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September 11, 2013 | by Roberta Nichols
Unlike ovarian cancer, dubbed the "silent killer" because it can stealthily grow for months, endometrial cancer loudly announces its presence through hard-to-miss clues: vaginal bleeding or discharges in between periods and, particularly after menopause, difficult or painful urination as well as pain during intercourse.
Women experiencing these symptoms should immediately consult a gynecologist, said Robert Morgan, M.D., co-director of the Gynecological Oncology/Peritoneal Malignancy Program at City of Hope.
And if the doctor suggests "watchful waiting" instead of immediate treatment?
"Get a second opinion," advised Morgan.
"Endometrial [or uterine] cancer is the most common gynecologic cancer, but it's very treatable if it's diagnosed in time," said Ernest Han, M.D., Ph.D., an assistant professor and surgeon in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology at City of Hope.
Endometrial cancer develops in the endometrium, the lining of the uterus. About 49,560 new cases will be diagnosed this year in the U.S., and an estimated 8,190 women will die from the disease. (These American Cancer Society estimates include the decidedly more rare uterine sarcomas, which account for only about 2 percent of cases.)
Most often affecting women over 50, endometrial cancer has been linked to a hormonal imbalance triggered by a number of factors, including obesity. Fat cells produce excess estrogen but, after menopause, women no longer produce extra progesterone to balance out this disparity.
This imbalance also is traced to "unopposed estrogen exposure," such as Premarin given sometimes for hot flashes or menopausal symptoms, Morgan said.
"The primary familial risk factor for uterine cancer is due to the syndrome denoted HNPCC [hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer], which also predisposes to other cancers including ovarian, gastric and small bowel, pancreatic, urothelial or brain cancers," he continued.
Risks for developing endometrial cancer also rise if a woman has polycystic ovary syndrome, diabetes and/or hypertension, takes tamoxifen (for breast cancer treatment), began her period before she was 12 (or menopause after 55), and if she never became pregnant, had a full-term pregnancy or breast-fed.
Following diagnosis, surgeons usually perform a hysterectomy, in which they remove the uterus, cervix, ovaries and fallopian tubes (salpingo-oophorectomy). They generally also remove lymph nodes in the pelvis and abdomen to ensure the disease has not spread.
Just as breast cancer patients can develop lymphedema (ongoing swelling in their arms following surgical removal of lymph nodes under their arms), endometrial cancer patients also can develop this condition when their pelvic lymph nodes are removed. To counteract these side effects, including swelling in patients' legs and, occasionally, nerve damage, some surgeons are beginning to perform sentinel lymph node biopsies (in the nodes closest to the primary tumor site).
Improvements in treatment
Gynecologic oncologists are becoming more adept at staging gynecologic cancers thanks to the less-invasive da Vinci robot now used in some surgeries. Robot surgery patients generally have less pain and blood loss, shorter hospital stays, and faster recoveries than traditional surgery patients, doctors say.
Further advances to the robotic technology include the creation of a special attachment called a "firefly" that can help surgeons detect a fluorescent dye injected into patients. This can assist in identifying sentinel lymph nodes, helping to stage the cancer and determine whether the disease has spread.
"Removing only the affected nodes would potentially reduce lymphedema and other complications," Han said, noting that more studies are required before determining whether this evolving technology should become the standard of care.
In an important new quality-of-life study, City of Hope recently opened a clinical trial documenting the experiences of women who are undergoing lymph node dissections for vulvar, uterine and cervical cancer. Part of a national cooperative study by the Gynecologic Oncology Group, the trial is being carried out at City of Hope by principal investigator Thanh Dellinger, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology at City of Hope.
Patients will be examined before and after surgery to assess the frequency and severity of swelling in their legs. "The results eventually will inform oncologists on the incidence and natural history of postoperative lymphedema, and possible future treatments in gynecological cancer patients," said Dellinger.
As for diagnosing the illness, however, reliable screening tests are still lacking.
Screening challenges
Han is intrigued by a pilot study of the PapGene test developed by Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center researchers and documented in Science Translational Medicine (Jan. 9, 2013). In that study, researchers evaluated DNA from cervical fluid in Pap tests to detect endometrial and ovarian cancers. The test accurately detected 100 percent (24 of 24) of endometrial cancers and 41 percent (9 of 22) of ovarian cancers, but will need to be studied in a larger group of patients before it is adopted, said Han.
As scientists continue searching for the definitive diagnostic test, "women have to be attuned to their bodies and pay attention to early symptoms – such as bleeding, discharge and pelvic pain," Han said. "If they had their last period over one year ago and now they're having another period – most women know something isn't right, and will call their doctor and get a biopsy and workup.
"Even if you're not scheduled for a pap test doesn't mean you shouldn't see your gynecologist [at least once a year] to make sure things are normal," Han said.
"My fear is that women will say, 'I don't need a Pap smear for three years' and equate that with 'I don't need to see a gynecologist for three years' – and in the meantime – something develops."


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Kansas Governor's Fete Honors Abortionist
I wish I knew what was going on in Kansas. It's not the state I remember.
The pro-life group Operation Rescue says it's almost impossible to get any agency in Kansas to pursue criminal charges against infamous abortionist George Tiller because he has a very important ally — Governor Kathleen Sebelius.
Abortionist George Tiller is being investigated by the Kansas attorney general's office, and calls have increased for charges to be filed against him. According to Operation Rescue, Tiller — along with his entire abortion clinic staff — allegedly was honored in April 2007 with a lavish secret party, thrown by one of his biggest supporters — pro-abortion Governor Kathleen Sebelius.
"Every agency that could be responsible for charging Tiller or disciplining him — like the Kansas Board of Healing Arts — is just loaded with appointees of Governor Sebelius, including the Kansas Supreme Court," [Operation Rescue senior policy advisor Cheryl Sullenger] laments. "So what we're having here is a real problem trying to get the laws enforced."

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Over the past several years my support for the Iowa Core Science Standards has continued to grow.
These standards engage students in using the skills, processes, and ways of thinking that scientists use in order to explain the world around us. Whether it is asking questions, analyzing data, or constructing explanations, the standards allow students to learn by doing and to build their understanding in a way that relates to the experiences they have had in their everyday lives. Essentially, they promote the fact that we all act as scientists everyday seeking answers and solving problems in order to ultimately improve our lives.
I also appreciate how the standards push students beyond memorizing and reciting facts and definitions and into higher-order thinking and application.
Traditionally, students have focused on learning and remembering what others before them have already figured out. In contrast, the Iowa Core Science Standards give students the opportunity to think and act like scientists as they figure out the world around them and construct their own understanding of how and why the world works the way it does.
As we transition to the new Iowa Core Science Standards, I continue to see the positive impact they have on students. Most important, the standards empower students to be active participants in the construction of their own understanding rather than passive recipients of information.
As a result of these more meaningful and applicable standards, all students will have the opportunity to become better thinkers, problem solvers, and critical consumers of information, thus better equipping them to lead our ever-changing world in the future.


