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Best Known For
Likely best known for its across-the-street sister Sophie's Hostel which was launched in 2004, by all accounts an affordable hipster den. But across the street at Miss Sophie's hotel, opened just a few years ago, you'll find something of a Shoreditch meets brutalist design aesthetic that offers flashes of luxury within a warehouse lofty surrounding.
The Good Stuff
Located in the bohemian part of Prague, it's an extremely local affair. The staff are visible when you need then and invisible when you don't. You can't help but feel like you're in someone's home – someone's extremely well appointed home. The refreshingly modern 19th century building is on a quiet street in the New Town of Prague, which Charles IV tacked on to the Old Town way back in 1348. It is only a five minute walk to Wenceslas Square. The townhouse views definitely make you think of Hitchcock's Rear Window – but in a far less scary way.
The Vibe
Yes, they do have hipsters…. But more importantly the crowd here is looking for something a little different. This isn't a hotel you'll find easy to classify and therein lies the charm and personality of Miss Sophie's. The team are on hand to make you sure never get lost, and most importantly each have the type of personality that you know Miss Sophie herself would have if you were in her presence.
Inside the hotel – 7/10
This is not the Four Seasons, so go knowing that you'll be looking after yourself in the main. That said the little hotel has everything you need and nothing you don't. On a painfully hot day, you'll be grateful for the air conditioning. The bathrooms are a thing of beauty, if only entire cities were designed with such space saving and optimised philosophies.
Outside the hotel – 9/10
You are just where you need to be if you want a truly local experience. Enjoy the neighbourhood cafes and the centre is a short tram ride away. You also have all of the facilities of Miss Sophie's Hostel at your disposal.
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What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky
by Lesley Nneka Arimah
What it Means When a Man Falls from the Sky is a collection of stories set in Nigeria that explore the bleakness of existence, the infusion of ancient fables in a cultural narrative, and a disquietingly dystopian brand of magical-realism. The stories themselves could stand alone*, but as a well-crafted collection their emotional weight is magnified. Though each of the stories individually grapples with grief, self-preservation, and mending the fabric of torn families, each reaches a gnawing depth somehow more heartbreaking than the last.
* One of the stories was independently published in the New Yorker (Oct 2015), "Who Will Greet You At Home" and gives a taste of the collection's more fantastical side.
5 out of 5 stars: I love me some morbid reality, toss in some ancient parables and post-apocalyptic futures and I am beyond sold.

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Whew! That was a crazy-busy Christmas season! I've never been such an inconsistent (uh…absent?) blogger at Christmastime before. I can't recall any Christmas in recent history when I was as disorganized as this one, or when more things went wrong. If you received a Christmas card from us…well…let's just not even go there. Just be grateful (please!), because it was one mishap after another until it went in the mailbox. (And while we're on that subject, yes, that was a perfectly awful picture of me in your card. The picture where my face didn't look fat, well that was lost until all the cards were stuffed with the wrong picture. Oh joy!) And if I find out that no one received a Christmas card from us, I will not be surprised if I forgot to put stamps on them. The good news is that after all the blunders, Christmas and the days until now were delightful!
Here's a glimpse at some of the preparations leading up to Christmas, minus the photos of me pulling out my hair and reminding myself to keep my focus on the real reason for the season. Don't we all feel like that sometimes?
We kept the UPS man very busy! Since my family was coming for Christmas, I suggested they just have gifts shipped here. I think the UPS man must've wondered what on earth was happening, that he was at our house daily for weeks!
I spent a lot of time wrapping presents! I LOVE to wrap presents! This particular one was headed to a friend who happens to love antique brooches. Fortunately, there also happens to be an antique store near us that sells vintage and antique brooches for bargain prices! I enjoy surprising her with a brooch pinned to the ribbon of her gifts!
Christmas Day pictures coming soon!


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Launch Party
The 14th of October will be a date to remember: Funky Monkey will be hosting the launch event of ReLeaf Malta, Malta's modern cannabis legalisation movement.
After the presentation the ReLeaf Manifesto to the Parliament of Malta in the morning of the 14th, that evening will be spent discussing cannabis legalisation while enjoying some great music. We've got some of Malta's most talented DJs on the decks that night, as well as some of the hottest up and coming rappers in Malta today.
We will also be having an information stand on the night full of goodies for attendees to take home with them, as well as a ReLeaf representative present to answer all of your questions.
Date and time: 14th October, 9pm
Location: Funky Monkey
215 Collective
Bass Culture
Chris Radium
Okadi (+ Joker the Kidd)
+ Special Guests
Come and be a part of the beginning of the legalisation of cannabis in Malta, while having a great night with even better friends and tunes.


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How is it already August?! Knowing that this is the last month of summer makes me sad because I can't believe how fast it flew by. More importantly, I feel like there are so many things that I didn't do yet this summer.
Last month, I didn't get around to going through my Powersheets like in previous months but I did set a couple of high level goals for myself that I did accomplish.
They included:
- Getting to the gym at work ten times – This is a new record for me AND it means that my next month's fee will be 50% off.
- Picking out new living room furniture – FINALLY! We found a sectional and chairs that we love.
- Having a successful Galvanize Chicago event – I never did an official recap on the blog, but I posted quite a few pics on Instagram from the weekend. Nearly 1,000 women packed McCormick Place for a weekend about leading and advocating for change in policy and within our communities. It was AWESOME.
With Valerie Jarrett and Commissioner Kari Steele (right) at Galvanize Reception
While I am proud of those accomplishments, I know that I could have checked off a couple more things. This month, my focus is maximizing my output without the burnout. This concept doesn't just include work-related tasks but also relational ones as well. I'm challenging myself to have meaningful conversations, put my efforts behind things that truly matter, and throw my heart into my home and marriage.
Here is my tending list for the month.
- No sugar – I'm not doing a complete Whole 30 this month, but I do want to drastically reduce my sugar intake.
- Social media-free weekends (2x)
- Date night with Chris – We didn't have one in July but hoping that we can get one on the books soon.
- Organize a diaper drive – More on this soon!
- Update living room with new furniture
- Ten visits (or more) to the gym at work – As mentioned above, this goal has dual benefits – physical AND financial.
- Plan Cupcakes and Chicago for Red Pump
- Post 2-3 times – I am in a creative season so I want to bring some of that energy to my blogging.
- Meal plan – This is another goal that has multiple benefits. I've done this successfully for the past two weeks and don't plan on losing momentum.
- $25 eating out budget during the workweek – While I plan to make my own meals during the week, I also know that things happen. This is my CYA fund, in case I forget my lunch or decide to grab Starbucks in the morning.
- Call a friend
- Write in my gratitude journal
- Have our family meeting
- Drink 80 oz of water
- Spend 15 minutes with a devotional and talking to God
- Walk at least 7,500 steps
- Complete my daily cleaning task – I've created a small list of tasks that I can do for 30 minutes in the morning and in the evening to help me manage the housework at home. This goal is about keeping my sanity while also creating a beautiful space for my family.
To keep me on track, I am planning to do #TendingListTuesday, which is something that I heard about in the Powersheets Facebook group. By checking my list every Tuesday, I am making sure that I am staying focused on my goals and making adjustments as needed.
What are your main goals for this month? Whatever they are, I am praying that you have the mindset and stamina to take them on full steam. Let's do this!


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Today's Scripture: And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. Hebrews 12:5‑6
In 1981, someone stole a car in California. The police staged an intense search for both the vehicle and driver. They were so desperate that they even announced it on the local radio stations, asking for others to help. Why was it so important to catch the thief as quickly as possible?
