down the Rio Grande, starting with our arrival at our outfitter, Far Flung Outdoor Center.
Rain the day before had us hoping we would be able to float into the steep-walled and picturesque Santa Elena Canyon. But the rain also washed away the take-out point for that rafting trip, leaving us in Colorado Canyon.
Decisions on where rafting trips take place in Big Bend are made on a day-to-day basis by the guides, we found out. They judge the water depths based on gauges set miles upriver.
When the river floods, rafting on the Rio Grande can be a 50-mile-a-day rush down canyons booming with waves. Our guide told us of floating the canyon during massive floods, paddling furiously to keep up with the currents.
More frequently, however, rafting the river is a pleasant ride with occasional rapids and occasional portages around dry spots.
As we took the van out to the put-in spot in Big Bend State Park and started our float down the river, adults chatted and kids yelled excitedly. With the added water from the rains, our guides were able to outfit some of us with kayaks, while others relaxed in the six-person rafts.
But as we navigated into the canyons, people became quieter, taking in the high rocky walls with plants sprouting from impossible angles.
The river changed appearance as the sun rose and began to fall again, changing from a golden glow to brightly sparkling and back. Ponies trotted up from the Mexico side of the river and drank.
"It looks different every time you look at it," Ed Einstein said of the river. Einstein, one of the rafters on the trip, rafted Santa Elena Canyon 17 years ago and Colorado Canyon 12 years ago.
This day, he had been brought out by one of his San Antonio business partners, Robert Soza and his son, Diego. Robert said he comes out to the area three or four times a year. "It's nice not to have a cell phone," he said.
As the sun rose higher in the sky, kayakers slipped into shady spots waiting for the bigger rafts to catch up.
Occasionally the river got a little rougher, but the mild riffles were only Class II rapids, according to our guides.
Measured on a scale of I-IV, the upper canyons, which include Colorado, have generally milder rapids. The lower canyons, farther east on the Rio Grande, have Class III and IV rapids. These include Santa Elena and Boquillas canyons.
The rapids didn't stop Danette Blair and her family from San Antonio — husband Joe and three kids, Addie, 12, Travis, 13 and Collin, 15 — from enjoying the ride down the river. Addie and Collin coated themselves in mud to keep cool in the sun and walked from country to country easily.
"I still can't get over how beautiful it was, and having such knowledgeable guides to point out plants and animals while we had fun rafting was a huge bonus," Danette said. "And they really made the trip fun for the kids."
Josh Trudell is a freelance outdoors writer. Email email@example.com.
Things to remember
Prepare for change: If it has rained recently, roads could be closed and rivers can flood suddenly. Listen to your guides.
Where do I … go? Expect to use bushes and rocks and enjoy the wonders of the great outdoors.
What to wear: Summertime: Shorts and T-shirt, hats, and old shoes or sandals. Wintertime: Wear layers.
Where to start
Far Flung Outdoor Center: bigbendfarflung.com
Big Bend River Tours: bigbendrivertours.com
Desert Sports: desertsportstx.com
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A compromise agreement announced Thursday between the nation's largest labor union and the top advocate for American business underscores the enormous momentum now behind immigration reform.
The agreement touches on what was seen to be potentially one of the biggest stumbling blocks in the immigration reform debate – namely, how the country should handle the flow of low-skilled, temporary foreign workers.
In finding middle ground, the AFL-CIO and the US Chamber of Commerce – two powerful organizations often at loggerheads – have taken a "strong step forward" in resolving the issue, says Ali Noorani, executive director of the National Immigration Forum. Moreover, they have added to the impression that important stakeholders – seeing immigration reform as increasingly likely – are putting aside public posturing in order to hammer out solutions.
"This particular slice of the pie is the most important piece: What does our immigration system look like moving forward?" Mr. Noorani says. "Every day, [the Chamber and the AFL-CIO] are going to continue to put more meat on these bones.... For them to agree, even on the bones, means that they've been engaged in a really serious negotiation."
Praise for the deal came from both sides of the aisle – House majority leader Eric Cantor (R) of Virginia and Sen. Charles Schumer (D) of New York. "We are very hopeful that an agreement can be reached on a specific proposal in the next few weeks," said Senator Schumer, a member of the bipartisan Senate group working on an immigration compromise, in a statement.
The principles of the agreement call for creating an independent commission that would study the labor market and propose tweaks to the number of lower-skilled workers admitted to the country. Currently, the number of temporary workers allowed into the country is set predominantly by quotas that continue at stable rates from year to year no matter the economic condition in the US.
The problem with the current system, all sides agree, is that it leaves worker shortages when the economy is surging and allows too many workers to enter the country when economic activity slackens. The AFL-CIO and the US Chamber of Commerce addressed this in their joint statement on Thursday.
"Our challenge is to create a mechanism that responds to the needs of business in a market-driven way, while also fully protecting the wages and working conditions of U.S. and immigrant workers," it read.
While important details remain to be worked out, the Chamber and AFL-CIO said Thursday that the goal was achievable.
"The power of today's technology enables us to use that knowledge to craft a workable demand-driven process fed by data that will inform how America addresses future labor shortages," the two groups said in the statement.
Interestingly, the general concept of a commission to propose changes to visa numbers is one whose intellectual foundation lies within the labor movement. It is the brainchild of Ray Marshall, a secretary of Labor under President Carter and a co-founder of the liberal Economic Policy Institute (EPI).
But Chamber and AFL-CIO leaders, who attested to a productive working relationship during frequent meetings during the last several months, both broadly endorsed the concept Thursday.