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Saturday, July 27, 2013
For the boys.......
Summer has set in so it's hot, hot, hot. Makes it hard to work but I soldier on! Of course I've been making growth chats galore. Here are some I've made for the boys, three different themes sea, trucks and trains!
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This year, following the success of the "Adopt a Fish" campaign, launched last December, the Oceanographic Museum is offering an unusual gift for your sweetheart!
To celebrate Valentine's Day, the Oceanographic Museum is inviting its 50,000 fans to enter an exclusive game on its Facebook page from 5 to 12 February. The prize – to become an official sponsor of a zebra shark! – Something that's sure to win the heart of your beloved ….
For a week, you can try to become the sponsor of a zebra shark, by entering the game "Give a Shark for Valentine's Day."
How to Enter
1 – From Wednesday 5 February, visit the Oceanographic Museum's Facebook page and join the community of fans by clicking on the "Like" button: http://goo.gl/aSFJP
2 – Complete the entry form
3 – Answer the quiz!
Participants with the three correct answers will be automatically entered into a draw, which will take place on 12 February 2014.
At the end of the draw, three Sweethearts will win prizes:
1st Prize: to become the sponsor of a zebra shark (with an official certificate and a photo of your protégé), plus a membership discovery card giving unlimited access to the Museum for 4 people (2 adults and 2 children) for a year
2nd Prize: a membership discovery card for the Museum
3rd Prize: 4 free admission tickets
If you don't win, and don't know what to give as a present, you can console yourself by becoming a sponsor of the species of your choice on the Oceanographic Museum's web site:
http://www.oceano.mc/fr/parrainez-un-poisson. Your gift will make a direct contribution to the Oceanographic Institute's activities to raise awareness of the oceans and encourage people to love and protect them.


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Active Athletes - 12/3/2010
Masters Track and Field Committee (MTF)
Mary Trotto, current Active Athlete Chair, proceeded to record those that wanted to be Active Athletes (below). Then this group elected Mary to continue as Chair of this group. The process finished at 8:40 am. The Active Athlete term begins immediately and expires immediately before next year's Annual Meeting.
Beryhard, Tom
Black, Ivan
Bost, Madeline
Brooks, H. Oldham
Chasse, Craig
Cleary, Mark
Cordero, Joe
Davison, Jeff
Donley, Christel
Edwards, Tim
Friedman, Dave
Givens, Barry
Good, Sharon
Merriweather, Eric
Mitchell, Marilyn
Oleski, John
Pearce, James
Price, Roger
Rosborough, Lisa
Shoemaker, Jim
Stephens, Jennifer
Trotto, Dr. Mary
Watry, Jeff
Weiner, Bob
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Zucchini Quiche
For an easier and faster flavorful zucchini quiche with great texture, the key is using a little finesse when preparing moisture-rich zucchini.
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One of our favorite ways to use up late summer's inevitable bumper crop of zucchini is to prepare a simple zucchini quiche recipe. Unfortunately, zucchini's high water content can cause a big problem: liquid seeps out of the zucchini while the quiche bakes, resulting in diluted flavor, runny custard, and a soggy crust. For a recipe that avoided these pitfalls, we found that grating the zucchini on the large holes of a box grater was fast and easy, and allowed additional water to cook out. For richer vegetable flavor, we sautéed onion and garlic with the zucchini. Tossing the cooled zucchini mixture with flour before adding it to the custard mixture thickened the filling so it cooked up sturdy and sliceable. We also used Parmesan cheese in our Zucchini Quiche, which served two purposes: Once sprinkled on our store-bought crust, it melted when baked to create a waterproof barrier that kept the custard filling from making the crust soggy, and it also gave extra flavor to the bland crust.


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I've written a quick and dirty C# app that can correctly implement the algorithm that was posted in this forum and in the recently posted spreadsheet. It can be downloaded at: http://www.kkmfg.com/CRC_Nissan.zip there is an executable in there as well as the source code.
I will upload it to my github account as well. I'm Collin80 on github: https://github.com/collin80 I don' t have a Nissan Leaf but I am heavily into canbus and reverse engineering so there should still be relevant stuff there.
You can enter in the CRC polynomial and the first 7 bytes and it will return the correct CRC byte. I have tested this on the examples from the spreadsheet.


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Last time Aracely and Joe were finally married. They started breeding puppies and had a real population explosion. In fact, very few of the neighborhood dogs aren't related to Boo and Otis. Thanks to many sim and pet promotions they were finally able to afford windows for the house and a second story, but the windows were way more important to Aracely. She actually made it all the way a Criminal Mastermind thus achieving her lifetime want. Little Vodka grew from a tiny infant all the way to a lovely child.
Rachel: Hey Aracely. What's go... hey! You're putting the puppies up for adoption?
Aracely: All but Jack. We need the room if we want to try to breed some more puppies. We really should have done this last week.
Rachel: I guess that makes sense.
Aracely: Meet Gloria.
Rachel: Gloria? Wait did you adopt another puppy?
Aracely: Yeah, we needed a girl for Jack for when he grows up.
Rachel: Speaking of which.
Rachel: A nice combination of his parents and he looks exactly like his siblings.
Me: Opps.
Rachel: Opps? These are people's lives you're messing with here!
Me: *shrugs* Sorry
Rachel: I'm so sorry Joe.
Joe: It seemed like such a good idea. I mean Leo Laporte got people interested in the titanium spork on the Daily GizWiz podcast.
Rachel: What's a podcast?
Me: Lordy!
Rachel: Wait a second Gloria is still a puppy?
Aracely: We thought we'd have one more set by Boo and Otis.
Rachel: Oh hey Vodka!
Vodka: Hey lady! I got an A+!
Rachel: Way to go little lady!
Aracely: Shake... Good boy.
Rachel: I see you're back at teaching the dogs.
Aracely: Most definitely. We've got to keep these dogs getting promotions.
Rachel: Aracely, Aracely! Are you OK?!?!
Aracely: Tadah!
Rachel: You scared me.
Aracely: Good Girl!
Rachel: What are you doing Vodka?
Vodka: This nice man Jupiter is helpin' me make candies. Yummy candies!
Rachel: Well that's nice of him. He is my future son-in-law, so I'm very proud.
Vodka: Oh. OK.
Rachel: Hey Joe, congrats on the promotion. So how are liking your new job?
Joe: I love it. Much better than the restaurant business.
Rachel: Great!
Rachel: Puppies!
Aracely: Yep a boy, Olie and...
... a girl Oprah.
Rachel: Yay for Jack! Looks like all that training paid off.
Rachel: Why's Jack checking out Ruby's butt?
Rachel: Ah and now Aracely is training Vodka.
Rachel: Hey happy birthday Gloria. Very interesting looking.
Rachel: Hurray for Boo!!!!
Stormy: Sure, I'd gladly buy Olie.
Rachel: Happy, why do you look so mad?
Vodka: I don't want it to be my birthday. I want to stay little forever.
Rachel: Sorry honey it doesn't work that way. Besides don't you want a boyfriend?
Vodka: Oh yeah!
Rachel: Lovely.
Vodka: Thanks but I'm so going to the salon.
Rachel: OK, up to you. So what do you want out of life?
Vodka: A whole bunch of friends.
Vodka: And I want to own 5 top level businesses.
Me: *hits head against desk repeatedly*
Vodka: What's that?
Rachel: Oh, um, nothing.
Vodka: Woooh!
Rachel: I take it you like your new hair.
Vodka: Are you kidding? I love it!!!!
Rachel: *singing* Tiny puppies, in the snow!!!
Pine: I hope that's enough. I really want to buy Oprah.
Aracely: Yeah, this'll do.
Pine: Come on Oprah let's go watch Montel together.
Aracely: He's weird.
Rachel: What? Are you getting another dog?
Aracely: Yeah Gloria is a bit testy, so I thought we'd get another girl. Whichever he likes better, he'll have puppies with.
Rachel: She looks really smart too and she has a good personality over all.
Rachel: I think she knows she's in a competition.
Rachel: Ah, she's from Venice Holiday's dogs, Spree and Speckles.
Rachel: Wow! I guess Vodka REALLY wants a boyfriend.
Vodka: Heck yeah! Come one, smart, funny and handsome.
Rachel: Ouch!
Me: I wonder how he did that?
Me: Yeah I'd be seeing stars too.
Vodka: He's pretty cute. I hope he's smart and funny.
Vodka: Well that was an OK date. Would have been better if you would have stopped playing poker for 5 seconds to pay attention to me.
Ricky: I was having a lot of fun winning money. Next time we go out I won't.
Rachel: Speaking of next time...
Me: *giggling*
Rachel: what?
Me: Look at the look on his face. I'd say he had a good time.
Rachel: Hey you guys are best friends. So is he going to go to college with you Vodka?
Vodka: I think so, probably.
Rachel: Oh my I'd say Aracely and Joe are having a great date too. That car got some air.
Rachel: Speaking of Woohoo. Doggie woohoo and I guess Jack has made his choice.
Rachel: Whose getting Gloria?
Aracely: Ricky. Why not?
Rachel: Leaving the life of Crime?
Aracely: Sure am. With my husband in the law career I thought it would be best to find other employment. Plus who doesn't want to be a star?
Me: *Singing* Everyone wants to be a star.
Rachel: Huh?
Me: Counting Crows, nevermind. Great now I want to listen to the Counting Crows.
Rachel: I guess this means it's time to go. Way to go on the scholarships dear.
Vodka: Yep, thanks for coming by. I'll see you at college.
Points: 2, both for Money
And it's looking like Vodka is destined to be an only child. Risky WooHoo is leaving Aracely and Joe alone.