Unbeknownst to the thief, the owner of the car had laced some crackers with poison to bait some rats. These crackers were sitting on the passenger seat. The owner and the police feared that the unsuspecting thief would take a cracker and eat one. The police were more interested in apprehending the thief in order to save his life rather than to recover the car.
When people run from God, they are a lot like this thief. They are trying to escape God's punishment, but in reality, they are avoiding His rescue. God knows that our sins are harmful to both us and others, so He is more interested in saving our lives than hurting us.
When you are chastened by God, don't despise His chastening. He doesn't do it because He is out to get you, but because He loves you. Don't run away from God's wrath, runs towards His grace. Confess your sins to God and He will forgive you. He promises!
"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 1 John 1:9
"… And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more." John 8:11
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The Story of Jack and Mary
It was during Jack's second Emergency Department visit in as many months that a concerned nurse began to explore the role that caregiver burnout might be playing in his recent health issues. Jack's wife Mary was diagnosed with early stage dementia three years ago, and until recently she was doing quite well. Over the past year, however, there had been a significant decline. Although Jack assured the nurse that he was managing fine, she was able to convince him to agree to an in-home visit to assess the situation.
The in-home assessment found that Mary required a considerable amount of support and assistance with activities of daily living. It also found that Jack was an extremely loving and compassionate husband who ensured his wife's safety and well-being by staying by her side almost every minute of the day. As retired airplane production mechanic, Jack was no stranger to hard work and long hours and had been holding up well under his gradually increasing caregiver duties.
However, recently Mary had developed some new behaviours. She had started having difficulty sleeping and began to wander restless during the night. She was also gradually becoming more withdrawn from activities she once enjoyed, requiring more attention from Jack during the day. The assessment concluded that Jack was experiencing caregiver burnout related to lack of sleep and the increasingly high level of care his wife required. Jack was given three referrals: to the Alzheimer Society for caregiver support, to an adult day program to encourage stimulation for Mary and provide respite for Jack, and to LOFT's Behaviourial Support Services – Mobile Support Team to provide support in dealing with the new behaviours.
The LOFT Mobile Support Team's immediate focus was on Mary's safety and providing respite for Jack. Safety was improved in Jack and Mary's home by securing exits and removing harmful objects and tripping hazards. They also facilitated Mary's enrollment in the adult day program one day per week, and provided one of their Personal Support Workers to work with Mary one afternoon weekly. This gave Jack some time to himself.
For the first time in months, Jack was able to engage in activities he enjoyed, such as working on the sprawling model train set in his basement. The Mobile Support Team worked with Mary to modify activities she once enjoyed to match her current capabilities, including helping her to discover that there are a number of word games as engaging and entertaining as her once-favourite crossword puzzles. They showed Jack how to use a gentle approach of redirection strategies when his wife became restless or began to wander at night. Finally, the Mobile Support Team created signs for Jack to place in the bedroom and bathroom during the night to remind his wife that it was night time and cue her to return to bed. To his surprise, Jack found that these signs were often all that was needed for his wife to return to bed.
Jack was so impressed by these practical strategies that he was inspired to develop some ideas of his own ideas, and as a mechanic, he had no shortage of innovative ideas. First he created a motion sensor nightlight that would project the words "BED TIME" when wife walked by the device during the night. He hoped it would cue her to return to bed before she even reached the bedroom door or turned on the lights. He happily reported that it was often successful. Another project involved creating a lighting system that would alert him when she failed to hang up the telephone properly, something that was happening frequently and resulting in regular missed calls from family and friends. Finally, Jack improved the safety of the stairway to the basement by installing a lighting system on the outside edge of the stairs aimed at helping with depth perception.
Jack reports feeling much better and far less overwhelmed after receiving this continuum of support from the Emergency Department nurse, the in-home assessment and the LOFT Behavioural Support Services – Mobile Support Team. He is especially grateful for the practical support provided by the Mobile Support Team and the strategies that he and the team implemented. Perhaps most importantly, Jack has many more ideas that he is working on to help him and his wife manage the behaviours associated with her dementia.
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This page provides links to upcoming and past meetings, workshops and conferences organized or co-sponsored by CIESIN or its NASA-funded project, Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). For more information, please contact User Services or the appropriate CIESIN staff member.
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Population on the Global Commons: New Perpectives
Seminar Series— the Population Council, New York City
In his lecture, microeconomist Sir Partha Dasgupta, Frank Ramsey Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Cambridge, will first develop an account of the feedback and then point to a class of externalities that arise from the social-embeddedness of our preferences for both consumption and reproduction.
Sponsors: CIESIN, the Population Council, the Institute for Demographic Research of the City University of New York (CUNY), and the UN Population Division
Multiscale Population Projections for the US Consistent with Climate Scenarios Seminar Series—the Population Council, New York City
The latest offering in the Population Dynamics and Environmental Change seminar series was a presentation by Leiwen Jiang, senior associate at the Population Council, on multiscale population projections for the U.S. The population scenarios are intended to help improve understanding of climate-related risks to populations, taking into account the impacts of migration between sub-regions. The seminar series aims to explore links between people and their environments against the backdrop of rapid change.
Geography 2050: Powering Our Future Planet
Conference—Lerner Hall, Columbia University, New York City
The annual Geography 2050 Symposium, organized by the American Geographical Society (AGS) in collaboration with the Earth Institute, (EI), brought together more than 400 participants to the Columbia University Morningside campus for a strategic dialogue on the influence of energy on geopolitics, environmental quality, transportation routes, conflict, standards of living, food production, technical innovation, and population movement over the next few decades. Keynote speakers included Robert Cardillo, director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), and U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, who participated remotely due to weather delays. Earth Institute (EI) director Alex Halliday gave welcoming remarks on behalf of the EI.
Sponsors: The American Geographical Society (AGS), CIESIN, the Earth Institute, Fund for the City of New York, USGIF, and the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC).
New Data on Urbanization and the Potential Implications for Cities
Seminar Series— the Population Council, New York City
United Nations (UN) Population Division staff members Francois Pelletier, Sara Hertog, and Danan Gu short presentations on the 2018 Revision to the UN's World Urbanization Prospects, the Population Division's city boundaries database, and exposure and vulnerability to natural hazards of the worlds major urban areas, respectively. John Wilmoth of the Population Division and Mark Montgomery of the Population Council then join the presenters for a panel discussion. The seminar is part of an ongoing series.
Sponsors: CIESIN, the Population Council, the Institute for Demographic Research of the City University of New York (CUNY), and the UN Population Division
Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development
Summer Seminar—Lamont Campus, Palisades, New York
Fifteen graduate and undergraduate students from the School of Public Affairs at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, participated in the seminar, which addressed a range of topics including climate change impacts and adaptation, population dynamics, geospatial methods and data, and sustainability indicators. Presenters included CIESIN director Robert Chen, associate directors Alex de Sherbinin and Greg Yetman, research scientist Susana Adamo, and other CIESIN staff, together with Lamont Associate Research Professor Radley Horton and John Konarski, chief executive officer of the American Geographical Society.
Sponsor and organizer: CIESIN
Modeling the Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Population Distribution and Migration
Seminar Series—Columbia University, New York City
In conjunction with the launch of the report Groundswell: Preparing for Internal Climate Migration, Alex de Sherbinin, CIESIN associate director for Science Applications and one of the report's main authors, organized this seminar, the second in a series on population dynamics and environmental change. It featured preliminary remarks by Stephen Hammer, head of climate policy for the World Bank, followed by a presentation on modeling methods and results, and an expert panel moderated by CIESIN deputy director Marc Levy. The panel featured faculty and other experts from across Columbia, including Richard Seager from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Craig Spencer from the Mailman School of Public Health, and Sarah Rosengaertner from Columbia's Global Policy Initiative. Amali Tower, executive director of Climate Refugees, and Richard Balme, a visiting scholar from SciencesPo in France, also participated.