"We recognize that there is no simple solution to this issue," the statement says. "We agree that a professional bureau in a federal executive agency, with political independence analogous to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, should be established to inform Congress and the public about these issues."
In 2011, the US admitted more than 2 million temporary workers, a figure that swells to more than 3 million when the workers' families are included, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Roughly half of those, ranging from seasonal agricultural workers to nurses to electrical engineers, could be governed by a new flexible-visa regime.
But deciding which low skilled workers would have an opportunity to obtain permanent residency or, eventually, citizenship, will be a key debate. The groups also have not come to an accord on high-skilled workers.
Liberal groups were supportive of the agreement.
"We salute the notion of using real world data about labor markets and demographics to determine the future flow of employment-based immigrants and temporary foreign workers," said Ross Eisenbrey, a vice president and economist at EPI, in an e-mailed statement. "This is an important step forward for achieving comprehensive immigration reform."
Critics say that fine-tuning such a system is beyond the reach of any government agency.
"It is over-ambitious, but it's more than that," Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, told the Monitor earlier this month. "It's based on an idea that we can manage government by experts. It just doesn't work. Everybody who has tried it everywhere crashes and burns."
The AFL-CIO and Chamber statement does not explicitly put the commission in control of visa levels, offering that such a body would be able to "advise" on such issues. The ideal system would "automatically" adjust to economic changes, according to the principles released Thursday.
"We are now in the middle – not the end – of this process," the groups' statement concludes, "and we pledge to continue to work together and with our allies and our representatives on Capitol Hill to finalize a solution that is in the interest of this country we all love."


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URL: http://www.sportspower.com.au
Year Established: 1978
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In 1978, a group of individuals had the foresight to see an opportunity and the courage to go for it. Eight independent sporting goods retailers got together to form a co-operative called �~Sports Star.�TM Their idea was simple �" operating as a group offered greater advantages than trying to survive as individual retailers. So successful was this new strategy that rapid growth in membership followed, and �~City and Country Sports�TM became SportsPower in 1985. Since then, the group has continued to increase its advertising and marketing presence, and also embarked on an expansion program that now sees SportsPower with a significant network which is highly regarded within the sporting goods industry and market.
Each SportsPower store provides its customers the personalised, informed, and committed service that ONLY a locally owned and operated store can, we promise to be "Your Local Experts" where each member of our team takes pride in sharing their sporting expertise and knowledge to best match every customer�TMs individual requirements. (more)
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Honey Ltd. – The Complete LHI Recordings CD (Light In The Attic, 2013)
Thee reissue of the epoch – or at least my epoch. I tell myself I may well have played some tiny part in seeing this come to fruition, but maybe that's hubris. Anyway let's try to remember . . .
A quarter century ago, my younger self made a conscious choice to step away from the punker sounds that had shaped my even-younger self, and I began testing the kaliedoscoptic musical waters known as 60's psych. Subsequently I was given a cassette dupe of the lone HONEY LTD. LP on Lee Hazelwood Industries Records from 1968, courtesy of pal Roy Kaiser, proprietor of The Record Recycler in Torrance. He owned a copy of this mega-rarity back when even gristled psych collectors weren't sure what the heck it was, and has sung praise for it longer than many of you have been alive. Gradually, that cassette became a staple of my regular musical diet, becoming the gateway drug that led to sublime baroque & sunshine pop pastures by the likes of THE LEFT BANKE, THE FREE DESIGN, and STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK.
I remember being struck by how HONEY LTD. wasn't anything like the wildass gtr jamming or trippy experimentalism I'd come love about many of that era's LSD-inspired bands. Rather it was suavely arranged, 4-part gal harmony flower pop, lushly produced with a number of Wrecking Crew folks, with a strident urgency to the vocals that only white people attempting to get down! could muster. They were closer to a living, breathing CARRIE NATIONS than anything actually psychedelic, except with Lee Hazelwood not Russ Meyer in the director's chair. But songs like "The Warrior", "Silk 'N Honey" and "Tomorrow Your Heart" were strikingly original, truly great in fact – the kind you find yourself humming along to well after they ended. And the non-album 45 moved off into more soulful terrain, suggesting they might've beat THREE DOG NIGHT at their game, had they stuck it out another few months.
Fast forward to the end of 90's . . . I made a second-gen. dupe of my cassette for pal and erudite collector Jonathan Ward. So taken by what he heard, Wardo embarked on an archeological dig for all things HONEY LTD., culminating in a fascinating historical retrospective for online mag Perfect Sound Forever in 2005. This brought the story of this lost band to a whole new audience – including the Light In The Attic crew, perhaps? Sadly, most of the recordings remained elusive at the time. Wardo would go on to found the amazing Excavated Shellac blog and become the preeminent name in 78 rpm relics the world over, but I still smile knowing he used to drool over this sorta gal-pop too.
So now it's 2013, and Light In The Attic has finally exhumed everything HONEY LTD. ever recorded, housed it in a beautiful digipack, included a 32 page booklet detailing their story all over again, and thrown in a cool sticker to boot. It's all so wonderful I could just about cry – heck, I might never have to listen to that shitty cassette again. Yes the 3 unreleased tracks are a treat, but it's the album itself that's the main course. And what a course it remains: equal parts gorgeously produced soul/pop, doe-eyed flowerchild naivety, and loud harmonic transcendence, I'd recommend this above a dozen supposed-classic Brian Wilson records. Really, it just does not get any better than this.