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Writers are solitary folk. Books don't write themselves. They take time. Lots of alone time. So much alone time your arse goes flat and the children cry for their supper. Probably about like a whole winter of alone time.
Then after this redic expenditure of hours in solitary selfish pursuit, crafting your creative imaginings into a printed objet, you must emerge. Put your PR hat on, along with your marketing and sales hat, your hell-YES-I-know-how-to-do-THAT hat and your eager public speaker face hat. All on.
'Prostitute yourself!' Mandy Hager offered at the Indie Publishers panel at the Tinderbox Children's Conference in Wellington. 'Get a professional author photo done as well.'
Mmmm. Everyone likes an easy buck. But. Standards. The latter I can manage. Then moments before my time of putting on my town clothes and trying to pretend I am not a total fake - even though I made it all up in the privacy of my own tower-office. This.
Me: Can I get a parent pass please?
Her: Do you have a child in the competition?
Me: Yes. (Names child. Meets curious gaze.)
Her: Are you his Gran?
Me: MOTHER. (Actually it was more like - Mother!!!!!! with a what-the-actual-hell emoji)
(It's fair to say at this point I was dying inside. Yes my hair is white-ish blonde-ish grey-ish, I can and often do look tired due to hooded eyes and under eyebags (thanks Dad). Sometimes my pallor is dull. I can see how you might make a mistake. But my face is not total wrinkle. I'm 51. I'm not a grandmother. I burned inside. I lost my words. I would have given HER an Irish kiss but I am not a violent woman.)
Her: But he's so young.
(OUCH. Easy does it. This makes me even older, lady.)
Me: He's twelve.
HER kept talking. Making small talk by way of the apology she could not voice. I did not want to talk. I wanted to pay and LEAVE. I was booking a hair appointment in my head. I needed more yellow blonde. More youth.
My daughter came in. 'What's taking so long?'
You and me both. It was a bad start to a good day.
I had to send a simple email. Agree to some copy for the imprint page of my book. I couldn't decide whether to have a wee at the base building or at my destination, let alone sign off something that would be in print forever. Daughter got sick of waiting. Left.
I gave up. Skied over. I greeted The H. He was talking to some old mates who'd obvs gone for a boy's day out. Drinking Steinies mid-morning amongst a kid's event they looked like a bunch of pedos. I went into the café and ordered a coffee. It was strong. I got palpitations. Added angst. Got a water. Drank it. I managed to do my work. I went for a ski. By myself. The spring snow was soft, light, springy. A sparkly carpet of microscopic icicles in the sunshine. A stellar rug. God, I love nature. My world was spinning. On the third chairlift ride I patted my jacket pocket. Then I patted every pocket. I had misplaced my phone. I was having my first senior moment. On a chairlift. In the sky. I skied down. I rode up. And looked for my PHONE. Snow moves when skied on. Gone in 30 seconds. Like an iPhone in a snow pack.
My family was sitting outside on a wooden trestle. Eldest daughter called me Grandma. I did not laugh. I sloped inside. Silent. And asked the barista, who was all of 18. Have you found a phone?
Him: What kind of phone.
Me: (nearly kissed him). iPhone 6.
Him: What's on the lock screen …
Reunited and it felt so good.
The gran calls wore off after a couple of days. I explained it'd involve teenage pregnancies to validate.
But I kept wondering. If growing old is such a privilege, why are we so afraid of aging. Vanity. It's impossible to let go our golden time. Our moment. Now it's just downhill. Flat out like a beetle on its back. My great grandfather lived till 97. One of his diary entries in his later years was a simple inscription – Big Fuck! Two words that still make me so proud. Go him!
Time moved on. Press releases were preparing to woo the major dailies. I booked myself in with a local photographer. Hey, I've been headhunted at a pop concert before. I'm okay. For a gran.
In I went. Beautiful she kept saying. Oh that light is perfect. Look at me. Chin up (I thought it was always down). Try not to tense your neck when you smile.
So encouraging I thought. I'm rocking it. If what she saw on her camera's screen was crap, her face never showed it. Beautiful. 100 times at least.
The pics arrived. 16 selected about of about 600. I looked good. Anyone would. I'd been so air-brushed the pattern on my blouse had faded as though it'd been on a permanent hot cycle swirling in an overdose of Persil automatic for 51 years.
Talk about faking it. But hey, I need all the help I can get. I'm a gran. Just don't call me Gilf.