Sponsors: CIESIN, the Population Council, the Institute for Demographic Research of the City University of New York (CUNY), and the UN Population Division
Working Meeting—Lamont Campus, Palisades, New York; and the Population Council, New York City
More than 40 experts on mapping of human settlements, infrastructure, and population from a range of organizations participated in the second "POPGRID″working meeting. The meeting focused on the rapidly growing number and variety of georeferenced data products aimed at improving understanding of human settlement patterns, population distribution, and associated built infrastructure.
Organized by CIESIN, with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Earth Institute
Lessons from DesInventar: A Critical Look at the Performance of Disaster Databases
Seminar Series—the Population Council , New York City
The first in a series of monthly seminars on population dynamics and environmental change featured a presentation by Mark Montgomery and Samir Souidi, which examined the performance of the DesInventar databases for selected countries and hazard types: floods, landslides, drought, and earthquakes.
Sponsors: CIESIN, the Population Council, the Institute for Demographic Research of the City University of New York (CUNY), and the UN Population Division
Geography 2050: The Future of Mobility
Conference—Lerner Hall, Columbia University, New York City
The Geography 2050 Symposium is a multi-year strategic dialogue addressing the vital trends reshaping the geography of our planet over the next several decades. Participants from government, industry, academia, and the non-profit sector participated in a series of thematic panels and sessions organized around exploration of the latest trends and innovative visions in sustainability across disciplines and sectors. The diverse roster of speakers from academia, business, and technology included Parag Khanna, author and global strategist; Lee Schwartz, the Geographer of the United States; James Arbib of RethinkX; and Patrick Hertzke of McKinsey Automotive.
Sponsors: The American Geographical Society (AGS), CIESIN, the Earth Institute, GEO, USGIF, and the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC).
Settlements, Infrastructure, and Population Data
Technical Interchange Meeting—Lamont Campus, Palisades, New York and
Lerner Hall, Columbia University, New York City
Understanding where people live and where their buildings and other infrastructure are located is critical to improving health care and other essential services, reducing vulnerability to hazards, expanding access to markets, and supporting other aspects of sustainable development. Numerous public and private sector organizations around the world are working to produce geospatial data on human settlements, the built infrastructure, and population distribution, drawing on a growing array of data sources including satellite-based radar, night-time light sensors, and high-resolution imagery.
A meeting to address this focus, followowing up on an initial meeting held at SciDataCon 2016 in Denver, Colorado, was held with the aim of comparing methods, exploring opportunities to collaborate, and assesings how to make data more usable for a range of applications.
February 1–2, the meeting took place on the Lamont Campus (Comer Seminar Room),
with more than 25 experts from academia, private companies, international organizations, and development agencies.
February 3, the meeting took place on Morningside Campus (Lerner Hall),
where experts met with more than 15 representatives of stakeholder organizations, to identify user needs and priorities from the perspective of United Nations agencies, development organizations, funders, and other interested parties.
Facilitator: Robert Chen, CIESIN director
Sponsor: Organized by CIESIN; supported by a Cross-Cutting Initiative grant from the Earth Institute and by the NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) operated by CIESIN
Geography 2050: Envisioning a Sustainable Planet
Conference—Lerner Hall, Columbia University, New York City
Nearly 300 participants from government, industry, academia, and the non-profit sector participated in a series of thematic panels and sessions organized around exploration of the latest trends and innovative visions in sustainability across disciplines and sectors. The Symposium featured keynote speakers Walter Scott, founder of DigitalGlobe; William Reilly, former EPA Administrator; Roger Sayre, USGS; Robert Cardillo, Director of NGA; and Lee Schwartz, Geographer of the United States.
The American Geographical Society (AGS), CIESIN, the Earth Institute, GEO, USGIF, and the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC).
Settlement, Infrastructure, and Population Data
Working Meeting—Denver, Colorado
As part of
International Data Week September 13–17, CIESIN organized and hosted a working meeting on settlement, infrastructure, and population data. Twenty-three participants from eleven different groups around the world involved in developing, disseminating, and applying georeferenced population and infrastructure data in a growing range of application areas participated. The meeting sought to identify potential areas of collaboration and opportunities to improve data quality, accessibility, and usability for both research and applications. Participants included former CIESIN scientist Deborah Balk of Baruch College; Lamont research professor Christopher Small; and representatives from Facebook, Google Earth, Esri, ImageCat, Inc., the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the European Commission's Joint Research Centre, and the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM). CIESIN director Robert Chen moderated the meeting, and associate directors Alex de Sherbinin and Greg Yetman and GIS programmer Kytt MacManus also participated.
Sponsor: Organized and hosted by CIESIN, with a grant from the Earth Institute's Cross-Cutting Initiative program and by the NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
Mapping Climate Vulnerability: Best Practices Workshop
Workshop—National Socio-Ecological Synthesis Center (SESYNC) in Annapolis, Maryland
Twelve scientists and two individuals from decision making communities worked together over three days to design a protocol for assessing existing studies, including outputs of method (conceptual models, data, and spatial analysis techniques) and mapping (clarity of communication and adherence to cartographic convention). The goal was to develop best practice guidelines for use in climate vulnerability and risk mapping. Such mapping is increasingly used for targeting adaptation programs and for local planning.
Facilitator: Alex de Sherbinin, associate director for Science Applications
Sponsor: Organized by CIESIN
Introduction to Using Google Earth Engine
Public tutorial—Comer Building, Lamont Campus, Palisades, New York
A public workshop tutorial on using Google Earth Engine. Originally conceived in 2009 as a platform for global forest monitoring, Earth Engine today is used by scientists, governments, and organizations around the world in diverse areas, ranging from food and water security to disaster risk management and public health to biodiversity and climate change adaptation.
Tyler Erickson, Matt Hancher, and Allison Lieber of Google Earth Engine
Sponsor: CIESIN
Geography 2050: Exploring Our Future in an Urbanized World
Conference—Lerner Hall, Columbia Unversity, New York City
More than 250 participants from government, industry, academia, and the non-profit sector participated in a series of thematic panels and sessions addressing the diverse processes reshaping the world′s cities. The Symposium featured keynote speakers Joan Clos,executive director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), and Susan Gordon, deputy director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).
Sponsors: The American Geographical Society, The Earth Institute, and CIESIN, with the Open Geospatial Consortium and the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation; also Boundless, Esri, HumanGeo, MapStory, the Rockefeller Foundation, and Spatial Networks
Water and Population Dynamics
PERN Cyberseminar—online
This cyberseminar focuses on water supplies and population dynamics. Major questions include:
The cyberseminar contributes to the UN International Decade for Action "Water for Life" (2005-2015) and to discussions around a plan of action for meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Includes experts Ellis Adams,
Lis Mullin Bernhardt,
Stéphanie Dos Santos,
Kelli L. Larson.
Sponsor: The Population-Environment Research (PERN) Network operated by CIESIN
The third and last in a series of workshops on climate vulnerability mapping at geographic information system analysts in the Lake Victoria region of East Africa.
Facilitator: CIESIN geographic Information Specialist Malanding Jaiteh
Sponsors: Organized by the Regional Center for Mapping Resources for Development (RCMRD), with CIESIN, under the auspices of the Planning for Resilience in East Africa through Policy, Adaptation, Research, and Economic Development (PREPARED) Program of the US Agency for International Development East Africa Mission (USAID/East Africa).