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How is the three-day weekend going so far for you?
Those that celebrate 1st May as our Labor Day which ironically, is a work-free day, are probably celebrating somewhere out of town, or even out of country.
I chose to stay in because I don't necessarilly celebrate Labor Day, but my birthday. So this Friday I turned 25, which to some people is quite a big deal, but I am not sure exactly how to see it. I'm in my mid twenties and mostly I feel a bit scared that I will reach a certain point in which I'll probaly think that I haven't accomplished as much as I wanted to.
But, let's not talk about scary things. I actually did something pretty cool on Friday morning, I went paragliding (not sure that is the correct way to say it) as you might have noticed on Facebook here. It was a birthday present and I loved it! The thrilling sensation, the rush, the strong wind carrying you around the air - it was amazing and I wish I could do it everyday! When I went back to the city I felt as if I just landed from a different world and couldn't go back to my usual activities. Strange.
Then I made some appetizers and mojitos, we played an intesive game of Monopoly - in which I failed miserably - and ended the day, or rather the night, with a smile on my face.
No hard-core party, not a huge guest list, that is not really my style (unless it's a surprise party - then I don't mind, haha) I was surrounded by lilac flowers and great company, which is more than enough.
I hope you all had a great time these past few days!
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Intonation is change of spoken pitch ( rising or falling ) that is used for a range of functions such as:
- · indicating the attitudes and emotions of the speaker,
- · signalling the difference between statement and question
- · signalling the difference between different types of question,
- · focussing attention on important elements of the spoken message
- · helping to regulate conversational interaction.
Attitudinal function (for expressing emotions and attitudes)
example: a fall from a high pitch on the 'mor' syllable of "good morning" suggests more excitement than a fall from a low pitch
Grammatical function (to identify grammatical structure)
example: it is claimed that in English a falling pitch movement is associated with statements, but a rising pitch turns a statement into a yes–no question, as in He's going ↗home?. This use of intonation is more typical of American English than of British.
Focusing (to show what information in the utterance is new and what is already known)
example: in English I saw a ↘man in the garden answers "Whom did you see?" or "What happened?", while I ↘saw a man in the garden answers "Did you hear a man in the garden?"
Discourse function (to show how clauses and sentences go together in spoken discourse)
example: subordinate clauses often have lower pitch, faster tempo and narrower pitch range than their main clause,[6] as in the case of the material in brackets in "The Red Planet [as it's known] is fourth from the sun"
Psychological function (to organize speech into units that are easy to perceive, memorize and perform)
example: the utterance "You can have it in red blue green yellow or ↘black" is more difficult to understand and remember than the same utterance divided into tone units as in "You can have it in ↗red | ↗blue | ↗green | ↗yellow | or ↘black"
Indexical function (to act as a marker of personal or social identity)
example: group membership can be indicated by the use of intonation patterns adopted specifically by that group, such as street vendors or preachers. The so-called high rising terminal, where a statement ends with a high rising pitch movement, is said to be typical of younger speakers of English, and possibly to be more widely found among young female speakers.
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Good Morning,
I have a couple of Christmas cards to share with you today, the first one is made using a freebie snowflake background stamp from a magazine.
All I did was stamp sideways onto a pale blue panel using white pigment ink then switched the stamp around and stamped again so that opposite corners matched. I then stamped a Clearly Besotted sentiment with white pigment ink onto a strip of vellum and heat embossed with clear powder. I wrapped the sentiment strip around the panel then fixed the panel to an A6 blank. I really liked how this turned out and think I will probably do some other variations of it for my christmas box.
For my second card I used a sheet of Pink Petticoat (now sadly closed) paper which I just matted onto some pink card after printing a sentiment also from PP straight onto the paper. I mounted this onto a 6 x 6 card blank and added a couple of die-cut snowflakes and pearls.
Thats all for now,
Kaz x
Sunday, 22 May 2016
Snowflakes in Spring
4 comments:
- Lucy Woods said...
Oh wow these are just stunning! What a fab background you created! The vellum is just perfect and so classy too!
Lucy x
- 22 May 2016 at 12:14
- My Card Attic: Hazel said...
These are lovely Karen! So soft and pretty! I also loved PP, it is a shame she closed! Have a lovely Sunday! Hazel xx
My Card Attic
- 22 May 2016 at 12:43
- Pen Sunshinepen said...
Hi Karen, thank you for your thoughts on my blog today. You are so right in all that you say. :)
I feel so lucky to have such wonderful Blogging friends...and its is such a wonderful helpful place.
Your cards are beautiful...
crafty hugs xxx
- 22 May 2016 at 14:59
- coldwaters2 said...
Oh my these are both beautiful festive creations Karen I love the snowflakes also the vellum really top notch makes
lorraine x
- 23 May 2016 at 19:28
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I found this Minnesota girl's blog, Aspire, a year or so ago and I have been continually inspired by her writing, design, and photography...and she's only 15!! The way she captures life, moments, thoughts, feelings, and all of the things in between...it's powerful. And She's not ashamed of her love for the Lord; God has blessed her abundantly :). So, if you're not one of the 1,343 follwers, become one NOW!
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Good morning all! Spring is about to spring and the countryside here in Orange is looking just beautiful with blossoms blooming everywhere and paddocks greening up almost before our eyes as the bitter cold gives way to milder days.
We are off to visit friends in Harden tomorrow and then to Grenfell on Sunday morning for the Breakfast Table (I'll be there to chat about my book and will be selling and signing it there too!). So if you are in that area, pop down and say hi, should be a great morning (from 8am at the Henry Lawson Oval, Grenfell). In the meantime, as always, here's a little round up of links that I loved this week. Happy reading...
The program for our annual wine festival has just been released and is full of fantastic events; including a cracker here at our farm on October 26. Here's the full program for Orange Wine Week 2014. See you there!
Love this outdoor setting and glimpse into life in San Fransisco's Sunset district
It's been a while since we threw a proper dinner party... way too long actually... so hoping this post might help get my entertaining mojo back...
Ruby grapefruit and rhubarb lemonade via My Little Fabric
Ever mistaken art for food? This is great - eating Robert Gobers bag of donuts..
Talking of food as art, these double chocolate almond butter trail cookies are indeed a thing of beauty.
Would love a big bowl of this spiced beetroot and ginger soup with coconut cream for dins tonight.
This new-to-me blog is set to become a big favourite; Liesl Made is all about cooking, sewing, knitting and growing and it's gorgeous.
The Guardian's 10 best healthy snacks.
The ultimate coconut vanilla sundae.
I loved this video (below) on an orange blossom harvest in Liguria. It's just beautiful and well worth the eight minutes!
Orange Blossom Harvest from FoodieTV on Vimeo.


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• The Performance Art Platform is the permanent home of Ensemble 209 – a group of interdisciplinary artists from diverse social and cultural sectors – who have exhibited at "Blur", International Performance Biennale (2001), The Israel Festival (2001).
TheEnsemble's productions:"The second Law of Thermodynamics" , "Old Wives Tales" . coming soon, the ensemble's new production: "Amplifire".
The ensemble is recognized and supported by the Ministry of Education and Culture .
• The Performance Art Platform hosts performance artists from abroad including Poland, England, and France etc.
• Performence art evnings - a program of short performances acting by young and/or established artists, showing new works as well as known works. open to the public.
• At The Performance Art Platform there attend to be a library and living archive specialized in performance art, the only ones of their kind in Israel. The aim of the library is to bring together all the research literature, journals, and videos in the field of interdisciplinary art in general and of performance art in particular. The aim of the archive is to collect all the documentation of the works of Israeli performance artists, from the early days until now. The library and living archive will be open to the public as well as artists, curators, students, and scholars.
• As part of the regular activities there is a continuous discussion on performance art and its various cultural contexts through lectures and artist's talks and regular meetings of artists and theoreticians in the framework of "Forum 209."
• At The Performance Art Platform there are Creativity Workshops for artists who wish to turn performance into a central medium in their work. More and more graduates of these workshops have become active performance artists.
• The Performance Art Platform is home for artists and an audience interested in quality art that is uncompromising and noncommercial, and thus provides an alternative to art available in Israel today.
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China launched a pair of astronauts into space on Monday on a mission to dock with an experimental space station and remain aboard for 30 days in preparation for the start of operations by a full-bore facility six years from now.
The Shenzhou 11 mission took off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on the edge of the Gobi Desert in northern China at 7:30 a.m. (2330 GMT) aboard a Long March-2F carrier rocket.
It will dock with the Tiangong 2 space station precursor facility within two days, conduct experiments in medicine and various space-related technologies, and test systems and processes in preparation for the launching of the station's core module in 2018.
Space program commander-in-chief Gen. Zhang Youxia declared the launch a success at 7:46 a.m. (2346 GMT). Defense Minister Fan Changlong then read a congratulatory message from President Xi Jinping calling for China's astronauts to explore space "more deeply and more broadly."
Premier Li Keqiang and propaganda chief Liu Yunshan visited the Beijing control center to congratulate staff. It is the sixth time China has launched astronauts into space and the duration will be the longest by far.
Following the attachment of two experiment modules, the completed station is set to begin full operations in 2022 and will run for at least a decade.
An earlier Tiangong 1 experimental space station launched in 2011 went out of service in March after docking with three visiting spacecraft and extending its mission for two years. The Tiangong, or "Heavenly Palace," stations are considered stepping stones to a mission to Mars by the end of the decade… see more
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11:00 am Rally at Washington Square Park
Gather your school, faith group, union to march together. Bring your signs & banners, your children, and take the day to show which side you're on.
1:00 pm MARCH to put our demand to the whole world. This genocidal epidemic of murder by police must STOP. This will be a peaceful & determined march. At the front will be the "Stolen Lives" families.
4:00 pm Rally at Columbus Circle, 59th Street & Broadway
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After watching the Nintendo Direct part of me wonders if this is the start of something bigger and this is essentially a tech demo we are getting.
As to what that "bigger" thing is i have no idea. But i can see two different ways if it does go somewhere else:
I can see it either being the future of the Mii Plaza/Miiverse for the Wii U , each game would have its own little version of this which you can download.
Its the future of animal crossing, where it becomes some sort of strange version of Playstation Home
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PayKN is the new, convenient way to pay your bills in St. Kitts and Nevis. It combines the technology of the future with the reliability of the past. This company applies the tried and tested methodologies of international online bill payment systems and adapts them to the background of our twin island federation. The use of credit and debit cards means that customers can now sit in the comfort of their homes or offices and pay all their bills by the click of a button. All of the customer's information is processed through the St. Kitts Nevis Anguilla National Bank's e-commerce system, thus ensuring the protection of the customer's private information. No more long lines, late lunches or unreliable messenger services.
PayKN is launching the only true hassle free method of paying bills in the federation. All registered companies in St. Kitts and Nevis can benefit from this service, in that they are freed of the long congested lines at their establishment. The fact that the website is accessible anywhere in the world means that customers who may reside overseas can now use a faster medium of bill payment, thus reducing the long delays in current systems. Our notification system for our customers ensures that they are alerted in a timely fashion, thus reducing the delays and late payment issues currently faced.


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Practical strategies that take effect quickly. Good levels of contact with the author and ongoing support.Cons
Cannot guarantee to 'cure' every problem.Verdict
Recommended. The author has credentials and there are many positive user comments.
"My Out of Control Teen" by Mark Hutten - REVIEW
We've all seen them, on the streets, misbehaving in public, no respect or tolerance, bad language and even worse behavior.
But what if they're in your home; the beloved child who only a few years ago would do anything to please you and liked nothing better than to make you smile.
Welcome to the world of Out-of-Control teens.
Temper tantrums, dishonesty, drug abuse, refusing to go to school, refusing to do anything (except perhaps play computer games) - Mark Hutten has seen (and dealt with) them all.
My Out-Of-Control Teen is actually is an online version of the program Mark Hutten leads at the Madison County Youth Center. 'It is pretty much like being part of a live parenting group, but online,' says one user.
And who wouldn't need some help with, 'the most challenging job in the whole world - being a parent of a rebellious teenager.'
The program is directed at parents of strong-willed, out of control teenagers - as well as those with mental conditions such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It seems that the harder the parent tries to regain lost control, the worse the teenager behaves.
'I've tried everything!' parents cry, desperately. But Mark Hutten doesn't believe that they have. His program includes 'cut-to-the-chase parenting strategies that work immediately rather than months or years down the road.'
In the eBook he shares over 150 techniques to use with bad-tempered, argumentative, deliberately annoying teenagers, who blame others for their mistakes, and are touchy, resentful and even vindictive.
This, as Mark says, is defiant behavior and traditional parenting strategies won't work. However he believes he can help change this, reduce your stress levels and increase your child's chances of success in life.
The package includes access to Online Parent Support, live recordings of Mark's program, presentations and videos and a parent forum where you can seek advice from people in the same situation. Mark is also very active on the forums and always accessible to answer emails and offer specific advice.
Part of the program is to learn about different parenting styles: indulgent, authoritarian, uninvolved and assertive; plus advice on how to act when faced with a long (and terrifying!) list of problems including alcohol abuse, destroying property, not taking 'no' for an answer, anger outbursts, stealing and suicide threats.
The support is practical and emotional and allows you to, 'take immediate steps toward preventing or intervening in your child's negative choices.'
Mark does not offer a complete cure, but he does say his methods are, 'rock solid and proven.'
At $29 that sounds like a bargain!
So lets see what parents say about Out of Control Teen:
'The most helpful and pragmatic approach so far.'
'Your cool attitude policy has sure worked wonders at our house. Thank you.'
'A lot of what this guy says makes sense for all kids... and is especially relevant to kids suffering trauma through displacement from their biological families.' (From the parent of an adopted teenager).
'Thanks for your good advice. Its really helping.'
Great comments!
There are some warnings that the process is not easy and only, 'dedicated parents can be helped by this' - parents who are willing to work hard and not give up.
So with that proviso, that this is a learning path to travel together with your teenager, this behavior modification program comes highly recommended.
Welcome to reduced stress and better understanding.
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Churches of Christ New Queensland Head Office
Churches of Christ Queensland
Kenmore Queensland
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Ashburner Francis
Churches of Christ is an established not for profit organization operating a broad range of community based services. With a long established base in Brisbane suburb of Kenmore, the organization is embarking on a staged redevelopment of this site which will see a community living, short stay accommodation and aged care facility eventually developed. Stage one of the renewal is the building of their new head office.
Churches of Christ in Queensland has the environment and sustainability at top of mind and is aiming for the highest possible energy efficiency rating with the development. The new head office building will feature a large solar panel array, geothermal air conditioning, photovoltaic energy generation and even provision for electric vehicles.
Geothermal Air Conditioning
To accommodate project requirement, QPS Geothermal delivered a 500kW central plant system, offering both heating and cooling as well as heat recovery for potable hot water. A high level interface was required for integration into building management system.
Works undertake were to Ashburner Francis specification as summarized below.
- Installation of fully operational central geothermal plant for chilled and hot water.
- Installation of heat recovery for potable hot water. Including provisioning of water circulatory lines to future build
- location. Single point chilled and hot water connections provided for mechanical contractor.
- Provision of sub mechanical switch board for single point connection by mechanical contractor.
- Provision of controls interface for Building Management System with single point connection for controls contractor.
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1. Geothermal Loops
Works commenced in March 2015, with a total of 50 geothermal loops installed, 32 of which were located beneath the building, QPS Geothermal deployed two specialist drilling rigs for work to accommodate program requirements. Ground conditions encountered were basalt with layers of quartz requiring down the hole hammer drilling methodology to be deployed.
All GeoAir loops were installed with 8m separation. QPS Geothermal worked closely with the head contractor prior to commencement developing a coordinated services drawing to remove any in ground services conflict. All in ground works were programmed to maximize on site efficiency given works were on critical path.
Horizontal Line Runs
Geothermal loops were connected to plant location by way of excavated trenches at one meter below surface. All lines were installed within protective insulation and warning tape above lines. All excavated tranches were backfilled with sand.
All installation works were undertaken under controlled quality management, with installed lines vacuum and pressure tested prior to backfill. Lines were terminated within plant room for future connection to geothermal plant.
2. Geothermal Plant
Central plant was installed with a total cooling capacity of 500kW and heating capacity at 160kW. Located within designated plant area in basement, GeoAir plant replaced conventional chiller and boiler configuration. Total plant area is at 8200 x 3300 inclusive of service space. With each heat pump operating at 51db and requiring no ventilation, the installation did not require external plant, roof top platforms or cooling towers.
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QPS Geothermal provided a mechanical sub board for single point connection by mechanical contractor. Sub board was located adjacent to geothermal plant.
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High level interface was required for installation with interface into building management system. Using a centralized PLC, the GeoAir controls interface directly into building management system through BacNet protocol. Providing full automation and integration, controls system also provide real time data on all aspects of system operation.
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Geothermal plant connected to potable hot water to building via heat recovery exchangers installed in series. Provision for future supply to residential buildings is via circulatory lines installed to location as per drawings.
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- Reduced electrical infrastructure was required for project significantly reducing associated costs
- Significantly reduced operating costs of air conditioning plant will provide benefit for organization over the life of occupancy
- No external plant removed need for rooftop plant and external plant enclosure removing associated build costs
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- Waste heat from system provides potable hot water passively for building. Provisioning for future aged care accommodation to be built on site will provide passive potable hot water for this facility