Decision-Centered Approaches to the use of Climate Information
Meeting—Lamont Campus, Palisades, New York
More than 40 experts from around the world involved in using and producing climate-related data services. The specific objective of this expert meeting was tohelp guide and promote the appropriate application of new information emerging from the IPCC's Fifth Assessment (AR5) released last year. The meeting included a guest lecture by Sabine Marx of Columbia's Center for Research on Environmental Decisions (CRED),"Decision Making Under Uncertainty: A Social-Science Approach to Understanding and Improving the Use of Climate Information.″ CIESIN deputy director Marc Levy was one of the invited experts, and other CIESIN staff participated as observers.
Sponsor: Task Group on Data and Scenario Support for Impact and Climate Analysis (TGICA) of theIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), with organizing/hosting assistance from CIESIN
The Task Group on Data and Scenario Support for Impact and Climate Analysis (TGICA) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) held its 22nd meeting since its founding in 1996, addressing its ongoing responsibilities for managing the IPCC Data Distribution Centre (DDC) and continuing its efforts to develop guidance materials and other materials to facilitate access to and appropriate use of climate and socioeconomic data and information stemming from the IPCC assessments.
Sponsor: Task Group on Data and Scenario Support for Impact and Climate Analysis (TGICA) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), with organizing/hosting assistance by CIESIN
Geospatial Data Collection and Mapping
Training—Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD), Nairobi
A training for RCMRD geographic information system technicians in the use of data collection tools and techniques and metadata documentation, in preparation for in-depth climate vulnerability mapping to be conducted in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Facilitator: CIESIN geographic information specialist Malanding Jaiteh
Sponsor: Organized by CIESIN, under the auspices of the Planning for Resilience in East Africa through Policy, Adaptation, Research, and Economic Development (PREPARED) Program funded by the US Agency for International Development East Africa Mission (USAID/East Africa)
Leveraging new spatial data and information technology, for Countries in Post-crisis Transition
Meeting—Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center, Bellagio, Italy
A group of g7+ Fragile State representatives, global spatial data experts, and policy makers convened to advance practical ideas for leveraging new spatial data and information technology, on behalf of countries in post-crisis transitions. The 22 conference participants included representatives from the governments of Haiti, Sierra Leone, and Timor Leste, and technical experts from Google, Esri, the United Nations Environment Programme, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Ushahidi, the GPC Group, and the United States Bureau of the Census; and representation from the Secretariat of the g7+ association. The conference framework was both diagnostic and action-oriented, with participants identifying the special needs of fragile states and inventorying proven cost-effective approaches to working with spatial data.
Sponsors: Organized by CIESIN deputy director Marc Levy and program manager Alex Fischer, under the auspices of the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center
Informing Geospatial Database Design
Envisioning Workshop—Brooklyn College Graduate Center for Worker Education, New York City
About 40 stakeholders working in and researching the Jamaica Bay Estuary gathered to envision ways to use a geospatial database specific to Jamaica Bay. Workshop inputs will inform CIESIN's design of the data management system for the two-year project, "Detecting Water Quality Regime Shifts in Jamaica Bay."
Brett Branco of Brooklyn College, CIESIN senior research associate Sandra Baptista, manager of data center services John Scialdone, geographic information specialist Dara Mendeloff, and associate director for information technology Sri Vinay
Sponsors: CIESIN,
Brooklyn College of the City University of New York (CUNY), and the
Science and Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay (SRI@JB)
Climate Information Survey
User and Service Provider Training
The aim was to train a multi-disciplinary team of consultants from Measure Africa who will assist CIESIN in conducting a survey of climate information users and service providers in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. The survey will inform the development and implementation of a user-driven action plan for improving regional climate information services and systems. Other workshop participants included representatives of the PREPARED program (Tetra Tech/ARD), ICPAC, the East African Community (EAC) Secretariat, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the Rwanda Meteorology Agency, and the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET).
Facilitators: CIESIN senior staff associate, Sandra Baptista, and senior research staff assistant and Emilie Schnarr
Sponsor: CIESIN and IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC) as part of the Planning for Resilience in East Africa through Policy, Adaptation, Research, and Economic Development (PREPARED) program, funded by the East Africa Regional Mission of the US Agency for International Development (USAID/East Africa)
Vulnerability Assessment—Hotspots Mapping
Training—Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD), Nairobi
A ten-day workshop on vulnerability hotspots mapping focused on hands on, in-depth mapping of East African countries vulnerable to climate change—Burundi, Kenya Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda—areas where a high proportion of livelihoods depend on rainfall.
Facilitators: CIESIN geographic information specialists Tricia Chai-Onn and Malanding Jaiteh
Sponsor: Organized by CIESIN, under the auspices of Planning for Resilience in East Africa through Policy, Adaptation, Research, and Economic Development (PREPARED) Program funded by the US Agency for International Development East Africa Mission (USAID/East Africa)
Climate Vulnerability Mapping
Training —Lamont Campus, Palisades, New York
A training workshop on mapping vulnerability to climate change and variability, given to experts from Ghana, Mozambique, Senegal, Zambia, France, and the United States. The workshop includes a half-day session on the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) Climate Data Library given by Alessandra Gianini, IRI research scientist with CIESIN associate research scientist Sylwia Trzaska.
Facilitators: Geographic information Specialists Malanding Jaiteh and Tricia Chai-Onn, with guest lectures by senior research associates Alex de Sherbinin and Valentina Mara
Sponsors: Organized by CIESIN and the African and Latin American Resilience to Climate Change (ARCC) and Planning for Resilience in East Africa through Policy, Adaptation, Research, and Economic Development (PREPARED) funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Approximately 25 participants from Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda attended a workshop in advanced geospatial processing techniques and used data relating to Kenya to produce an overall map of climate change vulnerability.
Facilitators: CIESIN geographic information specialists Malanding Jaiteh and Tricia Chai-Onn
Sponsors: Organized by CIESIN and the Planning for Resilience in East Africa through Policy, Adaptation, Research, and Economic Development (PREPARED) Program funded by the US Agency for International Development East Africa Mission (USAID/East Africa). CIESIN is a subcontractor to TetraTech ARD on the PREPARED Program.
Climate Variability and Change and the Implications for Malaria Control and Elimination in Africa
Capacity-Building Workshop—Addis Ababa
For a group of Ethiopian researchers and health professionals involved in malaria control and prevention. The workshop content included relevant concepts in climate sciences and highlighted the potential later this year for an El Niño event to affect malaria incidence. The Climate Predictability Tool developed by the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) was also discussed.
Facilitator: CIESIN associate research scientist Sylwia Trzaska
Sponsor: CIESIN, with support fromthe National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Introduction to CHANGE Viewer Mapping Tool
Online Workshop
Noon–3pm Tuesday, August 13 or Thursday, August 15.
This online workshop was aimed at an audience of 40 middle- and high-school educators integrate the CHANGE Viewer Mapping Tool and associated activities into a teaching environment. Developed by the Institute for the Application of Geospatial Technology (IAGT) and CIESIN with funding from NASA Innovations for Climate Education, the CHANGE Viewer visualizes climate and human health data to engage students in learning about the impacts of climate change on human health around the world.
Sponsors: CIESIN's Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), with funding from NASA Innovations for Climate Education
Sustainable Development for Human Security
Working Group Meeting—Lamont Campus, Palisades, New York
Earth Institute director Jeffrey Sachs and other distinguished speakers will address sustainable development data needs in the context of human security.The all-day working meeting will feature panel sessions on environmental sustainability, economic stability, urban growth, and related data issues. Speakers will include Lee Schwartz of the Office of the Geographer and Global Issues, U.S. Dept. of State; Cynthia Rosenzweig of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Columbia University; Ayako Kagawa of the United National Disengagement and Observer Force and the United Nations Cartographic Section; Deborah Balk of the Institute for Demographic Research at the City University of New York; and Marc Levy of CIESIN.