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My prediction is that the general election will be closer than anyone else is predicting. Mitt Romney's campaign's strength in the primaries has been money and organization. Barack Obama's campaign in the general election will have more of both than Romney will. In addition, Barack Obama is a better speaker and debater than Mitt Romney who was unable to hold his own against even the likes of John McCain in the 2008 primaries.
My prediction for the election is that Barack Obama will be proven to be a Kenyan-born Muslim and disqualified. At the same time, the Etch-a-Sketch Corporation will successfully sue Romney for patent violations, and he will be disqualified as well. The Republicans will run Gingrich against the Democratic candidate Joe Biden. No one will vote for either of them and the government will be forced to disband. The judges at American Idol will appoint Ron Paul to be Philosopher-King but he will refuse to serve. In desperation, Congress will rescind the Declaration of Independence and the eastern states will return to their prior status as British colonies. The British, absorbed in soccer matches, hooliganism, and royal weddings, will fail to notice. The rest of the country will be returned to France, Spain, Russia, Mexico, and the descendants of Queen Liliokulani. The claims of the Native Americans will be ignored.


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The Democrats' loss in 2004 led to much soul-searching to define what the Democratic brand of liberalism should be or represent. Advice given focused on the usual concretes—guns, abortion, gay rights—the kinds of issues that would excite no one except conservatives. My advice is this. Reexamine the meaning of liberalism. Note its fundamental principles, especially as they evolved out of the Enlightenment. Then, in a radical departure from "politics as usual," adopt those principles as vanguard for freedom worldwide.
The problem is that two liberalisms came out of the Enlightenment. The first was classical or market liberalism (today also called libertarianism). The second, developing in the latter part of the nineteenth century in England and the United States, is social liberalism, an amalgam of ideas ranging from mixed-economy features of part capitalism, part socialism, to Fabian or democratic socialism.
Market and social liberalism have the same genus, which means they share certain principles, and for advocates of market liberalism, this is an argument for possibly seeking common ground with some of their social counterparts. The common principles are these: emphasis on self-realization or self-actualization of the individual human mind as the essence of liberty, which translates to demands for the freedom of speech and press; strong value placed on reason, science, and technology as the source of modern material civilization; and the complete separation of church and state, with an emphasis on secular naturalism, including the naturalization of consciousness.
Where market and social liberalism differ is in their attitude toward business. Social liberalism holds that business, especially big business, is the new aristocracy that, through its positions of power and privilege, coerce the poor into remaining poor and generally disrupt the good taste of society. Hence, government might must be brought in to make right.
The history and theory of capitalism as understood by social liberals, of course, is patently false and has been demonstrated so by Ayn Rand and Ludwig von Mises, among many others. And social liberals are mistaken to think that reason, science, and technology by themselves created modern material civilization. Without capitalism, at the end of the eighteenth century, reason, science, and technology would have remained, respectively, little more than a mental exercise, a curiosity, and a hobby. Instead, capitalism unleashed their creative and productive powers.
It is these errors of social liberals that market liberals must articulate in conversations. Reality exists in a continuum; so do people. Social liberals range in thought from those who are merely mistaken to those who are explicitly and rabidly socialist and are out to destroy business. It is the former with whom one can make common cause, because such social and market liberals share many of the same values, namely freedom of the individual human mind, reason, science, technology, separation of church and state, and naturalization of consciousness. It is a challenge to the market liberal, then, to convince the mistaken social liberal that true liberalism is the market or libertarian variety. If Democrats want to remain advocates of freedom, they should make their liberalism consistent and adopt market liberalism.
So what about religious conservatives and today's Republicans? People exist in a continuum, so some conservatives do still understand capitalism and promote it correctly, but most pretend to advocate capitalism, while rushing to outdo the Democrats, and usually succeeding at the job, in expanding the welfare-warfare state.
Lew Rockwell, president of the Mises Institute, has this to say about conservatives:
The problem with American conservatism is that it hates the left more than the state, loves the past more than liberty, feels a greater attachment to nationalism than to the idea of self-determination, believes brute force is the answer to all social problems, and thinks it is better to impose truth rather than risk losing one soul to heresy.
This is a good statement about conservatism, but one question remains: why does conservatism hate the left? The answer is the secular naturalism of liberalism; from its beginnings in the Enlightenment, liberalism has always seen religion and the church as enemies of individual rights and freedom. The phrase "pinko-commie atheists," with emphasis on the last word, summarizes the motivation of conservatism. It is intolerant of irreligion. That identifies conservatism as a movement that is pre-Enlightenment.
Conservatism is not a friend of capitalism, nor is it a philosophy of liberalism.
The fundamental problem with both social liberalism and religious conservatism is that both identify morality with altruism. Social liberals may force their children to give all proceeds from a lemonade-stand sale to charity, but the religious conservatives force their children to give ten percent or more of their allowance to the church. Both advocate as gospel self-sacrifice in their personal, social, and political lives.
Eliminating the premise that government might makes right requires first that the premise of self-sacrifice be challenged and replaced by the right, whether child or adult, peaceably and cooperatively to pursue ones' own values.


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A small but memorable part of the 3 month long travels was a visit to a paper making village outside of Chiang Mai in Thailand. I am embarrassed to say the name of the village escapes me but the reason it was memorable, apart from the beautiful handmade papers, was that as soon as we arrived we saw some children playing on a second story balcony of a house. They flew down to us a paper plane and I remember being amused and delighted, what else would children in a paper village play with?
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I started by cutting out my suedecloth for the pocket diaper inner. Then, about 3 inches from the top/back, I cut a 5" long slit right in the middle, and then little angled slits out from the ends so that when folded back there would be a small rectangular opening. I took some photos of this process on scrap white fabric with black marker showing folds, cutting, and sewing lines so it is easier to see. I then cut out two 7"x 3" rectangles and folded them in half length-wise.
Here they are pinned to the back of the opening of the inner suedecloth:
This photo shows the back side:
I did a tight zig-zag stitch around the edges to sew the folded pieces onto the inner fabric:
I then trimmed off all the excess fabric from the back side to leave this clean pocket opening:
Here are my inner and outer fabrics all prepared and pinned together ready to sew:
Sewn together faces-in and corners trimmed ready to invert through the pocket:
Turned right-side-out and top-stitched (for ruffled elastic casings):
Casing channels sewn:
Close up of the casing channel for ruffled elastic:
Shown with the elastic threaded:
Finished outer (I made this one a 3x3 rise):
Finished pocket inner without insert:
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"assure that watches, warnings, and general information disseminated to the public are based on accurate and current data by:
Two categories of QC checks, static and dynamic, are described in the TSP for a variety of observation types, including surface, buoy, ship, profiler, aircraft, and rawinsonde data. The static QC checks are single-station, single-time checks which, as such, are unaware of the previous and current meteorological or hydrologic situation described by other observations and grids. Checks falling into this category include: validity, climatological, internal consistency, and vertical consistency checks. Although useful for locating extreme outliers in the observational database, the static checks have difficulty with statistically reasonable, but invalid data. To address these difficulties, the TSP also describes dynamic checks which refine the QC information by taking advantage of other available hydrometeorological information. Examples of dynamic QC checks include: positional consistency, temporal consistency, spatial consistency, and model consistency checks.
The TSP also describes the requirement for a "data descriptor," a data structure intended to provide an overall opinion of the quality of an observation by combining the information from the various QC checks. Algorithms described to compute the data descriptor are a function of the types of QC checks applied to the observation, the sophistication of those checks, and the departure of the observation from the expected values provided by the QC checks.
The TSP further requires that the results of the QC procedures be stored, logged, and provided to both NWS forecasters at the WFO and the data providers in charge of station maintenance. Forecasters should have the capability to override the results of the QC checks.
----------------------------------------- LDAD Mesonet Subhourly Hourly ----------------------------------------- Sea-Level Pressure IC,VC,TC SC Air Temperature IC,VC,TC SC Dewpoint Temperature IC,VC,TC SC Wind Direction VC SC Wind Speed VC,TC SC Relative Humidity VC,TC Station Pressure IC,VC,TC Pressure Change IC,VC Altimeter Setting VC,TC SC * Visibility VC Accumulated Precip VC --------------------------------------------- SBN Surface Subhourly Hourly --------------------------------------------- Sea-Level Pressure IC,VC,TC,SC Air Temperature IC,VC,TC,SC Dewpoint Temperature IC,VC,TC,SC Wind Direction VC,SC Wind Speed VC,TC,SC Altimeter Setting VC,TC,SC * Table 1. Quality control checks implemented in AWIPS for surface observations input through the LDAD and SBN communications networks. The checks consist of internal consistency (IC), validity (VC), temporal consistency (TC), and spatial consistency (SC). * As of OB4 the hourly QC applied to Altimeter Setting has had the SC added to the list of employed checks for LDAD mesonet data, and the VC, TC, and SC have been applied to the SBN altimeter data as well.
The validity checks restrict each observation to falling within a TSP-specified set of tolerance limits, while the temporal consistency checks restrict the temporal rate of change of each observation to a set of (other) TSP-specified tolerance limits. In both cases, observations not falling within the limits are flagged as failing the respective QC check. Table 2 lists the tolerance limits.
----------------------------------------- Validity Checks ----------------------------------------- Sea-Level Pressure 846 - 1100 mb Air Temperature -60 - 130 F Dewpoint Temperature -90 - 90 F Wind Direction 0 - 360 deg Wind Speed 0 - 250 kts Relative Humidity 0 - 100 % Station Pressure 568 - 1100 mb Pressure Change 0 - 30.5 mb Altimeter Setting 568 - 1100 mb Visibility 0 - 100 miles Accumulated Precip 0 - 44 in --------------------------------------------- Temporal Consistency Checks --------------------------------------------- Sea-Level Pressure 15 mb/hour Air Temperature 35 F/hour Dewpoint Temperature 35 F/hour Wind Speed 20 kts/hour Table 2. Tolerance limits for the validity and temporal consistency checks implemented for AWIPS. Observations not falling between these limits are flagged as bad.
QCMS internal consistency checks enforce reasonable, meteorological relationships among observations measured at a single station. For example, a dewpoint temperature observation must not exceed the temperature observation made at the same station. If it does, both the dewpoint and temperature observation are flagged as failing their internal consistency check. Pressure internal consistency checks include a comparison of pressure change observations at each station with the difference of the current station pressure and the station pressure three hours previous, and a comparison of the reported sea-level pressure with a sea-level pressure estimated from the station pressure and the 12 hour mean surface temperature. In the former check, if the reported 3h pressure change observation does not match the calculated ob, then only the reported observation is flagged as bad. In the latter check, however, if the reported sea-level pressure does not match the calculated ob, then both the sea-level and station pressure obs are flagged as failing.
The spatial consistency (or "buddy") check is performed using an Optimal Interpolation (OI) technique developed by Belousov et al. (1968). At each observation location, the difference between the measured value and the value analyzed by OI is computed. If the magnitude of the difference is small, the observation agrees with its neighbors and is considered correct. If, however, the difference is large, either the observation being checked or one of the observations used in the analysis is bad. To determine which is the case, a reanalysis to the observation location is performed by eliminating one neighboring observation at a time. If successively eliminating each neighbor does not produce an analysis that agrees with the target observation (the observation being checked), the observation is flagged as bad. If eliminating one of the neighboring observations produces an analysis that agrees with the target observation, then the target observation is flagged as "good" and the neighbor is flagged as "suspect." Suspect observations are not used in subsequent OI analyses. Figure 1 illustrates the reanalysis procedure.
Figure 1. Graphic illustration of reanalysis procedure used in the spatial consistency check to determine if the target observation is bad or if one of the observations used in the QC analysis is bad. The reanalysis procedure is implemented only if the difference between the target observation and the analysis is greater than an error.
To improve the performance of the OI, MSAS analysis fields from the previous hour are used as background grids. The analyses provide an accurate 1-h persistence forecast and allow the incorporation of previous surface observations, thus improving temporal continuity near stations that report less frequently than hourly. The differences between the observations and the background are calculated and then interpolated to each observation point before the OI analysis is performed. In addition, uniform distribution of the neighboring observations used in the spatial consistency check is guaranteed (whenever possible) by a search algorithm which locates the nearest observation in each of eight directional sectors distributed around the target observation.
Temperature observations are converted to potential temperature before application of the spatial consistency check. Potential temperature varies more smoothly over mountainous terrain when the boundary layer is relatively deep and well mixed, a marked advantage during daytime hours. For example, potential temperature gradients associated with fronts tend to be well defined during the day even in mountainous terrain (Sanders and Doswell 1995). Unfortunately, this advantage often disappears at night when cool air pools in valleys. To improve the efficacy of the spatial consistency check in these circumstances, elevation differences are incorporated to help model the horizontal correlation between mountain stations. (Miller and Benjamin 1992). The error threshold (to which the absolute value of the difference between analyzed and observed values is compared) is a function of the forecast error, the observational measurement error, and the expected analysis error (Belousov et al. 1968, pg. 128).
Current hourly, daily, weekly, and monthly QC messages generated at the ESRL/GSD Central Facility are available for various surface observing networks.
Two text files, a "reject" and an "accept" list provide the capability to subjectively override the results of the automated QC checks provided by the Quality Control and Monitoring System. The reject list is a list of stations and associated input observations that will be labeled as bad, regardless of the outcome of the QC checks; the accept list is the corresponding list of stations that will be labeled as good, regardless of the outcome of the QC checks. Applications reading the lists (e.g. the MSAS analysis) will then reject or accept the stations specified. In both cases, observations associated with the stations in the lists can be individually flagged. For example, wind observations at a particular station may be added to the reject list, but not the temperature observations.
QC and station monitoring procedures are not affected by subjective intervention lists, with the sole exception that observations on the reject list will be labeled as "suspect" and not used to check the spatial consistency of neighboring observations. This will allow the WFO to continue to monitor the performance of the stations contained in the lists. For example, a Hydro-Meteorological Technician (HMT) may notice a station with wind observations that fail the QC checks a large percentage of the time, and choose to add that station to the reject list. However, once the observation failure rate at the station falls back to near zero (possibly due to an anemometer that has been repaired), the HMT will likely delete that station from the list.
The QCMS also provides netCDF files (in AWIPS for LDAD obs only) which contain raw observations, and the following QC structures: a "QC applied" bit map indicating which QC checks were applied to each observation, a "QC results" bit map indicating the results of the various QC checks, and a "QC departures" array holding the estimated values calculated by the QC checks (e.g. the analysis-minus-observation value calculated by the spatial consistency check). Also included in the netCDF files are single-character "data descriptors," the data structures intended to define an overall opinion of the quality of each observation by combining the information from the various QC checks.
Table 3 provides a complete list of the netCDF data descriptors.
---------------------------------------------- Data Descriptor Definitions ---------------------------------------------- Preliminary (Z) No QC Applied Coarse Pass (C) Passed stage 1 Screened (S) Passed stages 1 & 2 Verified (V) Passed stages 1, 2, & 3 Erroneous (X) Failed stage 1 Questionable (Q) Passed stage 1, but failed stages 2 or 3 Subjective Good (G) Included in accept list Subjective Bad (B) Included in reject list ---------------------------------------------- Table 3. NetCDF data descriptor definitions. Stage 1 QC consists of observation validity checks; stage 2, temporal and internal consistency checks; and stage 3 spatial consistency checks.
In AWIPS Build 5.0, the QCMS also provides data descriptors to the SHEF encoder. SHEF descriptors relate to the netCDF descriptors as follows:
netCDF SHEF -------- ------ Z - no QC Z X - failed stage 1 R * Q - passed stage 1, failed 2 or 3 Q C - passed stage 1 S * S - passed stages 1 and 2 V * V - passed stages 1, 2, and 3 P * G - subjective override - good G B - subjective override - bad B
In addition to the text QC messages, AWIPS contains the ability to display LDAD QC information along with the raw observations. The displays are part of the D2D (Display-2-Dimensional) component of AWIPS, an interactive display for two-dimensional data. The QC displays consist of color-coded stations plots. Stations with observations found bad by the QCMS are distinctly colored to indicate possible problems with their reported data. Pointing and clicking on any station invokes the display of a small QC table indicating which QC checks have been applied at the time of the display, which ones have been passed, and which ones have been failed. Plots are automatically updated as new data arrives and is quality controlled.