Advance registration required at https://calendar.columbia.edu/sundial/webapi/register.php?eventID=64899.
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Sponsors: CIESIN and the World-Wide Human Geography Data Working Group (WWHGD WG)
Data Gaps for Research and Action on Climate Change Vulnerability, Impacts, and Adaptation
User Workshop—Tucson, Arizona
Approximately 50 participants spanning a range of disciplines, user communities, and world regions attended the workshop, held in conjunction with the Adaptation Futures Conference in Tucson, Arizona.
Sponsors: the NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) jointly with the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Programme of Research on Climate Change Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation (PROVIA) and the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (UNU-IHDP).
Identifying Lessons for Natural Resources Management in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding
Conference and Workshop—Columbia University, New York City
More than 130 participants explored lessons in strengthening post-conflict peacebuilding through the lens of natural resource management. A two-day workshop followed the event, focusing on strategies to develop educational and training tools utilizing the new case studies and other relevant material.
Sponsors: CIESIN, Advanced Consortium for Conflict, Cooperation and Complexity (AC4) and the Earth Institute, in partnership with the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Summer Institute 2010: Climate Information for Public Health
Workshop—Lamont Campus, Palisades, New York
Attendees included 10 public health professionals and climate scientists from around the world coming together to learn techniques for integrating meteorological and socioeconomic data with public health data to better understand public health issues and develop intervention programs.
Organized for the fourth year in a row by the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) and co-sponsored by CIESIN and the Mailman School of Public Health.
Bellagio Conference: Climate Change Displacement and Resettlement
Workshop—Bellagio, Italy
Attendees include a multidisciplinary mix of researchers whose work spans resettlement studies, impact assessment, environmental migration, and climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation.
Core topics: learning from past experience in dam and development induced resettlement to prepare for future resettlement; risk and impact assessments; and identifying the likelihood of resettlement under adaptation programs and potential financial mechanisms to underwrite the costs.
Organized by CIESIN, in collaboration with the Harvard School of Public Health and Francois Gemenne of IDDRI/Science Po in Paris.
Geospatial Analysis for Attaining the Millennium Development Goals and Sustainable Development
Workshop—University of Bonn, Germany
This five-day training workshop in geospatial data analysis techniques will take place April 20-24, 2009 (one week prior to the upcoming International Human Dimensions Programme Open Meeting.) Aimed at staff from census bureaus, health ministries, and/or non-governmental organizations in developing countries, the workshop will use geospatial analysis to help guide efforts to meet the MDGs (Millennium Development Goals) and promote sustainable development. Digital recording of the training and course materials will be made available on the Web site of PERN (Population-Environment Research Network), hosted by CIESIN.
Sponsors: Hosted by
CIESIN, with support from the IUSSP (International Union for the Scientific Study of Population). Registration information.
The Columbia University Medical School has developed a prospective conceptual model that considers how rising economic development leads to increases in urbanization and results in high risk behaviors and exposures for urban populations. CIESIN is hosting the workshop and providing data and methodological expertise on the spatial distribution of populations, and thus changes in the population CVD risk, in light of North-South, rural-urban, and urban-urban migration trends.
Integrating Spatial Data
Workshop— University of Campinas (Unicamp), São Paulo state, Brazil
A variety of data integration methods developed by CIESIN will be presented, accompanied by hands-on training exercises using ArcMap and Geoda software packages. Led by
CIESIN senior staff associate Alex de Sherbinin and associate research scientist Susana Adamo.
Poverty Mapping Workshop
Hands-on Seminar— Mapping Global Inequality Conference, Santa Cruz, CA
A hands-on seminar in two parts (each session 1 1/2 hrs). Part one: deconstructing poverty and other measures of well-being; and geographic perspectives on population and poverty data. Part two: where to find georeferenced poverty data sets; and interpretation of maps using alternate data classification schemes. With exercises for creating and interpreting poverty maps to inform policy on poverty alleviation resource allocation.
Led by Maria Muniz, research associate, CIESIN.
Hosted by University of California Atlas of Global Inequality, with CIESIN
A hands-on seminar in two parts (each session 1 1/2 hrs). Part one covers deconstructing poverty and other measures of well-being; and geographic perspectives on population and poverty data. Part two covers where to find georeferenced poverty data sets; and interpretation of maps using alternate data classification schemes. Features exercises creating and interpreting poverty maps to inform policy on poverty alleviation resource allocation.
Sponsor: CIESIN. Led by Robert Chen, Director, CIESIN; Marc Levy, Associate Director, Science Applications, CIESIN; Maria Muniz, Research Associate, CIESIN; and Bridget Anderson, Staff Associate, CIESIN.
Arctic Data Usability and Accessibility Issues
User/Provider Workshop and Public Seminar—Lamont Campus, Palisades, New York
Members of the applied and research science, data provider, and tool development communities will gather to clearly define system requirements for improving the accessibility and usability of arctic data. The workshop will be followed by a public seminar to discuss polar data issues in the context of the International Polar Year, an international scientific initiative aimed at increasing understanding of the critical role of the polar regions in global processes. Hosted by CIESIN's Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC).
For more information about the workshop, please contact Mark Parsons at National Snow and Ice Data Center. For information about the seminar, please contact Bob Chen, CIESIN interim director.
Rethinking the Estimation and Projection of Urban and City Population
Workshop—Columbia University, New York City
Experts in remote sensing, demography, and the social sciences will discuss the use of remote sensing data to detect and track urban and intra-urban features, systematically and globally.
Sponsor: International Union for the Scientific Study of Population
Co-chair: CIESIN's Deborah Balk, with participation by CIESIN staff.
6th Open Meeting of the Human Dimension of Global Environmental Change Research Community
University of Bonn, Germany
Bi-annual meeting for social scientists focusing on global environmental change issues. Major themes: Adaptive Management and Resilience; Coastal Zones, Human Use of Oceans; Environmental History; Global Environmental Change and Human Security; Globalization and Global Environmental Change; Human Dimensions of Carbon and Water Management, Food, and Health; Industrial Transformation; Insituttional Dimensions of Global Environmental Change; Land-Use, Land-Cover Change; and "Methods in Human-Environment Studies.
Co-sponsor: CIESIN. Serving as session chairs/co-chairs were CIESIN staff Deborah Balk, Robert Chen, Alex deSherbinin, and Marc Levy. Alex de Sherbinin was also a member of the International Scientific Planning Committee.
PERN Cyberseminar on Urban Spatial Expansion: The Environmental and Health Dimensions
Online seminar
CIESIN's Population-Environment Research Network Web site will hold a cyberseminar which featured a background paper by Dr. Charles Redman, Director of the Consortium for the Study of Rapidly Urbanizing Regions; Ms. Nancy Jones, a researcher at the International Institute for Sustainability, Arizona State University; and a distinguished panel of experts.
5th Open Meeting of the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Research Community
Montreal, Canada
Bi-annual meeting for social scientists focusing on global environmental change issues. Major themes: Transitions and Change: How does the view that the world is made up of complex coupled systems influence our research; Governance, Markets, and Ethics: What do we know about the institutions that mediate between human behavior and global change; and Poverty and security: How does global change affect those already vulnerable and how does it increase the vulnerability of others?
Co-sponsor: CIESIN. CIESIN's Marc Levy served as co-chair of the International Scientific Planning Committee.
Disaster Risk Hotspots
Workshop—Lamont Campus, Palisades, New York
CHRR participants included LDEO; CIESIN; the International Research Institute for Climate Protection (IRI); and other centers within The Earth Institute of Columbia University.
Co-sponsors:The Disaster Risk Hotspot Project, composed of the Center for Hazards and Risk Research at Columbia University (CHRR), The World Bank, and a number of partner institutions as activities of ProVention Consortium, with funding from the UK Deparment for Development (DFID).
Open GIS Consortium (OGC)
Consortium—Lamont Campus, Palisades, New York
More than 220 members from industry, government, and universities will gather for the next technical and planning committee meetings at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.
Sponsor: Hosted by CIESIN, with NASA and several other federal agencies as sponsors of this initiative, and Columbia University participating as a coordinating organization.
Disaster Risk Hotspots
Lamont Campus, Palisades, New York
Some 35 experts representing a range of hazards, disciplines, and approaches participated, including seven from Europe.The workshop reviewed the scientific basis for defining and comparing natural disaster risks of different types by combining hazard data with spatially detailed estimates of potentially vulnerable human populations and their infrastructure, economic activities, and coping capacities. CIESIN helped organize and host a joint workshop on "Assessment of High Risk Disaster Hotspots" co-sponsored by the World Bank's Disaster Management Facility (DMF) [later to become the "Hazard Management Unit"] and Columbia University's new Center for Hazards and Risk Research (CHRR).
Photo-oxidant, Particles, and Haze Across the Arctic and North Atlantic: Transport Observations and Models
Lamont Campus, Palisades, New York
International experts from the global and regional atmospheric chemistry communities will convene to assess the current state of knowledge, identify research needs, and improve the coordination of research efforts with regard to a series of specific scientific questions of interest to the international environmental policy and research communities. Hosted by CIESIN.
Sponsor: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Environment Canada in coordination with UN/ECE European Monitoring and Evaluation Program (EMEP) and Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP)
Remote Sensing and Environmental Treaties: Building More Effective Linkages
Woodrow Wilson International Center, Washington, DC
A targeted and results-oriented discussion on the applications of remote sensing to enhance the effectiveness environmental treaties. Hosted by CIESIN's Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC).
Co-sponsor:The World Conservation Union (IUCN), MEDIAS-France, and the Woodrow Wilson Center's Environmental Change and Security Project.
Gridding Population Data
User Workshop
Lamont Campus, Palisades, New York
Key developers and users of gridded population databases will meet to foster the exchange of ideas and methods and to stimulate new activities through collaboration.
Sponsors: Hosted by CIESIN's Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). Co-sponsored by the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and UNEP
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Strawberry White Chocolate Chip cookies
Summer is almost here and nothing says summer like strawberries! I love when strawberries are in season, they are cheaper and much more flavorful. Strawberries are perfect for a light sweet treat on a hot summer day. I will garnish them on angel food cake, or even just eat them dusted with a little sugar. Today's recipe is a light, simple, and flavor packed treat perfect for summer. I have some friends who are more than willing to try out my baking experiments, and they really enjoyed these cookies!
I've made quite a few cookies on this blog, and several have had white chocolate chips in them. In fact, this will be my third white chocolate chip cookie, including - banana white chocolate chip cookies and red velvet white chocolate chip cookies. I was trying to think of a delicious summer cookie, and instantly thought of strawberries. I have always loved strawberries, especially the combination of white chocolate and strawberry. You may recall my white chocolate covered strawberry cake I made for Valentine's Day. This combination is just as tasty in cookie form, as in cake form!
These cookies are easy to make, you just start with a cake mix base. I got around 20 cookies out of the batter. I went with a similar recipe as my red velvet cookies. I decided to use only the egg whites, though, to help keep the vivid pink color of the cookies. When I made the strawberry cake, I started with the same strawberry cake mix and used egg whites only. You could use the whole egg if you don't want to separate, but they came out great with just the egg whites.
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- 2 egg whites
- 1/3 cup oil
- 1/3 cup white chocolate chips
Strawberry White Chocolate Chip cookie instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350F
- Separate 2 large eggs and keep the egg whites
- Whisk together the cake mix, egg whites, and oil
- Fold in the white chocolate chips
- Cover cookie sheet with parchment paper
- Create tablespoon size balls of dough and place on the parchment paper
- Using a spatula, slightly flatten cookies
- Bake 8-10 mins
- Cool
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The Seventh Plague Brings A Twist
Candlelighting, Readings:
Shabbat candles: 4:30 p.m.
Torah: Exodus 6:2-9:35
Haftarah: Ezekiel 28:25-29:21
Havdalah: 5:34 p.m.
Readers have long noticed that the Ten Plagues come in three triads followed by the final plague, the death of the firstborn. In each triad, the first two are preceded by warnings to Pharaoh of what is to come, while the third is brought on without advance notice. The announcement of the seventh plague, though, differs from the preceding warnings in a number of interesting ways.
After the sixth plague has abated, Moses is told to say to Pharaoh, "Thus said the Lord … 'Send off My people, that they may worship Me. For this time I am about send all My scourges to your heart and against your servants and against your people, so that you," in the masculine singular — you, Pharaoh, "may know that there is none like Me in all the earth'" [Exodus 9:13–14].
That the point of the plagues is quite distinctly focused on Pharaoh had been stated before. In the warning preceding the fourth plague, for example, Pharaoh is told that the plague will not be felt in Goshen, where the Israelites lived, "so that you," again, in the masculine singular, "may know that I am the Lord in the midst of the land" [Ex. 8:18].
The speech continues [Ex. 9:15–16] with something new — a look back at the previous plagues to underscore the point: "For by now I could have sent forth My hand and I could have struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been wiped off the face of the earth. And yet, for this I have let you stand — so as to show you," again, specifically Pharaoh,"My power, and so that My name will be told through all the earth."
Now the Lord turns to the imminent seventh plague: "Look, I am about to rain down very heavy hail at this time tomorrow, the likes of which there has not been in Egypt from the day of its founding until now." We expect to be told next that Pharaoh refused and that the Divine threat was carried out. Instead, we encounter an offer of opportunity — limited but significant — to flee the effect of the coming plague. Moses is to say, "And now … gather in your livestock and everything you have in the field. Every man and the beasts that will be in the field and that are not taken indoors, the hail shall come down on them and they shall die" [Ex. 9:18-19].
The Torah immediately informs us that some of Pharaoh's courtiers heeded the advice, sheltering their workers and livestock, but others didn't, leaving their workers and livestock in the field [Ex. 9:20–21], presumably to suffer or die in the hailstorm.
What motivated the Lord to offer Egyptians an opportunity to avoid the plague?
A Midrash [Shemot Rabbah] suggests that by giving Pharaoh and his courtiers a chance to save their servants and livestock, the Lord was modeling good behavior. One Sage obverved, "Come and behold the Blessed Holy One's compassion. Even in a moment of anger, he had compassion on the evildoers and on their cattle. For the plague of hail was not sent forth against them but rather [only] against the produce of the land, and He warned them to protect themselves and their cattle from being lashed by the hail." A fine idea but is it an accurate interpretation of the Divine motives here? If the point is the compassionate treatment of opposing forces, why was no such offer made before?
The story itself offers a useful insight. Among Pharaoh's entourage were some people who heeded Moses' advice and some who did not. Imagine how the two groups felt after the hailstorm, what each thought of the other, and of Moses and God, once the differences in damage had been reported? Had a wedge been driven between the obstinate Pharaoh and some (most?) of his royal retinue? If so, was that perhaps not the very point of the Lord's advice — to drive that wedge? As Robert Alter notes in his "The Five Books of Moses," "The existence of a contingent of Egyptians now genuinely terrified by the dire predictions of the Hebrews is an indication of developing cracks in the pharaonic front."