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Syrian president Bashar al-Assad in a recent interview he gave to RT Play said that US president-elect Donald Trump could become a natural ally if he carry out his vow to battle foreign terrorists.
"We cannot tell anything about what he's going to do, but if he is going to fight the terrorists, of course we are going to be allies, natural ally in that regard with the Russian, with the Iranian, with many other countries," Assad said.
Assad was referring to Trump's interview with the Jewish Wall Street Journal, saying: US should fight ISIS not Assad.
However, Assad doubted Trump will be able to follow his vow. "I say, this is promising, but is he able to achieve this? Is he able to go in that direction?," Assad said.
Judging by Trump's anti-Muslim Friends of Israel like Steve Bannon, John Bolton, Rudy Giuliani, Steven Mnuchin, Sen. Tom Cotton, Sarah Palin, etc. – it's hard to expect anything good coming out of Trump administration for Syrians or the rest of Arabs, and Muslims.
President Assad's opinion of Donald Trump is different from his Iranian counterpart (Dr. Rouhani), who called the US president-elect an evil and bad person before his victory.
Assad, however, did accuse the US of meddling in other countries' affairs. "They think that they are the police of the world. They think they are the judge of the world. They're not," he said.
Assad also criticized his former ally, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, referring to him as a sick person. "Erdogan is a megalomaniac. He's out of touch with the reality," Assad said.
For the last five years, Assad and Syrians have been victim of an Israeli Project conceived in the 1990s. In the email, released by Wikileaks, Hillary Clinton while Secretary of State said that the best way to help Israel is to use force in Syria to overthrow the (pro-Iran) Assad government. The email makes it clear that it has been US policy from the very beginning to violently overthrow the Syrian government – and specifically to do this because it is in Israel's interests.


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Review: Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan
What it is about: Lily has left a red notebook full of challenges on a favorite bookstore shelf, waiting for just the right guy to come along and accept its dares. But is Dash that right guy? Or are Dash and Lily only destined to trade dares, dreams, and desires in the notebook they pass back and forth at locations across New York? Could their in-person selves possibly connect as well as their notebook versions? Or will they be a comic mismatch of disastrous proportions?
Rachel Cohn and David Levithan have written a love story that will have readers perusing bookstore shelves, looking and longing for a love (and a red notebook) of their own. (Summary from Goodreads.com).
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Lily and Dash are two very different people. They meet because of the red moleskin notebook. Dash decides to see where the notebook will lead him, and in turn he makes the writer of the notebook go on an adventure too. Lily and Dash are both alone for the holidays, because their parents have gone away (yes the convenient no parental figures around so you can get away with things you normally wouldn't is in effect). I like how both Lily and Dash take a chance on a stranger. Lily does have precautions put in place though by having Dash hand off the notebook to a family member, so they know Dash is a teenage boy.
Dash & Lily's adventure starts off when the red moleskin notebook is left on a shelf in the Strand. I'm not going to lie here, the main reason I wanted to read Dash & Lily was because I knew the Strand played a part in the book. Have you ever been to the Strand? If you answered no to the previous question, are a lover of books, and live anywhere near NYC, then you need to make visiting the Strand a must! The Strand is pure booklover bliss.
This book takes place over Dash & Lily's Christmas break. It was recommended I read it around that time of year, so I started it a few days before Christmas and finished it around New Years. I discovered this really is the best time to read the book! You're in the Christmas mood, Lily is in the Christmas mood, and Dash, well, Dash can't wait for the Christmas season to end.


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