It may be that the two explanations are really one. Faced with an array of hostile forces, perhaps one should try to peel away from the core opponents factions with whom an accommodation can be found and peace can be made. Dividing the opposition and reaching an agreement with adversaries who need not be sworn enemies may be both practically wise and ethically saintly.
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Often when setting up measurement points for vibration data collection many choices selected such as themaximum frequency range, the lines of resolution, the window type and the integration mode are made based onrules of thumb instead of an understanding of how each of these are related to the frequency spectrum and thetime waveform. A digital signal analyzer is a powerful tool that can present some problems for the uneducateduser. With an understanding of signal processing basics these problems can be addressed, understood andavoided.
The method used to convert time domain information to frequency domain information is the Fast FourierTransform (FFT).
Often a frequency spectrum is referred to as an FFT. However, the FFT is the mathematical conversion from thetime domain to the frequency domain. Since the signal that comes into the analyzer is an analog signal asdiscussed in the previous section, it must be digitally sampled by the analyzer. Therefore, the process used bydigital analyzers is actually a variation of the FFT, called the Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT).
The DFT is similar as the analog time waveform is recreated in the analyzer by digitally sampling, and then thetransformation into the frequency domain is done. Part of the reason the FFT process works is the assumption thatthe signal measured and digitally sampled is one period of a periodic signal that extends to minus infinity and toplus infinity. Normally, this is true for most vibrating pieces of equipment.It is the digital sampling process that makes the signal processing more complicated. The information here unlocksthe mysteries of digital signal processing without getting bogged down in too much theory.
In order to understand the FFT digital sampling process, you must understand the relationship between lines ofresolution (LOR), Maximum frequency (Fmax), length of time waveform (Tmax), the digital sample size, aliasing,windowing, filters, and unit conversion.
Once data has been converted to the frequency domain from the time domain, view all of the frequencies ofinterest in as much detail as possible. Resolution is the number of parts that the spectrum is broken into, usuallycalled lines of resolution (LOR). The number of lines of resolution selected are divided into the maximum analysisfrequency (Fmax) to arrive at the bandwidth (BW). BW = Fmax /LORThe lines are actually the center frequencies of what are often called "bins of energy". Each bin actually containsan infinite number of frequencies, and all of the energy in the bin is summed and represented by a singleamplitude at the center frequency identified at each line of resolution.
First, identify your frequencies of interest so that enough resolution is chosen to separate closely spacedfrequencies. Also, be aware that more lines of resolution affects the length of the time waveform. Increasedresolution can also decrease the actual amplitude of the vibration amplitudes due to the separation of energy intomore energy bins.
Calculate the time record length of the time waveform, Tmax, from the following basic relationship. Tmax = 1/BW
At face value this is a simple and often used equation. However, to understand the limitations of some analyzers, itis important to more fully investigate the relationship between the Fmax the LOR, and the Tmax. Tmax = sample size/sample rate Sample size = 2.56 * Lines of Resolution Sample rate = 2.56 * Fmax
These terms have already been defined, but be aware that some analyzers have an upper limit on the samplesize. Usually this number will be 1024 or 2048. Therefore, a 400 line spectrum would require 2.56*400 = 1024samples and an 800 line spectrum would require 2.56* 800 = 2048 samples. However, if the analyzer is limited to1024 samples, then the 800 line spectrum will be created from 1024 samples since it is the upper limit of theanalyzer. This is important when discussing the Tmax in the time waveform, because, in general, raising the Fmaxdecreases Tmax and raising LOR increases Tmax until the point that the multiple of 2.56 * LOR reaches thesample limit in the analyzer. In this case, the sample size for anything greater than 400 lines is forced to be 1024.The table below demonstrates how this limitation affects the Tmax for a maximum 1024 sample size analyzer. Tmax = sample size/sample rate
The last entry in the table may seem incorrect, but remember 1024 is the maximum sample size, and anything thatwould be greater than 1024 is forced to be 1024 for the calculation of Tmax. This is the reason why your timewaveform is not affected when following the "raise-the-LOR-to-lengthen-the-time-waveform" rule. You must beaware of the upper limit of the sample size and the number of lines of resolution to which this numbercorresponds.
The term aliasing brings up the idea of someone hiding as someone else. Criminals often do this to elude lawenforcement agencies. In the world of vibration analysis, an aliased frequency is one that appears as something itis not. Fortunately, it is not trying to hide from us but was forced into existence by an incorrect digital samplingprocess.
Now, in a digital analyzer, the time domain data is digitally sampled at the sampling rate. We already know that thesampling rate is controlled by the maximum analysis frequency, Fmax.
In order to get good data, the sampling rate must be set higher than two times the maximum frequency of interest,Fmax. Two times Fmax is known as the Nyquist frequency. A very common sampling rate is set at 2.56 times theFmax.
Now, an aliased frequency occurs when frequencies higher than the Fmax are present in the signal. The samplingrate under samples this high frequency and creates a low (aliased) frequency equal to the high frequency minussampling frequency.
For example, if the Fmax is 1000 Hz, then the sampling frequency will be 1000 * 2.56 = 2560. If a frequency is inthe data at 2768 Hz, then an aliased frequency can be expected in the data at 2768-2560 = 208 Hz.
To avoid aliasing, digital analyzers use anti-aliasing filters which remove all frequencies above 40% of thesampling rate before the time data is converted to frequency data.
Leakage is a problem that can occur when complete cycles of the vibration signal in the time waveform are notcaptured in the time record. Instead of a discrete frequency in the spectrum, the result is energy spilling intoadjacent bands or lines of resolution. A rectangular window, which is really not a window at all, can sometimesallow time data to be captured that can not be transformed well into the frequency domain. If a non-integer multipleof the periods of vibration appear in the time waveform for all the frequencies present, then the frequencies willsmear over many lines of resolution.
Digital analyzers use windowing functions to avoid this problem. Typical window choices are Uniform, which isreally no window at all, Hanning (often called a cosine taper), Flat top, Kaiser Bessel, Force, and Exponential aswell as many others not listed here. The purpose of windowing data is to eliminate leakage problems. For mostvibration analysis applications, the window of choice is the Hanning window. The Hanning window does a greatjob of forcing the beginning and the end of the time record to a zero amplitude. This allows for the reconstructedtime waveform to be continuous with no amplitude variations.
A sinewave acquired with a uniform window that has an integer number of periods in the waveform will transforminto the frequency spectrum with all of the energy contained in one spectral line of resolution. However, thiscondition is difficult to achieve without a lot of effort.
If the time waveform contains a non-integer multiple of periods, then the frequency data will smear over many linesof resolution.The most typical case involves using a Hanning window on a non-integer multiple of periods in the time waveform.In this case, the data transformed to the frequency domain is contained primarily in one line of resolution withsome frequency data smeared into the adjacent bands on either side of the primary frequency. This, however,tends to be the most acceptable method of data collection.
The Hanning window will still spread a pure discrete tone over three lines of resolution. To separate very closelyspaced frequencies, increase the lines of resolution a little more. However, this can lead to another problem calledthe Picket Fence Effect.
The Picket Fence Effect occurs when the frequencies transformed to the frequency domain fall between the linesof resolution so that the amplitudes observed smear between adjacent lines of resolution. It's like looking at thedata though a picket fence with all of the peak amplitudes not necessarily showing up.
Some analyzers and some analysis software has the ability to look between the lines of resolution and pick thepeak value. This is often called a peak detection routine or a locate feature.Overlap Averaging
This is the process of re-using data stored in the input time buffer of the analyzer.
When using a Hanning window on our vibration data, most of the data has been multiplied by a factor of one at thecenter of the window to zero at the beginning and the end of the time window. In order to fully use all of the databeing acquired in the analyzer, use overlap averaging. Fifty percent overlap averaging reuses 50% of the timedata saving acquisition time and generally improving amplitude accuracy.
The vibration data that is the input signal into the analyzer is a time varying voltage proportional to the vibrationmeasured by the transducer. In other words, an accelerometer produces a voltage that varies over time relative tothe acceleration measured by the transducer. The voltage amplitude in the time waveform is converted to thedesired amplitude units based on the sensitivity and conversion factor of the transducer.
Most analyzers have the ability to convert from the measurement units of the transducer to either of the other twounits in the time domain or the frequency domain. At CSI integration of the time signal is called analog integrationand integration of the frequency domain is called digital integration.
The process of integration is that of converting from acceleration to velocity or displacement, or converting fromvelocity to displacement.
The process of differentiation is that of converting from displacement to velocity or acceleration, or converting fromvelocity to acceleration.
Mathematically these terms are often represented with the following equations:
Therefore, if any one of these terms has been measured, integration and differentiation allows any of the otherterms to be calculated provided the analyzer or software used is capable of this conversion process.
One drawback to integration is a flare-up of the lower frequency data due to the integration process. This effect isoften called "integration noise" or a "ski-slope effect." This is typically only noticeable when integrating fromacceleration to displacement and tends to affect only the lower 1% of the frequencies. This may cause the overallvibration level to be higher than usual, and it may be excluded from the calculation of the overall vibration level.
Normally, this is not of any real concern unless the analyst is concerned with frequency analysis below 2-4 Hz. Ifthis is the case, an investment in a low frequency accelerometer may be beneficial.
Each one filters data out of a signal, which you may find useful when analyzing signals with large dynamic ranges.For example, some spectra have both large and small amplitudes relative to each other. Because of the dynamicrange of the analyzer, however, you cannot analyze the low amplitude vibration in the same plot as the highamplitude vibration. You would then use a filter to resolve the problem.
As shown above, the low pass filter removes data above the selected frequency. Use this filter during low speed(<600 RPM) frequency analysis. Data collection times can exceed 2-10 minutes per average. Therefore, you canincrease data collection times with a low pass filter data by retaining only those events that take place in theselected frequency range.You have two types of bandwidth filters from which to choose: Constant Percentage Bandwidth and ConstantBandwidth. These filters primarily serve the same function. The Constant Percentage Bandwidth filter changeswidth depending on the selected frequency.
Note the difference between the two types of filters in the example above. As shown, the filter to choose is theConstant Bandwidth Filter, because it provides the best resolution between both high and low frequencycomponents.
The high pass filter displayed above gives you the ability to filter out low frequency components for detailedanalysis. This proves useful when low frequency, high amplitude data swamps the high frequency, low amplitudedata you want to see. This situation often occurs when high frequency events appear in the same plot as RunSpeed and its relative harmonics. Frequency Demodulation
Several publications have described the application of demodulation to vibration measurements for machinery defect analysis. As an application tool, demodulation proves helpful in a wide variety of applications.
The demodulation primarily increase the effective dynamic range of the analyzer for certain types of low level measurements. This increased range enhances defect indicators for fault analysis.
The key to collecting worthwhile data is understanding how the analyzer collecting the data performs its job. When setting up for data collection, remember that the spectral Fmax, the lines of resolution, the waveform Tmax, and the waveform size are all related. Don't forget to choose the correct analysis window for each measurement application.
The conversion from analog data to digital data can alter the way that the data appears. Remember to recognize the limitations of the measurement process. Using the information in this section should help unlock the mysteries of digital signal processing.
1. Cyril M. Harris, Editor, Handbook of Acoustical Measurements and Noise Control, Third Edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 1991.
2. Arthur R. Crawford, The Simplified Handbook of Vibration Analysis, Volume 2, Computational Systems, Inc., Knoxville, TN, 1992.
3. CSI Training Manual, "Vibration Analysis II," CSI Training, Knoxville, TN, 1994.
4. Hewlett Packard Application Note 243, "The Fundamentals of Signal Analysis," Hewlett Packard, 1991.


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Today we met the children. All 850 of them. They greeted us at their morning assembly with a reading of a Bible verse, their pledge of allegiance, a song, a prayer, and a current reading of the top news and then Elton gave a quick introduction of our team. We then got the chance to visit their classrooms. Some of the kids were extremely shy while a couple others sang "Bah-Bah Black Sheep" at the top of their lungs. We also visited the highest grade level (equivalent to 10thgrade). To get the conversation going by asking them who their favorite movie stars were. And of course..Brangelina was mentioned. What was even more striking however was when we asked them what they wanted to be when they grew up. We got the following 5 answers: doctor, engineer (software specifically!), lawyer, teacher and pastor. Through my own personal lens I was somewhat disappointed with the lack of originality, but what makes their answers significant is that they are children of the Dalit caste of India.
The Dalit caste are also called the untouchables or the no-caste. The other 4 castes of India don't even acknowledge them as a caste because their "duties" in society are to be the sewer cleaners, garbage sweepers, and laborers. Many Dalits are uneducated and don't have the money to attend a school and if they do, they are undermined by their teachers and classmates. Their plight is very much equivalent to the plight of the Black Slaves in our American history. The hope here in this school is that by giving them an education, they can move past the societal stigmas of uneducated Dalits and be major influencers in the world. We've celebrated the first African American doctor, lawyer, engineer and teacher in our own country. Martin Luther King himself was a pastor. The hope is that one day in India these Dalit children will also be celebrated for their achievements.
The other highlight of our day was seeing the children off. All 850 of them piled into 9 school buses (you do the math.) We were again greeted by big smiles and 'hellos'. I had my camera in hand and that was an automatic hit with the little ones. They all crowded around to see photos of themselves on the preview finder.
The rest of the day consisted of prepping for our upcoming children's camp and the medical clinic that we are going to host for the staff of the mission. Dr. Lauren (DL as I so aptly like to call her) gave us all a crash course on prostate and lice detection. I kid. But in all seriousness, we realized that we have a possibility of seeing at least 60 staff members and their families in one day. To give you a current idea, American doctors usually only see 40 patients at best in their practices per day. So we will see what is to come and we are praying that our Father will give us the divine intervention and the healing powers to heal the sick.
We finished off our supper with Bishop telling us his conversion of how he became a believer which is a medical miracle in itself. But the even bigger back story is the story of the founder of this mission. The founder of this mission was originally from the highest caste, Brahmin, (Hindu priest caste) but became a believer. His story is that one day he and a gang of people were ready to persecute a bunch of Dalit pastors in a church and he was appointed to murder the pastor of the church. As he was about to step foot into the church he was immediately hit by the Spirit of God and God said to him, "He is my servant, do not harm him." He was stuck paralyzed on the ground for a whole hour and was not able to move. After that experience he came to know Christ and repented of his sin.
However because his family was Hindu they disowned him and took away his wife and he was left homeless until a missionary took him in to share God's love for him. As he was being taken care of by these believers he realized the need to love and educate these Dalit people and so the beginning of this mission was planted.
What really amazes me about these stories is that Bishop Moses has reiterated again and again, God has a sovereign plan. Sometimes we may not know what he's doing in the midst of serious pain and trial, but God knows what he's doing.
I've been wrestling a lot with how do I reconcile with injustices like these in the world; enslaved people unable to get education, own land and have personal dignity just because of skin color and caste. I realize that I myself have been born into a privileged "caste" even though we may not call it that. I have the ability to get an education, I've been blessed by the financial stability to own my own property, and be a free person. I can choose to keep on living this way and not acknowledge the brothers and sisters around me that don't have these privileges, or I can do something about it. We don't live for ourselves in this world, our God has put us here for the world.